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The Monkees at WLS Radio in Chicago during their promo tour, September, 1966.

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In the woodlands by the national park by Piotrek & Jarek Via Flickr: For quite some time I was interested in peat railways. They are abundant in many countries around Poland, but for some reason, almost all of the ones from my home country died out. There are a few remaining exceptions and the longest operating railroad as of now seems to be the one in Krakulice. The village of Krakulice is located in Northern Poland, just under 10km from the Baltic sea and on the very outskirts of the Słowiński National Park. The park is known for its wandering sand dunes and a large peatland, which is now in part being axploited for peat by the company Agaris Poland. The company uses a 600mm railroad for transport with a fleet of 4-6 locomotives, the oldest of which are the class WLs40 locos 12990 and 13000 from the year 1958. They ride on even older rails, from the steelworks Union (1900) and Krupp (1909). Today I haven't had much stuff to do and decided to pop by and finally have a visit on a "real" narrow gauge railroad. After some waiting time, the WLs40-13000 exited the peatland and I chased the train on foot throughout its 3,5km long journey. The border of the aformentioned national park lies just meters away to the right of the locomotive. Photo by Piotrek/Toprus

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It's day 2 of my 100 day challenge, have some start photos/a weigh in!

This is my lowest weight EVER and I'm feeling so motivated to see how far I can get 💪

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HWS Wales’ Canon Characterisation and Relationships

I went through some of the strips that Wales has appeared in World Stars and took some notes. I thought I would share them for anyone interested with some additional thoughts. Apologies for anything incoherent or repetitive!

The Basics;

- ‘Fantastical’ imagination

- Has an ‘obsession with dragons’

- Generally pretty cheerful

- Despite this Wales can be quite sensitive and temperamental;

Claiming King Arthur is a touchy subject for him

Is quite conflict avoidant and aware of awkwardness in conversation (England states he is thick-skinned implying he thinks that Wales can be thin-skinned)

Has an angry glare

Easily sobs (though this applies to most characters in Hetalia)

Not above getting visibly frustrated and calling his brothers idiots

Cares about being recognised, which he feels he often doesn’t receive, and being respected/respectable. Likes the fancy things and the idea of being fancy

- Apparently usually quiet and prefers staying home

- Can make the longbow he has hanging in the house magically shake with his strong enthusiasm (reference to medieval Wales’* notable expertise with longbows which would directly influence England’s longbow use)

- Gets specific food cravings at times

- Can teleport???? (Appeared suddenly in the flying mint bunny origin extra startling England and Nire)

Relationship to England;

- Apparently tends to lose arguments with England but still makes union style demands when the opportunity arises when discussing house rules (reference to Wales history and strong identity tied to labour and union movements)

- Thinks its odd when England is particularly humble

- Can read England well, like when he could tell he was up to something when they were deciding house rules, and secretly considers that he knows England best

- Worries about England a lot; thinks he has become too distant from the fairies, gets worried about him feeling tired from eu meetings

- Apparently used to spend a lot of time with England and the fairies when they were younger,

- Wales can recall memories that England was too young to remember **

- Apparently taught England a lot of magic when he was younger and is still someone he goes to for magic advice

- Is frustrated with England gaining so many friends and only listening to Scotland out of the only Uk bros while not listening or relying on him (potentially referencing the UK’s former reliance on Welsh coal moving to foreign oil imports causing significant long-term damage to Wales’ economy. Though Wales has invested heavily in renewables over the past two decades who’s results were noted in Gangsta)

- Wales is implied to have had a difficult past with England;

When discussing England’s frustration with the EU he mentions how difficult to leave groups once you’ve joined them

In Gangsta Lord’s predecessor heavily looked down on Yr Hudol, though in contrast there modern relationship is quite positive because Lord treats him as an equal (a very simplified depiction of Anglo-Welsh history that may reference various different historical and cultural touchstones, a bit controversial so tread steady if you want to reference this characterisation point)

In Gangsta Yr Hudol isn’t past teasing him alongside the other Rose Thorn Brothers

*medieval Wales, though sharing a loose cultural identity as fellow countrymen and britons, was a variety of kingdoms that was very rarely unified under one ruler and never for the long-term. (Wales also very much considered itself the direct cultural inheritor/descendant of Britannia and the romanised britons in contrast to its ‘Saxon’ or neighbours, and in many cases still feels this way. This can be a sensitive topic for welsh people so tread carefully)

** Implies Wales is older than England. Maybe maybe maybe supports the idea that England appeared with the heavy presence of germanic speakers and later ‘anglo-saxon’ identities (a deeply controversial part of history where nearly every aspect is is heavily debated down to calling it ‘anglo-saxon’, though it is agreed that there was a degree of cohabitation, cross-cultural exchange, and families between britons and continental arrivals)

England In return;

- At different times England may either expect Wales to support him (possibly Gangsta only) or be surprised at him supporting him)

- May have a soft spot for Wales?

- Appears to consider himself thicker-skinned then Wales, with the implication being that be considers Wales bit thin-skinned at times (see Wales being a bit sensitive and socially conflict-avoidant)

- England appears to fixate on his brothers negativity and either assume they are either unfairly targeting him or miss the fact that it is a thin veneer covering their care (though Wales himself is rarely if ever depicted as directly being negative towards England)

Scot and Nire;

- Appears broadly positive but their individual relationships are not particularly explored

- Wales may occasionally be able to some times read Scotland like he does England?

- Nire sticks up for Wales’ interests in having a fancy dinner party which Wales appreciates, though he is later unimpressed with his food and then scolds him when he enthusiastically brings out a lot of alcohol (it isn’t was like be wanted the party to be)

- Wales appears jealous that England listens to Scotland (implication being that he doesn’t listen to him)

- Though he does join the other uk bros in encouraging Scotland to remain with them and cheers when he agrees to he doesn’t personally offer a reason with a deeper emotional level to it like either Nire or England do

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1979.

A racist demands equal time.

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what came first, the chicken or the egg (salad)?