People become parochial when it is in their patch. It will be extremely difficult in the foreseeable future to go down the line of closures in rural communities.

These guys didn't do anything all year, and they collected a check.

Eating a diet loaded with fat can overtax the liver and gall bladder, while eating a diet high in sugar can overwhelm even the strongest stomach and give rise to the growth of unhealthy bacteria in the intestines.

What we eat determines how well our digestion works,

The average size of a meat protein should be about the size of a deck of cards, not a roulette wheel, ... Get a burrito the size of a bar of soap -- not a torpedo.

One weekend it rained for 48 hours without stopping. The rain beat like bony fingers against the window panes. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Fungus was growing on the walls. I polished off a bottle of gin sitting huddled over the two-bar electric fire and wrote a poem, one of the few that has lasted through the moves and the years. It is called 'Where Can I Go?'
If this is not the place where tears are understood where do I go to cry?
If this is not the place where my spirits can take wing where do I go to fly?
If this is not the place where my feelings can be heard where do I go to speak?
If this is not the place where you’ll accept me as I am where can I go to be me?
If this is not the place where I can try and learn and grow where can I go to laugh and cry?