alexwander

@alexwander (170)

Canada • Age 60

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Rent or Own?

honeydew82174 @honeydew82174 (1720) • United States 5 Jul 08

Would you rather rent and not have to deal with upkeep of a house or buy and say it is your own and deal with all the repairs and bills that go with it?

house

money

rent

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alexwander If you stay in a place for a long time, it's better buy than rent. After I paid up my mortgage, my monthly expenses is only half of my friend's monthly rent.

5 Jul 08

Property in another country,

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 29 Jun 08

This is a true account, but I will not give any details because it is about my boyfriend, and he likes that the least information possible be given out on the Internet about his origin etc. The story start by my boyfriend...

birth certificate

embassy

inheritance

property out of country

property sale

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alexwander Given the value of the property, I think your boyfriend should make a trip home to investigate and make a quick sell (there are tax consequences but accountant take suggest some ways to minimize them). There are limits to the lawyer. To the best, a lawyer can...

30 Jun 08

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Discrimination in salary at work in UAE

asish1672 @asish1672 (338) • United Arab Emirates 15 Feb 07

Hi friends, it seems to me that in UAE particularly in Dubai the salaries are fixed as per the nationality of a person. for example a European gets the highest pay, the next are the arabs and last the Indian-Pakistani-Bangladeshi...

people

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alexwander Thanks for sharing your experience in Dubai. I have not been there but are curious about the fast economic development in recent years. People should be paid by their skills, contribution, and talents. Such practice, pay according to nationality will surely...

29 Jun 08

How are so many people getting away with posting spam affiliate links?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 13 Jun 08

So,here's my question. If affiliate links and spam links aren't allowed, then why are there literally thousands of spam links on Mylot? If we're not supposed to post affiliate links, then why are so many people getting...

making money online is easy

money making opportunities and franchises

my life

posting spam affiliate links

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alexwander For the technical things, detecting an affiliate link is easy. I mean detecting a pattern of urls with affiliate. Mylot should implement such strategy. I once post a comment about Richard Cheney, couldn't refer him as D--- Cheney because the D--- word, even I...

14 Jun 08

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can we use 1gb or 2gb ram on any computer.

mulau2u @mulau2u (1459) • Malaysia 11 Jun 08

i need some help here, i want to upgrade my computer so i need to buy some ram first, my problem is i do not know if any computer can support until 1gb ram, if someone can help me please give me some detail cause i dont have...

computer

ram

upgrade

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alexwander Talk to the vendor first. They will know whether your motherboard is upgradable. That means the motherboard has an extension lot for extra memory. Sounds like you have a 500M RAM at your current computer. If you do have an extension lot for memory, upgrading...

11 Jun 08

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Talking About Political Correctness... What's The "Right" Thing To Say?

Darkwing @Darkwing (21583) 10 Jun 08

It must be the Sun... I'm in a silly mood today. I wrote a discussion on the old counting song, Eeny Meeny, Minie, Moe, about the political correctness of the words, and I got to thinking about all manner of nursery rhymes and...

over protected

political correctness

the right way to say things

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alexwander It's definitely gotten out of hand. Anyone can claim he/she/it is offended by certain speech. About the right thing to say, it is only right at a brief moment. For example, years ago, beggar was offensive so it changed into pan-handler. In the future, when...

10 Jun 08

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To my fellow pinoys, how do you get money from paypal?

vianneyanzu @vianneyanzu (908) • Philippines 10 Jun 08

Hi, I'm having a problem with my paypal account. Are there any filipinos who have problems regarding it too? My account is unverified, so I can't withdraw money to my bank account. What are the possible solutions to...

paypal

pinoys

withdraw

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alexwander Can you verify your paypal account with your bank account? With that, Paypal links to your bank account. When you withdraw, they just deposit the money into your bank minus a service charge.

10 Jun 08

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Is Capital Punishment Wrong?

dlm6171 @dlm6171 (60) • Trinidad And Tobago 10 Jun 08

I was just wondering what are some views regarding Capital Punishment? I would appreciate all views?

serves any purpose

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alexwander This discuss is in the group of parenting. Is it corporal punishment?

10 Jun 08

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New Scam Alert--And I Think I Was Hit

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 9 Jun 08

Okay today a message was left on my machine, supposedly by a representative of Fed Ex and the phone number given was 1-876-471-6711..I'm given that phone number in case YOU are hit by it. The message indicated that a certified...

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alexwander Thanks for sharing your experience. We then should be careful about receiving suspected Fed Ex's packages. Should verify the parcel's tracking number first. Some international call looks like long distance call (dial 1). Hope you won't be charged on that. If...

10 Jun 08

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Can you really improve knowledge by reading novels?

arun00712 @arun00712 (195) • India 10 Jun 08

Reading novels have been a hobby to almost all of them in the world. But does it really gives us knowledge?I think it is not really so.................?????????????? This is because as everyone read novels they really do nt check...

books

novels

reading

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alexwander I usually make notes and underlines while reading Michael Crichton's novels. He did a lot of a research on scientific papers prior to his writing. Of course, the readers need to know what is true knowledge and what come from the author's imagination....

10 Jun 08

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What is your favorite Stephen King movie or book?

dreamertink @dfollin (25398) • United States 10 Jun 08

I like alot of Stephen Kings stuff.I like "The Shining" best.Great story and acting.Jack Nicholson was awsome.I do not like "Children of the Corn".Too weird! Oh well,my opinion.Do you like the books or movies best or both the...

jack nicholson

stephen king

the shining

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alexwander My favorite King movie is Misery. There are only two characters. It takes masterful skills to make such a simple movie to deliver suspense for the audience. Shining is another one. This movie may make lasting impacts on some audience. Imagine someone lives...

10 Jun 08

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Just Found Out I Lost My Job :(

latoyahall @latoyahall (835) • United States 8 Jun 08

So, I was working for a great company and my hours became less and less and I got a call this evening from my boss saying that business was slow and they were cutting my position. Okay, so now what? I don't know what to do...

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alexwander Dear Latoya, sad to hear that. You have already been made great efforts for the education. Right now it is just another temporary setback. Know your pressure because of the children. Don't give up. You have the support from many mylotters.

9 Jun 08

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DO yo like this movie?

venums @venums (3) 14 Mar 08

This movie is very cool i like it!

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alexwander Interesting movies. The plot is simple, weird things happen in a museum at night. The movie makers manage to make many non-stopping events. Also, the second plot, the relationship of a divorced father and son is touching. Good humor with an added warmth of...

9 Jun 08

Why make money online?

Buttercup11 @Buttercup11 (274) • Canada 9 Jun 08

I follow a lot of these online money-making discussions and it seems like some people are busting their butts for not much money. I mean, making $10 here requires a LOT of posting on MyLot and PTC only makes a few cents at a time...

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alexwander I post articles and do search regularly. So it is nice that those efforts make some tidy money. Not much, still better than nothing. Posting mylot is fun for exchanging information and knowing people.

9 Jun 08

Are you a positive person or a negative person?

missdaisy @missdaisy (72) • Australia 7 Jun 08

I would have to say I am more on the positive personality side. My mother was a never negative and depressive personality type when I was young, and very fearful. I promised myself at a young age that I would never allow fear,...

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alexwander I am positive too. Life have many positive and negative impacts. How we handle them is our choice. I believe being positive will lead to a positive path of life.

8 Jun 08

Do Christians really think Obama is the next anti-christ?

cynddvs @cynddvs (2948) • United States 4 Jun 08

I've just recieved my fifth forward today from people warning me not to vote for Obama. These emails aren't about his stances on the issues. These emails are quotes from the bible warning that all the signs are there that he is...

beliefs

christians

obama

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alexwander It is an old practice that never fades. Someone they don't like: " _ _ _ (fill in the blanks) is the anti-Christ, it is written in the Bible." Then they quote some whatever biblical verses as proof. Obama from the East? JFK is also from the East...

5 Jun 08

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4 people

Which is your mobile phone brand?

padmameera @padmameera (952) • India 4 Jun 08

I am using a motorola mobile. Which is your mobile?

mobile

motorola

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alexwander Nokia 6xxx model. Have to travel to overseas a lot so stay with a GSM phone.

4 Jun 08

Remember the ice cream truck?

Sherry12 @Sherry12 (2472) • United States 31 May 08

I heard music and looked outside, sure enough it was the ice cream truck! I haven't seen one of them for a long time. I remember when I was little we knew the time he would be coming around our neighborhood. We always listened for...

ice cream

music

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alexwander The ice cream truck brings back such a good memory of childhood. The music, the excitement.

1 Jun 08