Mike

@Mike197602 (15505)

United Kingdom • Age 48

Joined myLot 9 years ago

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Do you care if J.D. Vance, Trump's V.P. pick, is LGBTQ+?

The Horse @TheHorse (218807) • Walnut Creek, California 14 Aug

OK, so these pictures of J.D. Vance in drag have come out. So far as I know, he was in Law School at the time. In all honesty, I don't give a rat's ass if Vance is transgender, or whatever. But I would like to see his policies...

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Mike I don't know what Trumps views are on the gay thing or the other gender issues. If he doesn't support something as basic as gay marriage then having a VP who maybe isn't 100% straight is a bit strange. Also, if you're not 100% straight why support someone who...

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Are you a high maintenance person?

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (37444) 19 Jul

I am definitely not high maintenance. Raised partly by grandmothers and an aunt, I had a lot of old-school influence in my life. My aunt was somewhat high maintenance, but as she spend many years modeling, I could sort of...

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Mike I am a low maintenance person BUT I will spend quite a bit of money on certain things where you do actually get what you pay for. As a work colleague I have been called a perfectionist by some but I'm not I just have standards, they aren't even that...

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How Can a Speech Be Good When...

celticeagle @celticeagle (166911) • Boise, Idaho 20 Jul

Trump goes on about his imaginary friend, the serial killer Hannibal Lecter, and talks about buying votes in Wisconsin, he called COVID the Chinese virus, and called our retired Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi "Crazy Nancy" and,...

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Mike Im no psychiatrist but in my humble opinion Trump is a bit narcissistic If he was capable of actually playing this assassination the "right" way I'm pretty sure he'd walk in to the Whitehouse without much effort given the current opposition. That...

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Can an alcoholic be helped?

Diana @dya80dya (36657) 7 Jul

I understand alcoholic people. They are unhappy and they drink a lot to forget their problems. My dad does the same thing, but I am afraid of him. He drank a lot today and came home a few moments ago. It's 10 pm. I wish I could...

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Mike people drink for various reasons. you can't really force someone to stop drinking unless you kidnap them...which is dangerous as stopping alcohol suddenly can be lethal. This is a cliche but still true, they can only be helped if they accept they've got a...

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I need a tabletop fan

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (119610) • United States 12 Jun

Well another one anyway. Several years ago I bought Dyson bladeless fan since we weren't allowed to have ones with blades in the classroom. It isn't as amazing as it should be for the price that I paid but it works. For the past...

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Mike Or move to England it's not that hot here

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Should migrant children learn the language of their parents?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (339930) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Jun

There was an interesting article on a news page recently regarding households where immigrant children haven’t learnt their native language and now have trouble talking to their grandparents. Some might have learnt to speak a...

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Mike Personally I think it's an advantage to speak another language. If your parents are from another country you could be learning from a very young age to speak (for example) English as it's where you were born, and Polish as it is where your parents are from. I...

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What is the most valuable lesson or skill you have gained through online

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (2209) • India 12 Jun

In this digital age, we are learning so much via internet. Some of us are earning degrees online, some are earning money online and many ways to get real information. So, whats the most valuable lesson or skill you have gained...

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Mike Through using the internet quite a lot the main thing I've come to realise is sometimes I say too much It is quite often better to say nothing on the internet as it can get you in trouble. Also, I wish I could erase my whole internet history and...

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Google lens

ShannyBananny @shaggin (72131) • United States 1 May

I found a fun app called Google Lens. A friend shared about going antiquing and using it. I didn’t have to download it as it’s always on my web browser. When I opened Google chrome on the right side of the search bar is a...

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Mike It is good...it is on my phone automatically as I've got a google pixel...been useful on many occasions identifying a coin I've got or even a dress a friend liked...I love google

19 May

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A plus-sized travel influencer wants up to 2 extra free seats on a plane

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (119610) • United States 18 May

Wait. What? She is so overweight that she needs THREE seats and she thinks that regular passengers should pay more to subsidize the extra seats for her large body? Um hell no. How about eating less and losing some weight so you...

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Mike Influencer...says it all. It's just for attention. I genuinely don't think very very fat people, or even some with disabilities, should be allowed to fly as in an emergency situation they'd potentially block the exits. Really harsh I know but thats my...

19 May

This was a first in 23 years of teaching

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (119610) • United States 6 Mar

Today I was teaching the bio students about dihybrid crosses (genetics) and how to do the big 16-box Punnett squares. It is easiest to actually just draw everything out on the whiteboard rather than trying to describe it all via...

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Mike Use your 20+ years of experience to find the weakest link and get them to tell you who did it Then find a legitimate way to f them up In any group there's a weakest link that wants to tell the teacher!!!

6 Mar

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Good afternoon myLot

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (119610) • United States 6 Mar

Hello everyone I hope your day is going well. It is 48 degrees F and raining here at the Jersey Shore. Yuck. I'm done with in-person work for the day. I have an hour of tutoring this afternoon. This will be my last session with...

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Mike After 8pm here in the uk. I'm off to bed soon as have to be up early tomorrow. Hope the tutoring picks up. At the moment I'm looking at court issues as I have a couple of speeding fines

6 Mar

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Have you ever used veganaise, if so what did you think?

snowy @snowy22315 (180677) • United States 6 Mar

I just finished my regular jar of mayo and have some veganaise in the cupboard now. I hope I don't hate it. I rather en joy eggs in my Mayo. If I don't like it I can give it to a woman in the writing group. She is vegan. I am...

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Mike I work in a kitchen and we use normal and vegan mayo. Normal mayo tastes like mayo surprisingly enoughthe vegan mayo tastes awful in my opinion. It is really lemony/chemically tasting and has mainly palm oil...absolutely horrible. It's a famous...

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What Should I do?

MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (82791) • United States 6 Mar

Happy Wednesday Everyone! another rainy day here in my neck of the myLot world. Let me start by saying my son in laws niece is expecting a baby boy the beginning of May. Even though I know her from family functions I didn't...

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Mike I think your current plan is to wait until after the shower to see if people totally abide by the colour scheme and go from there? I thinks that's a good idea...personally, if I'd gone to the trouble of making the blankets, I'd have sent them to the shower...

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I walked out of the movies

Judy Evans @JudyEv (339930) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Mar

The photo has nothing to do with the text. It's another stone bridge we saw in our European travels. We live in a retirement village and go to movies in the clubhouse once a week. Only ten or a dozen people turn up but that’s...

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Mike I think that maybe film makers are getting a bit more graphic in their portrayal of violence because people are getting a bit desensitised so it takes more to "shock" them. I was just thinking the other day, after being asked why I didn't go to the works...

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I forgot my burger

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (51957) • Philippines 26 Feb

I've ordered a burger adds to my dinner. But the problem is that I completely forgot about it, and it's paid I don't know if they will remember me by the time I go back to their kiosk tomorrow. I'm pretty sure they...

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Mike Not 100% sure what you mean. Did you go to a place and order some food and they missed your burger out? I get missed things on internet orders somewhat often...I just say this or that is missed and I get credit or a refund. If you physically go to a place and...

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The House needs to vote on Ukraine aid ASAP

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (119610) • United States 26 Feb

House Republicans are refusing to vote on aid to Ukraine because Trump told them not to. He does not want to assist Zelensky and Ukraine because he was impeached for attempting to extort Zelensky and because he supports Russia and...

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Mike It isn't just a US issue as there are concerns here in the UK about the amount being spent on Ukraine. My genuine opinion is that there needs to be a negotiated peace but tbh Ukraine may have to make some compromises that publicly they say they aren't willing...

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Can you make a roast without potatoes?

TaxiLady @Ghostlady (1302) • United States 26 Feb

Fixing to put a roast in the crock pot, but found out I have no potatoes. Have never fixed a roast without potatoes. I have instant mashed potatoes I can fix after it is done, but no potatoes to put in with the roast. A first...

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Mike Ask people in England and I think most will say a roast dinner isn't complete without roast potatoes Personally I do like instant mash with plenty of butter and ground black pepper so it'd be good for me

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Trump would let Russia invade NATO countries

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (119610) • United States 11 Feb

He thinks that they have to pay someone when that isn't the case. They are required to devote a specific percentage of their budgets to defense. The idiot presented Angela Merkel with an invoice and she literally laughed in his...

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Mike I don't like Trump but do understand, to a point, where he comes from on some specific issues. I think he may feel that the US takes the greatest financial burden of being part of NATO...and he'd be right. He may feel that European countries, including the UK,...

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Tragedy During Holiday Time

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (79833) • Daytona Beach, Florida 21 Dec

I had just written about lovely places to visit during Christmas time in an article. One of the cities was Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. This morning I saw a newsletter in my email. A mass shooting at Charles...

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Mike It is quite shocking A few years ago my friend was living in Prague and I used to go there a couple of times a month for two years or so...a very nice city and nice people.

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Vacuum Cleaner Bag Holds Missing Ring in Swanky Hotel

celticeagle @celticeagle (166911) • Boise, Idaho 15 Dec

A Malaysian businesswoman filed a police report Friday after her ring valued at more than $800,000 had mysteriously vanished from her hotel room at the lavish Ritz Paris. It was later found by a security guard inside a vacuum...

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Mike I think one of 2 things happened. Either it was stolen by a staff member and hotel security found out who it was and "persuaded" them to return it and keep their mouth shut OR the woman had actually dropped it on the floor and it was hoovered up by...

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