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    Forum member seriously injured

    Very sorry to hear it. Hope you make a swift recovery.
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    2025 - How's the Weather Where You Are?

    Saturday was 33 deg C, I didn't even go outside. Since then it's cooled down a little, although it was very humid this morning and rained later. It's now about 22 degrees according to the weather app.
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    Why is everything so hard to open?

    I needed pliers for a tube of paint recently. Who knew pliers could be art supplies?
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    What fact can you share that not many people would know?

    The summit of Mont Blanc is in the Netherlands. How? Because a large chunk of it is in the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, having been removed from the mountain in 1787.
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    Seniors Living Alone Should Marry Each Other!

    I'd very much rather carry on living alone, and have a support network including social activities, being on the radar of medical care facilities, and so on.
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    Senior citizen self defense strategies

    The actual danger is lower, the perceived danger is higher, I've heard. The people at most danger of physical attack are younger, the ones who fear it are older, possibly because they don't think they could defend themselves.
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    70 empty beer cans found in car of drunk driver

    The equivalent would be the communal bin here which I've seen full of Carling cans.
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    The dilemma of alcohol abuse in free modern era societies

    Is drink driving a major part of the issue with alcohol in the US? I don't think it is here, it's more about alcohol-fuelled violence and the health impacts. Minimum pricing is probably a good thing - I well recall local off licences (booze shops) doing 3 for 2 offers on bottles of wine - an...
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    Last time you traveled locally on public transportation

    yes, it's annoying - I had that free travel for all of 4 months between turning 60 and moving out of London. Also have the rail pass, which paid for itself when I was doing a lot of touring around but not more recently.
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    Article: Facebook is Starting to Feed its AI with Private, Unpublished Photos

    I find Reddit is better for that. Minimal use of FB and even that is with a filter - without it, it's unusable.
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    The dilemma of alcohol abuse in free modern era societies

    If I had a third cup of coffee in a day that would probably put me over the limit - I've reduced to a cup of tea when I get up (far less caffeine) and then a coffee later. And quite possibly another later on. My coffee consumption was putting me ahead of the average Finn, where they get through...
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    Last time you traveled locally on public transportation

    That's true but in London there is an over-60s Oystercard. I had one for a few months between turning 60 and moving out of London.
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    Last time you traveled locally on public transportation

    in the West of England.
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