@actualfactual on myLot

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12588) • United States 10 Jan 09

I went shopping for a dvd/tv combo for my daughter. Her player is fried. Look what I came across. It is on the Disney store site and is still being sold. Wonder if it means you have to eat the product? Don't think so. [b]This...

dangerous disney

dvd r

17 responses •

2 people

actualfactual Almost everything contains something that causes cancer. The key is, is the ingredient actually going to get into your kids body and cause cancer? Probably not. For instance, most computer monitors contain lots of bad chemicals, but our kids are not...

10 Jan 09

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 8 Jan 09

This is why it sucks to live in central, NY. Last month our power bill was $500. I just got our new bill today and it's $600. Honestly that's better from this time last year when it was $1,000 for a whole month! Ouch! Most...

power bill

shock

20 responses •

5 people

actualfactual I find that while I pay higher heating bills for an old, drafty house, I paid much less to buy the house. Hopefully it balances out. Hopefully.

9 Jan 09

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 8 Jan 09

This is why it sucks to live in central, NY. Last month our power bill was $500. I just got our new bill today and it's $600. Honestly that's better from this time last year when it was $1,000 for a whole month! Ouch! Most...

20 responses •

5 people

actualfactual Sounds really nice. I could go for more warm weather and less winter. Kids seem to like lots of snow to play in. But I don't like to drive in it. Then we have had ice storms-ouch!

9 Jan 09

j47lee @j47lee (740) • Canada 8 Jan 09

I have this cousin's husband who works in an insurance company..... he tells you to buy insurance.. and you tell him that you already have one.. and then still he keeps calling you... and once even coming to your house and staying...

insurance

insurance company

3 responses

actualfactual Oh, everytime he asks about insurance, mention that you sell amway and that you have some products you'd like to describe to him.

8 Jan 09

j47lee @j47lee (740) • Canada 8 Jan 09

I have this cousin's husband who works in an insurance company..... he tells you to buy insurance.. and you tell him that you already have one.. and then still he keeps calling you... and once even coming to your house and staying...

3 responses

actualfactual Easy. Say "You have obviously mistaken me for someone who is interested in listening to you talk about insurance. I am not. Please shut the f--k up, or I will scream at you until you get tired of hearing me scream." Then scream loudly for about 20 seconds each...

8 Jan 09

•

2 comments

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 8 Jan 09

Here in Canada two men have been arrested for polygamy, one is said to have as many as fifty wives. The men are members of a fundamentalist offshoot of the Mormon Church known as The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...

religious

religious freedom

saints

33 responses •

9 people

actualfactual Cool. I want my own cult. Then I can do all kinds of selfish things to get my needs met. And call it my religion.

8 Jan 09

•

1 comment

•

2 people

lynnemg @lynnemg (4529) • United States 8 Jan 09

Do you feel that if both the man and the women work outside the home that it should be primarily the man, woman, or both that help keep the house in order? What about the responsibilities with the children? In history, it was...

household

4 responses •

2 people

actualfactual I do think we should change our assumptions though. With so many couples both working outside of the home, it is time to give the man some of the responsibility and blame. Otherwise, the men continue to get away with doing nothing at home. Even when my wife...

8 Jan 09

•

1 person

Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 3 Jan 09

Well, I finally got my digital camera with my Christmas money. I want to thank all my fellow myLotters for the advice given to me about purchasing one! While I'm ecstatic about finally entering the 21st century with this new...

bad deals

big box electronics stores

18 responses •

5 people

actualfactual Too bad you had that trouble. I went to a small locally owned camera shop. Paid more but hopefully got and will get in the future better service. I do try to stick with what is in stock though. It is hard to know how much to trust sales people also, but since...

8 Jan 09

halynn @halynn (1809) • United States 31 Dec 08

What are some of the things you like to do to save money? I like to buy generic/store brand items, use coupons, buy in bulk to save trips to the store, try not to eat out that much. what about you?

7 responses •

2 people

actualfactual I walk to the store when possible. I get bread for half price that is close to expiration date. I don't use coupons for food much because store brands are cheaper than brand name even with coupons (usually). I am trying to cut down on eating out. I am using...

8 Jan 09

•

1 comment

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 8 Jan 09

This is why it sucks to live in central, NY. Last month our power bill was $500. I just got our new bill today and it's $600. Honestly that's better from this time last year when it was $1,000 for a whole month! Ouch! Most...

20 responses •

5 people

actualfactual Our gas bill in Iowa was 300 plus dollars for one month in the winter. Our house is 100 years old this year and poorly insulated. Much of the heat goes out the attic, or out around the window frames. And of course through the uninsulated walls. THat's life I...

8 Jan 09

LuvBr0wn13s @LuvBr0wn13s (765) • United States 8 Jan 09

I do my major grocery shopping bi-weekly, so I was wondering if it would be easy for me to start using those re-usable cloth bags that they want to sell you at the checkout counters now. I have purchased three of them, but they...

cloth

22 responses •

3 people

actualfactual On the way into my grocery store there is a bin where used grocery bags are collected for recycling. I just take enough bags from there on my way in. Then I don't have to remember to keep my cloth bags with me. My store also gives a nickel discount (US money)...

8 Jan 09

OOHCUTE2340 @OOHCUTE2340 (761) • United States 8 Jan 09

If you knew you were going to be stranded on a remote deserted tropical island what five items would you make sure to bring? Assume you will have all the fresh drinkable water you would need, you also would have vegetation and...

6 responses •

2 people

actualfactual Laptop with a solar charger and the ability to get on the internet by satellite? A good boat with enough fuel to get back to civilization (is that cheating?) A large pot and fire striker, I guess. If it is a small island, won't need a compass. A knife, yes. A...

8 Jan 09

•

1 comment

•

1 person

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 6 Jan 09

I couldn't believe this story when I heard it. Okay, in the past we have heard horror stories of how newborn babies are found in the trash somewhere as the mother didn't want the baby. But in this case it was a hospital that threw...

newborn baby thrown in trash

no respect for the remains of a baby

98 responses •

24 people

actualfactual I'm sure there is an explanation. I'm sure there were just a whole lot of bodies laying around, and there was just a mix up. Like when you throw an aluminum can in the trash by accident and forget to put it in the recycling bin. I wonder if the baby was...

7 Jan 09

•

1 comment

•

2 people

anniepa @anniepa (27955) • United States 6 Jan 09

Kyle Young, a troopers drug investigator who was involved in the case of Sherry Johnston, mother of Bristol Palin's boyfriend Levi, wrote this in an e-mail last week to all members of the Public Safety Employees Association, the...

election

employees

fashion

johnston drug case delayed by politics

law enforcement

mat

political

12 responses •

2 people

actualfactual Of course politics was involved. Politics is involved in cases like this all of the time. Prominent Democrats and their families also get special treatment. I just feel bad for Sarah, because now she is going to have to raise her grandchild because her skanki...

7 Jan 09

•

2 comments

Ithink @Ithink (9980) • United States 6 Jan 09

To make a long story short, our one daughter had a baby when she was 16. They lived with us and our granddaughter just turned one in November. Now we are the ones that had taken care of them in every sense. Living, feeding,...

17 responses •

3 people

actualfactual Ouch. I can see why you would be upset, and your daughter does not appear to be very respectful. But on the other hand, no insult intended, but there is a very good chance that her life will be quite a train wreck for a while. You will have to decide now what...

7 Jan 09

•

1 comment

eaforeman6 @eaforeman6 (8979) • United States 1 Jan 09

Is anyone following that trdition today? I am not. I have orderves and other finger foods only. Alittle kesh and simple things. Do any of you stick to the traditional black eyed peas?

black

eyed peas

traditional

10 responses •

3 people

actualfactual My mother and her mother before her ate black eyed peas every new years day for luck. I don't, b/c I don't like them. My mother also cooked collards with the black eyed peas, she hated collards. I guess maybe that was part of the lucky meal her mother cooked....

2 Jan 09

•

1 comment

•

1 person

kupton @kupton (31) • Australia 2 Jan 09

Recently i found something that i must have. However that is not that usual for me, lol. As I am not the type of person that finds something i really want very often. Maybe once a year i would find something, or even less. Anyways...

cycle

money

money making

13 responses •

2 people

actualfactual Probably some type of online gambling, other wise I don't see any legitimate ways to make that much money online. May be some type of scam. Otherwise, you just are not going to get rich online unless you have a popular product to sell and money to advertise.

2 Jan 09

•

1 comment

•

1 person

youless @youless (112481) • Guangzhou, China 2 Jan 09

Last night my cellphone was dropped to the ground badly by a mistake. The cover split and then I forced them to cover again. The cover was broken a little. At for the few minutes, it had problem to boot. I rebooted it several...

91 responses •

21 people

actualfactual I actually dropped my cell phone once-but in the water! It did not work after drying out. I have dropped mine on the ground a lot, but never hard enough to break it. I think we could make money if we were able to design a water proof, shock proof phone.

2 Jan 09

•

1 comment

•

2 people

positiveminded1977 @positiveminded1977 (7072) • India 31 Dec 08

Let me first admit that I really confused with all these terms--agnostic theist, agnostic atheist, and so on and so forth. When I call myself an agnostic pagan, I mean: 1. I feel that God cannot be understood; of course, he...

christian agnostic

12 responses •

2 people

actualfactual Thanks for that definition of Christian agnosticism. I think that explains things for my beliefs, and I am glad to see those beliefs clearly written out. I have a hard time explaining those things sometimes. Of course, I wouldn't want to describe the followers...

31 Dec 08

•

1 person

actualfactual's Activity