Glad to see you're better.

Yeah, and babies come from either a stork or the pumpkin patch.

What?! I didn't know this either! I can appreciate Elmo can get annoying tho.

Same. If we get desperate, I'll be going around the charity shops, pick up some cheap DVDs, and break out my DVD player.

There are so many interesting shenanigans that go on at that age, it's a waste to not look at it.

Ditto. Starting I plan a novel and everyone is 40+. Realistically, a lot of parents are older now because having kids younger wasn't possible, financially, career wise etc. Actually adds a different dimension and depth.

I lost friends in the UK (as in broke up with) because of the lack of compassion. I have MS, was on the initial isolate early list, and I got back "oh well, that doesn't apply to me". Yet when everything went online, I was the go to, as I already did that. And that's not looking at gov responses.

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I quite liked this post:

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This is what a certain politician is wanting for the UK. My daughter is only here now because of the healthcare we received before and after she was born, and it hasn't bankrupted us.

Ours now does free coffee, part of a wider community initiative, and used to have the post office ( which moved into the Co-op down the road). They all gave clubs now as well.

Especially as healthcare costs are reduced with vaccinations. UK now getting chicken pox vaccines for kids, in part because it's a horrid virus and there is a vaccine, in part because it saves a fortune in care.