How often do you have Random T**ugh,s

[nelinho]

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Do Australia when you are retired and have a plastic hip.

When you're young go to interesting exotic places.

[floridaorange]

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Yup well both that and backpacking as in hiking camping. Haven't done either before. I've traveled a lot with family but staying in hotels in cities. Backpacking seems exciting and a lot easier to do when you're young with little money.

Ive been hiking/camping.... the most survivalist type camping I've done was with "outward bound" back in 1996. We camped for 2 weeks in Northern Minnesota with 2 pairs of clothes, pots/pans, tents, a little food and conoes. This was in an area called "the boundary waters.". A large chain of lakes. The Mosquitos and thunderstorms were epic. I will never forget the experience. Though this was back when people went outside, you know, before the internet.

[Rawrmune]

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^ Yeah that's something I'd want to do, sounds like a blast. Haha so true about the internet.

[floridaorange]

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^Funny to think you were only 6 years old then

[nick007]

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Crikey, that sounds fucking awful. Is that really the case? Can you give some examples?

What about South Africa? I've heard some cool things about SA.

Pull in bro I will look after you

[nelinho]

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Is there anyone from Suriname on this site?

[nelinho]

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I wonder when japanese look at western porn and wheter they think of it as bland when there is only one cumshot and not an octopus in site.

[floridaorange]

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No porn > watching porn.

[floridaorange]

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Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain.

Can we train ourselves to be compassionate? A new study suggests the answer is yes. Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples' mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Published March 25 in the Public Library of Science One, the study was the first to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to indicate that positive emotions such as loving-kindness and compassion can be learned in the same way as playing a musical instrument or being proficient in a sport. The scans revealed that brain circuits used to detect emotions and feelings were dramatically changed in subjects who had extensive experience practicing compassion meditation.

The research suggests that individuals — from children who may engage in bullying to people prone to recurring depression — and society in general could benefit from such meditative practices, says study director Richard Davidson, professor of psychiatry and psychology at UW-Madison and an expert on imaging the effects of meditation. Davidson and UW-Madison associate scientist Antoine Lutz were co-principal investigators on the project.

Source: http://www.news.wisc.edu/14944

[floridaorange]

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[Rawrmune]

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^ Beautiful pictures Florida, especially those last two.

Noble qualities make noblemen: a single one of them is worth more than a multitude of mediocre ones. There was once a man who made all his belongings, even his household utensils, as great as possible. How much more ought a great man see that the qualities of his soul are as great as possible. In God all is eternal and infinite, so in a hero everything should be great and majestic, so that all his deeds, nay, all his words, should be pervaded by a transcendent majesty.

[floridaorange]

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^since you like them, here's a few more:

[floridaorange]

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