I, for one, am confident the world will not end before 31 January 2026. My belief is based on the date of the expiration of my Senior Citizen transit pass; when I got my first pass a few years ago, it was only valid for a year, which I took as a bad omen of their consideration of my longevity; the second pass was valid for an additional two years and I was grateful for their revised projection; now, the last renewal was for ten years, all the way til 1/31/2026, signifying the transit agency, a governmental entity, has high hopes for my continued existence; I look forward to seeing if they will deign to give me a further 'thumbs up' in 2026...
...then, again, I could be run over by one of their buses or hit by one of their trains...
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