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THURSDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 1961
Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment.
The candles are outnumbering the years you've got left.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Every relationship has a honeymoon period. Yours was the walk from the bar to…
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- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
- Age is just a number. So is your cholesterol, and it's climbing faster than…
- The council listened to your feedback. Then it did the thing anyway, but with…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Your fitness app's AI coach called a four-minute walk "incredible progress". It said the…
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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