"The internet" says grade 6 = 11-12yo, which for my reference is Year 7 in NZ, or the first year of intermediate (Y7 and Y8; between primary and secondary school) which is a fairly low bar.
So I checked the OECD and we are basically average; just above the US in the 2023 data. So better but not much better.
Honestly, $5kNZD (~£2k) will get you a really nice bike that should take you to very enthusiastic amateur; if you are doing significant jumps/drops than you will know what you need and spend accordingly.
A $5k bike is not extreme by any stretch; and the NZ tax also hits. I have seen $14k (~£6k) in my local bike shop, non-electric mtb.
Note: I mountain bike regularly and my bike cost me $5kNZD 12 years ago...I mainly ride grade 2/3 tracks these days with the occasional grade 4. Not an authority on mountain biking, but I have a bit of experience in bike costs and what you get for your money.
I've had the 3x spicy ones, they are very hot that isn't to much of an issue for me. The problem is that they don't actually taste any good.
I like spicy foods, but I also like flavour, I find a lot of the super spicy foods only really taste of spice.
I wouldn't get them again, they are too hot to be enjoyable and don't have great flavour to compensate for what I would class as a "challenging" level of spice. If they tasted awesome, it would be a different story.
I don't tend to sweat from spicy foods. So maybe there is some genetic component. Two of my three boys like spicy foods.
My partner has an issue, where she is tired and falls asleep. But because something is worrying her, she wakes with thoughts ruminanting in her mind. This will go on night after night until she deals with the thing she is worrying about.
If this is happening to you, see what you can do to deal with the worrying situation.
I had severe insomnia (10-15hrs/week) in my teens and early 20's, I couldn't get to sleep, so maybe not applicable. But what finally cracked it for me was rock climbing, I'd go after work and climb until physical exhaustion, climbing is good because it forces you to think about the climb as well as exercise. I'd go home after and have a cool shower and a very light meal. I ate my big meals early in the day.
I am still a short sleeper, I only get 4-6hours (average 5:15) per night.
I'm not sure if anyone else said, but Uncle Iroh from Avatar the last airbender.
One of the best farther figures in media. His treatment of Zuko; as Zouk is finding out who he is and what he stands for. Truly inspiring role model stuff.
If you assume that physics works similarly, in the world of avatar as in ours.
The fact that a spacefaring civilisation won't extract the mineral from asteroids, in a significantly more efficient manner, means that the mineral is not the only goal.
As shown in the second movie, biopiracy is a big motivating factor.
Looking at the tech shown, I would surmise that biopiracy is the primary motivator.
The humans in the movies are masters of biological manipulation. They can make a fully functional alien body, also splicing in human DNA; easily enough that they make quite a few in the first movie. These bodies are close enough to the original that they can breed.
The motivation to extend their mastery of biological manipulation has to be huge.
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