We took our toddler to see it and both my partner and I had multiple episodes of weeping. Lovely film.

Strange! I just wouldn’t work when I first tried, but I VPN’d from USA and it worked. Maybe something else happened the first time and I’m misattributing the success.

Thanks.

(If anyone else from the UK wants to read this link you’ll need a VPN)

Is there any background to their strike?

Difficult to read it behind a paywall

Yinz is definitely a Scots thing

She does, and it’s one of the key character points at the start of Aliens.

Sometimes I just give them a dead stare until they stop talking then carry on with what I was saying, or alternatively “excuse me [optional] Dave, I wasn’t finished.”

Other times it’s not worth the drama, or they might actually be reasonably more excited about what they have to say then listening, in which case fair enough.

I worked with an ex-paramedic who alluded to a similar factor in leaving to become a nurse aide.

Also keeps your health up for longer to use a bike! If you’ve got health insurance then that probably matters even more.

Bike parts do need replacing every so often, but obviously aren’t as costly as car parts. A professional service once or twice a year also costs a wee bit but again isn’t like getting the car MOT’d.

The blessing exists. I’m in my 30s and my dad who’s in his 60s has more hair than me.

Sure, because the media is generally profit oriented and therefore aligned with capitalist interests. We need more mutually supported and supportive media and journalism.

I’d half agree; they could raise taxes instead of making cuts.

Wouldn’t her being Jewish depend more on her mother?

Mashing is mechanical digestion.

Isn’t that called a duathlon to distinguish it from the winter Olympic event?

I genuinely assumed this was for humans…

Ever heard of parks?

Well, you’ve kinda shown your hand by conflating a socio-economic theory with multiple political ideologies.