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Ishtara (474)
age: 26
country: australia
 

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Crazy things you've done to cope with working in retail

When I was in my late teens I worked in a variety retail store to fund my studies. Like me, most of my colleagues were students. The problem with having a lot of intelligent people working a very...

Started by Ishtara (474) in retail • 2 responses • Last response by armrd829 (61) • 1 year ago
Tags: retail, boredom, drinking game, employment, mischief
Distinctive fashion pieces

Are you known for something distinctive fashion-wise? For me its definitely my necklaces, I even get people in the street commenting on them. I've just got a new one thats remarkable even for me, a...

Started by Ishtara (474) in clothes • 2 responses • Last response by craftcatcher (2277) • 1 year ago
Tags: accessories, collar, distinctive, fashion, jewellery
Has anyone ever used a survey site called "Thats What I Think"?

I found an ad for this site, Thats What I Think (http://www.thats-what-i-think-au.com) in an online newspaper and decided to try it out. Just the signup bonus and the first survey was enough for a $5...

Started by Ishtara (474) in make extra money • 3 responses • Last response by mafiaspider (625) • 1 year ago
Tags: survey, payout, scam, surveys
Do you choose male or female avatars?

I was reading an article earler that suggested that women generally chose female avatars when they played computer games, whereas men were just as likely to choose either gender. What do you ususally...

Started by Ishtara (474) in playing computer games • 6 responses • Last response by Ishtara (474) • 1 year ago
Tags: avatars, gaming, avatar, choose, everquest
Cast of Characters -- Using real people in fictional stories

For anyone here who writes fiction, do you ever "borrow" people you know as characters? Not directly of course, but I'm writing a short historical romance and I've given a few of my characters the...

Started by Ishtara (474) in writing • 5 responses • Last response by Ishtara (474) • 1 year ago
Tags: characters, fiction, writing
I don't know you but I know OF you

A friends passed on some information to me the other day which had been through a series of people to get to me, and I got a rather interesting revelation from it. The person responsible for passing...

Started by Ishtara (474) in people • 1 year ago • 0 responses
Tags: friends, people, relationships
Do you judge people based on their handshake?

I work as a receptionist, and it still amazes me how many people I greet -- most notably men in the 40+ age bracket -- who have not got this particular social ritual worked out yet. Every now and...

Started by Ishtara (474) in people • 6 responses • Last response by Ishtara (474) • 1 year ago
Tags: age, business, crushing handshakes are silly, firm, handshake
Need some ideas -- religion and environment

I'm trying to write an article discussing the effects of religion on the environment (both positive and negative), and I need some ideas. I've covered overpopulation, that's a relatively easy area to...

Started by Ishtara (474) in writing • 7 responses • Last response by analyst07 (52) • 2 years ago
Tags: religion, environment, writing, budding writer, creative writing
Belbin's team roles

Has anyone here ever done the Belbin test for team roles? I did it a few years ago and got the Plant (which always makes me think of a potted palm in the corner of someone's office). The Plant is an...

Started by Ishtara (474) in work • 1 response • Last response by richiem (1473) • 2 years ago
Tags: belbin, office, personality, teams, test
Can you really get two men into a 2-man tent?

I've been shopping for tents, and I love the way they give the sizes of tents, 2-person, 8-person, etc. Sure, that's fine if all you want to do is sleep, but how many people can actually stay in the...

Started by Ishtara (474) in camping • 9 responses • Last response by Ishtara (474) • 2 years ago
Tags: camping, tent, size, tents