Things that are good about living in 2025

[Another Fan]

I love the nostalgia thread.  But wanted to start a try and be greatful for today thread

 

 

The Bills are at the very least a Super Bowl contender ever year

 

Cancer screenings/treatment has come a long way

 

Mental health awareness and things like neurodiversity I see as good things 

[Augie]

I can ask AI for an answer??? 

 

We can all be done thinking, and then see if we notice a difference. 

[BillsPride12]

The Bills

Podcasts

Documentaries 

Culinary 

[Bills4everNY]

The Bills

You can hear any song you want on YouTube. Also, If you don't want to spend $300 - $1,000 plus for one concert ticket, someone will tape the whole show and post it on YouTube for free and you can watch it in the privacy of your own home.

Paying bills on your cell phone.

You can get organic foods anywhere now, not just specialty stores.

 

 

 

 

[Pete]

The Bills

being able to find hard to find records.

.25 45 records

cheap weed

the World Wide Web 

speaker technology 

[Fleezoid]

Ummmmm...................... 🤔

[US Egg]

Best things in 2025?

 

I have a permanent best friend:

 

I mean, what more could anyone want? 

[Mike in Horseheads]

Being alive  is good enough for me

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

Like the legendary Mad Dog Mike from Put-In-Bay said:  Every day above ground is a good day

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

I can't think of any...

[Bill from NYC]

It sure is great that the Bills are still taking first round corners!!!

 

I'm obviously joking. Every minute I can spend with my family and close friends is a blessing from God.

[US Egg]

I am at peace with and have accepted Amazon Prime as a way of life. 

[muppy]

I have one and it has been so helpful and fun. You can laugh at me I don't care

 

I say having ALDI close by. I don't know how long they have been in business but new to me this year.

Edited 19 hours ago by muppy

[Fleezoid]

Global warming. .....Who the heck wants to be cold?

[Draconator]

Telling my boss I need to increase my hours by 30 more hours a week, my boss telling me that was ok. My boss is my wife, and I need to increase my hours to help pay for a trip to Italy and Greece in 2026. 

[US Egg]

41 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Telling my boss I need to increase my hours by 30 more hours a week, my boss telling me that was ok. My boss is my wife, and I need to increase my hours to help pay for a trip to Italy and Greece in 2026. 

My wife’s been wanting to go Italy. Apprehensive of being a stranger in a strange land because of a language barrier, I was able to instead sway her to go to London last year. Upon getting home, actually on the plane home, she starts up with the Italy thing. I told her to learn Italian because I do not want any part of a tour group vacation and want to do and see more than the Florence, Venice, Rome package seemingly commonly offered.
 

She’s been studying like crazy, drops hints of her progress almost daily. So…..???

[Draconator]

Just now, US Egg said:

My wife’s been wanting to go Italy. Apprehensive of being a stranger in a strange land because of a language barrier, I was able to instead sway her to go to London last year. Upon getting home, actually on the plane home, she starts up with the Italy thing. I told her to learn Italian because I do not want any part of a tour group vacation and want to do and see more than the Florence, Venice, Rome package seemingly commonly offered.
 

She’s been studying like crazy, drops hints of her progress almost daily. So…..???

Most people in Italy speak English. Plus there's Google Translate that can work in a pinch. 

[US Egg]

6 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Most people in Italy speak English. Plus there's Google Translate that can work in a pinch. 

Errrr!!! You’re not helping my case…..but, as a dutiful husband I shall apprise her of this Google thing.

[BuffaloBud]

1 hour ago, US Egg said:

My wife’s been wanting to go Italy. Apprehensive of being a stranger in a strange land because of a language barrier, I was able to instead sway her to go to London last year. Upon getting home, actually on the plane home, she starts up with the Italy thing. I told her to learn Italian because I do not want any part of a tour group vacation and want to do and see more than the Florence, Venice, Rome package seemingly commonly offered.
 

She’s been studying like crazy, drops hints of her progress almost daily. So…..???

GO!  Do not hesitate.  GO!

[Augie]

1 hour ago, US Egg said:

Errrr!!! You’re not helping my case…..but, as a dutiful husband I shall apprise her of this Google thing.

 

I took 6 years of French as a kid, and I currently have over 600 consecutive days of French lessons on Duolingo (free, easy and helpful). We went to Paris then Italy a couple years ago, but I’m glad I didn’t have to rely on my language skills. I’d ask for the check or simple things in French trying to be polite with my attempt, but there was no way I was keeping up in a conversation. 

 

English was spoken almost everywhere, and where it’s not, you will figure it out. We had a driver take us from Rome to Sorrento for a day trip to Capri, about 3 hours each way. We left at 6am and after a couple hours of him driving and me sleeping we stopped at this “gas station” for a break and to fill up. The “gas station” was also a first class deli and bakery, with restrooms that looked like a spa with showers, etc. The driver goes out to fill up, and we were the only English speaking people inside. We went to the bakery, took a pic of what we wanted and showed it to the cashier and held up 2 fingers. We paid, and we took the receipt to the baker who gave us our food.  This was before we had the translate app, and figuring out how to get it done was half the fun. 

 

The translate app makes everything super easy. You just talk into it and it does the translation for you. One thing about Italy that surprised me was the archaic plumbing in places. You might go into a nice restaurant in a nice area, and even toilet paper doesn’t go in the toilet. Flushing was not always a given, but I’d love to go back. 

 

Helpful hint: Learn a couple basic phrases to save you in a pinch. We were in a very touristy area in Spain a few years ago but nobody spoke English. Knowing “Donde esta el bano” came in extremely handy on one occasion!  😂 

 

 

EDIT: They have earbuds now that will do the translation for you, but I don’t have any experience with that yet. These translation apps are a very cool thing about living right now. They knock down barriers and that’s a good thing. 

 

 

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Edited 15 hours ago by Augie