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The ones that inspired you, or left a positive influence in you

Mine is literally being held together by two rubber bands.

Suggestions for a new one would be most welcome. Though to be clear, I'm not asking for an idealised wallet, I'm asking for the specific one that you have now that has lasted you X years without complaint

The more worn and frayed, the better

Edit: the above image is just a stock google photo

If you were going to sell your house tomorrow, what would influence your decision the most?

Assume that the difference in money offered isn't that wide, and it comes down to personality.

Who would you want living in your house right now?

• Married couple?
• Same religion or beliefs ?
• Ties to the area?
• Type of work (Banker? Social worker?)
• Same cultural background?
• Has physical skills?
• Asks a lot of questions about the house?
• Wears formal attire?

I need ideas guys, I've got my first house viewing tomorrow and I'm pretty low on the ideal candidate ladder.

A haunting re-imagining of William Hope Hodgson's The Night Land, with themes of prophecy and reincarnation.

https://web.archive.org/web/20090524012412/http://www.thenightland.co.uk/nightawake.html

The above website itself has fan-drawn maps of the landscape of the Night Lands, and I love looking at it from time to time

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

Buchanan was in a heavy metal band called Marseille which formed in 1976: they were part of the new wave of British heavy metal scene, releasing four albums and six singles, touring America and performing with Judas Priest, Nazareth and Whitesnake. The band reformed in 2009 with a performance at The Cavern Club, Liverpool.

They brought them out front and center at my local supermarket, and either they are selling like hotcakes that are constantly being replenished.... or literally no one is buying.

Investigating this further, I looked at events that were occurring in 1899 in Portugal and noted the following births:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_in_Portugal

• 6 February - Jaime Gonçalves, footballer (deceased)
• 25 February - António Pinho, footballer (deceased)
• 21 April - José Ramos, footballer (deceased)
• 30 April - Fernando António, footballer (deceased)
• 10 May - Artur Paredes, guitar player (died 1980)
• 21 August - António Leite, fencer (died 1958)
• 26 August - Francisco Vieira, footballer (deceased)
• 24 October - João Francisco Maia, footballer (deceased)
• 8 November - Manuel António Vassalo e Silva, Governor-General of Portuguese India (died 1985)
• 19 December - Fernando Santos Costa, army officer (died 1982)
• 30 December - José Pimenta, footballer (deceased)
• Armando Machado, fadista, guitarist, "viola" player (died 1974)
• Jesus Muñoz Crespo, footballer (died 1979)
• Sarmento Rodrigues, naval officer, colonist, professor (died 1979)

Coincidence? I think not. I reckon Queen Victoria new exactly how shot our chances would be in any subsequent World Cups against Portugal, and sought to minimize the damage.

Combined Cadet Force

I still have a hard time explaining this to people who don't know what it is.

Essentially, kids are "voluntarily" put into this thing after school where they dress up in uniforms and berets and forced to do marching drills.

You then pick whether you want to do Army/Navy/RAF, and you get to do some shooting drills. Guns are brought into the school (without ammo) and kids are shown how to shoot.

Every year each group goes on a summer camp type excursion where they get to fire real weapons or fly gliders or something.

And that's it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lyhccGJHUk

Sing along if you know the lyrics:

Rats, rats, we are the rats,
Celebrating yet another birthday bash!
𝓶𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓮𝓵, it's your birthday today,
Cake and ice cream is on it's way!
And 𝓶𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓮𝓵, has been such a good boy this year,
Open up your gifts while we all cheer!