ossie16d

@ossie16d (11821)

Australia • Age 75

Joined myLot 20 years ago

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Strange answers to one of my discussions

marguicha @marguicha (229667) • Chile 18 Jan 13

Yesterday I started a post about fears and told about my fears for earthquakes and how it was tha my husband feared dogs. I then asked about the fears mylotters had. It was incredible the amount of ansers I got from people afraid...

dogs

fears

people and animals

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ossie16d Animals are like people in that they sense and smell fear. For some people it is something that happened when they were younger that causes that fear and the cause might even have been something said by a parent or older person, i.e. don;t touch that dog or he...

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Friend of mine finally got a loan approval, and bought a house

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 6 Feb 13

Honestly, I admire this friend of mine, eventually, he moved out of his father's house, and start his own family with his wife and a kid. He work so hard to make it happen. He cut most of the unnecessary expenses, like going to...

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ossie16d Yes it is a great achievement thart your friend was able to pay off his debts, move out of his father's house and to buy his own house. Before he and his wife start their own little family, they need to make that house into a home. Of course he will have to...

7 Feb 13

Reputations are Falling

debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 6 Feb 13

Has anyone else noticed all the white 7s showing up on myLot. People on my friends list and who respond to my discussions have lost as much as 2 reputation points (stars). What's up?

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ossie16d I have not been here to notice any changes but when I was active, it seemed to happen to a certain group of people regularly. At the time it was said to be because of negative ratings given by other members to a discussion. I was never sure myself what the...

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What. Giving Best REsponse In Just Two Days?

Patsie Hatley @Hatley (163772) • Garden Grove, California 19 Oct 08

Ihave noticed something a lot lately in best responses. a lot of people are giving them in just one or two days, and I had been told I should always wait a week or so first before giving best'responses as to do it too early turns...

poster

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ossie16d Looks like someoe revived this discussion for you Hatley. When I was active, I used to wait several days before I gave a Best Response because ot everyone is active all the time or every day and sometimes it is not possible to respond to all discussions the...

7 Feb 13

mylot atmosphere changing?

Patsie Hatley @Hatley (163772) • Garden Grove, California 6 Feb 13

when I came here to mylot I was bitterly upset, newly forced to retire then later made homeless and I found my lot. I found friends here, and a pleasant welcoming atmosphere even as the outside world economy was rapidly getting...

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ossie16d I have not really been posting anything here for many years but still get heaps of notifications of discussions deleted. Some I can never remember responding to and in fact am surprised that I ever did as they were not things that I was ever interested in! But...

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Middle East Nations clamoring for Democracy

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 20 Mar 11

Middle East Nations clamoring for Democracy, did you think we'd ever see such a thing?

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ossie16d It is rather interesting of course but whether these groups of people - who are involved in the fighting - will succeed in their aims is a different matter. Many of those who are protesting and fighing have never actually known democracy as those of us who...

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want to know what to look for when a stroke victim nears death

suspenseful @suspenseful (40192) • Canada 28 Jun 09

My husband is a stroke victim, having had a series of mini strokes. Right now we are getting the sidewalk poured (if it does not rain) and the ramp finished plus the motorized wheel chair delivered when it is done. but I want him...

when a stroke victim may die

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ossie16d There are a number of signs although often the person does not realise what they mean until after the event. In fact people will often think that the symptoms they experience are just "getting old" or being a bit clumsy. Some of the things that can be...

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Facebook to cash in on Members

oldboy46 @oldboy46 (2129) • Australia 1 Feb 09

... or at least that is the story according to the news reports I have read. It appears Facebook has struggled to make money from advertising and so now it hopes that by allowing multinational companies access to its database,...

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ossie16d I am no longer a member of facebook and only joined because a couple of friends I had met elsewhere on the internet asked me too. I was never really into it at all and once the emails started to overflow in my inbox I tok action. I deleted as much personal...

7 Feb 09

If not myLot. What?

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 3 Jul 08

If you were to leave myLot where would you go? Would you stay social networking or seek a complete change? How would you tell your friends here that you were going, or wouldn't you bother. Is there anything, other than the money,...

leaving

pastures new

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ossie16d I have basically left mylot and seldom come here these days. Yes, I do miss some of the friends that I made here and some of them are also on another site that I went to. I did tell some of my friends where I was going and why but from there left it up to them...

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Spybot free version

BELMCstar @BELMCstar (1341) • Australia 11 Sep 07

Can someone give me a link to find the free version of this? When I tried to do it before, it told me it was free, but then it said that I needed to pay for it. Thanks.

free version

spybot

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ossie16d I do have spybot and it is the free version Bel but I also have AdAware too. The one that I use most often though is AVG Anti-Spyware, and it too is a free version. It does seem to work well and I have set it up so that it runs automatically when I turn on the...

19 Oct 07

Pending Friends

BELMCstar @BELMCstar (1341) • Australia 15 Oct 07

I went through my friends list the other day, and 'whittled some of them down'. Then, I went to my 'pending friends'. I have 12 pages of pendig friend requests, some of which I requested 11 months ago, when I first became a...

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ossie16d This is an interesting discussion Bel and more so for me as I seldom come here to mylot anymore, spending most of my internet time in another forum. However, I have noticed that every time I do log on, I have a whole swag of friend requests. These days I no...

19 Oct 07

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Miraculous situations

sherinek @sherinek (3320) • United States 7 Aug 07

I wonder, have you ever come across miraculous situations, like, situations that you cannot explain or cannot think is simply coincidence? Last week i experienced one. It started raining extremely heavily, only my two kids and I...

faith

jesus

miracles

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ossie16d Miracles are just that, a miracle and generally there is no "logical" explanation why they happen. But they do happen to people all the time, and when we are granted some sort of miracle, then all we can do is thank God for helping us at the very time when we...

19 Oct 07

A new leaf is turned in my life.

sherinek @sherinek (3320) • United States 6 Aug 07

I am sure my friends could remember my earlier discussion on "how many of you live in your own house" and the one on my very bad tenants. Last month we were able to chase away those tenants and after refurbishing the house and...

new life

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ossie16d Although this is an old discussion, Sheri I can only say that I am absolutely delighted that finally you are in your own home. It is good that you managed to rid yourself of those awful tenants, as they were not the type of people you want in your home. Now...

19 Oct 07

Why do women have to wait.

lilaclady @lilaclady (28206) • Australia 30 Sep 07

I am watching a couple on TV being interviewed, the man always said to his partner that when his favourite football team wins the Grand Final then he will marry her, WHAT, well his football team won the Grand Final on the weekend...

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ossie16d Yes, there are some women who are happy to be doormats for the male in their life, and in general I have to say that if they are prepared to put up with such behaviour, then they deserve just what they get. I would have wanted to reach through the screen and...

19 Oct 07

Australian Election

lilaclady @lilaclady (28206) • Australia 6 Oct 07

Here in Australia we will be havng an election soon, well when the Prime Minister decides to tell us when it is going to happen. I know in the past election days have often been called on days that it made it very hard to fit into...

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ossie16d There are both advantages and disadvantages to a system that has fixed term elections I think. The advantages are that you can plan your life if you know just when the election is going to be held. At the same time, we would know that the government only had a...

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Help...need ideas to keep 2-5 year olds happy and busy

mystikel @mystikel (577) • Australia 13 Sep 07

I am in need of some activity ideas for family day care. ages range from 1 to 8 but mainly 2 and 4. Does anyone know any good websites where I can get some kids craft ideas and other things to do with the kids? If you do family...

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ossie16d There are a huge number of sites on the internet which will provide the information for you mystikel. It depends on what you are looking for of course, but maybe check out lilaclady's profile as she has a number of them listed there. Also I will send you a...

13 Oct 07

Family daycare

mystikel @mystikel (577) • Australia 15 Sep 07

Do you do family day care in your home or send your kids to family day care? I am trying to find some good craft and activity sights for a variety of ages to do and enjoy. Know any? list your links

craft activity

day care

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ossie16d Hi Mystilek there are any number of sites available through the internet where you can find things that are suitable for children. Many of them will keep them occupied for ages, as there is such a large variety available. I will not details the ones that I...

13 Oct 07

The Big Giveaway

BELMCstar @BELMCstar (1341) • Australia 9 Oct 07

Dear myLot Friends, Your friend BELMCstar thinks you'd like to join the BigGiveaway. BELMC "Found a site - thought you might be interested." You can win $10,000. Click here to find out more.

big

big giveaway

giveaway

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ossie16d Thanks for another one Bel and I am going through the process to join it now. You never know, one day I might just get lucky from one of these sites that you are recommending. If you need anymore sites (mostly survey ones) that reward you either with hard...

13 Oct 07

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Punished for Referral Links?

BELMCstar @BELMCstar (1341) • Australia 12 Oct 07

I, like a lot of Australians on myLot, am a member of emailcash. On that site, it is against the Terms of Service (TOS) to put links to other sites, such as myLot, or others. I was in a discussion thread with some other...

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ossie16d I am also a member of that site, but seldom go into the forum because of the problems they have. As you say Bel, members have no way of communicating with each other apart from the forum because there is no pm system etc. Also members cannot put their email...

13 Oct 07

Referrals competing with us for stuff?

BELMCstar @BELMCstar (1341) • Australia 12 Oct 07

I was just thinking, as I was doing some private messages, trying to get people to sign up to a particular site, that although I get a benefit, there is also a downside. The site is called...

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ossie16d There is always a possiblity that the item you "really truly want" is actually received by one of your referrals. However, possibly without your referrals and the points that you earn from them joining under your referral, you would not have the points to get...

13 Oct 07

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