My wife and I met at these ages - in the 1980s. The warning i have for you is that you both have not yet learned the kind of patience and forgiveness needed for a lifetime together. That will take time and work. We spent a lot of years in difficult situations and needed to rely on each other. A relationship is hard work.

r/popping

I’ve resolved one adoption mystery and have two more under investigation. It’s very rewarding work.

I’m also working on Euro citizenship for me and my siblings. We may be too late - some international policies are changing and we may be already shut out.

No. Ancestry is the big fish. 23 tried to swim in deep water without a solid established cash flow.

Also, how does someone having access to my (already public) tree matches do additional harm? My real name is globally unique. I’m Very easy to find and ID.

I use it and like it. DNA and all. Yes it’s expensive. I generally pay for a month, then let it expire for a few months while I catch up, then renew as needed.

It is the 900 pound gorilla of the hobby. If you want to get DNA matches, it’s the first choice by far. And it has enabled me to learn an enormous amount about my family - and my wife’s, and several friends who are interested.

If genealogy is your thing, do it. If you only want to half-ass it, there are alternatives.

The Dispossessed

Left Hand of Darkness

My mom is over 80. Little old suburban white lady. She already volunteered - “Just get me close.” She’d be super-thrilled to have her shot with a suicide vest.

If SS payments stop, there will be hundreds of thousands of people with nothing left to lose.

https://www.cloudynights.com/

Save the Children might have an objection to that.

Random suggestion: International genealogy and emigration support. I have Italian ancestry and my siblings and I are working on dual citizenship to have an option to get out of the US. It cost a fortune for the researcher/lawyer. I bet they need bilingual help.

Good to hear. I’m in the same ballpark, so if you’re happy with it, I will be too. Thanks.

How many photos do you manage? I have… a lot.

Thanks, but I’m hoping for something super inclusive of the entire industry.

We get them all. Deer, birds, chipmunks. The entire garden needs to be protected by hardware cloth. The chipmunks got through the original chicken wire we had. We had to enclose the top as they climbed over. Plus the small birds eat any berries. A constant battle to be able to harvest anything.

A store-made bagel, with 2 over-easy eggs and a thick slice of a spiced ham product called (pork roll) or (taylor ham), a slice of American cheese, and “salt, pepper, ketchup”.

Commonly with bacon, sausage, or regular sliced deli ham replacing the meat. Sometimes with hot sauce instead of ketchup. The bagel can be any type, but is often “everything”.

NYC area, mostly north New Jersey.

Gold coins. I bought at the all-time high.

I did. See above

Ke=1/2 M V^2 Not relativistic. So wildly low. But certainly a low bound. My point being that nuclear bomb grade energy is certainly in the ballpark.

By my back-of-the -envelope math it is 4,500,000,000 joules. The Hiroshima bomb is listed at approximately 10,000,000,000,000 joules. I bet xkcd is far more accurate, though.