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The curse of car insurance renewal day
There are few things in life as depressingly pointless and irritating as car insurance renewal day, with the possible exception of Piers Morgan. Why are we forced to waste endless time going through the same ridiculous cat and mouse price-chasing game with insurance companies?
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Balloons, aliens and sausage rolls
In an age of high-tech international cyber crime, there's something refreshingly old school about a superpower using balloons to allegedly spy on its enemies. Over the last week or so it seems that the US has scrambled F-16s at the site of any kind of inflatable flying objects in its airspace. The result is that #aliens and #UFOs are currently trending on social media as the world hypothesises over the international, or intergalactic origins of the obliterated objects.
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The Brits 2023 – What happened to music?
From the moment Sam Smith turned up to yesterday’s Brits looking like a badly burned spatchcock chicken, there was little chance I was going to be able to relate to much of the evening’s proceedings. The Brits is a regular fixture on the annual music awards calendar, a celebration of the incredible creative talent that has made the UK the home of the world’s most prestigious artists and entertainers. It remains so today, of course, but for those of us born before the invention of the internet – and for whom streaming once required a net and wellies – watching The Brits today is a little like watching one’s own…
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Is the air fryer the greatest gadget ever?
A few months ago, I had no idea what an air fryer was. Until that moment in time, my family and I had been nonchalantly cooking our meals using our regular oven, the dependable workhorse to which we had entrusted the baking and cooking – and occasional burning – of our family meals for all time. Its faithful companion, the microwave, had also enjoyed regular use in our household over the years. Unlike the lesser-handled gadgets of yesteryear – the soup maker, George Foreman and the virtually antique sandwich toaster – which had remained forgotten, gathering dust in an out of reach cupboard since sometime in the early 2000s. The…
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Children’s mental health: Why we need to stop and listen
Taking time to stop and listen to the worries and concerns of the young people in our lives is important, even if you don't have the answers that they want to hear.
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Welcome to Midlife On Earth
A topical magazine blog on midlife, written by a 40-something man for middle-aged men. Expect news, comment and opinions on almost anything.
