dragon54u

@dragon54u (31634)

United States • Age 70

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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dragon54u's Discussions

Just Crack an Egg!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 13 Jan 19

I've been curious about these quick breakfast items but at $2.49 there was no way I would try them! I was at 99¢ Only the other day and they had them for-of course-99¢ each! So I picked up 3 of them to try. This morning I...

breakfast

quick meals

versatile eggs

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Humanizing AI

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 13 Jan 19

I've noticed that there are some very clever efforts to humanize AI (artificial intelligence) devices, particularly Alexa, on the radio lately. Marketing has to be clever in order to sell things and this particular campaign is...

alexa

smart speakers

artificial intelligence

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I started a community college class in Spanish..

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 4 Sep 18

I signed up and paid for a class to learn Spanish since my DIL is from Mexico and her mother doesn't speak English. I really like her mom!! She tried to learn English but was afraid of being laughed at. Well, now I know how she...

college

classes

performance anxiety

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What are your experiences with Wish?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 20 May 18

I discovered Wish.com a couple of months ago and I've gotten some beautiful things, either for rock bottom prices or just the cost of shipping, usually just a dollar or two. I originally checked it out because the lady in my...

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Stretching the dollars--how much does one need to live?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 27 Apr 18

My state is one that is going through a teacher walk-out this week. There are a lot of things contributing to this but the one thing that puzzled me most was that they want more money and so many say that they can't live on their...

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More trouble with Swagbucks search engine (Yahoo)..

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 3 Apr 18

I've been looking up images lately, sometimes for Facebook communications, sometimes for e-cards, sometimes I'm just curious what something looks like--like I wanted to see what a thatched roof looks like. Since Sunday evening,...

images

unwelcome photos

search engines

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Tea Time with Two Grandmothers

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 29 Mar 18

Nearly every Friday my ex's wife and I get together at her house and spend time with our grandchildren. There are two girls, 4 and 5 and the baby boy 6 months old. A couple months ago we started having tea time rather than snack...

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Anyone know how to fix a split fingernail?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 28 Mar 18

I've researched it and gotten all kinds of answers. It's caused by too much moisture, or the fingers are too dry. It's caused by getting older, the Mayo clinic says. Malnutrition, another site says. But it's driving me nuts!...

split nail

fix split nails

broken nails

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I can breathe freely for the first time in years

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 20 Feb 18

When I moved to Arizona to help my son and his wife with their child 5 years ago I thought that I was having so much trouble because I moved back to a state that (1) I hate with a passion and (2) has a lot of allergy inducing...

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Life after death--become a tree!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 13 Feb 18

When I die my children are supposed to burn my remains after letting whoever wants to harvest anything useful like eyes, skin, or any other organs. Then scatter them in my home state to fertilize the earth. But today my cousin...

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Anyone else having trouble with the Swagbucks search engine?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 30 Dec 17

I'm no longer getting pages of results but only one page. And those results consist of strictly commercial sites or other search engines I can click on. And I can't get any results at all in "images". Sometimes I get no results...

search engine

swagbucks

malfunction

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I heard something rather alarming yesterday on the radio

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 27 Dec 17

The talk show host was discussing how intrusive the advertising media can be and mentioned that he was talking with a friend about fixing old cars. This was a face to face conversation, not on the internet or phone. They were...

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I was seriously depressed in the past week, a new experience.

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 27 Dec 17

The Christmas season has never depressed me, it was always a joyous time even if I was alone. This year was very different. My son's heroin addiction got out of his control and he was often in the hospital with MRSA infections....

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Charity Giving..

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 9 Dec 17

I see a lot of posts on a lot of sites for gifts for children. I have to say that a lot of these are suspect. I gladly give to those who truly need it but c'mon...a drone, an updated game controller, fragrance body spray,...

false charity

unrealistic expectations

unintentional greed

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Did you know that your oral health affect your entire body?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 6 Dec 17

I had not been to the dentist for years because my son needed a lot of work and I paid for that. I'm still paying it off 3 years later. But one of my crowns was loose so I called and went in last week. X-rays showed a huge...

dental infection

antibiotics

annual dental checkup

tooth extraction

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This Man is Changing the World

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 17 Oct 17

I have mentioned Rodney Smith, Jr. before, I think. He started a company called Raising Men Lawn Care Huntsville (in Alabama) to help people who were unable to take care of their own lawns--single parents, the elderly, veterans,...

selflessness

giving

role models

righteous examples of decency

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How do You get to Sleep?

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 10 Oct 17

Some of you know my problems with a heroin addicted son. But there have always been problems in my life. Lately I've had such trouble sleeping that I've developed a system to sleep. First I take an allergy pill around 8PM,...

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Something awful happened to my family

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 4 Oct 17

On Monday I got into my little lock box to get something and found out, to my horror, that my gun was missing. Yes, I'm a gun owner but I keep it locked away and the magazine is on the top shelf of my closet, unloaded, and the...

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My DIL is being robbed

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 7 Sep 17

My DIL has lost hundreds of dollars recently in some sort of scam. They put charges on her debit card till her account is overdrawn then she has to pay NSF fees. She says it's not her and it's not. The bank reverses the charges...

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Blended families can be complicated when it comes to grandchildren!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 25 Aug 17

The older generation is not as accepting as mine or my children's generation. I have or am going to have a lot of grandchildren! I actually only have 2 grandchildren related to me by blood and they both are fathered by my...

grandchildren

blood relations

accepting love

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