shelagh77

@shelagh77 (3643)

Age 67

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Discussions (350)

shelagh77's Discussions

If you win a large sum of cash should you still bid on eBay

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 28 Jun 10

Here is an ethical question for you. During a discussion with friends at the weekend we were discussing whether we would change our spending habits if we were to win a large sum of money on a lottery or such like. Whilst was...

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Acclimatising to the film version of Aragorn

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 5 Jun 10

I read and re-read The Hobbit and the lord of the Rings trilogy as a teenager and fell in love with Aragorn. There were no pictures so my mind was free to create the man of my dreams, an Aragorn for whom I am still searching. I...

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Secret Santa is a nuisance

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 23 Dec 09

I ordered all my presents on line and am awaiting the final parcel, and then it is all done. Rather it WAS all done. My friend visited last night and was telling me about the brilliant Christmas meal she had enjoyed with...

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Banned from cans

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 23 Dec 09

This one should start a lively debate. I have friends staying with me for the Christmas period and they are doing all of the shopping for me because I have mobility problems and not only do I get very tired by battling my way...

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Will mobile phones with cameras kill off the digital camera?

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 25 Oct 08

I have just been responding to a discussion regarding cameras since I am looking to buy a new one, and my friend has just chirruped up that I would do better to upgrade my mobile phone to one which takes photos, since these are...

camera

choose

phone

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3 people

oh joy we getting kittens

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 8 Sep 08

As I have said before, we are not having a very auspicious year whatsoever, so when my other half acquired 2 kittens on the island I said better get them to the vet as soon as they are old enough to get into trouble. "oh, no need...

fight

kitten

love

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2 people

Has 2008 been a horrible year so far?

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 8 Sep 08

I have hardly been able to get into mylot at all this year because I have had one problem after another. Bereavements, ceilings falling down, inlaws getting sick, you name it it has happened and now to cap it all off I have a...

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5 people

a Blonde's horrible flan - and a tip

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 18 Apr 08

My dear partner bought me an egg and bacon flan. I don't know why, since I can make that myself, but anyways, I decided to have a slice and it confirmed all my deep misgivings about bought flans. It was horrrrrrrrrible. Runny...

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Vanishing Lid Syndrome

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 18 Apr 08

Do you suffer with this too? You unscrew the cap, apply oodles of jam/jelly, or take out your pickled onion, whatever. Now just where did that darned lid go? You scour the work surface, floor, any drawer you may have used - no...

lid

vanish

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My failed nasturtium lie - ever tried this one?

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 17 Apr 08

When I was at school we had a project to grow a nasturtium plant. You know, Day three a shoot, day 5 2 inches tall etc. Well, I got really bored with this and gave my plant an early "deceased" tag. However, I was too young to...

grow

nasturtium

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Clothes inside out for luck - do you do this?

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 17 Apr 08

I am in trouble again. Dozy here put her tacksuit trousers on inside out because she got turfed out of bed before she was ready. About an hour later I got yelled at "You HAVEN'T BEEN OUTSIDE DRESSED LIKE THAT!!!!! I care what...

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Wet clothes on the bed!!!!!!

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 17 Apr 08

Well, just when I think nothing that my partner does can surprise me, he manages it. He had been racing around getting ready to go on a trip and when he had left Muggins was tidying up. I picked up his jacket, to hang up and...

bed

hog

wet

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Only a man .. .

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 10 Apr 08

Only a man can put candy into the pot pourrai dish and then complain the candy tastes funny. Honest, it just happened. And I cannot stop laughing. Mean, aren't I :-)

andy

pot pourrai

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How to be invisible

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 10 Apr 08

I am having a hissy fit because I have three bags of trash to go out and I have three able bodied men trailing leaves and debris in and out from the garden since they are clearing a shed and NOT ONE of them can pick up a bag and...

garbage

invisible

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2 people

How do you cook seaweed? One for Chinese cooks to answer!

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 7 Apr 08

I buy fried seaweed as a side dish when I order Chinese food but I wonder what TYPE of seaweed is used, and whether it has to be flown in from China, or whether the seaweed wherever the cook happens to be is suitable. How is it...

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Do you clear your spam or leave it to be auto deleted

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 7 Apr 08

I administer about a dozen web sites and have spam fatigue. I don't know what they get out of it but I know I get mightily aggravated. I speed read the titles just to make sure nothing important has slipped into spam then I...

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Beat this for a bedroom caper!

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 7 Apr 08

My partner is very lucky to be in one piece. About a fortnight ago he moved a huge yucca plant into the bedroom to save it from being scoffed by our voracious rosella birds. So far so good. We are hoping to move home so I am...

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Life or death - have you ever had to make the decision to turn off life support

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 18 Mar 08

My Father was fatally injured in a road traffic accident but was kept on life support. I had to give consent for this to be discontinued. We were sort of fortunate in that because he was already suffering with cancer we had had...

decide

not

turn off

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2 people

Spray polish onto the cloth, not the surface

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 18 Mar 08

If you use spray polish, you will find that it goes much further if you spray it onto the cloth you use to polish and buff rather than blanket-spraying the whole surface. If you use the old fashioned beeswax you will save more...

economy

polish

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Why do web templates always use orem ipsum dolor sit amet etc?

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 18 Mar 08

I use a lot of web templates and there is always this orem ipsum dolor sit amet, etc, a lot of it. WHY do they do that, and what on earth does it mean? Is it some standard thing they put on? I can't see why a nice little poem or...

lorem

template

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