Taiwan has re-increased the mandatory service length back up to one year.

Who in hell’s big idea was that? Jesus.

Really now, what sort of person would be so careless as to leave one of their legs just laying about the Subway? You’d think they would notice it missing before leaving the premises. People nowadays have no decorum about their appendages lower limbs.

And the girl with the beard offered to help the injured player up. She declined his help.

I don't think it is meant to be realistic. I watch it.

@Doctor-Phibes said in Cocktails: @LuFins-Dad said in Cocktails: It’s not whiskey. It might taste vaguely like whiskey, but in Virginia all hard liquors have to be sold through ABC stores. Beer & Wine are sold in grocery stores. Fireball is sold in packs of 20 for $5.00 at 7/11. There's two types, right? The little bottles we got from a liquor store were 66 proof, 10 bottles for $10. I think they're flavoured Canadian whisky. Yeah, that’s what my second post detailed. There is a strong malt beverage called Fireball that is sold at the grocery stores and convenience stores. It claims “Whiskey flavors” but is basically a wine. The bottles look like the fireball whiskey bottles…

It is.

Justifiable homicide in my book.

For the first time in my life, I’m now beginning to think Britain is finished Clearly he's not old enough to remember the 70's and 80's

Sum ting wong.

He’s toast.

https://x.com/DrunkRepub/status/1759359649436836321?s=20

@George-K said in Playing musical instruments and cognitive trajectories: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gps.6061 Abstract Background The accumulation of age-associated cognitive deficits can lead to Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and dementia. This is a major public health issue for the modern ageing population, as it impairs health, independence and overall quality of life. Keeping the brain active during life has been associated with an increased cognitive reserve, therefore reducing the risk of cognitive impairment in older age. Previous research has identified a potential relationship between musicality and cognition. Objectives Explore the relationship between musicality and cognitive function in a large cohort of older adults. Methods This was a nested study within the PROTECT-UK cohort, which collects longitudinal computerised assessments of cognitive function in adults over 40. Participants were invited to complete the validated Edinburgh Lifetime Musical Experience Questionnaire (ELMEQ) to assess their musical experience and lifetime exposure to music. Linear regression analysis was performed using cognitive data from PROTECT-UK. Results Analysis identified an association between musicality and cognition in this cohort. Playing a musical instrument was associated with significantly better performance in working memory and executive function. Significant associations were also found between singing and executive function, and between overall musical ability and working memory. Conclusions Our findings confirm previous literature, highlighting the potential value of education and engagement in musical activities throughout life as a means of harnessing cognitive reserve as part of a protective lifestyle for brain health. Enjoy https://www.yamahainstitute.org/

@Doctor-Phibes said in Get your iPhone wet? Skip the rice.: Yes, the IP X8 rating covers immersion for a specified time, which can vary. I think the phone ratings are for 30 minutes. Thank God!

Didn't he have hepatitis or some such?

@George-K said in Sunday Respite: Smaug the Magnificent: @Doctor-Phibes said in Sunday Respite: Smaug the Magnificent: My dad smoked one well into his 50's So did mine, as a matter of fact. I suppose I'm talking about the self-worshipping academic types. Students and faculty. My dad came from a very different world than I did - English public school (i.e. private boarding school), followed by Cambridge University. His parents were fairly well-to-do. He escaped it (quite possibly deliberately, it's a long story) to become a scientist in the north of England, but he never really escaped the look. Tweed sport-jacket and a vaguely bemused air. The pipe fitted him perfectly. I did receive a fair amount of teasing from my friends, but he was so genuine and well-liked an eccentric that nobody ever thought the worse of him.

I think the world has had enough of autocratic Tsars and meddlesome priests/monks Patriarchs of Moscow as of late.

@LuFins-Dad said in Happy Marriages and Type of Car: I find it interesting that Psychiatrists are close to the bottom in regard to happy marriages... They're in the exact same place as gynecologists, who are also frequently close to the bottom.