Yvon Champagne

@Wordly1 (470)

Kingston, New Hampshire • Age 77

Joined myLot 9 years ago

Semi-retired. Love to read; mostly action novels and court drama. Musician(guitar and pedal steel guitar). Hobbies: craft(love making things from scratch).

www.stringbuff.blogspot.com

Yvon Champagne's Responses

How Many Dread Going Online

Teep11 @Teep11 (7673) • United States 9 Mar 17

There was a time when navigating online wasn't a problem at all. Surfing all over the web was a great experience but now it appears there's a lot of trolling and other mess going on. So going online may not be as joyous as before....

online activities

bullies

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Yvon Champagne Know what you mean...They're called 'trolls'. Seems like they're so miserable that they feel the need to attack and bully anyone with whom they don't agree in discussions. They're also called 'keyboard warriors'...Cowards who wouldn't dare to say to your face...

10 Mar 17

Feeling Sorry for Authors

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317249) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 7 Jan 17

I just read a comment about how easy it is to get books on Kindle and then be able to listen to them for a small fee for the audible app. It all makes me feel sorry for every author who hopes for a nice royalty for the books they...

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ebooks

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Yvon Champagne The problem with selling books is that 'everybody and his brother' is selling a book. Readers are a minority in this 'smart phone' infested world. So,serious writers who want to sell have to come up with 'rich content' worth the read, but, they also need a...

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My daughter and I worked out a deal I'll be her manager

WinterRea @AutumnSnow (4583) 15 Nov 16

So my extremely talented daughter who loves to draw like I do came to me the other and asked if I could her help and I said with what and I will help as much as I can. She said that she would love to find a way to make a living...

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Yvon Champagne Woooaaah! Yep, looks like a C'barre' chord being played on that guitar :-) . Very realistic. She didn't miss one detail on this drawing. Simply amazing! Your daughter has got the 'chops' and deserves all the encouragement possible.

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Doctor Appointment Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317249) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 14 Nov 16

My appointment was this morning to discuss the next medication for my UC since nothing has been working. My options were severely limited. I had two choices. Both of them a biologic, and both seen in advertisements on TV. You...

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Yvon Champagne Have they looked into a 'time release' oral medication, perhaps? Just a thought. Careful of high-fiber foods; they're an irritant that can prolong the healing process. Hope things get better for you.

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Orders Flooding!

katrine @carexing25 (1822) • Philippines 7 Nov 16

I posted about how my chocolate cake suddenly became popular.. in less than a week I made so many orders and people liked it. The problem now is that sometimes I go to bed at 2-3 a.m. .. OMG! I can't even sleep well because my...

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Yvon Champagne Don't sacrifice quality to meet deadlines. Simply tell customers that there may be a 'wait' time as this is a new business. Meantime, you might think of looking into paying someone to help meet the demand. This could develop into quite the money maker...The...

8 Nov 16

Beware the ceramic glass top ranges!

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (41690) • United States 3 Nov 16

Do you have one of those cook stoves with smooth, glass top burners? Do you like it? I bought one a couple of years ago. It was so shiny and high-tech looking! The first two weeks I worked myself to death trying to keep that...

cook stove

glass top

aggravation

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Yvon Champagne I can see your dilemma. Yes, 'glossy' tops always look great at the store, but, a few pots and skillets later, the 'beauty' loses its shine to the 'ugly' beast of friction.

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Birthday, Laundry, & Internet

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317249) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 28 Oct 16

It's been a good day so far. I took my daughter's birthday present to her this morning when I went to do laundry and she liked what I got her, which was a lavender candle from my trip to Washington Island. It took me four hours...

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Yvon Champagne There you are! Sounds like everything went ok. Yeah, when in 'starvation' mode, the body starts feeding on its own resources and that can, sometimes, lead to things like dehydration. Teach it to 'hunger' again. Eat often, in small amounts. Enjoy the...

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Clowns are everywhere. Has it gone too far?

IlijaMarkovski @IlijaMarkovski (1056) • Australia 13 Oct 16

People have taken halloween to a new level, which is extremely danagerous and putting people at risk. The new trend of people dressing up as clowns has taken a massive twist, here in Australia with reports of deaths and serious...

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Yvon Champagne Anything for attention. First it was the street 'knock-out', then, came Pokemon, now, it's 'creepy clowns' and 'furries'...What's next? Idle hands are indeed the Devil's Workshop.

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Take A Dang Pill!!!

Nanette Piotrowski @nanette64 (20364) • Fairfield, Texas 13 Oct 16

Ya know, it's one thing to have a Service Dog for those who have serious disabilities on board an airplane; it's quite another to take every other animal known to mankind on board because of 'stress'. These are supposedly called...

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Yvon Champagne I think that this 'stress' excuse is a sham perpetrated by idiots to see if they can get away with it.

13 Oct 16

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Let's talk about Photobombing - Get out of the way!

Michelle @infatuatedbby (94914) • United States 9 Oct 16

One of my biggest annoyance are those who photobomb. Yeah, it may be funny if it's your friends or something but strangers, common! When I'm trying to take a picture of something, someone (that I know of course) -or- having my...

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Yvon Champagne I agree. Now, 'photobombing' among friends is supposed to be a prank which is acceptable in a party atmosphere, during a 'act foolish' moment. But, generally, photo taking is a personal event that deserves respect.

9 Oct 16

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Have A Feeling The Debate Is Going To Be Canceled Tomorrow

Go Crossbones @crossbones27 (49703) • Mojave, California 8 Oct 16

My sister says it looks pointless to even have the debate between Trump and Clinton Tomorrow. I think she might be right with the way the leadership of the GOP is jumping ship. If they do have the debate, it sounds like it will be...

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Yvon Champagne The most important election in the history of America and this what we have to choose from: A tongue wagging idiot without a coherent platform and a soulless shrew who would hang her own mother to fulfill her dream of being the first female president. The way...

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was President Bill Clinton move from office becasue of impeachemnt

goingeagle3 @eagletrek2 (5499) • Kingston, New York 5 Oct 16

No he was not yes he was inpeach, but the final results were that he was acquitted. there are people who think he was remove from office, If that was true Al Gore would of been President since he was the Vice Presdent at the time....

impeachment

bill clinton

clinton presdent of usa

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Yvon Champagne The term for a President being removed from Office is: Recall. Impeachment is simply, one could say, public 'scolding' of a public servant(President, governor, etc). Bill Clinton was impeached, but, not recalled. Nixon was also impeached, but, 'resigned' his...

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people who talk to themselves

nidhi sharma @nidhiS1997 (609) • India 30 Sep 16

hello guys there are many people who talk to themselves. they are not insane or lunatic. they are the ones who are sane and turn out to be prodigy. people usually find such people weird and stupid , but doctors and...

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Yvon Champagne I've given myself a lot of good advice over the years.

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Are You Going to Watch the Big Debate Tomorrow?

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 25 Sep 16

Who is going to win the debate tomorrow? I predict it will be a decisive victory for Hillary Clinton. She has been through this many times before. She needs to be calm but confident. She must expose Trump constantly for the...

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hillary clinton

donald trump

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Yvon Champagne Ninety minutes of 'tit for tat' and mud slinging. Not worth my time sitting through it. I'm sure that there'll be plenty of news and uptakes on it for the rest of the week.

26 Sep 16

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Where and When did "Murphy's Law" Originate?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15962) • United States 26 Sep 16

Murphy’s Law: Part 2 I did some research on where and when Murphy’s Law originated. Here’s the link:

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Yvon Champagne I've revised mine to: "Anything with the most remote possibility of going wrong will surely go wrong". Ex; Slice of buttered bread falling 'butter side down'...Works every time :-)

26 Sep 16

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If a guy you're talking to is looking at you from head to toe.

Ayuriny @Ayuriny (5144) • Denpasar, Indonesia 25 Sep 16

Yesterday, i had a talk with a guy (he's one of my student's daddy) about his son's achievement. But along the conversation, he seemed impolite to me, looking at me from head to toe! I felt uneasy. And i asked myself, what's wrong...

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Yvon Champagne Here's how a girl I knew at work(who happened to be fairly well endowed) handled this. Some 'production gofer' stopped her on the production floor to discuss a work matter, all the while, openly staring at her bosom. She said, loud enough for some twenty...

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Investors pull out from the Philippines?

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52072) • Philippines 22 Sep 16

I have read an article that says about other investors are moving out after series of rants coming from the Philippine President. This probably from rants against Obama, the Press (int'l and local), and finally, the EU....

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Yvon Champagne Connected to drugs or government corruption or...both. When you turn the lights on, the cockroaches run for cover.

22 Sep 16

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CVS said NO to CIGARETTES but YES to BOOZE?

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27134) • Dallas, Texas 5 Sep 16

What is the thing about getting rid of cigarettes? People will smoke it when they can get it. It is a shame that a company like CVS can see it to get rid of tobacco and keep it's big brother, BOOZE. Frankly I don't see the logic....

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Yvon Champagne Can anybody say "Hypocrisy"? Or "Social Bigotry"? Cigarette smoking just happens to be today's 'whippin'boy'. Some years from now...Who knows?...The wrong color sneakers? Neckties?...How'bout 'Live and let live'?...

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The Squatters Are Gone

clrumfelt @clrumfelt (5490) • United States 31 Aug 16

My daughter-in-law inherited a home from her grandfather, but squatters had moved into it and been living there since she was a child. Our state has a squatter's law that gives possession of a home to the squatters if they have...

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Yvon Champagne This 'squatter' law has me baffled. While you can't evict them from your property, taxes have to be paid. Who pays the property tax? The owner or the squatter? If the owner has to pay the taxes, the squatter law should be unconstitutional. Do you believe, for...

31 Aug 16

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