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I've had trouble sleeping for years (although my lifestyle isn't exactly conducive to a good pattern). The most important thing is to try and keep a regular pattern of when you go to bed (even if not sleep) and if at all possible, leave your window slightly open (on the latch or with a vent open, just to keep some fresh air in the room during the night) something else that is important is to make sure you eat relatively early in the evening, and don't snack before bed (or ideally for several hours before sleep). It is also worth trying to exercise after your evening meal, and to only drink w
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for me, I'm a smoker, though I don't believe that I am addicted to the niccotine, as I do not get cravings for cigarettes, even when I go several days (or weeks) without, for me its a social/habitual thing, and the only time I smoke heavily tends to be at work, as it gets to be a very stressful/fustrating place at times, plus a lot of my workmates smoke, so its a difficult environment to quit in. I used to be fairly addicted to caffeine too, drinking two or three cans of relentless/monster a day, but I made a conscious effort to stop having so much, and went cold turkey on anything with a h
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you might wanna have a listen to the newest album by 'the king blues' (I can't remember what its called) but that has some spoken word/poetry pieces on it that you might enjoy
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I think that some drugs should be decriminalized, however, others definitely should not be. Milder things like Marijuana (weed) and 'Magic Mushrooms' should be able to be sold over the counter like tobacco (although I do not agree that they should be stocked on shelves where younger people can access them, and they should be subject to the same 18+ age restriction that cigarettes and alcohol are. There's a few reasons for this In the eyes of the law, once a person reaches the age of 18, they are considered an adult, and able to make there own choices and decisions, so they should be able
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Your Political Stance
azlan replied to Bagel of Death's topic in Current Events and Topical discussion
more or less what I expected, I don't believe in socialism as I cannot see how it makes economic sense, and believe that different jobs deserve different remuneration, and I also do not agree with intruding on personal freedoms or privacy... -
I have an android rather than a BB, but loads of my friends do have them, they seem like nice handsets, especially if you need to do lots of email etc.. work with them
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I play guitar and bass, and a little bit of keyboard, plus I used to play violin
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I hate to say it, but Waterstones are in trouble too, until recently they were owned by HMV, who are struggling to compete with online sales/piracy, although they are now under new ownership, so there is a chance they will pull through
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my laptop (when hooked up to a proper monitor) its quite large so click it to see full size
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I play guitar and bass, and sometimes a little bit of keyboard, used to play violin too years ago
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Bookstores in general are in trouble at the moment, people do read less, and with the rise of devices like the kindle, many people are buying ebooks (or pirating them, but that is a whole different discussion), or using library or second hand bookshops more, especially as many books are written now to be read once and then moved on from, rather than to be kept and cherished, this problem is then further exacerbated by what many perceive to be high prices for new books (virtually all bookstores sell at the RRP) and the high availability of competing (and often cheap/free) media, such as TV and
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all signs point to lauderdale - a day to remember
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STFUppercut - the blackout
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mine would be freelance sound engineering, which is hopefully what I'm gonna do
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another song about the weekend - a day to remember
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there new single was played on the radio last night, its called 'up all night' and its all over youtube now, anyone a fan? personally I think its not quite as up-tempo as I would like, plus a bit more of mark singing would have been better.
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injection - rise against
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filling in application forms and sending off CV's
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the place I work doesn't sell ginger beer, but I'm not a massive fan of it, its got too much of a burning sensation for my taste, and again, has a tendency to make you feel a bit hyperactive rather than chilled, I don't drink lager either, usually cider/perry or some ales.
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Just to try and explain why we have a pint rather than a soft drink (at least myself, and most the people I work with) is quite simple, if you have a pint of a soft drink (coke, diet coke, lemonade...) it tends to make you go a bit hyperactive, which isn't what you want at 4 in the morning when you just want to go to bed, whereas a pint is still cold (often actually colder than soft drinks) and extremely refreshing, but gives you a calm, relaxed feeling rather than being hyped up, and after the amount of water/soft drinks we get through during a night anyway (its a hot venue and we work long h
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Children Growing Up Too Fast
azlan replied to padfoot's topic in Current Events and Topical discussion
Just to put a little bit of perspective on it, people have been saying this sort of thing for a long time, and especially so since the end of the first world war, although it is about teenagers rather than younger children, the BBC/open university show 'James May's 20th Century' has an episode called 'inventing the teenager' which takes a look at the sort of things that changed socially/economically that enabled these changes to take place. What I am about to say is mostly based on the UK, but I am sure the same principles apply in most places It should be remembered, that up until relativ -
I work in live music/clubs and I can totally agree with that, nothing like a pint (of strongbow in my case usually) after work, especially when it's free
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another song about the weekend - a day to remember