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No problem pleased to hear you had a good visit.
Just planning my next trip into town this Saturday lunchtime https://www.facebook.com/events/421595635122197/
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Indeed. This really isn't my area, and unfortunately the original study is not open access, but there are some conflicting statements in Guardian article:
"They ... compared lifespan for the most optimistic with the least, taking into account factors including age, sex, race, education, depression and other health conditions present at the outset", but also
"Most of the participants in the study were white, and few had low socioeconomic status – meaning more research is needed to see if the findings hold in other groups". -
Optimism linked to longer lives. I really hope that this is true!
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It's been quite on all the Oxford threads for quite a while now. I assume you won't have a bike with you? But still plenty of places to see in the centre of town.
The Daily Info has a fairly comprehensive listing of all that's on in Oxford and surrounding area https://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/Re: beers:
The Turf Tavern is worth seeking out if you want old and characterful in the centre of town https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turf_Tavern
If you like Thomas Hardy and Inspecter Morse try The Lamb and Flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_%26_Flag,_Oxford
Or The Eagle and Child opposite for Tolkein and CS Lewis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle_and_Child
Try Raoul's for a cocktail bar experience http://www.raoulsbar.com/
or as C4r1s has said any of the pubs / bars on George Street for a standard vertical drinking experience -
I think that these ones are basically record signing events, but Oxford the following eve is already sold out, so you might want to check availability. Kingston is due to be an 'electric' set, the first couple of nights were short acoustic sets (see https://twitter.com/RideTheNetwork/status/1163159862802624512 ), but I decided to save my money for one of the full shows in Nov / Dec.
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It'll be interesting to hear some of the new tracks live this autumn. They generally don't improvise or depart much from the recorded versions of songs, but the live sound is usually fuller and warmer and is all the better for it.
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How could I not let this pass without comment ...
Ride release a really enjoyable new album today - "This is not a safe place" https://www.thebandride.com/
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I've not seen it, but reading around the subject, yes they do eat wasps and bees. The spiders take their name from their mimicking of wasps. There seem to be two hypotheses to explain this: 1.) that this is some form of camouflage, and 2) that it is to lure hymenoptera, including wasps, into their webs. Currently the lure hypothesis seems to be thought to be most likely - see https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2008.0062
Impressive chickens!
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Saw three of these beauties today while out looking for dragonflies near the Thames in Oxfordshire today. They're Argiope bruennichi , aka Wasp Spiders. The females are big, but the males are only about a 1/4 of the size and generally get eaten during copulation.
Lurking in the hills out near Oxford since 2009.