TheCasualReporter

@TheCasualReporter (283)

France • Age 57

Joined myLot 15 years ago

Some of the News, Some of the Time

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We're setting off tomorrow for our camper van tour around France

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 10 Apr 09

I rented a Camper Van and my wife, two boys and I are going to drive around France looking at all the cool stuff and staying in camp grounds or wherever we want. Most everyone thinks it's a great idea but I wonder if it'll...

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How do YOU get rid of hiccups?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 28 Jan 09

I just drank a swig of beer and now I have the hiccups. I rarely get them but when I do I have a hard time getting rid of them! How do YOU get rid of hiccups?

hiccups

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Who's the most attractive news anchor?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 26 Jan 09

I'm watching CNN and I think Kristie Lu Stout is extremely attractive. Not just beautiful, but personable and sweet. Who do you think is the most attractive news anchor on the airwaves (English speaking)? Any English-language...

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Citigroup uses taxpayer $ for a luxury jet.

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 26 Jan 09

Citigroup just finished the purchase of a luxury jet after asking for billions of dollars in government funding to help keep afloat. What?!?? Are you kidding me? They say they ordered the jet a couple years ago before things went...

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Is she pregnant or just gained weight?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 26 Jan 09

Awhile ago a colleague at work, someone I rarely see at work, showed up and she looked as though she might be pregnant. I hadn't heard if she was, so I didn't know for sure. What do you do? If she's pregnant, she'd feel I'm rude...

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Do your bread slices have to match up on sandwiches?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 23 Jan 09

When I make a sandwich, I make sure the bread slices match up perfectly - as they did when they came out of the loaf. I don't like using slices from two different loaves because they never match up perfectly. When someone else...

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Rollon, spray, gel, or none? Which deodorant do you prefer?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 23 Jan 09

I prefer a nice deodorant-antiperspirant gel like Mennen but my wife and kids like spray-ons. What do you prefer? Why? Do you know anybody who doesn't wear deodorant?

deodorant

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What's wrong folks? Can't take the heat?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 23 Jan 09

Some of the arguments I've involved myself in I've dared to.. gasp.. propose another point of view. Even argue. I love debate. It's how we solve problems in a free society. Shame some people can't take a simple challenge to their...

debate

mylot

ratings

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Obama's www.whitehouse.gov enables interactivity and transparency?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 23 Jan 09

At precisely 12:01 on January 20, technically even before Obama was sworn in as President, www.whitehouse.gov changed it's website. I've had a look. I deeply appreciate the ability to read Obama's executive orders for myself, to...

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You live with dignity, why not die with dignity?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 23 Jan 09

Another MyLotter recently lamented that life is meaningless because we work, work, work.. and then die. What's the point? I argued that being able to plan our death in the same way we plan our life would give life and death more...

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No shoes in my size..

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 17 Jan 09

I've got fairly small feet and sometimes have trouble finding shoes because they don't make many in my size in popular styles. I know people with fairly large feet and the same problem, and other with common mid-sized feet whose...

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Who will win the Superbowl?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 17 Jan 09

The Steelers or Ravens, the Eagles or Cardinals? Who will win the conference and who will go on to win the superbowl. I think it'll be the Steelers and Eagles for the Superbowl and my vote is for the Pittsburg Steelers to win....

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Obama cannot succeed

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 17 Jan 09

at fulfilling everyone's expectations. I get the impression that nearly every American who voted for Obama, and every non-American who would have if they could have, has enormous and perhaps unrealistic expectations for him. His...

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The Most Under-rated Low-Tech Invention in my Lifetime is....

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 17 Jan 09

Microwave Popcorn, or at least that's my current vote, since I'm munching on some right now. The internet, mobile phones, laptops, flat-screen TV's - those things don't count because they're highly rated and high-tech. What about...

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Ever been in an airplane crash or near-crash?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 15 Jan 09

I've flown a fair amount and so far, touch wood, I've never been involved in a crash or near-crash, although my aunt lost her life in one. The recent crash in the Hudson got me thinking: What is the closest you've come to being...

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Goose downs aircraft - why not a guard over the engine?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 15 Jan 09

There must be a rational reason why airplanes are not fitted with some kind of a grill to protect engines from ingesting birds and crashing airplanes. If wind drag is a problem, couldn't they retract once altitude is reached?...

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Abolish the Minimum Wage - bring back Indentured Servitude

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 15 Jan 09

If I told you I'd pay off all your debts but you'd have to cede your material possessions to me and agree to work for me for 3 - 10 years without pay, and I'd provide housing, food, drink, clothing, and other basic necessities,...

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How does fear of rejection affect you?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 15 Jan 09

There was a time when fear of rejection kept me from trying certain things in my life, like talking to a stranger I wanted to talk to or trying for a job I really wanted. I'm older and less inclined to fear rejection now, but I...

overcoming fear of rejection

rejection

x factor

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How can we achieve world peace?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 15 Jan 09

Aim high, I say: Let's see what the MyLot community can do to help the world achieve lasting peace. Here we are, a very diverse group of 158,000+ people from all over the world, all getting along pretty well - peacefully. Yet a...

peace

ride

world peace

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What was your most demeaning moment at work or school?

TheCasualReporter @TheCasualReporter (283) • France 14 Jan 09

I currently work as an actor in a Wild West Show in France. The cast is filled with authentic Cowboys and Native Americans hired from the USA and also features horses, bison, longhorn cattle, wagons, a stagecoach, and plenty of...

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