John

@mac1946 (1602)

Calgary, Alberta • Age 78

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Discussions (44)

John's Discussions

Canada Post Office

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 23 Feb 12

Now I have always known that basically all government staff in charge of the different departments are airheads,but today I proved it. The idiot I had on the phone this morning was one of the DP's the stupid government hires...

government stupidity

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Stress or depression,do you know the difference ?

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 1 Feb 12

I have found that many people that think they are depressed are actually only stressed,and while this is very much like depression,is much easier to fix. As I am 65 years of age,over my life I have found that stress starts at...

depression

stress

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Depression and Love

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 25 Feb 11

As I have had sever clinical depression all my life,I has caused me to be very shy,so due to this,I have never married,but now,I find I am quite lonely. My main problem is that I do not know how to meet girls,nor talk to them as...

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plastic bag hypocrisy

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 2 Oct 10

I am sorry,but I am getting so mad about the bull of the stores and government telling everyone how terrible the plastic bags are and making you pay extra for them. These bags have been in use for decades and so long as they are...

environmental damage

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Taboos

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 29 Sep 10

Many people have some form of taboo's that they will not talk about or find so embarrassing that they would leave the room if this subject were to come up. What do you find you cannot talk about? Do you have a taboo? Hope to...

Why are people so stupid?

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 26 Aug 10

I know this is going to be hard for many to not take offence of,but I mean,why do we need all these laws to tell us we must except every one on an even level,when this is impossible? There is no longer free speech,free...

hatred

racism

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There are a lot of questions of how to stop terrorizm.

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 9 Aug 10

My question is,what is the main cause of world wide terrorizm? before we can stop it,we must understand why there are people wishing to kill in the worst ways possible. any takers?

terrorizm

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Scare tactics to steal money

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 29 Jul 10

How many people actually fall for the scare tactics used by stores and the governments against plastic ? Now they are charging an "environmental tax" if you use plastic bags at the big stores(1)they are getting rid of these bags...

plastic bags

Do you think it will be possible to run for political office.

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 2 Mar 10

As we all know,it costs a lot for the advertising for a person to be able to run for office,so basically,only the rich are able to. But now that we have so many open internet sites we can use for purpose,do you think it will...

advertising for political office on internet

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rubber/plastic underwear

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 1 Jan 10

As an environmentalist,I try to change people from using disposable diapers and pull-ups and using cloth diapers training pants with plastic pants,but while a great many mom's will have their children showing them wearing the...

plastic pants

rubber

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How did it evolve,that only the rich can run for political office?

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 27 Sep 09

I know many people in both the United Staes and Canada,that have very great idea's on how we can run the country far better than the types of people that are able to run for office only because they are rich enough to buy their...

politics

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Honest polititions

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 20 May 09

Can anyone here describe an honest politition? I know in my 60 odd years,I have only found one that actually was working for the public,not money. Can anyone else think of what one has done for the good of all? thank you in...

honest politition

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reknewable resources

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 31 Jan 09

Being taught in school that oil comes from the decomposed bodies of the dinasaurs, if that is the case,did the same thing happen to all the human and other animals that died and were buried? If this is a normal means of...

reknewable resorces

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Economic problems

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 7 Dec 08

with the government bailing out big enterprizes to try and help people keep working,I can't help but wonder why they do not realize that they are mainly at fault for this problem by not controlling the interest rates of credit...

if oboma wins?

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 4 Nov 08

Are there any guesses on how long he will remain in office? From what I have seen and read,if he lasts more than a month,I think it will be strange. The U.S.is very well known to shoot presidents they don't like,and as most of...

oboma

politics

shooting

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Do people actually listen and think?

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 10 Sep 08

Being Canadian,we have our own problems with polititions honesty as do basically every country,(at least so called democratic countries). But I have been watching the American runaround for a while now,and I just can't understand...

obama

politics

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earning money in todays society?

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 15 Jun 08

Is it just me,or does it seem to you as well,that a great many people today are always looking for the easy,lazy way to earn money? I mean,look at all the people on this great site,that want to do nothing but sit at the computer...

life

working for a living

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Politics and illegal immigrants

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 4 May 08

My question is for all the Americans here that are presently having problems with the illegals entering the country. I do not know if or how many citizens of the U.S. are aware,that Canadians and I figure Mexicans cannot become...

illegal immigrents

politics

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Earth day

John @mac1946 (1602) • Calgary, Alberta 22 Apr 08

As this is earth day,I have read the paper on all the work being done to clean up the roads,lakes,river banks and the other great ideas,I must ask,how many people with young children switched to cloth diapers or training pants...

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