@margerydaw14 on myLot

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 21 Jan 13

I'm not on about codes you use online but the physical money-off vouchers that come through the post. Such a voucher came through the post a few days ago (along with a nice letter from Unilever thanking me for praising one of...

conflab new word for discussion

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margerydaw14 That sounds about right, everyone is so scared they are being ripped off that they don't trust the evidence of their eyes. And who is to say that the poor check out lady may have had to pay back the £2.00 if the voucher had been a dud? On a more amusing note,...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 19 Jan 13

As promised, I have included a photograph of our new chandelier in its new home and I must say, it looks happy up there. By the way, those are reflections of light you see on the walls and the thing wasn't even lit up lol. Big,...

so happy with chandelier

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margerydaw14 As I put in my comment with your picture, I am impressed , that is so beautiful. I too have a medical procedure coming up. But I will be more fortunate than you as having anaesthetic , in my docs terms , having my spine jacked up, repaired in other words and...

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (154351) • United States 19 Jan 13

Creamery AKA Fluffernutter was on the love seat,sleeping, and as I came downstairs to get ready for work he gave a little gasp and was gone. Pretty unexpected and we have no idea why. He was my youngest cat, at nine years old. He...

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margerydaw14 So sorry to hear of your loss. Just think of him playing over the rainbow bridge with all of our cats. I only have one cat called Tyson now plus a rescue dog. My little dexter died last year after a 'mystery' illness. You find yourself wondering what you have...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 10 Oct 12

As you know I have mega chats with Mum on the telephone 3 nights a week and the other night she amazed me by saying that she is 'seriously considering buying a laptop.' This was music to my ears. You see,...

trying to get mum online

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margerydaw14 my husband is possibly same age as your mum(not sure how old she is, so dont be offended, he is 66) and a couple of years ago I bought him a lap top. it has been a total success. his last car he bought on line, i have just introduced him to facebook, he has...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 17 Oct 12

I remember the good old days when I could start a discussion about public toilets and receive over 100 responses. It still amazes me whenever I think about it and, sometimes, a person will respond to it even...

friends come and go even on mylot

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margerydaw14 hi Janey, many apologies to you and all my friends on mylot, I do work full time and dont get a lot of time on line, due to getting home from work, cooking dinner when i get home, doing the washing ironing etc.., blah blah blah and other boring stuff, plus, i...

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webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 11 Oct 12

This photo is of Savanna my; 4 year old grand daughter. She's the one in the blue top. Her, myself, my wife, & my daughter went to a local park about a week ago for a walk. Savanna met this girl & her mother & they shared their...

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margerydaw14 hi Grandpa bob, unfortunately I havent got any grandkids, but I remember the marvellous relationship I had with my grandpa, he would allow me to spend hours playing in his lean to( a conservatory in modern speak.) I remember it was big windows, wood painted...

17 Oct 12

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 17 Aug 12

I don't know about you but I always give in to my cat's demands. Yesterday I felt sorry for her as she wanted to lie on my red throw on the sofa but could only fit on the corner due to the cushion being in the...

cat finding new places to sleep

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margerydaw14 hi janey, not sure how old he is as he is yet another rescue cat, but he must be at least 16 to 18. he is still very agile, but i have noticed lately, he doesnt jump up on the kitchen worktops(very un hygenic!) like he used to, but he can still jump up on the...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 17 Aug 12

I don't know about you but I always give in to my cat's demands. Yesterday I felt sorry for her as she wanted to lie on my red throw on the sofa but could only fit on the corner due to the cushion being in the...

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margerydaw14 when i first started on mylot i had 5 cats and a little dog, sadly my little dog went over the rainbow bridge just over 5 weeks ago and i havent been able to mention it on mylot as far too upset. and sadly also i have one cat left, the intrepid Tyson, he is...

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ANTIQUELADY @ANTIQUELADY (36440) • United States 16 Aug 12

I'm probably the only one who had never tried Nutella but i found some at the dollor store this week. Had never even seen it before except on a tv commercial & had wondered about it because I LOVE...

nutella

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margerydaw14 i love Nutella, funny thing is, I am one of the few people in the world that doesnt like chocolate, but i love hazelnuts, brazils etc., so a piece of bread and butter with a dollop of nutella in the morning , is the ideal breakfast. But with vanilla ice cream?...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 16 Aug 12

How did you react? Did you go through with it or say, "No!" and put your foot down? It could be a function you had to attend with your loved one, or it could be a family celebration where you didn't actually like the person the...

forced to do something

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margerydaw14 this rings a real bell with me, i have been married for nearly 45 years and most of the functions i had to attend which i didnt want to go to, involved being with the in laws. but now i am in my 60's i have said quite firmly, that because i am old, i can do...

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indahfth @indahfth (11161) • Indonesia 24 May 12

I am very confused. My cat, not eating and drinking. I do not know, what I should do. I do not have money, to bring my cat, to the vet. I do not want, my cat died. Finally, I force my cat to drink milk. I do not know, whether...

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margerydaw14 i do feel sorry for you, i know what is like to have a sick animal and have no money to pay vet bills. do you not have an animal welfare group who could help you? failing that, try your cat with water, as milk can sometimes upset their tummies and try hand...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 22 May 12

Er, apparently not. The culprits are Studio. They sell allsorts of crap although I did buy my two matching items for the bathroom from them a couple of years ago. So, periodically, they send me catalogues...

christmas catalogues in may

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margerydaw14 the catalogue drops through the door with a hearty thump! it gets chucked on the stairs then finds it way into the living room, where i try very hard not to open it, but temptation looms, this time i avoided the christmas cards and wrapping paper. After all I...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 14 May 12

I've often wondered this as - for example - if I were naughty at Mum's when younger I'd be "sent to my room" which, believe me, wasn't very nice in those days due to the fact we didn't have central heating then! Colder winters...

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margerydaw14 It is difficult times we live in - on the one hand you have the families where the mother goes to work and the poor kids are either left in a nursery with a mob of other small children, open to bullying and intimidation by the carers(not all nurseries are like...

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jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 20 Jan 12

Last week i ended up at the drs and that was due to really bad swelling of my ankles on both feet, as well as both feet really swollen.I thought that i may have had fluid build up, so i elevated my feet and they still had not gone...

bed cradle

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margerydaw14 sorry to hear of all your problems. I am suffering with aches and pains at the moment(old age and having too much fun in my younger days!) but they don't sound so bad as yours. I have seen the bed cradles in hospital and they are a wonderful...

22 Jan 12

Sanjeev @sjvg1976 (41532) • Delhi, India 22 Dec 11

Hello MYLOTTERS, I already told on one of the discussion that there are lot of mouse and rats in my locality as i live in a place which is now a commercial place so rats here are quiet normal to be found. Around...

mouse

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margerydaw14 not rat house, but mouse house! I went on holiday in the summer and came back to mice. I noticed when opening the cupboard under the sink that the bag of cat biscuits had a hole in the bottom and biscuits had leaked out and horror of horrors, little black...

23 Dec 11

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 12 Nov 11

Attatched is a photo of my granddaughter Savanna. Today ()saturday)as her way to give back to the community she and other pageant participants rang bells for the Salvation Army Red Buckets for the Holiday season at the Mall Of...

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margerydaw14 I used to go door to door selling poppies from the Royal British legion Poppy appeal. Over here in Britain, we have Remembrance Day, 11th day of the 11th month, and we have a 2 minute silence at 11 am.that day. The poppies are sold i support of casualties and...

9 Dec 11

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (154351) • United States 19 Nov 11

I have never been to a Starbucks. There are reasons, or excuses, so let me explain. The closest Starbucks is more than thirty miles from my house. I do occasionally go to a town where it is located, but not often. The choices...

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margerydaw14 I have never been to starbucks either, i have been to Costa Coffee which is similiar or Pret A Manger, but their coffee has this dreadful 'burnt' taste, to my tastebuds anyway. I like gold blend or nescafe and I do like the latte mix made by nescafe the most....

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (154351) • United States 20 Nov 11

I give blood, as often as possible. I received a letter this week saying I have a high platelet count and I could go do this. Many people who give blood are able to give platelets, but my platelets are higher than average, I...

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margerydaw14 I used to give blood, but had to stop as I had cancer. I was quite peeved as I was well on my way to a gold badge, but I had a really nice letter and certificate. I am a person who is very frightened of needles and injections, but it never bothered me giving...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 2 Dec 11

Most people know what the "Secret Santa" is but for those who don't I shall explain it. It's usually a phenomenon that happens at work whereby names are placed in a hat, then whoever you pull out of that hat, you have to buy a...

pretending to like presents

secret santa

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margerydaw14 regarding your mum and the 'advice' given as to what she should be giving a teacher for christmas, perhaps your mum should reciprocate and hint heavily at a nice leather handbag as a gift or hohohoho , a decent christmas bonus for a hard working dinner...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 24 Nov 11

How are you in this area of communication (I suppose you could call it). In my teenage years I was terrible at the eye contact thing. I was fine with people of my own age or my family but anyone with intense eyes that pierce...

eye contact

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margerydaw14 I find it very hard to have eye to eye contact. I do wear glasses so sometimes , if the sun's in the right direction, I can hide behind the suns glare, or I wear sunglasses. I am uncomfortable if someone is in my face, so to speak, looking at me intensely. Its...

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