Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (7035)

United Kingdom • Age 66

Joined myLot 14 years ago

Member since 2008 The Reluctant Air Fryer

Max Crisp's Responses

Turn your pennies twice

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346664) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb

I wrote recently about a saying I hadn’t heard before. Our German friend used it. Translated from her native language, it was ‘making an elephant out of a mouse’. Tonight, she used another one she’d translated and that we hadn’t...

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Max Crisp I’ve never heard that phrase, and it doesn’t really make sense to me. “Look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves” is a common saying here. I rarely spend money on frivolous things, so I think I fit into the “frugal” category. Some...

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It's So Confusing.

rakski @rakski (132957) • Philippines 16 Feb

Yesterday, the temperature was 30C but feels like 36C. Today, it is 30C but cloudy. Well, in fact, it just rained for around 30 minutes. Since December, I can do work and other stuff without the need for fans...

weather

it is confusing

hot and cold

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Max Crisp Monday was 4C here and then 15C yesterday. It’s been freezing for weeks here in the UK, so it was a welcome rise in temperature. 30C is way too hot for comfort and, like you, I’d have to have a fan running constantly.

22 Feb

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What a Name Change Can Do

celticeagle @celticeagle (171550) • Boise, Idaho 21 Feb

I have always enjoyed Sigourney Weaver's acting ever since I first saw her in "Ghost Busters". I often wonder about her first name. I had never seen it before. Come to find out that at the age of 14, she changed her name of...

name

science fiction

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Max Crisp Regardless of her name, I’ve always loved her as an actress.

21 Feb

Returning back to Mylot

ravisivan @ravisivan (14082) • India 21 Feb

I am 74 years old and I spend my free time guiding candidates from India to succeed in Bank or insurance interviews. Thanks to God I succeed in a good number of cases. It may be 8 or 9 years ago when I use to be busy in mylot...

returning back to mylore

how is the trend in earning

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Max Crisp I remember you! Good to see you back. That lady is no longer with us, but we have plenty of new old-timers on here to interact with. The payment isn’t as good, but at least it does pay, if you make enough posts.

21 Feb

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Warming Up Those Buns!!

Four Walls @FourWalls (71555) • United States 21 Feb

While the photo is a play on the title (my hamburger buns warming up in the skillet), there’s one thing that I absolutely cannot live without anymore: heated seats in the car. Heck, I have that thing on (temporarily, of course)...

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Max Crisp Nice buns! I have heated seats in my car, and they have been switched on a lot this winter. Next car I get will probably be electric, and with them, you can pre-warm the car before you get in remotely. Sounds like bliss.

21 Feb

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Redheads Get a Bad Rep

celticeagle @celticeagle (171550) • Boise, Idaho 16 Feb

I am a redhead. I find that 2% of the world's population are redheads. There is a lot of folklore about them. They are temperamental, their witches, the are somehow tied to the devil and, they turn into vampires when they pass on....

redheads

pigment

temperament

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Max Crisp There are a lot of redheads in the UK(usually called ginger) Must be why we have so many witches? Julianne Moore must be one of my favourite redheads. Great actress! I was aware of having to avoid the sun, but not the heightened cancer risks. I guess there’s...

21 Feb

I Hate Shopping

lilacskies @lilacskies (4826) • United States 19 Feb

Don't get me wrong. I don't mind shopping online because I don't have to deal with crowds and can have my necessities delivered to me. However, I hate shopping physically at stores. I don't like dealing with crowds, getting pushed...

shopping

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Max Crisp Jeepers Creepers, where’d you get those Sneakers? $30 sounds like a bargain to me. I thought everything was very expensive in the US? I think I’d have bought two pair. That would save having to go back shopping for more any time soon.

21 Feb

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Do you believe Trump really said or implied that Ukraine started the war with Russia?

The Horse @TheHorse (223423) • Walnut Creek, California 19 Feb

I am reading on some websites that Trump said that Ukrane "shouldn't have started it," or something to that effect, referring to the war with Russia. Further, I have read that former vice-president Mike Pence, chastised Trump for...

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Max Crisp I saw the video where he actually said those words. It’s shocking to hear him spout such rubbish, when clearly Putin invaded Ukraine. It’s great that he want to end the war, but he’s going about it in the wrong way. Siding with Putin and alienating Europe...

21 Feb

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Dead Beetle in Strawberry

lilacskies @lilacskies (4826) • United States 20 Feb

I am so disgusted. I wanted to eat a snack today and decided to cut up some strawberries. I had just grabbed one strawberry from the clear plastic box it came in and sliced one open horizontally when there it was, a dead black...

strawberry

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Max Crisp As long as it’s not John Lennon, you should be ok. It’s just extra protein. You can understand why growers use insecticides on fruit and vegetables. It’s a jungle out there!

21 Feb

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Music Obituaries: January 2025

Four Walls @FourWalls (71555) • United States 19 Feb

The new year has dawned. As each month passes, it takes with it a number of famous people in all walks of life. As my primary interest is music, I highlight the ones who left us in the preceding month. The new year began with a...

music

2025 music obituaries

music obituaries

january music obituaries

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Max Crisp There are only two on your list that I remember. The Osmonds were big over here in the UK in the 70’s and kept coming back year after year. They did nothing for me, but the women folk loved them - Donny in particular. Marianne Faithfully was...

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Boiled egg

Always smiling @allknowing (141066) • India 19 Feb

The easiest way to eat an egg is to simply boil it. I have one every day I have read about the benefit of eating a boiled egg late evening as it induces good sleep. I think it helps as I always sleep well. Egg is packed...

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Max Crisp I only eat eggs occasionally and never at night. As I am always trying to lose weight I tend to not eat after dinner. Of course chocolate doesn’t count.

19 Feb

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Marathon sessions at myLot

Always smiling @allknowing (141066) • India 17 Feb

There was a time at myLot when we used to have marathon sessions discussing a particular issue that sometimes ran into days Today at best there will be just two or three interactions and most of them will have comments such as...

mylot

marathon sessions

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Max Crisp Ah, the good old days. Were you around back then? I started in 2008, and I do remember a lot of interaction between certain myLotters. Occasionally I was involved and it was great fun, from what I remember.

18 Feb

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I Hate Parties

lilacskies @lilacskies (4826) • United States 18 Feb

I hate parties of any and all kinds. I am an introvert and stay away from parties unless I absolutely have to go due to family obligations. For instance, it's my niece's birthday today. She is turning 5. I have had her present...

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Max Crisp Parties are great if you’re with people you’re happy to be with, otherwise it can be unpleasant. I still don’t understand why your family allow your ex to be involved with all that has gone on. Like it or not, they should have taken sides, and it should have...

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I am pretty disciplined

Always smiling @allknowing (141066) • India 15 Feb

The fridge is loaded with chcolates thanks to all who were over for that extended family meet. Even though I am a chocolate foodie I will just eat one piece or one ecclair on a day and nothing more I was just thinking what if...

chocolates

controlled eating

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Max Crisp I love chocolate too, but I am not as disciplined as you. No way could I only eat just one piece. Out of the Quality Street, I’d probably have 6 chocs, and out of a bar of chocolate, maybe 6 pieces. I think 6 is a good round number, especially where chocolate...

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Yellow flowers

Always smiling @allknowing (141066) • India 16 Feb

I do not much like wearing anything in yellow, nor paint my house yellow. but there is nothing like yellow flowers - I simply like them. We have had yellow hibiscus, sunflowers, mums, gerbara, zinnias, roses As I have said not...

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Max Crisp Yellow flowers look good in the garden. They brighten everything up around them. It’s nearly time here for the daffodils to bloom. Spring is on its way.

18 Feb

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My Valentines Bear

YoghurtGal @flapiz (23292) • United Kingdom 16 Feb

No flowers for me this Valentines as all I was asking from Andrea is a Frida Kahlo build a bear. And it is exactly what I got plus some chocolates. I love this bear so much it is so me. Very flowery and colourful. I got Andrea a...

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Max Crisp I’ve never heard of a multi-purpose hammer? What can a hammer do other than hammer? I’ve got a claw hammer that can remove nails. I suppose if it was big enough, it could be a door stop. The bear is excellent. Here’s a bear...

18 Feb

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Mylot was not available last night

pahak627 @pahak627 (4888) • Philippines 17 Feb

I missed mylot last night. It was not available again. What I did was only watching a chinese movie last night at the same time I opened my social media account to check if there are some new posts that interest me. Hope this...

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Max Crisp I tried morning and afternoon yesterday to get on. No luck. Good to see it back!

18 Feb

Experiment of full staring during a conversation

Pankaj Kumar @Pankaj365 (24) • India 17 Feb

Many a time we may not give full face contact during a conversation. Suppose you speak to a person for half an hour and you are seated opposite one another, look into his or her eyes and face directly while speaking, without...

experiment

difficult

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Max Crisp It’s the same when you are doing public speaking. The speaker should scan the room and try to avoid making eye contact, so as not to make anyone feel uncomfortable.

18 Feb

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It’s Pretty, But YUCK

Four Walls @FourWalls (71555) • United States 16 Feb

You know what I say about how I love sn*w: somewhere else. After a wild day of record rainfall (every single county in Kentucky — and there are 120 counties — had some type of flood warning yesterday into this...

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Max Crisp I’m with you on the snow front. It’s no fun, and fortunately we’ve not had much so far this winter. I thought you were from Alabama, not Kentucky? You get around so much, I hope you forgive me. Kentucky has 120 counties? Wow, that is way more...

18 Feb

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Good Food, Okay Day

lilacskies @lilacskies (4826) • United States 17 Feb

I slept a full eight hours last night. My chronic pain is manageable. No sharp chest pains due to pleurisy. I am hydrated with water and chamomile tea. I even have my appetite back. I skipped breakfast, but I had lunch. This is...

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Max Crisp That’s great that you managed a whole 8 hours. The pleurisy should be getting better if you are taking antibiotics. This should clear up within a week. If not then you need to go back to the docs. Are you Italian, or of Italian heritage? I love Italian food,...

18 Feb

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