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Re:James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, h... by Scoundreller on Monday March 03, 2025 @04:21PM (#43246910)
> But alas, blood donors in Australia must be 81 years or younger, so I guess the question is academic in this case.

> Once you’re 81 you must have donated in Australia in the last 5 years to remain eligible.

https://www.lifeblood.com.au/faq/eligibility/other/age?_gl=1....

(That’s the nastiest long URL I’ve ever seen. All I did was click the “find out more” link here: https://www.lifeblood.com.au/blood/eligibility/quiz )

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Re:James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, h... by OJFord on Monday March 03, 2025 @05:24PM (#43247596)
As is often the case, you can strip the query string ('?' and everything following it): https://www.lifeblood.com.au/faq/eligibility/other/age

(It's probably just a load of analytics & tracking gumpf, maybe 'ga' = Google Analytics, I don't know.)

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Re:James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, h... by bot347851834 on Monday March 03, 2025 @06:54PM (#43248342)
I'm from mobile so I can't see much more but I can spot that the url contains the _gl parameter. That's the parameter (and cookie) used by Google Analytics to perform cross-domain tracking so I believe your assumption that GA is active is correct.

More info here if you want: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/10071811

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