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OpinionatedLady @OpinionatedLady (5965) • United States 17 May 11

I read this article about this little boy found dead on the side of the road in Maine. He fits no description of any missing child reported in the area. They say he was four or fives years of age. This is just so sad. Who could...

body

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katieh True, But when a little child goes missing, one who's likely to be too young to identify themselves reliably if found, often the parents have their DNA taken. I can't post links because I have less than 500 comments, but if you search for "parents dna...

18 May 11

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 17 May 11

Have you the habit of entering websites via links in unsolicited e-mails? Never do so? It may augment the attack of virus on your computer. So, only visit recognized websites. Am I right?

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katieh petersum, it won't matter if you are running it from Fort Knox if you click on a dodgy link and give the scammers your credit card details and bank passwords. Most of those phishing links have nothing to do with viruses. They're trying to get you to give...

17 May 11

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32756) • Calgary, Alberta 11 May 11

Sometimes writers don't have description on what the characters looks like, they just throw in names and they fleshed out the characters via personality. Before i can imagine characters very easy when I was younger but now,...

reading

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katieh I think it's more that I remember personalities. I enjoy books where I empathise with the characters and get into their heads. Maybe that's why I don't imagine them visually - I'm imagining being them, and you can't see your own face.

15 May 11

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katieh @katieh (151) 10 May 11

I was thinking - everyone's mentioning plants I'm familiar with but varieties I've never heard of, and I wondered if we all got the same sorts of visitors? We have loads of frogs who all breed in our pond (currently alive with...

wildlife

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katieh I couldn't. I have a real thing about rubbery lumps - I can't bear oysters or shellfish either. But at least the thrushes like them. I don't know what they're eating this year - I've hardly seen a snail.

12 May 11

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 11 May 11

This photo is one of 2 containers of acorn squash we decided to plant in a container. The root balls of this are fairly small so I hope this works out as they tend to take a lot of space with their vine like tendencies. What do...

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katieh My mint is in a pot on its own too for the same reason. All the other herbs have to share :) The herb which takes over everything else in my garden is lemon balm. It smells lovely but I'd like to have room for something else too!

12 May 11

katieh @katieh (151) 10 May 11

I was thinking - everyone's mentioning plants I'm familiar with but varieties I've never heard of, and I wondered if we all got the same sorts of visitors? We have loads of frogs who all breed in our pond (currently alive with...

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katieh I wish we could attract toads - they're rarer than frogs here, and I've not seen one even when the garden's hopping with frogs. I'd like newts too. They're even rarer.

12 May 11

katieh @katieh (151) 10 May 11

I was thinking - everyone's mentioning plants I'm familiar with but varieties I've never heard of, and I wondered if we all got the same sorts of visitors? We have loads of frogs who all breed in our pond (currently alive with...

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katieh I've not had anything eat my tulip bulbs (touch wood) but then I only have a few tulips under the hedge which were here when we moved in. They may be so deep nothing can dig them up.

12 May 11

katieh @katieh (151) 10 May 11

I was thinking - everyone's mentioning plants I'm familiar with but varieties I've never heard of, and I wondered if we all got the same sorts of visitors? We have loads of frogs who all breed in our pond (currently alive with...

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katieh Laughing at UFBs. Are you really going to eat your snails yourself? A couple of years ago we had so many that I collected a bucketful and tipped them on the patio for the thrushes to find.

12 May 11

katieh @katieh (151) 10 May 11

I was thinking - everyone's mentioning plants I'm familiar with but varieties I've never heard of, and I wondered if we all got the same sorts of visitors? We have loads of frogs who all breed in our pond (currently alive with...

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katieh Aww! We have a couple of birdboxes but no takers yet, though our birdfeeders are really popular. We also have an unwanted neighbour's cat (who dug up my 11 year olds newly planted begonias. He was very cross).

12 May 11

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 11 May 11

Here's my last plant this year I planted, hopefully. It's a Roma tomato plant. This will be used specifically for salsa and tomato paste canning I may do this summer/fall. Do you can your own grown vegetables? What do you...

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katieh So when you can them, what do you use? Glass jars? I don't think people do that much in the UK any more, though I know my grandad used to keep his plums that way. My sister in law makes a lot of jam (you'd probably call it jelly or maybe preserves) - we...

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JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 26 Apr 11

I was watching the news last night and there was a report that the schools are considering taking cursive out of their curriculum. They say that cursive is not really needed and that it is a lost art. They say that by not teaching...

cursive

lost art

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katieh I can't imagine not doing what we in the UK call "joined up writing" (that tells you something about how young we are when we learn it). It doesn't _have_ an adult name here apart from "handwritten". My son tends to print if he's worried about his work not...

10 May 11

p3ks626 @p3ks626 (6538) • Philippines 8 May 11

My problem is this, my mom wanted me to give birth in my hometown cause she knows how to take care of me and she knows what she should whether I ask or not. I can think of the so many advantages that I will have in my hometown...

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katieh Actually, "they" have given birth to two children, both by Caesarian section, and "they" still didn't expect to go home and be taken care of by "their" parents. So...I've had two kids, both by major surgery, both times going home to my own house to look...

10 May 11

megamatt @megamatt (14290) • United States 26 Apr 11

I think that at least a quarter of the time when I write well anything, the idea does sound much better in my head, then it does actually written out in practice. I think most writers tend to have these moment, where they realize...

better on paper

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katieh I always write my first drafts on paper. Then my second draft on the computer is a complete rewrite by necessity. If I write the first draft on the computer, I tend to avoid doing any major edits, no matter how badly they are needed.

9 May 11

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