brettbum

@brettbum (304)

United States • Age 54

Joined myLot 19 years ago

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Would you date someone who smoked or if you do smoke have you been turned down

Starlady0_1 @Starlady0_1 (586) • United States 22 Jan 07

Would you not date someone just because they smoked or have you ever been turned down by someone because you are a smoker. I know this has been come an issue over the years and was wondering how many people have ran into this...

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brettbum I would not date a woman that smoked. As I have gotten older the smell of smoke triggers my allergies and makes me miserable, so that just wouldn't work for me. I would not date a woman that had cats either for the same reason. Everything else is fair...

23 Jan 07

How do you rate mylot- Excellent/verygood/good/bad/verybady

SHINE333 @SHINE333 (1284) • India 23 Jan 07

Rating mylot is interested as per the user choice.It all depends how the user gets statisfied from www.mylot.com

execellent

mylot

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brettbum I think it is good. Its a great place for writers to get topic ideas. Its also an ok place for webpublishers to cross promote their pages or blog articles. For me the money is the icing and the cake is the topics and content as I describe below in greater...

23 Jan 07

What Do You Think? Job Options?

Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo @Spontaneo (14699) • United States 23 Oct 21

I have been an contributing writer, chief editor, writer, with all shut down. The contributing writer website ended up opening again, but my position was not open anymore. I was an chief editor for 4 websites, but had to close...

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brettbum I have been an contributing writer, chief editor, writer, with all shut down. The contributing writer website ended up opening again, but my position was not open anymore. I was an chief editor for 4 websites, but had to close due to no ad revenue. Now, I...

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When is doomsday?

sensesfail @sensesfail (2251) • India 23 Jan 07

Many perople predicted that the world would end by 2000A.D. But their predictions failed.This brought a great sigh of reief to many.But i recently received a mail which said that the world would end by 2020 due to some celestial...

doomsday

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brettbum It already ended. You are not experiencing real thoughts, this is all just an illusion, kind of like static energy between fragments of your conciousness that were left after the actual doomsday occurred when plankton in the ocean rose up and took control of...

23 Jan 07

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Need help with MyLot etiquette

dragonstar13 @dragonstar13 (1465) • United States 22 Jan 07

I have very limited time to be on line so I have to be very selective about my friends here at myLot -- since I feel I should read and respond to their posts on a regular basis. Therefore, I try to read some of the posts from...

etiquette

friends

requests

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brettbum MyLot can be victimized by spammers and other types just like any other service (did you see that MySpace was suing a spammer for grabbing up email addresses today) Regardless, some people in MyLot abuse the friends request optiona and rapidly and without...

23 Jan 07

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Has Chirstmas lost its fun?

onlinetomakemoney @onlinetomakemoney (605) • Australia 8 Dec 15

I used to love Christmas. Now it seems to have lost it's flavor for me. I have four kids and I think it should be a great time of year. I am an active christian and view the holidays as special, but I think all days should be...

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brettbum I used to love Christmas. Now it seems to have lost it's flavor for me. I have four kids and I think it should be a great time of year. I am an active christian and view the holidays as special, but I think all days should be special. I just wonder.

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Do you sing in the bathroom when you take a bath?

madonna143 @madonna143 (1737) • Philippines 17 Dec 06

What makes us sing in the bathroom? Do you sing when you take a bath?

bathrrom

singing in the bathroom

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brettbum Nope, but I do sing when I'm in the shower.

28 Dec 06

It's obvious some responses are copied from encyclopedias or online research!!

kbkbooks @kbkbooks (7022) • Canada 25 Dec 06

In myLot sometimes you come across these long and verbose answers. As you read them it is obvious from the way they are worded and structured that they come from some encyclopedia or maybe online research. Sometimes it's hard to...

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brettbum I don't know about all that . .. I honestly just dropped a comment because of your picture. My wife just got a bassett hound puppy for Christmas. :) Merry Christmas

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Santa is not real???

mforseth @mforseth (169) • United States 23 Dec 06

Hey, I have a question for all people with kids. My child is 7 years old and still believes in Santa. I am confident I am going to get through this Christmas with him believeing but I am not sure if he will still believe next...

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brettbum He didn't find out until he started responding to my mylot discussions for me in his spare time.

24 Dec 06

Should your pet dogs live in or live out????

stanleyboy @stanleyboy (35) 24 Dec 06

ive always had dogs since i was a toddler and they have always lived in the house and only went out for the toilet and walks and i believe that this is how you should keep your pet, treat it like a family member. The thing is i...

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brettbum Everyone lives differently and has pets for different reasons. If the animals are healthy and not coming to any harm, I say each unto their own. My dogs live inside, but I have had a couple very large dogs over the years that lived outside (they liked living...

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Do you believe that Maturity does not come in age?

domenyag @domenyag (1273) • Philippines 21 Dec 06

as i was reading one time, i meet a saying which says,"maturity does not come in age; it comes in the acceptance of responsibility. As for me, i believe that maturity really does not come in age, but it comes in the acceptance...

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brettbum Maturity comes with experience which sometimes includes the acceptance of responsibility but overall comes with the decision to take ones own life into ones own hands and do something with it. Responsibility to be enslaved to others should not be defined as...

22 Dec 06

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Other countries get immediate help.....Tuscaloosa and others...only get words

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17798) • United States 30 Apr 11

So why is it that when a catastrophe happens in any country but the USA....every internet site in existance...instantly displays a "help________" button to click to donate to help that country. However, I have been all over the...

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brettbum So why is it that when a catastrophe happens in any country but the USA....every internet site in existance...instantly displays a "help________" button to click to donate to help that country. However, I have been all over the internet in the last 2...

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Why do you think most people engage in gambling?

reco13 @reco13 (605) • Philippines 6 Feb 11

Gambling is very rampant nowadays.. Lotteries and casinos are all around. I can say that I, for one, also gambles at times. I know that gambling is wrong if you no longer can't control yourself from gambling. But if it's only for...

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brettbum Gambling is very rampant nowadays.. Lotteries and casinos are all around. I can say that I, for one, also gambles at times. I know that gambling is wrong if you no longer can't control yourself from gambling. But if it's only for fun and seldom, it may be...

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Dont you think America should mind its own business?

gadituzair @gadituzair (985) • Pakistan 19 Dec 06

Its not an offense in anyway to any american, its all about policies that are really getting us on nerves now! America is talking of changing this world, transforming this world into terrorist-free world, but what America itself...

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brettbum Bush is really screwed up but where is the rest of the world? Why isn't the United Nations doing anything to help the countries of Africa? Why are so many former Soviet Countries still exporting land mines throughout the world? Why is Afghanistan and...

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How do you say 'am I cute' in Korean?

weezy250m @weezy250m (1892) • United States 19 Dec 06

How do you say 'am I cute' in Korean?

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brettbum crayo (shrugs) I don't know myself, been too many years since I studied Korean, and I don't remember the English phoenetic translations hardly at all. I can sound out some of the words in my head, no idea how to write them in English. :) Hopefully with a...

19 Dec 06

Do you think people should get warnings before getting banned on myLot?

rawpoet @rawpoet (2045) • United States 18 Dec 06

Kind of like 3 strikes, you're out! Do you know what I mean? I just noticed a few people on my friend list have been banned. All their discussions have been deleted, which tells me they've been kicked out of here. I don't...

improvement

mylot

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brettbum I would have to say that it would depend on the severity of the infraction. Some things might constitute a warning and others instant and immediate ban. It would be useful if MyLot created some indication of what categories might fall in either of these...

19 Dec 06

can any one enlighten me?

valmiki9 @valmiki9 (1171) • India 17 Dec 06

when you respond to adiscusion on my lot it takes a few minutes to write.let it be evn 1 or 2 minutes.Then it says preview.you click ont and then it says submit. if you submit it it says give a title. when you give atitle the page...

how

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brettbum Personally, I think its a MyLot bias against anyone that meditates on Roses. Salvador Dali was famously ignored and blocked from MyLot for spending too much time meditating on Roses and not enough time posting discussion comments on point. even worse on...

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Wired or Wireless Lan which is better?

arunk7319 @arunk7319 (1281) • India 13 Dec 06

Hi frieds,This seems to be a bit technical. I just want to know the growth of the wireless connection in the world. I have applied for a broadband wireless connection, initially we tried with wireless, but due to various security...

wired or wireless

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brettbum I am definitely a big fan of the wireless. I have a G router now and have had a wireless of one form or another for 4-5 years. Soo much easier and more flexible to work with with computers, printers and more.

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Help please! What to buy for Christmas...

bonnitabelle @bonnitabelle (143) • Canada 11 Dec 06

My daughter is 12 years old and wants Bratz dolls for Christmas. She doesn't play with the ones that she was given last year, so I don't really want to waste the money buying them for nothing. Does anyone have any ideas as to...

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brettbum I have been trying to redirect my families attention away from buying things and move them towards doing things. You might try asking your daughter where she would like to go and what she would like to do. Offer a vacation, a date, an outing. I gave...

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do you believe that christianity is a true religion?

scorpius @scorpius (1792) • India 11 Dec 06

i do not believe that christianity is a true religion in the sense that it was created more out of political compulsion rather than as a religious movement.for many christians who celebrate christmas,they may not realise that they...

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brettbum I believe that to put the words True + religion next to each other is an oxymoron as there is no such thing as a 'true religion'

11 Dec 06

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