Eskimo

@Eskimo (2315)

Age 76

Joined myLot 19 years ago

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Eskimo's Responses

Why do people feel that it is ok to stay on their phone, pc on sites

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 8 Mar 13

when they have come to see you, how rude.It crazes me when I try to talk to people in my own house and they have their head stuck into the pc on face book of all sites, but when people come to see you they are also on their...

phone texting and sites

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Eskimo it just seems to be part of life now. I have the same problem, with visitor's phones going constantly with new messages, even in the middle of a meal, they still answer them straight away. It's almost as if the world would end if they didn't give an immediate...

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I can't believe I have been here for 7 years!

34momma @34momma (13882) • United States 8 Mar 13

My relationship with Mylot is the second longest lasting relationship I have ever had. Beside being with my now Husband for 7 years. It's the first site I found to make money with. Mylot has been great to me. No I will never be...

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Eskimo I joined in 2006 as well, first earnings show as December 20 so probably started on the 19th, when there were only about 30,000 members at the time. I don't remember coming across you before, but with over 250,000 now then I suppose that it could be quite...

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Extreme Tourism - Bermuda Triangle

ivan88 @ivan88 (193) • Canada 30 Dec 12

Some places on Earth are veiled with tons of mysteries. Haunted towns, ships and vessels disappearing in certain areas of various oceans - all of that is attractive and scary at the same time. There are people who enjoy this type...

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Eskimo This has been mentioned for years, not only ships have been lost around there, but it would appear that a number of aeroplanes have vanished around the Bermuda Triangle. One suggestion for this happening is that it could be caused by a release of methane...

31 Dec 12

My daughter getting strange phone calls on her mobile phone

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 30 Sep 12

Well my daughter is not happy tonight that she keeps getting woken up by strange calls on her mobile. She has not had her number long and it is on her dads contract, so she called and asked if we had called her.I explained to her...

mobile phone

new number

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Eskimo It is an offence if someone continues to call you without speaking, especially if it happens regularly. You should call your phone company and ask for their nuisance or malicious calls team. Also if its not an immediate threat call the police by dialing 101....

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What do you think of the new Doctor Who series?

jazzsue58 @jazzsue58 (2666) 29 Sep 12

This is really for UK readers or those with iplayer, because I'm talking about the v.v.v. latest series with Matt Smith, the one that began with "Asylum of the Daleks." Me? I'm kinda bored already. No "spoilers" as R. Song...

angels take manhattan

asylum of the daleks

doctor who

matt smith

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Eskimo I've watched all the Dr who shows, from the very first one (it was repeated the following week because it was more popular than the BBC had thought). Even treated myself to a separate tv so I could watch it (and Star Trek) while my wife was watching something...

17 Nov 12

The Party's over ......

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 15 Nov 12

At least until the next party starts lol. I find I can only cope with MyLot for a limited time, since I tend to create and enter into discussions with "heavy" subjects and hopefully a lot of intelligent responses. Unfortunately...

farewell

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Eskimo I've not been very active for some time, although been a member for a number of years, found that many topics these days not really suitable for me to reply. I still respond sometimes, however. religion and politics can upset many people, so can upsetting the...

15 Nov 12

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Are aliens REAL??

Hydraloth @Hydraloth (185) • Philippines 11 Nov 12

I've heard a lots of things about E.T Beings and I personally think that they aren't real until I watched a clip from youtube titled "Ancient Aliens". The clip really got me hooked and discovered proof that they really exist. I...

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Eskimo Not sure if they exist or not, however the BBC (British Broadcasting Corportation) recently banned a tv programme hosted by Professor Brian Cox (former member of band D.Ream) from looking for aliens on a recently discovered planet. Reason given was to do with...

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Atomic Disaster...Havoc Beyond Imagination ---horrifying .

sukumar794 @sukumar794 (5040) • Thiruvananthapuram, India 5 Nov 12

Most developing countries across the world realize the firm truth -- many of the powerful atomic reactors fail to comply with the basic standard security measures stipulated by norms and criteria. A number of reactors are in fact...

atomic power challenges

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Eskimo So far, very few people have been killed by radiation from atomic power plants. More people are killed every year in coal mines than the total from radiation. 96 people have died in accidents relating to wind turbines. The two reactors which were shut down...

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I am trying a different approach with phone calls.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (166266) • United States 3 Nov 12

We have caller ID and most of the calls we get come up Unknown name or blocked name or things like that. If we do not know the number and the name is unknown or blocked we do not answer. There is at least one number that has been...

dealing with scam calls

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Eskimo In the UK they have something called the Telephone Preference Service where if you join then legally no one is allowed to call you to sell you anything. There is a fine of £5,000 if they do, however there are many way round this including calling from abroad,...

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Do you consider 54 degrees F to be cold, cool, or warm? I'm freezing!!

schulzie @schulzie (4061) • United States 1 Nov 12

So, it has been unseasonably cold here in South Florida this whole week. And most mornings it has averaged 54 degrees Farenheit. Some mornings have gotten down to 49 degrees! For me, this is very cold. I...

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Eskimo Gosh 54 degrees that's a heatwave for this time of the year. My car temp is showing 8c (46F), and it doesn't seem to cold at the moment. If you want real cold some parts of Scotland are at -20c (-4F) over winter. I wouldn't even wear a jacket or coat when...

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Does anyone remember where I put my motivation? I can't find it!

jillhill @jillhill (37353) • United States 30 Sep 12

I had big plans for today...some fall housework and little extra jobs like hemming two pair of dress pants I just bought. I also wanted to clean the basement and so far I haven't found motivation to start one project. Maybe it's...

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Eskimo Of course I know where you put it - the same place I put mine. It's all in the mind, everytime that I plan to do something it always gets put off by circumstances (visitors, telephone calls or other things). It's much better to just do things when they happen...

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PTCs Can Make You A Millionaire...

MIMO_Rulz_111 @MIMO_Rulz_111 (2074) • India 26 Sep 12

No joke. Recently I stumbled upon 3 PTC sites. Their program is so tailored that it is difficult not to become rich. They are: http://www.twodollarclick.com/ , http://www.fiveaclick.com/ & http://www.sixdollarclick.com/ Just...

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Eskimo I have been a member of a number of PTC most only paid around 0.1-1c per click. I got paid out some times (usually around $1 a time). The only way that you can make money from these sites are:- 1/ you join when they start up. 2/ You have a reasonable...

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I am lonesome for my mylot friend's responses

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 8 Sep 12

You see I am so behind reading the discussions on mylot that I am only reading what is happening on Sept 4 at this point. I started several discussions of my own but since they were started later than Sept4, I haven't read them...

friends

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Eskimo I try to read all the discussions started by my friends, but I'm busy writing and promoting my book at the moment, so time to reply is limited.I doesn't mean that I don't care about my friends here, and even if I don't manage to reply my thoughts are still...

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Feeling Stressed Music

KrauseHome @KrauseHome (36445) • United States 18 Aug 12

I know there are many of us who Love to listen to different types of music. Some of them could be for times we are feeling down, Happy, tired, relaxed, and then there are times we listen to certain types of things because we're...

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Eskimo I've bought a number of relaxing tapes and CD's over the years and find they can help remove stress. Few of them are Christian music though, although I do have one of Gregorian Chants which are very relaxing. I have one of wolves singing, and another of...

22 Aug 12

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Anyone using lulu to publish ebooks?

vidhyaprakash_2 @vidhyaprakash_2 (7116) • India 15 Aug 12

One of my friend told about lulu site which allows us to publish ebooks. Anyone using this site? what is your experience with lulu?

ebook

lulu

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Eskimo I have my book published on Lulu, but so far had no sales there. I've had more success on Smashwords and Amazon Kindle. As Winterose states, you need to do your own publicity as well, and that can be very difficult. It would help if you had your own...

15 Aug 12

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My health issues

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 9 Aug 12

My diabetes is very out of control, now our way of measuring is different from the USA. Here in Canada, my blood sugar levels are supposed to be under 7 which is normal, mine is 11.5. The nurse is having trouble getting it...

health issues

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Eskimo If the way of measuring is the same in UK & Canada, then 11.5 although raised is not excessively so. While it can be difficult to reduce your sugar levels, there are some new drugs recently on the market which can help, although it usually takes a while to...

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How Many Doctors Does It Take To Heal My Chronic Wound?

KrauseHome @KrauseHome (36445) • United States 25 Jul 12

Personally this is a thought that has been on my mind for the last 2 days, and it will be interesting to find out the real answer as well. As many of you know this has been an ordeal and 1/2 and personally it is really starting to...

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Eskimo The problem with doctors these days are that they are so specialised and won't touch anything that is not in their speciality - possibly due to litigation. Unfortunately that means that the poor patients have to be transferred between doctors for what would...

26 Jul 12

What Is Up With Clicking On Profiles and Getting Malware Warning?

KrauseHome @KrauseHome (36445) • United States 21 Jul 12

Am I the only one seeing this on some of the people's profiles here, or has someone hacked into myLot and made this happen? I just recently tried accessing dragon54u's profile as they are someone on my Friends list. I can see...

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Eskimo I haven't clicked on this particular profile, but I did get a warning on a different one a few weeks ago (can't remember which one I went to now). I use Macafee Siteadvisor which may give different results from some of the others.

23 Jul 12

When the Answer Comes To You Two Hours Later

megamatt @megamatt (14290) • United States 10 Apr 12

I do detest when that happens. There is a question that is being asked but for some reason, my mind seems to be on a delay. It doesn't happen all that often, but it does happen at the most annoying and utterly frustrating times....

answers

mind delay

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Eskimo I have the same problem. answers usually come to me in the middle of the night, or when walking the dog. I've solved a number of work problems that way, before I retired I was a Biomedical Scientist and manager of the laboratory computer system, so always had...

20 Jul 12

singing cats

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 20 Jul 12

I just realized something about my cats, well I always no my boy Rugby comes to me to get cuddles every time he hears me sing. Well he loves cuddles all the time so I didn't think too much about it. Now I realize Junia my girl is...

cats

cuddles

singing

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Eskimo My dog loves to take the tops off of coke bottles, don't know why, but she really enjoys doing it. She also barks for a treat every time Casualty comes on the television (a hospital programme in the UK). Its the theme tune which tells her that it is time...

20 Jul 12

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