I may have squee'd a little...
DharmaCurious
You mom sounds cool. :)
Climate change, same sex marriage (though, perhaps not as shocking as some might expect, ditto anything trans related), potential mars colonization, coming off the heels of the Spanish flu, COVID news would probably freak em out. Ooh, the USSR being gone, and China being a world super power. The USSR would have been new to them, and it collapsing less than a century later would probably feel quite odd, especially if you could make them understand just how incredibly advanced the USSR got in such a short amount of time. Tons of stuff.
That's how I found it, actually. We were new to the area (and it is rural), and there was a rock slide on the interstate that blocked traffic for a couple days, and I needed to get to a mechanic that was over there. Had to find an alternate route. Never looked back since. Lol.
But yes, unless there's a rock slide, wreck, or they've closed it for construction, it generally takes 15-20 minutes.
Not gonna name the road for hopefully obvious reasons, but there's a back road near me that's named after a town that used to be along it's side back in the 1910s, before it burned down. It's a state highway now, and it connects my town to another town about 40 minutes. There are no stores, attractions, businesses, etc on it. There's an interstate that also connects the two, that only takes 15 minutes. I always take that back road. That stretch of interstate is prone to rock slides, and that's my excuse, but in reality, I just love that drive. It's almost entirely state land, forested, a couple really nice meadows. About half of it is paved, half is gravel. I love it so much. I rarely have a reason to go to that other town, but sometimes I just make the drive to make the drive.
In some places, you pay for utilities before using them, and they shut you fuck off right in the middle of the month if you've used it up. :/
All hail the Tiny pizza!
I've just noticed your username. Haha.
You and I should be pizza friends. I will cook amazing pizza. Lol.
I can do crispy crust, it's not too hard. But I do also love a deep dish. Lol.
Well, as we've established, I have a hard time saying no. So, sure! Lol.
Typically, your shift is just an hour longer/shorter. Though, I've worked for companies that tried to scam me, and pay me for 8 hours on the night with 9 hours, under the guise that they would pay me 8 hours on the night with 7. Nope. I don't trust your ass, and I don't know that I'll still be working here in 6 months. I'll take my $8.75 for tonight, tyvm.