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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Dec 21

We used to live in the small town of Ravensthorpe in the south-east of Western Australia and half an hour’s drive from the coast. Ravensthorpe had a lot of ups and downs over the years but there is now a very large nickel and...

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Short Story: Mullah Nasruddin's son, Abdul, had a dream.

emptychair @innertalks (23740) • Australia 7 Sep 20

Mullah Nasruddin was known far and wide for his great wisdom, and for the fairness of his character too. His son Abdul came to one day, and he told the Mullah, that he had had a dream. Abdul had dreamed that he was lost...

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Is this a good solution to the bushfire in Australia?

youless @youless (114117) • Guangzhou, China 7 Jan 20

We all know that the bushfire is serious in Australia. Now there is another shocking news. I heard that 10,000 camels will be killed since they have drunk a lot of water. Is this helpful to stop the bushfire? I have a doubt.

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My Day at the Circus

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 4 Mar 19

My friend and I arrived an hour early. I'm glad we did. It was nuts with traffic. She had me drive. Getting there was good. The way home was frightening. I have cataracts and driving at night with headlights coming at me...

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Camel riding n Moracco

John Murphree @JWMILLER (3275) • Westmoreland, Tennessee 24 Feb 19

Camel riding in the Africa and India where we have been is just a money making activity, not for transportation usually. This was in Morocco, in an open field where there was no place to go, just a place to take a picture. In my...

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Abraham's camels

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 13 Oct 18

The Book of Genesis tells the story in Chapter 12 of the calling of Abram, who would later be called Abraham. He is generally reputed to have been the founder of the Jewish Nation. In verse 16 mention is made of his possessions:...

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I Missed Out on My Camel Ride

Val @valmnz (17095) • New Zealand 28 May 18

One of my hopes for my recent Ghan railway trip through Australia was to ride a camel. I knew I'd have the opportunity when we had dinner under the stars at Alice Springs. However, two camels and about 280 people didn't make the...

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Do You Know the Difference?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 11 Jul 17

Some camels have one hump and some have two humps. Do you know the difference? Where do these camels live? The one-humped camel, the Arabian or dromedary camel, lives in North Africa and the Mideast but the two-humped camel,...

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Not a Postcard in Sight

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 6 Jun 17

Its been ages since I've gotten some "greetings" in the post, I am feeling a little abandonment at the moment - Where are all the postcard ? I might also be to blame as I only sent 10 when I was in Morgans Bay and to date only...

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Escargots Mail

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 11 Aug 16

I just felt like being a little funny, haven't had a good laugh in a while, so in jest i am letting you know that the snail mail to my address has slowed down quite considerably. The other day my daughter who is so proficient in...

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Camel stride across a Large Continent!

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 1 Jul 16

Hopping across the Medeterean sea, then approaching the 94 countries found in Africa, this postcard eventually found its way to me! With some camel striding - this is what I hear Barry saying - my postcard arrived! Did you know:...

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My 2016 Big South Men's Basketball Championship pick

Adrian Holman @ahol888 (51) • Joliet, Illinois 2 Mar 16

The first round of this year's Big South Men's Basketball Championship begins Thursday night on the campus of Campbell University. Campbell has one of the coolest nicknames in college basketball: the Camels. The claim to fame...

Rebecca, a Good Example for us All!!

Marja @buenavida (9984) • Sweden 19 Feb 16

I am talking about the Rebecca in the Bible, the wife of Isaac - Abraham's son. Abraham had sent his servant to find a wife to his son Isaac, and the servant asked God to give him guidance. "14 May it happen that the young...

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Camels in Canada?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189833) • Boise, Idaho 25 Nov 15

45 million years ago giant camels walked the frozen artic of what was then Canada. Camels? Aren't they those snorting, disgusting animals of the desert? Thinking about it camels have wide feet which helps in the snow as well as...

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Doess Camels Are Really Dangerous?

arviez @arviez (183) • Philippines 9 May 12

Like any other animals camels can be dangerous if it is abused by a person handling them. Most arid countries they raise camels and they use this animals to help them carry heavy loads of their products, transportation, business...

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Who would you choose to go in the theme park for crazy leaders? Disclaimer below

katerina @thea09 (18305) • Greece 19 Sep 09

NOT for political rants please, but all satire welcome. Choose who you will to go into the theme park for crazy leaders. Foreign, historical, lets fill the park up with your favourite looney leaders or figures of influence. I...

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Have you seen CAMELS SPITTING??

Lindery @Lindery (853) • Latvia 19 Feb 09

People say that camels spit. I have never seen it with my own eyes. I only have seen camels in the zoo for 5-6 times in my life but never seen them spitting. What makes them spit and do they actually do it similar to us -...

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The first memory Stick

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 16 Jan 09

This makes me thankful for technology: Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes. Can you imagine hauling...

Our library is expanding

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169477) • United States 8 Nov 08

They have accommodated patrons by moving books from the old side to the new side, and children's books to the basement and books into storage. There is a new edition of the newsletter and I liked what it said. From: The Next...

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How many Camels are you worth as a woman? :)

hellcord @hellcord (673) • Romania 1 Nov 08

2 female friends of mine went to Egypt, on different trips at different times, and their fathers / guardians, were offered some number of camels, for the girl's hand in marriage. These are 2 very attractive young girls,...

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