Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (20990)

London, England

Joined myLot 9 years ago

Love history, cycling and walking. An intrepid explorer of London's Pubs.

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Is technology bringing people closer together or driving them apart?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 14 Oct

What's your take on how technology is affecting relationships? I can see it both ways. While on the one hand we can use technology to reach out globally and have instant communication with people, it also prevents people from...

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Ron Rybs For long distance it is a boon, with the ability to send mails, photos and video. Locally it is a bit more problematic.I think that is why I like to meet up with friends for a coffee and a bit of face-to-face time

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I've Won $381,594!

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 14 Oct

But alas it's not real money. It's play money. Just for bragging rights. I haven't played Jeopardy through Alexa lately but I used to play it every day. I'm on a 115 game win streak with accumulated winnings of $381,594. If...

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Ron Rybs Another good reason not to have Alexa. I could see myself wasting far too much time on it!

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Another Good Lunch Deal at Buffalo Wild Wings

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 14 Oct

They've been running a special for 3 weeks now where two people can eat for $19.99. The $19.99 includes two entrees (with two sides), and two drinks. Hubby and I both get the double cheeseburger with tater tots and a diet...

buffalo wild wings

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Ron Rybs Quite interested in the economics of these 'deals'. I guess they make money, but must be razor thin margins

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Red Hats in a small West Australian town

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363988) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Oct

We’ve spent a couple of nights, though not consecutively, in Mukinbudin. For a small town, it has a few nice attractions. The caravan park is well-appointed. It has a laundry with 2 washing machines and two dryers. We saw these...

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Ron Rybs I saw on the Simpsons a group called the Cherry Tomatoes. Now I know where the idea came from

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Is water actually wet or does it just make things wet?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 14 Oct

Any scientists in the house? This is akin to whether there's such a thing as darkness or is it merely the absence of light. When you take a shower is the water wet coming out of the showerhead or is it making you wet when it...

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Ron Rybs I leave it at water is mostly wet and that is that!

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Left, right, left, right but actually it's all right!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363988) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Oct

Some time back I wrote about a farm called Cleomine. It was named after the owner’s racehorse which was unbeaten in the years 1923/24/25. At the entrance to the farm is a windmill which, when it turns, activates the legs of a...

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Ron Rybs Love these sort of things. I've seen much smaller models that are powered by the wind

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Baladjie Rock and the Supermoon

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363988) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Oct

I wrote about free-camping at Baladjie Rock. There are camping spots all round the rock which is huge so you don’t need to camp next to others if you’d rather be apart. We were a bit surprised at the number of campers there but...

western australia

baladjie rock

supermoon

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Ron Rybs Lovely photo, looks like a tropical island

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I Burned The Bacon

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 13 Oct

For whatever reason I had it in my head this morning that bacon is supposed to take 3 minutes in the microwave. It's supposed to take 1 minute 30 seconds. Needless to say I burned the bacon. Thankfully the smoke detector didn't...

burned bacon

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Ron Rybs I've never tried cooking bacon in a microwave. Give a go, sometime

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Rushing the Christmas Decorating

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 13 Oct

Good grief, people, it's not even Halloween yet and there have already been signs up posted alongside the road advertising Christmas Decorating. I know people use companies now more than in the past to hang the wreaths on the...

christmas decorating

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Ron Rybs One of the cable channels is already showing Christmas movies and has been for a month!

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Can’t Even Enjoy a Night Out

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (89772) • Daytona Beach, Florida 12 Oct

Go and have a beer, and you might never go back home again. A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island left at least 4 people dead and another 20 injured, officials said. The shooting happened early...

shooting at bar

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Ron Rybs This terrible event made the news here

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Heartwarming Video

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (89772) • Daytona Beach, Florida 12 Oct

Finding this video today made me glad to see such a wonderful person helping a cow. The poor cow’s calf had fallen into water and could not get out. In the video you see the cow stopping a car to get help for her calf who could...

cow asks human to rescue her calf

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Ron Rybs Lovely, nice to see people helping animals.

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Is it possible for two people to experience the same event but see it completely differently?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 12 Oct

You've heard this story. Police respond to the scene of a crime and interview two separate witnesses and their stories are completely different even though they both saw the exact same thing. How is that possible? The way we...

perception

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Ron Rybs Though out history this has been a problem. Personally I have not run into yet, but there is plenty of time

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Neither Hubby nor I Drive Very Far

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 12 Oct

We drive somewhere every day, but normally within a 10 mile radius of home. Hubby drives a 2024 Toyota 4-Runner that he bought used in 2024 with mileage already on it. It just turned 11,111 I drive a 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee...

car mileage

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Ron Rybs Never enjoyed driving much, so even when I had a car, it didn't cover many miles

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Should morality be universal or flexible depending on culture?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 12 Oct

This question ought to open up a can of worms. It's sort of like when I asked whether "right" and "wrong" were subjective or universal standards. If in the USA it's the "norm" to have one wife but in Saudi Arabia it's okay to...

morality

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Ron Rybs I have heard arguments that morality can depend on very local and immediate concerns, like how much money is involved

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Sweet Treats

Marie @Tampa_girl7 (53494) • United States 12 Oct

We made it back to Mississippi yesterday afternoon. We were happy to see our son and fur daughter Baby. As always it was pure joy being in our home and the wonderful state of West Virginia. Our first morning there I received a...

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Ron Rybs Ah, pastry treats! That calls for a large pot of tea

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Can You Snap Your Fingers?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 12 Oct

Following up on my initial post about whether or not you can whistle and then @TraceyJane parlayed that into whether or not you could wink, now the question is whether or not you can snap your fingers. I cannot. I can give a...

snapping fingers

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Ron Rybs Don't snap very often, but I think it is loud or at least loud enough

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Trick or treat

Judy Story @jstory07 (146103) • Roseburg, Oregon 12 Oct

On Halloween night. Beat the heat, Go up the street for something sweet. Would you pick for a treat. A bread stick. Instead ride a broomstick. Be sure to nick, pick a treat you would like. A nice sweet treat,

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Ron Rybs very nice little ditty. Not long till the big night!

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Looking Into the Eyes of a Tarsier

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (89772) • Daytona Beach, Florida 11 Oct

Taking a look at this, you probably have two questions. One is what is a tarsier, and the other is, why would you want to look into its eyes? Well, first of all, a tarsier is a small nocturnal primate that is about the size of a...

big eyed tarsier

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Ron Rybs Handsome little fellow and love the length of the fingers

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Helping Pangolins

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (89772) • Daytona Beach, Florida 11 Oct

A pangolin has hard, armor-like scales all over its body and tail; five-toed, sharply clawed feet; and a worm-like tongue that can extend up to 25 cm (10 inches). The pangolin looks more like a dinosaur than a mammal. Found...

helping pangolins

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Ron Rybs I knew that Pangolins were in trouble and all down to humans

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Back to Mississippi

Marie @Tampa_girl7 (53494) • United States 11 Oct

Hi, I hope that everyone is doing good. We left West Virginia and are headed back to Mississippi. I should be back on Mylot more soon. Enjoy your Saturday.

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Ron Rybs Have a safe journey

11 Oct