mike carey

It was a dream, and the accession of Johnson to the presidency represented a 'return to our regularly scheduled programming'. What may have happened had he not been assassinated is a counter factual. It's possible to deduce, and many do, that there was a lack of substance to the Kennedy presidency, that it was all image and that would have continued had he lived. The strands of what he was doing might have come together into something better. Or a major event could have precipitated a major change to how the administration operated, for better or worse. But we will never know which of these alternative futures would have played out. In any loss we lament what might have been, without knowing what would have been without that loss.

A shower pic in F on an EK A380 perhaps?

Departure cards that everyone has to complete when leaving Australia ask whether you are a resident or visitor, and whether you're departing temporarily (and for how long) or permanently. Similar questions are asked on arrival. I don't think US border formalities include such data collection, so the only way anyone will have any idea if moving is a trend will come from foreign statistics of Americans becoming semi-permanent or permanent residents. Anecdotes about famous people (who in reality can live almost anywhere they want, and for a short or long time) departing, or of the bloke in your street who moved to Ireland or Singapore will be just that. Interesting perhaps, but they won't give you an idea of whether there has been a material change in the numbers of Americans choosing to leave. And serious numbers of departures would be prompted by new lived realities for those people, not the atmospherics of what one or other party has 'promised'.

I finally had my prescription for PrEP on occurrence filled, the young [female] pharmacist explained the dosage pattern in a very matter-of-fact way, in the same terms as the doctor at the clinic had (the instructions on the vial referred to taking two tablets 'before activity' and continuing every 24 hours until after 48 hours after 'last activity'). It cost me the standard PBS $31.60 pharmacy copay for 30 tablets. I'll still be mindful of the risks of other STIs, both for me, and for prospective partners if I were to have an asymptomatic infection.

I'm so sorry to hear that @Charlie. Requiescat in pace.

This from someone who can see New Jersey from their kitchen window!

I'm glad to see it's only the black sheep of the family!

When I was a kid a little while ago in Australia, the idea of caffeine as the 'reason' for coffee or tea was foreign, and iced coffee was a thing in the same way that chocolate milk was. It was basically a milk drink that kids or anyone else would drink. Nothing fancy, and although available in shops and milk bars, often made at home with instant coffee and milk, usually some sugar, and gasp! a scoop if ice cream as a treat. Iced black coffee would have been regarded as terminally avant garde. If someone had put this on the pavement, people would think they were mad, or a complete wanker. Iced coffee is alive and well in this country, equally in its old iteration as a flavoured milk drink, and a fancy product of our coffee culture.

The sequence for calculating this is first (X-Y) then divide by 5 and then add Y (which is 20). If you're over 20, X-Y and therefore (X-Y)/5 will be positive, so the answer will always be above 20.

Remember, the question here was Are people actually leaving not are they talking about it.

Well, you could be both. GGG is a willingness to participate, not about level of experience.

I knew from dozens of lovecasts and Savage interviews what it meant but couldn't remember the specific words.

GGG - first time I've seen that Dan Savage-ism in here!

Or was he Al Dente?

'Tired museum feet'! Exactly. Isn't it great when you can rest them by doing what it says on the tin, rather than having to sit in front of a work pretending you're studying it in detail!

Finding it was serendipitous - I was doing a reverse Marie Kondo, finding posters who might bring me joy, and Nigella Lawson had reposted this in her time line.

@susiedent.bsky.social on Bluesky BSKY.APP Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and... Just joined this and starting to find my way around.

Well, you wouldn't have had any idea what sort of art (or 'art') they had at some airport that's on the other side of a river. That said, it's interesting to see what use some artists are making of light, both artificial and natural, in their work. I should catch one of those hourly planes to check it out. And the art work at LaGuardia.

Until 25/1/25, I guess I won't get to see it.

He's been on my list for a while now for one of my trips to Sydney but I haven't tried to set anything up yet.

A few, a few more are unreliable, but for the most part they are probably representative of the man being reviewed. Doesn't mean the ratings aren't slightly (or more) inflated or that you will have a comparable experience.

His WhatsApp number is from Norway but he's using an Australian mobile phone number.

There are already threads on Zürich (and Barcelona) over in the Europe Forum. Let's keep discussion of them in those threads and keep this thread for Mexico.

Are you sure that wasn't three manhattans ago?