I'm in the midlands and never heard that phrase but I have heard taking ice to the eskimos, which might be offensive now.
Devi
It's definitely a fetish.
There are 100% shelters that let you take pets, there's also organisations that foster pets for people escaping abuse.
The statement about haunting you to the end of the earth is a giant red flag. You need to get away. He's dangerous.
I'm so sorry. Can you not sell some of the wine? Would he notice if it was a smaller collection? Just a reminder that financial abuse is abuse, control is abuse, there are shelters for people who are being abused which will get you out of that environment.
I feel like that's the same as saying people are toxic or socialisation is toxic. Yes, toxicity can exist online, it can also exist in the supermarket, at school, in a field miles away from anywhere. It's just a facet of being with other humans.
Survival of the fittest just means the most adapted to the current environment. Our current environment has medicine so we're adapted to that. If that suddenly changes then sure it would be an issue, but so would a climate difference of even a few degrees, a slight difference in the chemical make up of air, etc.
Where I'm from a sweatshirt is a very specific thing which doesn't have a zip.
Head transplant dude?
I always just go, worst case scenario they were super busy the night before and don't have any rooms ready so you leave your bags with them and go explore lighter, but most of the time they have a room and let you in.
You can also pre-book early check in but I tend to only do that if I really need it because it costs and usually you can sneak in by turning up.
Thylacine? aka Tasmanian Tiger.
I saw them in New York! Brilliant!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215009458#:~:text=Birds%20evolved%20from%20theropod%20dinosaurs,in%20one%20burst%20of%20innovation.
This seems to be a decent intro. Basically therapods, of which T-Rex was one, are ancestors of the birds.