http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC526783/
literally every potent drug has strong side effects. Nicotine is just one of them, a powerful stimulant and analgesic. Many problems with it lie in self-medication and mass production.
IT in many libraries is heavily underinvested, both in pay and infrastructure.
So, you have too few, average or below-average workers, annoyed with constant struggle with old software / hardware (plus standard IT support problems, like workers resetting their computers by turning the screen of and on again).
Woops, a disk in our 9-year-old array just died. Let me fill that form for financial director, and explain we really do need to buy a new one. Pray so that spare disk won't die in the meantime. "No, we cannot buy a cheaper one". What, new server? We just bought you a brand new expensive hard drive 6 months ago!
I know the struggle. Just make sure that everything is documented and let the other disk fail. Then go home. After a few of these dralas you are either fired or promoted to "we should listen to him"
I can totally agree. Humans are most fertile around early twenties, but as a young (23) parent I'd say it is not the best age to actually raise children.
We're impatient. We have much "explosive" energy, the kind not really suitable for watching a newborn for hours.
We can now have beautiful and very healthy babies easily, but Grandma is way better sitter than us for most of the day - more experienced, more calm, comfortably retired by now :) And I do belive it is the natural way.
Better than kindergarten.
>not really suitable for watching a newborn for hours //
Traditionally you'd put the baby in some sort of sling/papoose/carrier and do pretty much what you'd normally do but with extra breaks for feeding etc.. Children learn by seeing and imitating, in a few years they can be productive parts of the family/tribe.
IME children need lots of energy put in to their upbringing. My kids ages span a decade - I'm far less able to give the youngest the active upbringing I feel he needs than I was for his older siblings.
Mind you in this sort of scenario there would be much shared responsibility and lots of people to carry/teach/feed/entertain/etc..
"I wouldn’t say any of my close friends are alcoholic"
tut-tut, a single alcohol palimpsest (loss of consciousness / memory without falling asleep) indicates "warning" phase of alcoholism. Yes, it does not necesarily mean You will become a chronic alcoholic, but it means "controll was lost" and You are on your way there.
In Poland you only get composite if you pay extra, National Health Fund (mandatory insurance) gives you the amalgam. And a month of waiting, where time is crucial. And no anastheatics for drilling. SLAVIC FUN!
Yeah, I believe it's the same in the UK. I don't think the month of waiting is too bad, cavities take a long time to develop. A checkup every 6 months should be enough to prevent them from developing too far.
If you're below middle class, large corporations (banks, insurance companies, media providers etc.) are most likely able to treat You as they please. While it's really hard to blame the less wealthy, given our history.
I think this is worldwide: If you're not able to protect yourself, no one will.
