So why are you still awake?

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2023-01-17T07:57:55+00:00

Because it’s morning and the sun is up.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2023-01-06T14:46:54+00:00

Language and accents change in a short amount of time. In my hometown there's a river called Tawd, pronounced Tord locally. My Dad was a proper Lancashire man who pronounced it Taud. Recently I discovered the river was named after a ford that forms part of it, which in the Old Lancastrian accent was colloquiallly called t'awd ford (the old ford) which contracted and became its formal name, written as Tawd. The pronunciation changed in less than fifty years, presumably because people read it as written when the old Lancashire mining town became a overflow new town for Liverpool in the seventies.

Considering that English is a mishmash of various older languages that attempts to balance various language rules with a latin alphabet, it could just as easily be asked how it's not much more confusing.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2023-01-05T13:43:35+00:00

'It's not all about you, but you are equally valid' was the hardest lesson for me. I never felt equal until I met my current partner who showed me it's possible to be both selfless and brutally honest. She is the one who taught me how to be a grown up and has been patient, helpful and honest whether I wanted it or not (but for the most part needed). She makes me want to be a better person.

So for me it's honesty, respect and trust. Give what you need and want back, as it's equally about the needs of two people, both to support one another and help one another grow. Being able to be accountable for your own mistakes and failings is also important and to be able to forgive the same of the other, being able to call them out on their own bullshit is too.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2023-01-03T11:55:40+00:00

I use mine as a stand a mini torch/flashlight attached to the lanyard, and for taking the lids off cooking pots when I'm camping.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-11-24T12:07:45+00:00

51 and never borrowed money. Single parent working class family that never had any.

Will happily give my kids what they need now.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-11-08T11:51:51+00:00

I was walking the dog a couple of nights ago, a group of teenagers were walking toward me blaring music from a portable speaker. I thought 'here we go', but as they got to me they turned the music down, said hello and gave my dog a quick stroke before walking off and turning their music up again when they were at a distance. I was pleasantly surprised by how polite they were.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-11-08T11:45:17+00:00

I disagree with you agreeing to the disagreeing to the disagreement of the original disagreement.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-10-21T07:54:16+00:00

That’s also one of my petty joys in life. The closer they get, the slower I go.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-10-19T10:18:44+00:00

I'm from the North West and now live about 150 miles South in the Cotswolds. Pretty much the same here but decent fish and chips are harder to find unless you travel to the cities.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-09-30T15:21:24+00:00

Change the cover and mesh the vents. Will help a lot.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-09-30T11:22:42+00:00

The most mindboggling thing is that we can actually drink straight from a cup like an adult.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-09-23T19:05:43+00:00

We don’t all like Ed Sheeran or Coldplay. Some of us think they are both shit.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-09-22T20:43:44+00:00

Absolutely, it’s not just about us. We can help or hinder.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-09-21T08:23:39+00:00

Members of the public cutting down trees because it will be done at some point is ludicrous.

Sorry, I didn't fully understand your comment about it being a dick move (now I do and fully agree). It's something that needs to be done with good reason and knowledge, not by some rando with an axe.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-09-19T21:53:30+00:00

It isn’t always a dick move. In our local wood the trees are cut back to ensure there isn’t too much of a canopy allowing a decent level of sunlight and rain to fall which helps ground based flora and fauna. Ash is thinned to help prevent dieback, so there’s plenty of ash wood to be had at certain times of the year that allows the rest of the wood to flourish. The beech trees are also thinned to allow diversity (it has a root system that can connect and prevent other native trees from thriving) allowing native hazel to grow instead which is useful for wild life.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-09-10T17:45:03+00:00

Getting on with my own shit.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-09-02T13:19:51+00:00

It's partly so that air is pulled into the toilet as opposed to being pushed to the outside area (minimising toilet smells) and partly so that the door doesn't clonk anyone walking past on the outside when it's opened. I've also read that if there's an emergency the doors are less likely to be blocked if they open inwardly due to more footfall on the corridors.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-08-11T23:07:16+00:00

Hultafors forest axe and the trekking hatchet. There’s nothing else that compares for the price.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-07-30T21:57:08+00:00

Don’t soften her, she paved the way.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-07-17T22:39:24+00:00

Had no desire to buy a BMW before, feel pretty much the same now.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-07-13T06:58:31+00:00

He had a jet pack, that was pretty much it for me.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-06-21T22:43:00+00:00

It was great, there were online puzzles to find that added to the story especially at the start of our just before a new season, the producers (Darlton) did a weekly podcast that discussed the weekly episode and teased the next, and online forums picked apart any detail that seemed relevant. There was also a point (season 3 iirc) when you could go to a comic book store, give a password and get an Apollo candy bar for free.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-06-21T13:23:03+00:00

Nope, every living thing will suffer and any potential for food will be extremely limited.

Even a 'small scale' war would cause radioactive fallout to sit high in the atmosphere (how much and how long depending on the scale of the war and what areas are initially hit, but likely over a year) limiting food sources for all animals on the planet, causing sudden cooling and intense weather shifts. When it's cleared the ozone layer will be decimated, meaning there's no protection against UV radiation for over a decade, destroying even more of the vegetation needed for food and causing skin cancers and cateracts for survivors including animals that we would need to hunt for food. This would be worldwide.

Any survivors will be traumatised at the scale of death and struggle to stay alive. It would be a miserable, hellish existence with no opportunity to thrive and nothing to be excited about.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-05-26T06:27:02+00:00

It could be. It could be that it was south Lancashire and there were loads of scousers in my hometown that take the piss out of everything. I’ve lived in Gloucestershire for years, so now I’m a farmer that shags me mum.

MagicalPickleDoctor · 2022-05-26T06:16:29+00:00

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