lailasmum
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Mr Gum series read by the author Andy Stanton not Kate Winslet. It's hilarious.
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I use Lidl (UK) every week. Good fresh fruit and veg and meat and most of their own basic ingredient stuff, dairy and bakery is good. A lot of things are clearly copycats of big brands so taste pretty similar. I don't like many of their own brand prepackaged products like cakes or sauces but I think that might be more individual taste than them being bad. They do have big brands on offer regularly too.
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I have a huge elder tree. Its just a common S. nigra that grows wild locally. I had to move it because it was struggling mixed in in a kind of shady spot amongst some other mature shrubs and barely grew in 3 years. When I moved it it more out into the open it grew massive extremely fast. This bush rarely actually sets fruit or of it does it's quite patchy. I've noticed a lot in the area don't either and it might be because it's wet just at the wrong time. They get really bad black aphid some years. I make elderflower wine some years. I know theres one type that flowers in autumn and doesn't tend to set much fruit.
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Americans really pride themselves on individualism. Private property is private property. In Britain, if a walking path is on privately owned lands, it is understood that the right to walk on the path continues via tradition. (Maybe someone else can phrase this in a more accurate way.) This says to me that the past is honored--although it could be more about finite resources on a small island.
The footpaths are usually public rights of way and they're part of the Queens highway and protected so landowners have to keep them accessible. Landowners change but the traditional routes from place to place remain. There's also open access land and areas with right to roam and things like that.
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I think life skills classes are a good idea. I have a very practical mum but not in housekeeping type areas. She passed on gardening and DIY skills but nothing much relating to cleaning/cooking or money. I learned to cook after I had kids because I didn't grow up around anyone who knew what they were doing in the kitchen.
My husband's father was a chef and he didn't bother to teach either of his kids to cook for some reason.
It's so useful to not have to rely on your parents for these skills. I hope to teach useful skills to my kids but I can see one of them will be resistant to it. It's just the way he is.
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We've got 5 people and 2 toilets one upstairs and one downstairs and a separate room with a bath/shower and sink upstairs. The downstairs toilet doesn't get used anywhere near as much because it's freezing in the winter and just feels tucked out of the way. All rooms are teeny tiny, it's a small house but having the two separate rooms upstairs is the thing that makes it work fine.
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I live in the house I grew up in so I'm living amongst old furniture that's completely impractical for modern life and much too large for a small home. When my mum dies I won't be keeping it but I can imagine my sister keeping it just because she's sentimental. A lot of this furniture started life in big old farmhouses so the size was appropriate then but just makes no sense now.
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I have ended friendships at various times and predominantly it's because people have shown their true colours through times of stress and I've suddenly realised those people are not who I thought they were. It ends friendships suddenly. I also agree it could be be this person is overwhelmed by something and it has nothing to do with you. They just don't have the energy for the social stuff right now.
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There are some crime shows I'm into but they seem to wane more quickly for me because they can get so repetitive.
The exception is Spooks which is an amazing series. I also like NCIS and Criminal Minds, The Fall, The Bridge (the original version) and Crossing Lines (which is like a European version of shows like NCIS or Criminal minds). I liked Castle earlier on but have found the last few seasons pretty dull. I also tend to read the book versions of several popular series and prefer them (Dexter, Bones etc,) so it makes me less interested in watching the tv versions.
I also like Slow TV. There's quite a bit on Netflix at the moment. It's hypnotising.
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It could be worth checking if a highly reflective white roof is attractive to insects and other wildlife. I know that's a problem with shiny surfaces of cars and buildings. I'm not sure if it's particular colours though.
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I'm another Firefly fan.
I like sci fi and comedy. I tend to like harder sci fi though there's not much out there in tv really. I like really nice space ships too. The sci fi series I tend to watch again and again are
All flavours of Stargate.
Star Trek Enterprise
Babylon 5
X files
I've also enjoyed
The Expanse
Dark matter
Being Human
Humans
Andromeda
Dollhouse
Continuum
And probably plenty of others that I can't think of now.
Then comedy I like is things like
Black Books
Green Wing
IT Crowd
Spaced
Mighty boosh
Flight of the Concords
Ab Fab
Vicar of Dibley
Parks and recreation
30 rock
Arrested development
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Lady dynamite
Plus sketch shows and stand up when it's available.
I like comedy that's a bit silly and surreal.
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Acrivastine. In the UK it's one of the ones sold by Benadryl. It's not one a day, you take it up to 3 times a day ( I usually take it twice a day). I get the least side effects from acrivastine.
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I have noticed that the predictors that use parental heights seem to throw out some strange heights. It may be because my husband is very short and it throws it off.
My daughter surpassed the predicted height from several of those at about 10yrs and has just kept going. Looking at her growth chart gives a more sensibly prediction in line with the branch of the family I think shes following.
I'm not sure about my son, at 8 he's tiny but so was my averagely tall brother.
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I have friend with an extremely late talker. He was about 4 1/2 before he did much more than babble. His speech just appeared one winter and he seemed completely on par with his peers after that. He's the youngest in a very verbose and book oriented family and I sometimes wonder if he just couldn't get a word in edgewise and people were always making sure his needs were met so maybe he had no need to talk.
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I like a sprung mattresses with a memory foam top layer built in. You get the firmness of the springs with just enough memory foam squish for that little bit of comfort and they don't transfer movement. I find completely memory foam mattresses a bit too soft for my taste.
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I didn't change my name when I married. The only people who get it wrong consistently are really elderly relatives who hang on to the tradition, They've been told but won't change their habit. They have occasionally written me cheques for the kids presents with my husband's surname and I just don't pay them in, it's not worth the fight with people who'll never respect my choice.
When it comes to official stuff I've found that every business/institution copes just fine with me having a different surname to my kids. The only thing I've had a problem with is the bank because some spots in their banking software and documents automatically shorten the visible information to my husband's surname and our initials because of the space available even though my full name is on the account. It's just a bit annoying.
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I have vinyl planks and really like it but it does wear and can get dented by heavy furniture and a couple of spots I've noticed the edge of the tile is damaged slightly where chairs are pushed over it many times a day. Now I would probably go for a roll of vinyl that is printed to look like planks. We have that in one room and unless you get close to it it's hard to tell the difference. It's a soft one with a really nice feel. The vinyl sheet was cheaper and quicker to lay too.
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I've used grocery delivery frequently since it appeared here in the UK. The supermarkets vary a lot though and there are some I don't use because I don't think they pick the best fruit and veg and they're bad at packing it so it arrives safely too. Others always provide the longest date they can and just seem to try harder.
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One thing I've noticed in our local hospital is lack of actual space, they lack waiting space and rooms for consultations and it seems to hold things up whilst the person treating you finds somewhere to see you.
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Yes, I make this recipe often. It gets easier as you do it more often and I tend to use chicken instead of the tofu. I make the omlette first then put it to one side whilst doing the rest. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/10633146/Hairy-Bikers-Pad-Thai-recipe.html
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I can identify with the concept of a fake person but it's not just women or any in any particular field/walk of life though I've mostly seen it in people who run small businesses where they are the brand. Some people do that fine and as appropriate but others it's constant, you never feel you see the real person just a well curated surface. Every thing is filtered even if you know them personally, they just can't drop the act. I don't always notice it quickly though, it can take a while. It can make them hard to trust because it feels like there's an element of manipulation going on.
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I feel some compassion for the NPD person I know but at the same time I feel he's too toxic to actually have any contact with, he destroys people. I wish his family could cut him off altogether but that's hard. I wonder if even without childhood abuse he'd be fairly self centered but maybe would have developed some balancing traits.
I do slightly know someone with borderline personality disorder and I don't feel anything negative about her. She's clearly in so much distress at times and her condition does a number on her just when she thinks things are going ok. It must be exhausting. From my point of view they seem pretty different.
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I made a really nice trifle at Christmas. It was Madeira cake, defrosted frozen raspberries, raspberry jelly (quick set vegetarian type as it tastes more cleanly fruity and isn't too sweet), raspberry blancmange, vanilla custard and then whipped cream on top with a few sprinkles to finish it off.
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I am a red head with dry very sensitive skin and rosacea. I'm on the brink of trying some of the Korean skincare but I have found Cetaphil for cleansing is good for me and La Roche Posay does a line called Toleriane that is very good. The Toleriane moisturisers can feel really heavy when you put them on but it disappears after a few minutes. I think cheap skincare is a false economy if you've actually got problems since it's full of irritating ingredients which just make skin more intolerant. I struggle with sunscreen the most. I just recently started to understand what toners were supposed to do and I'm looking for a good alcohol-free toner at the moment.
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Do human skeletons freak you out?
in The Chat Board
Posted · Edited by lailasmum
They don't bother me but I have friends who are freaked out by anything to do with death. They also struggle with violence/horror of any type and anything vaguely connected to it.
Another aspect is that there are so many human remains that are seen by the public without permission from modern ancestors and were taken from their burial places so for some people viewing human remains could have other associations and a warning could be appropriate.