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    TST Half Term: Saturday, 15th February 2014

    Re: NEXT MEET: TST Half Term: Saturday, 15th February 2014 The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey, by Aesop A man and his son were once going with their donkey to market. As they were walking along by his side a countryman passed them and said, "You fools, what is a donkey for but to ride upon?" So...
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    Sherlock

    Soooooo. Unsatisfactory. Sherlock appears to have now been written as no more than an arm of the State, a nerdy James Bond. And the ending was pure Doctor Who. Tone it down, Gatiss, keep what makes Sherlock original. Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk
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    Doctor Who

    I'd consider myself one of those 'casual' viewers. I missed loads of Tennant, came to most of Ecclestone on Watch or whatever channel it is constantly repeated. Matt Smith's doctor is pretty much the only one I've been with for 'the journey', as it were. I felt confused at first by the episode...
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    Let's all have a big collective moan

    Now that is irritating. And 'crooner' covers too. And 'Frosty the Snowman'. Merry Christmas you guys :) Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk
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    Merry Christmas 2013!

    Merry Christmas folks, including all the misery- mongers. Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk
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    Let's all have a big collective moan

    Well, I'm a childless atheist in my 30s and I do 'do' Christmas. So there. So to all those people who are "miserable and proud" at this time of year: Good for you, but don't pointedly try and ruin it for the rest of us. I don't begrudge people having fun at Eid, or Passover. For the same...
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    The I Feel Happy Topic!

    I've sat most of the day procrastinating when I should have been reading for an essay. Richey's a bit grumpy with me. But you know what? I've been listening to a cappella and trad Christmas Carols, and I feel all cozy and fuzzy and warm, a little bit bleary eyed, and ever so tuned in to the...
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    The I Feel Happy Topic!

    5km in 30:34. Can do better, but pleased to get round the whole course without walking, and in fairly respectable 10min/mile pace. Aiming fpr just under this for the Great South Run :) Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk 2
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    The I Feel Down Topic.

    I went to see an Alan Bennett play, which is subjecting yourself to a protracted hour and a half of these sorts of feelings, with the rush of life and impending mortality slapping you in the face. I realise this is cold comfort; but I guess these are feelings of the Human Condition, that...
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    Anything Radioactive Topic

    Anything radioactive? LikeBrazil nuts, coffee, flour, the cat, the Universe? Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk 2
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    The I Feel Down Topic.

    The world is a hard, shitty place to live sometimes. And on top of all the awful tragedy, the workaday and trivial has a habit of stealthy ingress into the tiniest mental fissures, where it waits for sorrow to freeze it, and break the hairline cracks into blasted craters of despair. Sent from...
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    Let's all have a big collective moan

    If that's real, that's hella cool. Oh yeah moany thread, ummm, filthy, unreliable, inefficient, sh**hole public transport. Considering the proportion of our Council Tax spent on WMPTA, I'm inclined to think public transport in the West Midlands is the worst service in a major urban area in the...
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    Let's all have a big collective moan

    It'll be a sad day when cursive script is banished forever. I also see it slipping away and would like to see a rearguard action to save it, in a similar vein to endangered languages. For those who wonder why, there are so many reasons: 1. Typed script homogenises everything it touches; people...
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    The I Feel Happy Topic!

    We've done a wicked job pitching our tent and stayed totally dry in last night's storm. Northumberland is beautiful. We did an 8 mile walk along Hadrian's Wall and saw some absolutely breathtaking views. Lots and lots of raw romanticism yesterday and today seeing ruined abbies and castles...
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    Music Snobbery?

    I went to a concert the other week. It was rubbish; they did NOTHING but covers by guys who were only in it for the money. Last time I give the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra my money!
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    Gender Map

    Re: Re: Gender Map Rather than take exception, read my comments to you in conjunction with my previous post about the dichotomy of 'psychological sex' and 'socio-cultural gender' for a better understanding of what I'm driving at. I can only reiterate that it is simply demonstrably true that...
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    Gender Map

    Meat Pie, in your conclusions, trans people are logically excluded from existing. This is demonstrably not the case. In any event, I think you're wrong. I do feel gay and I do feel tall and I feel like my genitals match my brain. Maybe it's more difficult to discern this as a feeling if...
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    Gender Map

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    Gender Map

    Ashlee, a great post. The idea of 'gender' is indeed a complicated one. What seems clear from the posts of many on here (not you) is that social and cultural expectations muddy the waters when thinking about "gender" and this leads to confusion. I don't think the people who have been confused...
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    Gender Map

    The fact that this discussion exists at all is testament to gender/sex being quite nuanced ideas, and it's unsurprising that confusion is rife. You know what, I just don't know. Clearly, at least one person will come at this from a much more personal perspective - but that's all any of us can...
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