Thoroughrob

@Thoroughrob (11742)

United States • Age 57

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Just wondering if anyone knows

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 21 Oct 12

My daughter started working at a residential home for the developmentally disabled back in May. The home was in trouble at the time with the state. She became house manager to the three girls. One has behavior issues and the other...

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Would you judge or be understanding.

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 9 Jul 12

I was at the store last week. I was just picking up a few items. I had passed this lady, that was shopping and had quite a cartload of groceries. Her son was acting up a bit, but she seemed to be keeping it under control. As she...

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Insurance

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 1 Jul 12

When these storms went through, lots of trees ended up on houses or cars. The insurance is trying so hard not to pay for these. One of my son's friends had a big tree fall on their garage and in their bathroom. The insurance...

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These storms are so crazy!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 1 Jul 12

It is getting so scary. I have never seen storms go through our community that did Friday. It was so strange. It looked like the pictures you see when they show hurricane pictures. I know it was not as bad as it gets with a...

electricity

storms

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Ready to scream!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 16 Apr 12

For almost a year we have been trying to get my son's wheelchair fixed. He has grown and it doesn't fit him right. Also the headrest broke off, and took a big chunk out of the back of the chair. It was done on the bus, not sure...

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They say the economy is recovering

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 21 Mar 12

I would sure like to know where. I do live in a small town, but here it is not getting better. In the last month, we just keep seeing more businesses leaving. Just in the last couple of weeks, Burger King closed, a local family...

businesses closing

economy

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Lions and Tigers, OH MY

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 19 Oct 11

I woke up this morning to the news. Every few minutes is a warning to stay inside. There is at least 20 exotic animals loose in a county south of us. Schools have closed. The animals include, lions, bears, and wolves. They have...

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What a morning!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 10 Oct 11

My son is a power chair. Our ramp was built by crippled children of our county. Last year, I put in a paper for them to come service it, as the nails were rusting and the ramp was falling apart. I have had no replies. I have...

ramp

safety

wheelchair

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And they want to raise taxes!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 22 Sep 11

It drives me crazy when you find out how much the government pays for their expenses. They spend more on one meeting for extras than what most of us make in a month. I read about this on the internet on our radio's...

taxes

wasteful spending

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Savings Club at Coupon site

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 21 Sep 11

Has anyone signed up for this? It is a club to get premium coupons. I just wondered if it is worth the $3 a month that they want to be a member. I don't want to pay to join something that is only going to send coupons for things...

club

coupons

membership fee

Up early this morning

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 24 Aug 11

School starts here today. We had to get up at 5:15 to get ready for the bus. My son is in a wheelchair, and takes time to get around. The bus gets here at approximately, 6:30. School does not start until 7:50. I have to give him...

early mornings

school

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What in the world were they thinking?

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 9 Jun 11

Columbus Ohio has just opened their new courthouse. The cost of $105 million. That is quite a lot for a city that is claiming to be hurting. On top of that they put in a glass staircase. They are warning women to not take the new...

glass staircase

news

spending money

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How do you spend your time online?

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 26 May 11

I was just sitting here thinking about it. I am a member of about 30 survey sites that are legit. I do 2 posting sites. I do 2 video sites. I have several other sites that I do, that are for points to cash in for gift cards also....

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I am so proud of my son!!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 25 May 11

He has been working all year 6 days a week and going to high school. He is averaging 32 hours a week at work. He graduates this Sunday. The place he is working is planning on hiring him. They have started the process. He had to...

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Gas Prices jumped again!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 28 Apr 11

They were $3.94 yesterday. Today they jumped to $4.15. How crazy is this? When is it going to stop. People are not even going to be able to afford to work. They jumped from $3.84 at the beginning of last week, to $3.99, went down...

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The storms missed us last night!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 20 Apr 11

Yesterday they were warning us of severe storms during the night. I did not sleep real sound, as I was a bit worried we would not wake up, it there was tornado warnings. With watching the weather lately, just had me a bit...

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The effects of Japan are hitting here.

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 20 Apr 11

My husband works for a factory that supplies Honda and does some parts for others. They told them yesterday that they are having a layoff and were asking for volunteers. The only thing is that what they offered did nothing but...

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My son sure had a heck of a day today!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 14 Mar 11

My son started out the day, going to school to find out that a friend of his had committed suicide. He shot and killed himself. He was 18 and was a new dad and was at home with his mom and baby. He asked his mom to watch the baby...

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What a night we have had!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 28 Feb 11

It has been a very long night. Storms rolling through with high winds and lots of rain. We have had tornado watches, warning, severe storm warnings, flash flood warnings, and still under the flood warnings. We had wind gusts up...

damage

flooding

storms

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Time to stock up!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 24 Feb 11

Proctor & Gamble have announced that they are raising prices. They are not saying how much. They said their costs will raise 1 billion this year. They also said some of it has to do with what is going on in the Middle East. I just...

economy

prices

stocking up

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