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01-Dec-2009 02:15
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allender »
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01-Dec-2009 02:20
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Today, has been a ...... day for me.
is it only adults who find 'em qreepy?
Those of you who do, do you remember if they creeped you out as a child too?
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01-Dec-2009 00:58
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cachinnate »
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01-Dec-2009 02:22
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allender »
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I can watch physical abuse and child abuse and paedophilia and still enjoy the film.
But my line always seems to be drawn at incest. I really wanted to watch Stephen Poliakoff's 1990 film Close My Eyes, with Clive Owen. It had all the promise of a good film. Development of character, unfolding story. I could see it happening but tried not to think about it too much. As soon as I saw the brother and sister naked on the floor, I had to turn it off straight away and delete it.
I cannot enjoy watching anything about incest. It's silly because it's not real etc. but I have no desire to watch anything containing it, let alone a film in which it's the main focus. Yuk. Ptoo, ptoo. Gag.
Are you the same? Anything from experience you can't watch? What have you turned off?
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01-Dec-2009 00:36
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Chi_Rup »
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01-Dec-2009 00:51
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ben_hanscombe »
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I watched The Fisher King last week, which if you can get past Robin Williams being his usual hairy cockish self is a pretty good movie. It's all about grief, regret and making peace with the karmic energy of the universe - all points that I completely missed when I first saw it, aged 15.
So, this leads me to conclude that the 15 year old me was a bit stupid. I didn't think so myself at the time but lots of other people must have thought so.
What experience have you revisited recently that totally passed you by when you were younger?
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30-Nov-2009 23:23
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goldfinger »
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01-Dec-2009 02:22
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ben_hanscombe »
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I'm thinking of going in a couple of weeks. Originally I wanted to go to Strasbourg, but the hotels are sold out. So I looked for somewhere else to drive to and saw Luxembourg. If I go, it means I will get to add a new country to the list for 2009 (if I don't, it will be the 1st time in over a decade I don't add one.)
If I do go, will I regret it? It looks pretty in pictures, but they're always in summer. I think it will be for 5 nights. Should I go? What other options are there that are within 5 hours of Calais?
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30-Nov-2009 23:17
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allender »
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01-Dec-2009 01:56
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allender »
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I was looking at recent photos of a friend that I had not seen in a long time and she has the exact same hairstyle when we hung out together.
I've alway kept my hair colour the same but I've always tried to change my hair style.
Are you the type to stick to one hairstyle or do you prefer to change your hair style/hair colour?
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30-Nov-2009 22:55
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Count_Zero »
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01-Dec-2009 00:39
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Chi_Rup »
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a. A mosquito the size of a bird
b. A clown the size of a child
c. A poodle the size of a bear
Well?
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30-Nov-2009 22:55
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desertstorm001 »
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01-Dec-2009 01:24
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allender »
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How long is this feature available by Google Map? Cause I am so surprised to see they have a very detailed front view picture of my house, with my car parking in front of it. And I can zoom in to see my own living room from outside. And it's a picture taken quite recently because I had some rennovation done in September and it's in the picture.
While I don't have much to hide, I feel a bit uneasy that people can just check out how I live with such ease.
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30-Nov-2009 22:50
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Josh69 »
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30-Nov-2009 23:13
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istvan »
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And a great footshot for science:
SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.
It means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to show a long-term rise in temperature over the past 150 years.... The admission follows the leaking of a thousand private emails sent and received by Professor Phil Jones, the CRU’s director. In them he discusses thwarting climate sceptics seeking access to such data.
Climate change data dumped
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30-Nov-2009 22:38
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Josh69 »
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30-Nov-2009 22:38
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Josh69 »
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Apartment prices in some parts of Shanghai have hit RMB45,000/square metre.
That's about US$6,600/sqm or $660,000 for a 100sqm apartment.
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30-Nov-2009 22:16
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bossmonkey »
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01-Dec-2009 02:23
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bossmonkey »
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Gloves.
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30-Nov-2009 21:55
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the_hames »
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01-Dec-2009 01:40
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cybergal »
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I read the Best Books of the Year lists in various publications, and these 4 books appeared most:
1. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
2. Brooklyn, Colm Tóibín
3. Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann
and for non fiction
4. Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac Lives by Brian Dillon.
It just so happens that 3 of them are Irish. Ho hum.
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30-Nov-2009 21:04
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bellart1 »
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30-Nov-2009 22:54
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christophinoz »
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I just had to share this email as it made us laugh so much we spilt our breakfast coffee - it's from friends in Australia to us, in the UK....
This week, guest writer Jonathan is standing in for Sue who is, for reasons explained later, a tad under the weather and unable to type.
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30-Nov-2009 19:56
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skynet »
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30-Nov-2009 22:27
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bossmonkey »
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I don't like people who tell one joke after another one.
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30-Nov-2009 19:53
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Myanmarbound »
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01-Dec-2009 01:04
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cachinnate »
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