Pitstop

@pitstop (15427)

Australia

Joined myLot 19 years ago

Drifting through the wwworld with purpose

Responses (3341)

Pitstop's Responses

It just never fails!

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (50416) 30 Oct

I have come to the conclusion that home smoke detectors are all either cursed or just possessed and evil. Why, why do they go off into their ridiculously loud beeping only in the middle of the night?? They were all replaced two...

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Pitstop Thankfully that has never happened. How long do they last before they die?

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Bank error reported (now fixed)

Go Ask Alice / Admin @GoAskAlice (5861) 21 Oct

And while I have your attention, myLot was inaccessible yesterday (Monday) due to problems AWS (Amazon Web Services) experienced which left many sites unable to connect. As soon as someone higher up the foodchain from me gets a...

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Pitstop Didn't realise the outage affected so many sites. Hope all is okay now.

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It's National Coffee Day

MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (86739) • United States 29 Sep

I don't need a "national" day to drink coffee but I will raise my mug and say cheers to all my fellow coffee lovers. I already enjoyed my first cup before I even heard that today is National Coffee Day. But, my second cup is...

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Pitstop I'd love to have enjoyed this day with a special cuppa, but can't. We've been travelling and food coffee has not been easy to get even though it's expensive! Waiting to get home to my coffee machine.

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Dino Bird

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (90497) • Daytona Beach, Florida 7 Sep

A rare "dinosaur" bird, considered one of the world's most dangerous, has hatched at a UK zoo. The cassowary, known for its powerful legs, sturdy feet, and razor-sharp talons, was born in Devon. Unfortunately, this species is...

cassowary new born

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Pitstop We've seen a lot of cassowaries, mostly in national parks, but saw a few in the wild

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Police officer in Ohio rescues a turtle that was walking on a highway

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (115697) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 7 Sep

German Township Police Department Officer Stevens was on duty on Thursday September 4 when he saw a turtle walking on Ohio state highway 725. Officer Stevens I am sure did his act of kindness when he rescued the turtle named...

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Pitstop That would have been one slow walk wonder what it's destination was

7 Sep

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Did you marry your high school sweetheart?

Jenaisle @Jenaisle (16543) • Philippines 1 Aug

I have posted about my fears for my young grandson's teenage love. However, I would also like to post about my son's teenage love. My son got married at 17. He married his high school girlfriend - his first love. Of course, I...

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Pitstop I'm glad this worked out so well. At 17, there is still some fragility and immaturity that can make decision making challenging, but looks like he worked hard to get it all right.

1 Aug

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Hey, Are You Still Working Online?"

CrimsonSpork @Manasha (2927) • Pondicherry, India 26 Jul

I can sense a dip in online earnings across the world. Many lucrative sites have recently shut down, leaving us in deep sorrow. Have you been working online like before? If so, that's great! If not, what are you doing now? My...

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Pitstop I don't use writing sites. I use a lot of crypto earning sites and they seem to be thriving.

26 Jul

Friday night rambles.

April @thislittlepennyearns (65840) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 25 Jul

He child has three friends over for the weekend? I don't really know how long they are staying. I know they are here for at least tonight and tomorrow, but I don't know if they are staying tomorrow night as well. She child ate...

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Pitstop Last weekend was busy as we were on vacation. Now it's back to child drops for music and drums. We're having a social evening with friends tonight. So enough to keep us busy.

25 Jul

Checking in from Melbourne, Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364958) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Jul

The photo shows a clever sculpture we saw at New Norcia, Australia’s only monastic town. We’re now in Melbourne, Australia, and it’s cold. Melbourne is known for its four seasons in one day so I’ve bought beanies and gloves with...

australia

melbourne

air travel

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Pitstop Interesting photo and interesting day. Sounds exhausting. How long was the flight?

18 Jul

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German backpacker found in the outback

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364958) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Jul

The big news in Western Australia over the last week has been the search for a German backpacker, Carolina Wilga. The 26-year-old was missing for ten days in rough country east of Beacon but was found Friday afternoon and is now...

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Pitstop I've been seeing so much of this in the news. She was lucky and brave to survive. Not fun, getting lost in those areas. We'd love to drive once through the lonely outback, but I'm not sure if I have the guts to do this.

13 Jul

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Have you ever!

Judy Story @jstory07 (146321) • Roseburg, Oregon 12 Jul

Have you ever stopped at a traffic light and you thought your car was moving. So you put your foot down harder on the brake. Have you ever looked at something from a distance and drove by the object and it was not what you...

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Pitstop I've felt that a couple of times when the car next to me moved

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What will he give up next?

Fleur @Fleura (33031) • United Kingdom 5 Jul

As I’ve mentioned before, my partner gave up alcohol quite a while ago – it must be 5 or 6 years ago already. He tried for a month, and although he used to be quite a keen drinker before, he said he didn’t miss it and was quite...

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Pitstop I don't drink alcohol, so that's easy 'giving up' for me. I doubt I'll be able to give up coffee. My wife and I enjoy coffe together and we also have coffee dates with friends. So the cost of giving up coffee is a bit to much for me.

5 Jul

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No Water.

rakski @rakski (149295) • Philippines 21 Jun

Nothing like hopping into the shower after a long day, only for the water to vanish mid-scrub. So there I stood, shampoo on my head, trying to decide whether to laugh, cry, or grab a pail. Note to self: always check the water...

no water

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Pitstop I'd be hopping mad if that happened and probably laugh at it afterwards.

21 Jun

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Attended the Village Assembly

ARIES1973 @ARIES1973 (11950) • Legaspi, Philippines 15 Jun

The law requires that all villages in the country should conduct village assembly at least twice in a year. It was supposedly scheduled during March and October. But because of the recent conduct of local elections last May, I...

assembly

village

public service

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Pitstop Looks like it was busy. What do you do at these assemblies - do you make decisions after these discussions to implement

15 Jun

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Does This Make Me A Coffee Snob?

MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (86739) • United States 13 Jun

Happy Friday Everyone! it's a beautiful start to this Friday morning but sadly rain and thunderstorms for later today and throughout the weekend. The rain won't be constant but if I were a betting woman I'd say it will be enough...

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Pitstop I'm passionate about my coffee too. It's a lot of fun and lot of goodness!

13 Jun

Phew...

Stacey @xstitcher (36293) • Petaluma, California 10 Jun

Done with that. I cleaned two drawers and a shelf at the bottom of the refrigerator, tried to clean the microwave and the stove top (some things just won't come off ), vacuumed the main living area, watered the...

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Pitstop You've achieved a lot. Hope you get some rest and recover. A clean home is always lovely isn't it!

10 Jun

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An unexpected poem

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (48115) • Staten Island, New York 10 Jun

I’m lying on my bed about to pick up a book I’m reading currently when a line comes to me. I pick up my phone and write that line down so I can work on it later. Then more lines start coming to me so I keep on writing them down....

poem

writing

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Pitstop That's awesome. Do you write a lot of poetry? I'd love to read what you wrote!

10 Jun

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Is Covid even back?

eM @eLsMarie (4477) • New Zealand 26 May

At first, I didn't pay much attention to it because I've only seen it on the black app but news came in my home country, and it's confirmed. Most patients were from other Asian countries while ours has continuous rise of MPox...

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Pitstop COVID will meander on. I doubt it will cause lockdowns, hopefully just sensible precautions.

26 May

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I encourage all members to read.

Go Ask Alice / Admin @GoAskAlice (5861) 20 May

It has recently been brought to my attention that some users here have chosen to begin discussing other users, by name, quite often in a derogatory manner, in responses and comments. I have deleted posts (responses/comments) from...

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Pitstop I don't seem to have seen any post, but it's certainly against the general vibe of this site which is positive and interactive. Thanks for taking action

22 May

Athens in the hot sunshine.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14574) • Ireland 20 May

We took the weirdest ride today, though we’ve taken it before. A funicular makes its way to the top of Lycebettus hill in Athens, but it doesn’t make its way up the side of the hill like a sensible funicular, affording passengers...

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Pitstop That sounds like an interesting way to get up the hill. Was it very dark?

20 May

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