Yay it worked sillybilly! You must have had a few votes from other people too... it takes 1 vote to get the first star, I am guessing maybe 10 to get the second?

Hi Walminski when I vote for you as 'helpful' nothing happens... but I did try to give you a star! Worked for everyone else...

Hippos sweat apparently... according to this webpage hippo sweat can be used as sunscreen!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_3751000/3751679.stm

Gross...

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Our tesco stays open 24 hrs every day except Christmas day - including Sundays and bank holidays so I guess we don't have the same trading laws over here. I think that - besides being very convenient - that it's a little bit sad... Sundays used to be sacred over here, everywhere would shut down for the day - now all of a sudden it is the biggest 'shopping day' of the week, all the shops are mobbed with people. It makes me wonder where people are getting the money from and also makes me feel sorry for the workers who never get to lie-in on a Sunday! What really makes me laugh though is the queues at Christmas time... the shops are only closing for ONE DAY people!!! Yet people buy enough food to feed an army for a month...

I thought you were in London Olivia??? We even have a 24hr Tesco here (south of Ireland) surely there must be one somewhere near you???

By the way coastman, very wise advice there... I did vote for you as helpful but you already had a star! What you have to do to get a second star remains a mystery...

Yaaaayyyyy I got a star!!! And all it took was a little fake-help back and forth hehehe... I'm kinda worried that it was cheating but whatever... I got a star that's all that matters!!! (up)

Hi Chris if you post on my thread 'Tell me something helpful' I will give you a star!!!!! And... umm.... well seen as I helped you out with a star then maybe you could help me with one??? No pressure ;-)

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Haha it worked!!! Well it worked on smrh who didn't already have a star... Juno and Olivia I guess you have to help several people to earn second and third stars...

By the way... very interesting Juno! But Olivia and Smrh... not so much ;-)

So chrisrolinski tell me something useful and I'll give you a star!!!

Any piece of useless information will do... ok really I just want to see what happens when I start a thread - can I really give people stars??? Let's see... and if not then sorry for wasting forum space!!!

Well I don't get any apparently! Could it be something to do with post frequency? Or total number of posts??? You both have over 2000 posts and 2 stars - just coincidence???

Best: Marimekko cow-print bag as conference bag... I still use it all the time!

Worst/Weirdest: A Microsoft lime-green bandana!!! I use that for dusting my desk lol...

I agree olivia, if you are sure you want to have kids then just go for it, life will work itself out! I can't understand women who say they definitely want kids but are waiting till they are in their late 30s or early 40s before they even start trying... eek, it's like playing russian roulette with your ovaries!!!

Ooh I love kayaking! A kayak is top of the list of things I want to buy as soon as I have the money... I think that buying it now was the right thing to do - you need to have some bit of escapism to keep yourself sane!