It’s not all natural either. I’ve recently learned about anticholinergic burden and am annoyed I didn’t know sooner because with the health system the way it is now (so many locums, no continuity of care, overworked hospitals) elderly people really need their family looking out for stuff like this.

Bunch of factors:

• cognitive decline

• cognitive issues related to medications eg anticholinergic burden

• belief that they no longer “understand” the way things work and have to take younger people’s word for things

• fear due to physical vulnerability (give in to scammers to avoid getting hurt physically)

• loneliness (give in to scammers because they think they are making a human connection)

What we can do to help oldies is to be actively in their lives and looking out for them. Helping them navigate stuff and just letting them know we are there.

Super atmospheric. I love the bit of light on the rhs it kind of suggests the contrast of a cosy house with the street.

Beautiful, that mist layer really makes it ethereal!

Makes sense. I still really love plain lemonade ones, feels like a treat for me.

New New Internet.

Here’s a photo I took inside a car wash

Could be some kind of vinegar (isn’t malt vinegar brown?), if it’s a stock photo set up that might also explain why it’s directly touching the actual ink instead of plain or wax paper?

This convo is so making me want hot chips darn it! Or that top piece…

Thanks! Done!

Great, I’m back to questioning my identity and I’d forgotten the other super hard question in there, dessert. 😃

What can I say, I was young and it feels like it should work so I kept thinking maybe the champagne wasn’t good enough, maybe it works better with dry instead of sweet, etc.

If you hate tonic, maybe substitute one of those fancy Fever Tree club sodas then?

Gorgeous!!!

The top piece does.

The bottom piece appears to be congealing into the newsprint though, probably because the hand seems to be pouring a thin dribble of vegetable oil on to it from what I first thought was a sauce bottle.

They declined the takeaway food too though.

The part she was reimbursed for was the car loan and medication costs.

Seem to have left the co payment of Community Services cards for now.

Holy smoke!

Fudge, I forgot to complete it! I got halfway through and started having an existential crisis about my identity ha ha and thought I’ll come back later and fix this.

Be careful what you wish for. Mine was when half my hometown started telling my mother they saw me stuffing my face with chips in the background of a One News report when I was meant to be in class.

I did it when I was in my 20s a few times and I hated it. Tasted suspiciously like vomit.

However I did not give up there. The grown up spider/icecream soda involves tonic water, french vanilla icecream, crushed strawberries and a dash of gin, imo.