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I've recently begun to take an active interest in exploring where some value may exist in a similar area trying to use a combination of a few different things over the past couple of months, no hallucinogens though but I wouldn't rule it out.
In regards to the use of hallucinogens, from what I have read thus far, they largely mimic the state which is reached by those who are extremely experienced mediators. Difficult to achieve and the experience is fleeting but it's possible in small less potent forms.
Huxley discussing psychedelics referred to removing the filter of reality to expose the "Mind at Large". You read a variety of different interpretations that describe the sensation. Douglas Harding refers to it as "Having No Head", a sense of oneness, removal of the illusion of "I" are also descriptions of the sensation.
The Doors of Perception by Huxley was basically written about his experience while on acid and it's where Jim Morrison got the name of the band.
Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostThere is a lot of credible research that shows the therapeutic qualities of psychedelics. There's a good overview here (podcast):
“Psychedelics, used responsibly and with proper caution, would be for psychiatry what the microscope is for biology and medicine or the telescope is for astronomy.” – Stanislav Grof This might be the most important podcast episode I’ve put out in the last two years. Please trust me and give it a full listen. It will surprise … Continue reading "Michael Pollan — Exploring The New Science of Psychedelics (#313)"
The set and setting of how you take them are going to be more important than which exact drug you take. You want to be somewhere you feel safe and relaxed, with someone who is sober and has your best interests at heart. Doing it with a group of strangers that you aren't comfortable around doesn't sound like an ideal venue.
Setting is pretty self explanatory but he broke set down further with long range and immediate.
Long range:
“the kind of person you are—your fears, desires, conflicts, guilts, secret passions,”
Immediate:
Refers to the hope and goal of given session due to commence among other things.
Paper on the use of set & setting in Drug Policy
Individual (immediate) set and setting conditions never exist in a vacuum. They are shaped by external social and cultural forces. Thus, an individual’s personality is shaped by the society and culture in which they grow up and live, as does the preparation they will have before entering a psychedelic experience, or the expectations and intentions they will bring to such an experience. Similarly, physical setting will invariably depend on the kind of culture in which the experience takes place (e.g. different topographies, a preference to outdoor or indoor sessions, styles of architecture and design). So will, naturally, the social setting, composed by other members of the society, and of course a person’s belief system. We thus find that individual set and setting is always nestled within a greater collective set and setting, which is shaped by the society and culture in which a person lives and develops.
Not saying its wrong as it's clearly very important, apparently those who became drug addicts during Vietnam
For heroin addicts who left Vietnam, recidivism to addiction three years after they got back to the United States was approximately 12%—virtually the reverse of previous reports
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Originally posted by jbravado View PostHas anyone here ever "done" Ayahuasca, apologies if there has been the conversation before but couldn't find any mention.
I have been dealing with a woman from a group located in a castle in Waterford and am genuinely close to pulling the trigger on a retreat there, licking frogs in the morning and whatever the fuck this ayahuasca is in the evening. I never do drugs of any kind, and have only had horrific experiences when I have and am pretty sure my brain might actually break if I try it but my mind currently, well for a long time has been utter clogged and I think has essentially being rotting for over three years. I haven't tried anything and am all out of ideas, well I did go to a few truly terrible therapists, one of whom arrived wearing leather shoes with a pair of tracksuit bottoms. I am shallow at the best of times so that was certainly too much for me. The other lad asked me to pay for next week in advance so he was gg too. I am sure I wont fit in and will secretly think they are a pack of crusty bums but maybe thats the kind of judgmental bullshit it might cure.
Like, is there a retreat, for want of a better word, where you can go and find all that emotional healing and revelation without ingesting something that could potentially fuck me up for the rest of my life. Ihave asked a few people but all the sort who are balls deep in thinking drugs are great in the first place. Think Im looking to be talked out of it in reality.
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Originally posted by SatNav View PostI hate humans Retail work made that happen...
So I'm currently pissed and going to sleep soon to catch a flight to futerventra at 7.40 am..
I deserve a hol. Just saying. 10 days bring it fucking on!
Oh and hit 50% of monthly target in 4 days as I planned so I won't come back to a big fat zero...
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Originally posted by jbravado View PostHas anyone here ever "done" Ayahuasca, apologies if there has been the conversation before but couldn't find any mention.
I have been dealing with a woman from a group located in a castle in Waterford and am genuinely close to pulling the trigger on a retreat there, licking frogs in the morning and whatever the fuck this ayahuasca is in the evening. I never do drugs of any kind, and have only had horrific experiences when I have and am pretty sure my brain might actually break if I try it but my mind currently, well for a long time has been utter clogged and I think has essentially being rotting for over three years. I haven't tried anything and am all out of ideas, well I did go to a few truly terrible therapists, one of whom arrived wearing leather shoes with a pair of tracksuit bottoms. I am shallow at the best of times so that was certainly too much for me. The other lad asked me to pay for next week in advance so he was gg too. I am sure I wont fit in and will secretly think they are a pack of crusty bums but maybe thats the kind of judgmental bullshit it might cure.
Like, is there a retreat, for want of a better word, where you can go and find all that emotional healing and revelation without ingesting something that could potentially fuck me up for the rest of my life. Ihave asked a few people but all the sort who are balls deep in thinking drugs are great in the first place. Think Im looking to be talked out of it in reality.
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There's someone on here who could say a lot about it, but it seems perhaps he doesn't wish to.
If you're looking to be talked out of it don't go imo. But if you do we must have a "trip" report. From what I've read I wouldn't personally be inclined to go to the crowd who run them.
Non-drug encounter groups don't tend to exist anymore (outside of cultish money grabbing ones anyway), they were more a 60's/70's phenomenon, and I doubt there was much of it in Ireland. It's a pity, I would like to do it myself.
If you're adverse to drugs there is always Stan Grof's holotropic breathwork which uses the breath that he developed after LSD got banned. I've never done it.
Originally posted by limpwhacker View PostCheck out Dzogchen Beara .ie it's a Buddhist retreat centre in west cork. They have ongoing opportunities whereby you go down as a volunteer you do light work which can vary day to day. In return for 30 hours a week you are provided with meals and accommodation. I went down for 4 weeks 7/8 years ago and stayed 3 and a half years before returning to a life of degeneracy and poker. Silly me. It's a fantastic place with great people. Couldn't recommend it highly enough. No frog licking though as far as I know.
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Originally posted by Theresa View PostGOT
SPOILERMan, the music was just 10/10. Made the episode for me.
The actual story was 6/10. Seems to have lost its edgeSPOILER
Yeah, just felt a bit disappointed after that. Think the show's at it's best when it's two characters in a room rather than seeing how someone gets saved at the last second over and over. The possibility of main characters dying was such a part of the potency of the show.
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostThere's someone on here who could say a lot about it, but it seems perhaps he doesn't wish to.
If you're looking to be talked out of it don't go imo. But if you do we must have a "trip" report. From what I've read I wouldn't personally be inclined to go to the crowd who run them.
Non-drug encounter groups don't tend to exist anymore (outside of cultish money grabbing ones anyway), they were more a 60's/70's phenomenon, and I doubt there was much of it in Ireland. It's a pity, I would like to do it myself.
If you're adverse to drugs there is always Stan Grof's holotropic breathwork which uses the breath that he developed after LSD got banned. I've never done it.
Please tell us more, I would love to hear about your time there. Are you still involved in RIGPA?
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Originally posted by jbravado View PostHas anyone here ever "done" Ayahuasca, apologies if there has been the conversation before but couldn't find any mention.
I have been dealing with a woman from a group located in a castle in Waterford and am genuinely close to pulling the trigger on a retreat there, licking frogs in the morning and whatever the fuck this ayahuasca is in the evening. I never do drugs of any kind, and have only had horrific experiences when I have and am pretty sure my brain might actually break if I try it but my mind currently, well for a long time has been utter clogged and I think has essentially being rotting for over three years. I haven't tried anything and am all out of ideas, well I did go to a few truly terrible therapists, one of whom arrived wearing leather shoes with a pair of tracksuit bottoms. I am shallow at the best of times so that was certainly too much for me. The other lad asked me to pay for next week in advance so he was gg too. I am sure I wont fit in and will secretly think they are a pack of crusty bums but maybe thats the kind of judgmental bullshit it might cure.
Like, is there a retreat, for want of a better word, where you can go and find all that emotional healing and revelation without ingesting something that could potentially fuck me up for the rest of my life. Ihave asked a few people but all the sort who are balls deep in thinking drugs are great in the first place. Think Im looking to be talked out of it in reality.
Acid is more of a crunchy buzz. jk, acid is mushrooms on steroids. I did it once and likely thats enough for me.
Never taken Aya, had a buddy who did in Peru and swore it helped him deal with a friends death.
I can absolutely see how any pyschadelic would help you work through deep shit, it does tend to let you think differently but knowing you, doing it on your own, prejudging your environment and group you are with is a recipe for disaster. Doing it with a buddy you trust who can talk you through it all would be the best play imo.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
All efforts were made to make this thought original but with the abundance of thoughts in the world the originality of this thought cannot be guaranteed.
The author is not liable for any issue arising from the platitudinous nature of this post.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostSPOILER
Yeah, just felt a bit disappointed after that. Think the show's at it's best when it's two characters in a room rather than seeing how someone gets saved at the last second over and over. The possibility of main characters dying was such a part of the potency of the show.
SPOILERYeah, huge cop out. Disappointing. I could probably live with none of the main character dying if it made sense in terms of their arcs or the story but wave after wave of zombies running at them and not a scratch.
Say something like Jamie got trapped in a tower or something and Brienne followed.
Or Sam ran and hid with the famjam somewhere south of winterfell.
Sansa and Tyrion I kinda get.
I guess I just don't know how any of Sam, Jamie, Brienne or Grey Worm survived. Which is annoying.
Danaerys picking up a sword too... come on. Landing Drogon in the middle of the zombie hoard and not taking off when they start attacking.
Having the Dothraki charged into the night... wtf in terms of using the horseback laddies. But cool scene.
And yeah, Arya being a ninja. Get outta here. Row upon row of zombie and a path to the night king guarded by blue eyed walkers and Arya jumps outta nowhere. I guess she could have been in the tree.... still.
Lazy writing imo.
Score was class. Cinematography was class. Tension before the battle was very very well done too.
This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
All efforts were made to make this thought original but with the abundance of thoughts in the world the originality of this thought cannot be guaranteed.
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostThere's someone on here who could say a lot about it, but it seems perhaps he doesn't wish to.
If you're looking to be talked out of it don't go imo. But if you do we must have a "trip" report. From what I've read I wouldn't personally be inclined to go to the crowd who run them.
Non-drug encounter groups don't tend to exist anymore (outside of cultish money grabbing ones anyway), they were more a 60's/70's phenomenon, and I doubt there was much of it in Ireland. It's a pity, I would like to do it myself.
If you're adverse to drugs there is always Stan Grof's holotropic breathwork which uses the breath that he developed after LSD got banned. I've never done it.
Please tell us more, I would love to hear about your time there. Are you still involved in RIGPA?
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostLine of Duty
That's a powerful first few episodes. Oh my golly gosh.
On another note. Currently on a bus to airport drinking pink gin from a can
Maybe I need to pop myself into a retreat spot..
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He won last night by $18, one away from tying the longest stretch in history with the guy who finished 2nd having the highest ever losing total
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@jbravado. Mate of mine did aya in peru few years back and wrote about it here. There's probably a longer version on his blog.
It wasn't my idea. Then again, it never was. Other gringo backpackers roped me into their hedonistic, island-hopping adventures. In truth, I was more than just a passive observer. I instigated much of the carnage in the six months of South American travel that led me to my watershed moment.
I don't have much to add to the discourse on aya or hallucinogens. Not something that I know a huge amount on. Perhaps mushrooms or micro dosing is worth exploring as aya seems to be the deep end?
I had a couple of bogey counsellers in the past and it was incredibly frustrating. Probably set me back a couple of years in my 20s. Whatever you do, I hope you find a good headspace man.
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I see this quote being omitted from some Irish media articles about Bertie’s Rees Mogg quotes. Truest thing the old fool has ever said tbh, his people must be “ reaching out” to get it removed
“And regards to the fact that lot of these guys went to Oxford, Cambridge and Eton, they’re not very bright. This is the problem."
"There is nothing wrong with the backstop," he added.
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GoT
SPOILERI can understand why some people would be cynical about it but I fucking loved that episode. I cried like a baby afterwards. The knowledge that the books will definitely be better is an even bigger boon.
Also I'm reasonably sure Arya was up in the tree branches. Would have to watch it back but I wonder if that's who Bran was smiling up at. Would have to watch it back but it's the only thing that makes sense (apart from really awful writing lol)"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostStuck in a strip club private roomp. She's just gone out. I've spent about €800 so far.
Step back now manPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostAndy, I love that you still think there will be more books. * pats head *"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostHaven't watched since last ep of series 4.
I normally read the wiki entry for the episode and if there's any scene that leaps out as must watch then I youtube it.
Why did you decide that, could you see the way it was going?
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostIt's the only thing that gets me through the day.
I lean towards the latter though there's a couple of other writers taking an age to continue their series' (Patrick Rothfuss 2011 and Scott Lynch 2013)
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostGoT
SPOILERI can understand why some people would be cynical about it but I fucking loved that episode. I cried like a baby afterwards. The knowledge that the books will definitely be better is an even bigger boon.
Also I'm reasonably sure Arya was up in the tree branches. Would have to watch it back but I wonder if that's who Bran was smiling up at. Would have to watch it back but it's the only thing that makes sense (apart from really awful writing lol)SPOILER
No, awful writing or good foreshadowing (depending on your view)
SHe silently went past them thanks to Jaquen's training, the hair whipped up not out
and she used the same trick to beat brienne one on one.
On the face of it, it's a cop out to have the teenage girl be the hero but
she beat the hound and brienne one on one, took out the entire house frey and spend the guts of a decade training to be an assassin. She's probably the only warrior in the entire show whose only form of attack isn't charge headfirst while screaming
Though there is no shortage of bad writing
If the NK knows where he is at all times, what exactly was the point of Brans warging? He effectively had a nap through the most important battle in history.
The crypt foreshadowing was so bad. Our enemy can raise the dead? Lets put all our most defenseless people in there?
Let defend the main target of the NK with 20 archers and no plan
Lets put chains on the outside of the castle so they can climb up
lets not use our catapults apart from the 1st few minutes
lets wait until they get past the fire trench to start shooting at them
and on and on and on.
jon snow' military strategy
1-fight the bolton cavalry alone
2-send the dothraki into the dark against ??
3-kidnap a wight
4-build a flame trench BEHIND my army
5-yell at the dragon
He really does know nothing
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostI’m actually jealous,pretty much the nut way of watching it.
Why did you decide that, could you see the way it was going?
I haven't heard or read anything since to make me think I made the wrong choice.
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Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View PostFrom memory I just got fed up with some nonsense that was making it into the show. I don't think there was one moment, just a build-up.
I haven't heard or read anything since to make me think I made the wrong choice.
Usually am pretty good at cutting loose of shite, don’t watch that many TV series, think Wire ,Sopranos and Breaking bad are the only series I’ve watched start to finish, struggled with BB , it fairly went to shit towards the end too.
I guess it’s hard to wrap things up, even the Wire stumbled a bit,Sopranos won’t be topped for how they went out
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostGood discipline, think it was in season 5 where I really looked and thought this is bollocks but felt like I was already locked in, should have just gone with your way, what a waste of time
Usually am pretty good at cutting loose of shite, don’t watch that many TV series, think Wire ,Sopranos and Breaking bad are the only series I’ve watched start to finish, struggled with BB , it fairly went to shit towards the end too.
I guess it’s hard to wrap things up, even the Wire stumbled a bit,Sopranos won’t be topped for how they went out
Think I'd rewatch the Shield before I'd rewatch BB Probably remembering the former too generously though, it's been a long time...
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Originally posted by Keane View PostI think we have a few cyclists here right? Anyone tell me is there such a thing as a cheap wireless cadence trip computer?May you live in interesting times!
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Originally posted by Ed View PostWriters block or big pile of money from HBO to delay?
I lean towards the latter though there's a couple of other writers taking an age to continue their series' (Patrick Rothfuss 2011 and Scott Lynch 2013)"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by bp_me View PostHow cheap do you want? Do you specifically need/want cadence for some reason? Do you want/need gps for strava or do you just want speed and distance?
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Originally posted by ionapaul View PostIPB has this discussion at least once every two years but I have to say I totally agree with your assessment - the Sopranos very easily GOAT series, the Wire also really immense but last series wasn't up to the earlier standards, and also think (somewhat unpopular decision in here IIRC?) that while Breaking Bad was definitely better than just 'good', it shouldn't even be a contender for GOAT status, at least two levels down from Sopranos and one from the Wire, Deadwood, Mad Men.
Think I'd rewatch the Shield before I'd rewatch BB Probably remembering the former too generously though, it's been a long time...
Mad Men still one of my favourites.
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Originally posted by Keane View PostJust want to be able to keep an eye so I can get the feel for when I need to be shifting up and down. I've been doing a lot of reading on different sites for how to improve and they all mention keeping a consistent cadence. I have a Cateye Velo that I got with the bike that does speed & distance already but not cadence.
Im not sure if this link will work but this seems to be the cheapest way to get cadence via HK sellers https://www.wish.com/search/bicycle%...&source=search
Failing that you might look at the Cateye Padrone Digital but you may need to buy the sensors separately for that.
Next step up would be something like a Garmin Edge 25 and again you are buying the sensors separately but it gives you a data file you can look back at afterwards if you want and your GPS track. Also if you do a lot of cycling alone on quiet roads I think the 25 is varia radar compatible which I very much recommend.May you live in interesting times!
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Originally posted by Dice75 View PostInter Cert
Originally posted by Theresa View PostShrooms is the gateway drug to psychadelics. Way less variance in trips, hard to get a bad one imo. Loads avail out the curragh too.
Acid is more of a crunchy buzz. jk, acid is mushrooms on steroids. I did it once and likely thats enough for me.
On the positives side, it is incredibly beautiful, your perception of reality is completely changed, there's a whole art scene dedicated to trying to replicate the multi dimensional appearance of trip. It's pretty much impossible to convey the experience in words. It's so subjective anyway that it would be a waste of time. I definitely came out changed for the better. I'm about as far away from a hemp wearing juggler as you can get but even I felt like I got a peek into something different.
It's a long time since I've read strassman's spirit molecule (he did trials injecting people with DMT in the States), but I recall something about maybe 20% of the population have an adverse reaction to it, extremely high HR,a physical reaction and difficult trips. He could usually tell from the outset who was going to have a tough experience. Most of my friends have had much more positive experiences so perhaps I'm just one of the unlucky 20%.
Ihave asked a few people but all the sort who are balls deep in thinking drugs are great in the first place.
I did DMT several times after and I'll do it again at some point, but it's a bit of an ordeal, and not something I'd be recommending to everyone like Rogan does. And that just lasts a few mins, Ayahuasca could be 8 hours, and involves a lot of purging (a polite way of saying you're going to get sick a lot and possibly shit yourself) but that's just a blimp compared to the mental experience. I don't think most people are going to enjoy completely losing touch with reality and feeling like they've died.
I've a good few friends who have done it, and it's a small source of friction between us. I'm highly sceptical of it and the people that run the retreats and who are around it in general. I think there's an awful lot of bullshit about it. A lot of people go for "healing" for these retreats, and Aya is probably just a shortcut, they'd probably have most of the benefit if they had been on a meditative retreat, and all without the strain of a psychotic experience.
Originally posted by jbravado View Post. I am sure I wont fit in and will secretly think they are a pack of crusty bums but maybe thats the kind of judgmental bullshit it might cure.
It's kinda the irony of it, plenty of people who are involved with are judgemental and cultish around it. It would be like spending a weekend away with the Beatniks from Mad Men.
They're open people but only to their view of open. Plenty of them are tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theorists. Maybe this kinda stuff gives a glimpse into another form of consciousness or whatever, but when it's over you're back in the real world, and how this world functions and I think a lot of them hold onto the trip too much.
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostJust here. It's not something you really come across, but Brazilians usually know someone. Tar will sort us out.
Not everyone's cup of tea but for a single lad where the backdoor leads to Rio it's a very underrated establishment.
IPB trip to Diceys, DMT optional.
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Originally posted by bp_me View PostFair enough. Suggested knowledge is that self selected cadence is best... but >85 is preferable if possible.
Im not sure if this link will work but this seems to be the cheapest way to get cadence via HK sellers https://www.wish.com/search/bicycle%...&source=search
Failing that you might look at the Cateye Padrone Digital but you may need to buy the sensors separately for that.
Next step up would be something like a Garmin Edge 25 and again you are buying the sensors separately but it gives you a data file you can look back at afterwards if you want and your GPS track. Also if you do a lot of cycling alone on quiet roads I think the 25 is varia radar compatible which I very much recommend.
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Originally posted by Jibzzzz View PostWas only thinking the other day I haven't been to diceys in a while.
Not everyone's cup of tea but for a single lad where the backdoor leads to Rio it's a very underrated establishment.
IPB trip to Diceys, DMT optional.
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Thank you all who posted advice, I really appreciate it. Back an age ago when I started to post on bb thread we used to say BB thread delivers and it certainly did.
That article you linked Collicam was fantastic, I think I am the exact type of person would almost certainly freak out and maybe lose my marbles forever. Huge thanks to LimpWhacker /pm sent if you see it. This is a path I am going to go down. Really appreciate any advice and responses all which had a kind tone of helpful. Much love.Last edited by Closed_Account; 30-04-19, 14:19.
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