Gina

@Gina145 (3949)

Johannesburg, South Africa • Age 62

Joined myLot 9 years ago

Writer, photographer and bonsai artist in training.

mybonsaiobsession.blogspot.com/

Gina's Discussions

Grateful for Instant Coffee

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 10 Oct 17

I'm grateful for instant coffee. To my mind it tastes just as good as the coffee which comes out of those fancy machines, it's quicker to prepare and there's no need for an expensive machine taking up place in the kitchen. And...

gratitude

coffee

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13 people

Sometimes I hate technology

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 16 Sep 17

Our landline and ADSL were finally repaired last Saturday afternoon after being out of order for 10 days, and over the course of the last week I've been desperately trying to catch up on some of the things I couldn't do during...

technology

telephone

internet

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4 people

Lightning strikes twice

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 3 Sep 17

I'm so frustrated. Our landline and internet aren't working again - down since Wednesday. That's about nine days out of the last 18 so I've been forced to take my kindle out looking for free WiFi just to keep contact with my life...

internet

phone

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5 people

I have good news for you.

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 26 Aug 17

"I have good news for you." That's the subject of an email I just received. The body reads: "I have an important information for you. Get back to me immediately for more details." There's something very phishy about this one,...

phishing

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5 people

Four days without internet access

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 21 Aug 17

I was online on Thursday afternoon when our landline and internet connection suddenly stopped working. I immediately phoned to report the problem, making mention of the fact that we needed the landline urgently - my elderly mother...

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10 people

Glen Campbell's last song

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 9 Aug 17

This was the last song that Glen Campbelll wrote. It was written after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011 and shows a frightening realisation of what lay ahead of him. Alzheimer's is a frightening disease. I've...

glen campbell

death

alzheimers

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5 people

Time Offline

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 8 Apr 17

I've been saying for a long time that I spend too much time online, but I've been struggling to change. Then a few days ago I read an interesting article on Medium - 4 Amazing Benefits of Reducing Your Screen Time - and...

internet

sleep

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10 people

Talking Parrot

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 3 Apr 17

This parrot lives at a local nursery which I visited this weekend. I stopped to take a few photos of him and was lucky enough to shoot a burst just as he opened his mouth. He wasn't actually talking, but it sure looks that way.

animation

parrot

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12 people

Another site bites the dust

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 1 Apr 17

Yesterday I found out that Blogbourne is closing down when their hosting expires. I can hardly say I'm surprised. As far as I can tell nobody has posted there since January. I'm not sure what made me join the site but I knew from...

writing sites

blogbourne

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6 people

My myLot challenge for April 2017

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 1 Apr 17

I always enjoy visiting myLot, but in the past I haven't been here as often as I would like to because my time management is really bad. As a result I don't make enough to get paid every month. I certainly won't be getting any...

challenge

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6 people

email deleted without being read

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 20 Mar 17

When I opened my mailbox a little while ago I was surprised to see a notification of an email which was deleted without being read by my service provider. Something seemed a bit odd about it because I haven't had reason to...

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9 people

Have you ever lost your keys?

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 3 Mar 17

I got into quite a panic when I lost mine yesterday. When I took my car keys out of my pocket they pulled the house keys out with them, and those fell to the floor. It was raining at the time so that probably muffled the sound...

lost property

keys

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10 people

Thumbnails that won't display

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 3 Feb 17

Am I the only one having a problem with thumbnails of photos and profile pictures that won't display? Normally it wouldn't bother me too much but I had no internet connection for most of last night and today, so now that it's...

mylot

thumbnails

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11 people

Do you use an ad blocker?

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 4 Jan 17

I've always been opposed to using ad blockers because ads are what keeps sites like this one alive. However I've made one exception to that rule - I always block AdSense ads on my own blogs or sites like HubPages where specific...

advertising

ad blockers

adsense

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15 people

Bad News Sells

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 30 Dec 16

I find it quite depressing that there have been masses of posts here about the deaths of George Michael and Carrie Fisher, yet I couldn't find a single post mentioning Serena Williams's engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis...

bad news

celebrities

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10 people

A Grey Christmas

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 25 Dec 16

Whenever I hear the song "White Christmas" being played on the radio I think how inappropriate it is given that Christmas falls in summer here. The only chance we have of getting a white Christmas is if we have a really severe...

christmas

rain

weather

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3 people

When Spam isn't Spam

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 14 Dec 16

Today's been one of those days when technology has let me down really badly. What was meant to be a simple 5 minute online transaction refused to work and I was forced to do my business by telephone. That meant a lot more than 5...

spam

internet

technology

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4 people

Fake Friend Request

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 5 Dec 16

When I logged on to Facebook this morning I found a new friend request waiting for me. I was a bit surprised to see that it came from my cousin, someone who's been on my friend list almost as long as I've been on Facebook. I...

facebook

friend request

scam

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7 people

What email program to use?

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 30 Sep 16

I've been using Windows Live Mail for as long as I remember, but now Microsoft is discontinuing the program and it's already giving me all kinds of problems. It all started a couple of weeks ago when I started getting messages...

software

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1 person

It's Raining

Gina @Gina145 (3949) • Johannesburg, South Africa 18 Sep 16

Normally that wouldn't be newsworthy, but as we head into our second summer of drought conditions and fairly harsh water restrictions, it's definitely something to celebrate. I hope this isn't a one off event but is a sign of...

weather

rain

drought

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11 people