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Improve your vocabulary AND be a do-gooder

 
 
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 12:45 pm
Remember Reader's Digest 'improve your vocabulary' section (was that in the 1960's?).

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Want to test/improve your vocabulary?

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Do you want to help feed people?

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www.freerice.com

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Fun, free, good for you!

Very Happy
 
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 01:08 pm
I had to stop, I have things to do, but that was fun! I'll do it again!
1000 grains of rice....
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 01:10 pm
ooh, you're fast

I'm here, and in the kitchen, and in the basement, and here ... I'm at mmmmm

380 grains of rice

I need to focus. Or finish the other things I'm doing.
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 01:22 pm
400 grains..
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View Profile Tai Chi
 
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 01:40 pm
How do you stop? It's addictive! Can you just quit and have the rice total to that point donated?
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 01:42 pm
I thought it would stop at 1000, but it doesn't.....not bad for 5 minutes

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4395/picst3.png
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 01:56 pm
1480 and then I quit
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View Profile Francis
 
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 02:13 pm
Well, it's not a big score but the semi finals of the Rugby World Cup, France-England is going on..

http://perso.orange.fr/gismonda/freerice.jpg
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 02:18 pm
You have now donated 1630 grains of rice.

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This is going to be good for 'listening' time.

unh hunh
unh hunh
unh hunh

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Every grain of rice counts ...
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View Profile Mame
 
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 02:40 pm
500 grains - will do it again later. some good words there.
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 02:48 pm
3050. I'll post a pic if you dont believe me!
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 04:51 pm
700... cool site.
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View Profile ehBeth
 
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 04:56 pm
rice is nice

Cool
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 08:42 pm
I'm at 2060, my vocab level is 38. Is the donation a running thing? Is there a 'send' button?
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 08:48 pm
2610, 40! It is addictive!
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 09:02 pm
fun, isn't it!


when it says you've donated 100 grains, or 1000 grains - that's what's already recorded in their system, so there aren't any extra steps for you to complete
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Reply Sat 13 Oct, 2007 09:06 pm
I finally quit at 3330 grains.
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 01:14 am
i got one wrong
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 05:27 pm
another 1810 grains

I get up to level 47 every now and again, but my natural level seems to be 44
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View Profile Tai Chi
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 05:39 pm
ehBeth wrote:
another 1810 grains

I get up to level 47 every now and again, but my natural level seems to be 44


I must be obsessive/compulsive; I stuck with it to almost 5,000 grains last night. But I can't get over level 47 either. It's addictive!
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