moonpoppy

@moonpoppy (33)

Age 55

Joined myLot 19 years ago

www.holisticfeathers.co.uk

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Snow! Do you miss is? Or do you have it everyday and are so sick of it?

Andrew @AndrewFreyne (6281) • United Kingdom 29 Sep 08

Snow! Where is the snow? I have lived in London all my life and when I was younger it seemed as though we were having snow every Christmas, without fail! Now, come Christmas it's either raining or cold and very sunny! I miss the...

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moonpoppy I leave the photography to my other half ... I just want to throw myself down onto a fresh blanket of snow and make beautiful snow angels!

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Snow! Do you miss is? Or do you have it everyday and are so sick of it?

Andrew @AndrewFreyne (6281) • United Kingdom 29 Sep 08

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moonpoppy Hi Andrew. I live in London, UK too ... used to live on the South Coast where I'm sure we used to see a little more snow, as we were up on the South Downs. But like you, we're very frustrated with the lack of snow in the UK. My snowboots are dusted each...

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If you were the same age as your children, could you be friends with them?

gemini_rose @gemini_rose (16264) 28 Sep 08

I know this sounds like a daft thing to think about, but I always watch my kids when they are socially interacting with each other and friends and I asked myself this question, would I be friends with my children if I was the same...

children

could you be friends

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moonpoppy It's funny to watch your kids grow up, move through the stages of their development ... I could never have been friends with my son while he was 13-15, annoying and a bit too peacock-like for my liking!!! Now that's he's recently turned 18, I love nothing more...

29 Sep 08

i was shocked and angry of what i heard this morning!

bangwin29 @bangwin29 (147) • Philippines 4 Aug 08

i woke up early today because my kids are going to school when i heard someone crying in the kitchen, it's our neighbor and almost my sister because we've known her for almost 15 years, she was talking to my mother and i heard...

rape

violence

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moonpoppy Oh Bangwin, my goodness - no wonder you were so upset and so worried. What a horrific thing to have happened to someone so young, and a part of your family. I am very relieved to have heard that the ***** (calm words fail me) has been arrested; I truly hope...

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Which is your favorite search engine ?

greenline @greenline (14838) • Canada 3 Aug 08

In my line of business, I have to do a lot of seaches on the internet. Search engines are very helpful. I use a number of different search engines. One of my favorite search engines is "SlashMySearch". That brings up an amazing...

internet

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moonpoppy Google is always first off my fingertips 'tho I find Yahoo! brings up more useful search results when I'm looking for some specific research or fact. I've tried Cuil recently and thought that it gives an excellent new slant on search engines - the layout...

4 Aug 08

how many is still interested in reading?

despompa @despompa (472) • Philippines 24 Jul 08

a lot of people today,specially the young ones find reading to be boring. they would rather prefer texting and chatting than reading.which i personally think is very important.reading will help us enhance what we know and help us...

reading is fun

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moonpoppy Hi despompa (and welcome to MyLot!) I think I was born with a book in my hand! I have always loved to read and one of my most vivid memories of my childhood is sitting curled up on my Granna's lap, while she read (sang, almost) "The Song of Hiawatha" by...

25 Jul 08

which one do u prefer-internet explorer or mozilla firefox?

amirev777 @amirev777 (4117) • India 21 Jul 08

Hi i use internet explorer,i have never tried mozilla firefox-which one is better?and why?are there any other internet browsers that are even better?

internet browser

internet explorer

mozila firefox

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moonpoppy Hi,I find that Mozilla Firefox is much better than Internet Explorer. When Firefox was first launched, I had a few problems with websites as they didn't run too well on anything other than I.E. BUT nowadays that is very rare - sometimes I have to use I.E. to...

22 Jul 08

How did you come up with your myLot name?

selece @selece (2357) • Philippines 19 Jul 08

Okay, on some of my discussions I have mentioned why I chose this name. But this time, I'm starting a discussion solely for this purpose and to also know how my fellow myLotters came up with their myLot...

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moonpoppy What a fascinating background to your name, Selece! I have used mine as an online name for donkeys years, 'tho I can't remember how it came about exactly. It is funny when I get business telephone calls and they ask to speak to Moonpoppy 'tho, it always...

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What Are You Reading These Days?

villageanne @villageanne (8553) • United States 18 Jul 08

I love to read. I have been receiving several free books from a group on gather. All I have to do is agree to review them. I just finished reading Dear Neighbor Drop Dead by Saralee Rosenberg. It was a wonderful story. If you...

reading

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moonpoppy I have a bad habit of keeping 3 or 4 books on the go at the same time!! At the moment I have three on the go ... "Wherever you go, there you are", by Jon Kabat-Zinn which is an amazing insight into meditation; Torn Clouds by Judy Hall (based in Egypt, a...

19 Jul 08

Your Catchphrase

Amber @AmbiePam (111230) • United States 18 Jul 08

Sometimes people have a word, or a short line they say repeatedly. When I was a teenager my mom tried to break me from always saying 'good grief.' For my sister, it was trying to get her to quit saying 'whatever.' Of course since...

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moonpoppy When I was training, I spent a lot of time working with a lady who always said "you know" at the end of almost every sentence ... I didn't realise I was picking it up, until my family started teasing me! After our training finished, we kept in contact but I...

19 Jul 08

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Nature vs Technology

sergedan @sergedan (767) • Romania 19 Jul 08

What would win in your book a walk in this park or to stay at home and watch a movie on your PC or TV? I personally have a hard time deciding.

movies

nature

park

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moonpoppy Walk in the park, hands down! The TV is only ever on as background noise (I work from home so its nice to have chatter in the background occasionally). If it was raining, it still wouldn't stop me from walking in the park - unless it was torrential rain or...

19 Jul 08

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If you had good news, who would you call first?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 18 Jul 08

If you were to find out good news, who would you call first? Spouse? Sister? Best friend? If you found out that you were pregnant, or just got fired, who would you want to talk with first for support? If I had really...

being best friends

being happy all the time

my life

relationship counseling

the good and bad news

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moonpoppy I would call my beloved first, he's my best friend and even 'tho we don't always see eye-to-eye, I always share everything with him. Then I'd call my best friend, Bear, a truly gorgeous woman who is so open-hearted - she's always a great person to share...

19 Jul 08

What do you use facebook for?

eveeee @eveeee (659) 15 Jul 08

I joined Facebook, as everyone kept naging at me to join, so I had some friends I already knew on there, to start. I then started searching for other people I knew and building up my friends list. It was great to keep in touch,...

entertainment

facebook

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moonpoppy I joined up to Facebook when I left my corporate-wage-slave position last Summer to go it alone (scary!) ... OK, so there are problems with data-mining etc, but for anyone that actively uses the internet nowadays you are always going to have security...

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I Live in the Chicken Shed but I'm Happy

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 18 Jul 08

As some of you will know it has been my great good fortune to be employed as a housemaid to one of our grander myLot members. She has taken me in when I was down on my luck and although she is a hard mistress, she is fair. She has...

good employer

goodie

kindness

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moonpoppy Ahhh anonymili ... I have a housemaid just like yours too, I also have to smile sympathetically when anything happens (negative or positive) with his beloved football team. My housemaid has more days off than me too ... must be doing something wrong. I know,...

19 Jul 08

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Mumbai

@mayka123 @mayka123 (17084) • India 21 Jun 08

How many of you have travelled to Mumbai (or Bombay as it was formally called)?? What is your opinion of this city? I have been born here and cannot think of settling anywhere else. But I know many hate this place because of the...

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moonpoppy Hi, I visited Mumbai twice last Summer as my husband was working there for two months on a banking project. We stayed in Bandra but did lots of sightseeing, travelling around in rickshaws and then cool cabs if we had to travel more into the centre of...

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want to do nothing!!!

ani_anaokar @ani_anaokar (107) • India 6 Apr 08

have you ever faced a time in your life when u want to nothing at all..???? if yes how do u cope up with it??? if not experienced then think about it... and let me how would you deal with it!! cheers!

boredom

life

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moonpoppy If you are doing nothing, then surely by virtue of doing nothing you are doing something?! I only say this because my first thoughts in answer to Ani's question was "yes, recently - I was really sick with yet another infection & just felt like doing nothing"....

6 Apr 08

Something disturbing on youTube

kieungoc @kieungoc (232) • United States 6 Apr 08

I was searching something on youtube with my 3 year old son and then an easter cartoon came up. I clicked on it and we watched it. The whole thing was pretty innocent and then at the end the chicks ended up getting swallowed and...

easter

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moonpoppy I agree with Pigglies - there are some pretty disturbing things on YouTube, as you unfortunately found out. Best to screen whatever you are going to show your little one, but its a real sad fact of life when even the most innocent of things is tainted by...

6 Apr 08

Which do you prefer Synthetic drugs or Herbal Medicines?

HULYO @julyteen (13252) • Davao, Philippines 1 Apr 08

i prefer herbal medicines because there is no side effect. synthetic drugs can trigger you other illness which is harmful to your health. can you share your point of view?

drugs

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moonpoppy I try very hard to keep to herbal medicines and add on homeopathic remedies when I need a kickstart ... but you CAN have side-effects when taking herbal medicines, usually just minor discomfort.

6 Apr 08

Spending time at the library??

Lil Bit aka Royal Mom @royal52gens (5488) • United States 26 Apr 07

Do you enjoy spending time at the library? What kind of books do you like? Are you studying for school or for personal research? Do you read for enjoyment?

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moonpoppy Yes, I love going to my lcoal library and the bigger one in town - I just go to browse and have some peace & quiet away from my mad family, it's a luxury! I read so much, I couldn't afford to keep up with all the latest novels if I bought them all ... instead,...

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