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Ask @CactusDoug:
do you usually dress up for halloween?
I mark Samhain, our end of year/new year celebrations on that day or a nearby weekend. One of the rituals is a procession (that one involves a fair bit of walking so I don’t participate) and people get dressed up in masks for that.
I have been to hallowe’en parties and dressed up in the past.
I have been to hallowe’en parties and dressed up in the past.
Do you have any pet? post a pic of them if you do ✨🐾
🐶 No, I don’t keep pets!
🐸 There are some small goldfish, snails, and tiny frogs in the garden pond though but I don’t think they count as pets.
🐸 There are some small goldfish, snails, and tiny frogs in the garden pond though but I don’t think they count as pets.
What's one thing most people don't know about you?
I can’t think of anything that people who know me wouldn’t really know, unless it’s stuff I don’t want them to know.
People who don’t know me would obviously not know much about me anyway.
People who don’t know me would obviously not know much about me anyway.
How do you behave with people you don't like?
In general I’ll avoid them.
If there’s no avoiding them, polite but possibly distant.
If there’s no avoiding them, polite but possibly distant.
what’s an average american teenage boy name? what’s a chihuahua name? what’s an average british middle aged woman name?
How do you get rid of stress and negative energy?
Me? Well if it’s to do with a person I often ring them.
If it’s non-specific stress or anxiety, basically it’s medication, Netflix, and/or chatting to a friend who will lift me a bit.
If it’s non-specific stress or anxiety, basically it’s medication, Netflix, and/or chatting to a friend who will lift me a bit.
if u HAD to choose an nba team to route for, who would u choose
I don’t know any of the teams or even what NBA is. Is it basketball?
what did you do after high school? what was the summer right after you graduated like. what was the year after you graduated like?
👉🏼 Straight after high school I started work.
👉🏼 In my day there was no “graduation” thing after high school, you just left unceremoniously, and popped back in one day early during the summer to pick up your O-Level and CSE exam results.
👉🏼 I can’t remember what that summer was like. The September of that year was a little stressful, as I was 16 and still living at home and my parents had gone away on holiday for the fortnight of my first two weeks of work. I remember it feeling really weird being alone in the house and getting up so early and cycling in to the city for my first ever job.
👉🏼 In my day there was no “graduation” thing after high school, you just left unceremoniously, and popped back in one day early during the summer to pick up your O-Level and CSE exam results.
👉🏼 I can’t remember what that summer was like. The September of that year was a little stressful, as I was 16 and still living at home and my parents had gone away on holiday for the fortnight of my first two weeks of work. I remember it feeling really weird being alone in the house and getting up so early and cycling in to the city for my first ever job.
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Who is the happiest person in the world?
Apparently it’s a Buddhist monk called Matthieu Ricard. However
(a) not everyone in the world has been compared and
(b) I’ve seen a picture of him and his smile looks a bit strained to me
🙂
(a) not everyone in the world has been compared and
(b) I’ve seen a picture of him and his smile looks a bit strained to me
🙂
Where do you go for advice?
Depends on what type of advice, but usually either the Citizens’ Advice Bureau or sometimes organisations online I’m connected to, and occasionally certain friends.
Bandanas are lit 🔥
I hope they’re not flammable! 😀
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Do you like Comus?
Yeah I like some tracks very much. The music is great, though their vocals can on occasion be not so easygoing!
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do you listen to songs in foreign languages?
I listen to some Spanish-language music, and a little bit of Scottish snd Irish Gaelic-language music from time to time.
how often do you get a haircut? do you like to try new different styles or stick to the safe choice you usually go for? [Staif]
I’ve stuck to a close head-shave pretty faithfully since about 1991/1992.
(Exceptions were when I had it a bit longer on top when working in the states, and when I had it shaved bald with a razor. )
(Exceptions were when I had it a bit longer on top when working in the states, and when I had it shaved bald with a razor. )
Where could I check it out? Do you have a YouTube channel?
Not on YouTube, but if you have Spotify, Deezer, LastFM etc or anything like that you should be able to find me on there.
Here’s one album:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6kygYMJ9jfCBZ5pmOctSxN?si=69eTj5gGStqs24bxZRG0bA
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Here’s one album:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6kygYMJ9jfCBZ5pmOctSxN?si=69eTj5gGStqs24bxZRG0bA
How many hats do you own?
🎩 Lots! And lots of bandannas, if they count. I did post a list and description of them all on here in response to a question once, but I’ve scrolled back a bit and can’t find it, must’ve been longer than 3 months ago!
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What type of music do you play?
“Prog-folk” would be the term to describe it. It’s acoustic, singer-songwriter stuff.
I haven’t gigged for a while now due to health reasons, but some of my music is still available online 🙂
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I haven’t gigged for a while now due to health reasons, but some of my music is still available online 🙂
How important is it for you to have a child? why do people want to have children to begin with when they're time consuming and so difficult to take care of?
I think it’s just instinctive for many people to want kids.
I don’t though, I’d be unable to look after them.
I’m happy seeing my nieces and nephew each week, that will do me 🙂
I don’t though, I’d be unable to look after them.
I’m happy seeing my nieces and nephew each week, that will do me 🙂
If you had to change your name but keep the first letter of it.. which name would you choose?
Doctor Who ... Dick Dastardly ... Daredevil ... Doctor Strange ... Deanna Troi ... Deadpool ... Demolition Man ... Decker ...
Do you know any "conspiracy theorist" as some would label it (could be in real life or online or anything), who actually lowkey makes sense/doesn't sound like 100% pseudoscience?
I know some Forteans. They are often interested in conspiracy theory among many other things, but where there may be some truth in a theory they usually research, reflect, and/or report on it rather than become fanatics.
Which is better: a book, a movie or TV series Sherlock?
Any book, any film versus one specific tv show?
I swear Ask’s questions are either getting even more badly phrased, or just weirder.
I swear Ask’s questions are either getting even more badly phrased, or just weirder.
what do you think of lip syncing? is it cheating? If a singer you like goes "lip syncing" during a live instead of actually singing does that make you think differently of them?
I’ve seen this happen with a veteran band in a large venue, and I didn’t mind to be honest. The people I was with were angry though!
I might be more cynical if it was a small-time local act however.
I might be more cynical if it was a small-time local act however.
Would you wear an outfit that you really really like but is painfully "out of fashion" ?
None of my “outfits” are in fashion, so yes! 😆