I don't feel especially at risk from the police, being a boring middle-class law-abiding type. But I do think that they on average relax their standards when dealing with people in a criminal environ… (View Post)

I suspect that most of us here are a bit weird, really, but it's a place for honest chat. (View Post)

Personally I think life is a lot better for most people in the West than it used to be, but we have a tendency to look on the dark side. I don't understand why the elderly tend to be more right-wing … (View Post)

Agreed, within reason - as you say, the exception is if it dominates the early conversation. In general politics is either not that important to people (in which case who cares) or deep and complex (… (View Post)

Yes, I worked full-time into late 60s, then dropped to 4 days a week and in the end just 2 days a week, before finally calling it a day a few months ago at age 74. It's been a very smooth progression… (View Post)