[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

SHUMS?

seriously ? you don't know about the SHUMS ? scourge of the earth, bane of my existence ? huh. neither did Uncle Duke, so here's the reply i gave him :

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ah, sweet innocence... would that i could return to that happier time when i, too, was ignorant of the nefarious existence of the SHUMS... (cue ominous music...)

do a search for "shums" to learn all about their history, or just start here and here.

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

My main fear of wind in a wooded area would be bits of trees coming through the windows and roof Not that I lack an imagination, but I spent far too much of my childhood outside with no-one else about to have any fear of it as an adult.

aah, but there's the rub : no people at all is not too scary. however, just one person around can be terrifying, if it's the wrong person. seriously, the scenarii my imagination can concoct with no encouragement whatsoever and despite my best efforts to distract it are blood curdling. in fact i'm going to change the subject now because even just talking about it puts me on edge.

Too many people around, on the other hand, scares me witless. Which is a bit of a problem given I commute into London each day, and live only just outside it... I have a love/hate thing with the city.

you need a happy medium. too many people doesn't scare me but it does make me really cranky, unless it's the crowd in a concert, as long as i'm not in the back (and no-one is jumping off the stage onto the crowd. god i hate that).