A lively nighttime video of badgers and a fox @gennepher
More than a suspicion they've been hijacked by big business & poor victims are suffering Stockholm syndrome ...
Best of wishes the intrusions & inconvenience of visits gives you the very best of results @alf_Josiah
Hope for a smooth journey & best wishes the coming together of family at such a time, lets you all express the love you have & eases the burden for each of you.
It seems a bit long-winded, a rather circular route to get the medical reassurance you really need. Because they are the only people who can assess it properly, and so I think it is needs must. I fully agree with you in this @jjraak because the general advice you are given may not be applicable/appropriate for your specific needs in this situation.
I always felt that it was better to teach my sons about the reality of life including facing hardship but encouraging them to be the best they could be without grabbing resources better used by someone more needy. It sounds like a very harsh sort of upbringing, but they were happy and contented and have turned out as pretty responsible citizens of the world. Em, similarly, understands that we have a responsibility to take care of the needs of our worldwide family as well as our own and doesn't care for conspicuous consumption. She's contented with what she has and, like her grandad, is likely to give away things rather than demand more.
Agree in principle, but I'd say athletes have been doing similar with coaches, etc since post 1950’s.
I'd say we need to revisit some of our "traditions." If by our traditions you mean drunkenness, sexism, racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, injustice, poor diet, low educational standards, tolerance of squalor and placing little value on human life I’m definitely delighted we may abandon those traditions.
Thankyou @ianpspurs
I'd be hard pressed to see Don Revie's Leeds or Chopper Harris taking the knee or opening up about mental problems. Even recently sports people from Simone Biles, to Jonathon Trott, Marcus Trescothic, Ben Stokes and sadly Graham Thorpe have made mental health awareness an issue.
Aha, the more mental side .
Good to know that this forum provides an outlet for otherwise potentially self destructive thoughts. A kind of men in sheds function which is another modern idea which goes against "our traditions" especially the idea that big boys not only don't cry but must never talk about their feelings and emotions, especially to their nearest and dearest. I wonder how many relationships - and lives - could have been saved by drawing back that curtain and letting in some sunlight?
Somewhere along the way, we also had some good traditions - it wasn't all bad. Certainly, those you mention are best consigned to the dustbin, but they haven't been. They are just mixed in with the other drawbacks of modern day living.
Yes it is/was/ could be a mixed picture - for some - but the entire dog whistle of the pre-referendum and Brexit was just that appeal to a mythologised MAGA style country. It is all Nige has to offer imho.
