Horizons

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United States • Age 54

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Disney or Pixar?

1hipmomma @1hipmomma (53) • United States 29 May 07

Let's take a vote. Sure Disney has more history...and a themepark or two, but personally I'm a Pixar fan. How about you?

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Horizons Pixar was, until recently, an independant company which had a distribution deal with Disney to distribute its films (Toy Story, Incredibles, etc.). That deal was to end with Cars, last year, and animosity between Michael Eisner (then head of Disney) and Pixar...

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Can You Sleep Without Any Pillow???

Gwapako_28 @Gwapako_28 (2140) • Philippines 9 Jun 07

I am wondering if anybody here can sleep without any pillow.My 2 kids, they always fight almost everynight because of pillows.Though we have a lot of pillows in our bedroom but it seems still not enough for them.They wanted to...

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Horizons Not only cannot I not sleep without pillows (and I mean pillows - plural - not just one pillow) I actually carry my own pillows with me when traveling for more than one or two nights. I have this big, oversized suitcase (good thing I don't fly...) which serves...

9 Jun 07

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What Myth do you want done one MythBusters??

emarie @emarie (5442) • United States 18 Jan 07

Okay, i know people who have watched the show think "hey, they should do this myth" or "______ would be a great myth to bust!" i know my husband has and most of the places they get the ideas for myths to bust is from their...

mythbusters

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Horizons The one myth which Adam & Jamie have most effectively busted, perhaps ironically, may be that people won't watch entertainment shows with science content. Learning can be fun - in fact it should be. How much of you high school science class do you remember?...

9 Jun 07

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Resurrecting Firefly?

oceangirl @oceangirl (170) • United States 25 Dec 06

Any talk on getting Firefly going again? I had heard some stuff, but nothing much lately...

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Horizons While I would love to see a new Firefly movie or television series, unfortunately it all appears to be just talk amongst the fans at this point. Even more disconcerting, the fans of Battlestar Galactica (original) have been talking about bringing that show...

25 Apr 07

How the "Politically Correct" Stole Christmas

sbeauty @sbeauty (5865) • United States 4 Dec 06

I received another e-mail which I'd like to share with those of you who haven't already seen it. How sad, and how true! T'was the month before Christmas When all through our land, Not a Christian was praying Nor taking a...

christmas

politically correct

stole

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Horizons This is just too close to the truth to be truly funny. A few years ago I remember hearing about how Sears did not offer Christmas Cards which said Merry Christmas - in order not to offend anyone. Personally, I am offended they did not offer cards which...

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if given a choice, would you pick christmas day to be your bday, too?

joshdale08 @joshdale08 (2320) • Philippines 4 Dec 06

i won't! know why? for one thing, almost everyone else is celebrating and there's the possibility that no one can come to my party. second, i get to have only 1 gift for both occasions. lol.

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Horizons See, this is why I "chose" August for my birthday, As a Kid, I could be assured of two full rounds of gift-giving. A December birthday is every child's worst nightmare! Seriously though, it is a very special day to share for your birthday. It is also...

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Do you think a Floppy Drive is necessary in a Computer any more?

comp2man @comp2man (204) • United States 2 Dec 06

With the advet of newer media like CD drives and flash drives, most manufacturers have dropped the floppy drive in new computers. Do you think the floppy should remain?

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Horizons Just speculation (though I seem to remember being told something along these lines once - not sure), but this flash drive ban may have something to do with pirated software (and mp3's and movies, etc)? A 3.5 disk would be adequate for most school applications...

2 Dec 06

Do you think a Floppy Drive is necessary in a Computer any more?

comp2man @comp2man (204) • United States 2 Dec 06

With the advet of newer media like CD drives and flash drives, most manufacturers have dropped the floppy drive in new computers. Do you think the floppy should remain?

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Horizons Floppy Drives will become less and less important as time passes, and are largely unecessary now except for certain industries and most schools, where students may need to transfer work to and from school on computers that may be ten or more years old (and not...

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Free Utilities

comp2man @comp2man (204) • United States 1 Dec 06

Most people pay alot of money for software for which alternatives are available. For example they would pay alot of moeny for graphic software IrfanView is a both free and a high-quality program available on the internet as a...

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Horizons Microsoft Office (for Word, PowerPoint, etc.) is a rather expensive software package for which a completely free alternative exists - Open Office. A few months ago I needed PowerPoint, and I almost bought the Microsoft Office software, but I would have also...

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what year is your computer?

dragonflyfli @dragonflyfli (5528) • United States 2 Dec 06

I have a 2005 computer from dell. yeahhhhh

computers

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Horizons I have a 2001 HP - running Windows ME (I guess I skipped XP completely). The really amazing thing is my previous computer, which I remarkably still have sitting on my desk next to this one and still use - a 1984 Atari 800XL. Crunches data at a blinding 1.79...

2 Dec 06

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UNLEARNABLE

aggiejoe @aggiejoe (799) • United States 2 Dec 06

My youngest son was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago. Well hearing the side effects of the treatments I desided against them. The school offered a alternitive learning class for him. well I went to meet with his special ed...

health

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Horizons While the special education teacher may be trained to deal with ADHD and other learning disabilities, they are not necessairily equipped to deal with severe emotional, psychological, or behavioral issues (or other factors particular to your child). There are...

2 Dec 06

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Hall of Fame

Jennlk84 @Jennlk84 (4206) • United States 4 Apr 09

Are any of you watching the WWE Hall of Fame right now? My fiancee and I are watching it. So far I'm enjoying it. It's fun to see old wrestlers. It reminds me of my childhood. My mom grew up with a lot of brothers, so she watched...

Horizons Are any of you watching the WWE Hall of Fame right now? My fiancee and I are watching it. So far I'm enjoying it. It's fun to see old wrestlers. It reminds me of my childhood. My mom grew up with a lot of brothers, so she watched wrestling back when my sister...

4 Apr 09

My life on a Scottish island.....

xboxboy @xboxboy (5576) 4 Apr 09

Life can be tough when the winter winds come, but that's what living on a small, isolated island is all about. I live in such an Island, miles from the mainland and the hustlebustle of the mainstream lif style. But do not get...

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Horizons Life can be tough when the winter winds come, but that's what living on a small, isolated island is all about. I live in such an Island, miles from the mainland and the hustlebustle of the mainstream lif style. But do not get me wrong, it is wonderful in...

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do you read before sleeping?

ayushthedevil @ayushthedevil (3147) • India 15 Nov 06

i usually dont

read

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Horizons I almost always read before sleeping, even if it is just mindless browsing through a magazine (Trains, Popular Science, etc.) or newspaper. I read plenty of books too; Sometimes these are assigned readings and - for some reason - these tend to put me to sleep...

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What is your favorite TV show?

all_n_one @all_n_one (2003) • United States 16 Oct 06

I know mostly everybody watches tv nomatter where you are so i figured this would be a good topic. My favorite show is one called Lost because...

favorite show

lost

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Horizons I like Stargate: Atlantis (Dr. MacKay cracks me up every time) and Seventh Heaven, although this season that show just hasn't quite been able to match the quality program it was last year (mainly, it appears, due to cast issues since the show was supposed to...

2 Dec 06

Some people are now blatantly copying responses.

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 2 Dec 06

The level of cheating at Mylot is actually getting worse. I have noticed people posting the same discussions before, and there have been incidents of discussions being literally copied and pasted word for word. Now it has gone...

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Horizons People are copying and pasting other people's words as orignal posts, which is certainly cheating and they deserve to be caught. But what do you do about people who cut & paste from other message boards (or maybe from Wikipedia)? I've seen at least a couple...

2 Dec 06

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Do I have to let him be a dad??

jessme @jessme (5) • United States 1 Dec 06

What do I owe the father? I am 19 years old and recently found out I am pregnant. I am single at the time, but I know the father is my ex-boyfriend. He is 21, and we only dated a few weeks and broke up because I could not trust...

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Horizons You cannot prohibit the father from seeing his child (as much his - and as much his responsibility - as yours), but if he makes no effort to do so, well - you cannot force him to be a part of the child's life (or even care). It sounds like, at least at this...

2 Dec 06

Crackheads and Alligators

Withoutwings @Withoutwings (6992) • United States 1 Dec 06

I would like to have a discussion about a Florida crackhead who was high (on crack), naked, and walked into a swampy area - and was attacked by an alligator. Please read all of this before you respond. The story is...

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Horizons This guy's actions extend way beyond merely foolish. He endangered not only his own life, but even worse, he endangered the lives of the police officers who had to come to his rescue. I feel bad for him even though he has no one to blame but himself....

2 Dec 06

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Reasons NOT to have children

nancygibson @nancygibson (3736) • France 2 Dec 06

Not everyone wants children, and I woudl also argue that in todays world where there are so many more people than te planet can properly support, its right that not everyone has kids. (I'm not saying its wrong to have kids, just...

children

environment

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Horizons The decision whethor to have children is, of course, up to the individual. There is an eventual deadline - for women - at which point it will be too late to change their minds, though modern medicine has expanded even this. Hence, less pressure to have kids...

2 Dec 06

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Do you think it's ok to SPANK kids? Why or Why Not?

MothersWorkAtHome @MothersWorkAtHome (966) • United States 1 Dec 06

I try to do everything possible like time out, taking away video games, not going to friends ect.. first. When I was growong up though we didn't have time out you got your butt spanked and that was that! No one said a word to...

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Horizons Yes, it is acceptable to spank kids (and some schools still paddle when necessary). Many experts will disagree with this assertion, but they apparently assume the parents will use some other effective form of discipline instead. In other words, spanking may...

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