windchimebooks

@windchimebooks (314)

United States • Age 72

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Do you settle for less quality at less price?

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 22 Sep 10

I listen to a financial advisor on the radio on a regular basis and he always says that he will settle for less quality if the price is lower. This got me to thinking, I think that to a certain extent we are the same way. We will...

price

quality

saving money

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windchimebooks I think it might depend on the store and other things. I do most of my grocery shopping at a nearby Super Wal-Mart and I always buy their store brand over brand names because it's almost always cheaper and it's usually just as good (their canned tomatoes there...

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Freddy Fender

ANTIQUELADY @ANTIQUELADY (36440) • United States 21 Sep 10

Yesterday i met my good friend , Ann for lunch at a new mexican restaurant. It was the first time either of us had been. When we went to pay our bills she told the guy that was checking us out that say should be playing Freedy...

fender

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windchimebooks Is he the guy who sang those beautiful lyrics that went something like, "If he brings you happiness then I wish you all the best because your happiness is what matters most of all, but if he ever breaks your heart"....and so on? Something about "the last...

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Bogus emails that are getting more common on the fraud front

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 20 Sep 10

In the last two weeks i have got intouch with two different banks that i belong to,as i have had two bogus emails.I had to forward the emails to a certain part of the bank,so that they can been looked at by the security in the...

bogus

fraud

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windchimebooks This is a good topic to post here. It might save some people who read it a lot of problems down the road. There are still many people not that familiar with how e-mail works, so I tell such people a rule of thumb is never ever click on a link in an e-mail that...

21 Sep 10

Please read this short story and leave your opinion of it...

caecal07 @caecal07 (197) • United States 17 Sep 10

http://www.americanliterature.com/Jackson/SS/TheLottery.html This is a short story about a town and a woman being chosen in the lottery... I would like to hear any reactions anyone has to this. I will respond to all posts that...

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windchimebooks This story actually first came out in the New Yorker magazine in 1948 and it stirred up a lot of controversy even then. This is just my best guess, but the way this story is written I think the overall theme is the danger that can come when people, when just...

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Help - what would you do?

Canellita @Canellita (12029) • United States 26 Aug 10

Ok myLotters, what do you think of this: it is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Sunday. I received an email from Associated Content to do a first person account story of where I was for the hurricane, what...

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windchimebooks First congratulations on surviving a nightmare and having the courage to write about it. I stopped writing for AC several years ago because every now and again, mainly when I seemed to get a lot of page views, they would come through and cancel a perfectly...

28 Aug 10

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Do dreams come true?

carol2532001 @carol2532001 (467) • Jamaica 22 Aug 10

Have you ever had a dream come true? I have, every time one of my mothers siblings is about to die I dream about her. The dreams are not nightmares, for example when her youngest sister died, before I new that she had died I...

death

dreams come true

true dreams

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windchimebooks I haven't dreamed of people dying before, but I have had plenty of dreams that came true before. I don't really care what "experts" say or believe, there are a lot of people who have these same experiences. Of course, not every dream I have is what I think of...

22 Aug 10

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Tips on How to start to write

emzymemzy @emzymemzy (89) • Philippines 5 Aug 10

I really want to write and I don't know where to start. Can anybody help? Please tell me the steps on how to write or show some tips on how to write an article, a story or a novel. Thanks so much.

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windchimebooks Hi, First think of any idea...some topic that interests you, something exciting or funny that happened to you, and so on. Then realize that you don't try to write down everything about your idea. Take one idea and narrow it down to one aspect of that...

5 Aug 10

Happiness without money? is true happiness.

bulastika @bulastika (5966) • Philippines 23 Jul 10

Two years ago I have a good job. Earning enough for me to enjoy life. Now for two years without work and my saving is down to almost zero balance and creditcard billing raising up. I realize how money shape our own joy and...

happiness

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windchimebooks I sometimes think that people who say that money can't buy happiness just don't know the right places to shop, but I'm kidding. Money may or may not bring about happiness, but it sure can bring about more peace of mind if you have money for health...

23 Jul 10

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Wow, it pays to complain!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31636) • United States 16 Jul 10

A few weeks ago I bought a pre-cooked entree from the cold case at the grocery store. It was marked down and I didn't feel like cooking that day so I got it. It was noodles and chicken with broccoli and carrots and looked...

complaints

feedback

rewards

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windchimebooks Hi dragon54u, I think you were really smart to write to the company and complain. I believe the representatives of companies don't always know what is going on with their products and I think the reason we get a lot of shabby service and shabby products lately...

16 Jul 10

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Mosquito Bites! Advice?

aileenc @aileenc (24) • Canada 16 Jul 10

I am from Scotland and just moved to Canada, here is the thing --- in Scotland we don't have mosquito! Out here I am getting eaten alive, does anybody have any family secrets or advice on how to make myself less tasty to them, and...

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windchimebooks Hi, I had a friend who, every time he went fishing, would put some Avon Skin so Soft splash (not the lotion but the other liquid, I forget what it's called but it's a not a lotion) on his skin and he said it worked. It's never worked very well for me, although...

16 Jul 10

Play CONNECTING VERSE games..

MademoiselleEma @MademoiselleEma (165) • Malaysia 5 Jul 10

Hey friends! Doing great today? Or just wanna find something to make your days shining, greatly fantastic? lets play connecting verse together... Here are the way the game is played. 1. Every sentence must contain only FIVE...

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windchimebooks Today I'm reading your post (starts with today and has 5 words, right?) :) Looks like a fun exercise.

5 Jul 10

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Have you ever meet someone who act like a good guy but actually he is terrible ?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 5 Jul 10

There are some people in this world whose really good in acting.People like that will always act like a good guy in front of others.He or she can be so cover up by a mask that you will never see one's real personality.By the time...

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windchimebooks Yes, I have had this happen before, but not so much now these days. I'm not a great judge of character. I usually have to get to know a person to really know them, and by then it's usually too late. So now I tend to judge another by his or her actions, no...

5 Jul 10

Benefits of Laughter Clubs...

durgabala @durgabala (1360) • India 2 Jul 10

I have read about them, heard about them, never experienced one. How is it? Have you experienced? They say there are lot of benefits...have read lot of news articles on this...would like to read the experiences from my lotters. Is...

laughing

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windchimebooks Hi, What exactly is a laughter club, and why for the old? I'm an older person, I love to laugh and was wondering what this might be all about. Haven't heard of this myself, but definitely sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing.

5 Jul 10

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Do you tend to think about things rather than say things.

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 29 Jun 10

I am the type of person that thinks first, before saying something to people or friends.I think of things now before i do or say anything,as that way i do not end up regretting what has been said or what i have done.

regret

say or do

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windchimebooks This is very interesting and the world would be a better place if we all put some thought into what we were going to say before we said it. I met with a good friend of mine recently and, out of the blue, she made a personal remark that was so hurtful and...

1 Jul 10

21 of December 2012 Is it the End of the World?

fish82 @fish82 (39) • United States 1 Jul 10

Many believe that on this date will come the end of the world, or the end of the world as we know it. The Hindus, the Maya,and even Nosterdamus reffer that date to an opocolypse. They say ,there is no way we can prepare to it....

end of the world

opocolypse

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windchimebooks Hi, In my lifetime people have many times in the past warned about this date or that for something huge to happen. Remember when it turned 2000 and all the computers were supposed to shut down and stop working for some reason? A lot of people I knew then...

1 Jul 10

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Hair Washing

coffeeshot @coffeeshot (3783) • Australia 1 Jul 10

How often do you wash your hair? I wash mine every second day usually but right now I'm using cr@ppy shampoo and it only keeps my hair clean for one day! I can't stand dirty hair. Mine goes all itchy and greasy if I don't wash it...

hair

shampoo

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windchimebooks I have to wash my hair every third day or so to keep it manageable and I've found better brand shampoos really do help but they can get kind of pricey. So I buy a cheaper bottle of shampoo and use that for the first lather. I rinse that out and then use the...

1 Jul 10

A good art site to post and sell your work

wendymckee @wendymckee (19) • Canada 16 Jun 10

Just wanted to add Fine Art America to the list of artist websites where you can display and sell your work. You can sell prints as well, but must pay a small fee via credit card ($3 annually, I think). It's a great idea and I'm...

sell copies of your art

sell your art

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windchimebooks Your art is marvelous. Thanks for sharing your link here.

23 Jun 10

Is your glass half empty or half full?

lilybug @lilybug (21107) • United States 23 Jun 10

I have always been one of those glass half empty people. I always assume the worst in a situation and I have a hard time appreciating the good things in my life when there are so many things going wrong. Which are you? Do you...

glass half full

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windchimebooks Funny to come across this post because I was just thinking about this subject this morning. Yes, you can definitely change from a "half empty" to "glass half full" person. When I was young I always saw the down side of things, I always expected everything to...

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Some people are just worthless

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 23 Jun 10

Today I was pumping the gas at the gas station, a young man approach me, about 20 years old. He show me about this school program need sponsorship with a crumpled piece of paper, and ask me if I can donate some money to it. I knew...

people

worthless

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windchimebooks I have had this happening to me more and more lately it seems. I'm always surprised that people try things like this where I live outside of a Goodwill store or a thrift shop. If I had a lot of money, enough to give away, I wouldn't be shopping always at those...

23 Jun 10