bamamo

@bamamo (40)

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Penpals Do You Have Them?

Rosie @rosie230 (1704) 26 Apr 10

I enjoy writing, and when I was younger I used to have penfriends, now I am again writing to penfriends across the globe, I actually really enjoy it, and it is so much more personal than sending/receiving an email. Does anyone...

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bamamo When I was a kid, I had TONS! Since then I've written to the odd friend that I've worked with abroad that lives far away. I've only recently started to get more into it again and found some new penpals. Some I write to mostly by email, but I much prefer to...

7 Jun 10

how to buffer the videos quickly in youtube

harishpharma @harishpharma (100) 2 Jun 10

hi frnds i have a slow internet connection when i wish to see the videos frm the utube !!! its taking too much time to get bufferd is there any way to watch it quickly or is there any softwares u reccmnd ??? to clear my...

youtube buffering

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bamamo Sometimes this happens to me and I use Speedbit Video Accelerator, it's free and a small file, quick to set up. Just Google it. It does have a kind of annoying popup thing while it's accelerating but you can close that and it buffers a video in less than a...

3 Jun 10

What family are you closest to

lologirl2021 (Holly) @lologirl2021 (5542) • United States 3 Jun 10

I have a big family and of course you pick and choose who you really do like the best. I of course really like my mom a lot as we do most everything together when not at work. Other than my mom i would have to pick my cousin...

family

life

relative

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bamamo You are very lucky to have such a close family. I honestly couldn't pick which family member I'm closest to, because really it's none of them. I've just been brought up with not particularly strong family values, divorce and a small family to begin with. It's...

3 Jun 10

Lexie's mohawk

blue65packer @blue65packer (11826) • United States 18 Mar 10

This Lexie. Right now she has a mohawk! Her owner can't make her mane lay down on one side of her neck. So her owner roaches her mane! As you can see Lexie needs a hair cut! I expect her owner to give her a hair cut anyday now!

lexie

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bamamo I bought my horse from my old instructor who had the horrible habit of roaching (or as we call it in England "hogging") all of her cobs. Because she did it for so long his mane would never grow out properly no matter WHAT I did, and I usually just roached it...

3 Jun 10

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Why do I feel stressed everytime I try to avoid the person I love?

snowhybiscuis @snowhybiscuis (1882) • Philippines 3 Jun 10

My reason of not spending much time with them is because I want to give them more space to breath and also for my own sanity. However, I feel stressed when I do it and I lose some cest. Though I think it is just a matter of the...

feelings

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bamamo I know how you feel. I'm the same way. The best thing you can do is try to stay busy, get a new hobby, throw yourself into your work, exercise, etc. It's good that you are at least trying to give them some space, it's a start.

3 Jun 10

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Flush it once, flush it twice

Ingkingderders @Ingkingderders (3832) • Philippines 3 Jun 10

It has been bothering me, every since I started working, why some women on our floor, during bathroom breaks, would first flush the toilet before using it, and then flushing it again after. I mean, the toilet...

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bamamo Yep it is a waste of water. I don't know if it's anything to do with cleanliness, and I sure don't do it, but I've heard in Japan some women are really shy about other people hearing them pee. So they would flush the toilet at the same time. Now they have...

3 Jun 10

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Do You Use An Umbrella?

ellie333 @ellie333 (21016) 3 Jun 10

I got soaked the other day as even when I do think to take an umbrella out with me when I go to open it won't or it turns inside out, I would much rather wear a lightweight rain coat and hood these days (which I should have taken...

rain

umbrellas

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bamamo You know how some people always lose their keys? I lose umbrellas. I've gone through SO many, and they can be kind of pricey. So usually I don't bother. When I actually do manage to find one to bring, I usually think to myself "oh it's not raining THAT much, I...

3 Jun 10

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i lost a library book! :o

artsyfartsygypsy @artsyfartsygypsy (755) • Canada 2 Jun 10

OMG! I got home today and realized that I lost a library book on my way hoem today! :o I cant afford to replace it but I have to! Oh no! This sucks. This has never happened before. Does anyone have their own experiences in this...

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bamamo I never lost a book but once I returned one with the self-service machine and I guess it didn't register. (It was quite soon after the new system was put into place). Even though it was their fault that they had obviously missed the book when tagging them all...

3 Jun 10

Bookmarks or folding the page?

kel1483 @kel1483 (986) • United States 28 Apr 10

When you are reading a book how do you mark the page that you leave off on? Do you use bookmarks, fold the corner of the pages down or do you use some other method? For me, I got in the habit of using bookmarks because I borrow...

bookmark

reading

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bamamo I never used to fold the pages at all but I sort of picked up the habit recently. If it's a library book which looks new, though, I will find a bookmark :)

3 Jun 10

Reading in different languages.

camomile07 @camomile07 (1420) • Germany 4 May 10

In the present, more and more people know at least two languages because of different reasons: - maybe they emigrated to a foreign country where they have to learn another language as they are used to, so they still speak their...

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bamamo I am a native English speaker and I am learning German. I love to read books in German as a fun way to pick up new vocabulary and comprehension. Soon I will move to Germany where I expect to read half and half English and German - German to take advantage of...

3 Jun 10

What do you do after you've read a book?

allyoftherain @allyoftherain (7208) • United States 8 May 10

Hey readers! After you've just finished a book, what do you do? Do you write a review? Do you recommend it to your friends or try to find people to discuss the book with you? Or does it all depend on the book? After I've finished...

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bamamo If I love the book, I will probably write a review, similarly if I really hated it. Although I don't tend to finish books I'm really not enjoying, I would write about a book I liked but had a disastrous ending. If I loved the book I would hand it on to a...

3 Jun 10

I don't know how international the Mr Men books are, do you know them?

oldchem1 @oldchem1 (8132) 17 May 10

The Mr Men are a wonderful set of small paperback children's books that are really popular in the UK. Do you get these in other countries? If you haven't seen them I would certainly recommend that you try to get them - children...

mr men

roger hargreaves

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bamamo I'm not sure how international they are, but I'm British and my au pair family in Germany only heard of them through their previous British au pair. I'm not sure how I feel about the new ones by his son, but the kids seem to like them anyway!

3 Jun 10

No Substitute For Flipping Through A Book.... Or Is It?

vjenkins86 @vjenkins86 (1478) • United States 18 May 10

I personally love flipping through a book while I am tucked in my chair, getting drawn into the tale the author has woven together. Yet, the bound version of a book might be old-fashion and eventually become obsolete with all...

book

reading

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bamamo I am a huge reader, and own a Sony Reader which I love. It has awesome battery life, feels like reading a "real book", and I can bring about 300 books with me, which is a huge plus as I travel a lot. At times it's also more comfortable than holding a book, if...

3 Jun 10

Why do you read?

allyoftherain @allyoftherain (7208) • United States 21 May 10

Hey readers out there! So why do you read? Do you read because you find it relaxing or fun? Do you read to learn? Do you think more people should read for the reasons that you read? Please share! I read because I love it! I...

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bamamo I read because I find it entertaining and even when I'm reading a fiction book I can still learn something. I find it interesting to find out about places I've never been and completely different lifestyles the characters may have. I also find it helps me...

3 Jun 10

What is your preferred method of marking your place in your reading?

megamatt @megamatt (14291) • United States 24 May 10

These days, I just tend to finish the chapter that I was starting to and then remember what chapter I was on. At one time, I used bookmarks to keep my place but the problem with bookmarks is that is that they keep sliding into the...

bookmark

folding the page

marking your place

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bamamo I have a Sony Reader, so most of my reading is automatically marked for me. However I still read paper books from time to time. Sometimes I fold down the corner of the page, which I never used to do but I will if it's a library book which has already had a bit...

3 Jun 10

why do people read friction?

kiran12688 @kiran12688 (22) • India 24 May 10

i have always wondered tha i see fiction books are totally useless. i am a huge reader. 2 books per week. but i read non fiction books

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bamamo I can understand enjoying reading non-fiction, but for me that's not so much entertaining as it is a learning experience. I read fiction because I see it as entertainment just like a movie would be. You are still able to learn things from fiction, I've lost...

3 Jun 10

The obsession with Twilight: Do you get it?

goldilocks70 @goldilocks70 (89) • United States 23 May 10

I just don't get this whole obsession with the Twilight series. I think what gets to me the most is I am on a social network site with "moms" and there are younger and older moms that are absolutely in love with the male...

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bamamo I don't get it AT ALL. I got the first one from the library to see what the fuss was about and hated it so much I wrote a spoiler on a piece of paper and stuck it a few chapters earlier before I returned it. A little harsh but I didn't want anyone else wasting...

2 Jun 10

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fast reading

mamafenny @mamafenny (11) • Indonesia 29 May 10

i love books, and i love reading. but sometimes i feel so wasting that i read the whole book, page per page, with so many books out there launched every day. it feels like forever. i haven't event finished reading my current books...

fast reading

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bamamo You're never going to read all the books in the world. It's much better to concentrate on enjoying the ones you are reading, so that you get an understanding rather than rushing. And if you aren't enjoying the book, simply stop reading, life's way too short....

2 Jun 10

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language

vathsala @vathsala30 (3732) • India 25 Oct 09

Apart from your mother tongue, Can you speak, any other language? if so how many languages do you know? I can speak five Indian languages apart from my mother tongue fluently and can even read and write all the languages I know.

languages known

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bamamo Less than I would like! But I recently discovered a passion for languages so I hope the number will increase. English is my mother tongue, my next best language is German which I have a pretty good understanding of, and will improve even more the next year...

2 Jun 10

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is it true that a person could learn three or more languages at one time?

xiaolicci @xiaolicci (25) • China 27 Jan 10

i want to learn another language, and i heard that someone could learn three languages at one time, is it true? but i don't think so, may be you can learn english and french at one time, because they are so similar to each other,...

language learning french korean spanish

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bamamo I think the best way is to learn one language to a reasonable level, then move onto another, but keep practising the one you just learned so you don't forget it! If you try to learn two or more languages from scratch at the same time it becomes confusing with...

2 Jun 10