daeckardt

@daeckardt (6237)

United States • Age 66

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Success in life

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 19 Apr 13

Lately many people measure their success by the amount of earthly goods they have. This materialistic society is centered in how much we have instead of in what we are. I don`t think that a life can be called succesful if you...

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success

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daeckardt What I value most is the ability I have to make other people's lives better. Whether I do that by making on-time payments to my sites members or helping a family that was burned out of their house I am able to make life better for someone. I always feel best...

1 May 13

This month has been good as money goes.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 19 Apr 13

As I have told you, I not only need to save for my vacations in August, but also I have to leave a little money every month just in case the washing machine decides to end its useful life. I had it repaired but I don`t trust that...

money

online earning

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daeckardt I haven't been active in any of my old ptc sites recently as I have been busy with many other things, mostly running several gpt sites. I am finished with school, but still in active chemo and I do spend some time playing some facebook games. I know that part...

1 May 13

My computer entertained my yougest granddaughter

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 6 Apr 13

Today my daughter came for diner with baby Sofìa. She is 2 ans 1/2, but she is still my baby. My daughter at one point wanted to go to buy something nearby and I did not want Sofìa to miss her mom and start to cry. So I told her...

children

viseos

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daeckardt Although I never had kids of my own, I have observed kids that were using computers from a very young age. My brothers both had their young children knowing how to turn on a computer and get into certain programs by the time they were three and they were...

16 Apr 13

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I am about to start seeking for a week of vacations soon.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 10 Mar 13

Next week I have my lymphoma treatment and will be free from hospitals for 2 to 3 months. I am planing on spending as much time as I can having fun. And part of having fun is traveling for me. Up to now, I only have a partner to...

vacations

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daeckardt I will be taking a trip to Thailand at the end of April or early May for about 6 weeks. My brother wanted me to go for about 2 months, but my oncologist wanted me to go for only six weeks because I had to start in treatment again. I will give more details on...

26 Mar 13

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A couple of special days at mylot.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 7 Mar 13

So administration sent us notice that we would earn more today and tomorrow. My fondest wish is that dear greedy mylotters who don`t comment on my replies think again and decide to comment in order to earn more money....

mylot

mylot rewards

mylotters

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daeckardt I also like to get an answer when I reply to a post. I don't always respond to every post that I read, but if I see something of interest I do respond. When someone responds to my posts, I try to get to them as soon as possible because I know people like to...

26 Mar 13

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A wonderful day from the beginning to the end.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 7 Mar 13

Today I had to go to the hospital. I had to have some blood tests that my oncologist would see when she saw me after lunch. I talked to a cab driver I know and he came to pick me up a little bit late. To make up, he charged me 2/3...

cancer

enjoy life

living

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daeckardt I'm glad you had some good days! I have been busy so this is the first time I have taken a break from other online activities to log in to mylot. I wish I would have done this three weeks ago when the higher paying days went on...oh well...I hope things...

26 Mar 13

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I spent some lovely days in the country.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 3 Feb 13

I missed mylot, but I confess that I did not miss it as I thought I would. I stayed a few days with some good friends at a lovely adobe house and later I went ti a small town in the south where I spent 4 more days with one of my...

life

vacations

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daeckardt I have not been doing a very good job of staying up with even your discussions. I keep them in my inbox while I put most of the discussions into a folder to look at when I am up to it. I often forget about mylot right now. I have so many other things going on...

8 Feb 13

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Today I start my diet.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 7 Jan 13

I was goind to the nutriciologist to help me out with a diet. But yesterday I checked at the hospital via internet and everyone is on vacations until March. So I booked an appointment for March and decided I`d do something by...

dieting

diets

mediterranean diet

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daeckardt I just intend to eat what I can find. I don't worry enough about special diets, but when I go to Thailand in the spring (possibly not until late April or early May) I will just start eating local foods again and that will get me back in shape. I wouldn't worry...

18 Jan 13

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My apricots are ripe!

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 31 Dec 12

This year the wheather has been different from others and the apricots from my tree did not rippen in time for jams to give as Christmas presents. I had to give relishes to everyone. But now they are ripe and yesterday I had the...

apricots

fruit

jams

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daeckardt I actually don't do either. I have never been into making too much of anything and I don't buy a lot of stuff either. I do think that juices would be easier, but I don't know if I would do much of that either. Have a great new year!!!

31 Dec 12

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United States: the view from an outsider.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 16 Dec 12

I have answered a couple of the several posts after the gun shooting with children killed two days ago. And my answer in one of the posts turned into an interesting conversation (heated sometimes) that led me to want to write down...

united states

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daeckardt Wow, I don't think I could have said it better. I think it is important that people become aware of the diversity of the world around them and that all people are human no matter what they look like on the outside. I have always believed that color is only...

30 Dec 12

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Online earning: pros and cons

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 29 Dec 12

When people talk about online earning, some of them talk about what sites have paid them oan others about money that they had at the site. In my experience, the money that hasn`t been paid to me has no value at all. There are so...

online earning

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daeckardt I don't promote many sites, but when I do, it is usually because I have received payment. I have tried a few sites thinking they might be good only to find out that they are not once I get into them. Now I am back into playing games most of the time and...

30 Dec 12

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I`ll eat leftovers until New Year.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 29 Dec 12

The week between Chrsitmas and New Year is the leftover week for me. I made and ate Christmas diner that I took to my daughter`s house. The 25th I invited a friend for luch and she brought a huge amount of leftover turket,...

food

leftovers

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daeckardt I remember those days...always eating leftovers until the turkey was all gone. I guess that is one reason I don't cook turkey now since I don't have anyone to help me eat it. I am also just plain lazy. I don't think I could stand to eat that much turkey by...

30 Dec 12

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A rant about facebook.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 8 Dec 12

A long time ago I got into FB. It seems we all did. But suddenly I discovered that it wasn`t so easy to have a nice conversation there as we do here. Most people there will not care about explining something better or describing...

facebook

facebook flaws

rant

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daeckardt I just got into it again. It started out just doing a few casino type games along with chatting with other site admins discussing site issues. Then I started playing some of the other games that those people sent me invites to. Now I am addicted. I don't make...

14 Dec 12

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Good news!

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 6 Dec 12

I don`t know whether I should post this here or in "health". I had my scan 2 days ago and today I went to see the doctor. The lymphoma is behaving very well up to now. It has not grown and the word is still on...

cancer

health

remission

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daeckardt That is great news! I have only one chemo left myself. I had a cat scan done last week as I had a new pain in my groin and they wanted to make sure that there was nothing there. They decided to do it then since I had the problem since they were going to do it...

14 Dec 12

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Virtual travel with friends

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 18 Nov 12

Many of you know that I came for a long weekend to Viña del Mar where I have a friend. I brought my computer. This friend has just come back from an awesome trip to Paris (where she attended her daughter`s marriage) and to...

internet

travels

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daeckardt I do sometimes use the internet to look at new places to see if I would like to go there. It is usually when someone shows me the link and wants me to learn more about something. I don't often do it on my own since I have no idea where I would like to find out...

25 Nov 12

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Helping out at Christmas dinner

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 22 Nov 12

We have some problems in our family to decide what will be the best Christmas celebration we can have according to our means. We talked about it with my daughter yesterday and reached an agreement that will help us out. My...

christmas

christmas diner

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daeckardt I have only cooked for Thanksgiving once and then I was pretty much the only one that ate. I didn't bother with it this year as there is no family left in the area I live in right now. I just went to the casino and ate their Thanksgiving buffet which satisfied...

25 Nov 12

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Conciliating taste buds and friendship.

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 24 Nov 12

The older I get, the more differences I see on the eating habits of my acquaintances, family and friends. Some will not (or cannot) eat sugar. Others will not eat salt, meat, fat, you name it. And while some of these people will...

eating

people

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daeckardt I have never cared for anyone trying to "live my life" and tell me what to do. I might respond with ok or something just to shut them up, but I seldom follow their advice. I know when my doctor warned me to change my eating habits I didn't listen to her and...

25 Nov 12

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What does helping mean?

marguicha @marguicha (229825) • Chile 2 Nov 12

I just read and answered a post about JK Rowlings donating a lot of her money. THe post asked us if we would donate in those circumstances. I think that teoretically all of us would donate if we became billionaires. I just wonder...

helping people

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daeckardt I am not able to give money for obvious reasons, but I do give much of my time when I can. Right now I am working on a project with the Red Cross where I am trying to update the shelter agreements so if there is a disaster in our chapter, we will have the...

3 Nov 12

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employee error

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 27 Mar 12

If I won a lottery jackpot and it was advertised as Billions of dollars. Rest assured if I won I'd want what was advertised and there are laws here in my state that companies have to honor pricing errors. I would imagine something...

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daeckardt Not that I play the lottery at all, but I think I would be happy to win anything at all. I might ask if they could compensate for the mistake, but I wouldn't become angry because of an error.

28 Oct 12

extreme way to get disability

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 27 Mar 12

I can't believe he'd cause himself so much pain just to get out of being employed. I think if anything instead of getting disability for a physical impairment it may be for his mental issues. We all have had jobs we hate going to...

desperate

mental issues

work

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daeckardt I don't think I would consider doing something stupid like that just to get disability. I cherish my ability to walk too much to think about doing that. This guy must have been totally crazy to think he had to do that to get out of working.

28 Oct 12