Question Time
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What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever seen in nature?
That's a tricky one because I'm one of these people that is constantly in awe of what nature does, and can't wrap my empty head round how it manages it. I suppose as an actual place or event though... well, over 120 years ago, a local area known as New Hawne Colliery was simply that. A huge mineworks, and they devasted a huge amount of the local scenery. Maybe it was vital at the time, maybe not. I'm not getting into that side of things. Just that the mines closed around 1920, give or take. And since then, although it's taken the best part of 100 years, nature has claimed it back against the odds. Trees and bushes have grown there, wild flowers have appeared, there is wildlife all over the place that have made it home again - rabbits, dragonflies, even rare butterflies apparently, although I never saw any. It's near impossible to get through the place now as it's so overgrown, but that's a good thing. It keeps us humans outta there.
What national or international events that you lived through do you remember best?
In recent times, stinky Covid. In not so recent times, September 11th, which terrified the butt off me even if I don't live in the USA. For a moment, the world felt like it had completely flipped its pancakes. And they never flipped back.
Does technology make us more alone?
No. Thanks to technology, specifically the internet, I've found so many friends that I would quite simply never have found otherwise. I know the internet, certainly in the form of smartphones, is blamed for wrecking society. But as long as it doesn't become a total obsession and social media etc don't take over your life, it's absolutely a force for good. Also technology meant I was finally able to achieve my dream of making music - something I just couldn't have done before because hardware synths cost staggering amounts of money, way beyond what I could have afforded. And that in turn has led to more friends or reconnecting with old friends from school, and so on.
How much do you trust online reviews?
Depends on the situation. I'll very often check Trustpilot if its a company I've never used before, but even then sometimes it'll depend on using a bit of common sense. As far as reviews for films or games is concerned, I don't trust them much because some of my favourite films have pretty naff reviews. I'll judge by what others have said about it, ideally people I know, if at all possible.
What are your experiences with severe weather?
To be honest, it isn't really something we get that much of in the UK. Not generally anyway. In the 80s we did used to get snow that was so deep, we had to dig tunnels through it to get to school. But tell kids that now and they'd never believe you. Probably the grimmest weather I remember was the flooding and rain back in 2007 (I think...) which I didn't experience directly. But my parents were driving back from Wales or somesuch, and witnessed the sight of three people literally rowing a boat across a field.
What are your favorite commercials?
Not a clue. Apart from an occassional online advert that I'll almost exclusively ignore, I haven't been deluged with the honour of commercials since the 90s. Most of my favourites would be from the 80s, mostly because a lot of them were for sweets and toys/games, which at the time were more important than oxygen.
Do you believe in intelligent alien life?
There's a distinct shortage of it left on earth, so there had bloody well better be some out there somewhere. Out of the trillions of planets that must be floating around lazily in space, we can't be the only ones with life on.
Would you like to ride in a car that drives itself?
No.
Have you ever interacted with the police?
Once as a kid, when someone broke our window and the local community plod turned up, and he turned his steely gaze on me and asked if I knew who had done it and if I'd pissed anyone off. Which was nice.
The only other time was when I was in WHSmiths, checked for an art magazine that they didn't have, and hurried out the shop because I knew I would be in time for the next bus. Next thing I know, two pairs of trotters on the shoulders and they insisted the WHSmiths manager had seen me acting suspiciously in the shop. So they searched every pocket, my entire backpack, and begrudgingly had to admit I'd stolen precisely sod all. Meantime, passers-by were there tutting away as if I'd done something wrong. Which was nice. Especially as I was having particularly nasty panic attacks back in those times, so that didn't really help.
Do you worry a lot about germs?
NO! I LOVE 'EM! THEY'RE MY BEST FRIENDS. THEY ARE SO CUDDLY AND WARM.
loganberrybunny and howsmyenglish Bwahaha etc it's mine now and so on and so forth.What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever seen in nature?
That's a tricky one because I'm one of these people that is constantly in awe of what nature does, and can't wrap my empty head round how it manages it. I suppose as an actual place or event though... well, over 120 years ago, a local area known as New Hawne Colliery was simply that. A huge mineworks, and they devasted a huge amount of the local scenery. Maybe it was vital at the time, maybe not. I'm not getting into that side of things. Just that the mines closed around 1920, give or take. And since then, although it's taken the best part of 100 years, nature has claimed it back against the odds. Trees and bushes have grown there, wild flowers have appeared, there is wildlife all over the place that have made it home again - rabbits, dragonflies, even rare butterflies apparently, although I never saw any. It's near impossible to get through the place now as it's so overgrown, but that's a good thing. It keeps us humans outta there.
What national or international events that you lived through do you remember best?
In recent times, stinky Covid. In not so recent times, September 11th, which terrified the butt off me even if I don't live in the USA. For a moment, the world felt like it had completely flipped its pancakes. And they never flipped back.
Does technology make us more alone?
No. Thanks to technology, specifically the internet, I've found so many friends that I would quite simply never have found otherwise. I know the internet, certainly in the form of smartphones, is blamed for wrecking society. But as long as it doesn't become a total obsession and social media etc don't take over your life, it's absolutely a force for good. Also technology meant I was finally able to achieve my dream of making music - something I just couldn't have done before because hardware synths cost staggering amounts of money, way beyond what I could have afforded. And that in turn has led to more friends or reconnecting with old friends from school, and so on.
How much do you trust online reviews?
Depends on the situation. I'll very often check Trustpilot if its a company I've never used before, but even then sometimes it'll depend on using a bit of common sense. As far as reviews for films or games is concerned, I don't trust them much because some of my favourite films have pretty naff reviews. I'll judge by what others have said about it, ideally people I know, if at all possible.
What are your experiences with severe weather?
To be honest, it isn't really something we get that much of in the UK. Not generally anyway. In the 80s we did used to get snow that was so deep, we had to dig tunnels through it to get to school. But tell kids that now and they'd never believe you. Probably the grimmest weather I remember was the flooding and rain back in 2007 (I think...) which I didn't experience directly. But my parents were driving back from Wales or somesuch, and witnessed the sight of three people literally rowing a boat across a field.
What are your favorite commercials?
Not a clue. Apart from an occassional online advert that I'll almost exclusively ignore, I haven't been deluged with the honour of commercials since the 90s. Most of my favourites would be from the 80s, mostly because a lot of them were for sweets and toys/games, which at the time were more important than oxygen.
Do you believe in intelligent alien life?
There's a distinct shortage of it left on earth, so there had bloody well better be some out there somewhere. Out of the trillions of planets that must be floating around lazily in space, we can't be the only ones with life on.
Would you like to ride in a car that drives itself?
No.
Have you ever interacted with the police?
Once as a kid, when someone broke our window and the local community plod turned up, and he turned his steely gaze on me and asked if I knew who had done it and if I'd pissed anyone off. Which was nice.
The only other time was when I was in WHSmiths, checked for an art magazine that they didn't have, and hurried out the shop because I knew I would be in time for the next bus. Next thing I know, two pairs of trotters on the shoulders and they insisted the WHSmiths manager had seen me acting suspiciously in the shop. So they searched every pocket, my entire backpack, and begrudgingly had to admit I'd stolen precisely sod all. Meantime, passers-by were there tutting away as if I'd done something wrong. Which was nice. Especially as I was having particularly nasty panic attacks back in those times, so that didn't really help.
Do you worry a lot about germs?
NO! I LOVE 'EM! THEY'RE MY BEST FRIENDS. THEY ARE SO CUDDLY AND WARM.
