Precordial catch

Ah, the tragedy of any in-joke. If not everyone is in on the joke, eventually it stops being a joke.

This is my hole! It was made for [MY CHICKEN SOUP]

Which pro-nuclear posters are pro-fossil fuels and anti-turbine? I’ve never encountered anyone like that.

I’m going to go a different direction and argue that the RS232 has always been the most androgynous and third-sex of the connectors because:

• the female connector is most frequently the one that’s a cable
• the male connector is most frequently directly connected to an appliance
• the male has the pin prongs, but is almost always recessed.
• the female connector has the the prong holes, but almost always juts out.

Who’s connecting to who? Who’s the top and who’s the bottom? Who wears the pants? No one knows.

I don’t know how much weight I put on a British person’s opinion on issues relating to the Irish and Ireland.

Eh, I think you might think heat pumps are more complicated than they are. I think they’re about as complicated as a furnace. At the end of the day, in both your just pumping a gas from one place to another, changing the state of the gas, and then running that past air to heat or cool it.

Damn dude, it’s not that big a deal. Just don’t pick up the phone. If it’s important they’ll find a way to let you know.

No it doesn’t. Just don’t pick up the phone. If it’s important they’ll text you to pick up the phone. There’s a reason the terms “phone tag” and “screening calls” exist.

China has a bad ratio of young people to old people. They have a lot of people, but as the population ages there will be fewer working people supporting more retired people. It’s not just about money either. There are a finite number of nurses or caretakers in a country at any given time, so it will mean higher ratio of people needing care to those able to give it. It’s a complex issue that almost every country is going to be dealing with more in the future, but China will probably feel it more than average.

Same with the Virginias.

I would say that it’s too early for anyone to know what a more solidified etiquette will be. So for now just do whatever you want so long as you pay attention to any changes in public opinion or rule changes.