Christina

@chrisandmark (606)

United Kingdom

Joined myLot 9 years ago

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Something I shared with my mom..

Amber @AmbiePam (85301) • United States 2 Jun 20

My mom should have been a detective, although she would never have been able to be one (very poor vision, and bad health). She was great at getting to the truth, and had endless patience. She loved documentary shows like The First...

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Christina I don't watch that kind of thing on TV but my ma-in-law is obsessed with US crime shows - she started off watching CSI and now watches all the true crime stuff

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You made me do it!

Amber @AmbiePam (85301) • United States 3 Jun 20

Okay, no one actually made me do it. However, someone mentioned brownies in the last couple of days, and I couldn't get them out of my mind. I'm not much for sweets, but all of a sudden I wanted brownies with walnuts. I wish I...

food

eating

brownies

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Christina That is GENIUS to substitute mayo for egg - why did I never think of that?! But yeah, the same happened with Brownies for me too a couple of weeks ago - I'm not much of a baker so ended up buying a packet of 'posh' ones to munch on

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Happy Easter

Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (23393) • United Kingdom 12 Apr 20

Good morning my friends I would like to wish you a very if somewhat unusual Happy Easter kept away from family due to our unusual situation in the world. No Easter egg hunt today unless you have small children at home. No meeting...

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Christina When I was a kid my nan used to dye eggs in vegetable dyes, the effect is lovely. My dream is to own a Faberge egg, they've been a fascination of mine forever - I might look into getting a fake one at some point as I'd love to own something so beautiful, it...

5 Jun 20

Toothache! Ouch! Double ouch!

Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (23393) • United Kingdom 14 Apr 20

OH dear oh dear On Saturday whilst eating an apple I broke a tooth and have had three very uncomfortable days and nights. Tooth pain can be extremely painful if you have had it you will know what I mean. Just talking, drinking or...

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Christina Gary! I was only thinking of you yesterday (the Vienna fridge magnet still has pride of place!) and here you are! Sorry to hear about your tooth, I'm in the same boat myself only luckily without pain as it's a tooth that had the nerve removed some time ago -...

5 Jun 20

Not All Bad News

Jabo @jaboUK (64362) • United Kingdom 5 Apr 20

A wonderful thing's happening here that's helping to calm people's fear volunteers galore will come to your door giving aid and spreading good cheer. They're carefully vetted of course they're forming a powerful force to help old...

coronavirus

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Christina Fantastic, I'm going to show this to my 9 year old tomorrow who has been tasked from school to read a topical poem! :)

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IG Nobel Awards For Weird Discoveries

Anna @LadyDuck (457412) • Switzerland 13 Sep 19

Do you know that it exists a parody of the Nobel Prize for weird discoveries? The winners get $10 trillion Zimbabwean dollars. As the Zimbabwean dollars are worthless, they finally win nothing, but it's funny. Those are some of...

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Christina There's always a researcher willing to research the weirdest things! I like the anti-cancer pizza one...

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An Oklahoma news chopper rescues a swimmer in trouble in a river

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (94295) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 5 Jun 20

The helicopter for Oklahoma City television station KFOR are being called heroes for rescuing the life of amputee swimmer David Stokes who was swimming on the North Canadian River on Wednesday afternoon. Stokes had the misfortune...

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Christina Wow, he's a lucky guy!

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Missing 3 year old autistic child found safe and sound near his home

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (94295) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 5 Jun 20

I can imagine how the relatives of three year old Ponce De Leon Florida resident Marshal Butler who is autistic wandered away from his parents home on Wednesday morning. Kayla Stewart who is the aunt of Marshal feared the worst...

autistic child

dogs

neighbor

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Christina Ahh, bless him. So glad he was found safe, and I definitely believe Marshal's mum that their dogs were taking care of him!

5 Jun 20

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Good friends are better than pocket money

askme123 @askme123 (6150) 25 May 20

Good friends are better than pocket money. Sometimes your good friends treat you better than your own family. Sometimes your own family bring you down and forsake you in times of need .Don't get me wrong I am an advocate for the...

family

friends

unity

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Christina I've found that friends come and go, families aren't perfect but mostly they're always there through your life

5 Jun 20

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I will make an apple omelet for dinner.

marguicha @marguicha (215179) • Chile 5 Jun 20

I have nade lots of weird things for lunch and dinner. I finally ate 2 potatoes for lunch (with mayo) and spinach salad. And I ate a big dish with the rest of the spinach in cream for dinner. They were delicious. But spinach...

apple omelet

dessert

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Christina Oooh, apple omelette sounds tasty!

5 Jun 20

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~Share The Love~

Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85127) • Valdosta, Georgia 4 Jun 20

Good morning everyone! I hope you're doing amazing today. God has blessed us with life, what we do with it is up to US. Make a difference today in your part of the world! Give a smile, a hug, a kind word, etc... Share the love!...

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Christina That's a gorgeous photo, just the kind of thing I'd have done of my kids

5 Jun 20

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Me time

Manuela Lopes @nela13 (55702) • Portugal 31 May 20

The weather isn't good to be outside so I decided to take some time to take care of me. It has been a while since I did a face mask, today I am doing a cleaning one. After removing the mask I will use my cleaning device with a...

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Christina I don't get to pamper myself as often as I'd like but do love a nice face mask while I have a soak in the bath. Love Caudalie products!

5 Jun 20

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I have long hair not because I am rebelling againts the norm nor following a fashion trend

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32507) • Calgary, Alberta 5 Jun 20

My hair is an aggressive grower, Usually hours after shaving my head clean, You will be seeing stubble already. Right now my hair is so long I either wear a pony tail or a man bun. I prefer having short hair because I save money...

covid 19

hair

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Christina My hair is so long it's not worth me going to the hair salon as there's not much they can do with it. My friend has very short hair and she's getting annoyed with how long hers is growing now

5 Jun 20

Comparison of the number of sufferers of the Corona Covid-19 virus outbreak in the United States and Indonesia

didik wijanarko @Babale (1869) • Semarang, Indonesia 4 Jun 20

I was very surprised, why did the death toll of Corona outbreak sufferers in the United States multiply compared to fatalities in Indonesia, even though in America the health facilities were more advanced and sophisticated than...

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Christina I honestly think the pandemic is going to run its own course, whatever different countries do the virus will either do great damage or leave large communities alone. It's chance in my opinion

5 Jun 20

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home is where my safety is

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11133) 4 Jun 20

I've always been a bit of a homebody, so being at home a lot is something I don't mind. But I think I'm going to have a real problem when it's time to face the world again. I'm not going to be able to successfully do it. In...

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Christina People in the UK don't seem to get the seriousness of the situation - we live right opposite one of those 'parks' you're talking about and last week the local teens cut the tape off and started using the park again. They're no problem but it's not fair when...

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Alfie is my new spy machine!

Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat @Jackalyn (7559) • Oxford, England 1 Mar 18

After all the trouble with carers for my Dad, I persuaded him to have some kind of CCTV. This was also meant to help Mum check on him when she went out. My Dad, for those who do not know is almost totally paralysed, but he can use...

alfie

cctv

spyware

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Christina We've recently installed an outside CCTV system for my mother in law and she said she feels safer, she doesn't need monitoring inside her house as she's not particularly frail but I do think it's a brilliant idea for families like you and your dad as sometimes...

6 Mar 18

I can't write for a month!

Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat @Jackalyn (7559) • Oxford, England 6 Mar 18

Thankfully I can use voice recognition! I went to the doctor and the decision was to send me for an MRI scan which I have on Sunday. Meanwhile, I'm signed off as unable to work for a month, which is very frustrating given I'm a...

voice recognition software

voice recognition

disability

using one hand

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Christina I tested some voice recognition software out a couple of years ago for a survey company, it was mostly good but I found it frustrating having to go back and edit the multiple words they all (regardless of brand) seemed to mishear - things have probably gotten...

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more missing mylotters

hereandthere @hereandthere (45651) • Philippines 5 Mar 18

vandana7 wrote about missing a mylotter, ocean tiara/tiarasoceanview. other mylotters told her they've seen ocean tiara on twitter. now it's my turn. there are two mylotters i haven't seen: sishy7 from australia and barry (aka...

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Christina It's worrying when online friends just disappear - I hope you get back in contact again soon

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bye cassette tapes

hereandthere @hereandthere (45651) • Philippines 6 Mar 18

someone is decluttering here. i saw some old cassette tapes in the trash. nat king cole shirley bassey matt monro bing crosby the four aces our parents' music. i remember our old stereo system encased in wood. one more piece of...

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Christina My ten year old daughter found a tape at my mum's house a couple of weeks ago and she didn't know what it was!

6 Mar 18

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