Jeff Unruh

@mypointsju (583)

Westland, Michigan

Joined myLot 8 years ago

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Back From Mexico

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 5 Jul 16

I just got back from Monterrey Mexico for work. Nothing to crazy expect trying bugs for an appetizer. I understand that this part of Mexico is not yet very developed yet, but I was surprised that when I got to the hotel it was...

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Free Birthday Gifts From Companies

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 5 Jul 16

I do not know if this is just a USA option with companies, but because it is my birthday Month I remembered all the free stuff I get. Yes, free stuff. How? Restaurants or stores offer clubs to join for free. To keep my spam...

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Public Domain Free Images

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 17 Jun 16

First I realize I have not been perfect with finding out if an image that I posted is public domain, etc. Usually I post pictures that I have taken from my Iphone, so I am safe. About 10 years ago I was very involved with...

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Grade Point Averages Greater Than 4.0

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 17 Jun 16

Back in the day when I went to school, 4.0 was the highest GPA you could get. That was fair and it was a set rule. I was at a graduation ceremony last weekend and I found out that some students had a GPA greater than 4.0? I...

school

gpa

extra credit

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New Model Year Vehicles Being Tested

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 10 Jun 16

I thought most people have seen cars that are new model years and they are painted or covered with something to not show it's identity. I was talking to my uncle in another state and he did not know what I was talking about. I...

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Funny But Sad Story

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 1 Jun 16

My father which is 76 is in the stage of his life that is not as careful as he use to be. I found out from my Nephew that my dad did the following yesterday. My Nephew was over my dads house pulling weeds and my dad was trying...

age

old

bugs

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What Do You Do To Relax?

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 1 Jun 16

We all need some down time (away from work, away from the kids, etc.). What relaxes you? To me I am too cheap to go on a vacation every year, but if I could, I guess that is how I would relax. For me, a nice 75 degree day at...

vacation

relax

birds

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Do You Fight For Your Right, Even If It Is A Petty Amount?

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 31 May 16

OK, let me explain what I am talking about. 2 Weeks ago I spent over an hour on the phone fighting with my cable company. To make a long story short, the call was over that I gave them originally $15 for a product that was...

right

dispute

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Fireworks Legal Or Not Legal?

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 31 May 16

For many years, in the state of Michigan, it was illegal to have fireworks. Most of the metro Detroit area, which is 1 hour away from Ohio would get the fireworks from that state. Then in 2011 Michigan made it legal to have...

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Short Animated Film About A Dog

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 8 May 16

I saw this on the news and had to watch the video again. It so touching and I missed admit I did not see the ending coming (I will not spoil it). This video was created by a german student and the story is above the...

animated

film

dog

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Is It Right To Raise Your Voice To Get Across A Point

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 22 Apr 16

First, I am not talking about in a work environment and I am talking about in personal life. I am a very calm person. I do not raise my voice that often (maybe every 4 years). Some of you may have read another post about how my...

raise voice

point

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Misunderstood or Misheard Music Lyrics

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 22 Apr 16

I think we all have done it, but with the Internet, it is much easier to look up song lyrics now than without the internet (back in the 80's you bought the album and some of them had the lyrics). Yes, I admit back in the day I...

music lyrics

misunderstood

misheard

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Would You Insert An Unknown Flash Drive Into Your Computer?

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 19 Apr 16

It is an interesting social test. If you found a USB flash drive at a school, would you insert it into your computer to try to figure out who it belong to? As most people known you can put some software on flash drives that...

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8 people

Are You A Radio Station Changer

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 16 Apr 16

Last night my wife had to travel for a bit in her car and I realized how different we are with the radio in a car. First, let me say changing radio stations in our vehicles is easy (we can change the stations from the steering...

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Using A Exercise Watch/Band

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 13 Apr 16

About 5 years ago I won a free Fitbit from my work and I wear it all the time. Sounds great right? My wife just brought up to me last night, why do I still wear the Fitbit, when I do not look at the statistics (ok, very rarely I...

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Listening Challenge With Your Significant Other

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 11 Apr 16

About a month ago I went to a free course at my local library. It was discussing personalities (maybe one day I will write about the personality side in a post), but a small challenge they had us do was a listening challenge....

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Family That Do Not Appreciate Gifts Or Help

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 10 Apr 16

I have known my wife know for 26 years, which means I know my In-laws that long. Maybe I should be a better brother-inlaw, but I think it has come to the time to cut more ties with my sister-inlaw. Over the last 26 years I...

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Did You See The Movie Pixels And Are you Younger Than 25 Years Old?

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 10 Apr 16

My wife an I just saw the movie called "Pixels". This is about old video games from the 80's coming to life. My wife and I thought it was a good movie (not great), but we began to talk about what if we did not know about all the...

age

pixels

movie

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Do You Really Need That Many Computer Monitors?

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 10 Apr 16

First, let me start off by saying, I am talking about personal computer mointors at your home. Yes, I understand you might work in a carrer that you need to see so many things at once (stock broker, patient vitals, etc.), but I...

monitors

multiple

personal

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Feeling Like An Idiot

Jeff Unruh @mypointsju (583) • Westland, Michigan 6 Apr 16

I think we have all have had moments in our life that we find something out that we thought was true for many years and then find out that it was false. What I hate is finding out that I was the last person to find this out in my...

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