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The colours and combinations of roses all have different meanings and emotions.

Red: Love.
Colors range from bright red to deep burgundy. Varieties include Charlotte, Forever Young, Classy, and Rouge Baiser.Red roses are given to those who you want to show love and passion, people who you have great respect for, and those who have shown great courage.The quantity can also have a special meaning. A single red rose shows love, a dozen shows gratitude, twenty-five shows congratulations and fifty show unconditional love. Two red roses tied together symbolizes an engagement.The shade of the red has a meaning as well. Bright red means love, burgundy means unconscious love, dark crimson is used to show mourning. A withered red rose is used to show that the love is over. A red rosebud symbolizes youthful love and beauty.

Pink: Gratitude.
Colors range from light pink to peach to darker pink. Varieties include Ana, Livia, Pink Titanic, Rossini, Orlando and Attaché. Pink roses in general are given to those whom you want to show thankfulness, admiration, and happiness. The different shades of pink can have more precise meanings. Deep pink is used for appreciation and gratitude, where as light pink conveys admiration and sympathy, and peach roses are given to show modesty.

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I know I do……..but I can honestly say that I never realised it has so many uses. Are they real? Who knows, but you can definitely bet money on the fact that no-one is getting their hands on my precious bottle of Absolut Vodka to try any of these suggestions! Except…Of course the fine gentleman in the advert LOL

1. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka – The stuff dissolves adhesive.

2. To clean the scum around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the scum, let set five minutes and wash clean – The alcohol in the vodka kills mould and mildew.

3. To clean your spectacles, simply wipe the lenses with a soft, clean cloth dampened with vodka – The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs. (more…)

There have been many times in the past when I have been heard loudly complaining about my Job as a Dental Nurse. Well not anymore! I have finally realised that there are far worse jobs than mine!

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As it gets colder here in Scotland (Not that it’s ever warm!) I decided to make a post about ice, cold and frozen things. All I can say is I’m glad I am not the one that has to scrape the windscreen on some of these vehicles!

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19 pairs of shoes are to be auctioned on eBay for the charities: Cancer Research, Cash for Kids, No More Landmines, and The Angus College Charitable Trust. They were collected by Angus College staff, who last year created a three-mile line of consisting of more than 20,000 pairs of shoes, which were then sent to charities in Africa and Asia.

The shoes include on auction this year include: A pair of Jimmy Choo sandals belonging to actress Emma Thomson, football boots from Rangers players Barry Ferguson, Steven Pressley and Christian Dailly. Daniel Radcliffe’s shoes which he wore when he played the part of Harry Potter, Elton John’s shoes from his 1975 world tour and Stephen Fry’s gave “hairy monster slippers”. (more…)

Here is a little step by step guide on how to perform a sexy striptease for your other half. Now remember………Just a little drink for “Dutch courage”, No-one wants to see you paralytic trying to dance around a chair, It’s really not as sexy as you may think in your head LOL.

As the stars gathered on Friday night for the “stand Up To Cancer” charity telethon, the TV viewers definitely stood up to cancer as total donations raised for research to battle the disease past the $100 million mark.

“One hundred percent of the more than $100 million raised will go directly to funding the research programs necessary to battle this insidious disease,” said Paulsen in a statement Sunday that accompanied the announcement.

Jack Black, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry and Keanu Reeves, as well as presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama were among the celebrities participating in the show which was live from Los Angeles.It also featured music by performers such as James Taylor, Sheryl Crow and Josh Groban.

Cancer apparently kills 550,000 Americans and six million people worldwide each year and so the more money which can be raised to help and find a cure for this horrible disease the better. Lets hope the celebs keep helping these events to raise awareness and money, Its definitely for a worthwhile cause for a change!

Girls if you ever wondered what guys find most attractive about you is then wonder no more. It seems that natural scientists have come up with the answer and I bet it’s not what you’re thinking. No it’s not boobs or bums – apparently it’s your waist!!!

Popular science magazine Nature has published the results of study showing what part of female body looks most appealing to men. The group of American natural scientists headed by Michel Hopkins discovered that the most appealing thing about women’s body is their waist, and the smaller the waist, the better.

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Was FDR right when he said “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”? How many times have you seen this bumper sticker? It’s really not that hard to slap a bumper sticker on the back of your jacked up 4×4 and think you’re a badass. Some of the clowns rolling around in my neck of the woods adorn their mud-mobiles with bumper stickers and a healthy set of bumper nuts. Even these guys don’t have what it takes to handle the top 10 scariest hobbies. I assure you that any of the next 10 hobbies, bumper nuts or not, will loosen up your sphincter for at least a split second.

10. Sky Diving

Anyone will tell you the scariest part of sky diving is right before you leave the plane. After that it’s just the thrill of a lifetime.

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