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Derby Tup Jun 2019 10:25am, 9 Jun 2019 32,023 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup +1 for forest bathing What’s next a ‘car window down and a bit of fresh air shower’ ?
swittle Jun 2019 12:33pm, 9 Jun 2019 55,190 posts	Quote Pin swittle That 'slow radio' slot: listen closely, and you'll hear the producers splitting their sides. Clare Balding, in the 'Ramblings' Radio 4 show, certainly puts the miles in, although rain prevented much walking near Dolphinholme. Lancashire with the two nonagenarian sisters who worked abroad as code breakers in WW2. bbc.co.uk
Diogenes Jun 2019 3:54pm, 9 Jun 2019 37,336 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Football commentators apologising for inappropriate language viewers might pick up from the crowd. It’s unnecessary and just draws attention to it.
Diogenes Jun 2019 3:55pm, 9 Jun 2019 37,337 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Pointless football matches
ThorntonRunner Jun 2019 9:06am, 10 Jun 2019 2,189 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Had my car insurance renewal quote through a few days ago - £305. Yesterday someone drove into the side of me on a roundabout, so reported the incident to my insurer. Just got updated renewal quote - £392
Dvorak Jun 2019 9:22am, 10 Jun 2019 17,640 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak [That's what people in Scotland did when I was young, DT. If the weather was especially nice, you might take a chair out and sit by the car. Largely died out now, I think.] Is it time to start a forest bathing backlash yet? Promotes obesity by discouraging moderate to strenuous physical activity.
Diogenes Jun 2019 9:25am, 10 Jun 2019 37,348 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes I still remember back in the 70s, elderly people would take a chair outside of an evening and sit by the front gate, greeting passers by.
Diogenes Jun 2019 9:26am, 10 Jun 2019 37,349 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [forgot the bracket above, here's a spare set [] ]
Velociraptor Jun 2019 9:42am, 10 Jun 2019 41,932 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor [The sitting at your front door thing still happens here.] [Never mind obesity, there's the suggestion that the NHS should "prescribe" forest bathing, which was only invented five minutes ago, when the same temporary feeling of wellbeing could be achieved more cheaply and simply and, probably, safely by being allowed to prescribe weed cookies, which have been around for aeons.]
RunningRonnie Jun 2019 10:05am, 10 Jun 2019 1,527 posts	Quote Pin RunningRonnie People filling the front of the dishwasher before the back.