KATRINKA

@KATRINKA (1624)

United States • Age 58

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KATRINKA's Activity

When You Were A Child Did You Think There Was Something Scary in Your Room?

ladym33 @ladym33 (10979) • United States 26 Feb 10

Many kids are scared of the dark because they have this imaginary scary thing or things in their room. Me I thought there was an evil ghostly wolf under my bed. My 6 year old son says there are orange guys ready to pop out of the...

something scary

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KATRINKA I was afraid to sleep in my room if my closet door wasn't closed. I used to think the apes from the Planet of the Apes were in my closet, at least that the door to their world was through my closet. I had to sleep with the covers over my head so they wouldn't...

26 Feb 10

Those telecallers, how do you tackle them?

vanny @vandana7 (98942) • India 26 Feb 10

My poor papa, he is 75 years old. He sleeps less in night time, and more in the day time. More often than not, it is while he watches those sob stories that our television serials are all made of. Just then, somebody is kind...

tackle

telecallers

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KATRINKA That is funnay and a very original way of handling telemarketers!

26 Feb 10

When's the last time you had your picture taken?

Amber @AmbiePam (85677) • United States 26 Feb 10

I am at my sister's house, and she just took a picture of me that I am including in this discussion. Casual or otherwise, when is the last time you had your picture taken? Do you hate having it taken? I don't really like it...

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KATRINKA I hate having my picture taken. The last time I had my picture taken was last July, when my teen-aged daughter and I were at the county fair. We had such a great time, and I wanted a picture of us to remember the happiness and silliness we shared that day.

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"how are you?" response

cintoy @cintoy (1011) • Indonesia 23 Feb 10

well, anybody never been asked "how are you?" i bet all of you ever been asked this question. So, how do you answer this. is it "fine", "good", "very good" or other phrase. I will mostof the time answer "Excellent" or "Very...

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KATRINKA Great! Fantastic! Thanks for asking. What I really hate is when I answer a call (I work in a call center) and the caller asks me "How are you?" or "How are you doing?" and nine times out of ten, the caller doesn't even give me a chance to respond. Can't tell...

26 Feb 10

Is Anyone Getting Discouraged With Associated Content?

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 19 Feb 10

Okay this is geared mainly for my fellow writing friends who may submit articles to Associated Content. I've been with them for some three years. They used to pay pretty well especially when submitted an article as upfront payment...

discouraged

this sucks

writng sites getting worse

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KATRINKA Angela Hoy gives a lot of good advice. I enjoy her newsletter. I totally agree with you...

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Am I the only one who hates their picture taken?

dloveli @dloveli (4366) • United States 25 Feb 10

I HATE my picture being taken. It seems that I dont have many good ones. When I was younger and had no kids I loved it. Then you have children and nothing is where it should be anymore. I dont like to be taped or photographed....

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KATRINKA I hate having my picture taken. Always have. My dad was a pathological picture taker, so he took hundreds and hundreds of pictures of me. When I was little, I didn't have much of a say in it. I actually hammed it up for the photo. Then I hit my teen years,...

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OOPs...I fell into a trap!

pergammano @pergammano (7682) • Canada 20 Feb 10

About three months ago...watching a popular Dr. on T.V., espouse the many benefits of introducing "cinnamon" into your diet on a daily basis! Noted for decreasing "blood pressure" and regulating "blood sugar", I diligently went...

cinnamon

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KATRINKA Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this. Just the other day I was talking with someone about the benefits of cinnamon. It was news to me, as I had never heard of it. Of course, I was skeptical. Thanks for sharing the possibly toxicity of cinnamon. Glad you're...

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Is Anyone Getting Discouraged With Associated Content?

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 19 Feb 10

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KATRINKA I became discouraged with AC months ago. I found that I was spending most of my free time trying to churn out articles but getting paid only $2.00 or so per article. I thought if I just produced more, I could make more. In the end it was frustrating. After...

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Starting A New Job

jahernandezrivas @jahernandezrivas (11288) • United States 10 Feb 10

I started at a new job last week and I started to really like it until today. It is in a call center but the man that hired me kept plugging in to headset and listening to me and I am the kind of person that can't stand that and...

starting a new job

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KATRINKA I work in a call center, and I hate it when my supervisor listens to my calls or has a new hire listen to my calls. I shouldn't feel nervous, as I usually don't do anything wrong. But my supervisor has to listen and rate a certain number of calls for each...

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Can You Tell Me Some Songs With The Word "Rain" In It?

Deborah L. Alten @gtargirl (5376) • United States 22 Jan 10

It's raining you know what in Southern California. We are actually flooded in . . . no main roads are open to the outside world. We only have two ways in and one would be over the mountain and it's snowed in. I think my kid (who...

lyrics

music

rain

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KATRINKA The first song that comes to mind is Barry Manilow's "I Made it Through the Rain." Also "It's Raining Men." Prince's "Purple Rain." Oh gosh, hope I'm not dating myself. LOL!

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Green Tea!! Do you like it...??

tuyakiki @tuyakiki (3016) • India 25 Jan 10

Hi Mylotters!! Green tea is good for health. Previously,I used to be a coffee addict but now I am replacing it with green tea. I take it once a day.It keeps away sleep,so I often prefer taking it while I am on work.It has many...

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KATRINKA I love green tea. I brew a tall cup and pour it over ice and sip it all day. I don't add any sugar or flavorings. I like to drink it straight. I drink it all day long while I'm at work, instead of the nasty (but free) coffee. I've noticed that since drinking...

26 Jan 10

Wow What a Pleasant Surprise

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 25 Jan 10

Some months ago back in October, my pet rescuer friend sent me a goodies package. She works part time in a all natural organic type shop near her. Among one of the things she sent me was a jar of Garlic Balsamic Drizzle Sauce that...

company sending complimentary products

getting freebies from a company

writing an article about a product

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KATRINKA My mouth was watering reading about the Balsamic Drizzle Sauce. I want to add it to my pantry. Great idea for writing it up for AC. I'm so thrilled for you, that you had a great result from it. Way back, I used to have a little writing workshop site. I...

26 Jan 10

Do you peek the last pages of the book you read just to know how it ends?

jofeli @jofeli (502) • Indonesia 26 Jan 10

Well, I like reading novels, mostly thriller. Frankly speaking, I never peek on the last pages to find out the ending (the doer if it's mystery or murder case files novels). Yes, it took me quite a while to read the whole pages...

book

novel

peek

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KATRINKA I can't ever peek at the ending. I think it defeats the purpose of reading the book to begin with. I enjoy the journey and the discovery, and knowing the end would ruin it.

26 Jan 10

Is it just me or did medical personnel lose their bed-side manner?

dloveli @dloveli (4366) • United States 1 Nov 09

When I was ten years old, I slipped while ice skating and got an concussion that resulted in an overnight in the hospital. Mind you I was terrified. They made my parents go home for the night because It was an open ward. Needless...

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KATRINKA I don't think it's just you. I had a horrible experience recently. I ended up in the ER with a mysterious abdominal pain. I was made to wait in the waiting room for a long time. When my name was called, no medical staff helped me from my chair to the door. I...

7 Nov 09

Cats

jahernandezrivas @jahernandezrivas (11288) • United States 6 Nov 09

Does anyone konow what is a good cat liter that doent have a strong odor and also safe to use for the kitties?I have tried several I cant remember which one was good to use?

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KATRINKA I use Scoop Away, and it works well at controlling odors. I've tried lesser expensive scoopable brands, but they don't work as well. I've also tried the ones with the odor activating crystals, but my cats didn't like it.

6 Nov 09

Are you happy where you are ???

K.Rajib G. @krajibg (11923) • Guwahati, India 5 Nov 09

Many people are not happy where they are located at present. They would rather prefer to be in some other places as they think life would have been better there. Though my home is in the city I live in a small town and...

happiness lies in your heart

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KATRINKA I think happiness is a decision, not a place. For the most part, I'm pretty happy where I am. I have a good job with good benefits, and I have the type of job I can leave behind when I leave the building. No one from work is going to call me, bother me, ask me...

6 Nov 09

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The EggGenie is cute but give me Henrietta the Hen Instead

Dr. Ann @drannhh (15219) • United States 31 Oct 09

Or maybe this should be in my note to Santa. Well, I bought a dozen eggs and did not eat them all in time to pack and go home from my week up here at the cottage. Seeing the EggGenie, I said "Aha!" bought it to facilitate hard...

cooker

egg

gadget

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KATRINKA It sounds cute, but too complicated for me. I like kitchen gadgets, but I like simple ones, like wisks and nice pans. The silliest gadget is not one I've bought, but one that was given to my sweetie as a gift. It is one of those pasta tubes. You put boiling...

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Free Taco for Halloween

Dr. Ann @drannhh (15219) • United States 30 Oct 09

Here in the US a fast food restaurant is giving away one free "Blackjack Taco" to anyone who comes in between 6 pm and midnight on Halloween. The Blackjack Taco is something new at Taco Bell. When I was driving by and saw one...

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KATRINKA This is the first I've heard of it. Wonder if it's a Nationwide promotion. I don't eat at Taco Bell, but my sweetie does. I should tell him about it. The orange volcano taco actually sounds pretty good. I think I would have liked the clam chowder instead. ;-)...

31 Oct 09

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