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allisonbrk @allisonbrk (155) • United States 12 Aug 09

I should have posted this yesterday, but anyway last night there was a meteor shower but you might still be able to catch the tail end of it tonight. I've only seen about 4 so far tonight, but if you are lucky you might be able to...

meteor showers

night sky

shooting stars

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worldwise1 @worldwise1 (14885) • United States 10 Aug 09

I found an article on Washingtonpost.com about a Virginia woman who has been jailed because she would not stop blogging about the local police. Specifically, the drug task force. It seems that she got herself on the wrong side of...

woman jailed

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allisonbrk I absolutely think the police were in the right. There is a difference between making your opinion heard and endangering the lives of police officers. These officers work hard to keep us safe. Sure when we are doing something wrong we maybe think ill of them,...

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zoey7879 @zoey7879 (3092) • United States 10 Aug 09

A few days ago, I started a discussion about charitable organizations, private organizations, and churches giving away free school supplies. Today in a local newspaper, there was a nasty letter in the editorial in which the writer...

wrong to accept charity

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allisonbrk I work in retail and it always really drags on me when people use their food stamps to buy things like chocolate and soda instead of things like milk and bread. It also really drags me down when people buy food with food stamps and then try to return it for...

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yelrihs @yelrihs (298) • Australia 6 Aug 09

well, i have been making pizza the whole afternoon today, so i felt like talking about cheese a little. LOL. i think everyone loves cheese (im not trying to stereotype, but really whoever doesnot eat cheese is missing out so...

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allisonbrk heh, I like velveeta. I don't even think its real cheese. Or is it? I dont know, but I love it. On sandwiches though I prefer gouda or cheddar, but even good ole fake american cheese is good. I like string cheese, too. hah I'm like a little kid. And cheese is...

7 Aug 09

bookreadermom08 @bookreadermom08 (5614) • United States 5 Aug 09

In my city, they provide a red recycle bin...in which we put at the curb every garbage pick up day and everything goes into it... cans, aluminum foil, plastic, card board.... etc... some weeks it is very full and some weeks it...

recycle

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allisonbrk Not required, but highly encouraged. We are given 1 large trash can and 1 large recyling can (both are same size) Those are the only waste receptacles you can use. The recycling is all single sort, so you can just throw everything in it. But we have small...

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clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 4 Aug 09

2 days ago, a good friend of mine went to the nearby Credit Union bank ATM machine to withdraw some cash. The amount he intended to withdraw is $200, and the ATM machine only dispensed $160 for him. The receipt he got was...

atm machine

credit union

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allisonbrk I would definitely threaten to switch banks. I once had someone somehow get ahold of my credit card information and used it to pay their $250.00 cable bill! I called and they immediately (temporarily) put the money into my account while they investigated and...

5 Aug 09

silvercoin @silvercoin (2101) • Lithuania 5 Aug 09

Today I've found so many discussions started by person with female avatar.And all these discussions was just a few sentences simply copied from various articles and forums on the net.I was amazed to see that the replies also were...

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allisonbrk I know exactly who you are talking about. Does her user name start with an 'S'? There are multiple discussions like that which have been posted in the pizza and chocolate categories within the last 10 minutes already... all by the same user. Its just...

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allisonbrk @allisonbrk (155) • United States 4 Aug 09

Since joining various PTC and other websites that pay you to do things, especially squishy cash, I've noticed that they ask you to turn off a lot of security features on your web browser. The question is for people who use these...

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allisonbrk It doesn't ask me to turn off my anti-virus, but it does ask me to allow ALL cookies and ALL popups, etc. Having all these tracking devices makes me nervous.

5 Aug 09

HeidiD @HeidiD (167) • China 5 Aug 09

I'm a university student now. Some of my classmates think doing some part-time job is good but it may interfere our study. Most of them don't have a job. I believe it is necessary for me to know about the world, But my parents...

frustrated

student

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allisonbrk Well... When I was in college I was working three jobs at a time. I worked at an after school program at a local private school, I worked at a copy shop, and I was an adminstrator of an online community. I would do the online job while the store was slow at...

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vkondrad @vkondrad (47) • United States 4 Aug 09

Ok I have a wonderful 2 1/2 year old daughter who I love with all my heart and soul. I believe that she saved me when she came into this world.... ok that's besides the point... she's been biting me since she was about 6 months...

biting

toddler

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allisonbrk I used to work at a preschool and if we saw a child about to bite another child we would clap our hands together loudly and firmly, loudly, say "NO BITE!" as if we were talking to a dog. It shocks them and sometimes they cry, however it is the only time we...

4 Aug 09

allisonbrk @allisonbrk (155) • United States 4 Aug 09

Since joining various PTC and other websites that pay you to do things, especially squishy cash, I've noticed that they ask you to turn off a lot of security features on your web browser. The question is for people who use these...

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allisonbrk @allisonbrk (155) • United States 4 Aug 09

Several days ago I posted inquiring about a new reality show called 'more to love.' The premise of the show is that a man is looking for a "real" woman... rather than the typical size 2 woman who are on most reality dating shows....

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allisonbrk Ugh, I know. Wouldn't it be refreshing to see sexy beautiful women who are comfortable being bigger girls just looking to find the right man? I was so disappointed. Instead the show has turned out to be a train wreck.

4 Aug 09

allisonbrk @allisonbrk (155) • United States 4 Aug 09

Several days ago I posted inquiring about a new reality show called 'more to love.' The premise of the show is that a man is looking for a "real" woman... rather than the typical size 2 woman who are on most reality dating shows....

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vamsimajeti @vamsimajeti (934) • India 2 Aug 09

I think the funniest movie which i have seen is epic movie.What about you?

funniest

movie

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allisonbrk Oh my goodness. I absolutely LOVE Drop Dead Gorgeous with Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin and Kirsten Dunst. Its dark, small town humor, but oh my goodness I laugh through the whole movie every time. If you haven't seen it... its a 'mock-umentary'...

3 Aug 09

Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 31 Jul 09

Expired milk can be used for brushing shoes, with good result. Skin of oranges and leman is good to get rid of odor in micro and regri. Sampoo you do not like any more can be used to wash dirty socks. Do you find usesless...

frugal life

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allisonbrk I always save empty milk gallons and refill them with water so there is always cold water in the fridge. I also use old containers for saving coins/buttons/etc. Also the other day a mylotter gave me a tip for using a rubberband between a screwdriver on a...

31 Jul 09

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