Cultures & Groups - 30 September 2007

Spent a beautiful day at Bondi today and Manly yesterday (which was "more" Australian). Why as an Aussie am i a minority, i know it's an icon and Australias greatest tourist beach, but most seemed Middle Eastern, with their supped up WRX's etc going doof doof down the corso !

2007-09-30 23:54:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Does it still make you feel like you did when you got a Gold star as a kid? Even though it's a virtual star and not gold?
It does me... I like stars! Even virtual ones.

2007-09-30 23:33:11 · 15 answers · asked by Jinxyblue 6 in Senior Citizens

I have come to know an array of people from different backgrounds. I admire the courage shown by some to make an honest effort against the odds. We are lucky here that immigration only accepts certain "point holders" and they make a great contribution. Often Phillipinos etc have overcome massive hardships getting here, the young Sri Lankans at the local 7/11 work all night and often have tertiary qualifications and support families in poverty back home, good on them ! They make a great effort, unlike some minorities who live of their fathers money and think their above the Australian way of life. If the young lebanese hoods don't want to be here why don't they just go to Beirut ?

2007-09-30 23:27:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-30 23:04:36 · 25 answers · asked by Mrs. Midnightbully 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I agreed to sell my house, but imprudently exchanged contracts before I'd found somewhere to move to. I looked for properties over a long period, but had difficulty finding somewhere I could cope with because of my problems such as partial sight and muscular weakness.
Now the prospective buyer has decided to sue me since I have passed the agreed completion date, and there is a possibility I may be evicted if he succeeds.
Can they force me to live somewhere I would find difficult or dangerous to live?

2007-09-30 22:55:04 · 7 answers · asked by jay58 1 in People with Disabilities

ok my boyfriend is a MEGA HUGE fan of CANTWO and i was wondering if anyone who knows of him knows if he has peices for sale and where i could get one from!? cause i wanna get one for my bf. thanks!

2007-09-30 22:20:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-30 22:11:57 · 21 answers · asked by pastasauce88 1 in People with Disabilities

2007-09-30 20:30:17 · 8 answers · asked by Honey786 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-30 20:11:41 · 7 answers · asked by pastasauce88 1 in People with Disabilities

2007-09-30 19:45:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-30 19:20:52 · 8 answers · asked by Gatss 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

So i did some searching on the interent bu nothing promising.
one site said she was the other said she had a spanish boyfriend. im so confused about it all. does anyone on here know for sure if she is or not?
or what have you guys heard about it whether your right or not?

2007-09-30 18:38:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous 4 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I dont ask this question to annoy or to antagonize groups. I am asking these question to correctly understand the phenomenon. so instead of you typing answers, I would make it easier by just selecting answers below.

* chromosoms defeciency
* genetic abnormality
* Heridetary
* Curiosity
* mental deficiency
* inability to court the opposite sex
* weak self esteem
* Humiliating experiences

add some if I missed them
however, more specific answers are most welcome.

(No pun intended)

2007-09-30 18:38:08 · 15 answers · asked by randomX1 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

What is negative about the salad bowl approach???

2007-09-30 18:20:24 · 5 answers · asked by RuskiChick x3 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

With love from me, to all of you. Probably heard it, but it is mean't from the bottom of my heart.

'May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
May the rains fall soft upon your fields.
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
In case perchance, one day
We will meet each other face to face"

Old Irish Blessing, changed a bit, for the occassion.

2007-09-30 18:16:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-09-30 17:56:17 · 7 answers · asked by kumar 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

What's the difference between that & wearing a fake face-makeup?
Or fake hair-extensions or weave?
Or fake nails?
Or women who wear push-up bras or padded ?
Or girdles-lol?
What's the difference?

2007-09-30 17:29:15 · 22 answers · asked by NativeAtlantean 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

of course the division has always been there. But does it seem that lately the wedge between the variety of black cultures is being widened?

I've been seeing a lot of black folks on TV arguing among eachother. And usally its about non-sense. I just watched "hip-hop vs. america." As much needed as the debate is, The fact that is ia airing on BET can not escape my mind. Afterall, isn't BET the part of the main corporation that profits from the part of Hip-hop that they are complaining about. It seems to me that the powers that be are promoting the poorest quality, oversexed, violent, forms of the art and making it the standard. Then standing back and pointing the finger to say "look at how these people are."

Many black people rightly denounced the carricaturization of the culture. BET "bamboozled" hip-hop. That forum was like watching the mintrels blame eachother for their own carricature.

Why so many black people pointing the finger at eachother?

2007-09-30 16:45:13 · 20 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Not withstanding anything to the countrary, I do solemnly swear and promise that as from now. Immediately and forthwith, I will start behaving myself with the decorum that befits this site.

Signed on this, 1st Day, of October, 2007
By
justme

Slk will you be the witness?

................;....................
Many thanks.

2007-09-30 16:34:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-09-30 16:22:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

i've never been with another girl before, but after a stream of stupid guys, i've finally found this girl who is just a beautiful, amazing person. she makes me really happy, i'm comfortable kissing and cuddling and i find her very attractive, but when it comes to the bed room i don't know what to do. i don't like people going down on me, and i'm not sure how i would feel about going down on her. my idea of sex has always been "inserting" things. i care about her, and i want to be close to her, but its going to be hard to have a relationship if we can't please each other. what can i do to make things work?

2007-09-30 16:14:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

my question is about that I am studying E language as a foriegn language and I ve taken a course in poetry and I read the poem of John Donne that called paradise lost whick I think includes a lot of blaming on the female gender OR WOMEN IN ANOTHER WORDS
MY question is WHAT is your reaction toward those people who are writing about women in bad ways or against them ?

thanks

2007-09-30 15:47:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

you were in preschool, and always knew that boys had cooties. boys were yucky because they werent the same gender as you. when you were 5, if you liked a boy the same way as a girl, youd have a crush on them, and call them your boyfriend. why is this? we were taught this way. adam and eve, were boy and girl and loved eachother. not two boys loving eachother. the bible taught us to love the opposite gender. some of us have learned that, but just because a boy is the only gender you can reproduce doesn't mean you cant love women. dont get me wrong, im the straightest person youll know. or am i? i believe all human beings were born bi but chose to be straight except for a small percentage of people who ignored the society. society and stereotyping is why all people are straight. so go ahead, find your one and only, and ignore otherss around you. because you are just a simple person and you dont need to listen to them.

Thank you.

2007-09-30 15:39:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I was at a fashion show for the first time the other night...the Macy's Passport show in Santa Monica. Anyway, it was the first time I had seen actual models in real life..I've seen them in magazines forever, but I had never seen them in person before. I was struck by just how perfect a lot of them were in real life...no airbrushing or altared pics...I had the chance to see them in person, and they were all so beautiful. They would all look perfect in any kind of clothing you put on them...tall, slender (and muscular in the right proportions for the men)..their bodies were just perfectly proportioned, they had great skin, and their faces were gorgeous. Whenever they walked by before the show, all the volunteers just stared at them in awe. I imagine it must be impossible for most of these models to not be conceited and arrogant...it just doesn't seem fair that so few people are so attractive. What do you think of models? Would you be full of yourself if you looked like them?

2007-09-30 15:35:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Or not?
http://blackvoices.aol.com/blogs/2007/09/07/notable-quotable-beyonce/

2007-09-30 15:28:20 · 22 answers · asked by NativeAtlantean 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I don't know. Folks, I'm in a weird mood tonight. Asking whatever crosses my mind it would seem. But it does, doesn't it?

2007-09-30 15:27:47 · 16 answers · asked by Legs 6 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I'm an American. If I went Germany and I kept my mouth shut would I be able to pass for one of the locals?(I don't speak German too well).

2007-09-30 15:26:53 · 8 answers · asked by Edward 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Were you raised closer to your Mom's or your Dad's side of the family? I was raised around my Dad's family. I have first cousins on my Mom's side of the family that I have never met.

2007-09-30 15:20:30 · 22 answers · asked by kayboff 7 in Senior Citizens

I went to the club last night and their was the guy you buy tickets from to get in was showing interest. Well idk, maybe I am wrong. But he hands me my cash back and I kind of wait there looking forward, waiting for something to happen. You know like a 'you may go in now' or handing me whatever ticket I need to get in. I have never been there before. After like ten seconds I look up and the guy is looking at me. Then we're just kind of staring at each other. I'm like 'what are you looking... Ohhhhhh!" Anyway, I say 'can I go in now?' and he goes, 'yea!" lol! Then on my way out, I look at him and he's looking at me, but he's kind of holding the eye contact again. I ofcourse am too because I think he's cute. It last my entire way out and there are alot of other strangers walking out to. I then turn my head on my way out, and the guy is still looking at me and we hold eye contact again. I turn around and go ask for his number, he says in a sweet way, "I have boyfriend. And he works here

2007-09-30 15:10:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-30 14:28:01 · 20 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Senior Citizens