drewnel

@drewnel (21)

United States • Age 70

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Are you afraid of snakes?

maroseqf @maroseqf (3657) • Philippines 14 Nov 08

Last summer, we had a trip to Caliraya, Laguna, Philippines and on our way there, we ate in an exotic restaurant. They have two huge python snakes in a cage. It was really scary and I had goosebumps seeeing it eventhough it is in...

cage

snake

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drewnel I used to live in Alabama, there are a lot of snakes there. We had a house on a river which had been backed up into a huge lake by a power dam. The lake was a lot of fun, but it had poisonous snakes. Generally they stayed away from people but there was always...

14 Nov 08

Woman Injects Cooking Oil Into Face!! omgg!!

April @cloud_kicker_32 (4635) • United States 12 Nov 08

I just read a horrifying story on AOl..this just made me wince..and wtf was she thinking!!! it seems that A Korean woman is responsible for her own cosmetic procedure nightmare after she injected cooking oil into her face,...

cosmetic surgery

madness

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drewnel She probobly thought she was doing somthing similar to botox. But she is an idiot to think that she oould self treat herself with cooking oil. Vanity has no bounds as people will go to any length to achive a look. I think that low maintenance should be the...

12 Nov 08

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Why do so many people hate President Bush?

Yestheypayme2dothis @Yestheypayme2dothis (7874) • United States 7 Nov 08

I feel very bad for him. I like him...a lot. People blame him for the wars but if you remember 9/11, on that very day there are people who would have gladly gone to war to protect our country. If you think about all mistakes that...

hate

obama

president bush

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drewnel I don't think people necessarily hate Busch, they are just tired of him and ready to see him go. You are right about 9/11, what other presient has had to face such an ordeal. Don,t foget about katrina when has anything like that happened where it effected so...

10 Nov 08

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Are introverts narrow minded?

pradeepsimon19 @pradeepsimon19 (22) • India 9 Nov 08

According to me introverts are misunderstood by others as narrow minded.Introverts won't speak to others as freely as extroverts.But they are good at heart.I can tell this frankly since I am an introvert.I have some friends who...

introverts

narrow minded

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drewnel Introvets are not necesarily narrow minded. They just happen to have a certain type of personality for what ever reason. I know people who are introverted and they are some of the smartest broad minded people around. I know some peope who are outgoing but are...

9 Nov 08

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US President Obama's Computer In White House Is Hacked By Chineese Hackers

Ganesh44 @Ganesh44 (5547) • India 8 Nov 08

" US President Obamas Computer In White House Is Hacked By Chineese Hackers " This is the one of the top news today in IT sector . This news is really alarming ........ can you imagine how safe are our computers if the...

hacking

obama computer hacked

white house

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drewnel I wonder what they got off the computer and what they did with the stuff they got. Of course there is very sensitive material and probably embaressing materialas well. If they got anything in particular it has not hit the news yet. I am sure there is a big...

9 Nov 08

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Do you think Barak Obama is like Bill Clinton?

calicot @calicot (256) • Philippines 9 Nov 08

There are two presidents that I admire most than those from my generation. That'll be Bill Clinton and new president elect Barak Obama. When Bill Clinton was elected to presidency, Americans rejoiced and the world to in some...

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drewnel Obama may be like Bill Clinton in his public life, that is with regard to his position on issues, his politics, tc., but his private life and/or family life seems to be much different. He seems to have a happy marriage and family, where Bill Clinton does not....

9 Nov 08

What would you do when your child says a bad word?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 6 Nov 08

Yesterday, when I was driving my son asked me what a word in Maltese which refers to the male anatomy part means. I tried to seek a similar word and said did you mean this or that. My eight year old son kept insisting to be told...

anatomy

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drewnel Your child did not know it was a bad word when he used it so he was not being bad. You pointed out to him that it was a bad word and he should not use it. That is enough for now, when parents over react they are actually teaching the child how to be bad....

7 Nov 08

Should the electoral collage system reorganized to reflect the popular vote?

drewnel @drewnel (21) • United States 6 Nov 08

Why are most states set up on a winner take all basis for the electoral collage? Why not split the votes up for each state based on the proporsion of popular vote for each candidate? Would this type of change make the popular...

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how old will you retire from your job?

Rainegurl @Rainegurl (2156) • Philippines 5 Nov 08

i will probably work as long as i could. i get inspired by my boss who is 82 years old and still as strong as a horse ;-) my boss and i have this once-a-week talk about how things are in our office and our business and i am...

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drewnel I doubt that I will ever be able to retire. We had our children late and they will be in collage when we are in our sixties. Also, we have been unable to save because of a couple of bad realestate invetments an a business where we were a partner and got ripped...

5 Nov 08

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Do you use tough love?

Sheepie @Sheepie (3112) • United States 4 Nov 08

I find that when you baby people when you help them, it really just leads to them being defendant on you too much. Sometimes you have to straight out tell them what they need and what really needs to go down, not just feel sorry...

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drewnel Somtimes tough love is what is needed, but it must be used correcty. you do not want to go over board or use it for trivial matters. Neighbors of mine let their son get away with being a lazy kid for a long time. Example, I gave him a car when he turned 16....

5 Nov 08

How much do your kids study?

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 4 Nov 08

My son is not doing well in social studies and science. He is failing all his tests and getting very low grades. He's also been getting in a bit of trouble lately so he's been grounded for the rest of the week. I told him he...

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drewnel Not enough, My daughter studies quite a bit and generally gets A and Bs. But she also has to be pushed into studying. Fortunitly she likes to read and write book reports. My youngest son is gifted in math and science and generally does very well in all...

5 Nov 08

Who all voted in the Presidential Elections today 04 Nov 2008?

mercuryman3a @mercuryman3a (2477) • India 4 Nov 08

Today the turn out for the Presidential Election has been unprecedented. In the early hours 24 Million people, nearly a third of the electorate had already cast their votes. It is expected that there will be very...

elections

record unprecedented

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drewnel No it was not festive, and when I put my ballot in the machine it did not register. The helper said I voted for to many candidates for community collage trustees. I selected the botton to accept my ballot as is which meant they will not ount the community...

4 Nov 08

Which antivirus do you use?

argie713 @argie713 (1809) • Philippines 3 Nov 08

My computer crashed three days ago. It was just fixed this afternoon. The technician told me that my computer should have internet protection to avoid crashes in the future. There are many internet protection software available....

antivirus

internet protection

technician

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drewnel Virus protection should not block almost everything. They will have settings that you can set. You have quite a choice, why not see what you technician recommends. some good ones are Norton or Trend Miro, also AOL has free potection that is suposed to be good....

4 Nov 08

Do you eat food now that you did not like as a child?

sudalunts @sudalunts (5523) • United States 4 Nov 08

I know as children there are many foods we did not like, only ate them because our parents insisted. There are some foods I did not like as a child that I still do not like, and there are others that I did not like as a child, but...

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drewnel It is not so much that I eat food now that I did not eat when I eas a child as it is the other way around. Now I don't eat junk food or fast food anymore. I eat more salad and vegtables, I don't drink sodas anymoe except for an occasional diet (sugar free)...

4 Nov 08

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