Cortney

@Cortney (3980)

United States • Age 50

Joined myLot 19 years ago

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"Honesty is the best policy" Do you still agree?

rb200406 @rb200406 (1824) • India 1 Dec 07

What about the dishonest people becoming rich having success.Nobody seems to get any punishment.They enjoy life to the fullest.& honest people remain poor & struggle to live.so still do you think that Honesty is the best policy

honesty

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Cortney I have been mixed on this topic for many years. It seems like the harder some work and how truely honest they are, doesn't even really seem to matter anymore. My husband's company has over paid him several times. He has done the honest thing, and for the next...

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Christmas Plans!!

MakinMoney129 @MakinMoney129 (231) • United States 30 Nov 07

Just wondering what everyone here does for Christmas?? Do you guys celebrate with family on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve?? If you celebrate on Christmas Eve, do you open gifts that night, too, or only on Christmas Day?? We still...

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Cortney This is the first year that my mom has said that she is not sure that she is going to have Christmas at her house. We usually have a huge Xmas Eve party and then stay the night at my moms. A lot of issues have come up and I am just not in the Christmas state...

30 Nov 07

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Do you call it a blessing? Or, merely consider it good luck or coincidence?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 29 Nov 07

When something good happens in your life, do you consider it to be a blessing, good Carma, good luck or just a happy coincidence? How do you see spontaneous good fortune? Most times when something good happens in my life, I...

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Cortney Most of the time when I have something GOOD happen to me, I attribute it to plain ol' Luck. Like winning something, finding things etc. But for raises or promotioms I view it at hard work and effort and a little luck in there to. Some people can bust there...

30 Nov 07

Do you have a big family with lots of kids?

gwendovere @gwendovere (1279) • United States 22 Oct 07

I only have one child, but I hope to have more someday. My whole life, I've dreamt & daydreamt of having five or more children. I think it would be so much fun to have a big family! So much to do, and all the kids would have...

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Cortney I dreamed about having a larger family, but due to complications when i had my daughter, it was not safe for me to have more kids. And, Financially, it would be hard to addopt with all the lawyer fees. We have looked into being foster parents for the younger...

22 Oct 07

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if you could build an extra room what kind would it be?

easymoney75503 @easymoney75503 (1702) • United States 26 Mar 07

if you could build on to your home and make an extra room what would you make? a bedroom, livingroom, bathroom, sitting room, game room etc? why would you choose that? what kind of stuff would you want in it? who would you share...

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Cortney Adding square footage will up the value of your home. The more you can add with little cost is the better. If I could add to my house I would add a huge great room that I could use for entertainment purposes. I would love to have a room large enough that I...

26 Mar 07

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myLot to Release a Huge Upgrade This Week!

myLot! @myLot (127) • Kansas City, Missouri 26 Mar 07

Let’s just say that this is one you don’t wanna miss. Nothing is going away, and we’re adding some of the biggest enhancements that we’ve ever made. How’s that to wet your appetite? Stay tuned…

mylot

mylotcom

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Cortney This sounds great!! I can not wait to see what all is in store for us. I have been gone for a little while and am just starting to return. I hope there are more chances to earn. I love a lot of the upgrades that I see now. So I will patiently wait for more to...

26 Mar 07

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Easy strawberry Margeritta's

Cortney @Cortney (3980) • United States 25 Mar 07

1 cup strawberries 1 cup margeritta mix w/or w/out alchol in it 1 cup of ice blend and drink We are just getting to the tail end of strawberry season here and I have a freezer packed with them. So this is one of the ways...

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Spiced Nuts

Sandra06 @Sandra06 (430) • United States 25 Mar 07

1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp allspice 1/8 tsp cardamom 1/8 tsp cloves 4 tsp water 2 1/2 cups mixed nuts Combine first six ingredients. Microwave, uncovered, for 1 minute. Stir; microwave another minute or...

nuts

pecans

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Cortney These sound really great. I am going to have to try this. I love the cinnamon in them. I usually do something similar to this with almonds, peacans, and cashues and it is great.

25 Mar 07

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Laundry.. do you fold it right away or leave it for later?

Cortney @Cortney (3980) • United States 26 Oct 06

I am a neat freak, but I can never seem to get the laundry folded. I have so much of it and there are only 3 of us. My hubby and daughter change twice a day and then the bed clothes. I have a big pile of laundry that is just...

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Cortney I have been sick so not it is really bad. I have about 2 weeks worth of cloths sitting in there to be folded. I told my daughter I would pay her $5 to sort it all into towels, socks, shirts, and short piles. So hopefully I can get it all done tonight :)

25 Mar 07

Chuckie Cheese birthday

davisdenyel @davisdenyel (42) • United States 22 Feb 07

My daughter will be turning 3 in March. I have been thinking about having it at Chuckie cheese. But I heard that it is expensive. Is Chuckie cheese worth the price? Is 3 to young to have a party there? If you have had a birhtday...

birthday

children

chuckie cheese

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Cortney The price for having a Chucky Cheese party is about the same per person as anywhere else. Here where I live it averages about $10 per person. Some things you could do to cut costs down: Find out if yours will allow you to bring your own cake (mine does,...

22 Feb 07

Responses not making sense

smints8985 @smints8985 (1594) • United States 28 Jan 07

There are some responses on certain discussions that I've encountered that are just plain non sense. I hate it especially when people answers "yeah" or "I don't know cause I'm not ...." I mean, you respond to the discussion in...

mylot

responses

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Cortney The "Yeah" or "I don't know" answers are very annoying. It doesn't earn the person posting them much and brings down their ratings. I can understand that some people are doing there best to make sense when they are typing, we do have people from all over...

29 Jan 07

Around 2000 posts deleted !!! An alert to the all the Junk Posters !

lifeisbeautiful @lifeisbeautiful (479) • India 28 Jan 07

This is just to inform all of you that i have come across an intresting obeservation. I was in constant touch with the 'all time top users' (posters) list on Mylot, and have came to know that around 2000 posts of one of a user,...

alert

junk

posts

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Cortney It is terrible how people are trying to cheat the system and think that some time or another they won't get caught. I have not been to active on the site because of all the crap that had been going around. Didn't make it fun for me anymore.. all the...

29 Jan 07

which do you prefer?

brandonknies @brandonknies (305) • United States 5 Jan 07

Which chatroom networks do you prefer? do you prefer Java? which is easy and can be used on most computers, without having to download anything? or do you prefer IRC or mIRC? which is a little more difficult to use, and require...

computer chatrooms

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Cortney I really don't use chatrooms. I got bored with them when I first started on the net many years ago. I prefer forum boards.

6 Jan 07

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Yahoo messenger

brandonknies @brandonknies (305) • United States 6 Jan 07

why is it that people are so consumed by yahoo messenger? old irc pros have switched to it, and alot of others have. what is the reason for this? it is harder to meet people somewhere where you have to be added as friends than it...

computer chatrooms

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Cortney I never use computer chat rooms. I would rather be on forum boards. when I first started out on the computer I used to chat all the time, but got bored with it.

6 Jan 07

Cable: Why Do We Even Bother

MissGia @MissGia (955) • United States 3 Jan 07

Why do some people even pay for this crap?? I know tons of people who pay so much for cable and watch like 2 channels..its sick you pay for 60 some channels and you watch 2 that makes no sense its a waste of money. Then you...

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Cortney the cost for cable has gotten out of hand here. The only reason I keep it is because of the DVR box and my daughter loves the discovery channels.

4 Jan 07

I ran out of gas...

reinydawn @reinydawn (11643) • United States 3 Jan 07

OK, I deserved it! My husband just shakes his head when we're in my car because that light is always on that says I need more gas. I know almost to the mile how far I can go on a tank of gas, and I usualy don't get gas until I'm...

auto

car

gas

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Cortney I know what you mean. my husband and i share a car, so i usually just let him fill it up. Today he got in the car and called me and told me thanks for leaving just enough to get to the gas station. I said " opps" didn't relize it was that low.

4 Jan 07

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How can I get my bathtub to LOOK clean?

Stephanie5 @Stephanie5 (2946) • United States 4 Jan 07

I have one of those ancient bathtubs. And all the enamel or whatever isn't there anymore and so every speck of dirt is visible! I've scrubbed and scrubbed an scrubbed, but it still looks dingy and unclean. It's like the darn tub...

bathtubs

cleaning your bathtub

dealing with dirty tub

making an old bathtub new again

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Cortney I had problems with mine and getting the water ring stain. i used a pumus stone that you can get at lowes or home depot for around $2. I use it once a month and use comet in between and it seems to work.

4 Jan 07

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What's the most subtle way to tell your friend that he/she has a foul odor?

vianneivanne @vianneivanne (91) • Philippines 3 Jan 07

I had this friend in college who was very pretty, almost perfect, but the only flaw she had was that she had body odor. I don't know if our other friends noticed it too, but if they did, like me, I guess they didn't know how to...

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Cortney I can't stand when a person has a bad odor. If I know them very well. I would politely tell them about it. We have a neighbor that reaks, i guess he doesn't know what deoderant is. He has been told about it before. My husband finally told him that if he...

4 Jan 07

Are fireworks and firecrackers allowed in your country during the new year?

madonna143 @madonna143 (1737) • Philippines 25 Dec 06

Do you celebrate the new year with loud firecrackers? Is it allowed in your country for every household to participate in firecrackers during the new year?

firecrackers

fireworks

new year

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Cortney The city banned fireworks this past year. but it doesn't stop anyone from setting them off. if you get caught you get a hefty fine.

2 Jan 07

How Do You Get Rid of Annoying Telemarker Calls ???

texasclassygal @texasclassygal (5305) • United States 12 Dec 06

We just moved and got a new phone number, unfortunately it has come with it share of telemarker calls, we get them all day long starting very early in the morning, some of recorded messages, others are people selling everything...

cable television

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Cortney when i know it is a telemarketer I like to pick up the phone and start yelling at the top of my lungs.... OH F@@# ANOTHER F*&^ING SOLICITOR... and then the highest pitched scream I can... LOL they usually don't call here anymore... LOL

2 Jan 07