Alloy42

@Alloy42 (372)

United States • Age 55

Joined myLot 19 years ago

All things in moderation... even moderation.

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Alloy42's Responses

The 1950's Woman...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 26 Aug 08

Women of the 1950’s were strong women. They handled the kids, the house, meals, laundry, dressed in dresses and pumps and still had time to greet their Hubby at the door with a cocktail. My Moms grandma was something like that....

pumps

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Alloy42 Back then women were also given hysterectomies as a treatment for hysteria, many had nervous breakdowns, and many more were on lithium. The modern image of the 1950s women comes from Hollywood and doesn't mention the Rosie Riveters who suddenly had to go...

10 Sep 08

Tax Time Chaos...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 1 Mar 08

It's that time of year again...at least it is for me. Any day now my Mom will call and ask me to come spend hours on end at her house helping her get her tax receipts together. I enter them into the pc and she prints out a list to...

filing system

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Alloy42 My wife does our taxes with what appears to be relative ease every year (though I know it is harder than she makes it look). We always get $3-6K back by using Turbotax and this year it is free for us (thankfully!) She does save every single receipt we`v...

2 Mar 08

should a 42 yr old woman get pregnant or not?

ruthinian @ruthinian (2309) • United States 22 Feb 08

I'm 42 yr old and just got married recently. I have no child of my own but I am raising a 6 yr. old autistic boy from my hubby's failed relationship. The boy is his third kid. The first two children (both girls, working and in a...

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Alloy42 If you really want to have another child, I'd say talk to your doctor. The risks are very high for mothers above 40 and get higher every year you wait. My best recommendation (as a high risk pregnant Momma myself), especially with your concerns over your...

23 Feb 08

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Do you think Batman will make an appearance on Smallville

artguy @artguy (1474) • United States 1 Jan 07

So many many of the DC Justice League characters have been on Smallville. Do you think Batman will make an appearance? There was a character that had mentioned getting back to Gotham. I was just wondering if that was a prelude to...

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Alloy42 That one I would schedule to sit down and watch. The meeting of Supes and Batman has always lead to interesting lines. Hope the writers take the time and effort to do it properly though. Glad the writers' strike is over.

23 Feb 08

girl found in conneticut

tdbrower1969 @tdbrower1969 (1242) • United States 11 Jun 07

I was just watching CNN and the police have found a girl that has been missing for a year. She was found in a hidden room under a staircase in a house a few miles from her own home! The people that had her used to work with the...

missing children

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Alloy42 At least it wasn't an abusive parent that did the kidnapping like in this case:

17 Jan 08

Allergies differences?

helpful_ideas @helpful_ideas (1620) • United States 14 Dec 07

I am severely allergic to the live oak that is around my house. We will be moving soon. Unfortunately our part of the world has all kinds of oak around it. Does anyone know if the difference between live oak and regular oak is big...

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Alloy42 Totally off topic here, honey, you need to update the photo of our son you have on here. It's been about 2 years and several clothes sizes!

1 Jan 08

Can't you do without a New Year resolution?

Bala @balasri (26537) • India 30 Dec 07

Are we that unresolved throughout the year.

resolution

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Alloy42 I see New Year's Resolutions and the coming of the new year as a time to set aside the hustle and bustle of day to day life and reflect on the past year. Appreciating the good, and figuring out how to change the bad so it doesn't recur. Often that is where...

1 Jan 08

New Year's Resolutions

iamom35 @iamom35 (70) • United States 1 Jan 08

Hello everyone! Happy New Year again! What are your new year's resolutions? Well one of mine is too lose some weight, excercise more, be a better person(not that I am a bad one), and I am not sure what else. What are yours?

new

new year

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Alloy42 Keep up with my wife and kids, keep the house clean, and not miss a single day of work this year.

1 Jan 08

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Do You Set New Years Resolutions

KrauseHome @KrauseHome (36447) • United States 31 Dec 07

or do you find doing this a waste of time? I am sure there are mant of you here who have done this a time or two, to only get started and then by the end of January, you give up hope to go back to what you were doing before...

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Alloy42 I don't do New Year's resolutions in January, I try to do mine in November, usually the 1st-3rd which is the time between years in my religion. I use three days to focus on the past year, tie up loose ends, and prepare for the upcoming year. My wife tends...

1 Jan 08

Did You Have A Nice Christmas?

KrauseHome @KrauseHome (36447) • United States 26 Dec 07

and get everything you wanted, or did you spend it all alone, and it was just another day? Or do you choose not to Celebrate Christmas so you just acted like you normally do? We gladly Celebrate Christmas, and Jesus birth, and...

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Alloy42 Our family started celebrating Yule on the 21st and had several small dosings of present unwrapping and appreciation of each gift. The Boy had about 3 gifts a day and fully enjoyed each one. We had some rich foods we don't usually eat. Saturday is going...

27 Dec 07

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Managing a 3 year old..

sree333 @sree333 (96) 9 Feb 07

How do I make my 3 year old son listen to me? He shouts and cries out loud if I don;t let him do something or if I don't listen to him. How do I manage him?

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Alloy42 Well, you are now dealign with a four-yr-old, I am sure, but since I just saw your post, I thought I'd respond for all the other mothers of 3-yr-olds out there. This is an idea I blatantly stole from Nanny 911 and it works! If you watch how they do the tiem...

23 Dec 07

Free advertising that works?

megumiart @megumiart (3771) • United States 23 Dec 07

I would like to advertise my blog, but with out having to pay. Can anyone suggest some websites where I can effectively advertise for free? Please & Thanks.

internet

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Alloy42 We use some traffic exchange places. It really increases the amount of traffic but click-throughs are not so great. Where and how you want to advertise depends on the type of website you have.

23 Dec 07

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1st anniversary and eating the top of the wedding cake

sedel1027 @sedel1027 (17846) • Cupertino, California 23 Dec 07

Today is DH and I's 1st wedding anniversary. After dinner we are going to try the top of our wedding cake. This is suppose to bring luck. Is this something that you did? How did it taste?

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Alloy42 Ours got forgotten in the back of the freezer when we went out the night of our first anniversary. We found it a few months later and decided not to risk eating it. It just looked....weird.

23 Dec 07

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Is the edit yr interests page broke or just mine?

mrsjbelle @mrsjbelle (1640) • United States 23 Dec 07

When I try to change the avatar picture on mine it wont go down? So I have to close completely out of it and come back if theres just 2-3 pictures it doesnt do that only if theres a full page or more.

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Alloy42 I've been having problems removing an old web page from my interests.

23 Dec 07

Earning money online for people outside USA/Canada

Seraphine @Seraphine (385) • Finland 1 Aug 07

I've read numerous threads and ideas for earning money online, some by completing surveys or clicking ads, but most of these are USA/Canada only. So my question goes to all of you from other countries who earn money online, what...

earn money online

work from home

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Alloy42 My wife uses several work from home programs about 75% of which are US only. I've found a few telecommute jobs such as copy editing but they never seem to pay enough to keep up with the time I spend. It just isn't worth it.

13 Sep 07

Sunburn Tips

KrauseHome @KrauseHome (36447) • United States 20 Jun 07

I got a few great tips on bites to share with you great info and tips on sunburn to help us all get through summer without suffering. Bits on bites: A dab of toothpaste any kind on bites, especially mosquito works...

brown recluse spiders

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Alloy42 and importantly, DON'T mix sunscreen and insect repellent !

21 Jun 07

Online game is the best way to past our time. Anyone agree?

hrangte @hrangte (286) 24 Apr 07

I keep playing when I feel bore. I play online with my friends. I really like to play the game when I don't have anything to do.

game

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Alloy42 I actually really like spending time with my son and wife, but if they aren't here then I log on to City of Heroes or another MMoRPG like Entropia.

24 May 07

Whether your mylot friends are worth responding to your postings????????????????

BRIJENDRA @BRIJENDRA (926) • India 8 Apr 07

Hi everone, I have so far 729 mylot friends.Most of them are worth responding to my posting and i too to them. What about you?

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Alloy42 How in the world can you keep up with 729 people who post regularly? Wow! I'm impressed.

24 May 07

Recommendations for parents of Infants or Toddlers

helpful_ideas @helpful_ideas (1620) • United States 21 Feb 07

As far as entertainment and educational DVDs, I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. My son is absolutely fascinated by They Might Be Giant's: "Here Come the ABCs" and it is very educational. It has great graphics and can even hold...

abc

abcs

alphabet

educational entertainment

educational programming

toddler entertainment

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Alloy42 While I like Motzart, the mix on the Baby Motzart DVDs makes it so that I can only listen to it about three times in a row as well. Our son is actually learning the ABCs from TMBG and is singing along with the DVD.

25 Feb 07