hooklady

@hooklady (17)

United States • Age 76

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Buying and Selling Antiques and/or Collectibles

hooklady @hooklady (17) • United States 22 Dec 08

We all want to make money on the internet. I would like to know how many of you are collectors? What you collect? Have you made any money buying and selling? If so how and where other than eBay do you find a market for your...

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Making your own blog

CRSunrise @CRSunrise (2981) • United States 19 Dec 08

Does anyone know how to make a blog? I'm interested in making more money, and I've seen people talk about blogs in their profile. Can anyone help me with this? I would preferably like to start with a free blog if there's a such...

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hooklady Thanks for this information. I have listened to the Joel Comm you tube recordings and find it very helpful. So again, thanks for the information. Hope you have good luck in your internet endevors.

22 Dec 08

What food did you give up to lose weight?

hooklady @hooklady (17) • United States 21 Dec 08

I am trying to lose weight and heard on some TV show that just giving up one high calorie food would help over a year's time. I'm trying to take off weight slowly but it is a pain. I gave up coca colas and cheese. I have cut...

this made me mad

prettygirl_80650 @prettygirl_80650 (306) • United States 21 Dec 08

ok i have 3 pcs in my house and each are hooked to the internet 1 for my hubby 1 for my children and then there is mine. the childrens pc is parental protected . This morning i woke up to a picture of miley cyrus nude on my desk...

xrated pictures

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hooklady It could be a hacker or a virus. I would scan the PC with virus protection and then if I had children in the house I would put the same parental controls on all the PCs. Trust but verify.

21 Dec 08

What is your favorite saying

hooklady @hooklady (17) • United States 21 Dec 08

When I first started to work and would compain about something that happened in the workplace, my father would always say "That's why they call it work, if it was fun they would call it something else." I have always remembered...

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hooklady I wrote this down so i don't forget it. Thanks. Hope you don't mind is I adopt it too.

21 Dec 08

What is your favorite saying

hooklady @hooklady (17) • United States 21 Dec 08

When I first started to work and would compain about something that happened in the workplace, my father would always say "That's why they call it work, if it was fun they would call it something else." I have always remembered...

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hooklady I too go by sayings in my life. Something about just repeating them calms me down and helps with stress.

21 Dec 08

What is your favorite saying

hooklady @hooklady (17) • United States 21 Dec 08

When I first started to work and would compain about something that happened in the workplace, my father would always say "That's why they call it work, if it was fun they would call it something else." I have always remembered...

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hooklady An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...I had forgotten that one too.

21 Dec 08

What is your favorite saying

hooklady @hooklady (17) • United States 21 Dec 08

When I first started to work and would compain about something that happened in the workplace, my father would always say "That's why they call it work, if it was fun they would call it something else." I have always remembered...

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hooklady These are great. I had forgotten "Pretty is as pretty does. Thanks for reminding me.

21 Dec 08

Which books do u like?

rahultheassasin @rahultheassasin (107) • India 21 Dec 08

hey guys, there have been a lot of great books by many a great writers... which ones did u lay ur hands on? any kind will do - romance , fiction , biograpahies, etc... what r ur interests when it comes to books? suggest some...

romance fiction

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hooklady I'll read just about anything but particularly like mysteries.

21 Dec 08

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What is your favorite saying

hooklady @hooklady (17) • United States 21 Dec 08

When I first started to work and would compain about something that happened in the workplace, my father would always say "That's why they call it work, if it was fun they would call it something else." I have always remembered...

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What do you think of Google's New Browser

hooklady @hooklady (17) • United States 21 Dec 08

Is anyone using Chrome as their web brower? What do you think?

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It's either IE or firefox.

Marty @marty3888 (2355) • Acme, Michigan 21 Dec 08

I only had IE for a long time. I kept getting these error messages "IE.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows." Someone told me they installed firefox and all those error messages disappeared. Exited, I downloaded...

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hooklady Unfortunately there is no perfect Web browser, I have found that some work better with some web pages than others. Regardless of which browser you use, be sure to keep it up to date with releases. Set it for automatic updates if possible. That sometimes...

21 Dec 08

A Website I found

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32191) • United States 29 Oct 08

Well on my adventure to learn how to crochet I have asked people from here on mylot and also recently on LJ, besides asking my own mother who is a pro at crochet. Well I found a website that I really like, and especially her...

serious discussion

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hooklady Cool website...another you might want to try is Crochetville although it is a .org if you put .com you'll get a lot of junk.

21 Dec 08

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Here's a quick gift

DCMerkle @DCMerkle (1281) • United States 16 Nov 08

Today I went to CVS Pharmacy today. I had a few things to get that was on sale. I saw a plain fleece throw that was 50x60 for 7.99. I got this idea. I know how to do some really nice edgings for crochet and I know how to do...

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hooklady This is a great idea. There is a tool called an EdgeryDoo that helps in creating holes evenly on your fleece. You can google it to find out more.

21 Dec 08

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Learned something new

sweetdesign @sweetdesign (5142) • United States 18 Dec 08

I have been trying to teach myself some new things in crochet. I learned how to do the shell stitch last night. I love it and it is easy. Seems to make the process a lot faster than sc or dc also. Or atleast it seems that way to...

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hooklady I have been crocheting for 30 years and love it. You have the basics down the stitches are the single crochet (sc), the double crochet (dc), the treble crochet (tc). There is a double treble and a triple treble. Then combining these is various combinations...

21 Dec 08

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This is strange should I be concerned?

apples99 @apples99 (6556) • United States 20 Dec 08

Ok I just turned on my computer on about 15 minutes ago, and I was changing my screen saver and after that, I opened my web browser and this message appeared out of the blue, and it said male wear detected please scan computer...

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hooklady This is absolutely the correct answer. Anytime you get those kind of pop ups do exactly what you did and close the pop up or close the browser. Gohan2091 is correct about the malware software removers it is good to have and run regularly. Also, be wary or...

21 Dec 08