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“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
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In case you missed this thread - basically when Fantasy Football bets go wrong.


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Why is the answer to these always GET OUT?

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I mean, good he found out now before the wedding and especially before kids. He needs to bail right now.
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I'm just gonna say, someone who really has celiac disease would never eat a plate of spaghetti without any conversation about what kind they got, especially in someone else's home. The existence/non-existence of the sister is the bigger issue here though. Psychotic family rabbit hole is right.
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If she is lying about gluten... :o
Also, the story is so weird that if her family reads it they will know he was the person posting it. I say time to run away and open a donuts shop, so if she comes back with the shotgun he can get protection (there will be cops in there).
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MJ2004 wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:49 pm I'm just gonna say, someone who really has celiac disease would never eat a plate of spaghetti without any conversation about what kind they got, especially in someone else's home. The existence/non-existence of the sister is the bigger issue here though. Psychotic family rabbit hole is right.
I hear you, but it was her parent's home. Most people don't need to have any convos with their parents about what they can and cannot eat unless it was a new diagnosis and this wasn't (well her faking it at least).
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JazzNU wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:59 pm I hear you, but it was her parent's home. Most people don't need to have any convos with their parents about what they can and cannot eat unless it was a new diagnosis and this wasn't (well her faking it at least).
Assuming the fiancee was telling the truth, she would know if her mother had prior issues with her "diagnosis" and wouldn't just blindly eat a heap of gluten. The point I was making is that unless you're in a safe environment, you always question. Her not saying anything in advance proves the fiancee was making it up.
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My cousin was a talking head on CBS This Morning today--she's a conservatorship lawyer, so they brought her on to talk about Britney's testimony yesterday

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All European train stations with at least 80 million passengers per year (number of platforms in parenthesis). Data from before covid obviously (variously 2014-2019).

Gare du Nord, Paris 292.4 (32)
Hamburg Hbf 196.0 (12)
Frankfurt Hbf 179.9 (29)
Zürich HB 154.6 (26)
München Hbf 150.7 (34)
Roma Termini 150 (32)
Gare de Lyon, Paris 148.1 (28)
Berlin Hbf 120.1 (14)
Milano Centrale 120 (24)
Madrid Atocha 116.6 (24)
Köln Hbf 116.1 (11)
Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris 109.6 (27)
Wien Hbf 97.8 (12)
Wien Mitte 97.8 (5)
Berlin Friedrichstrasse 95.6 (8)
Hannover Hbf 95.3 (12)
London Waterloo 94.3 (24)
Stuttgart Hbf 93.1 (17)
Düsseldorf Hbf 91.3 (20)
Berlin Ostkreuz 91.3 (12)

For reference the three busiest train stations in North America are NY Penn station (107.4), Toronto Union station (72.4) and NY Grand Central Terminal (66.9).

Basel SBB station few blocks away from my apartment serves about 36 million passengers per year.
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When I was young I always had the fantasy of buying one of those Eurail passes and travel Europe by train. I like them (as we have none in Venezuela or Colombia, and just a few in S. America).
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Train travel is having a second renaissance in Europe these days. Even Latvia is buying new rolling stock and building a new line.
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If you buy a Eurail pass before you fly to Europe you can plot out where you want to go and buy a pass that will suit your itinerary. We missed going to Germany because it would've meant an overnight stay we hadn't budgeted for. It's the best way to go
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Sidenote- if you ever travel by train on a new route or want to travel by train, or plan a trip involving trains, this website is a must, it's really one of the most useful travel resources I've encountered: https://www.seat61.com/
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Bookmarked! Txs, that is great.
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