narnaneana

@narnaneana (16)

Age 42

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Always expect the unexpected.

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narnaneana's Responses

What is your favorite kind of bread?

tanniebabe78 @tanniebabe78 (2934) • United States 27 May 08

I love banana bread and am making some right this moment. I have also been known to favor pumpkin bread. As for store bought, I am a muligrain girl. What about you? Do you have a favorite recipe? My banana bread: 3...

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narnaneana Hi, I like the sound of these sweeter breads. I can neer be bothered to make my own to be honest. In terms of shop bought stuff, I love granary bread or any other multi-grain type. If I'm having bread rolls I like wholemeal ones.

14 Jun 08

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Which Search Engine do you prefer (and why)?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43872) • Cambridge, England 13 Jun 08

I have used Google for many years, since I have found it to be the most 'intelligent' by far, giving me a high proportion of the links I want to see. Recently I have been using a program which pays me a little for each search....

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narnaneana Hi, I personally use www.google.co.uk as my search engine. I like it because if you are looking for something specifically for the UK you can select the option for pages from the UK only. Some other search engines such as msn have this facility as well, but I...

14 Jun 08

i tried a lot but cant do this ?

atifshahzad1 @atifshahzad1 (632) • Pakistan 26 Apr 08

i tried a lot not to look at the keyboard but i cant do this. i can write by not seeing it but seeing it is my habit.

keyboard

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narnaneana Hi, I can imagine it's very difficult to learn to touch type when you have the sight to look at the keyboard and are used to doing that. The interesting part comes when you don't have that sight, and therefore have no choice but to rely on learning the...

9 Jun 08

Goals in life

@mayka123 @mayka123 (17201) • India 2 Jun 08

What are your goals in life. Have you achieved them or are you still striving to achieve your goals? What are you doing to achieve them?

goals

life

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narnaneana Hi, my primary goal in the short-term is to become a careers adviser. In the long-term I hope to become quite successful and senior in this profession, but I may branch out into occupational psychology at some point. I'm really interested in psychoetric...

9 Jun 08

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Imporant inteveiw, tips please!!

walkerkdj @walkerkdj (107) • United States 8 Jun 08

I would love some advice on how to ace an interview. I have only been to three interviews in my life and I was so nervous, twice I got the job but the hire anyone in both of those places. So I would like to know how to do well in...

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narnaneana Hiya. Most of those who have commented so far have said it all - be confident, dress smartly, be professional, know the organization and the position and be able to relate whqat you know - one of the most common interview questions is "tell me what you know...

9 Jun 08

Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox

masalawnabata @masalawnabata (92) • Philippines 8 Jun 08

which one is best browser for you and why?

browser

internet

mozilla

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narnaneana Hi, I like this subject because it allows me to bring up subjects around accessibility of websites. With Internet Explorer, you can increase the text size up to largest if you want, and ignore font styles, fonts and colours if desired. But you can only...

9 Jun 08

Have you Baked a Cake in the Microwave?

aplaza @aplaza (630) • Netherlands 8 Jun 08

I was replying to another discussion when I thought of this and decided to find out what you folks think about this. On some types of cake mixes I see that they say you can also prepare it in the microwave. I wonder if it's true...

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narnaneana Hi, I haven't attempted to do a cake in the microwave yet but I might. There are recipes around for things like microwave flapjacks, which I might try soon. I'm hoping to get into baking and cooking a bit more over the summer.

9 Jun 08

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How long do you keep Text Messages in your Mobile Phone?

poohgal @poohgal (6845) • Singapore 23 Dec 07

Mobile phones used to be able to keep only up to 10 Text Messages. With the increase in memory space, we can keep almost unlimited messages on our mobile phones. If someone very special to me sends me a special Text Message on...

mobile phone

text message

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narnaneana Hi, most of the text messages I receive are deleted straight away. If someone sends me a particularly special or meaningful text message then I will usually either not delete it, or I would keep a Word document with all my special or amusing texts on the PC at...

8 Jun 08

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Brand of your first mobile ??

moneymint18 @moneymint18 (481) • India 7 Jun 08

Hi friends, what was the brand of your first mobile you have purchased for yourself. I purchased "Samsung" my first mobile when i was in second year of my engineering graduation.I took very cheap one because my parent had to pay...

brand

mobile

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narnaneana Hi all, the phone I first had was a Siemens MT50 on T-mobile UK. It was really basic, just did calls and texts and not a great deal else, but that was all I needed it for. Back in those days, my mobile was only for emergencies. These days, I have a Samsung...

8 Jun 08

Earphones or Speaker?

kylie_quistis @kylie_quistis (1220) • Philippines 6 Jun 08

When you're listening music in your computer, which do you like best: listening music using earphones or headset? or you like better using the computer speaker? why? Well, for me, I prefer speaker, because my ear really hurts...

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narnaneana Hi, I prefer speakers for most things, but if some music I'm listening to has any strange background tinkly bits in it, I like to wear headphones so that I can pick those up. Wireless headphones are especially useful!

7 Jun 08

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Survey Spot..How many do this survey when it comes

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 28 Jul 07

Anyone do survey spot that posts on mylot? IF so have you ever earned or won anything on the site? What did you win if you did?

cash for taking surveys

making money online

surveys

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narnaneana I used to be a member of survey spot but never received any cheques or sweepstakes prizes. I'm not sure if the UK version gives you a payout per survey or just sweepstakes entries, but maybe I'll look into them again and re-register if they do a per survey...

5 Jun 08

Do you like ice cream cake?

cream97 @cream97 (29084) • United States 2 Jun 08

I do. I love it! It tastes so good! I love to eat the Pepperidge Farm ice cream cake. It is so yummy.. What about you?

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narnaneana I have never heard of ice cream cake but I have no doubt that I would love it and that I would like to make Neapolitan ice cream cake, including chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice creams somewhere in the cake. Sounds absolutely gorgeous!

5 Jun 08

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Mayo cake

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

Have anyone ever tried using mayo in your cake mix instead of oil. Once you have tried it, you will never go back to oil. When using a box mix, it usually calls for 2 to 3 eggs, and maybe 1/3 cup of oil. substitute the oil for...

cake

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narnaneana I haven't done much baking for a few years, but I intend to start doing some more over the summer this year. I have never heard of mayo as a substitute for oil but it sounds good so I will be trying it next time.

5 Jun 08