durzor
@durzor (42)
New Zealand • Age 55
Joined myLot 18 years ago
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Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
26 Jun 20
When Danes drink and clink glasses they use the word "skaal" which is the Danish version of cheers. "Skaal" means bowl, and at first it doesn't really make sense - we use glasses not bowls.
I was surprised to read about the...
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durzor When Danes drink and clink glasses they use the word "skaal" which is the Danish version of cheers. "Skaal" means bowl, and at first it doesn't really make sense - we use glasses not bowls.
I was surprised to read about the origin of the word. I am not sure...
26 Jun 20
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (119568)
• United States
17 Jun 20
Quaker Oats announced that it is retiring the Aunt Jemima brand of syrup citing the fact that its history is based on a racist depiction of slaves that worked as "mammies" that cared for white children. The brand is based on a...
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durzor Quaker Oats announced that it is retiring the Aunt Jemima brand of syrup citing the fact that its history is based on a racist depiction of slaves that worked as "mammies" that cared for white children. The brand is based on a song called "Old Aunt Jemima"...
17 Jun 20
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manong05
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
You are just fulfilling your responsibility as parents since I am the result of your union. I don't owe anybody anything not even to you! We heard our teener neighbor shouting at his parents. Apparently he was rebelling against...
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purposedriven
@purposedriven (842)
• United States
9 Jan 07
For some of us childhood was a memorable and happy time. There are stories to share about growing up, about the time when we tasted something for the first time, about the scars that we got from falling out of trees and the list...
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birthlady
@birthlady (5609)
• United States
8 Jan 07
School started for me today, online, through Drexel University. I'm completing my Bachelor of Science in Psychology, (I'm a junior), and am required to complete a course project due in 10 weeks, for my Abnormal Psychology class....
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durzor I was a sufferer of PPD... I was 27yrs old when I had my first and only child, I had absolutely no idea of what to expect, I'd read all the books etc and been to the classes and still I felt soooo unprepared. (I think this was the beginning of my depression)....
9 Jan 07
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Macy
@almostoveryou (4777)
• Philippines
3 Mar 17
I used to be a regular consumer of local news, both the bad and the beautiful. Since the last national elections, however, I have been experiencing anxiety over certain political movements and issues. For the first time in my...
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durzor I used to be a regular consumer of local news, both the bad and the beautiful. Since the last national elections, however, I have been experiencing anxiety over certain political movements and issues. For the first time in my life, I had seriously thought of...
3 Mar 17
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brokentia
@brokentia (10389)
• United States
8 Jan 07
I am currently reading a book that I was really getting irritated with and it is supposed to be funny...but I am not finding the real humor. So, after thr first three chapters, I decided I wanted to quit reading the book.
It is...
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Stacey
@xstitcher (32416)
• Petaluma, California
20 Oct 16
Well, so glad that today is my Friday. I'm going to check my schedule to make absolutely sure, but I'm pretty sure I don't work tomorrow, which is fine. I can stay home and cough without bothering anyone....
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