Silverchic

@Silverchic (396)

Australia • Age 40

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Blue skies, black death!

Silverchic's Discussions

All 4wd owners

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 18 Jan 07

Do you ever find yourself getting annoyed at the stigma of being a 4wd owner? I had a conversation the other day with someone who thought all 4wd's should be banned in the city! Now I agree to a point...people who buy 4wd's...

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Books vs Movies

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 10 Jan 07

I'm an avid reader and would quite happily wile away hours of my free time with my nose stuck in a book, but I also enjoy watching a movie a couple of times a month... I've found that I will really drag my heels about watching...

books

jurassic park

movies

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Unbiased ratings

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 10 Jan 07

Do you try and be unbiased when rating peoples responses? I've noticed I have to really think about how I'm rating people who disagree with me - it sounds terrible doesn't it! =) So if you start a discussion and someone...

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Bad luck marriage (Joke)

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 9 Jan 07

I thought this one was brilliant! lol A woman's husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months, yet she had stayed by his bedside every single day. One day, he motioned for her to come nearer. As she...

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Cheesecake recipes

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 9 Jan 07

Ok yes I know I can look them up on the net...but I would like some personal experiences! I'm a terrible cook when it comes to cakes, pastries or biscuits....my scones end up like small rocks, my cakes never rise and my...

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Australian/NZ Parents...

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 20 Dec 06

I'm asking for honest opinions here...My partner has always wanted to be a kindergarten teacher. He was talked out of it years ago because of the stigma of being a male kindy teacher...it just wasn't really accepted. I'm...

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Italy to ban underweight models

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 18 Dec 06

Good on you Italy! It's about time something was done about these so called "role models" Apparently all models will need to produce a certificate of good health and any model that shows clear characteristics of an eating...

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Not speaking the national language....

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 17 Dec 06

Does it bother anyone else when you see people that can't speak the language of the country they are living in? Now I don't mean tourists - although as a tourist I do attempt to learn at least a couple of words in their native...

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Things I have learnt... (half a joke and half true!)

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 11 Dec 06

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that...

funny

joke

learn

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Drinking test - JOKE

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 10 Dec 06

A policeman pulls over a driver for swerving in and out of lanes on the highway. He tells the guy to blow a breath into a breathalyzer. "I can't do that, officer." "Why not?" "Because I'm an asthmatic. I could get an...

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Complaint Department - JOKE

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 10 Dec 06

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Ranch - JOKE

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 10 Dec 06

A man owned a small ranch in New Mexico. The New Mexico Wage & Hour Dept. claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him. " I need a list of your employees and how much you pay...

joke

ranch

working

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Dog proverbs - JOKE

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 10 Dec 06

"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies." -- Gene Hill "In dog years I'm dead" -- Unknown "Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for...

dining room furniture

dogs

joke

proverb

Australian Tourism - JOKE

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 10 Dec 06

These questions were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are the actual responses by the website officials, who obviously have a sense of humour. Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA) A:...

atms

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Inane or just plain stupid posts in threads!

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 7 Dec 06

I'm sorry but this is ridiculous people! I'm fed up with these stupid answers just so that you can post! At least make half an effort! Even if it's just to say I like horses (the last stupid one was in a horse type thread)...

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Who else reads Terry Pratchett?

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 7 Dec 06

I've just finished reading through the Discworld series for about the 20th time - I can't get enough of them! Started reading them about 5 years ago (after scorning them in High School because they looked too childish! lol) and...

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Self centred friends!

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 6 Dec 06

Why do we put up with them?? I have a friend (most appropriate word I suppose) who is completely self obsessed. She truthfully believes everything revolves around her (and now that she is pregnant she is even worse!). If you...

friends

problems

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Friends in general...

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 4 Dec 06

Hmmmm....this will make you think a bit! =) A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?", the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover...

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What makes people jump on the net...

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 4 Dec 06

I mean why jump on the net for advice on some things? When you have a small community that you frequent it is a bit different but when you jump on something like mylot and start asking medical advice I get a bit worried! To...

advice

internet

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Things I've learnt from movies:

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 4 Dec 06

1. If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year. 2. All beds have special L-shaped top sheets that reach up to armpit level on a woman but only waist...

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