Robert Centauro

@ourlot (982)

Age 63

Joined myLot 9 years ago

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A tip for the ladies: self-defense for women

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 30 Nov 17

At the gym I go to, there's a course of BJJ (Brazilian jiu jitsu) for women which seems like a really solid thing. Women can learn how to get rid of different grabs, how to push a guy, throw him to the floor and wrestle him out...

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3 people

Sometimes I want to smash the printer

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 30 Nov 17

I have mostly an amiable relationship with all my electronic devices. I love my TV, my laptop. The same applies to home appliances. I have no issues worth mentioning with my fridge or dishwasher. They are all nice to me and I...

printer

modern life

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3 people

Best fusion cuisine?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 30 Nov 17

What's the most impressive fusion of cuisine (both ingredients and cooking style) that you met? Think about sushi with smoked salmon, or a burrito with rice paper. A Chinese friend of us came for dinner and she did all the...

cuisine

cooking

international

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2 people

Does the rule that men pay for the first date still apply?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 30 Nov 17

I have been with my partner some years now. I wonder if the rule that the men still pay for the first date still applies. I know some women who earn quite well, and some guys who are not making so much. It would look strange if a...

dating

rules

relationship

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7 people

I need more light as winter approaches

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 30 Nov 17

As the days get shorter and shorter, I feel I need more light. I'd try to stand up earlier and spend some time outside. Alternatively, I'd buy one of these light lamps for seasonal depression.

light

winter

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2 people

It's Facebook going down?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 30 Nov 17

When it was launched, Facebook rapidly reached a central role among all social networks. People were like ' what, you don't have Facebook?' when you didn't have a profile. Before that, MySpace was the coolest platform on the...

websites

online

social network

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2 people

Why are Asians so much into gambling?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 30 Nov 17

In the local casino near me, there are literally buses full of Asian tourists arriving every day. Why so many Asians gamble? Obviously, Asian or not, you can see equally well what a swamp gambling is. I wonder whether their...

gambling

addiction

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4 people

And another month is over

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 30 Nov 17

Tired of new year's resolutions that I will forget or simply won't keep, I make new month resolution. I set some targets for this December too. I expect to improve my running (measuring by two miles), read at least 4 novels, learn...

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5 people

Are you more generous with charities in winter?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 29 Nov 17

Are you somehow in the mood to help people when winter comes? There's also Christmas to soften us, but seeing how cold is outside, do you donate more money or old clothes during this period? It's as if summer were OK for the...

donations

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2 people

Why do people lie so much through text/SMS/whatsapp?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 29 Nov 17

It's as if it didn't matter to some people. Once they are texting, they turn the honesty off. And they don't mind telling you tall tales to get away with whatever they are doing. In person, people are much more honest.

modern life

I love my library. And here's why.

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 29 Nov 17

Even if I can get any book in digital form nowadays, I keep going to the library. I thought that digital stuff would kill the library, but they kept innovating and offering more services. There are readings for kids, for seniors...

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2 people

Next year, I'll watch all the Simpsons, including re-watching some episodes

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 29 Nov 17

The Simpsons (as of Nov. 2017) have 625 episodes. That's two episodes per day, if I watch them every single day during a year. I think this will be a new year's resolution for the approaching 2018. Watching all the Simpsons is...

simpsons

futurama

binge watching

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2 people

OMG, What Could Possibly Ever Happen if I Do This?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 29 Nov 17

Have you ever heard of click baiting? Well, the title above is in my opinion, one of the best click baiting headlines ever. If you know anything better just let me know.

click bait

online marketing

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1 person

Surveys: somehow I'm never a match

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 29 Nov 17

I don't know how many times I was asked to answer a survey. Just to be turned down for not being a match. I wonder what's wrong with me: too old, too poor, too active, too far from main metro areas?

survey

microwork

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2 people

Learned today: Number of friends

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 29 Nov 17

The maximum number of friends you can have is 150 (it's called the Dunbar's number). The average number of friends in the US is 8.6, not counting relatives. You can't have more than 5,000 friends on Facebook. In any case,...

friends

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3 people

I confess: I like gossiping

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 28 Nov 17

There's something appelling about hearing the last news on someone's life. I don't know why I like it, but I'm always open for the last gossip. Just admit it: you like it too. Unless you are the target of gossip, you'll listen...

gossip

relationship

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1 person

I started to watch a TV series and it's fantastic: Northern Exposure

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 28 Nov 17

Recently I came across a TV series named Northern Exposure and I was flabbergasted. I think it's from the late 80s or beginning of the 90s. It has a very intelligent insight in many issues and a subtle humor. It's set in Alaska...

tv series

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2 people

I'm getting a laptop for free online and here's how

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 28 Nov 17

I set my Home Page to a website crowdsourcing tasks (whatever that be, choose your favorite). Every time I open the browser (which happens a couple of times daily), I solve some microtask of them. After a year, voila, I have...

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2 people

How much weight do you place on coincidences?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 28 Nov 17

If you meet someone by coincidence three times in a week, and you live in a kind of big place, where that's not common. Do you place any weight on that? Do you believe in fate? Or is it all random and meaningless?

fate

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1 person

Why is Yahoo Answers so inane?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 28 Nov 17

Why are there so many silly questions and answers in Yahoo answers? Like "I swallowed a sock, what should I do"? And worse, much worse.

sites

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