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ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 11 Oct 08

A few days ago I went for my first ever visit to Chatsworth house,near Bakewell Derbyshire,and you may think thats nothing unusual,but given that I have lived in Derbyshire for nine years ,im wondering why I have never been...

chandeliers

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Pikelet Im in Derbyshire too Ruby,near Matlock,a place that is flooded with visitors most weekends lol and its a real pain.The place is so good,we have nice pubs where you can get good pub lunches and cafes and coffee houses.There is a mining museum there too.But its...

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ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 16 Sep 08

Mr Ruby felt quite adventurous today,he actually came out to play!!well you could have knocked me down with a feather!We only went to look in the cash and carry(he knows how to treat a girl)lol,and we came back with a years supply...

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Pikelet Ermm no expense spared there then,he knows how to treat you lol,but I suppose all things being equal he tried,and thats the good thing,but maybe next time you should slip the telephone number of a nice intimate restaurant into his wallet,and see if he gets the...

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ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 20 Jun 08

I have just read s fascinating story of a young woman who had lost nine stones in weight .Her weight problem had crept up on her each time she had a child ,and after having three kids she was quite a big lady.But the weight loss...

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Pikelet I am a larger lady here,ample measurements ,but in my own eyes im still reasonably attractive,well if my partner doesnt like whats on offer then thats up to him,the choice is his.I am not saying that obesity is good for anyone,but a little flesh doesnt hurt...

21 Sep 08

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 14 Jul 08

When im trotting along the road,usually walking the dog,I very often pass a skip,im none too sure what they are called in other countries ,but they are the massive matal bin type containers that sit outside peoples houses ,for...

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Pikelet I have just seent hat there are a measly twentythree people here on Mylot who love hawking the skips,well im shocked to say the least.I would pretty much call myself a lady,lol in many ways,but im not averse to a good rummage and find it astonishing to think...

21 Sep 08

geniouslea @geniouslea (195) • United States 19 Sep 08

What is everyone planning on doing for he weekend? I actua;ly decided to spend some quality time with myself and relax this weekend. No friends, no work, nothing, just me cfocusing on me, doing the things I love. I might get some...

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Pikelet Tend not to plan here ,what ever the weekkend brings is a suprise lol and we hope its a good suprise,we like to go out and have a drink or two,and maybe a meal if the purse strings will stretch to it.Then later in the evening we love to settle down and just...

20 Sep 08

ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 17 Sep 08

I have recently had a laptop that has packed in completely ,and today the computer repair man has said to my nephew that his broken laptop is not able to be repaired.It seems to me that Laptops are far more fragile than desktop...

desktop computers

desktops

laptops

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Pikelet Ruby!!Aldi are doing a special offer on laptops this week.

19 Sep 08

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ruby222 @ruby222 (4847) 14 Jul 08

When im trotting along the road,usually walking the dog,I very often pass a skip,im none too sure what they are called in other countries ,but they are the massive matal bin type containers that sit outside peoples houses ,for...

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Pikelet Needed some new boards for the bottom of the sink unit,and the kitchen units,and heck Ruby lol guess what,there was I walking along past this lush looking skip,and on the top was just what I was looking for,so the next thing I was looking about to see who was...

18 Sep 08

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annjilena @annjilena (5618) • United States 9 Sep 08

was your toddler walking by 1 year old are was it later.

children

family

parenting

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Pikelet Later for the girls and about a year for the boys,the girls were pretty much bone idle lol they used to like to sit on there rumps and wait until everything was passed to them,where the boys a diferent thing completely,they were up on their feet as quick as...

18 Sep 08

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comfort55 @comfort55 (1574) • India 18 Sep 08

The keyboard and the cellphone keypad are now mightier than the pen,it seems,people are forgetting how to write by hand. Many orthopaedic surgeons have confirmed that cases of typing related stress injuries are on the rise.. In...

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Pikelet Nevrmind the kids forgetting how to write by hand lol wot about the adults here,after ive been tyoing for hours and sometimes never pick up a pen only to put down my signature,then I often forget how to write properly ,im sure the kids are fine,they learn to...

18 Sep 08

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mona269 @mona269 (133) • Philippines 18 Sep 08

I'm guilty of being such a softie when it comes to my kids. I tend to buy them stuff intead of encouraging them to save up for it. Well, this doesn't happen all the time of course. I just notice myself buying stuff for them that...

brats

kids

spoil

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Pikelet spoiling is fine so long as they dont get over spoilt,thats when the problem starts,mine were spoilt,im sure that there are tons of kids all over the world that are well spoilt,but when they are ruined that only means one thing,problems ahead.I reckon its a...

18 Sep 08

Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 17 Sep 08

My kids get a very small amount of money every other week (that's how my husband's paychecks come) This is "just because" money. They have a list of chores that they are expected to do (not so many of them during the school...

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Pikelet The kida always got an allowance,the amount was hinged on whether they had done there share of the houshold jobs that week or not,and if they knew that I was on the warpath for them to tidy there rooms,and the next day was allowance day,well they were in there...

18 Sep 08

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Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 17 Sep 08

When I was a kid, we had Atari. When I was a kid, Cds were the latest thing. When I was a kid, we had a rotary Phone! horrors! When I was a kid, our microwave was humongous When I was a kid, we had three major networks and...

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Pikelet My kids didnt have a computer,but our grandaughter who is six is a whizz kid on the computer,she can manage to get around the internet as well as I can,the only thing is that you have to watch her like a hawk with it,she is sat googling as quick as lightening...

18 Sep 08

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vinay_kumar @vinay_kumar (12) • Sweden 4 Apr 07

Hey all, Who do you think pens down powerful lyrics ?? i think james blunt lyrics are very real and everyone would have experienced a similar episode as in the love song 'you're beautiful' what dou you guys think ??

james blunt

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Pikelet Tons of songs with good lyrics,and to choose between them would be really hard,James blunts songs are great,in fact more than great,the words would make you cry,I love Bryn christopher too,his lyrics are good,but there are so many golden oldies that were...

18 Sep 08

Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 18 Sep 08

My kids really enjoy spending time with both sets of grandparents. We live about 2 1/2 hours away from them though. We often will meet them Halfway to visit. And we frequently visit them. In the summer my kids stay for a week with...

arcade

computer games

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Pikelet Our kids used ti think a visit to the grandparents was a great day out,they didnt get spoilt there or anything ,but we always used to stay for tea,and that was great to them,we used to have an old fashioned english tea,bread and butter and jam,then some fruit...

18 Sep 08

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numslock @numslock (55) • Singapore 18 Sep 08

hey guys? lets ask a simple question, I don't know whether has in been asked before already but.. Why did you join myLot? at first I joined for the $$, but after that i realised that there is such a friendly community here.....

mylot

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Pikelet Why I joined mylot,ive no idea im sure,but im here now lol and im going to try it out for a while and see how it works out,it may be ok here ,there seems to be a fairly good group of people that chat in here about all the different things and theres one thing...

18 Sep 08

ralph12345abc @ralph12345abc (1311) • India 25 Jul 08

I was posting a comment and got the error that you have exceeded the maximum allowed MyLotCode Emotes. Max is 3.??? Did you know this before? Anyone got this error too?

mylot emotes

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Pikelet New to mylot here but I havent got as far as noticing anything like that as yet,im still finding my way around the site lol let alone know much about the emotes,but im sure that once ive got the hang of all of the rules and regulations then the emoticons used...

18 Sep 08

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