Tony Lawrence

@pcunix (210)

Middleboro, Massachusetts • Age 76

Joined myLot 9 years ago

Pretty Much Retired. Lunatic Liberal ACLU Atheist.

Discussions (33)

Tony Lawrence's Discussions

I have a best selling book on Amazon!

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 28 Oct 15

I'm not going to give the link to the Amazon product page here because I suspect that would run afoul of MyLot's policies, but I have to tell you that I'm very surprised and happy about this. Admittedly, it's in a highly...

publishing

best seller

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9 people

Fun with Alexa

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 21 Oct 15

Amazon sells a device they call "Echo". You can look it up, but it's something you talk to and it can give you news, weather, play music and more. That's all good and we love it, but I like to kid my wife about it. For example,...

amazon echo

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2 people

Baking Sandwich bread

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 21 Oct 15

I've been using a bread machine for a few years now. We love the raisin bread I make, but when I've tried to make a plain bread for sandwiches it's always been too crumbly - breaks apart too easily. I contacted the Baker Chat...

baking

bread

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2 people

Ancient Beer?

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 21 Oct 15

I like to try different beers, but usually stick to IPA's. Yesterday the guy at the store suggested Dogfish "Midas Touch", which is supposedly based on residue found on drinking vessels from the tomb of King Midas. Apparently...

beer

ipa

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3 people

New to me

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 20 Oct 15

We just watched "Dirty Pretty Things', a 2003 movie. Half an hour in I realized I knew the plot. I still didn't remember the actors, but I knew what was going to happen in every scene. It was almost like having read the...

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1 person

Stinking diesel

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 20 Oct 15

We were just at the supermarket. I had to go outside to take a call. Guy in a big monster pickup truck pulls up to the Red Box movie rental to let out his lazy wife. Then he sits there, spewing out stinking diesel fumes for...

air pollution

diesel trucks

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1 person

Are you punctual?

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 19 Oct 15

I'm almost always early for any appointment, no matter how trivial. Yet I do not get upset when other people are not, unless their tardiness puts pressure on my schedule, which almost never happens because I schedule loosely. My...

tardiness

puncuality

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4 people

Do you watch children's movies?

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 18 Oct 15

Our kids are in their forties, and we have no grandchildren, but we still watch kids movies. Later today we are going to watch "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Do you do this?

movies

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6 people

False advertising

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 18 Oct 15

If you live in the U.S, you probably know exactly where the ad in the picture came from. If you've ever bought a sub from that fine establishment, you know it would like nothing like this. It's mostly bread and very skimpy on...

fast food

advertising

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4 people

Duh - why didn't I think of tying them up?

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 18 Oct 15

I was talking to my neighbor yesterday and mentioned that I planned to cut our tall ornamental grasses today. I complained about the mess it makes and he said "Why don't you tie them off in bunches before you cut?" Duh! Of...

yard work

ornamental grass

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2 people

Part time job in retirement

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 18 Oct 15

As I've said in another post, I have an interview Monday. My wife was getting anxious about it. "What if you don't like it? What if they lie to you about how much you have to work? What if.. " I pointed out that this isn't like...

part time work

retirement

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4 people

Interview tomorrow

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 18 Oct 15

So a few weeks ago I applied for a part time retail position at an Apple store. As I said in another post, I don't need the money, but I'd like to put aside a little more than I can right now. Also, I like Apple products and I...

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1 person

"Select a size" or regular?

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 18 Oct 15

We buy Bounty paper towels. The sheets are 11 x 11 squares. I've noticed that most people seem to buy the "Select a size" which are 6 x 6, an inch larger than half of a regular sheet. My wife says that's too small. I say it...

paper towels

1 response

iPad or Android tablet?

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 17 Oct 15

Androids are obviously less expensive: you could by ten Amazon Fire for the price of one iPad Air 2. On the other hand, there are reasons why inexpensive tablets cost so little and the really good Android tablets can cost as much...

ipad

tablet

android

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2 people

How often do you vacuum and dust?

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 17 Oct 15

I like to do it every week, but my wife thinks I should do it less often. My reasoning is that I'm not very observant and sometimes miss things entirely, so I figure if I do it often, I'll catch whatever it was next time. She...

house cleaning

vacuuming

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4 people

Can't sleep - heartburn

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 16 Oct 15

I have what they call a hiatal hernia - basically means acid leaks back into my throat. I control it with medicine, but tonight we foolishly had pizza. I thought we ate early enough (3:30 PM) that it would not be a problem, but...

heatburn

acid reflux

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1 person

I did not win the lottery (again)

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 16 Oct 15

I buy $5 worth of lottery tickets every week. I've never won more than $7 in all the years I've done this. I just checked this weeks tickets. To my utter amazement, once again we did not win.

lottery

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1 person

Just got this "security" camera

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 16 Oct 15

I bought this new Logitech Circle Cam. I don't know if it's really fair to call it a security device, though I suppose being able to see that someone broke into your home while you were gone might help the police somewhat. It...

security camera

webcam

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1 person

"The Government" didn't do it - whatever it was

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 14 Oct 15

It annoys me when people talk about "the government" as though this was some separate group of people put in charge of us. In the United States, we *elect* our government. Yes, I agree that "big money" has too much influence...

government

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2 people

I don't wear suntan lotion

Tony Lawrence @pcunix (210) • Middleboro, Massachusetts 14 Oct 15

You may think I'm nuts, but hear me out. Your skin is a very important organ. It absorbs things you put on it and I don't trust suntan lotion not to have things in it that are harmful. Very recently, for example, it was found...

suntan lotion

skin cancer

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4 people