#154

You know, like Harvest Moon. They’ve all got names mostly based on farming or hunting.

#155

I started a picture book thread btw guys, as the poll seemed to show enough interest…

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#156

I’ll post in this at some point! My youngest is still just about young enough to want picture books read to her. She came over to me yesterday when I was nearly falling asleep on the sofa with a big pile of them. I’ll find a few of my favourites (more for nostalgic / fond reasons rather than artistic)

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#157

Those reasons are just as good :slight_smile:

#158

I’m doing an online Sainsbury’s shop cos Rummo and Fage are cheap there atm.

I’ve got £11 of Fage in my trolley. LOL

#159

I don’t know any moon names

#160

Dare me to drive?

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#162

Probably farting a lot for the rest of night

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#163

I eat apple and ready salted crisps at the same time, would recommend

(Not at the cinema though)

#164

half a pot to go?

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#165

and the other one’s giving a high five? hmm

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#166

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/full-moon/

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#167

This is bleak.

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#168

Note that @ghostpony said it wasn’t for her and then posted in said thread! :smiley:

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#169

For some fucked up reason of protocol the Wikipedia page for fringe is under ‘Bangs’ and the talk page is just one big slanging match between US and UK English speakers

:smiley:

#170

OMG!

Is that a onesie or just a hoodie? :smiley:

#171

I always feel like the moon thing is a bit of a toughie. Eric’s question (to me) is asking if the moon affects people significantly via physics and it doesn’t.

I raise that because my experience is that people want to believe the Moon fucks with tides so it must do the same to them, but that’s not really anything to do with how much light hits the moon in any case (and is too weak a force on people).

I certainly believe it can affect people psychologically but only because they believe it does and so it happens. My life is unaffected by the cycles of the moon and my mum has no truck with that (despite believing in a load of ridiculous stuff) so I’m assuming this idea was never passed down to me.

This article is interesting

e.g.

In one study published in 1982 an author team reported that traffic accidents were more frequent on full-moon nights than on other nights. Yet a fatal flaw marred these findings: in the period under consideration, full moons were more common on weekends, when more people drive. When the authors reanalyzed their data to eliminate this confounding factor, the lunar effect vanished.

This may or may not make @ericVI happy.

#172

  1. Eric wasn’t asking whether physics was involved - you’ve decided that

  2. I haven’t been aware of what Phase the moon has been in when I’ve had a bad night’s sleep but have always been surprised when I’ve checked. I’ve got no desire to believe anything but I’ve just noticed it.

  3. You can’t argue that the moon doesn’t affect sleep with a study on how the moon affects driving

#173

  1. I explicitly said that was my interpretation of the question to explain my answer. I wasn’t claiming it was what he meant.

  2. Hard to know what people understand of these things. Subconsciously you may know the Phase because you saw the moon or your body is able to note.

  3. I wasn’t trying to refute that study I was pointing out that a study might be influenced by unexpected factors, that’s all.

#174

Sorry are you seriously saying that I’m subconsciously aware of the phase of the moon and actively have a shit nights sleep in order to convince myself that this is real? What?!

Thank-you for explaining the most basic of scientific principles to me, I did not know that :roll_eyes:

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