vegegirl

@vegegirl (828)

Australia • Age 60

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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how to spend someone's last moments with them

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 25 Aug 11

It is very sad to think about and talk about but sometimes you may know someone who has been told they don't have long to live. Once the person is at the very bad invalid stage that they can't get about and do things, how can...

comfort

goodbye

pallative care

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A good way to get knots out of your hair

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 15 Aug 11

I have fine hair which gets knots fairly easily. At the moment it is really knotty and I washed and conditioned it, but I stll have a big knot in the back of my hair. Have you got any tricks for getting bad knots out of your...

hair

knots

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best times for swimming

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 14 Aug 11

Now that I am not working I can go swimming at a lot more times than I could before. Often it is better to swim in the morning because then you feel can good for the rest of the day. The only thing is in the morning many...

heated pool

laps

swimming

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Just saw a Swedish movie called Darling

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 14 Aug 11

I just watched a foreign language movie that was quite strange, sad and thought provoking. There was a young woman working in Gucci, she had a nice boyfriend and lived somewhere nice with her mum. There was an older man who's...

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I've made pasta sauce but not the pasta

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 14 Aug 11

I've never made pasta, it seems so much easier to buy ready made pasta in packets and boil it. Usually I make the pasta sauce to go with it, I have occasionally bought a pasta sauce but I usually make it myself as it is nice to...

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do you still experience joy like a child

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 13 Aug 11

When I am with my nieces and nephews and their friends I notice they can get extrememly excited when they are having lots of fun. We took them to a kids fun place once and they would squeal with joy on the ride. I have seen...

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When do you chose a best response?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 13 Aug 11

How long do you leave your discussion topic go before you chose a best response? Do you wait for a certain number of days, weeks or months? Or do you wait for a certain number of responses before chosing one?

best response

number of responses

time

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Coconuts or wheatgrass juice - which is better?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 12 Aug 11

Coconuts and wheatgrass juice are both meant to be super foods with lots of health properties and nutritional value. What do you know about them and do you know which is better. Coconuts surely taste better, but I have felt...

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How do you remember which books you have read?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 12 Aug 11

This may sound strange but over the years I have found it can be a little hard if I have read something or not. I particularly find this with books in a series. An example is books by Michael Connelly who wrote the Lincoln Lawyer,...

reading

series

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how much sleep do you get?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 11 Aug 11

I have seen shows on how serious lack of sleep can be for your health. I think experts have reccommended 7-8 hours a night. Apparently you can't really catch up on your sleep debt, but the longer you go without sleeping enough,...

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Should everything be less Americanized and Americans be open to other cultures?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 11 Aug 11

I thought it was interesting when I was reading reviews of a cook book on Amazon for a convection halogen oven. An Australian commented that the book had everything in it they wanted to know to use a convection oven, with great...

3 responses

oops - can I delete a discussion from mylot?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 10 Aug 11

I just realised that I have put the same discussion up twice by accident. Can I delete the second one? I didn't realise that mylot had posted the discussion the first time, as I "backed" out of the tag screen. Then I re-wrote...

delete

discussion

mistake

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portable convection oven - what do you know about them?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 10 Aug 11

Mum just gave me a searing convection oven and I am wondering if it is useful for me because I am a vegetarian. It looks very useful for people that cook roast chicken and vegetables. It will also cook cakes and pies a bit quicker...

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whatever happened to rocking chairs?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 10 Aug 11

When I was you I seem to remember a lot of older people (and some young ones) having rocking chairs. I don't seem to see as many around these days. Do you know anyone that uses a rocking chair?

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Australia's census cost around $450 million this year, was it worth it?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 10 Aug 11

Australia has a census every 5 years, it has about 60 questions in it. Do you think it is something worth spending this amount of money on. Do you think that that money could be used more effectively? How many people could have...

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less oil and plastic packaging - going on a carbon diet

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 10 Aug 11

One of my friends on fb wrote a little story about older Australians being around in a time when things were more "green" without trying - liquids were in glass, not plastic, that got returned to shops and re-used. People used...

What do u think of online libraries?

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 6 Aug 11

I have joined an online library - at safari and find it is really useful, although I don't really sit down and read books on the computer very often Safari is a technical book library so it has lots of books about...

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census collectors come to door and ask questions that invade privacy

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 6 Aug 11

In Australia we have a census collection happening this week that is run by the Australian Burea of Statistics ABS). This happens every few years in Australia In the past they drop off a form, we fill it in on the census night...

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Do you make curries from scratch or add a paste or curry powder

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 6 Aug 11

Do you make curries? If so do you use a curry paste and just add meat and or vegetabes? Or do you just add a curry powder? Or do you add all the individual spices to make the whole curry from scratch.

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A rat in the cupboard

vegegirl @vegegirl (828) • Australia 4 Aug 11

We had a rat that kept going into a laundry cupboard and I bought one trap that didn't work. I am a vegetarian so I was worried about killing it in a trap anyway. My flatmate had an idea that the rat was coming in each night under...

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1 person