Robert Lee Kirk

@Robert57 (71)

Adrian, Missouri

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Retired Navy, Active furniture builder, All American country boy loving to blog

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No Money for Christmas

brendamarie @whiteream (8567) • United States 11 Dec 15

I don't have the money that I would like to for Christmas. I got everyone something little. All but my son. I get him more than anyone else. My husband and I have not gotten each other gifts for years. I just wish, I had more...

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Robert Lee Kirk Brenda, It is no disgrace to not have a lot of money to spend on Christmas. Personally, I prefer to be cheap and spend $10 on materials to give a gift that can be passed down through generations of little ones. If I'm lucky, like this year, I can give one gift...

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Who was my favorite relative?

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44998) • Preston, England 7 Dec 15

I’ve had great and terrible relatives. A few living kin are alienated from myself and / or other family through petty feuds that may never be resolved. That is terribly sad. There are other relatives I love dearly, My Mum being...

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Robert Lee Kirk Your Grandfather sounds like a Man worth knowing. I have a deep appreciation of those tough old birds. Growing up, I was close to a number of my aging relatives and could listen for hours to their stories of yesterday. My favorite by far was gramps on my...

10 Dec 15

"It's not ME! It's you!"

Wendy789 @Drosophila (16571) • Ireland 9 Dec 15

"Dear Diet, Things just ain't gonna work between us! It's not ME! It's YOU! You're boring, tasteless, and I just can't stop cheating on you" - LeFunny.net Yes! You heard! I've been cheating on you! Don't look so...

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Robert Lee Kirk I'm perpetually on the SeeFood diet. Meaning if I see food, I eat it.

10 Dec 15

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Feeding Birds.

Mandy @x0MandyLynn0x (1056) • Canada 10 Dec 15

I've gotten more into the habit of the joy of feeding birds lately. The weather has been oddly nice and beautiful here in Canada, no snow yet. And the birds are always outside my window chirping away. My Grandma when she lived...

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Robert Lee Kirk Nice to meet you Mandy, Here in Missouri we have a lot of Goldfinches. They are my favorite followed closely by the good old Robin. Indeed, at times in the winter there is a lot of melodious content here. I am blessed that there is a woodlot next door that...

10 Dec 15

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A Christmas Tradition - Fruitcake

Susan @HazySue (39268) • Gouverneur, New York 24 Nov 15

Every year my husband and I receive a fruitcake from a well meaning friend or acquaintance and every year we give it away. My husband and I am among the group of people who do not like fruitcake. I'm sure some of them are...

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Robert Lee Kirk One of my Aunts always gave out fruitcakes every Christmas. I tried one once. It was dry and full of yuck. Ever since I passed it to a friend or family member in hopes of it being enjoyed. At a family get together it was disclosed that everyone else did the...

25 Nov 15

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Are your parents still alive?

Janet Anderson @Auntylou (4264) • Oxford, England 9 Nov 15

My mum died just last year , though it seems much longer. She was in her eighties and died suddenly of a heart attack having been increasingly frail for some time. She was lucky in this as she had always said that she would not...

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Robert Lee Kirk My Dad died in 2001 and even Today when I think of something funny he said or did, I will burst out with "I Love You Dad". Mom is still alive and cherished,

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Making green tomato chutney today !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (1784) • United Kingdom 21 Nov 15

We still have loads of tomatoes on the plants in the greenhouse but it is time for the plants to come down. As the tomatoes are still green a friend has given me a recipe for green tomato chutney. The recipe seems very easy to...

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Robert Lee Kirk Can't have those end of season green tomatoes going to waste. I really miss them when They're gone. I just cook them fresh with fried potatoes, bell peppers and onions for some interesting tastes. The rest of my family cooks them rolled in flour but that isn't...

22 Nov 15

My Titles Names And Nicknames

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44998) • Preston, England 20 Nov 15

There are quite a few variations of names and titles we acquire in our lives – here are some of mine with occasional explanations. My true full name - Arthur Peter Chappell Catholic confirmation name - Jerome Mister (Mr.) Sir...

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Robert Lee Kirk As a consequence of my middling political correctness I've been called many things by many people. Luckily I shed criticism as a duck sheds water. Most of my life I have gone by my last name but I suppose my favorite handle was "Chief"

21 Nov 15

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Trying Something New For The First Time

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43910) • Cambridge, England 20 Nov 15

I have just been shopping and whilst waiting in the queue for the till, I saw some packs of rather attractive-looking orange fruit - Persimmons. Now, I have heard of persimmons (and somehow associate them with spices and the...

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Robert Lee Kirk Good Morning Owlwings, Persimmons grow wild here in Missouri and We gathered them around this time of year. Green and firm, they'll give you a good pucker, Orange and wrinkled, they can be eaten as is. I'm no fan of this but my folks mashed them and used in...

21 Nov 15

Have you ever slept through your alarm?

Jekca @Jessicalynnt (50523) • Centralia, Missouri 21 Nov 15

The alarm, what we love to hate, and hate to love, failed me this morning....or I failed it. See, I am not a morning person. Yet I work a 6 am shift. This morning I slept right though my alarm. I only work up to my backup alarm. I...

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Robert Lee Kirk It has been so long since I've even heard an alarm. The last time I slept through one was probably 30 years ago. Ever since, Ive woke up about 5 minutes before it goes off. The Navy was responsible. Haha. Tardiness is severely punished.

21 Nov 15

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The interaction of our dogs to that other dog

ingrid @ridingbet (66854) • Philippines 21 Nov 15

It is funny, but our dogs (we have 5) stay loose (unleashed) inside our house, and two of them respond quickly when there are sudden and unexpected noise from outside. Our forevermore dogs Macy and Xander are growing to be...

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Robert Lee Kirk You just have to love those guys! I have never had a small dog in my family but my big guy reacts to barking on the screen by running to the window looking for the dog that would dare invade his territory.

21 Nov 15

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Love In An Elevator??

cassandra @Castlerock34 (2259) • Minneapolis, Minnesota 18 Nov 15

Standing in a elevator with someone is the most awkward thing. Why is it when you enter a elevator either full of people or just one other person that everyone looks down at the floor? No one dares to look up at you or at anyone...

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Robert Lee Kirk In my opinion, people are uncomfortable with eye contact with strangers. This said, Make it anonymous with sunglasses then try again.

19 Nov 15

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A little about the myLot community

Always smiling @allknowing (138327) • India 19 Nov 15

I see the following categories of myLotters here - Brand new members who were not here before nor have they come from 'there' I wonder how they came to know about this site. Were you responsible to introduce them...

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Robert Lee Kirk I'm new and the site was recommended to me by a British friend as a way to keep involved.

19 Nov 15

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it would be nice if mylot had an English-international dictionary

Ella @EllaSpringtime (198) • Israel 19 Nov 15

Every time I try to recall a word or to remember what is the right spelling of it or try to find words I don't know or synonyms, I need to leave the page (I am not closing the page, it is just refreshing when I return to it) in...

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Robert Lee Kirk The responses to your problem is absolutely true. Just remember to right click and open in other tab and your writing will still be there.

19 Nov 15

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Monster Movies!!

Nitin Sharma @Rationalwriter (1813) • Lucknow, India 18 Nov 15

There was a time when I was growing up and I had all these awesome monster movies to watch!! There was Jurassic Park, Jaws, Anaconda!! Then there were loads of Zombie movies, Vampires, Werewolves!! I am hardcore fan of...

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Robert Lee Kirk Nitin, Reading your article really made me feel old. haha. Recently, I was rewatching a few movies made when I was a tad, the old 60's Faustus etc. The special effects were pretty uninspiring although I remember them frightening me at the time. Through the...

18 Nov 15

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Can You Sing?

Dalane @Dalane (691) • United States 18 Nov 15

I wish I had a better singing voice. Even if I could stay on key, the tone quality is just not there. I love listening to good singers. I've been watching "The Voice" (US) and am amazed with the talent, especially Jordan...

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Robert Lee Kirk Well, I sing all the time, I know quite a variety of songs and can hum the tunes to countless more. Elvis would be jealous in my opinion. The other in my life always shuts herself into a locked room with the pets when I break into song, but what do they know...

18 Nov 15

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Is your mind blown by how MyLot connects people from so many countries?

Chelsea @chelseaearnsmore (208) • United States 18 Nov 15

I'm absolutely in LOVE with it! Here I am, making my discussions, dooty doot doo.. and then I get responses from India, the Philippines, Italy, and more! I know that in the age of the World Wide Web it's not so surprising to get...

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Robert Lee Kirk It is awesome, It makes it much harder to be Politically correct, but it is worth it!

18 Nov 15

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This mouse had to go!

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 18 Nov 15

One of the husbandly duties I particularly dislike is setting out mouse traps. In our neck of the woods, we can expect a steady stream of rodent visitors to our house as cold weather approaches. I understand that mice, like...

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Robert Lee Kirk Oh My, Ronald, Yes! same here. I truly hope it's fairly painless but with winter setting in!! I had to build a breadbox this morning to keep them out of it. I did manage to get one last night before bed and another this morning using peanut butter. Are there...

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Coffee Lowers Risk of Death

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16679) • Boston, Massachusetts 17 Nov 15

It's another one of those studies about coffee. And according to this study, moderate coffee drinking (4-5 cups per day) lowers the risk of death from several causes. Strangely, one of those is heart disease. Which seems odd...

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Robert Lee Kirk Oh my, I'm likely to live for a lot longer than predicted then since I drink a full pot a day. Um, before bacon. haha

18 Nov 15