Being Cooped Up

[SARGE67]

Just imagine being cooped up here with one of your Exes in Texas, and no store that sells booze...

The Icy Village Where You Must Remove Your Appendix

There’s a settlement in Antarctica with a school, a post office and a huddle of homes. It’s like other sub-zero villages, except for one thing: families must have surgery to move in.

getpocket.com

 

[Rafe]

Average life expectancy about 49 years?

Appendix removal is a necessary precaution for the handful of people who stay longer-term because the nearest major hospital is more than 1,000km (625 miles) away, past the tip of King George Island and on the other side of the Southern Ocean’s icy swell. There are only a few doctors on base, and none are specialist surgeons.

 

[dsgrey]

I'm surprised they don't require all their teeth be removed. After all, no dentist either.

 

[Iowashooter]

Remove their brains and they could all vote D

 

[Mohawk600]

Remove their brains and they could all vote D

I bet every one of them already votes D.