London

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

I wander thro' each chartered street,

Near where the chartered Thames does flow.

And mark in every face I meet

Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man,

In every Infant's cry of fear

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1 Reply · Reply by Shaheen Feb 14, 2023

New Year's Traditions

Do you have any special traditions for the New Year?

Here in the US South, there are certain food that people eat on the first day of the new year: Black eyed Peas, pork and cabbage or greens. All of them symbolize some aspect of good fortune for the

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7 Replies · Reply by esra Sep 16, 2023

Reading 'Man's search for meaning by Victor Frankl' makes me question myself what the meaning of my life is and what my 'why' is, and it takes a long time to answer the questions, and I've still tried to figure them out. Then, when I asked people I

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5 Replies · Reply by Domingo Gonzalez May 15, 2023

FIFA! Who is the winner?

Who is going to win the world cup for this year 2022?

The teams are at the same level, and football is not like before.

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, and some countries used to be the first nominee for it.

Things are different now.. I am in a hole.

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7 Replies · Reply by salah gammaa Dec 20, 2022

Life is a series of choices or tradeoffs

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4 Replies · Reply by Vic Nov 9, 2022

A coincidence

There are five fours in the Arabic calendar of today. It's like this 4/4/1444 Is it a good thing?

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21 Replies · Reply by Bekean Loinse Apr 19, 2024

What would you do if you went to a restaurant and there was a bug in a dish you ordered?

1. You don't mind it.

2. You call a sever and make him chang the dish.

3. You call a sever and complain to him, then you leave the restaurant without eating the dish and paying.

4. You sue the restarant and try to get monetary compensation.

5. You call a

Started by Tam in General Discussion

8 Replies · Reply by Vivi Nov 28, 2022

How do you decide Whom to add as an EC friend?

I actually only add people with whom I have had some level of communication which usually means we chat on the Chat.

Others seem to try and add everyone who joins EC.

Is there any real purpose in adding someone to your "Friends" on EC? It allows you t

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1 Reply · Reply by Onee-chan Oct 29, 2022

How often do you visit EC?

It's an interesting question. EC used to have literally hundreds of active users if not thousands.

How often do you visit? Which features do you use?

I visit almost every day and use Chat, Blog, Photos, Discussions and Groups along with time to time

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5 Replies · Reply by Josi A Jan 7, 2023

10 days of Thulhijaah

Today is the thirday day of the first ten days of the holy month of Thulhijjah. Is it true that doing (Ibadah) worshipping on them is the best? On the other hand, Ramadan is the master of the months. It has ten last nights, and one of them equals mo

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I'm depressed! What's your cure?

This isn't about me. I thought I'd make that clear up front.

I am not prone to depression but I know other people are. Since it isn't a topic I have a lot of experience with, I decided to see what you all thought. What are your ideas?

Recently a f

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10 Replies · Reply by Yeri Ekomunajat May 31, 2023

How's Your Internet?

One of the benefits of living in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China was the fast internet. Back where I live in the US, it is a rural area and the internet is not great. Recently I switched to Starlink so the internet is better now but that is a different t

Started by Tim New in General Discussion

9 Replies · Reply by Mavis Kemp Mar 5

Happy Mother's Day - for the parts of the world celebrating it May 8 (or 10th for Mexico)

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0 Replies · Reply by Ferrari Blow Jul 20, 2022

Amazon giving away free ebooks for World Book Day

I'm not sure how global the offer is but it doesn't hurt to try.

Amazon is giving away 10 books from various World Authors over the next 13 days.

https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world-2022/

If you have a Kindle, and there is no restirction by

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5 Replies · Reply by Leroy Landry Dec 13, 2024

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK AS A CHILD?

Hey there book lovers!

Did you know that today is the International Children's Book Day?? ...Of course you don't! But lucky you that I'm here to remind you.

Okay, no need to thank me, but instead you can tell me about your favorite readings as a child

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13 Replies · Reply by Peter Easley Aug 6, 2023

I WANT TO MAKE YOUR DAY MORE FUN, SO COME HERE TO CHECK THIS TOPIC

I found this topic and I thought that it could be a funny thing to share here with all the MyEC crowd!

Here it goes:

You're on a date and can ONLY TALK about the LAST THING YOU GOOGLED.
So, What are you talkin' about? :P

(here a pic 'cause i know some

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9 Replies · Reply by MARY Jul 25, 2023

Is Your News Biased?

Do you think the news you get today is impartial and unbiased or is it "slanted" to present a message or narrative?

Started by Tim New in General Discussion

12 Replies · Reply by Viki Morris Jul 22, 2022

Do you know words that only exist in your native language?

In the German language, we have words that cannot be found in any other language.

I think everyone knows the word "Kindergarten".

It's used around the world, and I don't have to explain it.

But there are some other words you may not know and that migh

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19 Replies · Reply by Shaheen May 4, 2022

Handwatches and smart phones

Watches after the smart phones. Before we used to buy beautiful watches and make sure we have one on our wrists. Now after the appearance of the cell phones it became less interesting. Any ideas!

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8 Replies · Reply by Estanis Jul 17, 2022

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General Discussion (2596)

A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT LONDON

London

New Year's Traditions

The meaning of life

FIFA! Who is the winner?

Life is a series of choices or tradeoffs

A coincidence

What would you do if you went to a restaurant and there was a bug in a dish you ordered?

How do you decide Whom to add as an EC friend?

How often do you visit EC?

10 days of Thulhijaah

I'm depressed! What's your cure?

How's Your Internet?

Happy Mother's Day - for the parts of the world celebrating it May 8 (or 10th for Mexico)

Amazon giving away free ebooks for World Book Day

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK AS A CHILD?

I WANT TO MAKE YOUR DAY MORE FUN, SO COME HERE TO CHECK THIS TOPIC

Is Your News Biased?

Do you know words that only exist in your native language?

Handwatches and smart phones

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