blapd811

@blapd811 (20)

United States • Age 79

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Could you survive if all the technology ceased to function?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 22 Sep 09

Have you ever stopped to think of how far the human race has advanced in the past 100 years? It wasn't too long ago that people travelled by foot or if they were lucky enough to have money they could travel by horse and/or...

camping to survive

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What do you think about shift work?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 10 Sep 09

Most of my work life has involved working different shifts. When I first started work we had 8 hour days which ment three shifts per day. You stayed on a shift for 3 months and then rotated to the next shift. 8 hour days also ment...

shift work

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Health Care Reform

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 8 Sep 09

So I've spent most of my life struggling to keep fit. I jog or walk daily with the minimum distance being 2 miles. I work out with weights, I try to watch what I eat but I've got a problem. I have a family history of heart disease...

health care

Do you have "friends" who never visit even if they are in the area?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 5 Sep 09

I just found out that a person who I thought was a close friend travelled more than 700 miles and drove within two blocks of my house as they travelled to a town not 20 miles from me. They stayed in the town for a week before...

friend

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Does anyone make ice cream at home anymore?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 4 Sep 09

When I was growing up one of our favorite summer activities was to make home made ice cream! We would use a wooden bucket, put in rock salt and then the pail. We poured the cream into the pail and added the sugar, eggs and other...

ice cream

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Don't forget how lucky we are to be Americans!

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 15 Aug 09

On the mornings I manage to sit around and drink coffee with my friends our topic of discussion often swings to politics and how the government is or is not functioning. We discuss every form of government from the local city...

Are we becoming an inpersonal society?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 6 Aug 09

The lead story on the news this morning was the problem caused by hackers who have basically shutdown Twitter and Facebook. The newsperson was extremely upset because she couldn't "tweet" and she has become addicted to it! This...

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How do you feel about the elderly?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 3 Aug 09

I'm well over 60 years of age but don't feel like I'm an old man. I still have the home we raised our 8 children in and each bedroom still contains some of the appropriate childs items. It's been a little difficult realizing that...

family

friends

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Can you ever own too many instruments?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 31 Jul 09

Yesterday a friend stopped by to tell me he had found an add on Craig's list offering an accordion for sale. The person said it was hand made in East Germany and he didn't know the value of it but wanted to sell it. I went to take...

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Can you ever own too many instruments?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 31 Jul 09

Shar-pai's are a one person dog!

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 28 Jul 09

My Shar-pai is called Wrinkles because I can't pronounce his full show name. He was willed to me by a friend when he passed away. I've known Wrinkles since he was a very small puppy and we had always gotten along. It took about a...

best friend

dog

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Leavenworth Accordion Celebration

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 26 Jul 09

This is the first year I've taken the time to go to Leavenworth Washington for the Accordion Celebration. It was well worth the time and effort. Leavenworth is a small town with a Barvarian theme and the accordion is the one...

music

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Looking for "old style" country/western music

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 23 Jul 09

I've been a fan of country music as long as I can remember (must go back to the early 50's) but I've found the modern country music isn't as enjoyable to me. So I've started searching around for the good ol' music and now have 3...

Does anybody know when or where Corner Gas is on?

blapd811 @blapd811 (20) • United States 22 Jul 09

Corner Gas has got to be one of the best situation comedy shows I've watched. Unfortunatly they stopped making it and I can't seem to find it anywhere. I used to be able to pick it up on WGN but they have either changed the times...

corner gas

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