Fortunately, most of these in my area are well maintained and I can find their locations on the website, including difficulty levels and GPS-data.

Cows live to between 16 and 20 usually (depending on breed), if not slaughtered before. There’s a Basque delicacy meat from elderly cows (txogitxu sells it worldwide) who are usually slaughtered when they’re close to twenty. If dairy farmers were not so bent on using cow breeds designed for milk production only, it…

I’m the one who in winter regularly makes microwave cheese fondue for lunch. It’s tasty, easy and perfect for winter. It will admittedly stink up the office kitchen. But there’s always a price.

... and Seung-Hui Cho was of South Korean heritage. Even born there.

Yes, he was unable/unwilling to take a (short) walk with the other leaders.

It was nice and made for some great bikini pics but was not sustainable for me in the longterm. Plus, my face had gotten a bit too thin and angular from lack of body fat.

It’s not really achievable for most women without sacrifices.

For women to start showing definition at the abs the body fat content needs (for almost all women) to be 15% or lower. I’ve been there and that is very little body fat on me. I was slim before, but that took it to another level.

Please keep in mind that women in hunter gatherer societies spread children out, just one every 3-4 years. Accidental pregnancies in between ended either in abortion or in infanticide, because logistics did not allow for more than one toddler at a time.

Like invading Finland in winter.

Depends, some N/A beers are really good, e.g. Lammsbräu is a delight. Others... not so much. Erdinger N/A wheat beer is good as well. A friend who spent part of a pregnancy in Spain claims that Spanish N/A beer tastes the best and that she prefers it over the regular alcoholic variety. Haven’t tried, so can’t confirm.

Iced herbal teas, if you’re adventurous add some (real) juice to your iced tea - I’d suggest no more than 30% fruit. Or keep it plain and take proper juice (fruit or vegetable) and fill up with 2/3 water. Low calorie drink, delicious and no added sugars, artificial or otherwise. I’m used to laws were anything not 100%…

Please do not forget that unions in Germany for a large part work with the companies, not against them. For example, there was a widespread agreement to not fight for higher wages in the direct aftermath of the 2008 recession. It’s not like France where from the outside it seems that unions want perks for workers come…

Switzerland, sorry for the confusion. And thank you again for al the explanations.

No, it wouldn’t. Going out to eat would be more expensive than cooking from scratch and in most cases ready meals are more expensive than cooking from scratch as well. A former coworker lived entirely off of ready meals (everyone thought he was weird) and took the time to drive 2-3 times per month into a neighboring…

Average, I will have to look up. But working at McDonald’s entry level will give you (for full time) a yearly income of about 36k, working as a cashier at a discount supermarket will earn you around 40k right from the start. Everything is expensive, but mostly compensation matches.

Thank you, a lot, for taking the time to answer my question in such detail. Makes a lot more sense to me now.

True, it was the only supermarket with local/seasonal products as well. They might not have been organic, but they were ‘right’ for area and time of the year.

Just a small thing - in most European countries corner bakeries are disappearing as well. Germany lost a ton of them, Ireland has basically 2 giant chain bakeries and very little independent ones etc. But even chain bakeries will not add sugar to all bread varieties because people will not buy it. Some like it, sure,…

I have been to American supermarkets and despaired at the food offerings. But once I resign myself to buying all organic, mostly local it sort of is okay with some even great things, at a price tag that is at the high end of what I am used to. But I still vividly remember trying to buy full fat yoghurt without any…