kay lar

@jaylar (371)

Kingston, Jamaica • Age 75

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How Not To Be Used

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 17 Sep

It is really simple. Have no use. There's a horrible woman in this district who has used everyone she met. So I decided to have no use. If I was going shopping she'd ask me to pick up a few things for her. Having been told...

using people

rip off

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8 people

Beginning to Hate Gmail

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 17 Sep

Many of us ran into Gmail when it started 20 years ago. Thought it was a good site. Ha! Every day I get a pile of crap. Yeah, send this to trash. that to spam, but it doesn't stop. I warn everyone, if you don't have Gmail,...

gmail

privacy

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9 people

Maybe a Climate Change Plus

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 14 Sep

Just saw this article on CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/13/weather/sahara-desert-green-climate/index.html If the Sahara desert is 'going green' it would be a plus. It is supposed to be the driest place on...

climate change

sahara desert

going green

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1 person

Weather Forecasts?

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 14 Sep

In ancient days, because I was afraid of hurricanes, I joined the Parish Disaster Committee. I had found a site which insured yachts so used it to track storms. Think of it, if a storm damages a yacht that insurance company...

hurricane

advisories

accuracy

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Pandemic

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 13 Sep

I was reading something about how people were locked in during the pandemic and had to feel a sense of brilliance. When the pandemic hit, I had been living in one of the upscale busy areas. Three different supermarkets in easy...

pandemic

lock down country life

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2 people

Two Crazy Subsitutes that Taste Better

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 11 Sep

I didn't have eggs to make the cake so tried apple sauce. It was fantastic! I'll always use apple sauce when the baking recipe demands eggs There was no tomato sauce at the shop so I bought ketchup. A little bottle of ketchup....

ketchup

apple sauce

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5 people

Faight and Look at the Other Guy

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 11 Sep

There's a term we use which is the title of this article. Simply put, you do something but make it look like it was someone else. Odette is going to steal she babbles about how Miriam is a thief. Tony says something to...

diversion

trick

1 person

Broken Finger

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 6 Sep

Riding on the road. car coming towards me. Hits the side of my right hand. I focus on keeping the bike steady and I do. Think my little finger is bruised. Go o the hospital. It's broken. Doctor wraps up my hand in such a...

broken finger

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5 people

Another Storm

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 4 Sep

Although not a hurricane, yet, a storm has hit Jamaica with terrible wind, pouring rain and so dark and cloudy I can't see beyond the balcony. Light is up and down and Internet could go at any minute. And the worst part is that...

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5 people

Natural Products

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 2 Sep

When I was a baby my mother used olive oil and cornstarch on me. I used the same on my children because it is edible. If a baby puts a hand on the oil and then in the mouth, or on the cornstarch, it's okay. It's food. Not so...

cornstarch

olive oil

talcum powder

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4 people

Pendulum Swings

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 2 Sep

When Angela Merkle opened Germany and demanded the rest of the E.U. welcome migrants, I knew this Far Right would be given a red carpet. In the past migrants were vetted. Ellis Island, was where migrants landed and were checked...

german elections

angela merkle

immigration

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1 person

No Evil Deed Goes Unrewarded

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 1 Sep

The Horse wrote about the negative response to a good deed and I commented, mentioning the obverse. This is a true story. I stopped at the gas station in Harbour View to get gas and smokeums. I got the gas, walked into the...

evil deed

free teddy bear

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2 people

Living in a Kakistocracy

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 30 Aug

In most countries there is some kind of obligation those who hold office have for the citizens. Not in the Kakistocracy of Jamaica. Politicians are in it for the money and power, and only care about the voters just before...

television

kakistocracy

jamaica

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2 people

Genetically Modified

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 29 Aug

I was at the supermarket and the owner and I were buying 'plummy' tomatoes. These are little tiny things. Like me, she was also selecting handicapped looking vegetables. No foot long carrots or perfect sweet peppers but items...

vegetables

natural

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3 people

Cheating

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 28 Aug

I was just remembering in 2010 when I joined Facebook to play Scrabble. One of my best friends was there, and was a top scorer. Now that's impossible. My friend is full on dyslexic. He spells his on name wrong...

scrabble

facebook

cheating

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5 people

More Fake News

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 27 Aug

The other day it was one big story on social media... how OIL was found in Jamaica! Now I was a bit skeptical.. then the Minister came on and said no oil was found. But people felt he was lying. Now the newspaper is doing its...

oil

jamaica

hoax

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5 people

Cut Rate Cut Quality

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 27 Aug

It wasn't until Beryl I learned so many houses suffered unnecessary damage, especially leakage. This was because nearly every time a workman is hired and gives his quote the people whine and ask him to 'take something...

workman

job

discount

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1 person

Becoming a Flake

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 26 Aug

People who can't be relied on are called a 'Flake'. They may be fun, everyone likes them, but they can't be given even the slightest responsibility because a Flake is.. Flakey. No one asks a Flake to organise anything.. When...

responsibility

tasks

flake

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2 people

Having to Wait

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 25 Aug

Every Sunday, well almost every Sunday, the ice cream man comes. He knows what I like so will have a chocolate chocolate cup for me. The thing is, he comes some time between like 1:30 and 2:30. So I have to be on spot or else...

ice cream

waiting

cove

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5 people

I've Taken Your Advice

kay lar @jaylar (371) • Kingston, Jamaica 24 Aug

Okay, I march back onto Reddit. I'm ready for anything. I read a post, and I make a detailed comment. Can prove every word. And then! Someone pops up to attack my every comma! And I take a deep breath, and type;...

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2 people