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  #2611  
Old 24th October 2021, 19:41
Amara 94 Amara 94 is offline
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That the best barbers I've seen at fading Black mans hair on youtube actually start from using larger guards to smaller guards as less hair is easier to fade apparently and with larger guards you can clean up some hair inconsistencies. Also one barber says it's important to comb while cutting to line up the hair evenly, that's obvious common sense but also easy to ignore.

I use to just fade going up in guard sizes each time. I'm following their tips for the future.
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Old 30th October 2021, 23:32
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That there are different tasting varieties of radish. I love most vegetables (it's only really mushrooms that I don't eat) but radish is just 'ouch' on my tongue. On Thursday, I tried mooli - which is a type of radish, and it was far milder and yum.
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Old 30th October 2021, 23:48
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Aye there's plenty of different types and colours.
Mooli's can be huge. 12 inchers. Ooh matron.

They're mostly lovely and sweet and you can slice em round and eat em like crisps. But sometimes you get a devil hot one that gives you a surprise on your tongue.
You should get some White Icicle radish seeds. They'll grow in any soil and grow max about finger length. But they always taste sweet. Out of all the radish family they're the best ones. The leaves are great in a salad too!

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Old 30th October 2021, 23:54
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Oh wow. Thank you. I will look out for some white icicle seeds!

All this time I just thought radishes were only the evil, little taste-bud-melting pink ones.
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Old 31st October 2021, 05:45
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Ohh those are some pretty radishes. I love radishes in general.

On that note: I found out that Bell Peppers are colored differently (IE: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green), not because they are different breeds, but because they are picked at different stages! That's why the different colors can cost more sometimes. They take longer to grow.

(I work in the produce department, so I may have a lot of random produce facts haha)
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Old 31st October 2021, 14:25
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I don't like radishes, although I'm fussy about my vegetables
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Old 31st October 2021, 14:30
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^ Me too.
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Old 31st October 2021, 23:55
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That mushrooms can play a synthesiser



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The researcher notes that by passing a small current through the mushrooms he can pick up on their electrical resistance. He then converts those variations in resistance into signals that direct the synthesizer’s rhythm, pitch, timbre and effects parameters.
Mushrooms freak me out!
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Old 28th November 2021, 23:19
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That there are different varieties of pillows!

I bought some new pillows, didn't think much of at the time of buying. I picked Silent Night ones because I like nights that are silent and yeah, I didn't really think about it beyond that.

They're so puffed up. I'm practically propped up at a 50 degree angle.

Why is their width so wide? I think I'm going to have to put them in a bag and run them over with my car to flatten them.

Arrrrg... I can't sleep like this.
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Old 30th November 2021, 21:54
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^ I'm going to educate myself on types of pillows so I don't make this mistake again! They're slowly being less fluffed up!

Woah! Extreme canal boating! I want to have a ride.
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Old 2nd December 2021, 21:21
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Prince Nazeem Hamed... ?
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Old 3rd December 2021, 10:24
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I think Ricky Hatton suffered a similar fate.



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Old 7th December 2021, 18:41
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Ah, yes, Ricky - i've already seen the 'after' pics. I think it was an issue with him between fights that he'd let go and get out of shape.
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Old 7th December 2021, 18:42
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I remember ages ago someone posting this and i absolutely laughed my arse off..




Anyway, here's a nice little bit of inside shiz with the actual 'man on a buffalo'..

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Old 7th December 2021, 18:58
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That's amazing lmao. ^
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Old 9th December 2021, 15:16
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Old 9th December 2021, 21:32
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^Sounds like a good idea, we should try that with the Tories
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Old 9th December 2021, 23:01
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^/^^ Can we do this please! I think these days it's known as a general strike.
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Old 10th December 2021, 03:39
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I didn't know I had a 4th grandson till the other day.
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Old 18th December 2021, 19:28
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^ I much prefer non-fiction to fiction.

I don't enjoy reading at all to be honest! I could read before I started school, and would read all the time...then I completely lost interest in reading. I'd like to pay someone to read to me though.
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Old 19th December 2021, 00:16
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Yeah, i prefer non fiction.
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Old 19th December 2021, 18:28
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Used to prefer fiction.
Then non-fiction.
Then my attention span diminished.
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Old 20th December 2021, 19:31
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That Jared Leto was playing the comedic son in make up for the character of
Al Pacinos son in House of Gucci.



And Jared Lego is 50 years old.
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Old 28th December 2021, 14:18
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The barbering trade was initially a way for Blacks to partially escape from slavery. It's also ironic how African Amricans use to cut White Americans hair but Jim Crow laws brought about segregation so Blacks went to inly cutting Black peoples hair and vice versa and this seems like even until recently, it was normal for a White person to cut White peoples hair and vice versa. I think it's slowly changing though as it seems culture in the West nowadays seems to be getting more mixed and certain popular haircuts such as fades are mostly the same technique cutting different hair textures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wCbRfoWgmQ
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Old 28th December 2021, 14:19
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Quote:
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That Jared Leto was playing the comedic son in make up for the character of
Al Pacinos son in House of Gucci.



And Jared Lego is 50 years old.
He's aging healthily.
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Old 8th January 2022, 17:04
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What pedestal actually means.
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Old 8th January 2022, 18:46
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In 1910, only 9% of Africans were Christian. Now it's estimated that around 63% are.[As of 2019]

In a way this highlights the importance of documenting a cultures history if you want it to progress.
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Old 11th January 2022, 20:58
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That rats giggle when people tickle them and that other rats giggle when they see other rats giggle.
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Old 15th January 2022, 13:54
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An Aeroflot plane crashed in 1994 on flight from Moscow to Hong Kong, killing 75 people, because the pilot let his kids take the controls!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GoB3xs0pBA

Just wow.
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Old 16th January 2022, 03:20
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^ That's not even the worst...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_6502
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