Walk down Memory Lane - Memory Lane...it's like Groundhog Day sometimes in this place! We had to get the plumber out, again, to the boiler which had stopped working, again. I've never had much luck with heating wherever I've lived but in the 5 years I've been here I've had to get someone out to the boiler/heating at least twice a year!
Speaking of being here 5 years - this is now the place where I've lived the longest, apparently the average Brit moves home a total of 8 times in their entire lifetime. I've already surpassed that figure by quiet a bit in just 38 years with a total of 17 moves! And adding up the moves did involve engaging my brain in a trip down Memory Lane - most of which was pleasant!
Seek out baby animals and behold their cuteness - Believe it or not, a study has been done about why we go mushy over pictures of puppies and kittens.
Apparently it's because we prefer babies over adults, particularly cute ones - personally when it comes to humans I'd rather look at a cute adult than a baby any day!
So, studies show that when looking at images of human babies, people show a much greater fondness for the adorable ones than the not so adorable ones. Caregivers tend to feel a more intense desire to protect the attractive ones and apparently cute babies are shown greater affection by their mothers than those that are plain looking.
The fact that these impulses also applies to puppies etc is due to the fact that there's a serious glitch in our brain's hardwiring (I'd say some glitches are worse than others...), when it comes to babies and cuteness, it makes no difference if they're human or animal.
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