urbangirl

@urbangirl (1456)

Australia • Age 57

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Has Anyone Read "Freak Onomics"?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 24 Jul 07

I have just bought this book by Steven D.Levitt and Stephen J.Dubner which is described as "A Rogue Economist Explores the Secret Side Of Everything". I like the original way in which the economics of modern world issues are...

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3 people

Something That Looks Great in a Recipe Book - but You Have Never Cooked It...

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 22 Jul 07

Hi all, I am sitting here looking at a mouthwatering recipe for char grilled lobster with garlic and chilli butter. I have looked at this particular photo tacked on to the recipe and the juices are flowing from my mouth, yet I...

cooking

lobster

looking but not cooking

recipe book

recipes

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Have You Ever Met An Author in Real Life/Been To a Book Signing?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 22 Jul 07

I have quite a few favourite authors but the only one I ever met when I just happened to be in a bookshop while a signing was happening. It was a great coincidence because I was looking for a children's book for a friend's kid and...

author

book signing

books

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A Different Kind of TV Program Warning

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 15 Jul 07

I want to share something about the Australian Aboriginal culture. I was watching the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Channel) the other day or “Aunty” as Aussies sometimes lovingly refer to this free to air channel, and before...

culture

people

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Middle names - Does Your Culture have Them?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 14 Jul 07

Another discussion by a friend on mylot about choosing a baby name got me thinking about middle names and how we get our names. Now in Greece, where I was born, it was (and still is) a custom for the new baby to be named after the...

middle names

naming

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Is there a Clock on Mylot?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 12 Jul 07

Hi all - I have been on mylot a few months now but I am still a little slow, so can anyone help me with this....is there a "clock" here on mylot which basically tells you what time it is and therefore when the next day ticks over...

mylot clock

tick tick tick

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Have You Ever Been Mistaken for Being of Another nationality?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 10 Jul 07

Lookswise I have been mistaken for: lebanese, spanish and when I have opened my mouth my accent has been mistaken for English and Israeli. How about you?

mistaken nationality

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Have You Ever Bought Anything as Result of Adverts on Mylot?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 10 Jul 07

Just wondering about whether these ads that appear (supposedly tailored personally) are effective - so, have you bought anything as a result of advertising on this site? I haven't.

advertising on mylot

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If You could choose Five Cuisines from which to eat for the rest of your life..

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 10 Jul 07

...what would they be? For me, they would be: 1. Italian 2. French 3. Greek 4. Indian 5. Thai I think there is so much variety of good foods in each of these cuisines to last me forever without getting bored of the...

favourite food

food

international cuisines

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Work /Life Balance - Now Men Are Getting Criticised Too?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 10 Jul 07

There was a time when only women who had high flying careers got criticised for their work/family life balance so I was surprised the other day to hear that criticism being aimed at the Premier of our State (who is being male)....

life balance

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Combination Washer/Dryers - Are they any good?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 8 Jul 07

Hi all - I was thinking of getting a new front loader washer and wondered if it was better to get a combination washer/dryer (ie a washer and dryer all in the one unit). Does anyone have one which works well? I was thinking of the...

dryer

electrical appliances

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Goji Juice - Healthy for All?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 8 Jul 07

It always amazes me how because some foods are touted health foods, they are considered a cure all for everything. I read in today's paper about how a leukaemia patient complaining he was told goji juice would cure his cancer but...

goji

goji juice

health food

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Baba Ganoush!

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 7 Jul 07

Now as you probably know, one of my favourite topics is food and today I made some baba ganoush as I had a hankering for it. It's a dip made of eggplant, tahini (sesame paste), lemon juice, parsley, garlic and you can also use...

baba ganoush

dip

eggplant dip

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Which Book Are You Reading Right Now? Tell Me A Little About it.

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 7 Jul 07

I am reading "Vroom With A View" by Peter Moore. He is a humourous travel writer and this time his book is about his travels around Italy on a 40 year old Vespa he nicknames Sophia (after Sophia Loren). I picked this book because...

book review

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Chinotto!

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 6 Jul 07

If I am going to be drinking a soft drink during a meal (rare), I prefer to drink something on the bitter, rather than sweet side - so chinotto (like an Italian coke, but bitter) is perfect for me. An other chinotto fans out...

bitter

chinotto

drink

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Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwain's UN bid?!

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 6 Jul 07

Reading the article about this, made me smile...I wonder if it will be successful...tell me what you think: After 14 failed attempts at joining the United Nations using media campaigns and presidential appeals, Taiwan is...

ozzy osbourne

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Do You Like Pate?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 6 Jul 07

I know a lot of people are turned off by anything made from liver, but I just LOVE pate...any other pate lovers out there?

pate

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Furniture Ideas

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 6 Jul 07

Hey everyone - I am shopping for new furniture and I find I need some ideas - so I wonder - if you had unlimited funds to spare, what would you buy? Websites of your favourite types of furniture/furniture designers would be...

design

furniture

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The World's Richest Man is...Mexican

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 3 Jul 07

Apparently Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is now the world's richest man, worth an estimated $US67.8 billion, after overtaking Microsoft founder Bill Gates, worth $59.2 billion.

richest man

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What Would SomeOne Steal From You...and How?

urbangirl @urbangirl (1456) • Australia 3 Jul 07

Hi everyone - today I read a weird article in the paper about a couple holding up a woman in Brazil and actually then stealing her waist length hair by cutting it off withh a pair of scissors at the nape, to sell it for cash....

stolen hair

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