Hurray

@Hurray (64)

Canada • Age 73

Joined myLot 15 years ago

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What will you do if one day your very best friend ignore you?

Janetx3 @Janetx3 (441) • Singapore 16 Jul 09

Well, i have the fear of losing friends. What will you do if one day your very best friend starts to ignore you? And even when you tried to call him/her to ask what's wrong he/she still ignores you? How will you react to this...

best friend

ignore

lonely

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Hurray Janet; You scare me. How old are you? Besides that fear, are you torturing yourself like this all the time? You sound like you are into relatioship on an extremely needy approach. This could become extremely unhealthy and overwhelming to deal with....

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My niece hates her teacher!

dorisday1971 @dorisday1971 (5657) • Philippines 14 Jul 09

My seven year old niece who is in Grade 2 level now really hates her teacher. Two days since the start of classes (it started last June 1, 2009), she already told her mom that her teacher is loud and strict. The teacher always...

teacher

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Hurray hello; It happened to me when I was a kid in grade 4. Mean teacher. She liked to humiliate the children, throw books at them, yell at them. She had long red nails and when taking you up by her hands on your arm, she would leave nails marks on your...

14 Jul 09

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Giving someone else a friend's phone number?

anna728 @anna728 (1499) • United States 14 Jul 09

I knew a kid from school named John. I had a class with him my senior (his junior year) but I didn't talk to him much and he rarely showed up to school. I hung out with him only once, last summer after I graduated, and only in a...

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Hurray Yes Anna, I would - and have been, in my younger age, for a very similar situation - mad. But that's one of life's lesson, isn't it? Why are we giving our phone number to people we don't really know well? I mean our private or personal phone number. There...

14 Jul 09

How much money can a 16 year old make online?

gamer001 @gamer001 (15) • Canada 30 Jun 09

ok i have a paypal account and im looking to make money online because I want to buy the prototype game for xbox 360 this summer which is $70...Its the first week of summer, can you tell me what sites, and how to get that much in...

mylot money online paypal

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Hurray Hello gamer; I don't know. This said, I think that below 16, young people need to have their parents sign a paper agreeing to the child working. In USA and Canada, there are rules to follow. I'm not sure but I think that under 16, the kids are not allowed...

1 Jul 09

"Are you finished?" or "Have you finished?"

XoyyoX @XoyyoX (1055) • China 24 Jun 09

Anyone here likes to tell me the differences between "Are you finished?" and "Have you finished"? I browsed some ESL forums, and some of them said "are you finished" carries a derogatory meaning, and it's more colloquial. Is that...

teacher student finished esl forum meaning tell ed

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Hurray Hi. I forgot to mention that another phrase is also used both ways: "Are you done?" As in: "Are you done bickering?" or, Somebody wants to clean the table after a meal and will ask to the people still seated: "Are you done?" - before they start...

1 Jul 09

What should I do?

bookgirl @bookgirl (2) 12 Jun 09

I work in an administrative role in a customer service company, and a few months ago, a customer sent in a document which we would normally not accept; however when I asked my assistant manager, she said that is was ok to accept...

backstabbing

office

workplace

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Hurray Hello; If you leave your work, it will not resolve anything and certainly not save that friendship. If friendship it was in the first place. This is an administrative protocol that obsiously your company hasn't put in place: When something requires...

26 Jun 09

"Are you finished?" or "Have you finished?"

XoyyoX @XoyyoX (1055) • China 24 Jun 09

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Hurray Hello Xoyyo; "Are you finished?" is being said to a person who has been complaining, whining, displaying anger but more often hostility with verbally accusing or insulting someone else. Usually the person being the subject of this verbal highly emotional...

26 Jun 09

When to use Is and when to use are?

regal_aeros @regal_aeros (2605) • Singapore 26 Jun 09

OK i got asked this question and got stumped. It never crossed my mind but well.. i need help in this one. A) Peter and James IS / ARE from..... B) Peter and James from school [be]IS / ARE[/b]...

english

language

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Hurray Hi. In the examples you give, the word "and" is used determine an additional person or thing. You and me, that's two persons. Peter and James are two different persons: Peter + James. The Good + the Bad are... More than one person or thing is...

26 Jun 09

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"There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests."

gingerale @gingerale (225) • Philippines 26 Jun 09

Do you believe in the saying,"There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests?" I've heard this statement from a politician who commented on a friend who shifted alliances. This was again quoted by another politician, who...

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Hurray Hello! I don't follow who is who in your writing. Nevertheless, in general, there is something like commun reality. Shared reality. Life happens. People change their viewpoint according to their education (in general), their ability to observe and make...

26 Jun 09

What do you usually eat in your breakfast ?

Novelist_117 @Novelist_117 (566) • Qatar 17 Jun 09

Hi all sometimes you feel sick and board every day morning and lazy to wake up from your bed coz there is no ideas in your mind what to eat lol or sometimes you don't have time to think and rush your self so, you pass...

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Hurray Hello! Same here. I eat what I feel for. I'm not a cereal and milk person nor eggs, bacon and sausage and all that. I will eat toasts with peanut butter with or without a sliced banana topped or not with no-added sugar jam or honey. I will eat my home made...

18 Jun 09

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Have You Ever Changed Your Name For Reasons Besides Marriage?

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28953) • Canada 17 Jun 09

I have never cared for the tradition of a woman going from her father's name to her husband's name. I also wanted something that reflected my Danish heritage. I'm Danish-Canadian, but a Canadian Citizen, speak fluent English, have...

last name

name change

surname

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Hurray Hello! I always kept my own name though I add my husband's in my passport. The primary reason has been that my first name is rather unusual and didn't go well at all with French Canadian or English last name. I do have nephews and nieces from the same...

18 Jun 09

Do you think distances will affect the friendship?

vivianchen @vivianchen (2646) • China 17 Jun 09

Dear my friends, I have a question for you. Do you think distance will affect the friendship? We all have friends around us, we playing together, meet at least once a week, having fun. Of course your frienship will be better and...

distance

friendship

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Hurray Hello Vivian; There is an old saying that goes more or less like this: "Far from the eyes, far from the heart". That is a literal translation from French to English. But, I'm sure the meaning is not lost. It takes work and discipline. But nowadays, it's...

18 Jun 09

speak out loud with friends yes or no?

Amrik09 @Amrik09 (22) • Italy 6 Jun 09

Hello everyone, I m a bit ashamed to speak out loud with friends I maked on internet, do you guys have any advice to help me talk with them without difficulty? Sorry for my bad english!

ashamed

friends

online

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Hurray Hello Amrik; Do you mean shy? That's not the same thing... Personally, I try to avoid being to personal. I do not consider talking online as with a regular close friend. Even one who has moved out in another corner of the town, or out of town or to...

6 Jun 09

Lets talk about MyView - The good, the bad, the ugly!

rebelmel @rebelmel (1386) • United States 6 Jun 09

So I have been a member of this survey site, MyView, for at least six months now. I have qualified and completed a number of surveys, but every time I try to check my rewards, it tells me that "These technical things take time"...

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Hurray Hello rebelmel; I don't know that site. Did you try to write to webmaster@myview? Another thing you could try. Check myView at Alexa.com If it's there, ususally, you will get some contact info. Good luck. Hurray

6 Jun 09

Do you think that a parent should also be their child's friend?

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 6 Jun 09

I have seen some discussions on here where parents think of themselves as their young childrens' friends, as well as their parent. I personally believe that children have enough "friends" and need a parent to be a parent, in a...

parent and friend too

parenting

parenting styles

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Hurray Hello PeacefulWmn; In some way. As an adult friend who knows to respect any human being whatever the age, color, culture, condition. And that kind of friend pretty much respects whatever is alive and the material stuff too. Doesn't mean that friend condonne...

6 Jun 09

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Teaching Help!

jeseravi @jeseravi (337) 22 Feb 09

I have been tutoring a junior high school student recently. My job is to teach the grammar knowledge. Initially, I considered this requirement was very easy compared to the teaching of oral English and writing, for I am very...

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Hurray Hello jeseravi; You are hitting study phenomenon here. It's either one of these three of a combination of: . Misunderstood words: from the one letter word to the longest word, any word could be misunderstood. . Lack of mass (try to explain a car...

6 Jun 09

Are you here for money or for fun ?

3orabi @3orabi (529) • Jordan 6 Jun 09

Hello ... I signed up here in mylot 6 days a go because I need some money to pay for my university ... but subconsciously I started to be addicted to this site ... what about you ??? are you here for the same reason or for...

fun

money

mylot

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Hurray Hello 3orabi; To pay for your University? Hum... I really don't get it. Unless you are doing an online business for which you put paid ads in here at myLot that have very good returns (produce sales), I don't see how... I'm here as with mixing business...

6 Jun 09

What do you think is the best way to bring out happiness in others?

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 6 Jun 09

Just think of what our lives would be like if everyone around us were happy. What a pleasure it would be to go to work and see all those smiling faces! Coming home too would be a pleasure with everyone gladly chipping in to help...

helping hands

smiling faces

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Hurray Hello Pose; That is a godly good purpose or goal! If one feels or is happy, it would radiate and sometimes with some folks, that's enough to lighten up their day. But, most of the time, it takes more work based on some knowledge of how the mind works so...

6 Jun 09

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Is she really a friend??

kiss_me2070 @kiss_me2070 (277) 31 May 09

I have a friend who I find really annoying and really rude sometimes. For example on her birthday Im the only one who went out with her for it and I paid for loads of drinks and she asked me to pay for her entry and she would give...

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Hurray Honey: You are answering your own question... You better do something about it because you have become critical of this person and that's a sign that is not putting you in a good light. I know when we try to help someone and it didn't work, that's what...

1 Jun 09