Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (126108)

Gainesville, Florida

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Twitter: @Gator_13 Instagram.com/moffittjc

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Jeff Moffitt's Responses

My Coffee Deal Broken Down

Jim Bauer @porwest (110628) • United States 3 Nov

It's no secret to anyone who drinks coffee—prices have shot up recently. Even the bargain bin option—Walmart's Great Value—has been running nearly $14 for a 40.3 ounce can last I checked. [i]That's $5.56 per...

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Jeff Moffitt I am well stocked up on coffee right now, so I haven't been searching for any deals lately, but when I do need to buy coffee again I will definitely try to hunt some bargains. We're probably going to see even more coffee price increases in the aftermath of...

Can I Call it a Windfall?

Jim Bauer @porwest (110628) • United States 17h

I don't remember exactly when it was. A year ago, or maybe two? I'm talking about the Facebook settlement I signed up for. My payment finally arrived in my PayPal account. $35.30. I feel so vindicated. Should I jump for...

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Jeff Moffitt My payment showed up about a week ago. I'm rolling in the dough now! I have another settlement I'll eventually receive, from Amazon. It could be up to $50, but I'm not holding my breath that I'll receive the full amount. But anything is better than nothing.

11/3/25 - Meals

LindaOH @LindaOHio (205211) • United States 13h

Cousin #2 came over yesterday and did her usual. She goes shopping in my house and usually finds food or something else that she'd like to have. Now it's a chainsaw and a fondue pot. We will work out a deal for those. My PCP...

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Jeff Moffitt I can't even remember what I had to eat yesterday, so it must have been nothing good. lol And poor you for lunch! stuffed cabbage (YUCK) and beets (YUCK). That's double YUCK!

She Was All Business

Jim Bauer @porwest (110628) • United States 3 Nov

I understand that when it comes to ordering from a Chinese restaurant, sometimes it's so authentic, it's like the person taking your call on the other end just arrived from the boat yesterday. The woman who took my call had a...

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Jeff Moffitt I have had similar experiences with Chinese workers . I think it may be cultural differences, and for sure language differences. And we also have to take into account the fact that the person answering the phone is also the chef, dishwasher, cashier and...

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The Origin of the "Trick-or-Treating" Tradition

Anna @LadyDuck (486431) • Italy 22 Oct

Most of myLot members surely know that "trick-or-treating" is a Halloween tradition in which children go door-to-door and recite the phrase to receive candy. This tradition, called "souling", dates back to the...

halloween

tric or treat

traditions

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Jeff Moffitt That is very interesting. I never knew the origin of the modern trick-or-treat tradition we follow.

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Amazon Delivered the Goods

Jim Bauer @porwest (110628) • United States 1 Nov

No, I didn't order anything from Amazon. Well, not unless you count the Vitamin D and cat food that showed up recently—both courtesy of a $50 gift card from a source I won't name (lest the myLot vampires sniff it out and stake my...

amazon

stock

investing

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Jeff Moffitt All of my stocks, mutual funds and other investments have been returning solid gains all year. None of my individual stocks made as nice of a jump as Amazon did, but I've been impressed with my portfolio increases this year. And kudos to you on the big...

1 Nov

Reading on a rainy day

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (48122) • Staten Island, New York 30 Oct

I was looking forward to getting out of the house today, but it’s raining and windy so I’m stuck indoors. It’s gloomy and not where I wanna be but better than getting soaked outside. Decided to read a book. The book I started...

rainy day

reading

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Jeff Moffitt I'm glad you enjoyed reading the poetry collection. Sounds like a perfect activity on a windy and rainy day. It was absolutely beautiful today here in Florida, nice and sunny and cool, without a cloud in the sky. I actually had to wear long pants and a hoody...

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To train or not, that is the question now?

Nevena Zivkovic @Nevena83 (66032) • Serbia 27 Oct

Good day It rained all night, but today was a sunny day. I look forward to every sunny day, because I know that winter is coming soon. Today is the feast of St. Petka, known as the patron saint of women, so I didn't do anything...

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Jeff Moffitt I try to exercise, train, or go to the gym at least 5 times per week.

31 Oct

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The Horse You Came in On

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (90548) • Daytona Beach, Florida 31 Oct

The Horse You Came in On is the nifty name for a bar in Baltimore, Maryland. I happened to see this online and just had to share. This saloon can be found in Fell’s Point Historic District in Baltimore in a Colonial-era...

whiskey for the spirit of edgar allan poe

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Jeff Moffitt Maybe Poe's spirit doesn't show up to drink that glass of whiskey, but if I lived anywhere near that bar I know where I could get a free drink every night after they close! LOL

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Do you get Trick-or-Treaters where you live?

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (125153) • United States 31 Oct

Growing up we would always get a ton of them. At the house we initially had a lot and then you never knew--some years there were a lot and some years there were just a few. My ex and I aren't big into candy but leftovers were...

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Jeff Moffitt There are not a lot of kids in our neighborhood, and it's a gated community, so we have never really gotten a lot of trick-or-treaters in the past. But over the last three years we did get a small handful of kids coming by. I do have candy ready to go in case...

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About that Nuclear Option

Jim Bauer @porwest (110628) • United States 31 Oct

President Trump is urging Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster and invoke the so-called "nuclear option" to break the deadlock and reopen the government—an option that has long lingered on the table. Under current...

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Jeff Moffitt I have never been a fan of the nuclear option, even when it works in my favor. Because if the Republicans use the option now, some day in the future the Democrats will also use the option. And that scares me. I hope the dems choose to "take this one on the...

31 Oct

Happy Halloween, Kinda Sorta

Jim Bauer @porwest (110628) • United States 31 Oct

Hey, it's Halloween, so why not share something Halloweeny, right? Well, in this case it's a song I wrote back in 2002 and released called 102 Idle Stones. Not really a Halloween song at all. But hey! It's got things...

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Jeff Moffitt Within the first 10 seconds or so, I made up my mind that I didn't like it, because I thought it was too slow for my tastes. But being the good buddy I am to you, I thought it only fair that I listen to the entire track. But guess what? By about the 2 minute...

31 Oct

Are you preparing New Year's decorations?

Nevena Zivkovic @Nevena83 (66032) • Serbia 26 Oct

Good evening Today was a gloomy day, but it wasn't too cold. I hear it's going to rain all day tomorrow. I'm not happy about that. Does anyone here like rain? I went to town today to buy groceries, but I saw a lot of New Year's...

rain

money

gnomes

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Jeff Moffitt We still have Halloween and Christmas decorations in all of our stores, I haven't really seen any New Years decorations yet.

27 Oct

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Inflation refund check

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (48122) • Staten Island, New York 26 Oct

I don’t know if it’s just our state (NY) that did this but an inflation refund check just came in the mail. It’s only $400 but it is still a nice amount to get. I definitely didn’t expect it. The check is made out to hubby and...

inflation refund check

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Jeff Moffitt I haven't seen or heard anything about inflation refund checks. I wouldn't mind getting one! When it comes to deposits, most banks don't have rigid standards in place about who needs to be the one making the deposit. You're giving them money, so you could...

27 Oct

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Something Odd This Morning...

DE @DaddyEvil (160911) • United States 26 Oct

I was lying on my bed this morning, reading an ebook on my phone when the doorbell rang. It was 4:15 am... The only light on in the house is a nightlight in the hallway between our bedrooms and the bathroom. I looked out my...

doorbell

nobody there

very odd

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Jeff Moffitt That would have freaked me out. Of course, I wouldn't have opened the door at that time of night without my gun in my hand! Thankfully, I have a peephole in my door and also a Ring doorbell camera, so I can always check to see before I even think about opening...

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It Pays to Shop

Jim Bauer @porwest (110628) • United States 26 Oct

Most of the time, when it comes to most items on Amazon, things are more expensive than anywhere else, I find. So, the items I consistently buy are things I have determined are actually valued better. Bacon bits come to...

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Jeff Moffitt I found a way to get my vitamin D for free. It's called sunshine! LOL. Of course, I live in Florida where sunshine is abundant all year long!

27 Oct

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Happy Halloween from the Desk of Ivan S. Graves

Jim Bauer @porwest (110628) • United States 26 Oct

It is that time of the year again. The spooky month. Horror. Halloween. I have shared with you my alter ego, or at least one of them. R. P. Kane. And I have shared three of "his" stories here. Short shorts. [i]A...

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Jeff Moffitt How come you don't revive it, especially now that you're "retired" and can devote a lot of time to it? I love horror, and I know there are a lot of people out there that do as well.

27 Oct

One mother's story - looking for her son

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364972) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Oct

I wrote a bit about Jane Adams in my last post. By the time her husband died in 1895, Jane had had twelve children. The oldest drowned in a well at 2 ½ years old, the next died at birth, a son died aged 13 from a riding accident,...

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Jeff Moffitt In our modern times, where we don't have as many children and medicine and other technologies have advanced to the point where we don't see death of family members as much, it would break our heart to no avail to lose a child. But in the olden days, losing...

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10/18/25 - 31 Days of Halloween Movies

LindaOH @LindaOHio (205211) • United States 18 Oct

1980 - Motel Hell Motel Hell is a comedy horror film directed by Kevin Connor and written by brothers Robert and Steven Charles Jaffe. Robert said the story "sprung forth full-blown from our demented minds". The brothers pitched...

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Jeff Moffitt I've never heard of this movie, but it sounds like it would be quite a shock film.

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Where I live

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (48122) • Staten Island, New York 13 Oct

I live alone in a three-story house with a fully furnished basement. My house is surrounded by cemeteries. Whenever I am in the kitchen I can see rows of tombstones in the distance. The cemetery used to be partially blocked by...

where i live

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Jeff Moffitt Apparently, I'm a little behind in what's been going on in your life. Your husband moved out?

18 Oct

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