durzor
@durzor (42)
New Zealand • Age 55
Joined myLot 18 years ago
Kia ora (Hello)
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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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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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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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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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