What didn't you know until recently? - Page 93

biscuits · #**2761** 17th September 2022, 23:19

^^ YES!

That's so sweet how we all had similar social and creative experiences with the cassette recorders! Also a little sad that we all have sa and struggle socially now, after being so exuberant in childhood. Oh no, now I'm tearing up! Daft doughnut.

cymruambyth26 · #**2762** 17th September 2022, 23:21

I use to record myself onto tape pretending I was hosting a radio show or doing a chart countdown. Like a top 100. For a couple of years I created my own top 100 songs of the year during the Christmas holidays using all my Now That's What I Call Music Albums and if I was lucky other compilation CD's from that year.

Mr. Nobody · #**2763** 17th September 2022, 23:38

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Originally Posted by Rocket Spud

Did anyone else do 'talking before sleep'? I don't know whether that makes me/us seem weird

Yeah, I done this too, I'm sure I was quite entertaining,
I would regail the rest of the group with tall stories and jokes, although I would sometimes try and get a laugh at someone else's expense,. Which wasn't very cool

I do also recall at one point wanting to volunteer to be the lead in the school play,..
I think I quite enjoyed wordplay and just talking to a group basically,..

Seems like a world away from who I became

Rocket Spud · #**2764** 17th September 2022, 23:44

^^^

Yeah, it's unfortunate that these things tend to fizzle out with most people.

^^ Yes, i'm certain we used Now That's What I Call Music cds when we edited in music

Rocket Spud · #**2765** 18th September 2022, 00:03

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Originally Posted by Mr. Nobody

Yeah, I done this too, I'm sure I was quite entertaining,
I would regail the rest of the group with tall stories and jokes, although I would sometimes try and get a laugh at someone else's expense,. Which wasn't very cool

I do also recall at one point wanting to volunteer to be the lead in the school play,..
I think I quite enjoyed wordplay and just talking to a group basically,..

Seems like a world away from who I became

Tsk tsk, lol, i'm sure all's forgotten and forgiven. There is a reliance on one's instinct of entertainment in youth that can be nasty in nature, until you become a bit more measured and mellowed with maturity.

Maybe you could try amateur dramatics?

Percy · #**2766** 18th September 2022, 00:30

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Originally Posted by biscuits

Do you remember the Blobby song? Haha that's just popped into my head. I think I might have asked my mum to buy it for me. In my defence, I was a very young child and didn't have criminal responsibility to be charged for crimes against music.

For the musically uneducated, here it is in all its lack of glory:

Who could forget the blooby song?

Percy · #**2767** 18th September 2022, 00:36

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Originally Posted by biscuits

^ aww that's cute. I remember inviting my friends over and we would use blank cassettes to record our police interviews "for the benefit of the tape..." and we'd tape confessions as well. It got to a point where even people I wasn't friends with would come round to take part in our tapes

I'd love to find those tapes. I bet they got thrown away though.

What do you mean record our police interviews? Is there something you're not telling us miss biscuits?

biscuits · #**2768** 18th September 2022, 07:22

^ Drats! I've been rumbled! All this time, I've been typing to you from death row.

(Someone would be the police carrying out their interrogation and someone would be the perp! If you were the perp you didn't know what ridiculous thing the police were going to accuse you of until they hit record. It was a lot of fun :D)

Appear · #**2769** 22nd September 2022, 05:06

I like Taylor Swift's 'Shake it off' a lot more when I imagine it soundtracking those times when you fart in tight jeans just before you need to be somewhere and have to stretch and move yourself around in them to 'shake it off'.

anxiouslondoner · #**2770** 5th October 2022, 11:02

^ what did you think the emperor of Rome was?

biscuits · #**2771** 5th October 2022, 19:21

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Originally Posted by Appear

I like Taylor Swift's 'Shake it off' a lot more when I imagine it soundtracking those times when you fart in tight jeans just before you need to be somewhere and have to stretch and move yourself around in them to 'shake it off'.

Oh my gosh yes and it travels around as a bubble of air, trying to escape

it feels like a marble.

Percy · #**2772** 5th October 2022, 19:47

I must be farting in jeans wrong.

biscuits · #**2773** 5th October 2022, 19:50

^ they've gotta be tiggggght to experience the rolling marble fart.

Percy · #**2774** 5th October 2022, 19:52

Ah, that explains it.

cymruambyth26 · #**2775** 6th October 2022, 00:04

I learnt today that I have a disability...that my social anxiety disorder has made me eligible for disability support at university. I have in 32 years never once thought of myself as having a disability.

Percy · #**2776** 6th October 2022, 00:09

I don't think of sa as a disability

cymruambyth26 · #**2777** 6th October 2022, 00:24

^ Yeah to be fair it's always been an internal debate I've had with myself for years since my diagnosis, but it seems that under the terms of Disability Student Allowance...living with social anxiety disorder entitles you to disability support.

Therefore, as a result today I came to the conclusion above.

It's a good thread to have though if there isn't one already....'Is Social Anxiety Disorder a Disability?'....discuss

Rocket Spud · #**2778** 6th October 2022, 13:15

Yeah, i'd like to hear the argument against it being disabling... anyone?

cymruambyth26 · #**2779** 6th October 2022, 13:35

^ Who is feeling brave enough?

I am of the opinion that it can be very disabling.

For me it comes in peaks and troughs. I have had some really good years of living with it and managing it and it doesn't prevent me from making progress with myself and my life. I still experience the symptoms, but it doesn't stop me going out there and making personal progress in my life/career. Then I'll have long spells where it is very disabling, and I withdraw and look inward again. Almost like I need months out of society to recharge or have a reboot with my SAD every few years particularly when life gets trickier.

Dougella · #**2780** 6th October 2022, 14:07

It can be severe enough to be a disability yes.

anxiouslondoner · #**2781** 6th October 2022, 14:36

I don't think something has to be severe to be a disability.
Short sightedness is a disability, but it can be corrected with glasses, so it's mostly not that big a deal.
Excessive shortness or tallness is a disability.

biscuits · #**2782** 25th October 2022, 21:20

That orcas visit Scotland. amazing!

Jam do Bronx · #**2783** 25th October 2022, 22:22

^ Prison is actually the name of the most popular gay bar in Germany.

anewyear · #**2784** 7th November 2022, 19:00

That US people have no idea what "on the hop" means when you've been caught unprepared. Just said that to on a conference call and they thought I meant "on the hopper" which apparently means on the pan, on the crapper

Amara 94 · #**2785** 26th November 2022, 22:18

That USA is bigger than China

Appear · #**2786** 30th November 2022, 23:06

About the phone call printed in the papers where Charles considered being Camilla's Tampax.

I didn't think royals had a role in a supposed democratic meritocracy, but one of those every few years might change my mind.

The Crown is propaganda.

genovese · #**2787** 1st December 2022, 19:42

There's a Karen board game

Ronnie_Pickering · #**2788** 3rd December 2022, 21:36

'Peanuts is the most popular ingredient in peanut butter dishes. In fact, over 90% of peanut butter recipes contain peanuts.'

Hayman · #**2789** 5th December 2022, 15:37

That I'm off work on Friday 23rd!

I thought the 23rd was our final day before finish, but I was mistaken.

There is a downside though. We're all in on the 28th, 29th and 30th.

Amara 94 · #**2790** 14th December 2022, 01:41

The NYC Subway was the first transit authority in the world to have a subway / metro system with an open gangways.