I was thinking that only the most miserable right-wing arse hole would exclude them, and there it is in the article - right wing arse holes deliberately defining criteria to exclude any foreigners, and ABBA are collateral damage. Who gives a fuck, though? This whole project seems stupid from beginning to end, and we can still sing ABBA hits in the shower.

What? How can ABBA not make the cut?

I wish my SO would understand this… she leaves me in the dust (see also comment below)

I’ve worn progressive lenses for nearly 10 years now. I did get one pair on the cheap, and they were truly awful, unusable. That’s when I figured out that going cheap with progressive lenses isn’t worth it. That may be what has happened to you. Even with good lenses, it takes me a few days, maybe a week to get used to them when I get a new pair. Stairs are… difficult though, especially going down. I live in a busy European city, so I use public transport a lot, and that means lots of stairs. I can no longer run up and down them like I used to.

Did they just make it much cheaper to build data centres outside if the US?

Kind of fitting for Übermensch.

Vance will be worse. Much, much worse. And it won’t matter that he’s not charismatic because the next elections will be rigged.

Well, if you switch to a command economy, they’d be kind of right…

I’m lucky, I’ll be retiring in 10 years. At that point, I’m going to disconnect. I’ve got plenty of books to read and a guitar. That should keep me happy.

That would kill ATMs and a bunch of other things. Work from home, too, but I doubt the government cares about that much.

Diplomatic car to a small, private airport.

Write, email, telephone- whatever works best for you.

It’s not been ratified yet. Time to put pressure on our MPs.

Lidls croissant are pretty decent IMHO.