Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (7355)

United Kingdom • Age 66

Joined myLot 14 years ago

Member since 2008 The Reluctant Air Fryer

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Max Crisp's Responses

Billy goat not so gruff

Judy Evans @JudyEv (353509) • Rockingham, Australia 14 May

Vince has a Facebook account and put up a photo of one of my sister’s little goats, saying it didn’t look very gruff, which got me thinking if some of today’s younger people would get the reference. The Three Billy Goats Gruff is...

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Max Crisp I was brought up reading and listening to fairy tales. The Three Billy Goats Gruff is a great tale of not being greedy. I particularly liked Hans Christian Andersen: The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea, to...

17 May

My first time in a lift

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (2327) • Eldoret, Kenya 15 May

It happened when I had just finished my secondary education and was required to register as a taxpayer before being allowed to open a bank account. Back then all government services were centralized at the capital, Nairobi. So,...

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Max Crisp Great to hear you are going up in the world!

17 May

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This week's side hustle was lucrative

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (122834) • United States 16 May

This week I had 7 hours of homebound tutoring and 6 class coverages. As I always say--if I'm going to be here/there anyway then I'd might as well earn some extra money. It allows me to buy the things that I want without stressing...

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Max Crisp I’m not sure if you are bragging or you want us to feel sorry for you. Is $584.55 a lot of money in the states? Over here I could dine out like a king on much less.

17 May

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Good apppetite and hunger is a real blessing

Always smiling @allknowing (145767) • India 16 May

I could say I have a good appetitie and fee hungry. That being the case I plan on cooking different foods and simply look forward to doing justice to what I have cooked. Many take these things for granted and will only give it...

good appetite

feeling hungry

a real blessing

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Max Crisp I too enjoy food. I think when you lose your appetite it is a sign of trouble. It may be just a temporary thing, but if you are old, it could be impending death. I hope to keep my voracious appetite for many years to come.

17 May

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Blocking users

Always smiling @allknowing (145767) • India 16 May

Blocking is common here. But what comes to my mind is after a while may be a couple of years or so do you think one remmebers the reason why one is blocked? I really do not remember whoever I blocked why I did that and vice...

blocking

unblocking

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Max Crisp I have never blocked anyone, but I have been blocked by at least 2 people that I know of. They are still visible to me, but I can’t comment on the posts. I’ve no idea if they can still see what I post, but I’d hope not. Like others have said: what is the point...

17 May

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A friend wants me to go out with her tonight

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (122834) • United States 16 May

Um hell no. It is at a place like 5 minutes from here but she isn't going out until like 8. The last time she was out she didn't get home until 3am. No freaking way. I'm too old for that. At this point in my life I'll happily go...

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Max Crisp If I go out and I’m not in bed by 10, I usually go home.

17 May

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1975 Songs: Rockin’ All Over the World

Four Walls @FourWalls (74701) • United States 15 May

Sorry I’m a little late. We have a severe weather threat tomorrow, and I’ve been catching up on the weather vlogs. That’ll come later. Right now, it’s time to hit the wayback machine to go back fifty years to the year I started...

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Max Crisp I’ve only ever heard the Status Quo version of this, and IMHO, The Quo do it better. They were the kings of the 3 chord strings!

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1975 Songs: Rhinestone Cowboy

Four Walls @FourWalls (74701) • United States 14 May

Oh, yeah. The past three songs have pretty much explained the strange music year of 1975. The shock rocker, the folk rocker, and now….country music? That topped the POP chart?! If you look at the songs that were #1 half a...

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Max Crisp I think I’ve mentioned this before: I saw Glen in concert in his latter years when he was suffering dementia. He openly admitted it, and relied on his daughter, who was on stage with him performing, to remind him of the lyrics if he was struggling to remember....

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Eighty Two!!!!

Four Walls @FourWalls (74701) • United States 16 May

Hey, how about that? We got close to a record tonight. During the storms that just went through town gave us a wind gust of eighty two miles per hour. A little perspective: a category one hurricane’s minimum wind speed...

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Max Crisp Great to hear you’ve survived! We’ve had rather benign weather lately. Dry, warm, mainly sunny and very little wind. I don’t think we have had any significant rainfall for over 2 months. The authorities are now considering imposing...

17 May

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This is literally the most insane answer sheet I've seen in 24 years of teaching

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (122834) • United States 10 May

On Friday the students had a test on evolution. Fine. Whatever. Normal. They were outraged that it was 30 questions instead of the usual 25 but I was like "get over it". In any case they got through it as easily as they normally...

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Max Crisp Did the questionnaire ask for only one answer per question? If not, then it seems fair to give more than one if applicable.

12 May

1975 Songs: Mamma Mia

Four Walls @FourWalls (74701) • United States 9 May

Can you believe this is fifty years old?! One of the wild and wonderful things about music is that some songs can sound so dated, and others are still fresh decades later. I think this falls into the latter category....

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Max Crisp ABBA were VERY big here in the UK in the 70’s and 80’s. It all started when they won The Eurovision Song Contest here in Brighton in 1974 with “Waterloo”. These days, the ‘youngsters’ only associate Mamma Mia with the movie, but I was there, back in 1975,...

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1975 Songs: Blanket on the Ground

Four Walls @FourWalls (74701) • United States 6 May

Hey, wasn’t this on my 100 favorite country songs list last year? Why, yes! Thanks for noticing! That means “Linda? NO!” as well. While I started listening to rock and roll in 1975, there was still plenty of...

classic country music

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Max Crisp Billie Jo Spears was one of the few country singers who “made it” over here. She wasn’t as popular as Dolly Parton or Tammy Whynette, but she definitely left her mark. (Not on the ground I might add! ) Talking of Tammy, who had a #1 over here in...

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The neighbor got laid off

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (122834) • United States 5 May

Not my downstairs one but Smokey McSmokerson's mother. I had noticed that her car was here both when I left for work and also when I got back. Normally she is gone before me and back well after me. I asked him yesterday if she was...

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Max Crisp Can’t you move? The guy smoking would drive me crazy, plus he hassles your visitors.

5 May

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Are You Using an Expense Tracker?

ARIES1973 @ARIES1973 (11822) • Legaspi, Philippines 5 May

In my desire to save more, I decided to use an app to monitor my expenses. This way, I would bet able to know where my money goes. I have been using this app for less than two months and I am glad that I could track every amount I...

expense tracker

money

save

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Max Crisp My bank app does just that. I don’t use cash much so all my spends are easily viewable on the app. Very useful!

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1975 Songs: Ballroom Blitz

Four Walls @FourWalls (74701) • United States 5 May

We’re back to normal. The crowds have left, we’ve had another semi driver rescued by the fire department while hanging over an overpass (second one in 14 months), and the weather is still miserable. Happy sink full of mayo to...

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Max Crisp I loved the glam rock era. T-Rex, Slade, Mud, Sparks, and of course The Sweet. Brian Connelly had such a great voice and a great looking front man. Shame he died so relatively young. I believe a version of Sweet still perform, but I’ve never seen them. It...

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Trump wants to re-open Alcatraz prison.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (43810) 5 May

Trump announced tonight he wanted to re-open Alcatraz, which has been closed since 1963. The reason for closing it was given as it being too expensive to operate, everything had to be brought in by boat, even the guards and other...

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Max Crisp I’ve also been there and I can’t see it being reopened without a great deal of expense. Prisoners these days expect the finer things in life, and not just a sea view.

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This bird is all confused

Always smiling @allknowing (145767) • India 3 May

Just around May we hear cuckoos with their mating call and this with the first shower in May But it has been raining in April now and then. I heard a cuckoo with its mating call in April and now I do not hear them any more....

cuckoo

mating call

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Max Crisp Cuckoos are also native to the UK, but I’ve never seen or heard one. I’ve always wanted a cuckoo clock. “Cuckoo!” My mother used to have “The Cuckoo Waltz” on a 78. Have you heard it? https://youtu.be/e0blTCh6MiU?si=s7yGX8jOQVLl6W6g

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In what way are they different?

Always smiling @allknowing (145767) • India 3 May

These dogs belong to different neighbours They are friends and get together like this every day But we neighbours never do that. We hardly meet. This reminds me of my brother and his friends how they used to meet at a...

neighbours dogs

getting together

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Max Crisp Dogs aren’t allowed to wander about like that here in the UK. They are pack animals, so hanging out together comes natural to them. They say that humans are gregarious too, but I don’t subscribe to that theory.

3 May

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1975 Songs: Bad Sneakers

Four Walls @FourWalls (74701) • United States 3 May

Yesterday I warned you that we’d have a string of songs with “bad” in the title. Two of the songs made it all the way to #1. This is the flop. I’m sure NJ Chic will agree, given how this is her favorite band. ...

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Max Crisp I can’t say that Steely Dan are a favourite band of mine, but the lyrics were always clever I thought. Reeling in the Years, is probably my favourite of theirs if you had to push me for one.

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Wow! Dog duty is over

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (122834) • United States 3 May

This morning my former neighbor had words with Smokey McSmokerson out on the landing at 5:30am. The dog snarled and growled and he felt the need to tell her that he would kick the dog in the head if he came after him. Yeah so that...

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Max Crisp Sounds like Smokey, by harassing your ex-neighbour, has done you a favour.

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