Q. Question? Well i will tell you , me and a male friend where trying to save energy so we bathed together , and things kinda got freaky.

DAM YOU GLOBAL WARMING , I USED TO BE ALL ABOUT THE WOMEN.

A. Best Answer: you're doing your bit from mankind & saving on water & soap too.Well done you.

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Q. Question? Daughter (6) ....

Doesn't listen/Ignores instruction, Answers back/Cheeky. Cries pathetically when we tell her to get dressed (saying "it's cold" or "I can't do it" - which is a lot of rubbish)!
Has no sense of urgency when we are running late (because she's messed about in the bathroom or getting dressed), Winds her brother up, deliberately contrdicting us when we are trying to communicate something to him, Refuses to clean her backside after using the toilet - "I can't do it".
Refuses to go get something from another room or outside to play - "I'm scared on my own".

We are pretty consistent with discipline being T/O after a warning, and if after T/O the poor behaviour continues, we back this up with taking a favourite toy away for a while, or such like.

These are but a few of the things she does which are really starting to get us down. She's a bright kid, she's where she should be academically at school, has friends, and is outwardly pretty confident. She's over exhuberant. It's almost like she's a bit hyper. She's constantly on fast forward, but then she moans and groans when we need her to do something and becomes quite lazy.

I personally just CANNOT go on like this. It's driving me into a depression, and I can see the signs it's taking over. I can't get my house cleaned, I'm tired all the time, I've put on weight, I don't like my daughter very much, but I love her desperately. I can feel my temper is fraying more and more. I'm extremely protective of them (sometimes too much). Sometimes I think my family would be better off without me, as both children seem to play up more to me than anyone else. Thankfully I can take my kids most places and they do behave. (They just save up all the bad stuff for me!) This is taking it's toll on my relationship with their father because I've go no energy left for him, and I take out all my frustrations about the kids out on him (as he does me).

I'm really stuck. When is it going to get better, because I don't want to do this anymore.....
Thanks everyone for replies thus far. She's not spoiled, we don't have a lot of money to splash on material things, and she doesn't get treats every day. We read to her every bedtime, and throughout the day sometimes as well. We also try to spend time playing with both kids every day, although it's never enough I guess. She just seems to have flicked some switch lately and is behaving irrational a lot of the time. She's already had bilateral gromets done earlier this year. I'm cracking down on discipline, but I'm not going to resort to smacking her, as my partner is dead against this, and we need to be consistent with her. I also feel that if I did smack her it would only be out of my frustration at the situation, and would not be productive in building a good set of ground rules/or setting a good example of behaviour. I think I am going to watch her for a while, and possibly call in the health visitor if things don't improve soon. Thanks.
Yes, she is ours and if we look to some of our kids attributes/habits.... they are scarily like a lethal combination of our genetics!

She has not been abused, and she is a confident, able bodied young lass.

House rules were established the day they were born, and good morals plugged into them from get-go.

Over the last few days we've been strict, but perhaps more CALM with the kids, and I think this is helping.

I did a Positive Parenting course a few years ago, so I am a big advocate of praising the good, yet I don't ignore the bad/undesirable behaviour.

If just seems that she no longer cares about the consequences anymore. (Kevin/Perry eat your heart out)!

I'm slightly concerned that her blood sugar levels are affecting her behaviour somewhat, so I'm keeping a close watch.

A. Best Answer: Couple things, including questions;

Are both you and your partner the biological parents? Are there any other "parental figures" in the picture? And the question everyone hates is has the girl ever been abused?

You can email me if you would rather...

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Now for my thoughts...

First, you and your partner sit down and come up with a set of "house rules". List each and every rule (do not hit, do not kick, obey your parents the 1st time, use walking feet in the house, etc....you can google "house rules for kids" for ideas) and for each house rule list a consequence. If you do this...or don't do this....you get a ___________ (time out, grounding, etc.). Consistency 100% of the time is essential to make this work! Getting down on her level to explain what she did wrong, and why she is being punished helps too. Get her attention and make her look at you. Maybe you can try having her write a letter of apology and state what she did wrong. She may need help with this but it may work

Basically for each thing she has done that is inappropriate, make a rule about it. Post the rules in more places than one. If she doesn't want to clean her backside, tell her one time to do it. If she refuses or whines warn her, tell her you know she can and she has no choice. If she refuses she will (for example) lose television privileges for one week.

If you have tried timeouts and they do not work, either make them longer or "get'em where it hurts". One time I went into my daughters room and took out ALL of her toys for several days. I had tried everything and nothing worked. Drastic? Yes. Did it work? It did after she realized she would not win.

Kids are smart and they will do what they are allowed to get away with. They will constantly try to push their way around to see where they can rule.

She sounds somewhat like my younger daughter. She has been through a similar phase more than once.

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Q. Question? Two months ago I got a lift to a Festival (I go every year) with an ex-workmate of mine. We have always been good mates and that's about it. He offered the lift a few weeks before the Fest while we casually chatted online. Days before the Fest he sent me a text message asking me to confirm the interest for the lift and I (only thinking about saving money and time on transport) said yes. I also assumed that there would be more people going with us in his car. When he came to pick me up on the day, he was alone and said he'd meet his friends there as they were coming from somewhere else... we both live in London.
During the journey we chatted loads about everything including our own relationships. He's been with a girl for over a year and I've been married for seven. When we got there we went separate ways to meet our own friends as agreed previously. However, during the Festival we texted each other a few times in a friendly manner and eventually met up without our friends around. On that occasion, I wanted to introduce him to my mates but he insisted we went somewhere else and THAT was when I was totally caught up by him unexpectedly. He took me to this very nice bar he knew full of cushions and matts on the floor.
We ended up having a great night out together but didn't do anything, nor even a snog... maybe things got a bit cosy at one point and we had a cuddle and stamped each other lips but both felt guilty and avoided going any further. The lust was unbelievably unavoidable.
The following nights the same sort of thing happened and the mutual interest grew stronger. By the end of the Festival I was totally into him and him into me, the chemistry between us was amazing.
Although I'm married and have never cheated on my husband nor even felt that interested in another guy, I have and always had a very liberal mind towards this kinda of things. I believe that people should live the moment and NOT let morals win over good feelings in life. Guilt is a waste of energy and submission of somebody else's possessivity.
At the end of the Fest, he had to leave and I decided not to go back with him but I asked him to kiss me as we were all over each other but kissing and that was really stupid from my point of view (what's the difference between wanting and doing???). He said he wanted it badly too but refused doing it saying that if he did he'd feel like a real bastard for me and for himself. I was really upset and felt heartbroken by the man... but respected his decision as for him that was the right thing to do, walk away.
It's been nearly 2 months now that all this went on. We've been texting each other in a teasing and even sexual way. I can't stop thinking about how much I want him and this is driving me insane! I have to accept he's not going to fulfil my wish and his own. Sometimes, I tell myself 'that's it, enough! I'm gonna cut him off completely from my life, I was ok without him not long ago and will survive this silly fling' but then, suddenly he texts me or pings me online and my heart melts down completely.
I feel really confused and trapped in this situation and not because my marital status but because he's not brave enough to admit to himself what he feels. Still, he keeps me waiting, delude and feeding my lust. It looks like he messed up with my head at the wrong time but only because I allowed him to.
He tells me how amazing and gorgeous I am and how much he dreams about me and always found me hot and all but has avoided to see me since we got back which really pisses me off (we met up once soon after we got back but very briefly).
I wish he was more of a man and faced me as I, who have much more to lose than him, am willing to face. It's like he keeps me interested to feel good about himself, selfishly and irresponsibly... but i must say, he's a lovely, kind and sweet guy who, in fact might be trying to save me serious problems in the future if we ever get together.
What would you do in my situation???
Please don't tell me the obvious such as to move on! I need to hear something more interesting. Thanks!
* My husband is not a saint at all by the way... and there are no kids involved. All the answers received (with thanks) are pretty mediocre and sadly (mis)judgemental... but I can respect them, just really glad none of you are part of my wonderfull and exciting life. Phew!

A. Best Answer: He know that he is slowly destroying your marriage and he does not care. He know he is not being faithful to his girl friend and he does not care. He know he is deceiving you by presenting himself to you as a good person when in fact he is an animal and that does not bother him. He is a liar, a cheater, and a deceiver and you should have nothing to do with him.

You are trying to save a dollar or two, now you see what it's costing you. You have been so lucky and blessed to have been able to escape all these temptations.
YOU MUST cut ALL contacts and move on with your marriage...this guy has nothing to offer but his charm and his car. Seven years of marriage is nothing compare to what he has to offer, being married for seven years, I'd have to assume that you have kids, also.
This guy know all the trouble that he is about to bring in your life and he ignores it all.

There is only so far you can go with people(no need to rude, but set boundaries) when you are married; you would not be in this situation today if you showed this guy that you were not interested in him long time ego.

It should be very easy for you to forget this guy and move on and I will tell you how to do it.

Think of this guy as an animal, as a terrible person that he is, as some body who is up to destroy your seven years of marriage, this should do it.

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Q. Question? I found it amusing this week to read that Tim Yeo MP has teamed up with the Daily Express to campaign for double British Summertime, giving us an extra hour of daylight each evening, it went on to say that it would be probably tried out for three years as a test. Now! who else remembers this happening in the seventies, three years of test, then nothing came of it as the Scottish farmers objected to the idea. I personally think it would be great, it would save on energy, and also it would bring us in line with Europe, Who else agrees?

A. Best Answer: Yes, I remember. It was so depressing to go back to the present system. and it's a free way overall to have the lights on less often. The Scots could always have a different time zone if that's what they wanted, but the energy-saving aspect would surely also apply there as would the ilghter evenings. I believe the accident rate for children travelling to school went up but a look at his article reveals that ROSPA are in favour of change as the amount of time children are out and about is longer after school, so that there would be an overall reduction in accidents. Sounds like an obvious move to make to me.

I read a news article in which it was recounted that an American (I think) town had decided to turn off every third street light following a lot of thought about which individual ones were essential to safety. That sounds like an excellent idea too.

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Q. Question? I had one of these sent to me through the post, it's in a plastic case with my address on it (which I have never opened) - absolutely no explanation included as to what it is. From what I can ascertain from Google searches it's an energy saving device of some kind, but I daren't open the plastic casing and use it (assuming it even comes with instructions) in case it's a scam of some kind. Anyone else had one of these? I've put this in the environment category as it claims on the casing it's "money smart and enrivonmentally smart".. doesn't help me know what it actually is or how to use it though.

A. Best Answer: It's just a flow restrictor. It will help reduce the amount of water you use when you have a shower. Guess the pressure of the spray will go down if you use it though. Showers are better than baths when it comes to water saving anyway, so I don't reckon it's worth using. Just have a quicker shower. Don't stay in there for hours. And anyway, if your water is on a meter, you're paying for every drop you use anyway, so the only benefit is to the water companies. Less water being used means less work for them to ensure every householder has an adequate supply.

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Q. Question? Hey,

Okay, this morning I attempted to put an energy saving light-bulb back in ceiling light, but as I did (stupidly) one of the light segments was crushed as I put it down on the chair. I put it down on the side a said and went straight to the bathroom to wash my hands.I knew their was a dangerous substance in light-bulbs (just couldn't quite remember what) so I asked my parents for advice. They told me to go and get a bin bag and some newspaper and wrap the glass up. So I did, now I didn't put gloves on because I was panicking about it, so I picked up the glass and disposed of it. When we were checking the room, there was no dust on the floor (which I believe is the mercury) so I figured that the mercury must have been evaporated. Is this correct? Because I think I might have cut my finger on the glass as I cleared it up! I am so worried! My parents say I am being silly but I am very scared!

Would all of the mercury evaporated? How do I know whether it has or not? Should I be worried? I have two windows open and I stayed out of the room for as long as possible, and I have tried to clean the room as best as possible. How long does it take for symptoms to materialise?

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@ Answer one. Thankyou, but why is it regarded as such a threat? I've read several news articles which cIaim that the mercury present in these lightbulbs can be extremely dangerous. I fear I may have inhaled the mercury...

A. Best Answer: The amount of mercury in an energy saving light bulb is so small that you wouldn't be able to see it and such a small quantity won't do you any harm, don't worry about it.

The usual advice about opening the windows and staying out of the room is just another example of health and safety gone mad.

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Q. Question? I was wondering if someone could provide me advise on the below. I had a road accident in Turkey couple of years ago in which I was badly injured. I have filed a case against the driver to prosecute him for the cause and also for the compensation claim. My insurance company is paying for the solicitors. The solicitors were found by myself and It was very difficult to find a solicitor in UK who could handle case over in Turkey. The solicitors are very reputable and belongs to a big law firm. From last 2 years, we have gone through so many appointments with doctors, police, notary etc for the case as whatever was required by the appointed solicitor in Turkey. We have invested lot and lot of time and energy on filling out their forms..etc. But its been like 2 years but solicitors don't know how long is it going to take more and what would happen next. The next hearing is now in next year. This is very frustrating. My insurance company has recently sent me a letter that they want to transfer the case to a different law firm and I was wondering how if the current solicitor will transfer the whole thing to the new solicitor or will the new will ask us to do the who thing again as what we did with the first one. The other thing I want to check is that who has the power on decision on changing the solicitor. What if I am not willing to do the whole thing again and don;t want to change, will this be in my hand or the insurance company to decide? I understand that the current solicitors are very expensive and the one they want to change to are probably better in terms of the cost to them, But I am more concerned about how is this going to effect me rather than insurance companies to save their money.

A. Best Answer: Check the terms of your insurance policy - it is highly likely that the insurers have the right to choose which solicitors will act. Even so, it's worth asking them (nicely - you are likely to get much further with a polite request, however tempting it may be to let your frustration show) if you could stay where you are and explain why. If they insist on a change, your current solicitors should hand over pretty much everything, but again, ask the insurer to clarify how this will be handled.

Good luck.

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Q. Question? believe the "inception" was actually done on Cobb (Leonardo) not Fisher. Fisher was just part of the perjection.

THE GUILT:

Cobb felt so much guilt over the death of his wife. He left the U.S. and could not "face" his children because of his guilt. Hence can't look at their faces. There was never a letter sent to the police by his wife so he couldn't return. That was an excuse used in his dream. Remember when he spoke to his children on the phone and Grandma wouldn't speak to him? Do you think any Grandmother would allow a man that murdered her daughter and was on the run speak to the grandchildren? No more like she wouldn't speak to him because he abandoned his children after her daughter's suicide.

Mal (the wife) did not want to leave their "fantasy dream world." Cobb realized that when he found her totem locked away. He wanted her go back so he convinced her (inception) she was in "limbo" and they needed to kill themselves to get back to reality. The inception was to get out of limbo and back to reality you had to kill yourself. Mal perception was so distorded she killed herself to get back to reality. Guilt? Limbo didn't exist. Cobb made it up so his wife would come back to reality but it backfired in the worst way.

ARTHUR:

Noticed with the exception of Adriane, his partner (and best friend) Arthur new exactly who Mal was. He had actually been shot by her in the beginning of the movie. He knew she would randomly pop up as a perjection.

THE PLOT/ COBB'S DREAM:

Remember when Cobb said the only way inception can be sucessful is has based on a strong positive emotion or some type of reconcilliation? Remember Cobb is pretty much a con-man. So it's not easy to con a con-man. This is why the dream is so elaborate.

The DREAM STARTS:

FIRST: Cobb fails the mission to get the secrets from Saito? So later Saito offers him job to plant an inception in Scheifer. Reward? to see his children again (positive emotion). He goes to his father or Mal's father Miles (that taught him everything his knows a about dream extraction) to hire an architect named Adriadne for his plot. Who happens to be better than the last one. But how do we know she is better than him if she's never done this before? And of course they had to get rid of the last one so they can introduce Adriadne. And she catches on ooh so quickly. But remember Cobb is a con artist, so she has to bluff a bit or he would get suspicious. But once Adriadne starts to build Cobb is amazed how good she is. Adriadne is the only one besides Arthur to see Mal. And she guides Cobb through the entire dream to help him get over his guilt. Adriadne builds limbo for him and tried to use his memory of Mal to get him to go down there. But he won't go. And you have to at least be at level 3 to plant an inception remember? So Fischer has to be killed and basically kidnapped by Mal before he will go down there. While down there he has to face and reconciles with Mal. Mal tells him he is dreaming (which is the truth and part of his subconscious) He realizes he has to let go of Mal, she dies (Adriadne shoots her. He can't do it himself. To much guilt.) and that's where the inception is planted. Adriadne can't let Cobb die because he believes in limbo, and if he dies he would be really stuck there. He reconciles his guilt over Mal and lets her go so he can see his children "up there"

Remember when Adriane and Arthur come up from the water and the van? He asked about Cobb. Adriadne said he was fine.

SAITO:

Cobb had to save Saito from limbo. Because he had the power to make his charges go away. The charges were fantasy but in Cobb's mind they were real. SAITO is buying airlines and has the power to make murder charges just go away? And don't you think Fisher would recognize Saito if they were both powerful men in the energy industry. All part of the dream. In limbo Saito asks Cobb if he was there to kill him? Because remember the only way out of limbo is to kill yourself right? Cobb washed up on the shore with a gun to save Saito. Who had been there longer that's why he had aged. It's implied that's what Cobb does shoots them both so they can wake up and then as soon as Saito wakes on the plane he makes a phone call?

The ENDING:

Everyone on the plane was part of the inception. Each character used different dream levels to get Cobb to the Level 3 and Level 4. Cobb got through customs and entered the US not because of Saito phone call, but because there were NEVER any charges. His dad picks him up and he's finally able to face his children and see their faces. As far as the totem spinning. He spun the totem and walked away. It didn't spend smoothly (like in the dreams) it started to shake (reality). And besides Arthur says in the beginning of the movie the totem only works for the owner. The totem belonged to Mal.

A. Best Answer: Please excuse me for giving a long answer. It's the only way to describe the whole story. The answer is obvious in the details that Nolan puts in the movie, no need to think too far out from the frame. (^_^)
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Complete details & explaination:
http://evakriss-corner.blogspot.com/?zx=78952df95116fa03

The main idea of the movie is:
Dom Cobb was accused of murdering his wife [which actually killed herself], so he cannot return to his family [and children] in the States. Then he got an offer from Saito that gives him a chance to return home. Saito made a promise to make the charge on Cobb dropped if the mission succeed. The mission is to plant an idea in Robert Fischer Jr.'s mind to break up his father's company.
However it's not that simple. Cobb is haunted by guilt, since he's the one who "accidently" planted the idea in Mal's mind [Mal thinks they're still stucked and need to kill themselves to go back to reality]. So in his last mission, in order to succeed -so he'll be able to go home to his kids-, Cobb has to struggle with his guilty feeling - facing Mal's 'shadow' that he created in his subconcious.
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Cobb & Mall learn about dream layers, they go deeper & deeper till they lost their way. In the LIMBO, they built their world based on their memories. They spent 50 years there, at first it feels like gods, then Cobb feels something just not right. But Mal chose to think that it's real. She locked away a secret, deep inside herself, something she once knew to be true... but chose to forget.
Cobb enters Mal mind to find out her secret & found her locked totem. Then he planted the idea [inception] that it is not real and they have to die to return to reality. Then Mal agree & they kill themself on train rail. Unfortunatelly the idea sticks in Mal's mind even after they're back in the real world.
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Mal still thinks that their world is not real, that?s why she keep asking Cobb to kill themselves together, she doesn?t want to do it alone, because she loves Cobb too much. On their anniversary day, Mal sets up a trap that makes it like a murder, so even if Cobb doesn?t kill himself, he still can?t see their kids anyway. She said she?s doing it to erase the guilty feeling on Cobb to leave their kids. Why Mal is across the building? Mal sets up a trap so Cobb will be accused of murder. If she's in the same room, Cobb would be able to stop her, that's why she waits from the room accross the building.
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Cobb: You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You can't be sure where it will take you. But it doesn't matter - because we'll be together.
Cobb: What's the most resilient parasite? An Idea.
Cobb: Never recreate from your memory. Always imagine new places.
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Cobb: Listen, there's something you should know about me. About inception. An idea is like a paracite, resilient, highly contagious, the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It could grow and define... or destroy you.
Mal: The smallest idea, such as... this world is not real...
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Saito said that his company is the last company who's still standing between Fischer's company and the total energy dominates. And his company can no longer compete. This would make Fischer's company takes over half of the entire world's energy marketplace. If this happens, Fischer company will become a new global superpower dominator.
Saito: The world needs Robert Fischer to change his mind.

Cobb: [From Trailer] You're asking me for Inception. I hope you do understand the gravity of that request.
Cobb: [From Trailer] The seed that we planted in this man's mind may change everything.
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DREAM LEVELS:
^ 1 Rainy City [Yusuf's dream] - Yusuf drank a lot of champagne in the ?real world? on the plane, so when he goes to sleep he has to pee (hence the rainfall).
^ 2 Hotel - Room 528 [Arthur's]
^ 3 Snow Fortress in the mountain [Eames']
^ 4 Mal's World where Mal hides Fischer [Cobb's] - Ariadne drops a line early on about the fact that the extractor team can bring elements of their own subconscious into the dream levels if they?re not careful, and since Cobb has spent time in Limbo and has a raging subconscious, his dream includes his memory of the city he and Mal built for themselves.
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When people shares dream, if they?re lost they'll go to the same Limbo. At 1st level Cobb died drowning [also stabbed at 4th level - not sure which one actually causing his death], so he also went to Limbo but that doesn't matter since he wanted to rescue Saito anyway. That's why he didn't instantly tell the facts when he met Saito, he needed time to regain his conciousness about what's real & not real. Because in a Limbo [died or lost] people usually NOT AWARE that they're dreaming, it FEELS REAL. They need to be reminded first that they?re dreaming.
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LIMBO: unconstructed dream space ? a place of raw (and random) subconscious impulse.
Limbo is not tied with levels, people might get lost into it from any levels. No standard about what level [or how deep] a Limbo is. Either died on 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level, goes to the same Limbo. No need to go through levels from Limbo, when Cobb & Mal escaped the Limbo, they only suicide once. No kicks needed!
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No sedatives:
Die in normal dreams -> awake from dream
Die in Limbo -> awake from dream
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Sedated:
Die in sedated-dreams [cannot gain conscious under strong sedatives] -> stuck in a Limbo
Die in Limbo [after the sedatives runs out] -> awake from dream
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How Cobb & Saito were able to come back? Simple, with the pistol.
They shot themselves in time when the sedative already runs out, because when Cobb & Saito wakes up on the plane, the other team are already awake.
How do you know the sedatives already runs out? Fischer already sits firmly, Eames is wiping face with hot towel, Arthur & Ariadne [secretly] looking at him as if they?re wondering if Cobb would ever wake up.
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One way to know you're in a dream is that you couldn't remember how you get there. When Cobb wakes up in the plane, he's back to where he was, he's not waking up in some unknown place with no explanation of how he got there.
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When Cobb wakes up, he looked like trying to regain his senses, his expression shows that he's thinking and wondering if he's realy awake. Saito wakes up in kinda awkward position and has a hard-to-explain expression on his face. Old soul that finally returns to youthly body. Then he honor his word, and make the call to drop the charges on Cobb. And as Cobb walks through the immigration check and drags his luggage out, his worried and relieved expression is really shown.
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Cobb: [from trailer] Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.
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At ending, it wobbles --> REALITY.
In dreams Totem spins constantly & smooth, never wobbles.
If we listen carefully after the black out [not after the credits], there's a SOUND of the Totem WOBBLING n FALL.
>>> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ah2QP4p40DVi3TSaA.xu7bPty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100802012425AAut9pQ&show=7#profile-info-AA10398573
Dileep Rao [Yusuf-interview]:
"You know what, I'll just say this: Use your ears not your eyes."
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The only people who know the weight & feel of that totem are Mal & Cobb, and since Mal is dead, Cobb is the only one left who knows the totem?s tactile details.
So YES, he could certainly use it as a measure of reality, the totem was not ?ruined? by him using it.
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Cobb doesn?t wear a WEDDING RING in reality, but he wears a wedding ring in dreams [in dreams he's still together with Mal]. He didn't wear it at the end.
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He's not dreaming all along. After his mission to get Saito's secret, Cobb sitting in his hotel room alone, spinning the Top [Mal's Totem] and watching it intently, gun in hand. He's ready to blow his brains out if the top keeps spinning, in order to ?wake himself up?.
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THE KIDS looked a bit OLDER in the ending. In the credits there are 2 pair of kids: Philippa (3 yo & 5 yo), James (20 months & 3 yo).
They're wearing similar outfits to the ones he remembers [in his dreams], but their SHOES are different. In dreams they're wearing BLACK shoes, at the end Philippa wears PINK canvas shoes & James wears WHITE sport shoes.
Philippa also wears a DIFFERENT PINK DRESS, sleeveless with an INNER WHITE SHIRT. In dreams she wears 1 piece of short-sleeves pink dress.
And there are PAINTING TOOLS & BRUSHES on the table.
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Remember, almost all the major of the flick has been taking place in dreams, the MIND WORKS FASTER IN DREAMS. 5 minutes=1 hour; 10 hours=1 week. Dream time is longer than actual time (even longer as they go deeper into the dream, and much longer in Limbo). No reference about exactly HOW LONG Cobb has been away, we can't rely to the age of the kids as an indication that he?s in the real/dream world.
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Cobb's Dad is in the States. When Cobb called his kids, said he'll send gifts through the grandfather. Cobb visits his Dad in the school, drops off presents & asks him to give them to the kids when he goes back, means his Dad flies to the States once in a while. No exact reason why the grandmother not showing up as soon as Cobb arrived, probably because she was so bitter & once believed that Cobb would never return.
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Q. Question? I was wondering if it is wise to buy a GAS oven with cooker and grill and get rid of the electric one we have?It will definitely saves the space in the new Kitchen plans we have. We are on some dual fuel *shpower Online Energy plan. Opinions are divided and it is hard to count the Watts for baking a Pizza in each of them and many say Gas comes cheaper on central heating but not on grilling chicken. Can anybody give advice based on experience?
In calculating running cost one should also count the initial 300-500 quid for a separate Electric cooker.(the prospecting of having slightly wet Pizza in a GAS cooker is not important, cost is what we are worried about! But thanks for the tip, We can always buy a cheap electric cooker over the worktop)

A. Best Answer: Gas is a lot cheaper, but a bit more wasteful. To bake something in the oven, gas costs about half as much. For cooking on the hob, there's not much in it. Gas is expensive for grilling since most of the heat is wasted. A good system is to have a gas cooker plus a microwave with a grill.

A gas oven tends to be wet and is best for baking bread. An electric oven is dry and is best for making cakes.

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