@drewnogal said
I read that having social contact with at least 5 different people each week during old age is important for brain stimulation to protect against dementia. I’m not sure whether a discussion on an internet forum counts as being as helpful as a regular chat with a local shop keeper mind?

I read that as well and although it is natural to gravitate to people with similar mindsets that is really not good for brain activity. Certainly chatting on a forum like this is a help. I am fortunate in that regard as I own a restaurant and bar down here in the islands and I meet and chat with dozens of people every month from all over Europe and North America. They say playing a musical instrument, or learning a foreign language, are also good for the brain.

@shavixmir said
It’s getting serious.
Obviously I normally couldn’t care less about the Earth warming, the US coasts flooding and islands sinking… but I have just stumbled upon some really serious information.

And I kid you not.
Due to global warming, spiders are getting larger… and more bloody aggressive.

Nope.
No.
This has got to stop.
What sort of an apocalyptic nightmare ar ...[text shortened]... ters are getting bigger…
Nope. Just plain no.

Throw out your aircos and buy a bloody bicycle!!!

Go get yourself a sex change and put on a dress.

@drewnogal said
I’m lucky in that I’ve always enjoyed some sort of sports activity like horse riding, running, cycling, squash, badminton, and swimming. I now walk my dog miles each week, garden and do resistance training at home. I’m of the view that you use it or lose it and it has also kept my weight and blood pressure low.

Well that is the right attitude to handle the senior years. Some brain activity is also critical to ward off dementia, Parkinson's and other brain disorders. There is new research suggesting that the brain does not need to deteriorate with age like the body does. Its interesting.

@the-gravedigger said
Is it worth giving up the stuff you like so you can have an extra 2 years in the nursing home.

If those are the options then eat, drink and be merry. But I know quite a few over 75 people moving around like a 40s old, while some 50 yr olds are struggling with stage 4 cancer, in pain. living off meds and regretting all the stuff they did in their younger days. Doctors, hospitals and big drug companies love people who dont take care of their health.

@drewnogal said
I’m at the stage of trying to giving up anything that harms my health for the sake of preserving physical health as best I can into old age. I wish I’d started sooner but I didn’t imagine ever getting old when I was young. That came when I got to 50 and started seeing the health problems my older sisters were dealing with.

Sounds like you should be happy about some more government control over peoples diets. Eg had the govt passed legislation 30 years ago to control smoking and consumption of sugars and carbs, heavily processed meats, you might have benefitted.

@great-big-stees said
Oh to be perfect eh? There will always be and always have been people who overindulge in lots of things. Hey this really tastes good or hey this makes me feel really good. It’s hard not to try something that does that, we all do or have done it. Some just try it and move on, others can’t move on. We then have to deal with that. Too bad everyone can’t live by, “moderation”.

Of course, I know, then pay for your medical care. Why should taxpayers pay for it.

@the-gravedigger said
True, we also spend billions of pounds 'treating' drug addicts.

The drug addicts are smiling. If it cost them, they would think twice. Consequences and responsibility, they day people understand that their lives would be far better.

@the-gravedigger said
We don't want the government poking their snouts into our lives.

Only when you get sick ...

@drewnogal said
I agree with that and it also results in a great cost to our national health service but what would young people be banned from doing next? Perhaps a ban on buying sweets?

From what I remember [I lived there for about a year or so in my younger days], the typical British adult woman was fat, and so were some men. Their diet was loaded with carbs and sweets. They all smoked and drank lots of beers.

What the govt should really do is, rather than telling people what is healthy and forcing them to have that, is to have a list of self-inflicted diseases for which will pay to have medical care. So eat and drink as you please, but when the time comes pay the doctors and hospitals.

What is going on is that because medical care is free, people are abusing the food which damages their health.

@earl-of-trumps said

I also believe in a single-state solution, "from the river to the sea"

So do I... 🙂

@fartacus said
Ireland isn't relevant in anything.

Isn't Palestine a country? I'm confused about this recognized state business and I'm too lazy to look it up.

Palestine is a country that belong to the Jews.
Israel = Palestine.
Palestinians is NOT Palestine.
It is the name given to the Arabs who lived there.
Palestine is the country, now Israel
Palestinians is the people of Arab descent.

Palestine never existed as a country except when Israel took it over. It was always part of some Empire for over 2000 years after the Romans chased out the Jews.

Ireland by the way is a second rate country putting their mouth where it does not belong. They are another failed people just like Palestinians. South Africa is another failed state, who support Palestinians.

You would notice that failures support failures, and breed more failure.
Its a fact of life.

@shavixmir said
There is not one anti-semite on this forum.

There are a shyt load of moslim hatera though.

People all over the world are getting smart ... just not you. Islam is a religion that promotes hatred, murder, child abuse, pedophilia, ignorance and backwardness. It needs to be wiped off the planet.

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The number of Islamophobic incidents reported to an organisation monitoring anti-Muslim sentiment and abuse in the UK more than tripled in the four months since the Hamas attacks in Israel last year.

Tell Mama, which describes itself as the leading agency on measuring anti-Muslim hate, said there were 2,010 cases of this kind between 7 October 2023 and 7 February this year. This was a steep rise from the 600 cases reported for the same four-month period a year previously. We are deeply concerned about the impacts that the Israel and Gaza war are having on hate crimes and on social cohesion in the UK.

Of the total cases recorded after the Hamas 7 October attacks, 1,109 were classed as online cases while 901 took place offline, Tell Mama said. Incidents it recorded included a Muslim woman in Islamic clothing being assaulted on a bus in east London and told “you Muslims are troublemakers”; a written death threat to worshippers at a mosque; a woman whose car was vandalised with a Nazi swastika; and cases of Muslim women being called “terrorists”.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/islamaphobia-muslims-hamas-israel-gaza-racism-b2500757.html

@divegeester said
Well maybe you’re right, I hope so. And I hope Farticus is wrong about Iran nearing nuclear capability as those extremist loons will definitely fire one off.

I would like to think Israel has that under control. Israel has already destroyed 2 or more nuclear facilities in that region. They have assassinated several top Muslim nuclear weapons scientists working in these facilities. All that is left now to to monitor the sale of enriched plutonium, which is only made by a handful of countries. Iran is not one of them, thankfully.

What was interesting about last night is that contrary to the anti-semites and terrorist supporters around here, Israel is not a hated country, at least not in Europe. These countries who had the ability all monitored Iran, alerted Israel, and downed some of these drones heading for Israel. Israel is not alone.

@divegeester said
Israel will be gearing up to use at least one tactical nuke on Iran as “fuk about and find out” response if Iran continues.

Edit: and I’d put money on it that the US have told Iran they will back Israel. BUT the Ayatollah of terror has publicly played his hand now so it’s gonna be an escalation one way or another.

#religion-of-peace

I doubt Israel will do anything. Irans lame attempt really did nothing to warrant a serious response. Its like an angry spoilt child throwing a toy at you. They are best ignored. Irans so-called attack caused no fatalities or any signigicant damage. Most of those drones were intercepted. But sooner or later they will make the same mistake Hamas made.

@shavixmir said
Well, there we had it. Iran’s retaliation.

I wonder if the US and Israel will choose to de-escalate… or if they’re gonna go for it.

Exciting days!

is that what those jokers call retaliation? They are a bunch of pussies. Firing those lame drones 99% of which were intercepted. They are as stupid as Hamas. Are those your friends ? Lol ... birds of a feather. 🙂