mortysmadhouse

@mortysmadhouse (226)

Australia • Age 47

Joined myLot 14 years ago

Just trying to stay sane whilst raising our two autistic boys - and succeeding!!

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Shouldn't Discussions Have Expiration-Dates?

Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine @mythociate (21432) • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 20 Apr 13

I can't really think WHY outdated topics (like 'America Finds Osama bin Laden') should have expiration dates, except to put them in a different 'category' than currently valid discussions. I mean; I saw the 'US...

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mortysmadhouse Do discussions have an expiration date do they? I have yet to see one lol! I really hope that they do not. I like replying to discussions that interest me. If a discussion is older, who knows, if might be made relevant again simply by somebody responding to...

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Did I do the right thing?

jahernandezrivas @jahernandezrivas (11288) • United States 20 Apr 13

I was walking home from the store the other day and as I was walking home I saw this girl walking this really cute dog, so I said O my god! The dog is so pretty! It was a small dog and it looked like a German Shepard my dream dog!...

walking around thinking

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mortysmadhouse I think you did the right thing. I, too, would have stayed with her until her mother arrived. She was upset and hurting and in need of assistance - I am so glad to hear that you did the right thing, it makes me so happy to know that there are indeed good...

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A Strange Call

jahernandezrivas @jahernandezrivas (11288) • United States 20 Apr 13

Today I got a phone call and if you guys remeber I was thinking of searching ways to earn more on line other than what I do now which are all trusted sites that took me years to realize which were scams and which were not! But...

strange

work

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mortysmadhouse I have heard of the Empower Network over the years but have never signed up with them. I feel that if you have to pay in order to earn online with a program that it is not a very good program. Or that the people who enter the program at the end of it's cycle...

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Have you ever lied to your mom?

Ashokraj @Ashokraj (107) • India 20 Apr 13

Everyday i have to lie to my mom. Everyday she asks me "did you go to class today?". Even if i didn't go o class, i say, "yes mom, i went". I can't avoid this. If i tell the truth, my mom will worry about me. That's why i lied to...

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mortysmadhouse Unfortunately, yes I have lied to my mum and, like you, it's to keep her happy. I think we are so worried about making our parents happy and trying not to upset them, that we feel that we have to tell white lies in order to maintain the peace.

20 Apr 13

Have you tried online shopping?

vycess @vycess (1588) • Saudi Arabia 20 Apr 13

I just tried it yesterday. I purchased items like antique neclaces and watches for my mom's upcoming birthday. I also bought a leather wallet for my dad. I just don't know when will they exactly gonnsa received it. I hope they can...

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mortysmadhouse I love online shopping and have been shopping this way for a little over 9 years now. Payapl is one of the safest ways to pay for items over the internet as you have buyer protection. What this means is that if your items fails to arrive within a certain time...

20 Apr 13

Is two timing your partner bad or just a sign that you are no longer in love ?

urvisimba @urvisimba (31) • India 19 Apr 13

iv seen alot of people get away with two timing their partners saying they were just in the confused phase where they were no longer in love and getting over 1 relation and jumping into the next one but had yet not just broken the...

cheat

love

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mortysmadhouse To cheat on someone is an extremely horrible thing to do and there is never any explanation that can justify the act. The relationship ought to be over then and there. It's a massive betrayal of trust. There are much more mature ways of dealing with the...

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Stress stress stress, when will it end.

ardoy0731 @ardoy0731 (7308) • Philippines 18 Apr 13

Stress stress stress, when will it end. Most of us in the office are under so much pressure and stress due to new management that will take over by May yet no clear and concrete answer to all the queries but we are letting other...

busyness

stress

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mortysmadhouse Oh no! I hope that the stress you are under eases up in the near future. It's always difficult when there is new management as you just want to do the best job so that they are happy with the work that you do. I'm sure you will get through it ;)

18 Apr 13

Do you feel you are limited with earning online?

Brooke @o2bnocn (2992) • United States 16 Apr 13

Do you feel like you are limited with earning online?

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mortysmadhouse Yes and no, it depends lol! I know that there are ways of earning money online but it is just matter of knuckling down and doing what needs to be done. Good luck with everything!

18 Apr 13

As the heat of the summer goes high, so as the consumption of water nowadays...

airasheila @airasheila (5454) • Philippines 17 Apr 13

A pleasant day Fellow Mylotters, Well, as the heat of the summer goes high, so as the consumption of water nowadays. As I have observed, people tend to buy a bottled water to drink rather than a bottle of cola. And not only...

consumption

suggested retail price

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mortysmadhouse It's great that more people are buying bottled water over all that carbonated soft drink. However, like you, I have noticed that the price of bottled water has increase dramatically over the years. It is annoying! I tend to purchase bottled water in bulk lots...

18 Apr 13

what inspires you most?

Lana @inopiratum_a_medio12 (877) 17 Apr 13

many of us gets inspired by our family but i wonder how does the others gets their inspiration aside from family. I met a good friend from college who has avery strong personality even she's experiencing severe bully such as being...

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mortysmadhouse That's great that she was able to not let the bullying at school worry her. She really is someone who is inspirational =D For me, I admire families who have children with special needs. Having two boys within the autism spectrum myself, I look for strength...

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Do you have time to enjoy the sunshine in the morning?

qianlizhifeng @qianlizhifeng (468) • China 17 Apr 13

It is such a small question to ask you that most of us have ignored the question in our daily life.When you get up quickly,have a quick breakfast and rush to the bus stop,you may forget to enjoy the beautifully warm sunshine. It...

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mortysmadhouse Until recently, I never thought I had the time to enjoy the sun as I used to try and do too much in the mornings before taking my boys to school. This year I have made some changes to the morning routine and have also started gardening - I now make sure I DO...

17 Apr 13

Margaret Thatcher Liked

Artemeis @artemeis (4194) • China 9 Apr 13

I liked and admired the late Margaret Thatcher and it really disturbs me when the media at this part of the world could be so careless with the news announcing her passing. Undoubtedly, the most feisty courageous female...

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former prime minister

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mortysmadhouse Here in Australia, Margret Thatcher's passing was treated with the respect and empathy that she deserves. John Howard gave a touching interview about her legacy. While there are those here in Australian politics who didn't agree with Thatcher's policies, only...

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Stay At Home Mom V. Working Mom

MoonGypsy @MoonGypsy (4606) • United States 4 Apr 13

i have been both. now, i am a stay at home mom. i must say being a stay at home mom is much easy than being a working mom. no matter what, you have to take care of your children even if you are working. i would rather just have...

parenting

stay at home mom

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mortysmadhouse I used to work when my boys were very young, admittedly it was only 1 to 2 days per week but it was great to be able to get out of the house and socialise lol! But that all changed when we found out both of our boys have autism. I made the choice to stay...

5 Apr 13

myLot Facelift and Quadruple Earnings Days!

myLot! @myLot (127) • Kansas City, Missouri 7 Mar 13

For the past several months, we have been hard at work developing a new and improved myLot. It's getting close! A demo website was built to help test the various new features and iron out the bugs. A developer inadvertently...

mylot

mylot facelift

quadruple earnings

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mortysmadhouse Looks like I've logged in again at the right time :) Sounds great to me, can't wait to see the new website =D

7 Mar 13

My computer is on vacation!

marguicha @marguicha (223720) • Chile 9 Feb 13

In terms of money I have not accomplished much these last couple of weeks. I came back from 10 days in the country with family and friends as I told you on a post and a day after I recieved the visit of a nephew that I see only...

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mortysmadhouse Oh no! My washing machine broke last year and I went 6 months without a machine - it was not very fun at all and is something I wouldn't wish upon anyone :( I'm not currently working as I'm a full time Carer to my two boys, who both have autism. I used to work...

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Ever had life change as you knew it?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 24 Jan 13

That one day when it happened. Life changed as you knew it. Maybe it was for the good, maybe it was for the bad...momentary bad..I can't bear to think that anything is without purpose. Too many things have happened to me with...

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changed as you knew it

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mortysmadhouse For me, it was finding out officially that my eldest son as autism. Life as l knew it was already changing. Then, nearly 12 months later, my youngest son was diagnosed with a type of autism called PDD-NOS. That flipped my world over. I didn't think we would...

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I admire people who truly living in a frugal way

kingparker @kingparker (9673) • United States 24 Jan 13

As I was told to learn to save money, and budget for the future, living in frugal; but most of the time, I would go off track again and again. Sometimes, I just couldn't resist the temptation and overspend again. There is a devil...

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mortysmadhouse It's so difficult to get yourself into a groove where living frugally and saving money become second nature. For years and years I tried really hard to live frugally. It wasn't until my boys were diagnosed at opposite ends of the autism spectrum and l stopped...

25 Jan 13

Do you Decorate for Halloween?

Lucky12 @Lucky12 (767) • United States 21 Oct 12

Well I have to say that I do not decorate for Halloween at all. I take my kids out trick or treating and that is about it. This will be my littlest sons first year haha. I think that it might be something fun to decorate for, but...

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mortysmadhouse In a way, I kind of wish that we celebrated Halloween here in Australia as it would be great to dress the kids up and take them trick or treating. It would be so much fun! But alas, we do not celebrate that down here :( I hope you have a great night...

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