CuriousByNature

I think she looks great with the grey.

Gay pilots? Couldn't be. Next you'll want us to believe there are gay flight attendants...

According to Google Translate he apparently has a 20cm hard 'pika' full of milk....

So it has nothing to do with Helena, Montana?

If you happen to be on the road and have access to the BBC website, they will probably be doing a pretty constant loop of coverage I imagine. That may be the best way to keep on top of the proceedings if you are unable to watch them live. Here in Canada we are waiting to hear if Trudeau will make the day of her funeral a national holiday or not. I hope he does - it would be a one-time thing, not every year.

Maybe he shows up in a big plastic bubble...

Yes, and likely the only remaining non-retired leader who was also a veteran of WWII. She saw so much in her 96 years - prepared for her future role as Queen by her grandmother Queen Mary, suffered through the abdication crisis of her uncle King Edward VIII in 1936, watched her parents crowned in 1937, lived through the bombing of London in WWII, the post-war British recovery that lasted a decade, the end of the British Empire in the late 1940s, the early death of her father King George VI in 1952, the social upheavals of the 1960s, the horrors of the Troubles in Northern Ireland beginning in the late 1960s, the assassination of her second-cousin once removed Lord Mountbatten in 1979, the marriages of her 4 children and the subsequent divorces of 3 of them, the burning of Windsor Castle, the death of Diana Princess of Wales in 1997, the death of her sister Princess Margaret in 2002, followed closely by the death of her mother Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother some weeks later, and the death of her husband Prince Philip just last year. Through it all she remained consistent and dedicated, putting her sworn duty to serve her people above all other considerations. The one exception being her refusal to return to London immediately after the death of Diana in order to protect her grandsons - in that case she put the needs of her family above the desires of the people. And still she was criticized for it. At Diana's funeral she bowed to Diana's coffin as it passed by in the procession - something no sitting monarch would normally do. She guided the monarchy through its modernization - she began to pay taxes in the late 1990s, she reduced the number of family members eligible for support from the public purse, she opened Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace to the public, she permitted the marriage of her son and heir to a divorced woman - something that had caused the abdication of her uncle just 70 years earlier, she accepted Harry and Megan's decision to leave the Royal Family, and earlier this year she expressed the desire for Camilla to be known as Queen Consort upon her own death - something that many people never would have expected. She was a great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria who died 25 years before Queen Elizabeth's birth. She was 18 years old when Queen Victoria's last surviving child, Princess Beatrice, passed away in 1944. She was almost 55 when Queen Victoria's last surviving grandchild (and her own great-Aunt) Princess Alice of Athlone passed away in 1981. She was 86 when Queen Victoria's last great-grandchild Count Bernadotte of Sweden passed away in 2012. She was only 18 months away from becoming the oldest member of the British Royal Family by blood - only Princess Alice of Athlone lived longer. She enjoyed more than 96 years of life - the vast majority of those years in robust health. She became heir to the throne almost 86 years ago, and was Queen for more than 70. She enjoyed a marriage that lasted more than 73 years, and lived to see two of her children enter their 70s. She celebrated four jubilees (1977, 2002, 2012 and 2022), travelled to 120 countries, and covered more than 1 million miles during her reign. She visited us here in Canada 22 times. We will never see her like again. The second Elizabethan Age has sadly drawn to a close. God save the King.

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From my perspective, humour (that's the Canadian spelling 😉 ) has been the victim of declining critical thinking abilities. Irony and satire appear mean-spirited when the audience's ability to think critically is diminished and is replaced by feelings and emotions, which are much more subjective in nature. Wokeness and political correctness have replaced the need for empathy and kindness, and in my opinion, are two of the laziest ways to advance social change. It is far easier to be outraged by something and call for the cancellation of others than to actually apply our brains to figure out the situation, or make the personal sacrifices needed to benefit others. Generally speaking, I think we have been dumbed-down and have become more self-centred (another Canadian spelling!) and self-congratulatory over the past couple of decades.

He has always been very kind in communication. I have never met him but he seems to be a good guy, and I am glad to see that he okay.

It's Scotland, and the Scots always manage to find time for a drink - preferably single malt 🙃

I have to say that I really appreciate the irony of the chosen degree adverb...

I think some providers wait until a client makes a booking, and others might have understandable concerns about discretion.

Is he the guy who travels with LokiWithTheGnocchi?

That thread still exists - '411 on this Canadian bodybuilder' - or something to that effect. But the link to the video indicates that the video has been removed by request of the copyright owner. Perhaps he was not aware that it had been posted and then was able to get it removed?

And the curious amongst us...

Not sure if he's trying to predict anything, actually. Not to go off topic (and happy for the moderators to delete this response if necessary) but food security will be a huge concern in the years to come and much of the western world has lost the ability to feed itself apart from grocery stores and restaurants. Water security is another major threat to future generations, and there's always the unpredictable threat of a solar flare taking out much of our technology for a long time - may never happen, but the threat is there.

I would have the urge to wave a red cape and see how he reacts.

That's because it's a really bad joke and I'm such a nerd.

Perhaps this is obvious, but he will likely avoid Paris at all costs unless he has a pair of metal boots.

"Keep lifting, I don't think I am high enough yet"

Wow - I had no idea that using the gym came with so many issues. This reinforces my decision to stay home watching tv on the sofa... LOL.

Maybe he prefers to meet at tanning salons...

Tattoos or no tattoos, true beauty is more than skin deep.

I think that she will be kept on life support until her organs are removed, then with the ventillator turned off her heart will stop due to lack of oxygenation.