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Getting to know you - A Fun 'My Favourite Things' Quiz
Behave Jess don't make me use my powers for evil.Coffee > Chocloate
Michael wrote: "Behave Jess don't make me use my powers for evil.Coffee > Chocloate"
Chocolate > Life
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Emily wrote: "Last time I ate a Haigh's chocolate I had to spit it out, it was sooo sweet! I'm wit..."
Haha!!! Maybe we should resurrect the naughty corner thread!!! lol
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Coffee > Chocloate"
Chocolate > Life"
Totally agree Jess!!!
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Bah! Wash your mouth out with soap!!!! ;P
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Ha!!!
Michael wrote: "Chocolate is so overrated"omg where are the normal people in this group!?
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omg where are the normal people in this group!?"
*waving hand in air!*
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Ha! Now you're being cheeky;P
Michael wrote: "Normality is overrated"But chocolate is not.
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: I love sunrise - yeah, another morning person.
2. Food: Those white, coconutty rafaello chocolate things.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): a really good coffee with freshly ground beans.
4. Band/singer: Guns and Roses, yes I like the old rockers!
5. Actor: Rudy Youngblood
6. Spot in Australia:The Pilbara - Tom Price
7. Team/Sport: Triathalons - no I don't do it but I love watching others do them.
8. Car: Subarus ar nice to drive.
9. Animal: Cats - especially the Jaguar
10. Activity: sweatlodges, native ceremonies, writing
11. Things to collect: Traditional handmade textile prints. I make fisherman's pants with them. I have a great pattern if anyone wants it!
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My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Early morning or late at night (when its quite and everyone's asleep
2. Food: Sushi
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Water
4. Band/singer: Placebo
5. Actor: Jennifer Garner
6. Spot in Australia: Glen Innes, NSW
7. Team/Sport: Basketball
8. Car: Porsche 911
9. Animal: Dog and Wolf
10. Activity: Reading
11. Things to collect: I don't really collect anything, unless you count my books (seriously, I have run out of book shelve space. It's getting out of control. My CD collection isn't much better!).
My Favourite... I'm really not good at answering these. I can never give a straight answer! :-D1. Time of Day: Night, after everyone else has gone to bed and I can have some quiet time to myself. I often stay up way too late reading! But then again, a beautiful sunrise can't be beaten.
2. Food: authentic-tasting Butter Chicken with all the side dishes that go with Indian food. And chocolate.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): tropical smoothies in summer, or good hot chocolate in winter.
4. Band/singer: Lots, no clear favourite. I like oldies and new music... my last obsession was Gotye
5. Actor: I admire Cate Blanchett's work, but I haven't seen all her movies yet.
6. Spot in Australia: Oooh, hard... so many beautiful places. Untouched beaches are definitely up there.
7. Team/Sport: I don't watch or play sport. I'll be cheering for my kids if they ever take up sport :-)
8. Car: A nice new car without kids' junk and crumbs strewn all over it (and without the dings and scratches that I always manage to add!)
9. Animal: No clear winner here. I love wild animals, but in their own habitats, not so much in zoos.
10. Activity: Reading (of course). Having fun with the kids. Pre-kids, it was travelling to new places... now I'm a homebody!
11. Things to collect: Stuff... I like to make things out of old things and upcycle, so I collect a lot of junk from opshops that then clutters up my house because I never get around to making it into something else. Also I collect my kids' artworks, papers, photos etc... (Yes, I'm a hoarder and my house is a mess!)
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1. Time of Day: Sunset. Awww! Ain't I romantic!2. Food: PIZZA!!! (Which is SO much cheaper in Oz than the UK. Shockingly so! I intend to take full advantage of this).
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Cider! Delicious Somerset Scrumpy... ahhh, it's even better for cleaning paintbrushes with! Sadly I couldn't import any (something about the containers not surviving the transportation process) so I have to make do with what you've got over here. Which isn't much... ooh, but you do have wine in a cardboard box. That's fairly appropriate for my level of sophistication - and at $10 for 4 litres, it fits my budget too :0)
4. Band/singer: Tough one. I have pretty eclectic tastes. When I want to rock out, you can't beat a bit of Bon Jovi or Meatloaf! For everything else... there's Enya. Well, I told you it was eclectic...
5. Actor: Hugh Jackman. I dunno what an 'Ackman' is, but by jingo he's got a huge one. I also think he's a fantastic actor, and this is't just an attempt to gain favour with you proper Aussie types! Honest. But I have to ask - did it work? I'm also a big fan of Mel Gibson, Liam Neeson and Denzel Washington. I love guys that kick ass!
6. Spot in Australia: Balingup. In the south of WA... it looks just like paradise should. Green, sunny, delightful. I will live there one day - I swore it whilst hiking through the area on the Bibulmunn Track. Mind you, my water bottle was full of wine at the time...
7. Team/Sport: Snowboarding. I LOVE IT! So perhaps I emigrated to the wrong country? Nah! Just do it on sand instead :0)
8. Car: I, um... I can't drive. Ahem. Not on the best track to becoming a stand-up Aussie guy here, am I? Actually I did pass my test in December 2011 - at the age of 33 - and I've never owned a car in my life. If I had to choose, I'd buy a Jeep Renegade.
9. Animal: Jaguar! I got to spend a fair bit of time with one on my travels through Ecuador, and still have the scars to prove it! Magnificent they are, though. And man do they smell!
10. Activity: Well... this is a none-age restricted group, so I'll say... reading. And writing. But mostly reading. And sleeping also ranks quite high... yes, I'm a lazy sod! But I also love going to the gym and doing kung-fu, climbing and parkour - so I'm not THAT lazy!
11. Things to collect: Star Wars toys! I have a full set of the original figures, which is pretty valuable. Mostly though, I collect books - I have HUNDREDS! Sadly, they wouldn't fit in my suitcase, so still fill a bedroom in my parent's place in England. It's almost be cheaper to buy them again rather than import them from the UK... WHAT? Who am kidding? Books here cost a freakin' FORTUNE!! So one day I will bring a container full of them over here. But I kind of need a house to put them in first...
Right, that's me finished!
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Another laugh for the morning, thanks Tony :-) Great list. As for #11, have you heard of Book Depository? That's where I shop for books...
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Cheers Amber and Brenda! Good to meet you ladies!I've heard of Book Depository, but thought it was a chain of stores in the US? If they're over here, I should investigate! I shop mercilessly for books in op shops - last week I found 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' in a Salvos and was most excited, as I'd bought it from Amazon in the UK, had it delivered - then left before I could read it :0(
I have sort of dominated the few shelves in the room my wife and I live in... mind you, she has covered the desks - with old bottles and tin cans she found whilst metal detecting in the bush! So I guess we're kind of even.
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F... F... F F F FREE? Free delivery?What the? WTF? No WAY...?!
Surely, that cannot be! It cost me $20 just to send a packet of TimTams back to my parents!
Free delivery eh? Hm. I don't trust it.
It's the devil's work!
(All the same, I think I'll have a quick look... :0)
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Oh you bad, BAD people! Well actually it's just you, Brenda. Bad, BAD Brenda!I'd have just spent my week's salary on that site, except I don't have a job yet. So instead I spent a week's salary's worth of my savings... Free postage eh? And US/UK level pricing... bad, BAD website to discover! I should perhaps have mentioned that I have n self control...
Mmmm!
Books!
:0)
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I have a large 'basket' (no jokes, please!), which I am yet to press go on. Hm. The wife is due home at any moment. Do I tell her, and ask her permission? Or do it quick, before there's time for her to intervene...Marriage is always about these decisions, I find!
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OH YOU GUYS! This is not a good website to introduce to a university student!! (Actually it might just be the best website I've ever been to, aside from GR..) It's my birthday tomorrow... does this give me the prerogative to buy EVERYTHING on this website? :)
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It's my birthday tomorrow... does th..."
If that's what you want to do Monica;P lol
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Ever had that thing, where you run smack into a complete anticlimax?Me: "Oh my GOD, guys, let me tell you about this INCREDIBLE new site I've found out about... it's AMAZING... It's called 'The Book Depository'!!! You get FREE shipping, and... and... why are you looking at me like that?"
"Dude. We all use The Book Depository. Like, since forever."
"Yeah. Where have YOU been?"
Me: "doh."
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Me: "Oh my GOD, guys, let me tell you about this INCREDIBLE new site I've found out about... it's AMAZING... It's called 'The B..."
Haha!! Yes, I can completely understand that reaction Tony!!
My Favourite...
1. Time of Day:3.20pm, that'when my school finishes
2. Food:anything that my mum cooks
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): tea
4. Band/singer: Lily Allen
5. Actor: Zooey Deschanel
6. Spot in Australia: Gold Coast
7. Team/Sport: St Kilda football team
8. Car: i have no interest in cars, unfortunately
9. Animal: guinea pigs
10. Activity: Read, play my ukulele which i named it Loki
11. Things to collect: Books and barcodes. Who collect barcodes?, well meet me, so basically i cut out barcodes from the things that I buy, not from my books though beacuse it is my precious, and then glued it onto a piece of coloured paper. After that I use blutack to stuck it onto my bedroom wall. It looks pretty amazing.
1. Time of Day:3.20pm, that'when my school finishes
2. Food:anything that my mum cooks
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): tea
4. Band/singer: Lily Allen
5. Actor: Zooey Deschanel
6. Spot in Australia: Gold Coast
7. Team/Sport: St Kilda football team
8. Car: i have no interest in cars, unfortunately
9. Animal: guinea pigs
10. Activity: Read, play my ukulele which i named it Loki
11. Things to collect: Books and barcodes. Who collect barcodes?, well meet me, so basically i cut out barcodes from the things that I buy, not from my books though beacuse it is my precious, and then glued it onto a piece of coloured paper. After that I use blutack to stuck it onto my bedroom wall. It looks pretty amazing.
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1. Time of Day:3.20pm, that'when my school finishes
2. Food:anything that my mum cooks
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): tea
4. Band/singer: Lily Allen
5. Actor: Zooey Deschan..."
Wow, your collection sounds amazing! I've never heard of anyone collecting barcodes before...
Tony wrote: "Ever had that thing, where you run smack into a complete anticlimax?Me: "Oh my GOD, guys, let me tell you about this INCREDIBLE new site I've found out about... it's AMAZING... It's called 'The B..."
Hahaha! My friend was sooo excited when she told me about Book Depository until I told her I'd been using it for years! haha!
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Me: "Oh my GOD, guys, let me tell you about this INCREDIBLE new site I've found out about... it's AMAZING... It's ..."
Yes, it's sure been around a long time Bec!
Ok.. her I go..My Favourite1. Time of Day: 8.30 Kids are in bed & I can sit & relax with a book :)
2. Food: Seafood. In particular blue manna crab..drool!
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Champagne (esp with fresh blue mannas)
4. Band/singer: INXS old school - when Michael Hutchense was alive. RIP
5. Actor: Bradley Cooper (only cos I like looking at him!
6. Spot in Australia: I love love love living in Perth but interstate Cairns is my fave
7. Team/Sport: My 4yo doing Tae Kwon Do
8. Car: One that goes!
9. Animal: Lucy. My 8 month old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
10. Activity: Reading, cooking, eating, drinking, playing with the kids, relaxing at holiday home at Myalup Beach
11. Things to collect: Books (of course) & recipes.
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Information of The Book Depository should be party of the high school exam. HOW can I have got this far through my life (33!) without knowing about it...?Well, I guess living in a country where Amazon delivers to without blowing a fuse (UK) did help. But in the land of crazy-exensive books? No wonder all you locals are knowledgable.
Otherwise, how would you fund your book-buying habits? I know I can't afford mine...
(Mostly I know because my wife tends to remind me at regular intervals...)
Tony wrote: "Information of The Book Depository should be party of the high school exam. HOW can I have got this far through my life (33!) without knowing about it...?Well, I guess living in a country where Am..."
Tony check out this thread here. We're always posting online sales. The next one is BD 24h sale on 20/6 :)
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
One final exam tomorrow, need distraction, this is a good thread for it :) Haven't done this in a year or so, so must refresh! All older members should do the same :P 1. Time of Day: School nights; when I get home from school. Weekends, 10PM since Im likely to be out & about :)
2. Food: Pasta. Blue cheese. Pasta with blue cheese sauce=omg.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Water.
4. Band/singer: The Jezabels, Arcade Fire, Florence + The Machine, Angus & Julia Stone, Bon Iver
5. Actor: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Downey Jnr.
6. Spot in Australia: Sydney. Circular Quey & Darling Harbor.
7. Team/Sport: AFL, Port Adelaide.
8. Car: None. But I got ma L's :)
9. Animal: My adorable cat, Benny.
10. Activity: Music, friends, reading.
11. Things to collect: Books, obv.
Michael wrote: "Chocolate is so overrated"I still can't believe you said that.
Bec wrote: "Ok.. her I go..My Favourite1. Time of Day: 8.30 Kids are in bed & I can sit & relax with a book :)
2. Food: Seafood. In particular blue manna crab..drool!
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic)..."
Mmmm blue crab...
p.s. recipes are a good thing to collect, it's just remembering to try them all!
★ Jess wrote: "Michael wrote: "Chocolate is so overrated"I still can't believe you said that."
'Tis true...
*wanders off to look for cheese*
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The Beer Lovers Guide to Australia (other topics)North and South (other topics)
Storm Boy (other topics)
Emily wrote: "Last time I ate a Haigh's chocolate I had to spit it out, it was sooo sweet! I'm with Michael, chocolate is nothing to write home about."
Kick them out! Kick them out of the group mods!