JillianBillington

@JillianBillington (92)

Australia • Age 66

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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What do you consider to be a reasonable price for Phsyciatrists to charge?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 11 Apr 07

A freind of mine has to take their child to a Phsyciatrist on a regular basis, as the child has a mental illness. The cost per visit is $180.00 and that is a reduced rate because the mother does not have a lot of money. This is...

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Exclusive School Drug Bust-should school have called police?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 10 Apr 07

I have just been reading the news about an exclusive school that discovered a student selling drugs in the school yard. This student was expelled and two others suspended. For some reason the school declined to call the police...

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Mothers who smoke in the car with your children

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 9 Apr 07

Do you think mothers should be stopped form smoking in the car if they have children? If so how would you instigate this?

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Do you think cars should be banned from inner city areas?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 8 Apr 07

Do you think people should be made to park their cars in multi storey car parks when shopping in the inner city areas. Should there only be public transport in these areas What do you think about car pooling and people using more...

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If you saw a neighbour wasting water, would you go and tell them?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 8 Apr 07

In Australia everyone has specific watering days for their gardens. In fact in some states they can only water from buckets. If you saw a neighbour watering their garden on the wrong day or wasting water, would you go and tell...

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Do you think books will ever be replaced by digital media?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 8 Apr 07

With the amount of digital media available to us, do you think society will eventually do all their reading on some sort of electronic media. Will we eventually have no use for paper books?

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Do you think mining is having a adverse effect on the Environment

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 8 Apr 07

What do you think of large mining projects such as gold and other ore related projects. Do you think they should be made to use more recycled water. Should they be made to impliment water recycling into their existing projects....

How much chocolate did you eat over Easter?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 8 Apr 07

How much chocolate did you eat over Easter? I have eaten way too much...Why do we become so obsessed with chocolate over easter. It borders on ludicrous sometimes. I know people that start collecting chocolate long before easter,...

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Do you think behavioural disorders in children is over rated?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 8 Apr 07

Do you think that parents are medicating noisey children as an easy way out. Are a lot of children who are labled ADHD and similar conditions, really just normal. Have parents become to intolerant of normal active behaviour in...

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Do you think anti phsycotic drugs should be given to young children?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 8 Apr 07

I know someone who has been taking this drug for 2 years. They are twelve years old. The doctor recantly increased the dose because it was not having the desired effect. He also informed them there could be side effects and gave...

How do you think this drug effects the brains of young children

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 8 Apr 07

I know someone that has been on this drug since they were six years old. They are now twelve years old. The effect on their brain has caused quite a lot of paranoid (excuse the spelling please) delusions over the years. Their...

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Do you think creating art is a reasonable way to earn money?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 8 Apr 07

I have always wanted to create art for a living. What do you think about wire sculptue in gardens. Would this be a reasonable way to make money?

Do you find it difficult to stay on task when working from home?

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 7 Apr 07

I work from home and find it difficult to stay on task if I'm doing something tedious. I keep daydreaming. I suppose its just a case of learning to discipline ones self to achieve the daily tasks. I sometimes find it lonely as...

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I am trying to lose weight, and finding it harder than I thought

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 7 Apr 07

Is anyone else struggling to lose weight. I have found that it requires a big mind shift in the way you live your life. I seem to have drifted into these bad eating habits and not excersising enough. Now I have to retrain myself...

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When Dreams May Come, this is a movie of love that surpasses all boundries..

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 7 Apr 07

I recomend anyone to see this movie. It stars Robin Williams, I can't recall who the female lead was. The movie is about a couple who's children died in a car accident and some time later the father (who is a doctor) stops to...

What do you think about growing your own food??

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 6 Apr 07

I am tying to grow my own food, we have started with tomoatoes,garlic, spring onions and a few herbs. I would like to start a garden on the permaculture design. Has anyone already done this?

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Tsunami Warnings does the Government need to smarten up their act??

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 6 Apr 07

After the tsunami in the solomon islands, so many people on the east coast of australia complained of the way the warnings were sent out. It doesn't matter what the government does it's never enought. I'm not saying their perfect...

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Celebrity Slim has anyone out there used this??

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 6 Apr 07

How can anything that replaces a meal with a drink help you lose weight on a long term basis. Long term weight loss is about changing you life habits regarding food.

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Living with Dreams

JillianBillington @JillianBillington (92) • Australia 6 Apr 07

Field of Dreams was a great movie, it inspires one to live their dreams & goals. I am trying to live my dream of being an artist and craft person. It is not always easy. Making money from you craft takes time and imagination. It...

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