CAMILLERI

@CAMILLERI (373)

Australia • Age 94

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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how do you write fiction from fact?

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18261) 26 Feb 08

Im writing a book around my work in prison, the problem is how to write about my charges without naming them. I really cant afford the litigation lol, so i was wondering how you writers tell the story without identifying who these...

prison

psychopaths

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CAMILLERI Have you not heard that "FACTS ARE STRANGER THAN FICTION " What you need to do is write exactly the facts as you know them, but change the names as a protection. You can also have the liberty of embellishing the story with some fictitious deviations. WHO...

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Where else is there left to discover?

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18261) 26 Feb 08

In this age of mass tourism is there anywhere else left to go? Has the rest of the world still got things to show us and why do the majority of Americans still not own a passport?

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CAMILLERI Try some cruises:- 1) THE BAHAMAS. 2) THE GREEK ISLANDS. 3) THE MEDITERRANEAN. 4) Pacific Islands Cruise. I have been on all of them. They are out of this world. I had a passport since I was 18 years old. I owned a British Passport (MALTA was a...

26 Feb 08

planning teaching...should i still be working?

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18261) 26 Feb 08

Itas now 10.20 pm, I am planning tommorows class, should i still be working? why are we encouraged to work for free outside of our payment or contract structure, wasnt slavery abolished a couple of centuries ago?

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CAMILLERI Planning is definitely part of your prescribed work. Before I started teaching I got the syllabus for the whole course. It consisted of 40 lectures of one and a half hours each. I decided to prepare the teaching notes to the 40 lectures. The subject was...

26 Feb 08

How long does it take you to get ready to go out to do errands?

ctrymuziklvr @ctrymuziklvr (11057) • United States 25 Feb 08

Now I'm not talking about going out for the evening or for fun but to go shopping or paying bills and doing errands in the day. Today I have to go to Shaws and do a couple of other things before my visit to the cemetary. I woke up...

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CAMILLERI From bed to the front door, about half an hour. That takes care of taking pills, breakfast, a ten minute shower , get dressed and out.

26 Feb 08

This made me cry....

coffeeshot @coffeeshot (3783) • Australia 26 Feb 08

Yes I am such a softy when it comes to animals and this poem really touched me. I think this would be lovely to print out and put in a card for someone who's just lost their beloved pet. What do you think? Has anyone else got any...

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CAMILLERI Thank you so much for sharing. I liked the poem very much. I would have given it the title:- "EUTHANASIA".

26 Feb 08

Mylot email...

aseretdd @aseretdd (13730) • Philippines 25 Feb 08

Wouldn't it be nice to have our own mylot email... i know this is a huge step for mylot... but i have been thinking about this for quite sometime now... since i stay logged on to this site for like 6 hours... and i receive a lot...

mylot email

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CAMILLERI I usually like innovation. As for this one I must say that I see no advantage or disadvantage in it whatsoever. I AM NOT CONVINCED !!

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How many books do you read at a time?

Foxfire1875 @Foxfire1875 (2010) 26 Feb 08

Obviously you can only read one book at a time but what I mean is how many do you start and jump from one to the other. I usually have about 3 or 4 books that I'm reading and I wondered if this is unusual? Do most people only...

one book or many

reading

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CAMILLERI Just a few more words. I am a second hand book collector. I collect 12 authors, six males and six females. NO prejudice here!! I am not in the habit of lending my books to anyone. I would hate to lose any of my collections. Example: Taylor Calwell wrote...

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How to train the dog.

goldwin65 @goldwin65 (935) • Malaysia 26 Feb 08

I have a cute and beautiful Shih Tzu about 2 months old now.The problem with my Shih Tzu is he pee around the house. I wonder how to train my dog to pee in the toilet or outside the garden.

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CAMILLERI To do it in the toilet is a bit too much to ask. What you need is to train him to do it in the garden . This requires a bit of patience. You must give your dog free access to the back. If it is not an automatic exit and entrance, you need to try and expect...

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How many books do you read at a time?

Foxfire1875 @Foxfire1875 (2010) 26 Feb 08

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CAMILLERI What you describe is a case of an unsatisfied mind. I am now 77 and have been reading a very long time. I do NOT start a second book before finishing completely the one I am presently reading. I would recommend that you do likewise. Try reading some sequel...

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Have you ever read a book that has changed your life?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 26 Feb 08

I've read a few. Black Elk Speaks, the Bible, etc. The Secret really helped me get my current job, and Your Infinite Power Rich by Joseph Murph, D.D (Doctor of Divinity-a Minister in this case) really changed a lot of things for...

your infinite power to be rich

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CAMILLERI I have recently read:- GROWING UP TOUGH by Taylor Caldwell. This is her autobiography. This lady met with such adversity in her life that it was practically unbearable. It taught me a big lesson. I always knew that life was not meant to be easy. The...

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What does it take to change from dial-up to broadband?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 26 Feb 08

I might be able to change from dial-up to broadband. For some reason, I thought it was as easy as flicking a switch, but now I hear I need a different modem and there are other things that may need to be done. So before I make a...

broadband

modem

switch

what needs to be done

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CAMILLERI I used to think the process was difficult to achieve. I put it off for nearly two years. About two months ago, I decided to take the plunge. It was not as difficult as I thought. You see I am nearly 78. I applied to my provider. They sent me a package...

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What happened to good old fashioned hand washing?

highflyingxangel @highflyingxangel (9225) • United States 25 Feb 08

Our newspaper today ran a story about the flu and how bad it's been attacking the public as a whole. It went from one case to 52 cases in the span of a week and now it's over 166 reports of the flu, probably with many, many more...

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CAMILLERI I love washing my hands with soap. I must do it at least 5 to 7 times a day. I hate to have any trace of smell on my hands, this includes after shave lotion smell.

25 Feb 08

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Questions about anti-spyware and anti-virus programs

jhl930 @jhl930 (3601) • United States 25 Feb 08

In the past I have downloded a anti virus program that was called I think AVG or something like that...because my computer was running a little slower...and after i installed it and let it scan my computer my computer wouldn't...

anti

anti virus programs

spyware

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CAMILLERI These supposed free programmes are scam!! They say they are free, but when they discover problems, they ask you to register. The registration is $59.95. With a stretch of imagination one cannot call this FREE ?? I am sick and tired of these empty...

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What is the earliest thing you can remember?

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18261) 25 Feb 08

Psychologists tell us that we can remember anything under the right conditions and i wondered what is the earliest things we can generally remember?

child hood

memory

psychology

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CAMILLERI I was born in October 1930. The earliest thing I can remember is October 1933 , I was then 3 years old. My mother sent me to a NUN's Kindergarden. I hated is so much , I was very unhappy. I remember my mother being pregnant with my younger...

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Around the world

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 24 Feb 08

Today is 24th February the anniversary of my trip around the world. It was one of the best things that I have ever done. I flew: London-Los Angeles-Hawaii-Fiji-Sydney-Adelaide overland Cairns-Darwin-Singapore-London I saw...

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CAMILLERI I have been around the world three times. My first time was in 1986 , we were away 6 months. From Sydney to ROME to MALTA to LONDON to Spain, Portugal and Morocco to LONDON through France , Germany, Poland , Russia by BUS, to Finland, Sweden and down to...

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What were your favorite subjects when you were at school?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 24 Feb 08

I liked English, History, Geography, Religious Education, Art and French. I hated Maths, Science and Physical Education. What were your favorite subjects when you were at school? Which subjects did you dislike? Thanks

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CAMILLERI My favourite subjects were:- Mathematics, Italian Language, Latin , Physics and Geography. I disliked Art (drawing) immensely.

25 Feb 08

does anyone ever read an encyclopedia or dictionary for fun?

cher913 @cher913 (25782) • Canada 24 Feb 08

i have done this in the past when i have had nothing to read in the house and wanted to read...it may seem kinda weird but you do tend to learn some new and interesting things from reading them both... before you call me a...

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CAMILLERI English is NOT my first language. I read World Encyclopedia every day on my Computer. As a young student in Malta I was made to read six pages of the dictionary every night. I class myself now at age 77 as having a greater than average vocabulary.

25 Feb 08

what book are you reading this very minute?

cher913 @cher913 (25782) • Canada 24 Feb 08

today is sunday and hopefully lazy for some of you and time to pick up a good book...what are you reading today? i just finished a book on Lte John McCrae (A Canadian dr during WW1 and famous for the poem "In Flanders Fields")...

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CAMILLERI I am reading " GROWING UP TOUGH " by Taylor Caldwell. It is actually her autobiography. Have you heard of Taylor Caldwell ?

25 Feb 08

What is the best moment of your life, so fat?

ESKARENA1 @ESKARENA1 (18261) 24 Feb 08

I think the best moment for me was marrying my husband, my life changed so radically when this happened. However, I didnt know this at the time. Now, when my first child was born I was very aware this was a high point of my life....

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CAMILLERI One of my best moments in life was one morning back in 1955 when the ORION a P & O boat sailed under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I was then 25 years old. A completely new life started for me. On board that ship an Australian said to me, with the name of...

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