pollytoast

@pollytoast (195)

Age 45

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Too Old for Facebook?

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 14 Mar 11

p1kelet told me the other day that parents that have FB accounts are "very sad". I had a litle thought about theis and decided that I may be "sad" but at least my 90 friends are friends (many online ones but no lesser beings for...

facebook

silver surfer

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pollytoast sounds like p1kelet needs to grow up! There is no age limit to when you stop talking to your friends, my mum is on facebook and the only thing that bothers me about that is watching i don't swear so much! People should keep in touch with friends by any means...

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Have you received a call from an unknown number? What did you do?

reco13 @reco13 (605) • Philippines 14 Mar 11

Most of the time, I received calls from unknown numbers. I usually turn these calls down. I am not expecting any call from other people and they know that I prefer texting and being texted than being called. I also know that if...

calls

cellphone

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pollytoast I am the same as you, I will not answer a call from an unknown number, I always suspect it to be one of those scams where they offer a holiday or something if you give them your details. If it is important the person will call the house phone or leave a...

15 Mar 11

Neobux is paying 0.001 cents instead of 0.01 per ad.

syedayub @syedayub (252) • India 15 Mar 11

Hi friends, since 2 days neobux is paying 0.001 cents instead of 0.01 per ad, have any one notice this, this show the signs of scam, guys what do you say regarding this.

cents

neobux

scam

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pollytoast I am very worried about this but decided to keep clicking and see what happened but i can no longer get into my account and I am concerned as i have $72. I cannot even get into the forum and have sent messages through email support but no reply. my home screen...

15 Mar 11

What are the 3 things that you are passionate about?

santosmarichris @santosmarichris (1849) • Philippines 9 Mar 11

For me I have discovered things that makes me happy and it's so simple yet I'm very much passionate about it. I love pictures, I love looking at family picture, fun pictures, etc. I'm also passionate about food, in fact I love...

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pollytoast I too am passionate about food and watch cookery shows then try to make some of the meals, sometimes it works, sometimes not! I am very passionate about my family, my husband and two children in particular. Since trying to conceive my first child I started...

9 Mar 11

I am not married but I am having a baby with my BF. People say is is wrong.

slstewart18 @slstewart18 (194) • United States 10 Feb 11

People think that everyone should be married before they have a baby. I don't agree, I have a loving boyfriend who is very supportive. I don't need a piece of paper making it real. I don't want to deal with the stupid court system...

baby

mother

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pollytoast Don't worry about stupid narrow minded people, I am married only because my husband is catholic but I do not believe in God at all so for me going into the church and spending all that money seemed stupid but I love my husband and if it was me who was religous...

10 Feb 11

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Do you avoid eating butter?

mermaidivy @mermaidivy (15394) • United States 9 Feb 11

Do you not put any butter on bread because butter is fat? I think butter just goes so good with bread, it feels like missing something if eating bread without butter. I know it is not good for us if eating too much butter but......

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pollytoast I love butter so much but it is so fattening that I only use it on the odd occasion, I use a low fat olive spread instead, it tastes almost the same as butter but not quite as good but is just over half the fat. I too use olive oil or sunflower oil to cook...

10 Feb 11

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Shutting down your computer

beamer88 @beamer88 (4259) • Philippines 7 Feb 11

Is it ill-advisable to just close the monitor of your laptop when you're done using it? I have this lazy habit of doing that especially when I feel sleepy. I don't even shut down the computer nor close all the programs that were...

laptop

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pollytoast I too have this terrible habit and what happens every couple of days, is that my netbook will just freeze and I then have to restart it.

7 Feb 11

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Do you still know how to use a pen?

beamer88 @beamer88 (4259) • Philippines 7 Feb 11

With a lot of the gadgets we use having keyboards, key pads, touch screens and stuff, we barely use our pens to write. I've noticed that my penmanship kind of deteriorated and I now have to exert a little effort so that my...

penmanship

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pollytoast I love to use a pen even though I have my netbook with me all the time. For some reason I find that my mind tends to run free when I just get a pen and notepad and write my thoughts down. This is what I do when writing my blogs or a new page on a website, I...

7 Feb 11

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Did you get an epidural in labor?

mermaidivy @mermaidivy (15394) • United States 31 Jan 11

When I first got pregnant, I was worried abuot the serious intense pain that I was going to have. Then I was considering I might get an epidural when I go into labor. But somehow, I picked a midwife that doesn't provide epidural...

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pollytoast My son who will be 2 this month was 4 weeks early, when my waters broke early I thought this would be a quick labor as my body obviously wanted my baby out, my contractions started one and a half hours after waters breaking and they lasted a very long hard 41...

2 Feb 11

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What's your best side?

beamer88 @beamer88 (4259) • Philippines 2 Feb 11

Whenever people have their picture taken, they usually angle their face towards a certain direction saying that it's their best side. Even people in the entertainment industry or those vane politicians prefer a certain side when...

photograph

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pollytoast I can't stand seeing my face from either side I think I look so ugly. I would rather see my face from the front, not that it is much better but a little better than the side. I do not notice a difference in sides, I think both are as bad as each other.

2 Feb 11

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Exercise your brain by talking to your child.

beamer88 @beamer88 (4259) • Philippines 31 Jan 11

I really dote on my 7-year-old son. He's really a bundle of joy. I always enjoy having a conversation with him. But do you know that talking to kids that age can really give your brain a good exercise? Their questions doesn't only...

exercise

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pollytoast My son is almost two and I have already noticed that I am pronouncing my words better so that i can teach him how to speak properly. I did not realize how similar some words sound like ball and bowl as I would not usually use these words together but I have...

31 Jan 11

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Having pet is a stress reliever..

insulin @insulin (2479) • Philippines 29 Jan 11

I can't explain it but those little pets I have (The hamsters)makes my tiring day better everything I see them and touch them and knowing they are there beside me.I do have dogs as well and it's feeling great as I watch them,can't...

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pollytoast I have a dog and a cat, my dog is like a child to me and I love him so much, I worried that I would not love my children as much as him but now that I have two children I realize that I love them all so much. It is great to have animals as my husband sometimes...

29 Jan 11

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Does anyone sleep in total darkness?

beamer88 @beamer88 (4259) • Philippines 29 Jan 11

My son and I were watching cartoons this morning and he noticed that in cartoons, when the characters are about to sleep, it's total lights off. He then asked me why we leave the night lamp on when we're about to sleep. Now I'm...

total darkness

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pollytoast Yes I sleep with the lights off in total darkness. I thought everyone did, it just seems normal as night time is when we sleep and it is dark at night so natural to sleep in the dark. I would find a light being on annoying even though my eyes are closed, I...

29 Jan 11

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do you like ice-creams?

kamilajasmin @kamilajasmin (39) • India 27 Jan 11

i like ice-creams a lot.i use to eat all types of ice-creams,especially butterscotch and chocolate.but nowadays i am not eating,because frequently i get cold.what about you guys..?

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pollytoast I love ice cream so much even in cold weather! The problem I have with it is it is so high in calories. There is a supermarket near me that had the best ice cream, it had little toffee bits in it plus caramel sauce and little nuts, so yummy but very fattening...

27 Jan 11

Is it really possible to get 8-10 hours of sleep at night?

beamer88 @beamer88 (4259) • Philippines 27 Jan 11

I have come across numerous articles saying that even adults need at least 8-10 hours of sleep. I always do the math and it seems like I can't squeeze in that amount of time of sleep in a day. Has anyone gotten that much sleep?

sleep

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pollytoast it can be really hard to get that much sleep, my daughter is only 8 month old and still gets up just after 5am for a feed do for me to get 8-10 hours sleep I would have to go to bed at 7-9pm but I could not possible go at 7 as that is when I put the children...

27 Jan 11

What do you usually read?

lexirose7350 @lexirose7350 (459) • Philippines 26 Jan 11

I love to read especially all sorts of magazines.I used to subscribe REader's Digest for many years too.Magazines and the likes are informational and they have a little of everything, news, fashion, health, homelife, and life...

books

magazines

reading

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pollytoast I used to love reading magazines and seeing all of the fashion in them and what the celebrities were wearing but I no longer have the time as I have two very young children. I used to read my magazines in the bath, it was great a few years ago before I could...

27 Jan 11

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box vs. scratch...

bookreadermom08 @bookreadermom08 (5614) • United States 26 Jan 11

Is there a big difference between making things from the box vs. making things from scratch.?? now there has been some things that I have made from the box and it was not so well, but it could have been me -- I am not that...

box mix

cooking

scratch

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pollytoast I think it depends on what you are making, I am a good cook but terrible at baking. I will make as much food as I can from scratch but if tastes better from box then yes I will use that. The problem with making things from scratch is that it is so time...

26 Jan 11

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would you live in another country if u had the chance , leaving all your friends

laken02 @laken02 (3065) • United States 25 Jan 11

my sister recenty got the chance to move to china with her husband and kids they got a great deal to go over there and could not turn down this wonderful job offer. and she has since written us and sent pics and it is so pretty...

china

pretty places

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pollytoast I live in Scotland but would love to move to Portugal. I love the weather I think that is the biggest thing for me as it is cold and damp and miserable here most of the year, I would love to live where I could take my kids and dog to the beach for walks on a...

26 Jan 11

would you sacrifice your dreams to your partner?

meanne2003 @meanne2003 (3) • Philippines 23 Jan 11

it's hard to sacrifice your own dreams most especially to your partner because who would you choose your partner or your dreams?..and what if your partner is the one you want to spend your entire life with..if i need to choose one...

carrer or love

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pollytoast My husband means so much to me and of course I have dreams that I have had to sacrifice, I would love to move away but he will not move further away from his parents, but the way I see it is that I am so happy with him that everything else is just a bonus!

25 Jan 11

Can a women and men just be friends without...or falling in love?

mark98 @mark98 (567) • China 25 Jan 11

Can a woman and men just be friends without eventually growing some kinda attraction or falling in love? Even if there is already or was a strong spark between them...can those two people be friends without completely falling...

be friend falling in love

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pollytoast Yes I have many male friends and have never had any feelings for them, I think if you already have a spark for them then that is different and it will lead to something more than friends.

25 Jan 11

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