@Mik said in Meanwhile, at the dinner table...: J&B - the trans scotch. One would think that would be at best a limited market segment. It's the fact that they're advertising it in Spain that struck me. It's not exactly the first nation that springs to mind when it comes to whisky sales.

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@Doctor-Phibes said in Nuclear Households: When I was growing up in the UK, we always thought of America as having a really high divorce rate. I'm sure it's a stereotype, but after living here for 20 years I'm also sure there's some truth to it. The numbers are old, but I imagine the trend hasn't changed much. https://divorcescience.org/for-students/world-divorce-statistics-comparisons-among-countries/ Note the USA was at 2.8 and the UK at 2.1. [image: 1671627369789-image.jpeg] Interesting numbers here: https://www.unifiedlawyers.com.au/blog/global-divorce-rates-statistics/ [image: 1671627316706-screenshot-2022-12-21-at-6.54.57-am.png] What's the old saw? "Half of all marriages end in divorce. The other half ends in death."

@taiwan_girl That's a dirty little secret of college sports... A four year athletic scholarship is actually four one-year scholarships. Most schools uphold their end of the bargain, should a player become injured, etc., but they don't have to.

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@Copper said in i guess this makes it official: @Renauda said in i guess this makes it official: @Copper said in i guess this makes it official: That's nothing We have a slave owner on our $1 bill And on your $2 and $50 bills as well. Jefferson had the most slaves of any serving president and U. S. Grant had one for about year until 1859 when he made him a free man. What were the slaves skin colors? Midnight and Quarter to 12. What did you think, Toby?

Thanks, Jolly.

Good on yer, Miranda!

@Aqua-Letifer said in Mean white man prevents nice brown girl from seat on plane.: @LuFins-Dad said in Mean white man prevents nice brown girl from seat on plane.: [image: 1671561121017-a8d40aa4-90b4-439b-9623-30bf123fa8d5.jpeg] Can someone please explain to me what the illustration has to do with the story? There's no way you don't know the answer to that. https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/19220/everything-is-racist

Excellent!

He actually said future polls would only count blue-checked accounts.

Feds paying for services is fine. Feds paying to prevent free speech raises questions. Feds paying to influence elections raises questions.

@taiwan_girl said in The FBI Cooks: UNRELATED TANGENT ALERT It always frustrates me when budgets are "use or lose". Seems to discourage long term planning in many times. For whatever reason, the spends are down one year. So, then the bosses assume that is normal and you get less next year. I agree that's aggravating. One of the many reasons governments always get bigger, but never smaller.

I think a lot of it is going from fresh to processed foods and eating different types of foods. Taiwan is a perfect example. It was pretty rare to see a fat person in Taiwan when I was growing up. My mom would go down to the fresh market every day to buy vegatables, etc. Now, I can tell that the overall weight of kids has increased vs. me when I was a kid. Part of it is economy. Taiwan has become richer, so people can eat more food. Years ago, people had just enough to eat to survive. Not much extra. So, I guess it is a combination of things.

@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Phibes (maybe): RIP Terry Hall: @Aqua-Letifer said in Hey Phibes (maybe): RIP Terry Hall: @Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Phibes (maybe): RIP Terry Hall: Incidentally, I saw The Selector play a couple of years back in the UK, with Jools Holland. Just curious: what was the average age of the crowd? When I saw the Specials and the Beat, everyone was either slightly older than me, or much younger and Asian. I don't know what's up with that. Jools hosts a live TV show on the BBC, Later! With Jools Holland Very familiar! Watched it every week when I was in Oz. It was great.