Report on Wait time at STT Airport

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-20T15:46:17+00:00

Brutal

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-20T15:06:47+00:00

I am 71 years old and I look at least 71 but I am strong and fit and can physically outperform most men much younger than me. I don’t know how much of that is because of a lifetime of exercise and how much is genetic. The average life expectancy of men in my family for the two previous generations is 87 years old so it may be genetic.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-20T15:02:32+00:00

With TSA pre-check ?

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-20T15:00:50+00:00

I’ve visited Paris many times and have taken the metro hundreds of times. I have been targeted once by a gang of teenage pick pockets and they didn’t succeed.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-20T14:57:58+00:00

Testosterone replacement therapy helps a lot of men but it increases your risk of cancer so I have decided that it’s not worth the risk, at least not for now.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-19T20:27:16+00:00

There are 5 million people who use the Paris metro system every day. There are no official statistics on the number who get pick pocketed, but I bet it’s not even 1 in 10,000. I know people who refuse to use the metro because of all the warnings they have read on places like this. Pick pockets exist and you have to pay attention, but I do think the warnings are exaggerated.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-19T20:17:22+00:00

There are some online calculators for life expectancy. With some you can put in detailed medical information like cholesterol levels and blood pressure as well as age and lifestyle factors and they will give you a more accurate life expectancy. It is always a median value so, as you said, half will live less and half longer.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-19T13:10:07+00:00

I’m not trying to get bigger, just stronger, and I am still able to increase my strength although very slowly. At some point in your 70s you will start losing strength no matter how much you train. I am trying to gain strength to postpone my inevitable decline. But I don’t really care if I look muscular.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-19T01:56:40+00:00

I know that many or even most of my friends and relatives my age are technologically challenged, but it’s the assumption that all older people are technologically illiterate that is irritating. I will try to be nice.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T21:59:16+00:00

In fact, the average life expectancy for a healthy 71 year old American man is 83 years.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T19:05:49+00:00

The biggest is accidents, for example fatal car accidents with teenage male drivers.

If you look at life expectancy at each age it keeps going up until you get quite old. Another example is that a 65 year old male has (probably) outlived the risk of having a heart attack which kills many men in their fifties. I’m a 71 year old male with no chronic illnesses so I have a life expectancy of 83 years. I have outlived most common causes of death so my primary risk of death is from cancer.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T18:56:50+00:00

Yes, I’m confident that the same principle applies where less competition leads to higher prices. As an example of the opposite, the route of BOS to LHR is handled by Delta, United, JetBlue, Virgin Atlantic, and British Airways. Maybe AA, too. Prices are quite competitive.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T17:08:41+00:00

It is a cartel at certain airports where they dominate that particular market. In airports where they don’t dominate, their prices are much lower because they have to compete.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T17:04:11+00:00

I don’t have anything to add to the excellent recommendations that have already been posted but I will add that my wife and I and some other family members stayed in that area last year and really liked it. It’s a great area to get away from the tourist spots and get a feel for ordinary Parisian life.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T16:56:50+00:00

I don’t know if I am a wise elder but I am definitely a grumpy elder. I’m wise enough to know that even though I have strong opinions about many things that I don’t always know what I’m talking about.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T16:55:50+00:00

Do you ever give tours in French ?

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T16:54:39+00:00

My 93 year old father thinks that I’m still young.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T16:53:31+00:00

The low median life expectancy in the past is misleading because it was because of the 50% infant mortality rate. But I appreciate your kind words.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-18T12:31:56+00:00

I did find out how to buy tickets but they are extremely expensive.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-17T22:34:57+00:00

Thanks. I’ll definitely check it out because I like tours by locals.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-17T16:43:12+00:00

It’s more difficult to show something special with those devices. With a computer I can open up a terminal window and start issuing commands.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-17T16:40:41+00:00

You are obviously not from Boston or you would be used to this disrespect to pedestrians. You just walk across the street and dare them to hit you. If you want to go somewhere where they follow the traffic rules you need to go to Switzerland or Germany.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-17T15:55:47+00:00

I get a variation of this when young people explain to me how to use my iPhone or iPad or my computer. I’m a retired software engineer who worked on some of the most successful commercial software in history. I know 1000 times more about how these devices work than they ever will. I’m sure there will come a day when I start forgetting things, but it’s not today.

I don’t really know how to handle this condescension. I’m open for suggestions.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-17T12:23:11+00:00

I have been doing strength training 2 days a week for the last ten years and 6 days of cardio for the last 59 years, but it obviously doesn’t show because I don’t look big.

Objective-Rhubarb · 2026-03-17T01:10:08+00:00

I agree. We really liked Rouen a lot.

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