cobrateacher

@cobrateacher (8432)

United States • Age 78

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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When do you normally wake up?

youless @youless (112586) • Guangzhou, China 25 Dec 15

I usually wake up early. It will be at about 6:30. After that, I will be busy with preparing for the breakfast. After breakfast, I will walk to school with my son. I like to do it everyday as I want we will have a closer...

wake up

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cobrateacher I don't do early well at all. I got up at 3:30 every morning when I was teaching, but since I retired, it's more like 9 or 10. Suits me a lot better! I always thought my first period classes got a lousy teacher because I wasn't fully awake yet...

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i have one question for all of you

ritzz07 @ritzz07 (788) • India 17 Apr 11

hi brothers and sisters suppose if one of our very good friend had done a double cross with you what should be the best option to punish him/her

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cobrateacher Ritzz, you certainly have a sad situation with which to deal. I guess my circle of friends and I are quite different. Nobody wants to punish anyone. If someone has disappointed another, they are no longer friends, and life goes on...

18 Apr 11

Time travel

ANT561able @ANT561able (9) • United States 17 Apr 11

if you had a chance what would you change. tweak a few situations or decisions so they would have worked out better

time life music travel thinking

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cobrateacher Hi, ANT! I think I'd fear the collateral damage that would occur as a result of even a minor tweak! We should accept that things are what they are, and do what we can to make the world a better place from here on!

18 Apr 11

eye for detail

ritzz07 @ritzz07 (788) • India 17 Apr 11

a visitor once told Michelangelo,"I cant see that u have made any progress since I was here the last time." Michelangelo answered,"Oh,yes,i hv made much progress.look carefully and you will see that i hv retouched this part...

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cobrateacher Hi, Ritzz! This is a wonderful illustration of the importance of every little thing...

18 Apr 11

what do you think

ritzz07 @ritzz07 (788) • India 17 Apr 11

"I DONT CARE WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME.I DO CARE ABOUT MY MISTAKES."THIS IS A VALUABLE QUOTE BY SOCRATES. My all mylot brothers and sisters this is my question to you all today how many people accept their mistakes,and how many...

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cobrateacher Hey, Ritzz! You must know a lot of people who are very different from those in my circle. Most beat themselves up over mistakes and chastise themselves for the most minor slip. I don't think I've ever met anyone for whom self-adoration is part of life...

18 Apr 11

will you whine or do something about it?

chiyochan @chiyosan (30183) • Philippines 18 Apr 11

if you have time to whine, then you have time to do something about it... do you agree? i do,and actually i admit that sometimes we cant help it and it comes naturally for us to complain and whine about things we don't see fit....

complain

do something

work

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cobrateacher Hi, Chiyosan! Most people whine and complain just to vent. They either have no idea what they could do about the problem, or they don't care enough to do anything about it. I always ask people who are whining or complaining what it is they plan to do about...

18 Apr 11

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Aliens are....racist?....wait! WHAT!?

Zeitzbach @Zeitzbach (79) 18 Apr 11

I'm one of those people who usually believe in aliens and supernatural stuffs. However, I've been reading a bunch of their article after searching it using the mylot search bar and I've come to notice something that is troubling...

aliens

racism

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cobrateacher Hi, Zeits! I have no doubt about the existence of aliens. I think you're seeing the results of poor reporting. Not all who have encounters report them, and not all reports are publicized. The reporter's feelings about the issue may have quite a strong...

18 Apr 11

The fine line between use and abuse.

megamatt @megamatt (14291) • United States 18 Apr 11

The use of something really is not too much of a problem. However, when people use something, like alcohol or pain medication so much that they kind of build up a tolerance to it, that crosses over from use to abuse. The abuse of...

abuse

use

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cobrateacher Hi, Megamatt! Usually, when medication is prescribed for a specific purpose, it is not addictive. However, if it must be taken for a very long time, it will then become addictive. The user becomes an abuser, and the effects become very different from those...

18 Apr 11

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Will it be as importatnt to me in..let's say 10 years?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 22 Jan 11

My job is very important to me right now and I have been there a long time. I am thinking to myself..in ten years..will I still care as much about it as I do now? My girls will be grown in that time...well grown.. and I won't have...

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cobrateacher For 4 decades, I was almost entirely defined by my job, and I loved it. In the last couple of years, it became difficult, unpleasant, and totally in violation of the ethics I hold dear, so I retired. Now, it has very little importance. I find news stories...

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You cannot do anything about it....

laydee @laydee (12798) • Philippines 22 Jan 11

These days, I have done a lot of thinking. I guess circumstance has forced me to think about some of the realities of life that I try to go against - but no matter what I do, I cannot do anything about. For instance, regardless...

cannot do anything about it

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cobrateacher Hi, Laydee! Circumstances may seem impossible to alter, but that's rarely the case. How we perceive and act upon what happens in our lives may change the entire situation. We can't just let life happen to us; we must do all we can to make it happen FOR us!

24 Jan 11

What Is Money Anyway?

Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine @mythociate (21432) • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 22 Jan 11

Steel-magnate Andrew Carnegie regarded it (according to his student, writer Napoleon Hill) as 'the honest wage an honest worker receives for an honest day's work.' And I happen to agree. But many do not, including (possibly)...

andrew carnegie

honest wages

napoleon hill

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cobrateacher Deep questions! Money means only the value we ascribe to it. Not everyone works for what they get, so it can't be a record of one's work. It's more a record of one's ability to purchase goods and services, and to live without worry of poverty...

24 Jan 11

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Why Do People Think They Can Forgive without Forgetting?

Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine @mythociate (21432) • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 22 Jan 11

In a Bible-study today we were talking about 'forgiving others' (I think we were reading one of the prophet Isaiah's servant-songs ... about how God's Servant is spit-upon and judged-unfairly and yet forgives). And what struck...

grace

must forget

true forgiveness

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cobrateacher I agree! If you remember what you were upset about, you haven't really forgiven anyone at all. Just saying the words doesn't make it factual.

24 Jan 11

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why is it said that the arctic and antartic have many features in common?

kirtricks @kirtricks (650) • India 23 Jan 11

why is it said that the arctic and antartic have many features in common?

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cobrateacher Hi, Kirtricks! They're alike in that they're at the poles, and that they're cold and snowy. Otherwise, they're not alike at all.

24 Jan 11

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The Great Oblation Run!

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27560) • Philippines 14 Dec 10

The Alpha Phi Omega is staging the annual Great Oblation Run tomorrow at Palma Hall, noontime. In case the passersby get shocked, the whole purpose of the naked run is to attract attention about the issues that are besetting the...

philippines

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cobrateacher Hi, Eileen! I hope it's a lot warmer there than it is here. I've lived in Miami all my life, but I don't remember ever being this cold! I might not leave the house at all! And I bundle up as well as I can!

14 Dec 10

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politic

alokijon @alokijon (665) • Malaysia 4 Dec 10

Have you join any political party yet? Well for me, I haven't. There are many reasons why I haven't join any party yet. The main thing is that I can see that politicians are working for themselves. I can say it is a lie with the...

politic

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cobrateacher Hi! Frankly, I find it annoying that one must declare party affiliation in order to vote in primary elections, so I did. However, I've never voted for any reason connected in any way with political parties. I find out all I can about each candidate and issue,...

5 Dec 10