Jim Bauer

@porwest (107595)

United States • Age 52

Joined myLot 7 years ago

Just a simple guy with nothing better to do than to waste a little time with my myLot friends. Dabble in some music here and there, and just lead a simple life.

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Who Knows What Gold Lies in Them Thar Hills?

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 15h

It irritates me that sometimes you can be sort of caught between a rock and a hard place, especially when it comes to something involving money. Well, money in a kinda sorta way. You see, a while back I dabbled a little...

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I Got an Awesome Deal on Coffee

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 17 Sep

Like everything else that goes in my cupboards and cabinets, or anywhere else for that matter, I am a stickler for getting the best deal possible. So, now that Great Value coffee in the large can, which is 40.3 ounces, has jumped...

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Made in America Again—Maybe.

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 16 Sep

We talk endlessly about solving poverty in this country—so you'd think, despite the hurdles, more Americans (especially on the left) would be celebrating tariffs as a tool for change. [i]Or, in reality, going back to the way...

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We're Doing Banquet Pot Pies

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 15 Sep

Don't get me wrong. I can make a homemade pot pie, and it's quite good. The thing is, we keep a few things on hand around the house that are what I call, "Quick, I don't really feel like cooking" nights. I usually still make...

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One More Season Is Off the Books

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 14 Sep

So, it has been written. Our last camp of the season is officially over and now we will have to make preparations to get the camper winterized, as well as go through the inside and take out all the "wet" stuff so nothing...

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A Big Closing Adventure

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 11 Sep

It's the last camp of the season for us, and very soon we'll begin prepping to have the camper winterized, and this year it looks like we will replace the tires. Last year they quoted me $700 for all four, which I thought wasn't...

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Bullets Don't Kill Messages

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 10 Sep

He had a vision. He had a dream. He carried hope—for his people, for the world. But above all he had conviction. And he spoke it, even when it cut against the grain. Even when the establishment didn't want to hear it....

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If the Shoe Was on the Other Foot

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 10 Sep

I have no complaints about being married. I love my wife, and we have a good life together. We work together to help each other out as much as we can. But there's something that makes me wonder, and perhaps a little discussion...

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Don't Dream, It's Over (Because Debbie Said So)

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 10 Sep

The world is full of Debbie Downers. You know who I'm talking about. Dream crushers. Smile cancelers. Someone who, when you present an idea, will give you all the cons and never the pros, who will share horror stories with...

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There's Still Always Prep

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 10 Sep

The camper we have is sort of "built in," when it comes to what's inside that we need. We keep clothes in there, for example. Towels and rags. The scissor legged grill is in the pass through. There are certain seasonings we keep,...

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A Little Cinnamon Isn't Bad

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 9 Sep

When it comes to coffee, I'm a no-frills guy. I don't like most flavored coffees (or, I should say, I don't prefer most of them). I never put cream in a cup. Or sugar. I like my coffee straight up, hot, and black. But, every once...

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Scrambled Eggs for Cheaps Again

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 8 Sep

It seems almost weird to me to say a scrambled egg dinner is cheap, considering what eggs were not that long ago. They're still not cheap compared to what they were a couple years ago. But okay, they're back to some...

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8 people

That Job Would Not Be For Me

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 8 Sep

There have been many times in my life when I have said, "Never pass up on a good opportunity," or "Go where the money is." I am referring to jobs, mostly. I've done things, sometimes, not because they were necessarily things I...

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Good Eats and a Great Deal

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 8 Sep

I stopped into Schnuck's yesterday, our local grocery store, because they had a couple of items in their sale ad that appealed to me. Bratwurst at $2.99 per pound. My wife wanted Skimmers, an alcoholic beverage and that was on...

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Well, That's the Lottery For Ya

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 7 Sep

So, of course there was the recent Powerball jackpot of $1.8 billion, and of course I played. I don't think I went too crazy. I played all of my plays in Illinois, but of course, someone won in Missouri, across the river as well...

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It's Over

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 7 Sep

So, it appears that we have two winners of the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot. One in Missouri and the other one in Texas. Even though the winners will split the prize, that's still an enormous amount of money for each winner to...

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Are You Kidding Me???

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 6 Sep

Earlier today I made a pit stop at Casey's General Store, a convenience store and gas station well known around the Midwest, to get some beer and a Powerball ticket. [i]Just a friendly reminder that that jackpot is worth $1.8...

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Goals vs. Objectives

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 6 Sep

A lot of people tend to use the term "goals," when they want to achieve or accomplish something. But I don't like the word. A goal, to me, is nothing more than a desire and often doesn't have a lot behind it. An objective,...

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One Ticket to Paradise

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 4 Sep

$1.7 billion. Just let that number marinate for a second. It's the kind of figure that makes your brain short-circuit and your wallet blush. But here we are—Saturday the 6th marks the next Powerball drawing, and thanks to a...

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Maybe I Could Sell Ice Cream?

Jim Bauer @porwest (107595) • United States 1 Sep

Sometimes you just roll ideas around in your head, and when you do, you're never being serious necessarily. It's just the way the mind works sometimes when you ask yourself, what do I want to do and how might I get there? My wife...

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