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And Scotland and Wales.

Ooh, so close.

Is it for abseiling, you feed the rope through the small holes down on one side and then through the big role at the bottom, around the outside back through the big hole then up through the small holes on the other side. The added friction of using this over a "figure 8" would allow you to descend slower.
Possibly used in caving.

I've just taught myself to knit. I made a simple ribbed hat and now I'm halfway through a cabled headband. There are loads of mistakes and it's not as relaxing as I would have hoped but I'm proud of it all none the less.

There's a recent series based on comics called creature commandos.

My father caught my smoking weed at the back of the house at 16 after I had finished a shift at 0300 glass collecting in a local nightclub. He looked pissed and said we'll talk in the morning. The next morning he sat me down and said he smoked weed until I was three years old.
His advice was.
"smoking weed is fun and can help you relax but you must always remember that there's more to life and weed may stop you from seeing that, stop you from doing the important things in life, so don't let it become your entire personality."

Try taking a dmt trip. That often is described as feeling like dying, it's a strange other dimension but somehow feels familiar. Also the brain dumps a load of dmt at the moment of death. But that's just the dying stage, the actual dead stage, nothing because the brain has stopped working.

I've always been a night person. Absolutly useless first thing in the morning. Then I got a job working nights and it just seemed so natural.
Then as I got older I got a job working offshore, working nights. So I get to wake up at 1400, have a cup of tea, go to the gym, do some other stuff before starting shift at 1830 - 0630. Then go straight to bed, and not have any disturbances until I wake up.
Yeah, the first night it a bit tough having traveled to work through the day then staying up all night and when I get home turning around to regular life can take a couple days but melatonin helps a lot with that.
I have a friend who works as a night porter in a hotel and has to sleep at home with his family doing stuff during the day, he always looks tired and I don't think it's healthy for him to continue that long term. I think some people are wired for days and some for nights but they still need to get proper rest whenever it is that suits them.
I read a book by the author of fight club called "Rant" where society was split into dayshift and nightshift due to overpopulation, doesn't seem like such a bad idea to me.
Also, if you work nights make sure to take vitamin d supplements.

I have an 8 year old who is very excited and a 10 year old who is also very excited but I'm pretty sure she knows what's going on but is playing along for her sister. They only get one present from Santa and the rest are from us so the Santa present is the big one they asked him for. I now have a two year old nephew who is so excited you could use him to power a reactor.
I guess there will be a small gap where no one belives in santa, then it will be a good time to go on holiday for Xmas, and everyone will still be excited for Xmas.

My 47th birthday.

God explains some animals

I printed off my own set to play with colleagues at work. Turns out none of my colleagues are nerds :(