mivvvy

@mivvvy (174)

Netherlands • Age 80

Joined myLot 13 years ago

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Have you read the books by P G???

mr_pearl @mr_pearl (5018) • India 19 Oct 11

Hi... Before a few weeks, I bought a book written by P. G. Wodehouse. I just finished reading it. It is amazing book, truly. In fact I'd never imagined that one could ever write so lightly & make others feel pleasent. The name of...

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mivvvy P.G. Wodehouse is one of my favourite aurhors. I possess all of his books, not quite true, because I haven't got some of his juvenilia like The Man with Two Feet. I started collecting Wodehouse in the 1960s. Many people who bought his books when they were...

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Long Desire Destination

albto_568 @albto_568 (1268) • Costa Rica 17 Oct 11

Is there any place in the world, where you have the desire to go one day?, maybe a far away place, that you really want to visit before you die?, in my case, ever since I was a child, I have had the desire of going to the...

hermitage

russia

traveling

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mivvvy I once wanted to go to Australia, but not any more. Our travel dreams may suddenly disappear because our interest change. Like you, I would love to go the St Petersburg and see the Hermitage Museum. One reason I would like to see the museum is that they...

18 Oct 11

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Do you still iron your clothes?

gicolet @gicolet (1702) • United States 17 Oct 11

A lot of people don't anymore but I still do. I don't iron the wash and wear ones as well as my husband's work jeans but I do iron most of my family's clothes. My friend said i should stop it as it does hurt my arm and back...

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mivvvy I love ironing! Strange but true. My two main reasons for loving this work are: 1. clothes, sheets, tea towels look nice and smooth after being ironed 2. while ironing, I listen to the radio, radio plays, discussion programmes, news etc. I don't iron...

18 Oct 11

Have you encountered Mylot running slow

stuckonu @stuckonu (726) • Philippines 17 Oct 11

For almost an hour today, I wasn't able to access Mylot fully. I mean, it's coming up but it was extremely slow. The page was not loading fully and sometimes the screen just turns white. But I'm glad it was fixed now. And no, it...

mylot

slow

today

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mivvvy MyLot is often very slow to load the pages. I don't think it is my internet connection because other sites load fast. I have experienced this mostly when America is still in bed, between the hours of 02:00 - 07:00 MyLot time.

18 Oct 11

Across the water, in the air or overland

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 17 Oct 11

When I was a child my family used to go across the English Channel on a ferry. I liked going on the Hover Speed when I was in my twenties and early thirties. I was 14 years old on my first flight which had been from London to...

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mivvvy I remember the Hovercraft, but did not take this crossing very often. I usually went Hook of Holland - Harwich and took that innumerable times. These days the Stena Line catamaran is so much faster than the old ferries of Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland. Stena...

17 Oct 11

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Do you write a diary when you travel?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 17 Oct 11

I think that it is worth writing a diary when on a vacation or trip overseas and it is superb to take photos. I have written some diaries of some of my trips which I have enjoyed reading years later. I put my travel photos in...

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mivvvy Writing a diary about my trips is essential for me. It means I remember where I have been. This year I went on a two-month cycling trip from the Netherlands to the Polish border and back. Every day, we were in a different place and in a different hotel....

17 Oct 11

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Near Accident

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 17 Oct 11

As I was driving to the other house today to take the trash to the cans, I had to stop at a red light. Before my light turned green several people going in the opposite direction were making left turns in front of me, as they had...

accidents

breaking cell phone law

using cell phone while driving

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mivvvy The discussion about driving while chatting or conducting business on a hand-held-phones is a lot in the news where I live. The same applies for people adapting their navigation system. If caught you can be fined anything between 180 and 2000 euro, (250 - 2800...

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I am getting old

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32191) • United States 16 Oct 11

I get online and visit all the sites I usually do EXCEPT I felt like I was missing something. Wracking my brain for a few minutes, typing in all the sites again, I go "oh well I'll remember it." I JUST thought.. "wait I...

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mivvvy Getting older is something that cannot be prevented. It will just happen. It is not so much getting older, but feeling old. As long as you don't FEEL old, there is nothing to worry about. Forgetting things is normal. The thing is that when we get older, we...

16 Oct 11

Printer Ink Doesn't Last 5 Minutes!

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 15 Oct 11

I can't remember where I bought the so-called high-yield HP black printer ink but I reckon it was probably a site like Amazon. The thing is, it wasn't "high-yield" at all! According to the description (on HP packaging) I should...

printer ink is rubbish

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mivvvy Printer ink is a rip-of. I had a Canon printer which used separate cartridges for colours. If one ran out I could not use the other colours, not even just black. I thought to be clever and buy a printer that only prints in black, but they don't exist. I now...

16 Oct 11

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Is grapefruit good for us?

jessica_red @jessica_red (9) • Romania 15 Oct 11

I have heard that grapefruit could make us get sick if we eat too much. I love eating grapefruit at least twice a week. What do you think?

fruit

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mivvvy Grapefruit is full of vitamin C and very good for you. But if you are on medication it is good to know that grapefruit interacts with medicines. Many people drink grapefruit juice for breakfast. This is also the time that many people takes their medication....

15 Oct 11

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What do you think about people that but the newest cell phones that come out?

jessica_red @jessica_red (9) • Romania 15 Oct 11

I have been thinking about getting a new phone, but I don't know if I should go for something that just got out on the market like the iPhone 4S or something a tad older like Samsung galaxy mini. What do you think?

iphone

phone

samsung

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mivvvy Buying a new IPhone depends on how much money you can spend and how much you need to replace your old one. If the old one doesn't work properly anymore it's time to buy a new one, but think first. Compare prices to see where you get the best deal. If you...

15 Oct 11

Pankakes as a main dish: delicious!

marguicha @marguicha (223001) • Chile 10 Oct 11

When we think of pankakes, we tend to imagine all sorts of syrups, butter and cream over them. They are awesome, but they are a bomb. If there´s a mylotter nutritionist, I wish he/she would enlighten us on the dangers of this...

cooking

eating

pankakes

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mivvvy Pancakes are often eaten as the main meal, especially in families with children. It is also customary that the father makes them (I live in the Netherlands). Dutch pancakes are thicker than crepes and larger. When I make them I use the largest frying pan I...

15 Oct 11

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hitchhiking

doggydimon @doggydimon (1369) • Philippines 14 Oct 11

I remember when I was still young, I often see scenes from American movies people hitchhiking. Has anyone tried this? Can you share your experience from doing it? If you are traveling and on a budget, will you try doing it?

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mivvvy I hitch hiked all around the British Isles, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland. This was 47 years ago (how time flies!). I would say hitch hiking was less dangerous in those days, but not 100% safe. I did not go on my own,...

14 Oct 11

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Will you oblige your child (ren) to share with the home expenses?

bingskee @bingskee (5234) • Philippines 14 Oct 11

In the Philippines, it is a common scenario that children are obliged to share in the household expenses. Children who have graduated from high school or college and was able to get a job should or must help in the household...

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mivvvy I know that in my country some families oblige their children to contribute to the household expenses. My parents never asked this from me and I never asked my children. The situation is of course different when the parents are out of work. In that case it...

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Do you pass chain text if you receive one?

r3jcorp @r3jcorp (1382) • Philippines 8 Oct 11

I regularly receive chain text, something that says like our good Lord knows that I am suffering and He will give me good fortune or a blessing if I send this to 8 people. Or sometimes it tells of a money bags and stuff. When I...

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mivvvy I had almost forgotten that chain texts exist. I haven't received one for ages. The last one I recieved was in as amial, and I did not dend it on because I don't believe in these. I consider them spam. It is now easy to distribute them via e-mail. When I...

14 Oct 11

How Can You Get a Woodpecker to Keep Quiet?

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 13 Oct 11

Since I got up this morning, a woodpecker has been rat-a-tat-tatting on the overhang outside my office window. It's driving me nuts. He will probably keep doing it on a daily basis, as he has in past years, until the men in white...

birds

noise

woodpeckers

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mivvvy I love this question and can almost visualize you hands over your ears to shut out the noise. If I were you I would adopt a cat, a good hunter, who will chase the woodpecker away and keeps you company.

14 Oct 11