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Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi All

There is a thread operating on the Lived Experience Forum under Night Shift where members who are having trouble sleeping for any reason give a bit of a shout-out, to see if there is anyone else sleepless and looking for company. It's been such a great thing, I thought I would start one over here too.

I have had the odd few nights where I have woken up on and off, and my kids have been having a bit of trouble some nights too, depending on what has happened during the day.

Being a carer can be lonely too, so if you are making an after-midnight cup of something hot, and wonder who else might be doing that too, maybe have a look-in here and see if anyone else is about.

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Thanks @Former-Member - I will watch it right after I brush my teeth. Bedtime show 😂 I am sure I will be enlightened. I watched the whole of season 1 of Forensic files in 3 days. That's 40 episodes. Am on episode 12 of season 2. So hard put down.

Night @Faith-and-Hope 💕🌷

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I was reading about the Madrid bombings. The FBI fingerprint specialist did not examine the partial latent print taken from the plastic bag. With only a partial print for comparison, the risk of error is quite high I would imagine. The fact that he didn't make a direct comparison was negligent at the very least. It's also strange that travel records were apparently not examined. 🎶💕

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yes @Kurra the investigation was flawed no doubt. But the explanation of the fingerprint process is what I found enlightening. Gave me a new perspective of the process. I had been someone who point blank thought the fingerprint analysis was far more definitive than it apparently is. It gives food for thought that I did not have before. I also like the confirmation bias tests the psychologist did, I found that a compounding interesting element as well.

@Anony18 I hope you get something out of it. :). Yes I like them too, there's a couple that relate to controversial cases and I like to think back to what I saw on forensic files to balance more anecdotal discussions. The Darlie Routier case comes to mind on that. Not for the faint hearted that one though it's a terrible story.

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Sitting here sipping my coffee and finishing @Former-Member 's linked article and found more synchronicity in the very last paragraph:

“deliver me to solid earth where I can begin to think, consider, cry, and heal. And ultimately, to dance.” article

Words in my post:

“I crawled onto the sand … feeling that firm support underneath me for the first time in so long”

... and so began my healing as my ability to think and consider returned.

*cue twilight zone riff* 😛

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@Former-Member, T.S. Eliot is one of my favourite poets. I hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of exploring his writings. I particularly like "Journey of the Magi" and "Rhapsody on a Windy Night'; the latter being the poem that the song "Midnight" from Cats is loosely based on.

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Hi @Faith-and-Hope,

That's really nice of you. I'm in Sydney. How about you?

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Hi @PC3

I'm in Perth ... one of the Westernites .... 😊💕

Try an iced chocolate today .... it's hot already .... no c@lor/εs in this, I promise you .... lol ❣

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@Faith-and-Hope Oh my! I just put on 3kg looking at that!!! 😄

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@Smc Oh journey of the Magi sounds intriguing to me I'm very curious about that now and who can go past a Cats connection. So I will have some googling to do. 🙂 Thank you.

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Hi @no_more_ideas ... 😊💕

Come and meet some friendly folk .... and mind the humour ....

Lol @Former-Member .... guess you're going to have to drink yours with your eyes closed .... ❣

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