orcanut

@orcanut (146)

Canada • Age 56

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Can reading romance novels affect your view of relationships?

wayz12 @wayz12 (2059) • United States 14 Feb 07

I have always loved reading novels, being a voracious reader when I was young. When I feel down or depressed, nothing picks my spirit up more than reading an exciting romance novel. However, when I got married, my husband was so...

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orcanut I haven't read a romance novel in years (I'm more into crime, mystery, etc. now) but what I do remember of them, it seems that the story is always more about the chase - the book always ends just as the guy gets the girl, then they live happily ever after and...

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Dont respond to topics breaking the mylot rules!

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 2 Mar 07

If you know a topic is not following mylot guidelines don't respond..because everyone that responds to such will lose points when Mylot goes to erase such topics.. I had noticed my points dropped one time and asked mylot and...

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orcanut I have seen a lot of postings that I would have thought were contrary to mylot guidelines but they are still up. I'll have to make a point to go back and check the guidelines again to make sure I don't post anything that is against the rules. Thanks for the...

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InSeCuRiTiEs

SpitFire179 @SpitFire179 (2536) • Canada 2 Mar 07

Okay, we all have them, and i guess they can get in the way of your every day living if you let them. I personally have many, probably from how i grew up, but that has nothing to do with it now, the way it is now, is that i have...

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orcanut Does worrying count as an insecurity? if so, I win hands down. I worry about EVERYTHING! I suppose that I think if I imagine the worst, it will better prepare me if and when the worst happens. I know that it doesn't work that way and it does get in the way of...

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Questions!!!

SpitFire179 @SpitFire179 (2536) • Canada 2 Mar 07

Oh My Gosh, Kids have so many unbelievable questions and parents, aunts, uncles, guardians, grandparents, cousins, everyone, they just don't know how to answer, and a lot of these questions just floor you.... And i mean i've seen...

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orcanut I am in a special prediciment in that I not only have a little one who will ask the darndest things, but I also have a teenager who has yet to ask the dreaded questions...like did you do that? What did your parents do when you did that? Etc. Not that I have...

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useless ford dealer

totalguy @totalguy (563) 15 Jan 07

im having a bit of a rant here but ive had a really bad day! I went to my local ford dealer as i have a split pipe on my car and they inform me i have to change this part for another part that is similar but wont fit directly onto...

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orcanut WOW - as this was posted a couple of months ago I hope you have resolved your problem! My late uncle used to work at a Ford dealership. He was the top salesmen in his province. He asked for his daughter's 13th b-day off (she lived in another province0 and...

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do you think god is real?

totalguy @totalguy (563) 22 Jan 07

there are many people who believe god is real due to religious beliefs and even people who are not religious believe he is real but there are people who do not believe he is real. do you believe he is real? and why do you believe...

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orcanut I believe that there is a God. God as in a "real" person, perhaps not, but as in an entity, absolutely. I am a strong Christian and was brought up that way, but i guess I'd rather believe and be wrong than not believe and still be wrong! There are so...

1 Mar 07

Learning to Pronounce Names for Fun and Profit

Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 18 Feb 07

One of my major interests these days in learning to pronounce people's names. I work in a bank that is very close to a college, and many of the students and professors are foreign. I've noticed that when I learn how to say the...

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orcanut That is such a great thing for you to do. I haven't really thought about it - wait, I guess I have thought about it, and think about it everytime I watch an "away" hockey game! My favourite team is the Ottawa Senators and it really irks me when they play out...

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Little things that make you evaluate your religion

Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 20 Jan 07

Every year around the beginning of the year I sit down with a calendar and start scheduling my time off for the year. I don't get enough time off from work to take every single religious holiday I celebrate off and still have time...

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orcanut I am a Christian and I think that everything we do is supposed to speak to our religion, set a good example etc. I think my dilemma is more that not enough of what I do reflects my religious beliefs or my Christianity.

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Anyone ever used SLIT for allergies?

Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 14 Jan 07

I just started therapy with SLIT (sublingual drops) for my allergies and I was just wondering if anyone here had any experience with them. I had considered shots but since I work all the hours that the shots are administered...

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orcanut I have an allergy to nuts (not peanuts, just all other nuts). I've never heard of SLIT (PHEw - good thing i caught that typo - the "i" and the "u" are awfully close together on the keyboard!). Several people tell me I should get an epi pen - I haven't...

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All Fear the Great Discussion-Killer!

Leca @lecanis (16647) • Murfreesboro, Tennessee 28 Feb 07

Am I the only one who gets depressed when they go back through the "Topics I've Responded To" section and seen their own name under last reponse for each discussion? Maybe I'm impatient, maybe I need a life, but it just makes me...

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orcanut I get depressed when I see that for my own discussions as well. I always check my discussions and it is depressing to see no responses or very few - like I mentioned in an earlier discussion, how can toopics like do you pee while on the phone garner so much...

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Write it down and make it happen

wayz12 @wayz12 (2059) • United States 1 Mar 07

I recently read a book titled "Write it Down, Make It Happen" by Henriette Anne Klauser. It talks about getting what you want by using the power of writing. It espouses the belief that if you write down what you want, the universe...

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orcanut WOW - I've never heard of that - it sounds incredible! I'll have to get the book. Just in case though, I would like to win the lottery! I would like to win the lottery! I would like to win the lottery! I actually once wrote down a list if things I...

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Help! I Feel Betrayed By My Cousin

florenciascorner @florenciascorner (381) • United States 12 Feb 07

i am from a culture where every blood relative counts; whether you are 1st cousins or 92nd cousins it makes no difference we are just one family. I have a favorite cousin and i thought we were very close. We were born just a few...

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orcanut I have no experience with this type of situation personally, but I think maybe your cousin has a completely different relationship with your step-mother than you did - maybe that's why it seems so easy for her to talk to your step-mother. You need to...

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Disappering discussions? Have any of you experienced this?

wayz12 @wayz12 (2059) • United States 1 Mar 07

I just recently answered two discussions that were quite interesting in my opinion. The first one was a dilemma-type question where you were given choices to select from, and the second one was to respond in your version of a...

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orcanut I've noticed that too, mostly in the 'today's top discussions" sections. A topic may show up on the first page and by the time I get to page three, there it is again! Every day I say I am going to write down the ones I think I might respond to, or that I think...

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Washing the dishes does your partner help?

marciascott @marciascott (25529) • United States 27 Feb 07

No my husband never helps with anything. the dishes you can forget it , help to clean the house forget it. I guess I am the maid. I think both couples should share house work. especially if you both work, and even if you women...

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orcanut I am thanking God for the wonderful husband that I have. He helps with everything (and he works all day outside the home). I have some physical limitations (I can't lean over to make a bed, for example) and he never complains once. He says if i don't so it the...

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Why Are So Many People Against these Breeds

crimsonrain2005 @crimsonrain2005 (11) • United States 27 Feb 07

I am an owner of 2 wonderful Pitt Bulls. They wouldn't hurt a fly because they have been raised in a GOOD family. We don't yell at them, and we treat them like they are part of the family, instead of a dog. The first one that we...

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orcanut I think this is more of a nature vs. nurture discussion. I believe that your dogs have been raised in a good home, as you say. And you are correct that most attacks are provoked - however - there are some attacks that are not provoked and no amount of good...

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Fore Those Of You Whoe Are MARRIED or WITH Someone!

SpitFire179 @SpitFire179 (2536) • Canada 27 Feb 07

Do you ever just get like really lonely when your other half is at work, and there's no one special around you? I know when my husband's at work, and my best friends aren't around, i get so lonely, sometimes i just don't know...

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orcanut I think that we can miss our significant others even when they are not gone. My day is filled with looking after our two year old - not so much time to miss hubby unless our little one is more than a handful - which is most days - plus, he calls often...

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dvds, films

smithy86 @smithy86 (137) 27 Feb 07

I have a serious problem with dvds. I love them. I have hundreds of them all over the house and i have a spreadsheet with another couple of hundreds that i want. How do i stop this need. I know that i shouldnt keep buying them...

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orcanut Hi! Around my friends, I am known as the "Preview Queen" because I love to watch the previews on movies and I always check under "Special Features" on DVD's for movies I haven't seen. Several years ago (long before DVD's) I made a list of all the movies I...

27 Feb 07