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Never scrape burnt leftovers from casseroles. Soak in a weak solution of vinegar, salt and soapy warm water for an hour or so. The stuck particles will come off very easily, without scratching the dish. Always soak cauliflower in warm salted water for some time to get rid of the tiny insects sometimes present deep inside the florets and not visible to the eye. If pizza sauce (or gravies) has become very thin, thicken by adding 2 slices of dayold bread, run in a mixie to make very fine crumbs. Using too much cornflour may make the sauce taste pasty. Rub used lemon halves dipped in salt over greasy pans, and wipe clean with an old newspaper before washing. This will remove all the extra grease and make the washing easier. You may even rub some flour instead. Add a cupful of soaked poha to 5 cupfuls of rice soaked for idlis and grind with the rice for softer and lighter idlis. Place a tsp. of soda bicarb in a corner of the fridge in a small crucible. This will keep smells of foods in the fridge from permeating each other.

There are times you may want to go without nail polish and  realize after removing your polish that the nails are yellow. Smoking can cause nails to turn yellow as well as wearing nail  polish in dark colors. There are a re few things you can do to  whiten the nails and remove the yellow easily...

Lemon...Probably the easiest way is to slice a lemon in half and stick your fingers in the halve for a few minutes. The natural acids in a lemon will whiten the nail...

If the yellow is a little more stubborn, soak your nails in a 50-50 solution of water and hydrogen peroxide. This will clean the nails nicely...

A whitening toothpaste can be brushed on and scrubbed gently with a clean toothbrush to whiten the nails...

Some people soak their yellowed nails in a bowl with solution of  water and a few drops of bleach...

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there are many theories about birth order and great deal of research has been done.
these are just some of to the observations that many psycologists agree on:

1-parents talk to first -born babies more than to later children.

2-parents are less strict with later children than with their first child.

3-first born children use physical power to get what they want;whereas later children make more use of persuasion.

4-first born children are more bossy than later children.

5-later children also tell tales to their parents and teachers about other children.

6-first born children identify more strongly with their parents and are more influenced by them.

7-first born children have more communication with their parents than later children.

8-first born children are under more pressure to do well at school.

9-psycologists have a clearer idea of the personality of first born children than of other children.

Make four squares with 16 match sticks .

Now remove four sticks  and shift three to get “what matches are made of.’’

1. The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.

2. Someone paid $14,000 for the bra worn by Marilyn Monroe in the film 'Some Like It Hot'.

3. Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

4. More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

5. In the U.S.A over eleven thousand people (up until the end of 2003) have visited a tortilla chip that appears to have the face of Jesus Christ burned into it?

6. A kiss lasting one minute can burn more than 100 calories.

7. Buckingham Palace in England has over six hundred rooms.

8. There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.

9. Abraham Lincoln's mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot.

10. After the death of Albert Einstein his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.

We have shared all the laughter,
We’ve been through all the tears…
About our dreams we have talked,
While holding hands we walked…

You can read my thoughts,
I have laughed at your jokes,
Things are much, much better
When we are together…

Remember when we first met?
That day I will never forget!
Seems like everything was set,
You’re destined for me, and I won’t ever regret!

You captured my heart so easily,
You accept me, though sometimes I am so silly!
With you, only happiness I will cry…
Hurting me, I know you won’t try!

All that I need was a simple bliss,
God gave me more, with you, I’m now at peace
I promise in my next life, I will love you again
This feeling I have for you will always remain

Oh yes, for you, I won’t get tired of loving
A life with you is always worth living
Forever in your arms, I want to lie
Even until the day I die …

Hot Stud called last night. He was typing away online while we were talking. Annoyed me. He said he was shopping online for a new laptop. I said that I'd let him get back to his laptop shopping (although he was the one who called me). Then he totally changed directions and said that I should come over.

It was after 10pm. I had already told him I was exhausted, in my flannel jammies and had to be at the fish tank at 8am.

I've been trying to transition our 'relationship' to more of a platonic one by suggesting we get together for coffee or show him the fish tank. He's made some more suggestive comments that I've just ignored, hoping he'd get the picture.

Apparently, this strategy isn't working by last night's 'veiled' booty call.

Hot Stud (in addition to being hot) is a nice guy. Someone that I'd like to have in my stable as a friend. He asked if I was involved with anyone and I said no, that I'd dated some but no one that was really captivating - that I hadn't even kissed anyone (since him).  That I wasn't interested in something less.

He ignored that comment.

Rather ironic?

I've commented several times about how disappointed I've been at the lack of eligible men I've encountered at the fish tank right?

Tonight, I was in the Beluga area - it's dark and rather mesmerizing to watch the white whales float thru the water like something out of 2001 Space Odyssey. I'm talking about them to about 10 people around me.

Then there's this one (really cute!) guy next to me asking me lots of questions about them. He asks me how I know so much about them. I tell him that we have training and we interact with the marine biologists and learn a lot by observation.

Now it's just the two of us.
And I'm thinking how utterly cute and impressed this guy is.
(Psst! I admit it,  I glanced and there was no wedding ring!)

After a few more minutes, he thanks me and walks away.



And I see him playing tonsil-hockey with a rather homely unfortunate-looking girl - we're talking a SERIOUS mutual mauling in the middle of the gallery.

The business function I hosted was last night. It started off bad before it even started. Hot Stud texted me saying he wasn't going to be there. He's missed several - when I've gone out of my way to invite people that would be good contacts for him. And to text me the news - that's just weak.

Supposedly, the event was going to be 'co-hosted' by Mr. HighSchool (who is a drunk). He claimed he'd bring in a lot more people.

If by the term "a lot" you mean his 3 drinking buddies... Where he ordered pitcher after pitcher of mojitos and sat at a table insisting on everyone giving him a card. (That's his version of networking) He was slurring all over the place and once again, making really inappropriate comments to people.

At the end of the evening, he claimed it was a stellar success (imagine a drunk person saying that) and 'our' next one would be even better.

No chance in hell. In fact, I'm going to deliberately not invite him to future ones. I don't want to be associated with him. Maybe I'll tell him the next one will be at a Caribou Coffee or some other place that doesn't serve alcohol. He won't show.

An important senator arranges to use an escort service and winds up with a beautiful japanese girl who speaks no english.

They go into his hotel room and start having  sex and she gets into it like there's no tomorrow! She starts yelling the same japanese word over and over and making faces and he can tell he's driving her crazy! He's never had it so good.

 

The guy that sits next to me in cubicle-ville is a really nice guy. It's touching to see how devoted he is to her - he's sickeningly sweet at times. He talks to his wife about a dozen times a day. It gets old. The woman calls him for everything.

Case in point. (not suitable prior to breakfast)

She calls him yesterday to tell him she has diarrhea. (Not that I can hear her side of it)
He keeps asking questions about it.
She needs to pick up the kids from 'school'. (daycare)
So she has another 'attack' half-way to school.
She calls him to ask if she should turn around or try to make it to school.
This leads to a discussion.
He's asking her details.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to conduct a sales meeting with a prospective client on the phone.
Ick.