Jim Bauer

@porwest (98541)

United States • Age 51

Joined myLot 7 years ago

Just a simple guy with nothing better to do than to waste a little time with my myLot friends. Dabble in some music here and there, and just lead a simple life.

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Jim Bauer's Discussions

If It's Going to be, It's Going to be Minis

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 31 Mar

I don't really have a sweet tooth anymore these days. Maybe it was because when I was a kid, I ate sugary things like they were going out of style. When I was a kid, I'd eat anything sweet I could. Brownies, 3Musketeers, peanut...

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I Finally Gave Up

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 30 Mar

Sometimes weird things happen that just make no sense. Like my number pad on my computer suddenly going kaput one by one. Granted, I do a LOT of calculations on my computer researching stocks, accounting for the money, and...

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Time to Spray Already

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 30 Mar

Luckily, I have some triazicide in the garage I can mix up in my hand sprayer since already I have some wasps buzzing around in the typical areas they tend to want to start nesting, in and around my mailbox and around my main...

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A Water to Top off the Day

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 30 Mar

We all have our habits and routines. For some, they are more defined than others. Take my "drinking" habits, if you will. In the morning it's only ever coffee. During the day I drink mostly only water. I rarely drink anything...

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We Only Spent $19

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 29 Mar

Well, we went to the Man Cave Expedition today at the county fairgrounds, and it was a good time just walking around and seeing what they had to offer. It was mostly LED signs, metal signs, beer cans, beer bottles and...

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When Do You Get Dressed?

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 29 Mar

I tend to be an early riser, usually getting up around 5am or 530am, and rarely sleep in. I like to have the whole day ahead of me. It wasn't always this way for me. In my younger years I was a night owl, and long preferred second...

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Well, That Was Odd

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 28 Mar

Perhaps it is possible that one will sometimes encounter a relative or a friend just visiting who will answer a knock on the door, but 9 times out of 10 I am going to just go out on a limb here and suggest that the person...

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Cute as a Button

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 28 Mar

I can't quite pinpoint what it was about Björk, but from the moment I first saw her in a music video on MTV in the 80s, she captivated me. Though I don't recall the specific video—this wasn't the one—I remember feeling rather...

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Will You Be Fooled, or Will You Do the Fooling?

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 27 Mar

When it comes to April Fool's Day, I don't always have a prank lined up and ready to go, and sometimes I do get fooled, although nothing readily comes to mind. Right now I have no plans to prank anyone, although I am always game...

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Let Her Rot

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 26 Mar

Seems that after 30 years, musician Selena's killer, Yolanda Saldivar, is up for parole on her life sentence. At 64 is she a danger to society? Probably not. But does she deserve to be paroled? I don't think so. Murder is murder....

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The Police Are on It

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 26 Mar

On Facebook, our community has a page called Metro East Crime, that reports on things happening in and around our area. It was reported recently that a rather strange crime had occurred where the crooks stole every single...

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Okay, I am About to Bury Bodies, Here

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 25 Mar

I have the hiccups, and I swear, I am about to become a serial killer. It's the most annoying thing I can think of. I have held my breath. I've tried everything. But I have had the hiccups now for at least the last 20 minutes or...

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He's in the Trunk

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 25 Mar

Sometimes you are just reminded, for whatever reason, of a story you were told once that just really struck your funny bone. Take my Aunt Chris after my Uncle Bruce died suddenly of a heart attack walking out to his front porch...

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Do You Really Fire Someone Like This???

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 24 Mar

I have been around firing people for a very long time, although these days of course, I am retired. So, I've seen people being fired many times, and have been involved in the decision-making process and the act of firing people as...

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First Grill of the Season

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 24 Mar

Yesterday, I was a little worried the weather might not cooperate as we planned on making brats on the grill for dinner last night while dad's in town. He heads back home today, and got in on Friday night, so it's been a fun...

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You Better Not Rain on my Brats

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 23 Mar

So, dad and his wife will have a bit of an extended stay, leaving Monday morning, and so that made me think, okay, we'll have to fulfill another economical and simple dinner night, especially if it turns out the rest of the fam...

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They Stiffed Me on My Crab Rangoon

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 22 Mar

Dad and his wife came into town last night since my grand nephew (is that even a thing? What else would you call him? He's my niece's son) will have a birthday party tomorrow for his 5th birthday. So, we had a little quick visit...

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My Truck is Gone

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 21 Mar

We have to go to a birthday party about 45 minutes away and I was running a bit low on gas, so when I was out and about yesterday, I decided to get some gas. But what the hell happened between Wednesday and Thursday? Gas was...

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13 people

Tuesday Challenge 03/18/25

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 18 Mar

Yep. The Tuesday Challenge lives on, I just haven't talked about it in a while. Has anyone done it yet? How much is in your envelope? I did change things up a bit in October of last year which was the one year anniversary of...

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Move Over, Sherlock

Jim Bauer @porwest (98541) • United States 17 Mar

Sometimes you read about a horrible and tragic event, but what catches your eye more is how they wrote about it. A man was set on fire after a man approached him, threw a liquid substance on him, and lit him on fire, which police...

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