caramello

@caramello (4377)

Australia • Age 71

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Prisoners caring for injured wildlife

lilaclady @lilaclady (28207) • Australia 29 Sep 08

I saw a show on TV that showed in Darwin Australia ijured wildlife after first being fixed up by vets are taken to the local prisoners to rehabiltate so they can be released back into the wild..I think this is one of the best ways...

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caramello The prison my husband works in....the one who houses the likes of Carl Williams etc. they have an animal farm which has animals in and only those who they deem as responsible prisoners are able to look after these animals. Some of them have been injured and...

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Who did you name your pet for?

worldwise1 @worldwise1 (14885) • United States 26 Sep 08

It's a fact that we often choose names for our pets from famous people to movie and TV stars. Looking back on some of the names we chose for pets when my kids were growing up I remember a little dog we named Venus, for the...

taurus

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caramello The pets I have now are a dog which is a Kelpie cross Heeler and his name is Jimi after Jimi Hendrix. And a cat named Priscilla after the Movie as she is certainly a "queen"

26 Sep 08

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Thinking about petrol (gas)

lilaclady @lilaclady (28207) • Australia 5 Aug 08

I was driving to a friends place the other day and i had to go through quite a few new housing estates and it made me think how we human don't do much thinking... Today we are in a petrol crisis, it is so expensive people are...

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caramello This is part of the reason we are selling up and moving lilaclady. One is to be closer to hubbys' work as the amount it costs to fill his car each week is crazy. He was in a car pool situation but that has recently changed hence the fuel bill up again. Also we...

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Earthquake

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11377) • United States 29 Jul 08

Today my world has been shaking. We had an earthquake this morning and and it was 5.4 and did damage. Nobody was seriously hurt, but several people had items fall on them. We lost our power for a short amount of time. It was...

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caramello Wow that is pretty scary Fishmomma and as my day has just started hopefully it will be a smooth one. Glad you are fine though!

29 Jul 08

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Australians are world champion 'fatties'

Aussies2007 @Aussies2007 (5336) • Australia 20 Jun 08

Statistics showing 26 per cent of adult Australians - almost four million - are obese, were "staggering", Health Minister Nicola Roxon said. America has a 25 per cent obesity rate. Ms Roxon said the report, Australia's...

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caramello Why does this not surprise me! You only have to go around the food courts and restaurants and see the amount of people eating at all times of the day and why not? There is such a huge variety of food out there for people to have and the temptation is there!...

29 Jul 08

The best way to deal with a troll ...

guybrush @guybrush (4658) • Australia 27 Jul 08

What do you do when you know a troll has followed you and has made a new account (which is not allowed on myLot anyway)? Is it best to call their bluff and 'out' them - or merely report them and hope myLot will deal with them? I...

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caramello It is easier said than done about ignoring people like this.....I know! In another site I was "friends" with someone and when things went sour (she did not believe I was having computor trouble) was the start of it and it blew up from there. To this day I...

28 Jul 08

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Have you heard of Qassia?

billionaire5 @billionaire5 (1333) • United States 26 Jul 08

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caramello Hi billionaire......."intelligence" you said is needed here!!!!!Well that leaves me out! Does this involve people in Australia also?

26 Jul 08

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Batman: Dark Knight?

baileycows @baileycows (3665) • United States 15 Jul 08

Anyone going to the the preshowing of the new Batman movie? Do you think it is going to be good? What are your thoughts?

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caramello I am in two minds about going to see this movie, especially being Heaths' last one! But as time goes on may go and see it. I thought I heard it goes for 3 hours! RIP Heath Ledger.

15 Jul 08

Grandma Feels Left Out

bcreative @bcreative (16) • United States 7 Jul 08

I have a little 8 month old grandaughter living fairly close to me. I want to help and get to know her better. My daughter in law discourages me from being around her except just for very short periods of time. I can only hold...

new grandma

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caramello Firstly I feel for you in this situation as I have seen this quite often and do find it rather sad that this happens. No I don't think it is the new generation as I have seen this over quite a few years even in my own family (in-laws) where one side is left...

8 Jul 08

what do you do with those unwanted catalogues in your letterbox

suehan1 @suehan1 (4344) • Australia 7 Jul 08

do you just throw them out or do you study them front to back for all those bargains at your local shops.mostly i just throw them out,but the last few days i have taken the time to look at them and was surprised to fond a few...

catalogues

junk mail

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caramello Since moving out to rural area we do not receive catalogues (hubby pleased about it of course!) But I do miss them as used to like just browsing (most of the time anyway) My son gets heaps where he lives and sometimes if I am dropping something...

7 Jul 08

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wooden spoons.i need advice

suehan1 @suehan1 (4344) • Australia 7 Jul 08

i started to make a cake a while ago and the rescipe required me to use a wooden spoon which i did not have.is it necessary for me to use it?what difference does it make?can i get away without using one?.if any of you great mylot...

wooden spoons

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caramello I think there is something to do with using a kitchen spoon to a wooden one sue but if you do not have a wooden one a plastic spatula or anything plastic that will mix should do the trick.....by the way am heading your way soon so put the kettle on and looking...

7 Jul 08

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Do you still response on discussion that already have a best response?

grecychunny26 @grecychunny26 (9483) • Philippines 3 Jul 08

Do you still response on that discussion. I have so many discussion seen today, and all of it have a best response, but I still responded anyway. My goal is to help and I will be nuts if i do not admit i want an earning. There are...

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caramello If someone already had a best response in a discussion and I felt I could put input into it I would still respond.

7 Jul 08

what sport do you like?

wangzhuan000 @wangzhuan000 (70) • China 6 Jul 08

As we all know, there are many sport games in Olympic Games. I like watching match though I am not good at sport. I like Basketball, Soccer, Track and Field, Swimming, and Table Tennis. To me, Olympic Soccer match is not as good...

basketball games

sport olympic

track and field

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caramello The only sport I do these days is sitting in the chair and watching it! I love Australian rules football and my team Geelong won the finals last year (after a very, very long time) and are doing well again this year, so fingers crossed. I also like the tennis...

7 Jul 08

High Cholesterol, how to handle it with diet

DonnaLawson @DonnaLawson (4032) • United States 29 Jun 08

My husband has very high cholesterol and takes medications for it, but it isn't helping to lower it.. He also has had to have 5 stents put into his stomach to help the circulation to his legs and that isn't working.. He is up for...

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caramello I have had high Cholesterol for many years now and tried using the products that say will lower it but with no luck. Finally my Dr. put me on meds. (Crestor) and within 6 weeks having recently had another blood test, it went from 7.0 to 4.9 which is very good....

5 Jul 08

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Can this kitten come down without help?

polachicago @polachicago (18716) • United States 5 Jul 08

My heart is broken. Little black kitten is sitting on the top of the tree crying for help. It happened next to bank location. Local residents call fire department, but fire department refused to help. The tree is very, very...

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caramello I find it amazing that the fire department will not help! In Aussie land our firemen not only go out of their way for humans but would do the same for animals, as this has been shown many times in the news. Cats can get down from all kinds of...

5 Jul 08

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