Folkestone Lights

My money was on them starting on the places in Kent. 20 Sittingbourne Specials please, or a pack of Bromley Menthols. Ebbsfleet number 5s. Tunbridge Wells Reds. There's a spreadsheet on a tobacco marketing person's hard drive that will never now be used.

Looks like it's going well!

Isn't it? I'm so proud. I know they're not backpacking around India or anything, but such a big brave thing to do. And despite freaking out and obsessing over every detail, they're doing it & having fun. I am being sent pics of all the food they are eating. Or the empty dishes anyway.

They have arrived. They accidentally booked a double instead of a twin but all fine and they have gone for a curry.

But now they are too nervous to ask people to move

Hilarious. They are on the correct train, but thought they weren't. They have been hiding in corridors in case a ticket fella came along when they actually have reserved seats

This is child1 spending some of his child trust fund money. It's really sweet he wanted to go with his sister. I have friends local to Bristol on standby in case they need a rescue. They will only get confident in doing stuff if they do stuff. Even if they fuck it up, it doesn't matter.

They both have ASD and are freaking out about details. Child1 was convinced he had the wrong tickets even though they clearly say Bristol on them. Still, another hour and they will be there. Taxi to hotel. Job done.

Telephone exchange repair
Mainframe programming
Making really well-recorded and thought out mix tapes*

*actually did this for someone I dated 3 years ago. Bought a tape deck from a charity shop. But she dumped me and my fiancée has no tape deck to play a tape on.

and places near the equator. I foresee a general migration toward the poles and that must be a decline in population. We have to manage it though.

I think the issue is with the demographic hump of the baby boomers. Left unchecked we'll have lots and lots of elderly people with no-one to look after them. That will go away over the next 20 years. Meanwhile, parts of this planet become uninhabitable due to climate change - low lying nations

Immigrants aren't new people. They already exist.

Imagine!

Have you seen the umbrellas you can buy that have the wrapper as the design?

Even better if the 11 yo daughter is still alive and able to walk.