“A firm hand, that’s what you need when dealing with Johnny Foreigner, you know. That’ll have ‘em queuing up to do business with us, you mark my words.”
“Are the TV channels trying to turn us into snowflakes?” asks person taking the time to angrily write to a national newspaper because they didn’t like something the continuity announcer said before an episode of Little House on the Prairie
there seem to be a surprising number of supertasters around here, is this a recognised nerd thing?
there are well-known autism/food issues, how much of that relates to actual taste perception as opposed to pattern-matching issues?
I think it’s taste intensity. To my knowledge autism is a bunch of disorders usually characterized by nerves being realtively highly interconnected. Part of the behavioral stuff would be a consequence of signal mixing
interesting, I’m a subtaster (muggle taster? normie taster?) so my only major food quirk was a childhood suspicion of foods that masqueraded as other foods, based on whichever one I encountered first.
zucchini => not a cucumber kiwi fruit => highly suspect cucumber eggs rhubarb => shockingly flamboyant celery parsnip => shape like carrot, color like potato, tastes like neither
Who is a fan of birds? Whether you are a beginner or a veteran birder, you can find a wondrous variety of birds in Saguaro National Park in Arizona. From birds that are adapted to the extremes of the desert, to birds that prefer the tall pines of the mountains, over 200 species of birds live in or migrate through the park. This owl family looks quite at home in the crook of a large saguaro. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Johnson.
November 14, 2018 – White-rumped Swift or African White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer)
Found in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and much of central, eastern, and some of western Africa, these swifts migrate only in the north and south areas of their range. They eat a variety of small flying insects, including winged ants. Often reusing the nests of some swallow species and of Little Swifts, they may also build their own nests on rock-faces or buildings. They use their saliva to glue feathers, down, and plant matter together to form their shallow cup nests or to line the reused nests.
My cousin’s car was stolen with all her xmas gifts and personal items for their baby inside of it. Insurance wont cover any of it, not even the car. If you can’t donate, please at least share.
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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