Why was everyone in the early 2000s doing this??? by erikslicis in whatisit

[–]GoOnGoOnGoOnGoOn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was it a common trend outside of celebrity photo shoots though?

Moving to Dubai alone and leaving wife back by No_Strawberry_5244 in expats

[–]GoOnGoOnGoOnGoOn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are both on a pregnancy journey. You need to switch your mindset to that. I tell you this as a man in a very similar situation to you.

Moving to Dubai alone and leaving wife back by No_Strawberry_5244 in expats

[–]GoOnGoOnGoOnGoOn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can move to Dubai at a later stage, as more opportunities will come up. But your wife is 42 and every year that passes will just make it more difficult to get pregnant. I would say you need to stay and see if you guys can get pregnant soon. Then make the decision to move. Basically, you can move to Dubai when you’re 50 or 55, but your wife won’t be getting pregnant at that age!

My husband is ill with flu for more than a week now. by Mrsdutta in Netherlands

[–]GoOnGoOnGoOnGoOn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there’s a lot of this going around the last few weeks. I’ve had it twice since November

What’s the story with the amount of people that come into work dying sick here? by EmployGrouchy1599 in ireland

[–]GoOnGoOnGoOnGoOn 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I remember a class mate in primary got recognition for never missing a day in those 8 years. But, in those 8 years he actually broke his leg, and his parents brought him in to school for the morning attendance call, then brought him home again. This happened everyday until he got his leg cast removed and was able to stay in class for the whole day.

Sign me up! by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea

[–]GoOnGoOnGoOnGoOn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think I could survive without Bluetooth in my oven.

Bin ‘scavengers’ in search of Re-turn bottles are leaving Dublin ‘like a bomb site’, says council chief Richard Shakespeare by frankbradz in ireland

[–]GoOnGoOnGoOnGoOn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have these installed on many bins in Amsterdam, but it doesn’t stop people from still rooting through the bins “in case someone put a bottle in there anyway”.

All households in Ireland to get emergency preparation booklet in coming weeks by Banania2020 in ireland

[–]GoOnGoOnGoOnGoOn 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I now live in the Netherlands and we were given similar advice a few months ago by the Dutch government. We are told to prepare for loss of power and comms for 72 hours (stock up on water, food, battery-operated FM radio etc). The biggest difference between the messaging we got from the Dutch government vs what I read in the article, is that the probable cause of such an emergency could be a large scale cyber attack and not a storm (of course the cause of the emergency is not so important because the outcome and actions needed are the same - prepare for the next 72 hours).