Doesn't even need an old laptop, mines running on a Pi3

Depends on where you live, the two European countries that I've lived and worked in my employers would allow additional leave for funerals of aunts, uncles, cousins and some even allowed for the death of a pet.

Attending funerals, births etc aren't really holidays

Because you have excellent taste in music perhaps

999 - Emergency

I've watched 4 episodes, it sticks nicely to the theme and format of the original 4 panel cartoon. Me and my teen are thoroughly enjoying it, my wife on the other hand spends most of the episodes just looking confused.

We'll get info on changes on radio stations and streaming service ads here in Ireland, also updates to any changes on the annual roadworthiness test, I'll let you look up "Irish road safety advert" on YouTube, they're quite graphic.

Got a source for that figure?

Only 55,000 heat pumps were sold in the UK last year, compared with more than 620,000 in France. Twenty other European countries also had higher installation rates than the UK

That's my "mowing the lawn music" sorted for the day !

The Human League - Being Boiled

Do you not have an equivalent of "the highway code" or "rules of the road" etc that's regularly updated and distributed or frequently mentioned in the press to keep people informed of regulatory changes?

You'll probably die while being t-boned by someone else sharing the same view as you, it's strange that your country's road safety record is far worse than any country that has been using roundabouts for decades.