@NoWayRo on myLot

GreenMoo @GreenMoo (11834) 2 Jun 12

As I endless berate myself about not drinking enough water during the day, I have decided to try and do something about it. I have decided to try and drink a glass of water each time I remember, and to jog my memory I have placed...

habit

headache

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NoWayRo I drink like a camel , 3-4 liters every day. One of my co-workers said that half of my day is wasted at the water cooler and the other half at the toilet (which is not fair, because I only go to the water cooler twice, to fill an entire bottle......

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GreenMoo @GreenMoo (11834) 23 May 12

A friend of mine has just become engaged to be married. When he and his girlfriend go ahead he will become her FIFTH husband. What do you think of this serial marrying? It's not a case that her previous partners have died or...

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NoWayRo If this is less traumatic for her than to be single, or stay in a relationship without being married, I'd say she's doing the right thing. I know a man who's been married 6 times - AND had a child with each of the wives. You'd think it's a messed up family -...

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 23 May 12

I wanted to put some lemon curd on my bread for breakfast and I tried a microwave recipe, advertised as "it can't be any more simple". Maybe, but at the end it was not lemon curd but a sort of omelet just good to go to the garbage...

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NoWayRo Well, you can either blame the device, or the person who posted the recipe, for not writing good instructions I ended up making polenta with vegetables and cheese in the microwave. It wasn't bad - though I'm still not sure it counts as...

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 23 May 12

I wanted to put some lemon curd on my bread for breakfast and I tried a microwave recipe, advertised as "it can't be any more simple". Maybe, but at the end it was not lemon curd but a sort of omelet just good to go to the garbage...

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NoWayRo Hmph, I will obsess about this for a while. I know a goddess for brooms, but none for cooks? It's odd. My best bet for restaurant owners would be Edusa, the goddess of eating. But I will look deeper into this when I find the time. Actually this...

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 23 May 12

I wanted to put some lemon curd on my bread for breakfast and I tried a microwave recipe, advertised as "it can't be any more simple". Maybe, but at the end it was not lemon curd but a sort of omelet just good to go to the garbage...

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NoWayRo As a guess, I'd say Vesta, since she was in charge of domestic fire - but honestly, I have no idea. Probably there was a different god for each dish, and with slight variations depending on the amount of spices and salt

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 23 May 12

I wanted to put some lemon curd on my bread for breakfast and I tried a microwave recipe, advertised as "it can't be any more simple". Maybe, but at the end it was not lemon curd but a sort of omelet just good to go to the garbage...

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NoWayRo @topffer: I won't put the paper online, it's actually a pretty boring academic thing, but thanks for the interest. I agree with you, Romans would definitely have another god, and quickly create a festival to honor him. With all the technological developments...

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 23 May 12

I wanted to put some lemon curd on my bread for breakfast and I tried a microwave recipe, advertised as "it can't be any more simple". Maybe, but at the end it was not lemon curd but a sort of omelet just good to go to the garbage...

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NoWayRo @topffer: I'm not back. I'm nowhere to be seen. I'm working really really hard, have not even checked my e-mail in three weeks. If anybody asks, I haven't been around in ages, I just vanished from the face of the earth. I agree that the food...

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 23 May 12

I wanted to put some lemon curd on my bread for breakfast and I tried a microwave recipe, advertised as "it can't be any more simple". Maybe, but at the end it was not lemon curd but a sort of omelet just good to go to the garbage...

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NoWayRo Thanks for the tip; I remember I fiddled with the settings a while back, though I don't remember how low I set it, it's been quite some time since I decided I could live without this option

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 23 May 12

I wanted to put some lemon curd on my bread for breakfast and I tried a microwave recipe, advertised as "it can't be any more simple". Maybe, but at the end it was not lemon curd but a sort of omelet just good to go to the garbage...

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NoWayRo Cooked mobile gadgets are absolutely awesome. You know how it goes, don't try it at home and so on - but really, it's better than recycling them. Sorry to hear about your breakfast. I love my microwave, but I never use it to cook anything - only to heat...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 20 Feb 12

Tonight was a case in point. Settled down to watch Carlisle United play Brentford away (on telly) and my team Carlisle lost 4-0. To say it was an embarrassing, lack-lustre display is an understatement. Now, one...

lazy footballers

tennis

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NoWayRo I think we hear more talking of "raw talent" in soccer than in other sport. They rely too much on it, instead of training and practicing their skills. We have a saying over here, it became a cliche regarding young (and old) players: "he's an eternal hope" (was...

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damned_dle @damned_dle (3942) • Philippines 9 Feb 12

I just checked their site and found this: 2005 - 2012 This is the end of the line my friends. The decision does not come easy, but we've decided to voluntarily shut down. We've been fighting for years for your right to...

btjunkie

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NoWayRo It was a good site, and I will surely miss it. I expect to see more and more similar sites going down in the next months. There's not much we can do. I've been to every protest organized in my town, and I've signed every petition I could find, but I don't...

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abhi_bangal @abhi_bangal (3686) • India 5 Feb 12

I think, I am not working smart, but there's a lot of donkey work involved here. I know I am improving as an online writer after being two years here. When I look back at articles two years old, even I don't wish to read them, let...

iwriter

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NoWayRo There's no bidding on iwriter, all prices are fixed. You just accept a project (one article per project), you write it in the given timeframe and the client accepts it or rejects it. If you decide to register, there is a short video tutorial that will explain...

7 Feb 12

abhi_bangal @abhi_bangal (3686) • India 5 Feb 12

I think, I am not working smart, but there's a lot of donkey work involved here. I know I am improving as an online writer after being two years here. When I look back at articles two years old, even I don't wish to read them, let...

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NoWayRo I think you should give iwriter a chance. There have been a lot of discussions about it recently, and you can see that many people are pleased with it. I've done a little work there - not much, haven't had a lot of time in the recent months. I can say it's a...

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granite_butterfly @granite_butterfly (448) • Canada 5 Feb 12

Do you believe that heavy metal music is connected to Satanism?

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NoWayRo There is a superficial connection, mostly at the level of image and lyrics. Many of the older heavy metal bands used to have lyrics with satanic themes, same as many rappers sang about money and guns. It was mostly for the show and for selling more records, I...

6 Feb 12

GreenMoo @GreenMoo (11834) 6 Feb 12

Our neighbour, for some unfathomable reason, decided to let his chickens free range with no supervision by the side of the road leading to our house the other day. One of our dogs, who was walking with friends of ours, grabbed a...

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NoWayRo I don't think it was the dog's fault (or yours). As you said, the dog was just doing its job. Then again, if it was me in this situation, I would have probably paid for the chicken, if the neighbor wanted me to. I hate having conflicts with neighbors, and I...

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SpikeTheLobster @SpikeTheLobster (6403) 22 Nov 11

I know I've said it before but I'm going to say it again because it's so important: READ the job description. I posted another job on Elance this week because my book cover designer's too busy to do the job (shame, though it's...

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NoWayRo I think I've wasted a few years of my life telling this to all my friends who want to start on bidding sites - as, just like you, I've been on both sides, and I know how much it matters - to both sides. I must admit that I use a few templates - but this comes...

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 17 Nov 11

I had several wine growers in my family, and I know what is a new wine -- a wine just made -- : an acid beverage, just good to purge yourself if you have the audacity to drink more than two glasses. A wine...

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NoWayRo New wine is relatively common here; then again, we tend to drink any type of alcohol or almost alcohol as soon as it's ready, no point in letting it age - who knows what's going to happen tomorrow? Maybe aliens invade and destroy mankind, and all that alcohol...

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SpikeTheLobster @SpikeTheLobster (6403) 14 Nov 11

I thought I'd share something with you that made me chuckle almost as much as it made me shake my head in disbelief. How many of you do marketing? A lot, I'll bet. A huge number of people here on myLot are trying to earn extra...

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NoWayRo Marketers and advertisers have always fascinated me. It seems incredibly time consuming, without actually producing anything; but, I guess that's their job, and maybe some of them even know what they're doing. A few years back I was hoping Internet would kill...

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 7 Nov 11

Sometimes you meet people you should have never met without the help of hazard. 20 years ago I was working in the same public building than a theater company. The toilets were shared among users of the building. I met Alain in...

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NoWayRo Sorry to hear about your friend's passing, and about you finding out like that. Seems he was a wonderful man - and Prague is the best city to honor a puppeteer, I'd say. I don't recall having met somebody that interesting by accident, but my friends are all...

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topffer @topffer (42156) • France 14 Oct 11

This morning in Bourges, a city in the center of France, a man -- a teacher -- came to the prefecture to declare the possession of a Japanese saber and to ask a permit to carry it. As the permit was refused, he began to threaten...

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NoWayRo I agree with you, purple. I expect police officers to be able to handle a weapon, but not to be exceptional marksmen, like the kind we see in movies. I mean, how often do they need to fire a weapon outside their training ranges, anyway? If they manage to shoot...

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