jakill

@jakill (835)

Age 82

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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what's your priority when choosing a job?

victorywp @victorywp (3524) • United States 24 Mar 10

different people puts different kind of priority while choosing a job. so how do you arrange your priority based of these 5 elements? - money (salary/pay/allowance/incentive/commission/bonus/etc) - health risk...

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jakill Far as I'm concerned it's the type of work that counts; I want some job satisfaction. Next would be the people; I don't want lots of aggro. Then the money; it has to be worthwhile. Then my health. Another one might be where I'll be working, whether I'd have to...

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want fresh vegatables? Time to plant

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 24 Mar 10

I planted potatoes yesterday, first day of Spring planting for me. Those old muscles don't get exercised in Yoga, only with work that involves a hoe and a pair of gloves. I woke up this morning so sore I could hardly move, my...

old sore muscles

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jakill I expect we'll be doing both. We didn't have much room for veggies at our last house but we usually had runner beans up near the fence, and sometimes lettuce and tomatoes in grow bags, and we planted a few potatoes in pots. Now we have a nice verggie plot that...

25 Mar 10

Attractive ornaments in the home

maximax8 @maximax8 (31053) • United Kingdom 23 Mar 10

In my living room I have two black candle sticks, a vase of tulip flowers, two silver vases with shiny beads in and a sparkle like lamp. I have a mirror with a black frame and some swirls. In my hall I have a wooden display case....

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jakill Most of the ornaments I have are things which remind me of people, because they were gifts from them, or of places I've been to. For example, I have some wooden marquetry boxes bought in the souk at Tourandot, Morocco, and a pyramid shaped alabaster ornament...

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One shop or many shops for food shopping

maximax8 @maximax8 (31053) • United Kingdom 23 Mar 10

I wouldn't be able to get all the food I eat from one shop. I like to go shopping at Waitrose for fancy foods and to Asda for bargains. I have to pop into Sainsbury's and Morrisons to get things that I need to eat. I go into town...

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jakill we go to lots of different food shops too. Lidls is the nearest and cheapest and the Coop is also in walking distance. In town we have Asda, M & S, Sainsburys and Aldi, while Tescos is about 3 miles away. wikinsons is in town too, but I haven't been in yet. I...

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Where is your computer situated?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31053) • United Kingdom 23 Mar 10

When I had a computer I had it on a desk in my living room. Now I have a laptop I use it when I am sitting in my armchair. When it is on in use I put it wherever there is space. I love having a laptop because it is so lightweight...

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jakill I hsve an office in our garage conversion, so this is where my PC and printer sits. I hate using a laptop unless it has a separate mouse attached. I find the integrated ones really hard to use, and this slows me right down. They really are very versatile...

23 Mar 10

titanic in 3d

Gany15k @Gany15k (1673) • India 23 Mar 10

Everyone knows about the movie Titanic,which has Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in the lead, was a smash hit and broke all the box office records in 1997. James Cameron has said that he plans a 3D version of Titanic by...

future 3d

movie

titanic

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jakill I'm not sure about 3D either. I once went to the Imax cinema at Waterloo in London and felt really dizzy and sick. I suspect that 3D is going to be similar.

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Get out the boots and rain coats. There's a heatwave coming

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 23 Mar 10

Last year the British Meteorological Office (Met O) forecast a "Barbecue Summer" of endless long days of warm sun and high (for us) temperatures. Unfortunately we had rain and not a lot of sun. The Met O took a lot of criticism...

long hot summer

wet

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jakill I certainly am, Pikey. I am praying for it. As it is still less than a year since we moved to the coast, I have people queueing up to visit when the weather is better. It will be so much easier to entertain them in good weather.

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Where can I sell my old books?

louisefrank @louisefrank (356) 21 Mar 10

I'm an avid reader and have amassed quite a lot of old books. I'd like to sell them online. I know Amazon will sell your old books for you but does anyone know of any other sites or is Amazon the best one? What tips do people have...

amazon

books

selling books

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jakill I buy and sell at greenmetropolis.com. Based in the UK, they buy at £3 and sell at £3.75. For each book sold they also donate 5p to the Woodland Trust, so you can feel your transactions are also helping to save the planet.

22 Mar 10

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Make up yourmind, no I cannot,oh yes you can, you have to.

Patsie Hatley @Hatley (163781) • Garden Grove, California 21 Mar 10

Do you ever find yourself wanting to put off things which you know you should do right away, with all sorts of excuses? I have finally got the late permission to see an ophthalmologist for a diabetic eye checkup and to get new...

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jakill I'm really sorry you are so short of cash, Hatley. But this sounds important so I think you should make the arrangements as soon as you can. For me, my excuse is not money but time. I have a great long list of things I should do when I can get around to it....

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love of Llamas

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 20 Mar 10

Our love and respect of Llamas was reinforced yesterday. We had outside visitors to the ranch for the first time in almost a year. Hubby and I caught up a couple of our Llamas to visit with these folks. Now these Llamas have not...

smart llamas

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jakill That's a lovely story, Pat. Near where I live in Dorset, there is a farm that needed to diversify to survive. They now offer holidays with daily llama treks of between one and four hours where each person leads a llama which is wearing a tailor made pack to...

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Illegal migrants into the USA

maximax8 @maximax8 (31053) • United Kingdom 21 Mar 10

I wonder if any illegal migrants manage to get into the USA these days. I saw a discussion yesterday about people moving to another country to get away from poverty, unstable countries or civil war. The situation across the...

america

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jakill This is an interesting discussion to follow. I have heard about Mexicans who try to cross the border to the USA illegally, but not people from other countries. Here in England it is a very contoversial subject because much of the indigenous population beleives...

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ordinary things which become strange

savypat @savypat (20216) • United States 20 Mar 10

In my discussions received this morning was a reference to Edgar Allen Poe, a name I was familiar with but one that just doesn't come up in ordinary conversations. No sooner had I quit working on mylot and gone in for coffee and...

coincidence

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jakill Synchronicity I believe they call it. Mr Poe must have some significance for you, especially if he turns up again. You'll have to work out what it is.

20 Mar 10

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What are the steps you are taking to save the electricity bill?

Sreekala @Sreekala (34312) • India 20 Mar 10

Dear mylotters, Do you switch off your fridge/refrigerator for some particular hours to save electricity? Now the electricity is very costly in our place. The new electronic meter is reading the electricity...

save electricity

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jakill I never switch off my fridge. It shares electricity with the freezer so we'd have alot of spoilt food if it was off for too long. I do like to turn off lights we are not using and switch off everything at the wall point, except the fridge of course.

20 Mar 10

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Eggy Jammies

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 20 Mar 10

I spilled egg on my jammies. Do you like to eat off your clothes? Are you a neat freak and insist on using a spoon to scrape it off. Or perhaps a sucker. Get your laughing tackle round the "spot" in question and suck away. How do...

slippery food

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jakill I usually eat my eggs with a fork or spoon, but if it spills, I love to lick it off my fingers.

20 Mar 10

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People that live in Africa

maximax8 @maximax8 (31053) • United Kingdom 19 Mar 10

I went to Africa when I was nineteen years old. I went to Tunisia and met some friendly people. They follow the Islamic religion there. My second trip to Africa was to Kenya in my mid twenties. When I was on safari I met the Masai...

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jakill You are very lucky to have done so much travelling in your lifetime. I am quite well travelled but I've never been to Africa. However I did socialise with many Africans in London when I was at college. Many were from Zimbabwe at the time when Robert Mugabe was...

19 Mar 10

People that can't get pregnant

maximax8 @maximax8 (31053) • United Kingdom 19 Mar 10

It is sad that some ladies try to get pregnant and don't manage it. Some of them seek and are successful in fertility treatment. They can try to have a test tube baby. It is an expensive treatment to have in my home country. It is...

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jakill I know an English couple who tried IVF treatment several times at great cost with no success. In the end they gave up and moved to Spain to pursue a childless life. I think they have adopted several stray dogs.

19 Mar 10

Pressure on Facebook !

Gany15k @Gany15k (1673) • India 18 Mar 10

Facebook is on high pressure from the British child protection authorities to include a panic button in their webpages. Recently Ashleigh hall a 17 yr old girl of Britain was killed by a person whom she met on facebook.I don't...

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jakill I'm not sure how this will work. Nor would it help in cases like the horrific one you mention, since the girl wouldn't be online when she met the man. However, exposure of the case might deter other young girls from arranging meetings with people they had only...

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If you would just get off your high horse blah blah blah

Patsie Hatley @Hatley (163781) • Garden Grove, California 17 Mar 10

this discussion I started from reading one in which one of my friends was rudely dissed over something that should have been kept private, and she should have private messaged my friend. Do any of you my fellow mylotters feel...

quarrels should not be aired in discussions

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jakill Well, I don't know what this i all about, but from your description, I'd say you're absolutely right. Discussions are for genuine expressions of opinion, that respect other people's views as well. They are certainly not places to carry on personal...

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Sometimes the Devil in me wants out!

SandrainSpain @Sandra1952 (6047) • Spain 17 Mar 10

A couple of days ago, I was at the market with friends. On one of the stalls, the young Spanish stall holder was reaching something from a high rail for someone. He had to take down the price card, which was held in place with a...

letting the devil out

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jakill That does sound like fun, Sandra. My devil only comes out when I've had too much to drink. I know I embarassed my daughter on a weekend to New York when I'd had a few delicious cocktails in the basement of the Rockefeller Centre. I sang around Macy's...

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St Patrick - a Great ENGLISHMAN!

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 17 Mar 10

Today is the feast day of St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland and without doubt one of the most widely celebrated saints. Many celebrants will throng the Irish bars of the World and use his name as a good excuse to be merry - a...

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jakill And a happy St Patrick's Day to you sir. I hope your back is better now.

17 Mar 10

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