When British people say they are “less paranoid” than Americans, what are some examples of what they mean?

This is a good example:- "I was staying on a campsite in rural Surrey. After coming from work I got off the train and headed out of the village into pitch darkness. Another chap followed me, so I turned to him and asked “Sorry, I forgot. Is it my turn to be the serial killer or yours?”. And so we walked home together that night."

This year has not been easy although I have survived. I am getting old. On the good side, I am still walking 5 to 7 km every day. There are three walks that I do regularly. To the south east, I can walk through Lord Reserve and Koornang Park and then via the beginning of the Rosanna Street Reserve to Packer Park. To the south west I can get to the Rosstown Reserve. Ross was a complete idiot who build a factory at one place and a storage building at another place quite a distance away, and then a railway between the two, before going bust. The railway is now the Rosstown Reserve which is a lovely walk. I often walk it to Princes Park, which is quiet a large park. To the north west I can get to the Caulfield Racecourse, which is open to the public in the morning, but not the afternoon when the horses are exercised. There is a nice small park just to the south of the racecourse. You can also walk though a tunnel to the middle of the racecourse, where there are two small lakes.

However, my memory is clearly not as good as it was. I am still spending quite a time on Wikipedia, but not creating new articles. I check my watch list, which shows edits to articles I an interesting in, many times a day. I then revert nonsense that many add to Wikipedia. It is amazing that it actually works, but it certainly does. It works because of hundreds of people like me that quickly revert nonsense. While editing Wikipedia, I learn quite a lot. Posted to family and friends on 20 December, 2023.

Hi all, I hope you had a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year. At 84 I am beginning to think I am getting old. My memory is not what it was. However I am still able to do a walk every day, usually of 5 to 7 km and sometimes more. There are three nice walks to the east, west and north. My son, James, and his wife, live a bit further into Melbourne and I see them at least once a week and we chat every day by Facebook or phone. My son, Michal, who lives in New Zealand, phones me every couple of days. I have a zoom chat with them and my two daughters, Barbara and Alison who live in the UK, every week.

However, my memory is not getting better, so I am investigating moving into an aged care home which is not very far from where I live at present. I have now visited it and it is a nice place and near where I often walk. I will be allowed to go out everyday for a walk. Recently I have not been going to various events unless I go with Jim and Guia and it will be nice to be chatting to people much more frequently than I do now. I am still not sure when I will actually move in. I will keep you informed.

I should have dated the 2 paragraphs above. It was a few weeks back from today 16.02.2024. I am still uncertain about what is happening. However, I gather I will still have my computer in the care home. Bduke (talk) 03:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

I am now living in Arcare Carnegie - Aged Care Facility. As you see I do have my computer here working well and I spend quite a time on it. Bduke (talk) 05:21, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Today, 15/05/2024 is the 70th anniversary of Roger Bannister running the first 4 minute mile. Only a few years after that I lived as the Senior Student in an annex of the Queen's College, Oxford University, opposite to the Oxford University Running track. The staff there had watched the race from the room I lived in. For those who now think a 4 minute mile is no big deal, it was a massive deal until Roger did it. After that many others did it.

Want to look at Lookwide Camp? Thanks! --evrik ^(talk) 05:25, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

:A nice article that I see is mostly written by you. Well done. Bduke (talk) 10:58, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

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Dear @Bduke,

I'm contacting you as I'm not extremely expert of Wikipedia procedures, however a significant portion of important information from the page Molecule editor is being removed as it has been deemed not relevant since such software does not have a Wikipedia article associated.

Could you please take a look at the talk page and see if such removal is justified and how the problem may be fixed?

I'm writing to you just because you're listed in the Chemistry project, I'm not sure whether this is the correct approach to take.

Thank you Davidoskky (talk) 20:53, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

:Done and replied to Davidoskky. Bduke (talk) 02:28, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

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