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Amazing!!!

Via: stephi-cantley • Other • 7 Comments • 9 years ago

I really really loved working in the yard yesterday, clearing away the leaves from fall and winter to uncover the pretty little green miracles popping up!!!! Spring is so amazing!

Is Victoria’s Secret targeting teens?

Via: z • Other • 4 Comments • 9 years ago

Victorias Secret is coming under attack for its new Bright Young Things campaign advertising a Spring Break-themed line featuring undies emblazoned with slogans like dare you, wild, feeling lucky...

With Heartfelt Apology to Perrie and All My Friends

Via: neetu2 • Other • 47 Comments • 9 years ago

Not sure how to explain what happened, but I left NT for a short while, quite without an explanation to those who deserved one. One fine day, I just left - not realizing the consequences of my...

What Painting Would You Love to Have

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 71 Comments • 9 years ago

What Painting Would You Love to Have? While going through all the articles I wrote and posted on Newsvine, I discovered this one. It was a poll, but here I hope to see your choice and...

WORK, JOBS, AND LIFE pt2

Via: leotie • Other • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

Before I left the other town I lived in. I went to Hardee's one day to get something to eat, had been barefoot in the garden, so I wasn't very clean. I gave the man my order, and told him I wanted...

ODD STRANGE JOBS AND LIFE #4

Via: leotie • Other • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

I called a friend in Atlanta and asked him to get me a plane ticket back to Atlanta from Vegas, packed my clothes in airline boxes and waited. I found out it hurts like hell flying with broken...

ODD, STRANGE JOBS AND THE WORKING LIFE, part 3

Via: leotie • Other • 8 Comments • 9 years ago

One of my jobs in Atlanta offered the chance to move to Arizona, so I jumped on that one in a hurry. We drove out there the three of us. It was me, a blinded veteran, a dwarf named Mickey and the...

TAXI TALES FROM THE BIG CITY

Via: leotie • Other • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

As I said in Part 3 of Odd Strange Jobs Working Life, I quit all office jobs in NY and stayed behind the wheel of a taxi for about 7 years. Taxi driving in NY is not for the faint of heart or smart...

Would Anyone Like to Read "The Birds", by Daphne du Maurier?

Via: dowser • Other • 31 Comments • 9 years ago

We've all seen the movie, but what many of us don't know is that the book is even more chilling... The Birds was a novelette, or a long short-story, written by Daphne du Maurier in the...

META MADNESS: Heated Discussions, Reward System, Incident Reporting & The Moderators

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 200 Comments • 9 years ago

Heated Discussions , the Roman Colosseum and Thunderdome tied up into one neat group for those of you who don't want to abide by the CoC and don't want moderation. It's my group and in the past...

Things are getting real :/

Via: summer • Other • 17 Comments • 9 years ago

So, as many of you know, I am a 3rd year medical student. Well, this month is my second to last rotation of 3rd year. This means that things are starting to get real serious, real fast.This month I...

1-way Mars trip starts accepting astronaut applications

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 7 Comments • 9 years ago

1-way Mars trip starts accepting astronaut applications By CBC News, cbc.ca - 23 Apr 2013 Want to spend the rest of your life on Mars? You can apply to do so now. Mars One, a...

Lung Shui, the House Dragon

Via: dowser • Other • 9 Comments • 9 years ago

Almost four years ago, my husband, (Magnum), and I took our son, Peep, to Disney World. We had a wonderful camping trip in the highest rated campground in the US, and managed to visit four...

My Letter to Jerry Verlinger

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 45 Comments • 9 years ago

Listen up pest of the day..... You singlehandily, got me to go through the whole language editor so that everyone knows where to find their comments, articles & seeds. This only required 2.5...

Who was the biggest celebity A-Hole you ever met, seen or interacted with.

Via: z • Other • 13 Comments • 9 years ago

I met one today but that doesn't count. A few years back, during one summer, I somehow got in (at least for a night) with an up and coming rap star/actor named Chris Brown, somewhere in Kalifornia....

Zipper anniversary: 10 bits of trivia to impress the pants off you

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

Zipper anniversary: 10 bits of trivia to impress the pants off you. In honour of the 100th anniversary of one of its early patents, we've pulled together some miscellaneous zipper trivia By...

Dating website for Canadian prisoners eliminates the bar scene

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 5 Comments • 9 years ago

Dating website for Canadian prisoners eliminates the bar scene Dozens of male and female cons who have posted personal profiles and photos on a matchmaking website with a twist. This site...

The Forum: Facts and Gaming the System

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 28 Comments • 9 years ago

I really didn't want to do another meta article, but since there seems to be lots of misunderstanding about how the site works I figured I would go over why I have tried this change.First note:...

5 Famous People You Won’t Believe Didn’t Exist

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 12 Comments • 9 years ago

5 Famous People You Wont Believe Didnt Exist By: Kelly Stone May 06, 2013 Cracked.com Have you ever heard a speaker or boss quote some profound saying from Sun Tzu's The Art of War? Did...

Heartwarming Sports Story - Must Read

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

School Sends Girl Home for Wearing Wrong Hockey Jersey - Ottawa Senators Owners Amazing Gift For Her Family Wednesday, May 8, 2013 2:58 pm. Written by: ThePostGame Staff Yahoo Sports...

Help!

Via: larry-hampton • Other • 24 Comments • 9 years ago

I am experiencing some computer problems and hoping someone can give me a clue.When I am on The NewsTalkers and attempt to reply or edit, I am instead sent to the top of the page. That's right,...

Happy Birthday Perrie!!

Via: uptownchick • Other • 67 Comments • 9 years ago

Come on in and join the party...

Now that he's free, can Zimmerman make a living?

Via: chloe • Other • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

(CNN) --" His trial's over. And now it turns out that George Zimmerman might need the same thing millions of Americans are looking for: a job. As Zimmerman and his legal team mounted their...

Climate change cuts demand in the real estate market ? Maybe not

Via: petey-coober • Other • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

Housing: The Great Sandy Sell-Off It seems to be quite the opposite . Discussed here are damaged properties being snapped up at a discount in large quantities . I guess not everyone perceives a...

The SELF-FULFILLING … Uhhhhmmm … FLOPACY!

Via: a-macarthur • Other • 54 Comments • 9 years ago

The SELF-FULFILLING FLOPACY, or, to put it another way If you can't refute a position stated in a DISCUSSION/THREAD/COMMENT, do one or all of the following 1) "Rebut" with (i.e.) --...

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