overhere

@overhere (515)

United States • Age 68

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Laid back not laid out !

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What is this a sign of?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 19 Feb 09

I am starting to get worried I appear to have, without knowing it, started to collect Garden Gnomes!!!!!!!! Argh what would I have said if someone 20 years ago would have told me I would have begun collecting Gnomes for the...

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Would you want to know?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 17 Feb 09

I was watching the news coverage on the Buffalo airplane crash and it posed a dilemma for me. Initially the news kid of inferred that the plane basically dropped out of the sky burst into flames and that was it. The imagery...

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There has to be a cheaper way ? Pet Meds!

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 16 Feb 09

We ave two dogs and three cats and I am about to order flea stuff for them It is soooo expensive using Frontline or Adavantage so I am wondering if anyone here has any cheaper alternatives that WORK. If I have to pay for results...

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Have you found an old friend?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 21 Jan 09

Have you found old classmates or other friends using any of the contact sites that are out there now? I recently contacted someone for whom I was a nanny nearly forty years ago! It was amazing exchanging news again after so...

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Argh the airline has lost my luggage ..........

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 18 Nov 08

I flew back from a two week holiday in the UK yesterday only to discover one of my two suitcases didn't get to my destination with me. Everyone at the airport didnt seem too bothered and seemed certain that they would arrive...

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Stop me making a fool of myself LOL!

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 22 Sep 08

OK so four years ago I moved to the USA from the UK. In November I am making my first trip back since then and I have just found some UK coins that I must have had left when I moved. Logic says take them with me and spend them but...

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How/what do I feed my dog!

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 22 Sep 08

We have one very sick dog! She has walking pneumonia and worms. The problem is we are having a major problem getting and keeping her meds down her. The antibiotics are pills so thats a hand down throat (she threw it up last...

worm

worms

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Is it strange .......

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 11 Sep 08

Is it as strange to you that people who are pro life are also pro death penalty. I find it inexplicable that someone like Sarah Palin can support one end of the life process and be on the opposite, In the sense of the sanctity of...

abortion

desth penalty

life decisions

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Shou;ld Sarah Palin .....

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 7 Sep 08

It is now 9 days since Sarah Palin was chosen by John McCain as his running mate and should they win a mere heartbeat away from being President of the leading nation in the western world. So how come she still hasn't been allowed...

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OOOps big mistake!

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 6 Sep 08

Oh well today like a good employee I turned up for work on time! The only problem was that I wasn't scheduled for s shift today ( I thought I worked today and off tomorrow and it's the other way round). I then had to wait two...

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Thank you notes/cals/letters

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 18 Aug 08

Do you write thank you notes? I remember as a child many years ago being sat down after Christmas or birthdays and having to write thank you notes to aunts uncles and anyone who had sent us a gift. It was obviously a lesson well...

thank you notes

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What do you get an 11 year old boy for their birthday?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 22 Jul 08

apart from a 10 year old girl lol We have an 11 year old grandson who we have very little contact with but want to send a birthday present. Can anyone here with boys a similar age please give me some help with ideas as to what the...

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Do doctors go to far?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 2 Jun 08

It always used to be said that our life expectancy was three score years and ten,beyond that you had had a "good innings"! Nowadays when the elderly are diagnosed with some terminal illness or other the medics seem almost duty...

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Do you work weekends?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 31 May 08

I work most weekends but so long as my husband is also working it doesn't really bother me. It's when he has two days off and I am at work that sucks. On the plus side I get days off in the week and as my schedule is different...

play

weekends

work

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Non- Americans who do you think will make the best President ?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 27 May 08

As a non US citizen living in America and watching the election process here I am curious how the rest of the world is watching the contest. From where you sit outside the USA who do you think of Clinton, McCain and Obama will...

How do you catch a Chipmunk?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 27 May 08

We have a delightful cat (It's her in my avatar) whose has a delightful habit of bringing home "presents"! Her latest prize is a live chipmunk its in our kitchen somewhere in the cupboards! I can occasionally hear it chirp we now...

cupboards

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Can Barack Obama win in November?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 20 May 08

Do you believe it is possible that America can elect a young (ish), black, liberal, man as president in November?

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What;s your wish for Mothers Day?

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 2 May 08

In the UK Mother's Day is always the second Sunday before Easter Sunday so since moving to America I have to be really organised as I have to buy my mother in the UK a card now and then not lose it before next years Mother's Day....

easter sunday

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Weird habits in the garden!

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 24 Apr 08

I have no idea how weird the neighbours think I am - guess nor do I care lol. I have just vacuumed my garden (and the neighbours are probably calling the men in white coats as I type lol). Let me explain ........... we have a deck...

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Children are brighter than we think........

overhere @overhere (515) • United States 22 Apr 08

I am an English woman living in America working as a cashier. Everyday I have customers commenting on my accent. Something struck me today. Americans probably have a 50/50 chance of getting my accent right saying I'm English all...

amusement

language

observation

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