koopharper

@koopharper (7601)

Canada • Age 62

Joined myLot 12 years ago

I am building an online woodworking business. Right now I have hair sticks available for sale. More wood products are on the way. Check us out.

www.etsy.com/ca/shop/MyFamilyCountryProd

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Crows

celticeagle @celticeagle (166909) • Boise, Idaho 2 Oct

Crows are interesting birds. A group of them is called a 'murder'. There are a lot of superstitions and folklore regarding them. They love to hang out in cemeteries. Come to find out it is because there are large open areas and...

problem solving

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koopharper I was on a walk with my youngest son near the train station in town. There was a crow on the roof making some strange noises. I talk to crows all the time. I said, "You're making some strange noises up there." It looks down and clear as a bell says, "Hello". I...

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A happy day! A 49ers draft pick, shot in a robbery attempt, is going to be OK!

The Horse @TheHorse (218781) • Walnut Creek, California 31 Aug

I don't watch football as closely as I used to. But I am still a San Francisco 49ers fan "in the background." I am glad that the 49ers wide receiver, who was shot in a robbery attempt here, is going to be OK. Have you ever been...

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koopharper Glad he is going to be alright. Been a 49er fan since the early Joe Montana days. Hope he makes a full recovery quickly.

1 Sep

Have you set your totally arbitrarty MyLot goal for August 2024?

The Horse @TheHorse (218781) • Walnut Creek, California 26 Aug

Well Boy Howdy! It's already the 26th of August! Have you set your T&A goal for MyLot this month? I won't lie: with my knee injured, I have made fewer pool visits, and spent NO time cycling or hiking. That means more time on...

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koopharper I'm planning to make payout. I have .0063 to go. Any help is appreciated.

26 Aug

Are cats capable of feeling guilty?

The Horse @TheHorse (218781) • Walnut Creek, California 25 Aug

I submit for your consideration the possibility that cats may be capable of feeling contrition. Yesterday morning, I was stumbling toward Kitty's food bowl with a handful of dry kitty food in my hand. Kitty walked directly in...

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koopharper They definitely feel guilt or the cat equivalent. Dookie and Dutchess will both do something they know to be wrong, get in trouble, and then try to make amends. They are cats though and seem to be able to get over it pretty quickly.

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Another lucky night for us

Judy Evans @JudyEv (339930) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Aug

We went to a choir concert last night. They were three a cappella groups but one guy used a microphone to provide percussive sounds just with his mouth and lips. Some of the people were in several of the choirs. Our niece’s...

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koopharper From the photo, it is clear everyone was enjoying themselves. I haven't sung in a choir since my junior year of college when I was part of a quickly thrown-together choir for graduation entertainment. My daughter wanted to play in the local orchestra but it...

25 Aug

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It's official! I am a Grandpa!

The Horse @TheHorse (218781) • Walnut Creek, California 25 Aug

A fellow MyLotter suggested I get some cigars. I knew this day would come! My first sunflower is blooming! I have two other younger siblings about to bloom. My apartment is full of cigar smoke. It's 9 AM and I am already drunk...

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koopharper Congratulations it's a flower. Looks good. Our garden is currently being overrun by the pumpkin and squash plants. We're looking forward to eating those.

25 Aug

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Did you ever use "tags" on MyLot?

The Horse @TheHorse (218781) • Walnut Creek, California 23 Aug

What I first joined MyLot, payout was $10 and tags were popular on MyLot posts. I can't even remember how many years ago I joined. I think tags made "relevant posts" appear to the right of our MyLot screen, but that those...

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koopharper Had to do a little research to figure out when I joined myLot. It was May of 2009. I lost access to my first account and rejoined in 2011. I have used tags on discussions but I don't think ever on comments. Not sure I've seen any difference in responses.

23 Aug

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I forgot to mention the supports

Judy Evans @JudyEv (339930) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Aug

I’ve just written about a wooden map of Australia that is in the tourist centre in Narrogin, Western Australia. I forgot to mention the two ironwork kangaroos that form the support for the timber. You can’t see them very well in...

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koopharper I like creating and seeing creative work. I just wish I had more time to be unleashed. Cool wooden map with iron work supports.

21 Aug

Good morning, friends.

marguicha @marguicha (222965) • Chile 20 Aug

I´m waiting in bed for Anita although I should go to the kitchen and wash a few dishes. After all, she will be a guest today. But it is cold. I turned on both heaters, one to my room and the other in the dining room. I will have...

good morning tuesday

anita

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koopharper We have the opposite weather here for the time being. We are supposed to get a break from the muggy heat tomorrow. Soon it'll be fall.

20 Aug

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Busy Busy Busy

MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (82777) • United States 20 Aug

Happy Tuesday Everyone! the temperatures have dropped and it's a beautiful day. It actually feels like a Fall day rather than a summer day and I have the window open. So nice to have a break from all the heat and my a/c gets a...

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koopharper Busy busy but hard to get a lot done in the heat. We're supposed to get a break in it tomorrow.

20 Aug

The Kitty and the Gecko

Jo Ann @akalinus (43196) • United States 20 Aug

Our cat, Alex loves to sit near the glass doors and gaze out at the pond and the nature outside. He loves to see squirrels running by. A blue jay sometimes teases him by running from side to side. There is a large curtain over the...

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koopharper Dookie and Dutchess love to sit in the window and occasionally growl at something outside. We left them one window where they are allowed to sit in the sill as much as they like.

20 Aug

An enjoyable jam sesson with friends yesterday. How is your Tuesday shaping up?

The Horse @TheHorse (218781) • Walnut Creek, California 20 Aug

Actually it was practice for our September 1 gig. But we did it in Mike's back yard. It was sunny and pleasant, about 80 degrees, and we were in the shade of a large live oak tree. Beer and bad jokes were involved. Do any of you...

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koopharper Hurricane Ernesto stayed off the coast but dragged a lot of hot muggy air up here. Just sweltering right now. Liked the tune so your self promotion wasn't entirely in vain.

20 Aug

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How Do They Know?

paigea @paigea (36317) • Canada 13 Aug

Yesterday, our credit card company called to let us know Hubby's card was compromised. Someone attempted to buy hair product and yoga gear. These two transactions were flagged as suspicious. We didn't try to buy these things, so...

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koopharper Probably not just what they tried to buy but where they tried to buy it. I had a card compromised but the person who did it appeared to be trying to get the card flagged. They tried to use it to buy membership to a whole bunch of porn sites (something I'd...

13 Aug

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Weird News About President Biden

celticeagle @celticeagle (166909) • Boise, Idaho 21 Jul

I have just heard that Biden has decided not to run in the 2024 election. He sees that he is losing in the polls and feels this is the best thing for the country so he is not going to run. (Why he feels he is able to run the...

biden

kamala harris

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koopharper I'm not surprised he decided to not run. I think it was just a matter of the right people convincing him it was time to go. Love him or hate him he should just be allowed to play out his role and walk off into the sunset. Nothing will change if he is pushed...

21 Jul

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Giving birth is not always so painful.

marguicha @marguicha (222965) • Chile 21 Jul

I have been reading a post here that included childbirth. It was called "excruciating pain" by a lotter and others said that if men gave birth, our race would have ended. Thinking back, I think that when I had stones...

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koopharper I've been told that kidney stone pain is comparable to childbirth. It isn't fun but I couldn't tell you how it compares for obvious reasons. I don't think it is useful to minimize anyone's pain. I have respect for what my wife and other women have been through...

21 Jul

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Is Kitty testing my love and devotion? Or my health?

The Horse @TheHorse (218781) • Walnut Creek, California 21 Jul

Obviously, Kitty can tell I'm injured. "Lower" animals must have it in their viscera to know when a protector can no longer protest them. Or when a dying gazelle will make an easy snack, but not not taste as good as a younger...

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koopharper Just trying to get your attention I think. One of our outdoor kittens brought us a dead thing yesterday. It's still out there so at some point I'm going to have to take care of it.

21 Jul

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I wonder who gets the cents.

marguicha @marguicha (222965) • Chile 21 Jul

I have posted here about some subjects that turn into fights between a couple of mylotters. Lately this happens with politics as years ago it happened with posts about genre. And I wonder if those fight that I just read as I...

mylotting and history

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koopharper I don't get into many back-and-forth exchanges of ideas here. Maybe that's why I don't get to see very many pennies. Not that I don't have strong opinions on things.

21 Jul

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An ancient pine is being turned into guitars

Judy Evans @JudyEv (339930) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jul

Although decades old, a bunya pine (Araucaria bidwillii) known as the ‘Jesmond roundabout tree’ was cut down in 2023 to make way for an $481 million inner city bypass in suburban Newcastle, New South Wales. Growth rings put the...

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koopharper Glad the wood is being put to good use at the least. I understand that sometimes a tree needs to be cut down but I don't like to find out the materials were completely wasted. There was a lot of outcry in the US a few years back about a very large ancient tree...

21 Jul

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Well, that was disappointing

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (47308) • St. Catharines, Ontario 21 Jul

Friend picked me up at 9am and took me out to Short Hills Provincial Park to see Swayze Falls... It was down to a mere trickle, even after all the rain that we had. Didn't look anything like it does in this photo taken by someone...

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koopharper Shorthills Provincial Park brings back a lot of memories. My parents were members of the Bruce Trail Association and we hiked all through there. I don't remember that specific falls at all though. I cycled through the Short Hills all the time even before the...

21 Jul

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Trojan Attack

Jo Ann @akalinus (43196) • United States 14 Jul

The other day, a nasty Slcoker Ransom Trojan locked my laptop. It demanded that I call a number and give the Microsoft technicians remote control of my laptop so they could fix it for me, I'm sure at an exorbitant price. I...

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koopharper Sometimes these things are in your browser temp files and if you purge them they're gone.

14 Jul

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