
GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23420)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida • Age 86
Joined myLot 8 years ago
Gay man came out at 12 in 1948--activist since 1952. Writer of 8 published books--USMC--Opened WW franchise in Memphis in 1969 Moved to Ft. Lauderdale 1979!!!!!
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James Higgins
@JamesHxstatic (26627)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Jan

But I'm still alive and well. Anne and I avoided Covid 19 (got all the shots offered) and she survived a year of treatment for an aggressive breast cancer in 2021. I am still in good health, but seem to be getting older all the...
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GreatMartin "getting older all the time."---not me--I know how to stay young!!
Glad to hear your wife beat cancer!!
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (201781)
• United States
11 Jan

Have always heard this rhyme many times... “Red sky at night, sailors’ delight. Red sky at morning sailors takes warning.” It’s an ancient rhyme that has been around for at least 2,000 years, it’s even mentioned in the bible.
But...
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (125813)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Jan

Do you ever wonder what if?
What if you did not go to a certain place at a certain time?
Would everything still be the same?
Would everything be different than what it is now.
If you did not meet a certain person.
Would...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (50864)
• United States
10 Jan

One thing that this month-long look at songs nominated for a “Best Original Song” Oscar has done for me: it made me realize how many old movie songs I know that I didn’t know I knew. Today’s song is one of those. You may not...
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GreatMartin A lot of good old songs didn't win Oscars but are still classics!!
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (50061)
3 Jan

Experts believe that the longer the Ukraine, Russia war lasts, the greater the opportunity for those countries : " To bring the world's first fully autonomous fighting robots to the battlefield, inaugurating a new stage of...
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GreatMartin One of the best things about being old is you know worrying about anything is a waste of time!
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (201781)
• United States
3 Jan

Woke up to rain through the night. Now the rain is pouring. The wind is blowing the trees back and forth. Tornado watch until 5:00 pm. Thunder, lightning and buckets of rain are pouring down. Schools were just let out as well.
I...
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Kelli M
@spiderdust (13772)
• San Jose, California
2 Jan

Hello, all! Today was my first day back to work for the year, and the culls fridge was quite full. There was a lot of oat milk yogurt (which I don't need) and lots of fancy cheeses that I didn't think we'd use up right now, but I...
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (82236)
• Atlanta, Georgia
30 Dec

One more day and we’ll begin a new year. I wish everyone a bright, happy 2023. I hope we all make it through the new year with little stress and less trouble. than this year. People in our complex will begin with. water damage....
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (61424)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Jan

I think I mesmerized Ringo last night. I started talking to him since he was lying next to me on the table. I explained to him how exciting it was coming into 2023 since he had been born in 2022, He had this philosophical look on...
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much2say
@much2say (50497)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Dec

Change is coming.
Change has to come.
This is not just a feeling about change . . . not hope, not even a wish.
I will be making a conscious effort to change things in my life . . . for the better.
Not that I wasn't...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (50864)
• United States
3 Jan

Well, howdy! I didn’t sleep very well last night (lots of weather warnings, nothing wrong with me personally). With all the high-water rescues they’ve had this morning around town I thought it’d just be best to stay home. Just...
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much2say
@much2say (50497)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Dec

This morning I came straight home after dropping the kids off at school. I decided that today was the day that I try to work on loose ends around the house.
There is much to be done here . . . cleaning, clearing, cooking,...
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GreatMartin I have a list of 'loose ends' and only pay attention to it when I have nothing else to do!
26 Dec
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Rachael Alice
@lifecoachjerusalem (696)
• Israel
11 Dec

I am getting nervous that we are heading toward the Machine World and the Synchronized worlds that Frank Herbert described in the Dune Series, and that Brian Herbert continued to write in his prequels. Read this post and ponder....
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (61424)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Dec

A moose upon the Washington River broke through the ice and could not get back out. People who saw the moose struggling with the baby calf nearby looking helplessly on called for help. Like a Christmas miracle, the moose was...
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (50864)
• United States
25 Dec

For those who celebrate (and are on my side of the world), I like to wish you a very happy, peaceful, and Merry Christmas. If you don’t celebrate it religiously (or secularly, for that matter), still have a very happy, peaceful,...
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (21203)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
25 Dec

According to Gallup Polls conducted over the last 25 years, approximately 93% of Americans celebrate Christmas, but only 71% of that 93% consider their celebration of Christmas to be strongly or somewhat related to religion. -...
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Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (41179)
• India
25 Dec

The Xmas Day today was quite sunny but windy.
We went for some sunshine nearby with being all packed up in layers of clothing plus caps.
The sunshine did us good.
The wind chill is the main thing testing us during the lower...
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GreatMartin One thing I learned in life--no one else controls MY feelings--only I do!
25 Dec
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