LOL -
on the frozen food - we vacuum pack our stuff for the freezer - we’ve pulled salmon filets out after 7 years and it was just as fresh when it thawed as when we put it in… If there is no frost or crystals on the food - it’s probably good. The frost or crystals indicate freezer burn and that portion of the food is no good - sometimes it can be cut away and the rest used (depending on the food item) - we thaw questionable stuff and check it out - if it’s bad we give it to our feral cats.

I live in the country. When the local fire department was looking to recruit several years ago, I offered to volunteer as a fire cop directing traffic & helping with comms. withmy emergency communications training, since I have lung issues & could not actually fight fires. They said they were only interested in EMT-B or above who were willing to train as paramedics. Understandable, I suppose, but having a fire cop on scene could free up a full-blown firefighter or EMT. I am a member of a first responder group where my emergency communications skills help free up the EMT’s to do their job.

I'm in the Northeast and even the paid departments are having a difficult time recruiting. In my area, the neighboring paid/volunteer departments for years had have Mutual Aid agreements that are even more important today.
I have a Chronic Illness, so my firefighting days are over. Therefore I joined the Fire Police. Heck, at 65, my firefighting days would be over anyway.
Regarding photography, Its helped my cognitive issues improve by exercising my mind to think harder about my settings (and composition since I can no longer climb up/down hills) In one respect, it has made me a better photographer since I'm not able to get the compositions that I had become too comfortable with.
Photography, over time, has also helped improve the distance I can walk because it keeps me out walking almost everyday (in nature) instead of just sitting at home.
I went from walking a Quarter mile, up to 2+ miles before I can no longer stand. As a Fire cop, I can stand at a road closure for over 3 hours.
It's sad but the majority of young people today, don't want to Think or Work.
I'm glad I grew up when I did.

I was so lucky to be born at a time when I was more or less safe from the scourge of polio. My wife had a card stating that she was a Polio Pioneer, one of the first to get the shot. I assume that I got the shot, too, but I have no recollection of it. I was watching a 1940s movie a couple of days ago, and a little boy had one of those metal braces on his leg, indicating that he had polio. I'm guessing that they added that for authenticity, but maybe that little actor did have polio.

Reading the article below, that was for a Field Trial. Can you imagine the uproar today if someone wanted to give a trial vaccine against polio? There's already a movement to end the requirement for the measles vaccine.

Sample card below. Notice that it was from the "Cheyenne Mountain School." That was long before the military installation.

https://www.polioplace.org/history/artifacts/polio-pioneer-card

No.

They would not tolerate the clad in stone attitudes here for more than maybe two minutes.

However...there are many young people intetested in photography and interested in doing it right. I am working with a number of them. But you are going to have to go to them and work on their terms. They are legitimately interested in photography, but they don't care much about the attitudes and rigidity of old people. They are not interested in our forums, and they are not interested in our clubs. And if treated the way members here treat each other, they'll be gone in a minute.