jtfmulder

@jtfmulder (42)

United States • Age 63

Joined myLot 18 years ago

If it didn't come out of the microwave, I didn't cook it.

jtfmulder.tumblr.com/

All Activity

jtfmulder's Activity

Should Mobiles Phones be BANNED from Colleges???

mtsandeep @mtsandeep (1586) • India 13 Jul 08

I am in my final year Automobile Engineering. Last week my mobile was taken away from me by our college authorities. I got it back after 1 week. Mobile phones are banned in our college. [b]Should mobile...

25 responses •

6 people

jtfmulder I am 45 years old. I remember that some people had "car phones" while I was still in school. I lived in a dormitory at the time. We had one phone jack and one push-button phone in the dorm rooms. The phones were supplied by the school for local phone calls...

14 Jul 08

Did you assemble your own PC or bought it assembled or as package already?

gicarlo @gicarlo (131) • United States 29 Jun 08

Do you know how to assemble a PC? Did you assemble yours? Or just bought it assembled already? Is there any advantage or disadvantage in assembling or not assembling? I am an IT student but i didn't assembled mine. Though I wanted...

24 responses •

6 people

jtfmulder I have a MacBook laptop. I bought it fully assembled for the price and convenience. I just ordered additional RAM by mail order to upgrade the memory.

29 Jun 08

Ebay Fees?

sephrenia @sephrenia (567) 1 Dec 07

I just signed up to ebay to help my mum sell a rare picture that she has and I was checking out the FAQ's when I saw that they charge fees for listings and so on. what I want to know is do they charge the fees up front or do...

1 response

jtfmulder Half.com is an eBay company. I have never bought anything from it, but I know how it works. It is similar to Amazon.com People from all over the world can create an account and list their items for sale. Prices normally do not include shipping. The whole...

25 Jun 08

•

1 person

Our survey says - not you thanks. Have an entry to the sweepstake instead

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 24 Jun 08

I am a member of a small number of survey sites. They are hangovers from the days when I thought that I might be able to make a few pounds online. One of these, Ciao, send me daily two o three surveys which are billed as things...

surveys

waste of time

24 responses •

8 people

jtfmulder I used to do the online survey thing, too. I've given up. It seemed to me that there were very few that actually paid. I also remember going through the frustration of doing the majority of the questions and then being kicked out after wasting about ten...

24 Jun 08

•

1 comment

If I want to pay with pennies, I should be able to!

bonbon664 @bonbon664 (3466) • Canada 20 Jun 08

Ok, I went to a coffee shop, had a load of pennies in the car, so, i grabbed them, and brought them in. They wouldn't take them! It was a buck fifty in pennies, and they wouldn't take it. As far as I'm concerned, as long as it's...

39 responses •

4 people

jtfmulder I have an answer that I used in a similar discussion prior to this one. I used to work in a movie theater. It was not unusual for someone to come to the box office with a bag full of coins. I asked the manager if I could refuse payment entirely in coins. He...

22 Jun 08

Don't you just hate it when there is no toilet paper?

vicneedscoffee @vicneedscoffee (1259) • United States 2 Jun 08

I just walked into the bathroom and sure enough there is an empty roll hanging there. This happens in my house all the time. Why can't people just change it? It's not that hard. Then when I say something about it the other people...

empty

roll

toilet paper

5 responses •

3 people

jtfmulder It's probably the same people who put back a milk container in the fridge with an insignificant amount of milk left in it. :=(

21 Jun 08

•

1 person

What is it called..couch or sofa...

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12587) • United States 13 Apr 08

Depending on where you are from some say soda, some say pop.It's the tomato /potato question. Have you changed what you call your couch/sofa when you change geographic location?

furniture

13 responses •

5 people

jtfmulder Regional names for carbonated soft drinks. I call Coca-Cola, 7-Up, Root Beer, etc, all sodas. I think that West of the Mississippi people tend to call carbonated soft drinks "Soda".I have also heard "Soda Pop", " Pop",...

21 Jun 08

What is it called..couch or sofa...

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12587) • United States 13 Apr 08

Depending on where you are from some say soda, some say pop.It's the tomato /potato question. Have you changed what you call your couch/sofa when you change geographic location?

13 responses •

5 people

jtfmulder As far as I know couch and sofa mean the same thing to most people in the USA. There are different kings of related furniture that have more specific meanings. Settee the forerunner of today's sofa, a long seat with side arms and back, sometimes...

21 Jun 08

•

1 comment

Another mouth to feed...

foxyfire33 @foxyfire33 (10005) • United States 18 Jun 08

No, not another baby! Step son invited a friend from Maryland to stay with us for a month. We found out the day before he arrived. It's kind of been amusing...and I mean absolutely no disrespect...

16 responses •

7 people

jtfmulder My father grew up with a similar situation when he was about 12 years old. He moved in with his aunt and her extended family because his father had passed away. Then World War 2 started and all able-bodied men went overseas to serve in the military. A friend...

20 Jun 08

will you get a SKUNK for a PET?

mskzalameda @mskzalameda (4023) • Philippines 18 May 07

skunks are mammals commonly with white and black stripes fur on their body. Their nature of defense is to attack their enemies by secreting a very bad odor from their anal scent glands. Just like the scorpion, they only defense...

pet skunk

skunk as a pet

skunks

27 responses •

11 people

jtfmulder I had a classmate in school who had a de-scented skunk as a pet. Skunks are rodents they can be compared to rabbits, mice, squirrels. My classmate wrote an essay about how a domesticated skunk can be a gentle pet. I'm surprised that I still remember this so...

19 Jun 08

Another mouth to feed...

foxyfire33 @foxyfire33 (10005) • United States 18 Jun 08

No, not another baby! Step son invited a friend from Maryland to stay with us for a month. We found out the day before he arrived. It's kind of been amusing...and I mean absolutely no disrespect...

16 responses •

7 people

jtfmulder He sounds like he is very spoiled when at home. Is he an only child?

19 Jun 08

•

1 comment

what's facebook for?

tikaldema23 @tikaldema23 (96) • Guatemala 16 Jun 08

I have a facebook profile myself, but I really don't know what's the point of facebook. Isn't it just a big popularity contest to see which of your friends has more friend, who talk the most with whom, who uploads the best...

facebook

importance

meaning

5 responses •

3 people

jtfmulder Facebook is so many different things to different people. It's true that if you know your friend's email you can just send an email. Facebook and many other social networks allow your to make a large amount of information about yourself available to your...

17 Jun 08

Waiting

easy888 @easy888 (10404) • Australia 27 Mar 07

Have you ever been waiting for something/someone?? How long you have been waiting for? What are you waiting for? For how long you will keep waiting if your friend is late?? did you ever leave your friend just because he.she is...

78 responses •

13 people

jtfmulder I live in Southern California. There are many things and places that require waiting for me. It is just a part of daily live where I live. You have to wait for your turn. You have to wait for your doctor even when you have an appointment. Many places are...

17 Jun 08

Key's

me @dfollin (27013) • United States 13 Jun 08

How many keys do you have for you home? Do you keep some outside in hiding places?ie: under the mat,in the plant pot,on the ledge.Iam more secur then that.I have two keys,one on a ring and the other on my person.

keys

security

9 responses •

2 people

jtfmulder I have an extra house key inside my car. I considered hiding outside of my home. I live in a condo. The homeowner association provides gardening for all the common areas. I tried to find a hiding place outside, but I was afraid the gardeners would find my key...

13 Jun 08

Do you watch movies with subtitles? Do you have a favorite foreign film?

Amber @AmbiePam (110335) • United States 11 Jun 08

I realize to people say in China or France that an American or English film IS a foreign film. But I was thinking about the English speaking countries mainly. I rented Pan's Labyrinth on Monday and watched it that night....

41 responses •

12 people

jtfmulder Subtitles don't bother me. It really is a matter of personal taste. Many foreign films tend to be more personal and about people than most American Hollywood blockbusters. It is a matter of genre.

11 Jun 08

•

3 people