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Neal reveals how ducks prevented him settling in the US, uncovers your treadmill cat’s OCD hell, closes in on the surprising identity of the oligarchs of knitting, offers practical advice on self facing voodoo doll feedback loops for your active retirement, remembers The Onion print edition and discusses the sick, sick world of wireless earphones, actuaries and the Mandela Effect, fresh thinking on bus basements, taking too long to choose a hobby, a career in head stitching, Irish folklore’s Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Salmon of Knowledge, the trouble with asking yourself a question, the book I am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter, the childhood bear hoax, actuary snobbery, pre wired garments, a spontaneous dog, a bootlegging cat, air conditioning versus guns, navigating American multi layered doors, childhood paper rounds on sitcoms and more.

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