Umm is that F or C? Makes a big difference :-)

Hve to admit though, I think the NYT might have forgotten about the Khmer Rouge when they came up with this stat

Americans buy breakfast at McDonalds, order fashion stuff from Temu, buy 'coffee' at Starbucks, watch a game of baseball and find it interesting, and think that Disney movies are 'moving'. Art and culture is not in the national DNA, and a presidential election means voting for someone you saw on TV.

Ask a librarian, mate, they understand this stuff.

The human is good at giving neck scratches; but why is she putting her face so close to my butt?

Glad to hear it! I've noticed that almost all religions seem to be schemes to provide money or a free living to a small cabal of old men. They use various threats, blackmail, and empty promises to get people to sign up and hand over their money :-)

I guess the qualifications for being a 'sex kitten' don't involve thinking too deeply

If he doesn't like democracy and doesn't like government, why not leav, and go to, for example Somalia which has neither. Oh hand on, no passport :-)

Ordered 😀

Thanks! As someone who took a few flying lessons before I retired :-D this was very interesting. There are just so many spcialised technical terms on a plane. Btw I had always thought that 'dirigible' has something to do with 'rigid' - thanks for informing me!