sharra1

@sharra1 (6340)

Australia

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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What do you think of asylum seekers and their plight?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 17 Sep 11

One of the big issues in Australia’s political debates at the moment is the so called problem of boat people, or asylum seekers who are so desperate to reach a safe haven that they risk travelling in dangerous boats to reach our...

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2 people

What do you think we should be doing about climate change?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 17 Sep 11

In Australia we are trying to bring in a carbon tax to reduce pollution and change from a carbon based power system to a low carbon and renewable energy power system. For me this is the only sensible way to go into the future and...

big talk

climate change

science

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1 person

What is going wrong with our world?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 27 Mar 11

What is wrong with our world these days? I just read a news report that a young Australian woman working in the United Arab Emirates as a manager in an international hotel has just been released from prison after 8 months. Her...

crim

rape

women

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Do you think it is possible to ever really safe or is it just an illusion?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 7 Jan 10

I realised the other night that we can never really feel safe and it was a bit scary. We need to feel safe in order to function. If I gave into those fears I would be unable to function, would be too scared to leave my house and...

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2 people

Puppies and older dogs

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 29 Aug 09

We have a lovely 5 year old male dog who is fairly placid. Our other dog died 2 years ago and we had been thinking of getting a puppy for over a year. Well we found a puppy at last. She is a lovely feisty kelpie cross and has...

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2 people

My dog bit me and I am puzzled. Has your dog ever bitten you?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 8 Apr 09

I do not think it was a serious bite, more a warning but he is so strong and has such big teeth that it bruised my nose. It was partly my fault but the other day he also mouthed the gas delivery man on the arm. He has never bitten...

dogs biting people

dogs biting their owners

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5 people

Do you ever long for a simpler life?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 16 Mar 09

I love reading books set in the past and seeing a world that appears to have been much less complicated. It had its own problems but it makes me think that we have made this world too busy, too stressful and too demanding. We have...

complexity of life

getting away from it all

simple life

stress

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Oh no I’ve got mylot burnout, do you get this?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 19 Jan 09

Do you get to a stage where you find you are answering lots of discussions about the same topic. They are all written by different people and all phrased differently but the question they are asking is the same as so many others...

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6 people

Why do supermarkets put items where you would never think to look for them?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 13 Jan 09

I wish they would stack shelves in some logical sense. For example paper goods with paper goods. But no they put paper towels with soups. It makes no sense and then just as you start to learn how a particular store stacks its...

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6 people

Have you ever been ignored? What happened? How did it make you feel?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 4 Jan 09

I have. I have had many times in my life when I have been ignored or just seemed to be invisible to some people. Times when I have tied to catch the person’s attention and they have either looked right through me or averted their...

being ignored

feeling invisible

rude people

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7 people

Have you ever known someone who finishes all your sentences for you?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 3 Jan 09

Well I do. I am not talking about someone who just interrupts and never lets you finish but someone who knows you so well that he knows what you are going to say. I never get to finish a sentence any more as my partner always...

people interrerupting

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3 people

Have you ever had money wiped from your account by a PTC site?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 22 Dec 08

I am seriously annoyed with ThinkBux as they have wiped $2.26 out of my account. This happened when they changed the system on the 8th of December. They posted this message as though that somehow makes it all right. [i]*...

losing money

ptc scams

ripped off

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Have you ever been criticised or insulted because you could not pay on the spot?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 21 Dec 08

That happened to me once when I rushed my cat to the vets. I did not realise she was dying and all he did was put her to sleep and then complain because I had no cash on me or a credit card to pay him for killing her. I was so...

banks

being insulted

being made to feel ashamed

insulted for not carrying enough cash

rude people

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Do you remember fruit?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 16 Dec 08

Can you remember fruit? You know, that funny thing your mother used to give you, and when you bit it juice flowed into you mouth and flavour exploded. It was bliss. Today I bought some little yellow lumps of vaguely moist...

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4 people

Have you become lost or separated from family or loved ones? How did you feel?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 13 Dec 08

Have you ever got lost and panicked because you did not know where your family or friends were? I have felt this often. Even something as simple as meeting up in a supermarket can leave me scared. I check every isle and cannot...

losing people

lost

panic

separation from family

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2 people

Do you have a fear of heights?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 8 Dec 08

I cannot stand on the edge of anything without fear and I remember falling once and not being able to see the ground. I was hanging off a tree branch and my mother was too busy laughing at me to tell me that my feet were only a...

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10 people

Can anyone offer me some advice?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 5 Dec 08

My dog is acting like he is in pain but we can find nothing wrong with him. We rang the vet and she suggested that he could just have his nose out of joint. I am really puzzled about this. Symptoms are whimpering occasionally...

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6 people

How would you feel if all your childhood pictures were burned?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 4 Dec 08

I went looking for my childhood pictures one day and my mother told me she had burned all of them, not just mine but every picture of the family. Now there is no record at all. The only pictures I have are the ones I took as an...

family photos

lost memories

photos

pictures lost in fire

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6 people

Have you ever used a electrolysis to remove hair?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 2 Dec 08

I bought an electrolysis machine call tough and go years ago but have never had the courage to use it and I do not know any one who has tried one. It says the hair removal is permanent and that scared me in case I stuffed it...

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2 people

How many drinks does it take to make you drunk?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 1 Dec 08

Not many with me any more as I am taking pain killer that increase the effect. I can hardly drink at all any more unless I am home. I think I am not supposed to drink at all while taking them but I do like a glass of wine with my...

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4 people