"With the economy as it is, the 'make do and mend' thing has really taken off," says Lake. "People are trying to save by turning back to yesteryear and revamping their homes by upcycling, recycling and adapting stuff they have".
Her advice was to have some fun, enjoy the city, grow and adapt – the stuff I know but still need to hear again and again, because I'm an idiot – and she delivered it in the manner of that kindly, unhip aunt whom you feel comfortable discussing your drug use with.
Interestingly, rats also show increased activity in anticipation of a daily palatable meal even when they have an ample food supply, suggesting a role for brain reward systems in anticipatory behavior, and providing an alternate model by which to study the neurobiology of anticipation in species, such as mice, that are less well adapted to "stuff and starve" feeding schedules.
"I never intended to adapt any of my stuff really," he says.
"We met their writers, they said they just trawl our stuff and adapt it.
It's simple: If you copy or adapt somebody else's stuff, and it's not in the public domain, you have to ask permission.
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When I'm out there as an actor, people think: there's the wild and crazy guy, with the weird stuff, and you adapt to that person".
They just take stuff from Russian vehicles and adapt parts, but the quality of the work is outstanding".
