That's quite amusing.

To be, or not to be: that is the question.

Is that there are no reasons why you should do something, a good enough reason for why you shouldn't?

You should do things purely because you want to. There's no sane reason for jumping out of a perfectly functional plane but I did it 3 times, for example

Ooh, is it fun? I've always wanted to... I'm a wee bit of an adrenaline junkie, if a little bit of a chicken adrenaline junkie. I've only ever really been skiing... and paragliding... but I love rollercoasters! Especially detonator at Thorpe Park. The best ride EVER. Or saw. But detonator is amazing, because you feel like you're actuallygoing to die, and you literally can't stop yourself screaming, but then you hit the bottom and get a headrush and think "phoar, I didn't die!"

I'm thinking of doing bungee jumping for my birthday this year... if I'm allowed to

What's skydiving like?

You're right, Detonator is the best ride for the initial "shock" at TP IMO. The rest of them just don't do that much for me.



I think someone else mentioned a while ago (tamsin?) that if you're at risk of retinal detachment, you shouldn't do it.



Wonderful, liberating, headrushing... the closest you can get to flying (well unless you get a wingsuit).

What's retinal detachment? The bit in your eye comes off from something? Ahh well, I don't think that would happen to me. I'm pretty healthy, apart from a dodgy kidney, missing teeth, eczema and blackouts. They would be ok, wouldn't they?

I'd love to go skydiving, my aunt went. I'm not old enough yet but aparently you can do indoor skydiving over an air chute... hmmm

Sort of. If you have regular blackouts, they might not like you doing it.



Airkix in Milton Keynes is one place you can go

Isn't skydiving the opposite of flying? If you were flying you wouldn't be in danger of splattering yourself on the ground.

Once you hit terminal velocity (well, close to it), it doesn't feel like you are falling anymore, hence "close to flying"

This is closer to flying, actually.. scary though!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4U6T_BB1N8

Nahh, it just happens really if I get excited and stand up too fast, heehee.

I'm off to the airkix website

http://www.airkix.com/

Cheaper than a tandem, too I'm tempted to do some time in there before I get around to doing AFF.

What's a tandem?

Where you jump out of the plane strapped to the front of an instructor (which you can't do until 16yrs old I think).

Dang. Oh well, only a year to go!!! In fact, because my birthday is in December, I'm going to be 16 next year, even though I'm 14 now. I've been going around telling all my friends/relatives that next year, I can legally have s-e-x. Ohh the looks on their faces, priceless

It would have raised even more eyebrows if you'd said "legal, but not that it matters as I've done plenty of it already!"

Do not say that btw unless you want to cause widespread panic!

And I have to be sensible by saying that just because something is legal, it doesn't mean you should do it for the sake of it, no matter what your peers say! That sort of conflicts with my earlier post about jumping out of planes but you get what I mean!

Yeah, yeah, yeah ok

Hehe, I've already shocked a lot of my friends' parents... I remember one friend had a bonfire party, and it was my first "meeting" with all of my friends parents. We were all waiting by the road for the last friend to turn up, and as she turned up, all of the parents came down to check on us, and asked what we were doing. I replied "Oh, don't worry, I've taught them all how to play chicken. We're having great fun!"

Tee hee. I was amazed at how they believed me, and how shocked they all were. Fun stuffff

I used to be the same, I was a nightmare... I remember on several occasions giving my little brother a fork before my mum came in to the room so she'd see him sitting there by the plug socket. I nearly gave her heart attacks, poor woman.

Still looking for a job as Sainsbury's have just turned me down

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well, wherever you end up, it'll be Sainsbury's loss...

Indeed. If all the people they employed already have experience, I won't be very happy (well I'll probably never know anyway)...

Next stop... my local pier. See if I can get a job there...

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I like old seaside piers. Lots of history in many of them.

Was quite upset when Weston pier burned down last year ...

Never been to Weston pier I don't think, but yes, certainly a sad moment...

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It was a lovely pier. They did fine candy floss

I visited the place for the first time about two days before it burnt down! (promise it had nothing to do with me

Calamity Juniper! (why did you pick that name by the way?)

Um partly because if my all time love of the Donavan song, Jennifer Juniper, but I have to admit mainly because of the fact the humble Juniper berry is used to make one of my favourite tipples!! How about yours?

I was wondering if it was anything to do with the Juniper bush in the Life of Brian

Mine's sort of because I used to do Solaris systems admin, but I also used the moniker Sol years before that (partly because I've always been interested in ancient civilisations, and the whole sun worship aspect of some of them)

Not a bad beer either!!!

I prefer Corona

I've not been out drinking for well over a week now...

My consumption has gone right down since starting the piano. Means when I do go out I'm a much cheaper date though

I'm quite enjoying having a clear head and not making a *** of myself for a change Methinks if I start a 2nd instrument I'll not drink much at all anymore. I go through phases where I'm usually designated driver so no-one will bat an eyelid.

I'm quite enjoying having a clear head and not making a *** of myself for a change Methinks if I start a 2nd instrument I'll not drink much at all anymore. I go through phases where I'm usually designated driver so no-one will bat an eyelid.
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My first instrument means beer is way too readily available! Playing in bars nearly every weekend means a great deal of willpower is needed, something I seriously need more of

What's that? Can you buy it on eBay?

apparently so;


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-Witch-Grain-In...id=p3286.c0.m14

might have to get a gallon

Pure gold! Nice spot!

Why do wasps always fly at me? They ignore my office mate.

Are you wearing yellow? I find wasps are terribly fond of yellow for some reason...

I wasn't wearing yellow on Saturday and it still seemed to be love at first sight for that wasp I tried to release outside the restaurant!

No. I'm wearing purple and yesterday I was wearing turquoise.

I'm transcribing interviews at the moment which means I have headphones on and can't hear them buzzing until they are virtually on me. Am getting very spooked now.

Yeah...the wasp even brought his friend along to say hello to you

I'm not sure this conversation is helping.

Ah, that's that theory disproved!...



Silly insects...what is the point of the wretched things anyway? They sting, and...er...that's it...



sorry ...

Or use repellent (not DEET)?

Wasps are predatory and keep other insect populations down, apparently. They still seem like a massive nuisance, though.

A bit like a mass of ladybirds

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And what is wrong with ladybirds? They did some fine publications. Peter and Jane...classic

No, not that kind of ladybird

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Well both ladybirds and wasps serve the purpose of eating aphids.
I'd rather be involved in a swarm of ladybirds than a swarm of wasps, all in all.
(I was up in Cromer recently so I have experienced what LOTS of ladybirds is like...while I haven't experiences a swarm of wasps, I already know I don't want to).

I love 'involved'!

I think I have a pen fetish I already have one for notebooks (aaaaaaaah ) so this would be bad. I'd end up spending even more time in WHSmiths. I was in there today buying school essentials and saw this lovely pen which has a monkey on it on a string thing, and when you squeeze these knobs, it spins and jumps round!!! I don't have many novelty pens...

Just been sorted out my "pen collection" today. I've emptied out several mugfulls of various pens onto my bed, and sorted them into bundles held together with elastic bands.

There are black biros, blue biros, black gel/handwriting pens, blue gel/handwriting pens, coloured gel pens, coloured pencils, coloured biros, coloured fineliners, HB pencils, other pencils (mostly 2B-4B), mechanical pencils, ink erasers, highlighters, fineliners, markers, cartridge pens, then all the rubbery, sharpeny, odd bits and bobs things are in one big pile.

I need help

That sounds like a normal collection to me.