GhostCat

@GhostCat (313)

United States • Age 73

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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How many books do you own?

puccagirl @puccagirl (7294) • Israel 28 Sep 10

So just out of curiosity... since I know there are many people who read a lot here on MyLot: How many books do you guys own/have at home? In my case, I think I have somewhere between 300-400 books at the moment. I used to have...

amount of books

books

how many books

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GhostCat My husband and I have well over 6000 books. When we got married 20 years ago, we each brought around 3000 books into our combined household. We've been trying to pare down our books ever since we got married. Neither of us had gotten rid of any books. We both...

9 Oct 10

Is your keyboard as dirty as a toilet seat???

kar295rocks @kar295rocks (2116) • India 21 Mar 10

Yes, it is not a pun but a head to head comparison between a keyboard and a toilet seat. Well, BBC said that the consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying bugs that could cause food...

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GhostCat Don't use cottonbuds to clean any part of a computer. Please use something lint free. It is not good for computers, even keyboards to have lint around them, the lint can sneak in around the keys and mess up the workings of the keyboard & it it is a laptop the...

21 Mar 10

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Do you feel more comfortable eating at an high end restaurant or a fast food ?

H3idimich3ll3 @H3idimich3ll3 (150) • United States 24 Feb 10

About 3 days ago my boyfriend and i went to olive garden for the first time, there food was really great.. even tho its not an "high end" restaurnt i noticed there wasnt any paper napkins only "cloth" which made me a little...

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GhostCat Cloth napkins were around long before paper napkins were invented. They are only cloth napkins available at my home. I am much in to recycling, reusing, etc. You have just gotten use to using paper napkins. I much perfer the feel of cloth...

25 Feb 10

millions to be spent on the empire state building??

ANTIQUELADY @ANTIQUELADY (36440) • United States 6 Apr 09

did y'all hear on the news where they [individual owners] are going to spend millions on upgrading the building. they are going to paint it green now i think that's really important when there are so many homeless, hungry people...

empire

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GhostCat Greetings from Colorado! Is it spring in Tennessee? We keep having some spring type weather and then it snows agian. The weather is just teasing us something aweful.

10 Apr 09

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Should prisoners be able to get a college or university degree while in prison?

sandymay48 @sandymay48 (2030) • Canada 6 Apr 09

THis is a question that Im not sure I really have an answer for yet. I was adding up the cost it would have been for my daughter to attend university a few years back. It was between $15000-$20,000 a year. Then I read a story...

prision education

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GhostCat I don't know about the policies where live, but in many states in the US, inmates who are able to work are expected to pay for at least part if not all of the cost of thier incarceration. I am also certain, that if there is any left over (the allow them a...

10 Apr 09

Have you had problems with your doctors due to your age?

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 6 Apr 09

i have a ton of health problems and i keep running into the same problem.. my doctor i see (and i have changed doctors so many times its not even funny) will look at me.. hear what i having problems with then blow me off saying...

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GhostCat With the fibro Docs, once they have tried the main medicines (the current one is Lyrica) the is not much else the can do. I have been through physical therapy, a dozen different pills (which worked for about 24 hours for each of the aforementioned pills) and...

10 Apr 09

Making your own handbag

Canellita @Canellita (12029) • United States 31 Mar 09

I have often wanted to create my own handbag after disappointing shopping trips where I have been unable to find just what I wanted. I often make things and have considered recycling some items into simple handbags. A while...

handbags

recycle

reuse

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GhostCat For a cloth grocery bag, simply measure the width you would like by the length you want plus four inches. Sew the side seems and bottom. Press the bottom seem open, sort of push the bottom up and measure 4 inches in on the bottom on both sides. Sew across at...

9 Apr 09

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How would you react if you saw people like THIS??? lol.

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 16 Dec 08

Each to their own and all that, so don't get me wrong here! But seriously..... If I were to see two people walk past like the ones in the photo I provided, I honestly don't think I could contain myself! I obviously...

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GhostCat Yeah, well, James, there was something about your writing that did not strike me as being very Egyptian. Despite the fact that I have never left the confines of the continental United States, I have known a number of Egyptians. And there is something about the...

17 Dec 08

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common mistakes mylotters commit

pau_79 @pau_79 (790) • Philippines 16 Dec 08

im still new here but i have been around for a while and saddened most of us dont read all replies before we give a comment, correct me if Im wrong but one of the rules is 'read all comments before answering' i know its hard when...

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GhostCat There may be a whole lot of cases where someone may want to start a discussion about having gotten pregnant, married, divorces, had a child, graduated, had a child graduate or any number of things that are specific to you and may be important to your friends...

17 Dec 08

I have only 7 star ranking:-(

sanuanu @sanuanu (11235) • India 15 Dec 08

I have only 7 star ranking. I wanted it to be 9 because I love the red color. Its my favourite colour. That's why I said earlier that I don't want a star rating because I knew that I cna't get 9 star to get a red color in my...

star

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GhostCat I think you will get a 10 eventually , but I really don't know how the ratings work. I'm not sure anyone really knows, but then I've never really read the rules very closely. Mostly I just try to have interesting discussions and try to be polite and as...

16 Dec 08

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Ensure my little girl can enjoy her interest.

iwrite @iwrite (5034) • Singapore 15 Dec 08

I was a little sad when I saw an article about some talented kids have to drop of out their interest in music because social pressure. One of the fathers mention that he would be a beggar if he pursue music as a career, therefore...

career

interest

music

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GhostCat I can see that a parent might not want to commit themselves to supporting their children for life. But they should be willing to support the child through the equivalent of high school and college in his or her chosen field, if the family can at all support...

16 Dec 08

Staying logged on to MyLot - did a search - no answers

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17798) • United States 15 Dec 08

Seems this went around while back, but I've done a search in the search box above, and clicked MyLot and nothing came up on it so I ask... Normally, I log into mylot in the morning and then just leave it open throughout the day...

logs me off

stay connected to mylot

stay logged onto mylot

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GhostCat Well, good luck, I am an apple user and don't generally use any microsoft products. But I understand that they usually work ok, for most peopl. My daughter loves microst products. Good Luck again.

15 Dec 08

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husband's doess not wants to celebrate good times with me

goodtogo @goodtogo (149) • Pakistan 13 Dec 08

These good times or bad times are specifically related to my family.Now here what i mean to say is that i really want my husband to share everything related to me.It can be good or bad times with my family.and everything related...

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GhostCat Goodtogo, I really feel badly for you. I don't think my husbands behavior is quite that bad. It really sounds as though your husband really does not want to have anything to do with your family. My husband just has nothing in common with my family and finds it...

15 Dec 08