cyberopjames

@cyberopjames (483)

United States • Age 55

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Nothing to loose, only friends to gain.

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What kinds of things do "good" roommates do?

maezee @maezee (41988) • United States 31 Aug 09

I recently got 2 roommates and I want to be the BEST roommate possible. I don't necessarily want to be friends with them, but I just want to be a GOOD roommate. Other than the obvious stuff, what are some small things that I...

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cyberopjames Good roommates don't site around and let others clean the house. Good roommates work and not site around and run up the electic. My lover and I have been renting the two guest rooms in our home, but for the last couple of roommates that we have had in the...

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Trimming a cockatiel's beak?

mom2chriskel @mom2chriskel (1060) • United States 21 Jan 07

Is there an easy way to do this? My mom has my grandma's bird. She had to be put in a nursing home a year ago. We always thought they trimmed their beak's themselves but Danny Bird isn't keeping his trimmed. He has things in...

birds

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cyberopjames The best way to trim a birds beak is to use a drummel tool. A bird's beak is just like a human's finger nail. You have to be careful not to burn the bird, or trim it too short. It is better if you take it to the vet and let them do it. I have been trimming...

31 Aug 09

So I'm applying for a job at Starbucks...

saffrondreams @saffrondreams (596) • Canada 11 Jun 09

Now that school is out, this starving college student needs to find a summer job to fund her hefty tuition. I'm going to apply for to work at a Starbucks as a Barista. Where I live, there are like 4-5 stores nearby. This is...

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cyberopjames I do not want to shoot you down on your job search at "Starbucks", infact I wish you nothing but good luck. Here in my area of Palm Beach we have had 3 stores close due to Starbucks being affected by the market crash. I am a stock holder of Starbucks and it...

12 Jun 09

Is it "GLBT" or is it "LBGT?"

cyntrow @cyntrow (8523) • United States 12 Dec 08

I'm laughing because the thought just came to me. As you all know, I am an advocate for the gay rights movement. I have always seen in print, "the GLBT community." Lately, I have seen a lot of LGBT and it strikes me as amusing. Is...

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cyberopjames Well, your right how it is funny. I only hear about GLBT or GLCS (here in Palm Beach County). To me it really dose not matter what is called just as long as they good services for the community. The only thing I have a problem with is the services offered here...

13 Dec 08

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Who inspired your feelings about homosexuals?

II2aTee @II2aTee (2559) • United States 27 Aug 08

These days it seems everyone has an opinion about homosexuals. I pose this question: Who have you met in your life that helped you to form an opinion about gay people, either positivly, or negativly? What I mean to say is, if...

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cyberopjames I am a gay male had have been out from the age of 16. I am 40 years young now. I must say that my lover Jay of 8 years has inspired me. We are open about our sexuality. We are known in our community and only have had maybe 4 people that have given us any...

8 Dec 08

anybody can give me tips on how to earn in yuwie???

cuteshe @cuteshe (126) • Thailand 5 Jun 08

I had been a member of Yuwie for two months now and all I got in my earnings is $0.01...that's kinda funny huh?Thing is, I don't browse much on others' pages and I only invited one friend. However, Yuwie is still useful for me...

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cyberopjames I only use mylot any more. I did try Yuwie and never made money. I have my own free community at www.clubindosat.com and I would let my memebers know about yuwie and I would get the same responces as I get here as well as being told that they are happy on my...

5 Jun 08

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Telephone calls: the robot answered and put me on hold...

whiteheron @whiteheron (4222) • United States 30 May 08

What do you do when you call a utility, phone company or bank and get a robotic assistant that does not seem to know what you want? What do you do when you are placed on hold? I must admit that I am on hold trying to call my...

life on the phone

phone company

the on hold music and advertisements

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cyberopjames I know this feeling all too well. It just feels like you are trapped and nothing you can do about it. Comcast is really bad about this. I really hate when a company uses an auto dialer and you answer the phone just to hear dead air or a recording to call...

30 May 08

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Does Computers Release Carbon Dioxide? Laptops Too?

creator3000 @creator3000 (197) • Malaysia 22 May 08

I was wondering when I read on the magazine where it says when each person reduce usage of computers for 2 hours everyday, is amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by 1 million trees.If computers release CO 2 ,what about libraries and...

carbon dioxide

computer

enviroment friendly

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cyberopjames He is right. Computer do not give off Carbon dioxide. It is the power that you use when you are using your computer. One way to cut down on the amount of power that your computer uses is to turn off your screen when you are not using it. Yes, I know the screen...

30 May 08

Turning the computer off during a thunder storm

thebeaddoodler @thebeaddoodler (4262) • Lubbock, Texas 27 May 08

I always turn my computer off during a thunder storm. Not just the computer, but printer, modem, and monitor and I turn off the power strip that everything's plugged into. I used to not bother with it, but after having a...

weather station

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cyberopjames It is always a great idea to turn off your computer in a thunder storm. It is even better to unplug it from the wall as well. Even if you have your computer turned off a power spike can come thru and kill your power supply. I do use spike protector however I...

30 May 08

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is it right to help an unknown person ?

rajivkumar900 @rajivkumar900 (9860) • India 30 May 08

i have helped an unknow person and i really felt good at that time have you ever help any unknown person ? what was your experience..sometimes i feel people take advantage if they think we are sensible person and we will surely...

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cyberopjames Well my question is why would it not be right to help an unknown person? My lover and I have taken in many of people who need a place to stay or somewhere to take a bath. We never ask anything in return. If the person is going to be here for a long time then...

30 May 08

Trucker Blacks out and drives off pier

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 30 Dec 07

Wow! A trucker carrying "a load of Volkswagen cars drove his cab and several cars into San Diego Bay after blacking out at a marine terminal." He had some sort of medical emergency which caused the black out. He regained...

driving

medical emergencies

truckers

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cyberopjames Why dose this story not suprise me? Oh, wait I was rear ended because a trucker blacked out. I lost my grandmother in the crash. I also lost one of my dogs. I was knocked out cold and I don't really remember much about the crash. I know that it took fire...

30 May 08

Wrong spelling, grammar, or just stupid errors. Is it ok?

Insung001 @Insung001 (740) • Philippines 30 May 08

What do you feel when you have finished typing a rather long post or response, hit the submit button immediately, and then when you read it again, you noticed you got a few or a lot of wrong spelling or grammar? Would you care to...

spelling grammar

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cyberopjames I am not sure it it counts as bad for typos. I think that mylot should have a spell checking software. I know that I am not the best speller in the world and I do make mistakes with my spelling. I try to correct them before posting but you know how it is....

30 May 08

Which is better comcast or direct tv????

beccaphilly @beccaphilly (32) • United States 7 Jul 07

Which is better comcast or direct tv???? in my opinion i think comcast because on direct you have to call in order to get movie and direct they might have more channel than comcast but on comcast it is more to watch.

comcast or direct

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cyberopjames I have had DirectTV, DishNetwork, and Comcast. Even if I have had many of problems with Comcast, I would take it over the other two. One reason is that when it rains you loose your tv. Another reason is that they do not offer internet service. Direct TV has...

30 May 08

Im venting........Are you satisfied with your cable company? Is it Comcast???

BayleighGray @BayleighGray (4334) • United States 13 Sep 07

Ugh!! $121.16....thats my cable bill every month....all I want to do is watch ONE fricking channel and it doesnt work, hasnt all week long! Is it too much to ask that one channel out of 120 of them appears on my tv with NO...

cable companies

comcast cable

outrageous monthly fees

terrible service

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cyberopjames Here is one for you. I have been with Comcast for two years. The video services is for the most part ok. The internet on the other had was going down every other day. It got to the point where I had a service tech here once a week. I then moved my internet to...

30 May 08

Internet Outage?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 1 May 08

We have Comcast Cable Modem. Yesterday our internet was in and out all day. Did anybody else have a problem with this?

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cyberopjames We have had this problem in my area in Florida alot. We have not had a full week of internet service in the two years that we have been with Comcast. With in the last 3 weeks we have had a service tech at our home once a week. The funny thing is that they like...

30 May 08

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Are you in a Hurricane Prone Area?

icyorchid @icyorchid (2564) • United States 2 Apr 08

I am and let me tell you I am scared and praying non stop every June - November. I have only had to evacuate 1 time in my life and that was for Hurricane Katrina! Witch that she was scared me and my family so bad we left town and...

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cyberopjames I am on the East coast of Florida. My area was hit by 4 hurricanes between 2004 and 2005. In my area we will have blue tarps on many of the roofs. In fact just across the street from me a branch from a tree still hangs from the 2004 hurricane season. We have...

29 May 08

Gay and Lesbians

sechsey @sechsey (1831) • Canada 27 Mar 07

I often wonder how gay and lesbians became gay and lesbians. Are there any underlying factor that contributes or influences them in their lives that made them think or feel they are gay? How did they become gay and lesbians?...

people

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cyberopjames We do not just become gay. We are born gay. Of course I am gay, I have had the same lover for 8 years and I am very happy. For the most part the reason people state "why do they turn out gay?" Well it is not that fact that someone has just become can, it is...

29 May 08