The comma, the horror! Couldn’t help but focus on that myself!

Had a quick search: “Grow Alocasia ‘Polly’ in bright light out of direct sunlight, in free draining peat-free compost. A minimum temperature of 16ºC is perfect, ideally in a humid location, such as a bathroom. If the room isn’t humid enough, you can increase humidity levels by standing the pot on a tray filled with pebbles and then add water until it rises to just below the bottom of the pot.”

If relevant, try addressing humidity and ensure it stays out of direct sunlight. It could be waiting until conditions are favourable.

Well they got one thing right…They didn’t turn out well.

It amazes me that no-one ever seems to say (not that I have seen, at least)…Isreal is a western, democratic state with nuclear weapons in the middle east.

It’s basically a major power base for the west in the predominantly arab part of the world.

Anything else is a side arguement as far as I’m concerned.

It looks like cornflower and knapweed seeds of UK species, so I’d expect a relative native to that region. Sow it, they’ve got a good rate of germination so you could find out that way :)

Having The Doctor as a contestant on Master Chef…now that would be messing with the programming. Soufflé girl could work though…

On a side thought, Master Cheif as a Disney princess…

Definitely the most disturbing part. I could live with the rest of it.

Eat less meat. Far more vegetables can be grown on the same amount of land.

It’s definitely tough when you get criticised just for chilling out. My advice is to try and not be offended by those comments unless they come from people close or important to you. Ask yourself: why does their opinion matter/what value does it actually have? Is it jyst a throwaway comment from a e.g. stranger or friend of a friend of a friend. You do not need other’s opinions to validate yourself, so long as you’re not causing harm to anyone else, keep doing what you’re doing because it’s good for you and leave the busibodies to their ignorant opinion and to waste only their time and effort on it, not yours.

Ps you share my broad approach of treating others well if they treat me well. Thumbs up for that!

I think the problem with your comment was that you summed it up by saying ‘it’s simple’ when it’s a time of our lives when we start to have some freedom to explore our desires (sexual or otherwise) without the control/pressures of home and/or school life. There’s also ongoing peer pressures pushing and pulling us about. It is nothing like a simple time in our lives (hence why so many people go online and talk about if, as you highlighted).

Yes, I’d agree with the sentiment to keep treating others well and to be patient (broadly what my approach to life has been, now 45 so older like you), but it certainly isn’t easy or simple to do especially when there’s a lot of seeing others having what you don’t.

It’s one more than ten, so yeah, it’s better.

Luke Duke? I know he has a cousin called Bo but don’t know his father. It can’t be Boss Hog, surely?!