Sounds like I’d better eat as much chocolate as I can in the next 2 years and 1 month before I turn 40 and start losing those taste buds.
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Oh I’m about to go down a rabbit hole
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The daughter in Friday Night Lights has a crush on another lifeguard nicknamed The Swede and that’s what I’m gonna call my new grass cutting friend
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I am campaigning to switch to scything from mowing but losing the battle. Guess I should watch competitions for pointers
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I have also lost my sheep/mini sheep requests UNLESS I agree to them being eaten
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Hunky Swede is a bonus 
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Bread and circuses.
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Did you know that after the zoo closes, they take some of the animals out for walks? This anteater was being rewarded with licks of mashed avocado.
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TIL about the invention of PrEP and the scientists who spearheaded its use in South Africa. And there is a newer HIV prevention drug that’s just an injection every 6 months, incredible stuff
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today I learned about how they parachuted beavers in the 1940s, and that there are now at least two folk songs about it
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For all of you CO folks with kids! The laws around car seats are changing in 2025. We have entered the 21st century and now all passengers under 18 need to wear a seatbelt in the back seat (previous law was 16). Also the rules around rear facing and booster seats have changed. Now rear facing is required until 2 unless the kid weighs more than 40#. I am not sure the difference in booster seat rules since I don’t know the old ones, but this article describes all scenarios.
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Wait…if you’re over 18, you don’t have to wear a seat belt in the back seat??? (lifetime CA resident here-everyone is belted all the time)
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It is a really weird law! I remember when taking my drivers license test when I was 16, they specifically said “who needs to wear a seat belt” was the most missed question because people answer “everyone in the vehicle needs to wear a seatbelt” when the actual law was “everyone needs to wear a seat belt except people over 16 in the back seat”.
In practice, I see most people wearing a seatbelt at all times though.
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Frontier politics! In general the policies here skew more hands off than other equally blue states.
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@ginja_ninja thank you! I have an elf baby who will probably be rear facing until age 10.
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