Wear oversized houndstooth caps, pork pie hats with a shallow brim, a bowler, or a trilby hat. Hats go great with simple outfits as well as with jackets. Wear a houndstooth cap with a jacket or a tribly hat with a pattern that matches your braces. Wearing black and white braces, also known as suspenders, is a common ska style. These are leather straps that go over your shoulders and connect to your pants. Often, they work best when they match hats, belts, and buttons. Braces come in Y or X shapes—choose whatever suits your style! Choose red braces for a more brash style. Stick to the early-1960s skinny style with black and white patterns. Ties are best when you're wearing just one shirt, such as a T-shirt or even a polo. Top it off with a tribly hat and you're good to go! Swap your braces for a tie to switch up your outfit! Wear a plain black or white belt, or find one with a checkered pattern. If you like to stand out, try a piano belt or studded belt. For wallets, you'll find similar checkered and black and white patterns common in ska shirts. Try wearing a red checkered belt if you're wearing red braces. You can wear pins and buttons anywhere, but they look best on jackets and backpacks. Most people like ones that are related to music or politics, but anything goes! Black, white, and red are the most common colors.  Look for pins and buttons with phrases like "I love ska!" if you're not into the political stuff. Pair a black and white pin with a black Harrington jacket and a checkered houndstooth hat. If you like sunglasses, wayfarers or wraparound shades and the most common in the 2-tone fashion world. Black is the most common color, although matching the color to your tie or braces always works. Wear your shades with a V-neck T-shirt, checkered braces, and a checkered trilby hat.
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One-sentence summary -- Add a cap with an eye-catching pattern to top off your outfit. Wear checkered black and white braces to match other accessories. Wear a tie to add some flair to a simple outfit. Wear some belts and wallets that match your tie's design. Attach retro pins and buttons to your jacket or backpack to add character. Top your outfit off with some shades for extra swagger.


The sinkhole may be larger underground than it appears on the surface. To determine the true extent of the sinkhole, use a shovel to expand the size of the sinkhole. Remove the sod around the edges of the sinkhole and make sure the surrounding ground is solid. Continue to remove the edges of the hole until you reach a point at which the topsoil and sediment are supported by solid rock. Also remove any loose debris that may be in the sinkhole: tree branches, pinecones, etc. Start out by pouring about a third of the concrete mix into a large basin, such as a wheelbarrow. Pour in about 1 US-quart (946 ml)  of water, and mix thoroughly with a hoe, shovel, or paddle mixer. Continue to add water until the concrete is wet throughout and a heavy putty consistency. Add gravel for increase the strength of the concrete.  You can buy 80-pound (36 kg) bags of quick-mixing concrete at your local hardware store or home-supply store. The size and depth of the sinkhole will determine how much concrete you need to mix. Using the wheelbarrow and the shovel, pour wet concrete into the bottom of the sinkhole. This will prevent the sinkhole from deepening further, and will give a solid base to the subsequent materials you use to fill the hole. Aim to fill at least a quarter of the hole with concrete. So, if the sinkhole is 4 feet (1.2 m) deep, fill it with 1 foot (0.3 m) of concrete.  You do not need to let the concrete dry before you move on to filling the hole with sand and soil. A “plug” simply means that you’ll fully fill the bottom of the sinkhole with concrete.
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One-sentence summary -- Dig out the outer edges of the sinkhole. Mix dry concrete powder with water. Pour a concrete plug in the sinkhole.


Do you want to use a computer for your automatic writing session or do you want to use pen/pencil and paper? This is completely based on your personal preference. Some would argue that pen and paper is the only good way to use automatic writing, but if you can type faster than you can write (and you're more comfortable with it), it may be more helpful to use a computer. You can also try out each medium to see which one you prefer, or you can change between the two if you like. If you are practicing automatic writing to improve your creativity, or to help yourself get started on a writing assignment, then it will be helpful to have a prompt of some sort.  You could, for example, write about something that has been on your mind a lot lately, or about a dream you had recently that stands out in your mind. Perhaps a problem you have, or something you are excited about. Maybe you have an idea for a story in mind, in which case you can use that as your topic. If you don't quite have all the details of story you'd like to write clear, you can simply write about all the different ideas and pieces of the story that you do have. You could, for example, answer the “5 W's” about your topic. That is, Who? What? When? Why? How? Or you could just have the topic you want to write about in mind. 10 minutes should be a good starting point. Setting a timer will help you avoid wondering if you've been writing for long enough.  Remember that 10 minutes is merely a suggested starting point. If you want to write for longer, then do so. If you set your timer for 10 minutes, but you feel like you have more to write, you should keep going until you feel that you've gotten it all out. On the other hand, you should not stop writing until the 10 minutes are up. Even if you feel that you have run out of things to write. Keep trying, and eventually your hand will write something. Remember, you can write anything, even if it's a wild tangent from your topic or only loosely related. You can listen to instrumental music, meditate, or listen to a guided meditation before and/or during your automatic writing session. This will relax you and make it easier for the words to flow. You might meditate before your writing session, then listen to instrumental music while you write. Write whatever comes in to your mind as it comes into your mind. Ideally, it will be related to your topic, but if it is unrelated, you should still write it. Pay absolutely no attention to grammar, spelling, sentence structure, style, or anything that you would normally be worried about when writing. These things are of absolutely no importance in automatic writing. After you have completed a round of writing, stop your writing, and give yourself a break for a few minutes. Now you should go back to what you have written and read through it. Don't judge yourself harshly. What you have written may not make any sense at all, and it definitely won't be pretty. As you are reading, you may find things that you find particularly interesting. You should make note of these by highlighting them or circling them to come back to. Using these ideas, you can complete another round of automatic writing, if you feel that you want to continue the exercise. If, after using automatic writing you feel that you are ready to move on to the next step in your writing process, then do so. On the other hand, if you feel that you have moved forward, but still haven't gotten what you wanted out of the exercise, feel free to repeat as often as necessary.
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Decide on a medium. Give yourself a question or topic that you want to write about. Set a timer. Do a calming activity if you don't like closing your eyes. Start writing. Relax. Read what you have written. Highlight or circle anything that is interesting to you. Continue with your writing.