Alistair Briggs

@briggsy326 (120)

Glasgow, Scotland

Joined myLot 13 years ago

Just me being me.

Responses (86)

Alistair Briggs's Responses

Were you on Bubblews?

Vinaya Ghimire @VinayaG (550) • Kathmandu, Nepal 16 Nov 15

Recently, Bubblews announced that it will discontinue its service. Bubblews was a social blogging site that paid one cent each for view, like and comment during the first two years, later decreased the pay rate.

bubblews

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Alistair Briggs Yes I was on it back in the day.

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Time to boogie...

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45494) • United States 16 Nov 15

The clock on the wall says - it's time to get off the computer for a while. I have to head to the kitchen and get things organized. But before I do I just read something real quick on Facebook, who knows if it's true or not -...

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Alistair Briggs If it was on Facebook it is probably false. ;)

16 Nov 15

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Do you watch the traffic on mylot before posting?

amnabas @amnabas (14687) • Karachi, Pakistan 1 Nov 15

Well i usually post 3to4 discussions daily and keep interacting along posting and throughout day time.But before posting i always check the members traffic on mylot by observing the responses on various posts.If the posts of the...

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Alistair Briggs I've not really been active enough to see what times are busy or not, I tend to just go looking for interesting things to read. ;)

16 Nov 15

Don't Mess With The Crows!

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 3 Nov 15

Because they would remember your face for up to five years. (I don't know if there are special cases of crows with short-term memories but that's a topic for another discussion.) That's what I learned from a Discovery News...

crows

birds

memories

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Alistair Briggs Woah five years they will remember for. that's kind of cool. :)

16 Nov 15

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Well its mylot forget bubblews.

amnabas @amnabas (14687) • Karachi, Pakistan 16 Nov 15

Well since morning i have been percieving posts regarding bubblews and uptil now i have been commented on various posts almost about 15 posts so i am just fedup of it. The bubblews ship is sunk now so just forget about that they...

bubblews

posts

shutdown

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Alistair Briggs Hopefully in a day or two the issue will quietly slip away. ;)

16 Nov 15

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Are you who you are here everywhere else?

Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat @Jackalyn (7558) • Oxford, England 16 Nov 15

I am not always Jackalyn On Persona Paper I am HappyLady. On Facebook I'm Minister Jacky. Who are you where you go to write? Have you, like me forgotten what you are called some places? I have a feeling I am Lady J somewhere. I...

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Alistair Briggs I have used slight variations on different sites but sometimes I forget them. lol

16 Nov 15

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Off to Vegas. Line Dance Conference.

Adrienne Jenkins @AdrienneJenkins (274) • Vancouver, British Columbia 16 Nov 15

It's almost 11 a.m. Haven't had my morning coffee yet. I gotta do some laundry. Need to practice a kabillion dances. Headed to a line dance conference in Vegas at the WestGate. Looking forward to a week of non-stop workshops...

line dance

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Alistair Briggs ENjoy your line dancing. :)

16 Nov 15

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Look at the camera and smile please !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (1784) • United Kingdom 16 Nov 15

Tomorrow we are having the photographer come into school. The children have their photos taken and then we are having a staff photo. I am looking forward to this as I have only been at this school for just over a year and it...

photograph

memories

family

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Alistair Briggs I remember the school photos being taken - if only the youthful looks remained to this day. lol

16 Nov 15

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Tempted to buy a toilet for £15k

Happy Homestead @destry (2572) • Kirkwall, Scotland 16 Nov 15

The past week or so I have been trying to find a new project to undertake, I am looking at buying a couple of properties to restore and then either rent out or sell for profit. I like the idea of converting an old chapel into a...

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Alistair Briggs I reckon you should go for it, could be quite a money maker for you. :)

16 Nov 15

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Practical help for the homeless

Janet Anderson @Auntylou (4264) • Oxford, England 16 Nov 15

An organisation called Sheltersuits is making warm waterproof coats, with a zip on foot covering, from tents that have been abandoned at music festivals in Holland. The suits are made by Syrian refugees who have tailoring skills...

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Alistair Briggs That is an awesome idea indeed. :)

16 Nov 15

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i like my lucky pen

strange woman @aarifa (1210) • India 16 Nov 15

i have my inkpen still 5 years ago. i use it for my examinations to speed writing .i get more marks by my pen . i think it is lucky to me. i ever don't miss it.

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Alistair Briggs Wow that is really lucky!

16 Nov 15

Bubblews .... it wasn't my fault !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (1784) • United Kingdom 16 Nov 15

Yesturday I posted about what was seemingly the end of Bubblews site. Today it is all over the media.... Yes .... it has gone ! I just wanted to say .....It wasn't my fault ! lol. As many of us on here were on that site we...

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Alistair Briggs Yep I was on Bubblews and yep I had 'money' in the bank that has now gone, but nope I haven't lost any money because I never had that money in the first place. ;)

16 Nov 15

Another site? Eh--no!

Stacey @xstitcher (32700) • Petaluma, California 16 Nov 15

Since BB's shut down, I thought I would go back and check out another site I used to write on. I left it because they had a bunch of silly rules (that initially turned me off to SEO/Wordpress sites) and when I went back there...

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Alistair Briggs I don't know what the other site you are referring to is...

16 Nov 15

Drive Me In

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 16 Nov 15

Do you remember the Drive In movies. I was reminded of them when I was on a little trip yesterday to get my oil changed and was driving down a country road about ten miles from the nearest city and lo and behold there was a...

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Alistair Briggs Alas the weather here puts paid to ever having drive in movies. lol

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Poetry form: Ninette

Stacey @xstitcher (32700) • Petaluma, California 16 Nov 15

The Ninette is a nine line poetry form in which the lines grow by one syllable until the fifth line. After that, the syllables decrease again to one. The first and last words may be exactly the same, synonyms, or antonyms of...

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Alistair Briggs Interesting poetic form, one I hadn't hear od before.

16 Nov 15

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Grandma Claus i am..!!!

Rosekitty @Rosekitty (19368) • San Marcos, Texas 16 Nov 15

I wanted to do something different this year and send all my grandkids a Christmas wish list for them to fill out and send back to me.. they needed to fill out 4 things... One thing they Want.. One thing they Need.. One thing they...

wish list letters

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Alistair Briggs That is a very special thing you have done indeed. Kudos. :)

16 Nov 15

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Spelling and grammar errors do not bother me.

Bella @Bella128 (2471) • United States 16 Nov 15

So I just checked out the FAQ here on this website and I was really happy that there's a rule talking about criticizing people for their spelling and grammar errors. Honestly I couldn't agree more and it's something that has...

spelling

errors

grammar

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Alistair Briggs Doesn't bother me in the slightest... although, if a person is wanting to improve always happy to help. ;)

16 Nov 15

The Abrupt Closing Of Bubblews

Anne Marie Guyer @LeaPea2417 (37379) • Toccoa, Georgia 16 Nov 15

I know many of us knew Bubblews days were numbered but honestly I thought the head guys over there would at least warn the loyal writers there when they would close. I honestly thought they would set a date. That way people could...

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Alistair Briggs Yep very rude the way they did it, but somehow that doesn't surprise me.

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Out Of Options

cassandra @Castlerock34 (2259) • Minneapolis, Minnesota 16 Nov 15

Every year I have such a hard time on what I should buy my son for Christmas, this kid has everything which is sick. he has doubled some stuff in between the 2 households. I need some advice, what would you buy a 12 year old...

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Alistair Briggs A gift voucher so he can choose something for himself. :)

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Bubblews betrayed its most loyal members

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 16 Nov 15

I've written several HubPages articles about my experiences as a Bubblews user. In each of them, even while trying to give Bubblews the benefit of the doubt, I emphasized that the site's biggest problem was not bad management...

bubblews

writing

integrity

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Alistair Briggs Personal opinion here but Bubblews biggest problem was that for far too long they were offering to pay much more money than they were ever bringing in. ;)

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