dfinster

@dfinster (3528)

United States • Age 55

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Keep a smile on your lips and others will smile with you, smiles make you beautiful

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Sunsets

Shar19 @Shar19 (8231) • United States 17 Aug 09

How many times have you seen the sunset? Do you take the time and make it a point to see it set? Have you taken pictures of the sun setting?

photos

sunset

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dfinster I'm sure I have no number, but I've seen a sunset almost every single day of my life. I always notice them if they are visible and not clouded over or something like that. I think if you aren't blind or something like that you can't help but see it when it's...

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Well it is official....I have started Christmas shopping...

lilybug @lilybug (21107) • United States 17 Aug 09

I officially began my Christmas shopping this evening while I was out running a quick errand. I picked up a stocking stuffer for each of my kids. They were on clearance and I could not pass it up. Have you bought anything for...

christmas

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dfinster Holy Caramba sister.....lol! Every year I make all the normal promises to myself that I will start early so I have it done and the expense is better controlled.....you know all that good stuff but it seems that everytime and every year soemthing comes up that...

17 Aug 09

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Zero Unresolved discussions finally...what about you and why?

cbeee3 @cbeee3 (2061) • India 24 Jul 09

Hey All.. I just resolved my Unresolved discussions.I chose all the best responses and finally I have zero unresolved discussions. What I was wondering is, do you often check your "Unresolved" tab and ensure that you are...

unresolved discussions

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dfinster I usually check the unresolved tab all the time. It shows me who responded last so I can get back to them and try to keep up with everything that is going on in that particular discussion. I think it's the easiest way to keep up with all that stuff. Right now...

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Home Alone - Do you shut the door while showering/pooping?

Katak @submerryn (1304) • Malaysia 24 Jul 09

When you are home alone and are absolutely sure that no one will be back or be around for that whole day, or at least for the next few hours. Do you shut the door while taking a shower? Do you shut the door if you need to use the...

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dfinster Now that I live alone I never shut the door when I'm going to the bathroom or taking a shower. When I was married if I was just at home alone with my husband I wouldn't shut the door when I took a shower. To be honest unless I was taking a poop I never shut...

24 Jul 09

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Decisions...Decisions...Decisions...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 23 Jul 09

I was reading a discussion about living wills this morning and it brought to mind another aspect of them. If I understand the laws right, once a person is married it is up to their spouse whether they are kept on life support or...

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dfinster I have a chronic disease that has threatened me several times over the years and after I got married I drew up a living will. I had it stipulate that any end of life decisions would be made by my parents and my husband if that ever happened. I felt that was a...

24 Jul 09

Quality discussions vs wanting others to feel you are just here for t friendship

suspenseful @suspenseful (40193) • Canada 24 Jul 09

I went over the myLot guidelines, that is the part about quality discussions. Now I have no idea what quality means, but I have a good idea that it is not something trivial. Yet I see a lot of triviality here, simple questions,...

qualty vs friendshp

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dfinster I like being here for all the reasons you talked about in your post here. I like to write and I like to have good quality discussions, but sometimes it's fun to answer some of the simple question type discussions. Depending on what they are of course. I also...

24 Jul 09

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forced to give a kiss bye to someone.....eghh...

mzz663 @mzz663 (2772) • United States 24 Jul 09

I never forced my kids to give anyone a kiss "bye" when they were little. I always figured if they wanted to, they could, kids' instincts about people are usually right and if they don't want to give a kiss or hug, should be...

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dfinster I never forced my step-daughter to give people a kiss or hug good-bye if she was not comfortable with it. I sure wouldn't want anyone to force me to do something like that with someone I didn't really know. With family though I always told her to go give hugs...

24 Jul 09

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Does the smell of the shampoo change your decision?

mermaidivy @mermaidivy (15395) • United States 23 Jul 09

of buying them? When you buy soap, shampoo and hair conditioner at the store, what makes you wnat to buy the one? The smell? or what it says on the package? When I buy shampoo and stuff, I always like to smell it before I put...

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dfinster Well, I guess first of all I have to look at what the shampoo is supposed to do. Like what hair type it is for and if it is extra body or anti-frizz. Things like that. After that I look for the price because I am on a very tight budget right now. After I get...

23 Jul 09

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At what age?

x_Jo_x @x_Jo_x (1040) 23 Jul 09

What age do you think a child should be allowed their own laptops and mobile phones? My little sister is only 6 but becuase she has two older siblings who have their own laptop and mobiles she is already saying she wants her own,...

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dfinster I agree with you that in today's times we need to give the mobile phones to kids who are a lot younger than we would normally think about...but for emergencies only type rules. These kids now days know how to text and in a lot of cases that's how they all...

23 Jul 09

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Tasks

myLot! @myLot (127) • Kansas City, Missouri 22 Jul 09

Effective immediately we can no longer accept tasks promoting paid-to-click (PTC) sites. Tasks of this nature that have already been posted will be allowed to remain until they expire but no new tasks of this nature should be...

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dfinster This is great. PTC sites are alright and I have asked some to join mine, but when it comes to tasks there were never any real writing or research things so this is great. Thanks.

23 Jul 09

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are you talking to your pets?

cainam @cainam (493) • Philippines 14 Jul 09

i talk to my dogs and treat them like children. i even scold them when they did something wrong. other animal nonlovers would say that i'm quite stupid but i think that my pets do understand what i'm saying. they look at me and...

pets

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dfinster I talk to both my dog and my cat, the part that some might friend a little strange is that I gave them each a different sounding voice and then they answer me to. I'm only fooling around of course. But my yellow lab understands so many words it's unreal to me....

15 Jul 09

What time of day do you feel you are most productive and why? Morning vs.evening

icesmile @icesmile (7160) • Romania 13 Jul 09

We must to follow our natural rhythms?.Why people who are more productive and creative think that people who can work much better in the evening are lazy?they are not, they make same work, but in different time of the day. Are...

question and answer

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dfinster My body rythms are all over the place because I have a really hard time with being able to fall asleep and stay asleep. Ususally I'm pretty slow in the morning because of that, even after I have my coffee. I think I am much more productive at night though....

13 Jul 09

Do you bite fingernails when you are bored or stressed?

scheng1 @scheng1 (24650) • Singapore 13 Jul 09

I just finished reading Nick Leeson's Rogue Trader. He mentioned that he had a habit of biting his fingernails when he was stressed. I remember when I was studying for my diploma, there was a very outstanding lecturer. His...

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dfinster I used to bite my fingernails so short that they would be painful. I did that from the time I was a little kid to like six years ago. Then I stopped and they grew out and are really nice. With the stress that I have been having in my life lately I never, ever...

13 Jul 09

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Did not know I had this much power:)

suspenseful @suspenseful (40193) • Canada 9 Jul 09

Yesterday my husband said "maybe the front lawn needs cutting." So I look out the window and I see the grass is coming up just a little, but well I needed the exercise so I get the lawn mower and mowed the lawn. There was not that...

how to make it rain

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dfinster That's pretty funny. Here we always say it rains right after we wash our cars. I haven't washed mine in a long time and maybe that's why everything is so incredibly dried out up here. If we don't get a really good rain soon, I'll have to ask you to bring your...

13 Jul 09

How is this even fair!!?? what should I do?!!

beutfulmama6701 @beutfulmama6701 (1718) • United States 7 Jul 09

I have an 8 year old daughter who is constanly getting picked on by one of my sisters... When my daughter was born, my sister had a 9 month old son.. She treated my daughter like she was her own, bought her everything, took her...

bullying

lying

unfair

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dfinster That sounds really frustrating. I think your sister was out of line for giving your daughter a lecture when you were right there and had taken care of the situation. It was like she over-stepped her boundaries. It seems that she needs to focus on her daughter...

7 Jul 09