crabby1

@crabby1 (304)

Australia • Age 86

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Childbirth... Natural vs. C-Section

miteemiget @miteemiget (31) • United States 22 Jan 07

I am absolutely scared to death to have a natural delivery. Although I do plan to have an epidural. I also plan to ask my Dr, if I have a choice, or if c-section is a last resort only.... I've been told that it's not childbirth...

childbirth

delivery

pregnancy

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crabby1 Following the recent birth of their first child the young couple were chatting away in the hospital ward when they received a visit from her Doctor. He checked the chart on the end of the bed made some pleasantries to them and made to leave. The amorous young...

23 Jan 07

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Childbirth... Natural vs. C-Section

miteemiget @miteemiget (31) • United States 22 Jan 07

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crabby1 Years ago a mate of mine who is a wheat farmer visited the maternity hospital with his Wife following the birth of a nephew by natural birth. How big is the baby the Mother was asked? Seventeen inches and eleven pounds she replied. The Ladies standing the bed...

23 Jan 07

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Spouse Swapping - What do you Think?

Geoas @ashjoe76 (1422) • India 17 Jan 07

I have a friend who keeps telling everyone that he is so much interested in spouse swapping. But none of his friends encourage him. There are are many who think that he has gone crazy. But he says it is not a sin, as adult human...

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crabby1 A great mate you'd be do you really think your mates would want you inflicting your Mrs on them we know you are a practical joker but that the last straw

18 Jan 07

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myLot’s Zero-Tolerance Spam Policy

myLot! @myLot (127) • Kansas City, Missouri 4 Dec 06

It is a strict violation of the myLot community guidelines to copy the topics, comments, and responses of other users and paste them as your own contribution. Anyone who participates in this activity will have their account...

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crabby1 It is a pity there is not some way of helping people who's first language is not English that are not familiar with the way English is spoken, arrange the grammer in their posts correctly. It would help them get it right the first time and make it much easier...

18 Jan 07

Do You Take Your Own Bag When You Shop?

villageanne @villageanne (8553) • United States 17 Jan 07

Years ago, all the bags were paper. They were sturdy and had many uses. Farmers used them to gather their veggies in them. Parents used them to gather outgrown clothes in to be given away. Kids used them to color on and then they...

frugal living

sewing

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crabby1 Back in the 1960s my Mother didn't use the brown paper bags, they weren't available in Australia. She carried about six small String Bags in her handbag. They were constructed out of a fine black or navy blue cotton mesh like a fishing net and had two...

17 Jan 07

16 children!!!!

slanderson52 @slanderson52 (542) • United States 14 Jan 07

I recently saw a program on the Discovery channel showing a mother and father with 16 children, all biological!!! This poor woman has been pregnant practically from the beginning of her marriage on. If I remember right, I don't...

children

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crabby1 I am doing our family tree and in searching back through the genealogy am amazed that a family of twelve children was only average back then in the 1900s Often there were eighteen or more. How they fed them all is anybody's guess. Obviously they didn't have to...

15 Jan 07

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Tax on rain water

shaz6611 @shaz6611 (951) • Australia 14 Jan 07

I am from Australia and we are currently in drought conditions and have had water restrictions placed on us. As we are all using less water the government is not receiving as much revenue from water usage. Apparently an email was...

taxes

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crabby1 Don't blame me I didn't vote for the Liberals. What gives me the absolute pip is when I built my new house only ten years ago we weren't allowed to put rain water tanks under the concrete slab which is the obvious place for them as these days the yards are so...

15 Jan 07

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When should you talk to your child about the birds and the bees?

mzbubblie @mzbubblie (3839) • United States 13 Jan 07

My son is 11yrs old and here recently his voice actually changed, it's a bit deeper than before. This was the 1st sign to me that let me know my lil man is getting older. That also got me to thinking when should I start talking to...

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crabby1 making babies is nothing about the bees it's all about the birds in particular the LARKS in the dark

14 Jan 07

Discipline: Would you report someone who spanks their children?

sabrinam @sabrinam (1203) • United States 13 Jan 07

There is a fear in the US of people disciplining their children, once upon a time, you couldn't go to the grocery store and act up because if you did, the store manager would tell a mother to remove their disruptive child...fast...

had a beautiful son

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crabby1 I believe children should be taught by their parents what is right and what is wrong if this involves disciplining the child so be it. If the onlookers are squeamish about it too bad. This method of telling the child just wait til your father gets home is...

14 Jan 07

where can i find a successful online business info

OROKAM55 @OROKAM55 (121) • United States 12 Jan 07

I have been searching for a good and profitable online business for about two years now. Online crooks have bag in about $500 of my money and still could not find anything good. Does good online business exists? Many of these...

does real iternet business exists

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crabby1 A friend of has a son who though mentally handicapped is running a good money earner. We live in Australia so he targets the vast number of ex pat Australians who live overseas. He goes around the local stores and markets and buys anything that has "Australia"...

13 Jan 07

Why don't governments ban smoking?

nidhinrv @nidhinrv (103) • India 8 Jan 07

I have read in a lot of places that a bit of alcoholism is guf for heaith.less tha 120 ml being the accurate amount.But is there anybody in this world who is benefitting from smoking and use of other tobacco products?It is evident...

affects revenue

ban smoking

saves a lot of lives

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crabby1 THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS GREED Governments don't have a duty of care for their citizens. All governments rely on the duty levied on the production and sale of tobacco and are loathe to outlaw the industry as a whole as they would then have to find the money...

8 Jan 07

New Year delayed by one second

Mary Ann @therealmaryyy (3162) • Philippines 31 Dec 16

i don't even know the basis of an Atomic Clock. what is it made of?! hehe but regardless if the New Year is delayed by one second or not-- there will still be Fireworks and People!!!...

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crabby1 i don't even know the basis of an Atomic Clock. what is it made of?! hehe but regardless if the New Year is delayed by one second or not-- there will still be Fireworks and People!!!...

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They are only here to abuse the system?

Rapture @Rapture (84) • United States 28 Dec 06

I've read the rules, and I thought I understood them... but.... I do not understand how some users can still be around after posting hundreds and hundreds of stupid useless pointless posts, some of them just say stupid things...

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crabby1 Now Mylot won't allow you to cut and paste your own articles written using your word processor unless you have a score of 500 or more. The ones with scores over 500 are the people who have been cutting and pasting everyone else's original works. they are the...

29 Dec 06

Is racial discrimination prevalent in Australia?

win0120ph @win0120ph (135) • Philippines 13 Dec 06

Australia is a nice place to live. But are the Australians ready to accept influx of migration.

australia

culture

migration

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crabby1 Migration is a catch 22 subject. Australia has migrants from more than 180 countries but the intake has to be limited as the present infrastructure cannot cope with a huge influx of people without causing our standard of living to plummet and after all it is...

13 Dec 06

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consistent quiet time...huhu, i am struggling with it.

jingbautista @jingbautista (2456) • Philippines 17 May 10

well, we are told most of the time to do our quiet times regularly and should be early in the morning. however, it was not the case for me. when i was first a christian, during the first years of my christian life, i really do the...

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crabby1 well, we are told most of the time to do our quiet times regularly and should be early in the morning. however, it was not the case for me. when i was first a christian, during the first years of my christian life, i really do the quiet time that consistently...

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Keep him or finally let it go?

jesi06 @jesi06 (279) • United States 13 Dec 06

Ok,here's the story. I have been dating this guy off and on for 5 years now. Each time we "start up" again everything seems to go good for about the first week or two. Then he starts trying to "control" me telling me I cannot talk...

dating

relationships

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crabby1 Are you sure you are not blonde. he sure treats you like a dumb a s s

13 Dec 06

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Unemployed

ElusiveButterfly @ElusiveButterfly (45940) • United States 6 Dec 06

I have been Unemployed since September 18th, 2006. My husband has been

bills

finding jobs

unemployed

unemployment benefits

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crabby1 What is he doing to rid himself of his ascent. There are people who came to my country as adults speaking no English who now speak it with no detectable accent. You would think they were born here. There are speech remedial classes in most English speaking...

7 Dec 06

air port

hariholla @hariholla (413) • India 30 Sep 09

which is the best airport? whether it is Bangalore or Hyderabad in India?

crabby1 which is the best airport? whether it is Bangalore or Hyderabad in India?

30 Sep 09

Which part of India do foreigners prefer?

tsprabhu @tsprabhu (705) • India 6 Dec 06

For a tour..

travel

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crabby1 Suva, not so many Indians there

6 Dec 06

Rough childhood!

baysmummy @baysmummy (1637) • Australia 4 Dec 06

It really annoys me, Since i have joined mylot i see so many people who blame the way they are now and how bad their life has become on how their parents brought them up and what happened to them when they were growing up! When...

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crabby1 Back in the 1880s My Grandfather (Tom) was nine years of age. He was the eldest of nine children His father was killed by dynamite in a mining accident. Their Mother was so horrified she ran of into the bush. The children buried their Father's body under river...

5 Dec 06