amafrias

@amafrias (455)

United States • Age 56

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Do U Shop at Dollar Stores?

Chevee @Chevee (5905) • United States 26 Apr 09

I love shopping at $1.00 stores. I can go to these stores and get a lot of bargain brand products at reasonable prices for a few cents less than at the local department or supermarkets. I went yesterday and stocked up on what I...

one dollar bargins or less

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amafrias I love My Dollar Stores!!! We also have Big Lots here and they are right next door to the Dollar, as we call it here..My hubby hates when he sees those big yellow bags from Dollar General, he knows I have tons of new stuff. I get all of my gardening needs...

27 Apr 09

My friend got a ticket from a police with rude attitude.

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 23 Mar 09

Yesterday, a friend of mine got a traffic ticket. The reason is that he didn't stop at the "stop" sign, while making a right turn. The police stop him at the moment, and shouting at him. While my friend tried to get his license...

attitude

policeman

ticket

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amafrias Well, if he ran a stop sign then he was not an inoccent citizen for one, and two he could have killed someone while running the stop sign and this may have ticked off the Police Officer. Also, the reason they get upset when you start reaching for things they...

23 Mar 09

Do you Blog?

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 22 Mar 09

I have a number of friends that blog and do so quite religiously, never letting more than a day or two go between adding a thought, comment, diary entry or opinion to the lengthening list of their musings. I have a blog. I visit...

blogging

internet musings

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amafrias I started one some years ago, and cannot even remember where now. Makes me think I might better try and remember,lol. I lost interest quickly. Nothing that interesting in my life to blog about. Well not that others would really care about anyway. I love my...

23 Mar 09

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There are Mexicans here?

xtremo @xtremo (4) • Mexico 14 Aug 08

I'm mexican and i wondered if there are mor mexicans in this community. I do this question so that mexicans now we know better. Regards

mexicans

mexico

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amafrias I am not Mexican, but my husband is. He is from Cortazar, GTO. I have visited many times and love it there. We live in Florida, USA now, but hope to some day finish our home in Mexico and go there to live and open a business. My husbands family sells...

18 Mar 09

Gifting Money or Item?

Mitraa @Mitraa (3184) • India 16 Mar 09

What do you think as a better gift for a friend on a special occasion? Gifting of money or gifting an item of interest? I most of the times gift money and think it to be better than any material gift. Please share your views on...

friend

item

money

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amafrias A gift from the heart is always the best. I trinket with an inscription, a plaque with words about your friend. Something personalized for your friend. If the friendship is merely an aquaintance then I would say money or a gift card.I would never give a true...

16 Mar 09

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Are torrents safe?

parvezjs @parvezjs (422) • India 20 Feb 09

I heard about torrents recently. However I am not sure how to use them? Can anyone help me out? I want to know what are torrents? Are they Safe? What is torrent clients? What is seeding or leeching? what do they meant by ratio?

leechers

seed

torrents

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amafrias I would also add to this discussion that you download and keep running at all times, PeerGuardian. You can find it at Sourceforge.net. It will block anti P2P groups form seeing what you are downloading. As downloading Movies and any other copyrighted material...

16 Mar 09

Always use the straps in the shopping cart.

jchampany @jchampany (1130) • United States 16 Mar 07

Okay, you are all probably going to tell me what a horrible mother I am. And believe me I sure felt like the worst mom in the world when it happened. I was at Walgreens one day (quite a few months ago) and was at the pharmacy...

parenting

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amafrias we could glue them to us and still soemthing would happen to them at some point. Don't beat yourself up. When I was about 5 and my baby brother was in a shopping cart at K-mart and I was riding the front of the cart as I see many kids still do. my Mom was...

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What is the worst trouble you got into as a teenager?

ironstruck @ironstruck (2298) • Canada 6 Mar 07

They were sure the glory years. I remember doing things back in those teen years that still make me blush. I was fortunate that I avoided being thrown into jail, but I bet there are some of you out there who spent the night...

teenager

trouble

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amafrias Oh wow, my Sister and I, 22 months apart, never went anywhere we said we were going. I remember one night we went to town to cruise the strip and met up with some friends and went to a college party. We were 14 and 16, me being the youngest. My sister got so...

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Angry Tourists Break Mugger's Neck

lloydanthony111 @lloydanthony111 (4698) • United States 25 Feb 07

A group of U.S. tourists, including a former Marine, killed a Costa Rican mugger by breaking his neck after he pulled a gun on them in a Caribbean port, a local police official said on Thursday. The cruise ship passengers told...

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amafrias well, in my opinion a gun is a gun, and an immediate threat to my life and or my families lives. I would have done whatever it took to stop him. If I had a gun he would have been killed by gunshot instead of a broken neck if it was possible to get to the...

26 Feb 07

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Should children be taken away

Athenabeauchamp @Athenabeauchamp (197) • United States 25 Feb 07

While driving down a OKC street at 5 pm I saw a small boy about 5 standing on the curb. I was turning into the drug store so I stopped by him and asked what he was doing three and he said he was just walking. I pulled over and...

parenting

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amafrias I most definately would have called the police and let them deal with her. The mere fact hat he went with you showed how vulnerable he wuld be to any pervert or crazy out there. In my opinion she does not deserve custody of this little boy. Any mother who...

25 Feb 07

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Moms: how long did you berastfeed your babies?

awonderfullife @awonderfullife (2893) • United States 14 Feb 07

I have a friend who breastfed her son until he was 4 years old. 4 YEARS OLD! You have to understand, that is VERY unusual here in the United States! I realize it was mainly a comfort thing for her kid, he was getting nutrition...

baby

breastfeeding

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amafrias I breastfed my youngest for almost a year. I remember sitting in church one Sunday and this little 4 year old boy was crying and crying. His Mom popped out her breast right there in church and started feeding him. I thought I would fall off the pew. To me that...

14 Feb 07

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Neighbors

erminiasanjose @erminiasanjose (1588) • Philippines 11 Feb 07

Are your neighbors your friends? What can you say about them? I hope they are not users here so that we can talk about them LOL!

neighbors

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amafrias I get along with my neighbors on a Hi and Bye relationship only. They are extremely messy and their children are wild. You can barely see there home fo all of the overgrown brush and grass. We have called the city before because it is an ordinance that you...

12 Feb 07

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Spoiled or Attatched?

Sissygrl @Sissygrl (10912) • Canada 11 Feb 07

My daughter is nearly 7 months old and i am having a small problem. She doens't like to be far away from me at all. She has slept with me since she was born and always around me. but now she cannot be out of reach or she cries....

crying baby

spoiled attatched

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amafrias I went through the exact same thing with my youngest daughter. She is 6 now, and still loves to be with me, just not attached at the hip anymore.lol She slept with her father and i for the first year and a half of her life, and i breastfed for 8 months of...

12 Feb 07

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What method do you use to keep track of your appointments?

kgwat70 @kgwat70 (13387) • United States 7 Feb 07

Do you use a regular monthly planner like in this picture? Do you use a PDA? Some people prefer using the calendar in their cell phones or in their email program? Which do you prefer and why? I use a regular monthly planner...

appointments

calendar

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amafrias Well, I am sure this is a little old fashioned for some, but I have a big desk calender hanging in my Kitchen. You know one of those you scribble all over and take notes on at work and have to search for a name or numbr on it frequently...lol Anyway, it is my...

8 Feb 07

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Does This Happen In Your Town Too?

lisa101 @lisa101 (1362) • United States 8 Feb 07

Here in my town in north Georgia they have been doing this thing where if you want to purchase some certain over the counter meds. like advil cold and sinus you have to show your ID (drivers license) before you can buy them. They...

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amafrias The County where I live in Central Florida is like the Methamphetamine capitol!! It is a really really big problem here. It has ruined so many lives, and has caused the death of many children here. I absolutely do not mind having to buy from the pharmacist and...

8 Feb 07

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