ljoy28

@ljoy28 (75)

United States • Age 65

Joined myLot 18 years ago

when pigs grow wings and learn to fly.

Discussions (16)

ljoy28's Discussions

Child Support

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

Do you feel that agencies do not do enough to collect child support? I feel that they are not doing enough to help children that do not get to benefit from child support payments. Whether its a mother or a father that does not...

children

parenting

support

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Holiday Shopping

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

Do you shop all year round and put away or do you do it all at once or last minute? If I see something that would be perfect for someone I will buy it and put it away. I hate to shop after Thanksgiving because I hate the crowds so...

christmas

holiday

shopping

1 response

Recycle

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

Do you recycle the items in your house you no longer need? Yes i belong to a group here in FL called Freecycle that I post items we no longer use or want.

freebie

recycle

2 responses

Favorite place to eat

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

Where is your favorite place to go eat dinner? We go to a greek restaurant here for Pizza and Greek salad. They have outdoor screened in dining area. It is nice this time of year. Not too hot.

dining

food

restaurant

2 responses

Cutest costume

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

What was the cutest Halloween costume that came to your house tonight? There was this little boy about 2 that was dressed as a skunk. His dad said he's a little stinker :-)

1 response

Mortgage company question

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

Why do mortgage companies send you a refund for tax escrow when you still owe money on your mortgage? Why don't they just put that towards the principal or put it towards next years taxes? Doesn't make sense to send money back to...

escrow

money

mortgages

Companies and employees....

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

Why is it that companies are cutting back more and more on what employees get? They are taking away more and more of the perks/benefits that employees used to take for granted. Employees are getting less raises and still doing the...

businesses

employees

Church or beach wedding?

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

Which would you prefer? After all these years if I had it to do over I would pick a beach or outdoor wedding. My son came to FL and was married in a gazebo outside of a wedding chapel last year. I was so beautiful!

wedding

wedding chapel

6 responses

Has anyone else ever tried to stop smoking?

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

How did you do it? Cold Turkey? With over the counter meds, or with prescription meds?

health

smoking cessation

2 responses

How do you deal with customers that get on your nerves?

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 31 Oct 06

In my job I have to deal with a lot of customers. Ones that are grumpy, demanding and bossy. I usually try and stay calm, cool and collect but some days that is hard to do. Seriously we are there just doing our job and most times...

1 response

Any other American Idol fans out there?

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 30 Oct 06

I love American Idol and can not wait for the new season to start. My husband has even started to watch it with me now. 3 seasons ago I had to force him to watch it but now he watches it willingly.

american idol

3 responses

Does anyone else work from home? What kind of work do you do?

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 30 Oct 06

I work for a teleservice company that i receive phone calls routed through a phone at my home. I also do data entry and searches for 2 other companies. It beats having a 9-5 job. :-)

1 response

What do you do while you are online?

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 30 Oct 06

I work, play games, moderate yahoo groups i belong to and chat with my friends and family.

10 responses

Are there advantages to going back to college later in life?

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 30 Oct 06

Does anyone else feel there are advantages to going back to college later in life? I went back to college later in life (after marriage, kids etc) and I feel I had an advantage. By that time in my life I knew exactly what I wanted...

Why do businesses raise prices during peak season?

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 30 Oct 06

Here in Florida the fruitmarkets, grocery stores, fleamarkets etc always have good deals 6 months out of the year when snowbirds are not here. But the minute they start arriving we see the price of everything go up! I understand...

prices

tourist season

Do you feel that the utility companies have a right too......

ljoy28 @ljoy28 (75) • United States 30 Oct 06

Charge you for their cost of damages during national disasters? Our phone company has been charging us $1.90 a month extra since the hurricanes of 2004 to pay for their expenses of hurricane repairs. To me its been 2 years. With...

disasters

utilities

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