This looks like the new New world. In comparison, the US seems as old-school as Europe one century ago…

Australia?

Lots of fun! Thanks mate for sharing!

Central Africa has good prospects: a young and energetic population, an increasingly educated population, economic growth. They look like North America at the beginning of the 20th Century. Some will win and some will lose but they have what it takes to take the lead

Also, the head coach of the football team

Shoe bomber is the answer

ADX Florence, thanks to an earlier post about TSA ruling back their mandate that people take off their shoes at airport security control. Now I have nightmares.

I feel you. Although some US neighborhoods seem to have closer businesses than yours. Also, my parents live in the countryside and absolutely need their car to buy anything. So there’s that.

You can freeze it!

Nearest grocery store is 100m away. Nearest supermarket is 850m (just cheched). I walked to the supermarket moments ago, bought grocery and brought it back all in less than 1 hour. I wouldn’t do it with 30 degrees in the middle of the day though. If there were no sidewalks and I had to make a 6km round trip to get groceries, I would invest in the cheapest electric bike possible.

I frequently turn off my phone. Sometimes I leave it at home when I go for a walk in the neighborhood.

Great, now I know everything about the supermax prison ADX Florence. I’ll get wonderful nightmares. Thank you.

Well dear friend, let’s agree to disagree. I wish you a pleasant end of the day!

Yep, cancelled my subscription the day they announced the two-tier plans.

Doesn’t your library let you borrow DVDs? Seems outdated but I very recently binged three seasons of Succession thanks to my local library!

Who the hell puts carpet on their stairs? What year is this? 1973?

Wow, bad taste to the power of 1000!

I for once have an outer monologue. Makes for awkward moments whenever my SO hears me…

Your local library approves of that message!

Interesting how the author omits hundreds of victims from Islam terrorism. Also, no undrstanding of the the impact of the constant and violent demands from some Muslim French citizens that schools, hospitals and administrations accommodate their beliefs, like changing school curricula or demanding that only female doctors treat women. Since 1905, no church, religious congregation or faith-based community have had any say into public affairs. People who want to change that are hitting the bedrock of the French republic. Anglo-American columnists keep spreading the narrative of a fundamentally islamophobic France and they keep missing the point. Yes there is widespread racism in France, particularly against Arabs and, to some extent, against Muslims. This racism is rooted in bigotry and xenophobia. The fight between the French republic and Islam fundamentalism is another relam altogether. Pretending that the two issues overlap is only serving racists.