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scorpio Member Posts: 58
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer
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  • scorpio
    scorpio Member Posts: 58
    edited April 2008

    Did anybody see the website FreeRice.com? You play a word game and everytime you get one right, the sponsors of the website donate rice to the U.N. world Food program. It's fun and good exercise for the brain.(Also nice to get out of the bc universe once in a while.)

    Scorpio

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2008

    Yes, my sister sent it to me and I couldn't get any work done once I started! Here's the link:

    http://www.freerice.com/

    NOW try to quit it!

    ~Marin

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  • junie
    junie Member Posts: 1,216
    edited April 2008

    Have bookmarked the site.   Was skeptical, as had much dealing with WFP when working.   Snopes says it is true--so, I will go play as often as I can!

    It takes a lot of grains of rice to make a handful, so hope you all will play and play often!!!

    junie

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited April 2008

    Dern it!  You are right!  Got to 1520 donated pieces and then had to check out snopes to be sure it was worth it!  Cool Beans, or Rice!  It's true!  Very neat!

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited April 2008

    Laughing I see I'm not the only skeptic!  Junie, glad I'm not!

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  • JapanLynn
    JapanLynn Member Posts: 471
    edited April 2008

    I love this site!  As a matter of fact, I just hosted a pizza party for my special ed kids...over the course of about 3 weeks, they donated over 50,000 grains of rice!  Kind of ironic, I know--poor people get a few grains of rice while my middle-class kids get pizza, but I wanted to reward them.

    There was an article in People about the man who created the site...did it originally because he couldn't get his son to study for the SAT. 

    It IS addictive...it really makes you think.

    Lynn

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  • AlaskaDeb
    AlaskaDeb Member Posts: 2,601
    edited April 2008

    I LOVE this site.  I have been trying to get my score above 43 for 2 weeks, and can't make it!  It is addicting!

    Deb C

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  • AlaskaDeb
    AlaskaDeb Member Posts: 2,601
    edited April 2008

    Hey----I finally got to 44!!  OK, I know...I am a word nerd, but I love that site, plus I get to feel good because it goes toward world hunger....

    Deb C

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  • junie
    junie Member Posts: 1,216
    edited April 2008

    Deb--level 44!   Wow!  I'm only up to 41.   I'll keep working on it--it is addictive.   Think I read on the website that the highest level is 55(?)--I'll have to sit here with a dictionary!!!

    Scorpio--thanks for posting the info....FitChik--thanks for posting the link...Wish--thanks for making me think I'm not crazy for checking it out on Snopes!!!

    gotta go play one more time!  

    Huggssss, junie

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  • mke
    mke Member Posts: 584
    edited April 2008

    I love the site.  I won't say what my high score is but having studied Latin is a definate advantage.  I told some friends about and they sneered "10 grains of rice", well it isn't much but if I play this instead of solitare for a few minutes - well some kid might be able to eat.  And I learn some new words.  What's not to like?

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  • yellowrose
    yellowrose Member Posts: 886
    edited September 2010

    This site is SO addicting. 

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  • AlaskaDeb
    AlaskaDeb Member Posts: 2,601
    edited April 2008

    mke....come on...give!  I bet your score is way high knowing latin :)  Maybe we should have a competition and see who can "give" the most rice this week?   Might be fun....

    Deb C

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  • jerseymaria
    jerseymaria Member Posts: 770
    edited April 2008

    wow, i was proud of myself...i scored a 43, but deb has me beat congrats to you deb...you're a smartie for sure.  i was up till 5am and this was a saviour...i'm addicted.

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  • mke
    mke Member Posts: 584
    edited April 2008

    That's a great idea Deb, a week long rice a thon.  You set the start date.  We can add up our grains and see what we have contributed.

    OK, I'll give.  My score fluctuates around 50, and it is due to being a polyglot. I've studied Latin and Spanish, live between Chinese and Greek neighborhoods, had German speaking grandparents and being in Canada I have a passing knowledge of French and a wee bit of Cree.

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  • hi5
    hi5 Member Posts: 374
    edited April 2008

    hey...I gotta try this site but can't find my dictionary..

    mke.... you're in Canada...where?  I am in B.C. 

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  • AlaskaDeb
    AlaskaDeb Member Posts: 2,601
    edited April 2008

    OK...let's start today.  I found out you can have the site keep track of your rice from session to session.  Just go into options and check the box that says Remember my total rice donation from the last time I played.  we will see how many people we can feed in one week :)

    Tell your friends on other threads to join us and play along :)

    Deb C

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  • Harley44
    Harley44 Member Posts: 5,446
    edited April 2008

    OMG!  I just donated 680 pieces of rice!!  If you keep going, after you mess up, they will repeat the ones you missed, and if you remember, you will get them right the second time around!  This is fun!!!

    It's very addicting!!!

    Harley

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  • LisaSDCA
    LisaSDCA Member Posts: 2,230
    edited April 2008

    Oooh - I like a site where even those of us with a Neanderthal dial-up connection can play. Cool

    Y'all are already having an impact. If you look under the totals tab you will see that the donations have increased dramatically starting mid-month! So have we found out the highest rating posible? I got to 47 on my first visit. But then I have a bit of Latin in my background, too. And, yes, I am a word nerd. It's genetic.

    Lisa

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2008

    Amygdaloid. That was the word that tripped me up!

    Donated lots of rice, but spent a lot of time doing it. lol...

    I have to send this site to my little guy. SAT prep next year means it's never too early to start studying. At least this way he can have fun doing it... 

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  • BethNY
    BethNY Member Posts: 2,710
    edited April 2008

    In just a few minutes I donated 940 grains of rice.  If this site is for real, I can't wait to share it with my friends.

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  • mke
    mke Member Posts: 584
    edited April 2008

    I'm going strong, but I'd like to know how many grains of rice are in a pound.  I'm sure not going to count them, but I'd like to know.

    BethNY, apparently it is for real, there was an article in the NY Times a while back and it seems to me that they started out with 10 grains per word, maybe they got more advertisers.  On the other hand I have chemo brain - even I don't trust what I say.

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  • AlaskaDeb
    AlaskaDeb Member Posts: 2,601
    edited April 2008

    I'm up to 13,000 grains of rice.  I got to level 45, then had a brain fart and ended up back at level 41....LOL

    Deb C

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  • mke
    mke Member Posts: 584
    edited April 2008

    You've more grains than me Deb.  I'll warn you they get real mean when you get up to 50 or so.  I have repeatedly missed knowing that kor means 10 elaphs.  So far they haven't asked me what an elaph is, but I might be able to remember it's a tenth of a kor.

    This is excellent practice for the SATs.  So is one of those practice books - they get you used to the type of tests.

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  • LisaSDCA
    LisaSDCA Member Posts: 2,230
    edited April 2008

    I've helped out to the tune of a total of 3980 grains of rice in three days. And reached level 52. They get to asking for some nearly medieval usage around level 49. Fortunately, I happen to be reading a history of the Plantagenet kings right about now. Wink

    Lisa

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  • anneshirley
    anneshirley Member Posts: 1,110
    edited April 2008

    Worse than drugs or alcohol; stopped right before 20,000--it's 3:52 a.m.  Reached 52 but finished at 48--nothing like going backwards!

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  • AlaskaDeb
    AlaskaDeb Member Posts: 2,601
    edited April 2008

    LOLOL...my new late night addiction.  I love this site :)

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  • Bugs
    Bugs Member Posts: 1,719
    edited April 2008

    OK, who is your employer...I need to do some phone calling Wink.  I was only to the site once...but I sent the link to my coworkers and now they are addicted, lol.

    Bugs

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited April 2008

    So, THIS is what's causing the world-wide rice shortage, and the rationing at Costco and Sam's Club!

    otter 

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  • yellowrose
    yellowrose Member Posts: 886
    edited September 2010

    If you like the Free Rice game, take a look at this one.  How are your geography skills?  http://www.freepoverty.com/

    Have fun. Smile

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  • mke
    mke Member Posts: 584
    edited April 2008

    OK, it's been a week and I did 20,000 grains of rice.   I also did some water to cook it in and realized that I haven't any idea where any southeast Asian country is.  I'm pretty shaky on anything in Africa too

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