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    Shyness.

    Complex subject. Not sure I even agree with the founding premise in that article. Self as perceived by others may not be externally evidenced, that does not deny the possibility of the experience. In a group of shy people who are the shy. Many shades of shy, does that make us all gray.
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    What the British say... and what they really think

    That is exactly why I don't feel British. Let me re-phrase that, being born in England I shouldn't really speak for the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish. That is exactly why I don't feel English, although being raised with that cultural speak and hence understand other British people when they...
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    Life After Death

    No voting option available for me. "Life" as we know it now, after death. Hope not. It has been fun, but........ "Now for something completely different"
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    Are funerals the ultimate act of human selfishness

    For me that is an untenable position, it removes any moral, ethical and psychological barriers as to how I act in the here and now. When did "man" realise that dead & rotting bodies can harbour disease? they smell pretty bad as well. Shame, I would like a great party around my pyre and ashes...
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    Psychology of Smell

    Have you looked at Synesthesia tried to provide a link but I did need 10 posts
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    Forgiveness

    I have one friend that I have been through so much with that the only thing I could not forgive would be hurting my daughters.
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    Reverse Culture Shock

    Reverse culture shock? Sure, I shock the culture everywhere I go. I do enjoy coming into land at Heathrow, lego toyland towns.
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    Money Vs Happiness

    Wife threw me away. Got two great daughters. No fixed abode. Earn what I can when I can. Do what I want when I want. Could not be happier :grin:
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    With what ancient ethnicity do you most identify, and what has DNA told you ?

    Hi Sparkey, "On the move" Paternal lineage - Scottish carpenter journeymen, 3 generations. Father in Merchant Navy and heavy goods vehicle driver. Maternal Lineage - family rumours of gypsy heritage, some photos may support that, but my DNA work so far does not show it. However...
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    With what ancient ethnicity do you most identify, and what has DNA told you ?

    Hello everyone, my first post. I readily identify with being a neolithic hunter\gatherer. I work well with wood, badly with metal, although I do find stonework laborious. I enjoy the "energy" of the hunt and find gardening boring, but am happy to pick fruit from trees and bushes. Like to be on...
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