Jim Bauer

@porwest (106738)

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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Traditions - Are You Wearing Something New?

Anna @LadyDuck (482815) • Italy 1 Jan 19

Every country has different traditions and superstitions to start the New Year. In Italy, in the past, the tradition suggested to wear something new for the first day of the year. A new dress, or shirt, anything new, that is a...

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Jim Bauer I can't think of any New Year's traditions I follow or engage in. Even when it comes to resolutions, I made one, and only one that I ever kept, and that was to never do resolutions again. lol

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Beaches across US close during Labor Day weekend due to fecal contamination

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (48) • United States 1 Sep

But how did the fecal contamination get there? Are people pooping in the water? Is it fish poop? The article I read said this happens a lot when the weather is hot and the beaches are crowded. That would lead me to believe...

fecal contamination

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Jim Bauer Strange indeed. I can't even imagine pooping in a body of water.

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Job Gone. Bills Due. What Did You Do?

RUBESH @Manasha (2889) • Pondicherry, India 31 Aug

Losing a job at a crucial moment can feel like the world’s crashing down — whether it’s financial pressure, family responsibilities, or just the fear of the unknown. But here’s what I want to know from you: What was your mindset...

job lost

devastation

collapse

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Jim Bauer It never was a problem for me. I have always practiced sound saving and investing, and so when a job left me, I was never left without money that hadn't already been set aside for a "rainy day." Everyone should have, at all times, at least 6 months worth of...

1 Sep

Drinking Electrolytes

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (48) • United States 31 Aug

My new primary care physician advised me to drink electrolyte powder. She suggested a brand called Relyte, which I haven't looked up but hubby said was expensive. Hubby had some he bought on Amazon in a canister and made me a...

electrolytes

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Jim Bauer I incorporate a PowerAde into my "diet" occasionally. But I don't regularly drink electrolytes.

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My First Decent Cup of Coffee in Three Weeks

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (48) • United States 31 Aug

I couldn't find a decent cup of coffee my whole time in Europe. Each hotel had this fancy machine where you could choose an espresso or an Americano, etc. No fresh brewed coffee. Some instant coffee. The sweeteners were...

coffee

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Jim Bauer I like my coffee black. It is the only way I like to drink it.

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Pouring rain here

Jose Juan @quantum2020 (12045) • Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico 31 Aug

?"Hi everyone! How are you? It's pouring rain here in México and the weather is so cozy. I'm feeling relaxed listening to the rain from my room. Actually, I'm here looking for creative ways to earn money online. I've been...

job online

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Jim Bauer All I can say about earning online is that it's a really tough thing to do with any significance. I am sure some here will have a few ideas worth trying, but I think most of the "ways" are a waste of time compared to the reward.

1 Sep

Had a Really Good Cheeseburger Today

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (48) • United States 31 Aug

Hubby had been telling me that burgers were good at this place we visit frequently, but I had been getting the $10 kids meal steak. Well, they won't let me order off the kids menu anymore, so I tried the burger. It was $16 which...

cheeseburger

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Jim Bauer I have had really good burgers and some not so good ones. I am trying to think of the best burger I ever had, and one doesn't readily come to mind, but at the same time I have eaten a lot of burgers in my lifetime so far. Most of the best were from...

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Meet Waffles, the Hamster

Kareng @kareng (79338) • United States 31 Aug

Waffles is my granddaughter's hamster. He lives in his cage on a bedside table in her room. Waffles has kept me from falling asleep some nights and has woken me up in the wee hours of the morning since I have been here....

waffles

hamster

night owls

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Jim Bauer Growing up I had three of them. Not all at once, though. The first one was named Ellie. My second one was Goldie. And the last one I had was Ralph. Ralph lived the longest of all three and had wet tail multiple times, which was unusual, considering wet tail is...

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Putting a pet to sleep...should we?

vanny @vandana7 (102361) • India 1 Sep

Everybody fears dying. That is the truth. Be it chicken, dog, cow, pig.......... When I was in hostel, nuns would become predators, killing pig on one of the festival. Sorta sport for them. I could hear it crying, and screaming...

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Jim Bauer If a pet is in old or diseased and in pain, there comes a time when a very difficult decision has to be made, and it's never an easy one to make. I never find it to be the desired outcome, but it is often the most practical and humane one.

1 Sep

8/31/25 - Meals

LindaOH @LindaOHio (199582) • United States 1 Sep

Happy Labor Day (9/1) to our US and Canadian members. Are you doing anything special today? Cousin #2 is coming over today to do her usual even though trash pickup won't be until Wednesday. Called cousin #3 to confirm that...

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Jim Bauer We plan to be out and about a bit later on today, and you can bet I will be making some convenience store stops for some Powerball tickets. With that much money at stake, I just can't help myself. For dinner I made sirloin pork chops drizzled with teriyaki...

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There's something fishy about these slip-ons

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362217) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Sep

We went BCF today. That’s a Boating, Fishing and Camping shop. We needed to get our gas bottle filled. We’re planning to go away in the motor-home next week, just for three nights but it’s better than nothing. The shop has...

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Jim Bauer There's no way those things would ever go on my feet. lol

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Oliver Likes To Watch Us Use The Bathroom

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (48) • United States 1 Sep

He's a weirdo! No, but honestly what he does is if we're in the bathroom sitting down for very long he'll come in and curl up and lay down on the toilet rug and wait until we're finished. He's not "watching" us - just wanting to...

oliver

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Jim Bauer Our cats are quite "curious" as well. When I am in the bathroom for an extended period I always close the door. lol

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8/30/25 - Meals

LindaOH @LindaOHio (199582) • United States 31 Aug

Well, we shot another month in the behind. Today is 8/31. Where did this year go? Looks like none of us won the PowerBall jackpot. It's now up to $1.1 billion. There will be no Meals on Wheels for Monday and Wednesday of...

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Jim Bauer Yep, and it looks like another ticket run is in order. I was sure someone would win, but here we are. For dinner we had stopped at a place in Perryville called Stonies, about an hour and a half away who carries 30 varieties of brats and got a few packs. So,...

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Do You Ever Keep Buying Something Over and Over Thinking You Need it But You Actually Already Have It?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (48) • United States 30 Aug

This is pretty funny. Yesterday I was the Dollar Tree store to pick up some moth balls and a padlock for the mother-in-law's new storage bin in the basement of her apartment building. While I was there I cruised down the Health...

pain patches

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Jim Bauer That used to happen to me more often in a previous life. These days I have lists and am pretty strict about them. If something isn't on the list...I don't need it. lol

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Orville's back!

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44085) • United States 30 Aug

I think I previously wrote about my little buddy Orville, a box common dragonfly who showed up last summer. His little squarish black and clear wings remind me of the plane that Orville and his brother Wilbur flew at Kill Devil...

dragon flies aka mosquito hawks

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Jim Bauer Hey, if you think these are the same guys you remember, I'm not going to stop you even though the lifespan of a dragonfly is typically 1-8 weeks. lol

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Late Dinner Tonight

Kareng @kareng (79338) • United States 30 Aug

We just finished out dinner for tonight. My grandson and I planned on cooking chicken breasts for dinner with veggies and to have it done around half time of the LSU - Clemson football game. LSU pulled off the win, btw!! So...

dinner

grilled chicken breasts

potatoes

crowder peas

late dinner

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Jim Bauer Sounds like a lot of fun and certainly fodder for future convos. lol. We went to Perryville yesterday, a town about an hour and a half away, and stopped at a place called Stonies, which makes about 30 varieties of bratwurst and got a few packages and cooked up...

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Family Time

Kusuma Dumpa @Kusumakrishna (328) 31 Aug

Enjoying lunch with family in our family function. In my plate I have lemon rice,pulao with raita,2 types of desserts,Golibaje and pakora,Gobi 65,Banana,brinjal with matar gravy. After them in the same plate ,I also had Rice with...

family time

lunch with family

sunday

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Jim Bauer Glad you had a great day and good food and fun with family.

31 Aug

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I was proud of the work done yesterday.

marguicha @marguicha (228429) • Chile 5 Aug 16

I woke up today full of energy. After doing a lot of work yesterday along with Marco, I got out of bed to look at the job done with pride. Marco cleaned the upstairs gas heater and now my grandson Diego will have his own bathroom...

house work

cleaning up

junk

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Jim Bauer This reminds me of Marco. How's he doing these days?

30 Aug

Retraction for TopHatter

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44085) • United States 15 Jun 18

I recently mentioned an online auction site called TopHatter. It seemed like a fun site where you have a live auction in real time. It has a variety of items and you have just a couple of minutes to bid on something. I won the...

gimmick

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Jim Bauer Not sure why it made me laugh out loud the way it did when you said you won an auction for a razor and it was a piece of junk, but it did. I guess it kind of made me think back to an old joke that always made me laugh too. "I have the kind of luck that when I...

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Don't ever think you are not worthwhile

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362217) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Oct 18

The photo has nothing to do with the post. It's just a simple, perfect flower. In my journal of jottings from various self-help books, I came across an entry written in capitals. I replaced one word with several as I know the...

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Jim Bauer Regardless of what one's faith happens to be, I think the message is more important than where it came from. Or from Whom. It's off topic, but when I even consider the Ten Commandments, you don't need God to understand most of them are just simple common...

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