Random Thoughts

[SteveGrondin]

@Vorian_Atreides

So . . . if I “pick” one to be my life-time partner, and it’s revealed that one of the other two is definitely not for me . . . do I switch?

ISWYDT

[The_Polymath]

@Vorian_Atreides

Is this a requirement for time together to be considered a “date”?

I have been out of the dating game for a while but back in the day that was the expectation beyond the initial meetups to see if there was interest on both sides.

This was in London. I would posit that in larger urban cities dating skewed towards dinner/drinks/entertainment.

Based on what I have seen this year those three things have materially increased in cost (London) which would definitely put people off. They would do cheaper things now.

[Bro]

@quoll

The estimated cost is $200 per date (actuaries may work out how to do it more cheaply).

Well, when you go to a show for $60, and dinner for each person at a “decent” restaurant is $30, it’s not surprising that it gets that expensive.

Choices, man. If you go play mini-golf for $10 a person, and then just sit in a chair chatting for an hour, that date is only 20 bucks.

[Vorian_Atreides]

@The_Polymath

I would posit that in larger urban cities dating skewed towards dinner/drinks/entertainment.

I would tend to agree with this statement, primarily because the “entertainment” is far more diverse.

In the Po’ . . . it’ll be dinner at the fanciest place near by (typically, Dairy Queen) and drinks (usually lots of choices for which bar).

[quoll]

@Vorian_Atreides

In the Po’ . . . it’ll be dinner at the fanciest place near by (typically, Dairy Queen) and drinks (usually lots of choices for which bar).

That reminds me of when I lived in Wisconsin. We went on a road trip once and told someone where we lived and they said “I went there once and we went to Buffalo Wild Wings”. I replied, “That’s our best restaurant!”

[Cooke]

Spending this week at my brother’s place in the Ontario farming community where I grew up. Weather couldn’t be finer.

The 100 acre farms that used to exist here have been replaced by 100 acre fields. Today’s giant machinery harvests in a day what my dad and my brothers harvested 60 years ago in a few weeks’ time. And that was a huge step up from what my grandfather could harvest 100+ years ago.

The amount of production on the same amount of land has also skyrocketed. Today’s large farmers not only get much higher yields per acre but they harvest three or four hay crops in a season whereas we usually only had one good harvest per year.

I guess it is a good thing overall in order to feed an increasing population but I am glad I have memories of the family farms of the old days.

[Vorian_Atreides]

@Cooke

but they harvest three or four hay crops in a season whereas we usually only had one good harvest per year

A lot is due to the speed of harvesting and prepping the land for the next crop. What takes maybe a week or two (depending on weather) now would’ve been a couple of months way back then.

Also a choice of whether or not to plant a “winter crop”.

[quoll]

This overfarming has also led to reduced nutrients in our crops. Which leads to a greater need for a supplement industry or more pharmaceuticals to make up for worse health outcomes.

Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?

[Ted_Hoffman]

I’m not saying that the kids a few houses over that shriek nonstop whenever they’re outside is annoying, but if one day they were violently attacked and/or murdered, no one in the surrounding neighborhood would be able to tell the difference.

[SteveGrondin]

You mean the only way would be the cessation of the noise.

[Ted_Hoffman]

The noise also ceases when they go inside, so that wouldn’t clear anything up.