Does your work help you with MyLot?
@asfarasiknow (3340)
Bournemouth, England
September 1, 2016 8:38am CST
For nearly 20 years I was a ghostwriter of daily jokes and humorous observations for radio DJs in the UK. Eventually the service fizzled out due to changes in the radio industry here but just recently I have decided to restart it.
Part of what I had to write were Phoners and Texters. These were where the broadcaster said something funny about a topic and then invited their listeners to get in touch with their own opinions and experiences.
Obviously that was good preparation for posting here!
Dealing with questions, giving advice, collecting opinions, writing professionally... Does your job have parallels with MyLot?
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
1 Sep 16
No, I gotta say what I do at myLot has nothing to do with what I did in my working life, unless you can count typing.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
1 Sep 16
@msiduri Plus you can write as much as you like in a post instead of having to try and fit all that information on a small label on a bottle (my late grandfather was a pharmacist).
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@inertia4 (27978)
• United States
1 Sep 16
@asfarasiknow Maybe. But look, many people have jobs that do not concur with writing. So coming to sites like this is something they like and enjoy doing. So to them, yes, it could be an escape.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
2 Sep 16
@inertia4 Of course. But I'm interested to find out about the ones where there is some connection - or am I the only one?
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
1 Sep 16
Perhaps I should have added something about pure escapism!
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
9 Sep 16
So it makes a nice change for you!
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
26 Sep 16
currently unemployed which at least gives me time to write
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
26 Sep 16
@asfarasiknow , they are very hard to do professionally with so many volunteer broadcasters around
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
26 Sep 16
@arthurchappell Yes, so many licences granted - but so many local, community, hospital, student or internet stations using minimum wage or unpaid broadcasters. Not to mention all the mergers, networking and voice-tracking on the big stations reducing the number of properly-paid hours available.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
26 Sep 16
I hope you find something soon but something that's satisfying. Like you, I have a background in radio and live performance and it's sometimes hard to fit these around other employment (or vice versa!)
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
1 Sep 16
Apart from developing a little 'chemistry' with your readers?!
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
1 Sep 16
@asfarasiknow Well, I hope not to put them to sleep.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
1 Sep 16
@msiduri As a pharmacist you would have the resources!
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
30 Sep 16
That's an interesting combination of occupations.
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
30 Sep 16
@asfarasiknow Both flexible schedule wise. So I can call myself semi retired
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@Fishmomma (11658)
• United States
2 Sep 16
I use to have a business selling tropical fish and pond plants. This was years ago when I was a new member of Mylot and other members helped me design my business cards, which really helped me sell a lot of pond plants. I had a beautiful waterlily on my card and people would come to my business just to see that waterlily. So many people put in ponds my first year and I enjoyed seeing the photographs of their new ponds. I am now almost retired work part time, so can do some traveling to see many impressive ponds.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
2 Sep 16
So with you it was the other way around: MyLot helped with your business!
@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
2 Sep 16
I am retired. However, I am interested in people and promoting a more positive view and way of life and in that there is a parallel between what I do when I meet people and what I post on MyLot.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
2 Sep 16
@asfarasiknow Yes, if one looks on MyLot, one can always find something to think about and discuss, whatever one has on their mind, with someone else in this big wide world. 
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
2 Sep 16
Overall this is a pretty positive place.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
15 Sep 16
You're right, there are certainly parrallels there.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
26 Sep 16
I didn't realise that DJs had their stuff written for them. And do you mean that the phoners and texters weren't real people, just someone like you hired to pretend?
I'm retired now, apart from a little part time job, but my job had no parallels with MyLot.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
26 Sep 16
The very best DJs often don't need writers, or just use us for additional/reserve material. The questions for the Phoners and Texters were scripted and we might come up with an imaginary answer to get the ball rolling but everything after that came from listeners (or was supposed to!)
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
25 Sep 16
No-one who uses a phrase like 'humor-challenged' can be humor-challenged!
@AliCanary (4387)
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2 Oct 16
I would say it does, pretty frequently. I am a teacher, so maybe my informational posts arise out of my desire to teach and help others.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
2 Sep 16
I had a job in which I had to do all of those other than write professionally. I did have to write reports, though.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
2 Sep 16
In a way responding here is a bit like replying to a steady stream of short emails - only without any work pressure.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
2 Sep 16
No I do not think so.However I am retired now.
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