At my university, all exams were handwritten (with exceptions for people with disabilities or special needs)

Dogs are small like dogs, but they’re pretty popular

Wrong game, that’s AOE I. (although it is a taunt in AOE II)

I’ve not read the article yet, but I’m going to assume it’s affecting my sleep because I’m reading about how it’s affecting my sleep at 04:21 instead of, you know, going to sleep. Just a guess

… said the stubborn person refusing to upgrade.

I was still on Windows 7 until about four months ago when I needed to upgrade to 10 for work. I totally agree and understand your point

Why the fuck did we colonise 90% of the world if you’re not putting vinegar on chips? Did we teach you nothing?

I have a small van with a bed and a sink in. I don’t visit any campsites. I don’t see this as “wild camping”, but apparently it counts so I’ll pitch in my advice anyway. I feel like we would have very similar interests - my holidays consist of going to Scotland for roughly a week, walking wherever seems nice, and generally being away from other people. I park overnight in lay-bys or carparks that allow camping. I started out sleeping in the back of my car for the first few years, but it’s not as comfortable and I enjoyed myself enough that I decided to invest in a van.

The things I bring with me are

• bottled water (I have some 5L bottles that I fill from the tap, usually 30L is enough for drinking and hand washing for a week, with one “shower” from a bottle)
• books
• bedding
• camping stove and wok
• reusable plastic plates and forks
• clothing
• money (this is the most important, because if you forget anything else on the list you can buy it with money)
• map of where I’m going downloaded to my phone

I go shopping and find a toilet once a day. I drive to somewhere nice (just look at the map and take a guess). Sit and read,go for a walk wherever looks interesting, snack, sleep, repeat. In terms of food, it’s mostly pastries and salad, because it’s hard to find ready-to-eat vegetarian food. For cooking, I’ve found that stuffed pasta and readymade sauce is easy to cook, and the other go-to is vegetarian sausages in a bun. But generally I only eat one or two cooked meals per holiday. It’s not worth the washing up IMO.

My experience is probably different than what you’re planning, but similar enough to be useful advice I hope. You can literally start by just jumping in a car with some food and water, and driving somewhere nice. As long as you have a car, anyway. I’d suggest to start small and close to home, then it’s an easy escape if anything goes wrong

I live in a rural area and know a lot of farmers (meat, dairy and veg), none of whom are wealthy. Several don’t own land, but have to rent it instead. Those that do own land tend to be asset-rich but don’t actually have cash (as in, they own land and farm equipment, but they can’t sell it because then they wouldn’t be able to keep working). Maybe it’s different in other parts of the country, but around here people are struggling. We also have the issue of banks and other large corporations buying up land to plant with timber as carbon offsets, rather than putting in work to reduce their carbon footprint.

Since when are farmers wealthy?

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Seconded, much cheaper than Netflix as well. Game Changer is so good, some of the D20 is good (especially Abria’s (is that how you spell it) seasons), Breaking News is sometimes really good and sometimes whiffs hard for me.

I tend to subscribe for a couple of months and then cancel, something which the CEO recommends. Also recommends password sharing with friends. Also pays and treats workers well (according to their own advertising). Mainly left leaning outlook without being overtly political which I like.

Couldn’t find any mirrors better than what I already have, but I had a chance at a couple of tricky merges recently. I took your advice on being a bit more confident and I was able to pick my spot better and communicate more clearly to other drivers. I think that internalising that I’m not in a car has helped. Thanks again :)

Ah yeah, I mean that without a hood and zip it’s a jumper. With a hood and no zip it’s a hoodie

That particular thing is a hoodie. Without the hood it’s a jacket. Without a zip (as in, it goes over your head to put it on) it’s a jumper. I think sweatshirt is an American word

Ah, I see

“old lady” absolutely is slang for wife. Also “ball and chain” which… yeah…

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My first thought was the code of Hammurabi, as the first ever set of laws. But it turns out we know of several sets of laws from before then.

Then I was thinking maybe the Pope, given that it should be well chronicled. But it turns out Peter was the first Pope (who knew?), so we’re relying on Biblical timings which aren’t exact.

So now I’m going to say “something Chinese”. China’s recorded history goes back a lot further than Europe’s, but I don’t really know much about it to say anything more useful than that. But did you know that writing predates the iron age in China, unlike most places? (Usually, the invention of writing changes it from the iron age “prehistory” into the written “history”)

^doot

Bat’leth saber for the real tryhards out there

EDIT: I guess it would actually be called a light bat’leth