cloudwatcher

@cloudwatcher (6861)

Australia • Age 88

Joined myLot 18 years ago

So live that when you come to die, you have nothing left to do, but die.

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Discussions (68)

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USELESS! or are you being stretched in order to reach your potential?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 27 Sep 10

Bright and colourful / plain brown / big or small / thick or thin - they come in various thicknesses, strengths and colours, but no matter how attractive or strong they are, they are USELESS...

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Close enough to touch?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 28 May 10

We have returned from our 17 day tour of New Zealand. I doubt if there is another country in the world that offers such a vast diversity of scenery and experience in such a small area. With thermal hot springs over a vast area and...

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"Let the pony have his head" - Celebrating Australia Day - 26th January

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 25 Jan 10

"The Man from Snowy River" is possibly one of the best known Aussie poems, written by AB “Banjo” Paterson 1864-1941. I find this poem very rich in lessons for all of us. A bit of background for the poem, to whet your appetite:...

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have i been good?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 22 Nov 09

“Have I been good?” is a question so often asked by children that I have to ask why. It seems they no longer know what “being good” is. They KNOW when they have been naughty, but they don’t know whether or not they’ve been good....

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koalas on the way out?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 10 Nov 09

Today’s news gave us the information that there is now only an estimated 35,000 koalas left in Australia with the maximum possibly at 60,000. This does not put them in the endangered classification but certainly in the...

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“IF ONLY…..” What sad words! I heard these at a funeral this week.

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 4 Nov 09

“IF ONLY…..” What sad words! I’ve heard them many times before. “If only. . .” “If only I had listened to him, he might still be alive” or “If only I’d told her I forgive her before she died” So...

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A CHILD'S VIEW OF MUM. How do your children view you?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 3 Nov 09

[b][i]Is this what you thought about your mum when you were little? Is it what your children thought of you?[/i][/b] I received this as an email and while I don't usually pass on such things I thought we could all do with a...

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DO YOU HAVE A "BIG JOHN"? How do you react to a "Big John"?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 31 Oct 09

While preparing a lesson I came across this story and thought it had much merit for all of us, as we all encounter problems throughout our week. One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus station, started his bus, and drove off...

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THE WORMS ARE BITING - A follow-on from my discussion on compromise.

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 23 Oct 09

A workman on a construction crew, each morning as he drove to work, waved and spoke to a young boy at a fishing spot. One day, when he asked if the fish were biting, he received a strange reply: [b][i]“The FISH aren’t biting, but...

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WHY YOUR COMPUTER CRASHES. What do you do?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 9 Oct 09

I received this in an email a few years ago and found it while clearing out files. Very cleverly put together, though a bit out-of-date now, it is still quite amusing. If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the...

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GENES, ENVIRONMENT, UPBRINGING? Which is dominant?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 15 Sep 09

In a myLot discussion about positive and negative attitudes, a friend queried if these things could be inherited from the parents. This made me think of arguments presented against adoption. I have friends who have adopted...

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a lesson from a cat

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 6 Sep 09

Many of Aesop’s Fables and stories from ancient mythology have good moral lessons for us today, and even nursery rhymes can be used for this. Let’s consider this well known nursery rhyme. Puzzy cat, Puzzy cat, where have you...

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Peculiarities of English - Can you add more?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 4 Sep 09

A few discussions lately have spoken of the English language. When we read some of the old classics, we are swept upwards by the emotions expressed in words. It is a grand language. On the other hand, English is also full of...

double meanings

english language

peculiarities

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What made Britain great?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 2 Sep 09

I left England when I was 11 years old and have lived in Australia for 62 years, but have made several trips back "home". I am a true-blue, fair-dinkum, dinki-di Aussie - but I am proud of my English heritage and have a deep...

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Should all prisons be self-supporting?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 2 Sep 09

Should all our prisons be self-sufficient, requiring no financial help from the government/tax payers? I'm not suggesting a return to sentences with "hard labour" but should all prisoners have to do a normal day's work in...

lifestyle

prisoner

work

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Puxsy cat, Puxsy cat, where have you been?

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 3 Aug 07

Puxsy cat, Puxsy cat, where have you been? I've been to London to visit the queen. Pusxy cat, Pusxy cat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse, under the chair. Have you ever thought about this rhyme? This cat...

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Ex-patriate Brits! Those who have left Britain (especially England) and made

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 22 Jul 07

your home in another Country, how do you feel about Britain? Is it still your Motherland? Are you proud of your heritage? I left England when I was 11 years old and have lived in Australia for 60 years, but have made several...

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Ear piercing for babies.

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 25 Apr 07

This week I was talking with a new mother. The baby girl was only two weeks old and she had her ears pierced. I have no knowledge of any medical reasons against this practice, but to me it seems so unreal and unnecessary. A...

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National Service for petty crims? It has been suggested, here in Australia,

cloudwatcher @cloudwatcher (6861) • Australia 25 Apr 07

that a reasonable penalty for some crimes be a term of compulsory National Service. Juvenile crime and vandalism is rampant. Only today it was reported that someone was caught stealing from a store just hours after leaving...

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