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    On Princes and Princesses

    what do you think of them? If someone offered you the world, an entire kingdom or more....would you take it? Or would you rather stay living as a commoner.
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    (some) Libraries are open!

    Just wanted to share the good news. :-) I went in on Wedensday. I returned 30 books and borrowed three.
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    we call it this...you call it that

    This is a variation of the dictionary game...called the Thesaurus Game. Find words that you call this but other people call that...it maybe english...but it will mean the same thing. Lets help each other translate! ok heres a few to start with...mine are from nz english to americanese/ british...
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    the singles

    Ok this is the singles thread which means lets have fun and list all the cool words that describe singles I will start off with some free association single---- unmarried footloose and fancy free unique solo alone number one one hit wonder unfettered singleminded bachelor happy go lucky...
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    the patroniser

    I wonder if anyone of you have ever dated 'the patroniser'. It will be someone who looks down on you in every way, maybe because they think they know better or are older or simply becaus they are of the opposite sex. Or they may consider themselves high class and you much lower. They will seek...
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    Dads and daughters

    question for dads on here...do you give away your daughter to be married to a husband or have you kept her? What if she chooses to run away or go with someone you dont like. Would you let her come back to the family after a divorce?
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    Pilgrimage

    Has anyone done one...to Jerusalem? Or any other one. The Camino del Santiago in Spain that is said to be where st James is buried. Or followed in st Paul's footsteps around the mediterranean Or gone to India after st Thomas. I think a pilgrimage could be just going anywhere for 40 days...
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    Your dream home

    We can all dream right? What would your dream home be like this side of heaven. how many bedrooms, bathrooms, square foot, will it be brick, timber, rammed earth...? What else would it have? Location? Garden? entertaining areas? guest accomodation? spa or swimming pool? Or maybe you are...
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    Favourite hangouts

    aside from CC, where is your favourite place to hangout? if there wasnt a virus where would you go to meet people? some places where people hangout... church beach park library basketball courts rugby fields cafe mall mcdonalds market salon bar casino mountain streets
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    Ancestry

    I am reading a biography at the moment about William Colenso, who was a missionary in NZ from Cornwall, england apparently with some scandal in his life as he had an illegitemate son with a maori woman while he was married. Not to repeat all the story as you can read for yourself, but one of...
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    Tennis

    does anyone here play tennis I am so useless at it lol, well the big one. Much better at table tennis aka ping pong cos its smaller and I dont have to keep running after the ball. But a good game to play for singles...unless you want to play doubles. so lets start...I will make a post and then...
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    loong prayers

    What the longest someone has ever prayed in your church? Have you ever had to sit through a service where one person prayed for ages and didnt let anyone else have a turn, and you found yourself falling asleep before they got to Amen???
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    153 fish

    Just wondering what the significance of this number is in the Bible, when the disciples went fishing and caught this many? Does it represent the number of tribes or peoples or tongues or nations do you think? according to some estimates there are about 197 nations in the world or different...
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    What a rip off!

    Post what you think are complete rip offs. Facebook ...steals your pics, tries to direct your social life, and is general dumping ground for bored ppl. Cheap souvenirs of countries in gift shops but actually its all made in China McDonalds. Pollutes the ocean with plastic straws, rots your...
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    Windies

    Who here has watched Gone with the Wind?? My absolute favourite movie (3 hours, 53 minute and 13 seconds) of all time, next to The Sound of Music Windies only please...!
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    story of the Passover

    Can anyone recomend some good picture books about the ten plagues, passover and exodus to read with children. I'm finding good Bible picture books hard to find. Some have too much text, some have too little and others miss important parts of the story. The pictures need to be fresh and the...
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    On busybodies

    The bane of a single persons existence is the church busybody. Or they might not even go to your church. They could go to a church you used to go to, but now no longer, because they interferred with your life so much and tried to give you advice when you didnt ask for it. They invited...
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    Pyjamas

    This thread is to talk about pyjamas. If you dont wear them its ok you can still talk about them. Im just wondering why pyjamas come in all sorts of prints you would never wear during the day time. Please state what your pyjamas have on them and have you ever worn them during the day. Why...
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    Bad design plus solutions

    This thread is about annoying things you might encounter everyday, and possible solutions or fixes if you were to design things better. Who knows maybe your solution will be so inspiring it could change the everything! I will start out small, and its really a minor thing. But its so...
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    Meetings

    Hands up who enjoys meetings. Staff or otherwise. Is there any way to make them more fun? And how to stop people from talking for way too long, and me falling asleep??