el_abuelo

Well to be fair it probably is pessimism. That doesn't make you a pessimist in the same way that me expecting to wake up every morning doesn't make me an optimist.

I think that flu thing is an old wives tale. You usually get flu because you breathed it in. The association with cold is because during cold weather people spend more time in poorly ventilated areas.

Same. Often finish the can with a feeling of disappointment and thirst.

What makes you hate it?

Ummmm you might care to remember that the USSR also "bailed out" Europe.

You know....in the sense that you were dragged into a war you had no intention of joining, by a foe that had already gone 11 rounds with the UK and Russia.

The UK spent an entire empire "bailing out" europe. Twice. But we don't hark on about it.

But you're right about one thing - no one is coming to bail you out. You've made it abundantly clear you will only act unilaterally. Europe will stay in its lane, quietly hope that Trump has a stroke, but ready to stand on its own for a 3rd time.

Use that to empower you to do the things you want to do. You don't know how much time you have, regardless of age.

Also use your 30s to build habits that will help keep you active into your 80s. Resistance training, cardio, and eating right. I struggled with this until my late 30s and while I'm making great strides now, it's a much harder fight in your 40s and 50s.

Sure if that works for you.

There are very few people in my field who can compete with me when it comes to capability and productivity - and that's in a highly developed country with some of the world's best educational institutions and companies to gain experience with.

Both seem to work.

Yes. Not intentionally of course. But yes.

I don't see how your way is any more predictable or consistent than using UTC. What even is "local time"? Are you assuming they haven't changed timezone since they created the data? Say....DST happened, or they drove over a border...?

Storing and manipulating in UTC is the most predictable and consistent because it is universal and unchanging. You only need to worry about "local time" at the point of displaying it.

You got me.

It took me until your comment to realise I had skimmed over the word "half" in the OP. Now this whole thing makes sense.

A person of culture I see. Thank you kind person.