Jo Ann

@akalinus (44301)

United States

Joined myLot 10 years ago

I am a freelance writer now living in Florida. I am interested in missionaries, special needs children, writing. I like writing science and animal articles.

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Back from the insurance company.

marguicha @marguicha (226157) • Chile 8 Apr

Today Camila came for breakfast (I had a wonderful breakfast for her) and took me to the insurance company so that they would accept that I just paid the copay in spite that their machine could not read my finger tips. My...

tuesday morning

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Jo Ann I think he knew you could not wait in that long line. I am glad that he picked you to work on your problem with the fingerprints. I know fingerprints can change. I have a finger with no lines in the middle. I cut it while opening a can of cat food many years...

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I Am Feeling Helpless

jaishankar @Shivram59 (40561) • India 8 Apr

It is going to be a quarter to 12 at night here. My friends have come. They seem hell bent to spoil my night. I'm gossiping with them; but it's my study time. One of my bad habits is that I can't ignore anybody; can't say to them...

friends study time bad habits ignore realize

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Jo Ann Pretend to fall asleep during the visit. Try to look very tired, yawn a lot, and suggest that you need to get up early in the morning. Will they take a hint?

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Bookworms - a new perspective.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13515) • Ireland 8 Apr

A book arrived for me today which wasn’t a surprise because I had ordered it. Written not by a strident right winger who tolerates only a somewhat wooden and uncompromising theology, and of which there are plenty, but by a quiet...

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Jo Ann Did the book go in the compost heap with the tiger worms?

8 Apr

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What? I Couldn't Believe the Bill!

Jim Bauer @porwest (99172) • United States 8 Apr

It was the strangest thing in the world to me every time it happened, but of course, sometimes strange things do happen. That's just life, right? You just go with it, I guess. Well, until it gets old, of course. So, get this. My...

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Jo Ann I understand your analogy. I partly understand the tariffs. I think Trump will use them as bargaining points to get what he wants.

8 Apr

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What's going on?

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (49460) • St. Catharines, Ontario 8 Apr

I just went into the kitchen and saw that the back door was wide open. This is not a simple matter of the wind blowing it open. Because the flannel sheet I drape across the door was neatly pulled aside and hooked up out of the...

cue the twilight zone theme

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Jo Ann In my opinion, you should put up some surveillance cameras in your rooms. Sometimes, another person might be living in your house without you knowing it. I have heard of several cases like that. Maybe you would get a video of them doing something, or you can...

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You’d never get tired of free…

Amber @AmbiePam (97673) • United States 8 Apr

I currently have 14 candles in my living room, including the one pictured. Some of you guys know I get free items in exchange for honest reviews from a few sites (per Mylot rules I won’t mention names). And believe me, they are...

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Jo Ann I sent a review to a famous company. I had a major problem with the supplement I bought. It was opened, and some of the pills were missing. I had to throw it out because I did not know if it had been tampered with. They rejected my review.

8 Apr

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If I am kicked off so be it

snowy @snowy22315 (188525) • United States 8 Apr

I really don't participate in many survey sites, because most aren't worth the time or trouble. Also, one that totally wasted my time by not paying..even a few compensation points for a decline is really on my S. list I did cash...

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Jo Ann To earn on surveys, you have to fit into a certain group. I am too old, they don't pay for my opinion. There are several other reasons that surveys are not for me or for others.

8 Apr

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See I'm alive.

April @thislittlepennyearns (63908) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 8 Apr

I haven't charged my laptop in what feels like a month of Sundays. And we've been pretty busy so I just haven't felt like being here or had anything to write about really. But I figured I would stop in and say hi. If I...

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Jo Ann I have times when I don't feel like writing here. I love the site, but I am not motivated. I always do get back to it sometime.

8 Apr

The REASON You Charge a 29% Tariff on an Island with No Exports, Explained

Jim Bauer @porwest (99172) • United States 7 Apr

Why would the United States impose a 29% tariff on an island of 2,100 people with no exports? I'm talking, of course, about Norfolk Island, caught between New Zealand and Australia, that has become a discussion topic around...

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Jo Ann I saw an explanation for this. If no tariff is imposed on the little island, companies will start using it to export goods without paying the tariff.

8 Apr

Pain in my tummy but I don´t mind.

marguicha @marguicha (226157) • Chile 6 Apr

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night with a horrible pain in my stomach. I rubbed it and rubbed it and eventually I went back to sleep. I have an appointment with the oncologist 2 days from now. Dixie is going with me...

problems in life old age and the like

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Jo Ann I am sorry that you have pain. It is not a good thing. I'll pray it goes well with the doctor. I hope you can tell us the story of why you don't have fingerprints.

6 Apr

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Growing where it shouldn't

Judy Evans @JudyEv (351927) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Mar

We are house-sitting and there are lawns on both sides of the house. This vagrant plant is poking its head out through the lawn. Do you recognise it? It’s a pumpkin. There are several pumpkin platns in the garden but somehow this...

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Jo Ann It is interesting that you call them volunteers. I call them weeds, it might be right to call them volunteers. After all, they showed up for their growing work on your lawn.

6 Apr

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Not very happy at the moment

Judy Evans @JudyEv (351927) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Apr

At our house-sit, I’ve been working with my computer on my knee with a power cord running back to the wall. Tonight, Vince walked between me and the wall, caught the cord in his foot and pulled the computer off my lap. It’s...

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Jo Ann I'm so sorry to hear that. You could Google how to recover lost photos. There must be a way to do that, especially since you lost them recently. Also, you can find photos you posted on websites, blog sites, or social media and start a new collection while...

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It's Been a Lazy Day Here

Kareng @kareng (73129) • United States 31 Mar

Waking up to the rain after the bad storm in the wee hours of the morning and then cloudy and overcast skies, just left me feeling Blah today. I did my morning chores, fed the animals and humans, checked in here on myLot, and...

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Jo Ann I am not busy like that anymore. I used to have kids and animals but no more. I am too tired for all that anymore.

31 Mar

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Will You Be Fooled, or Will You Do the Fooling?

Jim Bauer @porwest (99172) • United States 27 Mar

When it comes to April Fool's Day, I don't always have a prank lined up and ready to go, and sometimes I do get fooled, although nothing readily comes to mind. Right now I have no plans to prank anyone, although I am always game...

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Jo Ann I usually do not pull pranks. I am not a confrontational type person. That is a story for another day. My brothers did hilarious things at times.

31 Mar

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Hello again, myLot !

Stacey @xstitcher (34011) • Petaluma, California 28 Mar

I haven't been gone as long as I feel like I've been gone. I've done a lot in the time I've been gone, though, it's feels like. Went to the closer of the two Food Bank locations near me, and waited there until they were all set...

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Jo Ann I did not get much done today. It is just an off day.

28 Mar

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Will You Be Fooled, or Will You Do the Fooling?

Jim Bauer @porwest (99172) • United States 27 Mar

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Jo Ann I will write about a prank my brother pulled once. It was hilarious and worthy of writing about. I will wait a couple of days. I remembered It when I was reading another post.

27 Mar

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Murphy in Missouri Dies

OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (94392) • Arvada, Colorado 27 Mar

The bald eagle that went viral for incubating a rock like it was offspring, has died after the intense damaging storms there. He was 33. Had you heard about this bald eagle Murphy? Have you ever seen the bald eagle? We have them...

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Jo Ann I have seen an eagle. It is a shame to lose one. We lost another one when an eaglet went missing in a recent storm. I hope they don't d!e out from the horrible storms we are experiencing across the nation.

27 Mar

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Police rescue a duck that was trapped inside of a jail in Georgia

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (109117) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Mar

A female duck named Bernice was trapped inside a perimeter fence at the Polk County Jail in Georgia on Wednesday March 5. Jail workers assisted the duck from hurting herself by trying to escape by the razor fence since the duck...

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Jo Ann I never heard a story of a duck trying to get into a jail before. That is totally different. I love ducks, I had one as a pet when I was a kid.

27 Mar

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Could talking to yourself be a mental issue

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (2071) • Eldoret, Kenya 27 Mar

Despite being a graduate in travel and tours, I like to refer to myself as a farmer and a writer. My schedule starts as early as 3:00 am. I wake up, pray and meditate for 10-15mins, then take a glass of cold water. I can then bite...

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Jo Ann You are very ambitious. I see you enjoy growing things and writing. What kind of novel did you write, and what company published it? I don't remember seeing your name before. Are you new here?

27 Mar

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Pleasant Surprise

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (84398) • Daytona Beach, Florida 26 Mar

Since the passing of my cats I deactivated my Chewy account. I cannot add a photo because I no longer have a camera. However, today arrived a lovely bouquet of yellow and pink flowers in a vase with condolences from Chewy. It made...

a vase of flowers from chewy

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Jo Ann Aw, he is so cute. Those blue eyes! I thought Chewy was for dogs. That was really nice of them to send you a lovely bouquet in their memory.

26 Mar

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