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hotsummer @hotsummer (13835) • Philippines 20 Nov 11

sometimes i would hear people t say something like they are talking to me, and if i ask them to repeat cause i didn't hear it well, they will just say like, "nothing, i was just talking to myself." i do feel weird when they would...

talking

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doubledawn I used to talk to myself quite frequently when I was a child (lonely and had no friends). Usually it was my imagination playing out some great scenario and I didn't realize I was talking through it out loud. As an almost-forty grown up, I do notice I...

20 Nov 11

valentinesdiner @valentinesdiner (1214) • United States 17 Nov 11

Hey we have a budget to get into more balance... why not increase taxes on the wealthiest in a law taht would sunset soon. Like the way the Bush tax cuts were supposed to sunset. In Eurpoe the question is open there as...

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doubledawn The problem is that that more money you have, the more opportunities you have to hide from the tax man. The system is flawed to say the least, but increasing taxes sometimes doesn't work anyway. It would be more beneficial to have higher income earners pay...

18 Nov 11

ladybugmagic @ladybugmagic (3978) • United States 17 Nov 11

I'd call your congress people on this one. The day after the OWS eviction and Bloomberg's media black out, censoring what we have access to on the internet has garnered bipartisan support. hinging on one single democrat holding it...

censorship

internet

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doubledawn It's appalling the things that so called "free countries" will try to do under the name of protection. It's another shameless attempt at control, which at some point will have a hefty dollar sign attached for somebody. There will always be piracy in any form...

18 Nov 11

Pushhyarag2000 @Pushhyarag2000 (1416) • India 14 Nov 11

Back in the late eighties or early nineties [if my memory serves me right] when the cable televsion had just started [in India]. Advertising also started getting mature & creative. I hope many will have seen this visual ad for...

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doubledawn I tried to watch the video but couldn't get it to work. However, your description paints the picture very well. I have seen similar commercials for various products (most notable the blue tooth devices). I am always slightly in awe of people who have the kind...

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yallit @yallit (3677) • Philippines 13 Nov 11

no investments, no clicking of ads, no article writing, no uploading, no blogging. Absolutely doing nothing. I can't count how many times I've seen such posts here in MyLot. I can't recall ever responding to any of them....

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doubledawn I guess those people get no satisfaction from hard work or a job well done. And people wonder why the economy is in trouble. Seems to me, lack of motivation is big part of the problem. And you're right. Even common sense isn't free anymore.

14 Nov 11

MagicalBubbles @MagicalBubbles (5103) • Canada 6 Sep 11

Im watching the news now and they're talking about fires in Texas, USA. 1000 houses were burned to the ground . I looked at the video and you can see whats left of the houses.....nearly nothing, its all charred....

fires in texas

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doubledawn Electrical wiring gives the fire a path, along with homes full of oxygen to give it good life and plenty of high flammables that burn hot and fast like insulation. It's kind of like the elements in a house act like lightening rods do to attract lightening. The...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 27 Apr 11

Now, we all know the Canadians have great taste in music, especially the "rock" variety and, of course some wonderful bands have come from there. Anyway, I joined ClixSense a while back and included in the toolbar is a neat...

canadian rock

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doubledawn Yes, I'm sure they'd be thrilled to have a listener from the UK tuning in! Barrie has a little over 100 000 people living there, it's actually grown quite a bit, having doubled in the last ten or fifteen years. It's great in the summer, right on the water,...

29 Apr 11

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 27 Apr 11

Now, we all know the Canadians have great taste in music, especially the "rock" variety and, of course some wonderful bands have come from there. Anyway, I joined ClixSense a while back and included in the toolbar is a neat...

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doubledawn Wahoooo! My favourite radio station, Rock 95 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Listen to it every morning. Long weekends are the best if you like classic rock as Victoria Day weekend (yes, Queen Victoria) they do a top 500 of all time countdown based on listeners...

27 Apr 11

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boncie1 @boncie1 (24) • United States 7 Apr 11

Im from Vancouver, which is a good size metropolitan area, and I have Washington, which honestly is only a half hour drive to get to the border. Amazingly, even though they are so close together...they REALLY are different. One...

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doubledawn Absolutely! I am from Ontario, and grew up around Georgian Bay. Even moving to the GTA I was most shocked by two things. I the price of everything was higher, which is surprising since most of it is shipped from Toronto and 2. there is a lack of social...

7 Apr 11

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TeamCholent @TeamCholent (2832) • United States 3 Apr 11

As many of us have the great dream of owning our own house one day(when we are in a better economical position of course) it brought me to thinking about where to store all that hard earned money I have worked and slaved to...

house fund

money market

saving

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doubledawn These days it seems like under the mattress is the only safe place to put your money so you won't lose it. If it were me, I would put it into a savings account or a term deposit. They are usually predictable, although they don't generate as much money, they...

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motorizedmillie @motorizedmillie (138) • United States 19 Mar 11

Good Morning everyone, As some of you may know, I posted a question about length of posts yesterday because I wanted to post a bit about my life here and didn't want to risk going over the character limit if there was...

my story

posts

reluctant

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doubledawn My suggestion is, if you want to write a longer, more in depth post, then go right ahead. Keep your sentences short and break it up into paragraphs to make it easier and more comfortable on the eyes. Remember, people are reading over computer screens and...

19 Mar 11

MandaLee @MandaLee (3756) • United States 19 Mar 11

I think failing to return phone calls is rude, thoughtless and inconsiderate. Do you think it is rude when people don't return phone calls? Why or why not?

etiquette

rude

telephone

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doubledawn I guess it depends on whose calling and why. I have certain friends that can call and leave a message and won't be upset if it takes me a few days to call back. I'm very busy, and phone calls tend to tie me up for a bit, so my friends understand I can't call...

19 Mar 11

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doubledawn @doubledawn (69) • Canada 2 Feb 11

I am in the Toronto area and we are having a snow day. Roads are closed, police advisory to stay off the roads and it's blizzard like conditions. According to the news, most of southern Ontario is being hit as well as much of the...

road closures

snow

weather

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EdnaReyes @EdnaReyes (2622) • Philippines 5 Jan 11

A friend of mine is getting married and she's torn between being honest about her past and keeping them secrets from her future husband. Some think it's very to be honest than regret later. Some think past is past and as long as...

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doubledawn I think it's okay to mention who your ex is, but stay away from all the details. Her future husband doesn't really need to know, and he probably has details in his past that he's not sharing. Honesty is good, but it should be tempered with common sense. Men...

7 Jan 11

MarappleStiffy @marapplestiffy (2182) • Philippines 6 Jan 11

Gosh!!! What kind of a parent are you to forget your child??? Today a parent said that, not to me but to my co-teacher, the morning class ends at 11:30, the parent was able to fetch the child at 1:05 something and...

the height of irresponsibility

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doubledawn That's nothing. I had a friend, many years ago, who left her newborn at the grocery store. Her and hubby got all the groceries packed up and put into the car, got all the way home and realized they'd forgotten the baby. Rushed back and baby was fortunately...

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doubledawn @doubledawn (69) • Canada 6 Jan 11

I recently had a chat with a friend about who does the most housework in the home. At my house, my husband and I both work full time and we have two kids. My husband takes out the garbage, mows grass and clears snow from the...

household chores

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doubledawn Actually I have a friend that does that too! Cleans like a madwoman whenever she's upset or angry. If she pulls everything out of her cupboards and starts cleaning them, look out - she's at war with someone!

6 Jan 11

doubledawn @doubledawn (69) • Canada 6 Jan 11

I recently had a chat with a friend about who does the most housework in the home. At my house, my husband and I both work full time and we have two kids. My husband takes out the garbage, mows grass and clears snow from the...

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doubledawn I feel for you. Most of my friends feel that they have two jobs, they do all the housework plus their paid jobs. The going theory is, we create lazy spouses early on in the relationship when we are still lovestruck, and then we can't change these habits.

6 Jan 11

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