RangaGirl

@RangaGirl (103)

Australia • Age 63

Joined myLot 14 years ago

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Would you like to be in an accident, for money?

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 26 Jan 11

I have a couple of friends, who in separate incidents have financially benefited from separate accidents. One was hit head on in 2003, and the other was T-boned in an intersection a couple of years ago. In both occasions, it was...

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RangaGirl Hi Bounce. Short answer - no. Longer answer - I've had my car rear-ended and totalled by a driver who did not realise I was stopped, waiting to turn. While I didn't suffer any permanent injury other than a scar between the eyebrows, it was stressful enough....

27 Jan 11

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Of escalators and life…

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 27 Oct 10

I had some free time at lunch today, so I went to the mall to walk around. I was up and down the escalators and seeing people doing the same, when this discussion hit me. Do you think that your approach to life is like how you...

escalators

life

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RangaGirl Depends on the situation. While generally law-abiding, I tend to follow my own rules. Sometimes, I am happy to stand still and daydream while life/escalators take me where they will. Other times, I'll be impatient and take the steps two at a time. I am happy...

28 Oct 10

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Where you live vs. Convenience & Comfort

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 28 Oct 10

I used to live downtown where everything I considered as ‘convenience and comfort’ was literally within a block-radius. There was a convenience store below the apartment, beside a barbershop, in front of a bus stop. On the...

downtown living

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RangaGirl The village I live in is very small. It is considered "country", 'though we are on the Australian coastline. We only have about 800 residents. A car is essential as we have no public transport, except for the daily school bus. The village has a petrol station,...

28 Oct 10

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What sword is hanging over your head?

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 21 Oct 10

So, yesterday I raised a discussion about a colleague of mine having a court date hanging over his head. Although it is a personal thing, I can’t help but notice it because he keeps repeating his (speeding ticket) story to anybody...

hanging sword

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RangaGirl Hi, bounce! My sword is that I really, really need to find a new home to rent - somewhere that will make my life simpler and suit the needs of my family, like being along a school bus route and my sons having access to public transport and work. Sounds easy!...

22 Oct 10

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The life of an extra

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 10 Oct 10

I just watched the movie Robinhood with Russell Crowe. The movie was alright, but what really got me thinking was all the unnecessary deaths in the movie. There were fight scenes in the movie were a lot of soldiers died. This...

extra

life

movies

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RangaGirl No limelight for me. I am happy living in the background. I suppose I am living in a supporting role to the three lead actors - my teenage sons. They steal the show but, without me, the movie wouldn't get made. Would I like to be a movie extra in real life?...

10 Oct 10

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People who waste your time @#$%!

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 23 Sep 10

Have you ever dealt with people who don’t seem to have any concept of time? Who are unfazed by the thought of wasting other people’s precious time? I was just in a meeting which this guy scheduled 30 minutes before...

time flies

wasted time

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RangaGirl I get short-tempered with them in the end, 'though I try not to show it. I can't. As an aged care nurse, I am well-used to being buzzed by people who don't actually need anything. They simply want company. Beyond caring for their actual needs, I simply don't...

24 Sep 10

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Satisfied with the cleanness and hygienic conditions of your country.

CSHINE @SHAMRACK (8576) • India 21 Sep 10

I hope every people want their country to hygienic and neat. Mostly those people who love their country. Moreover I feel if the government in that country is effectively looking after the hygienic condition. The better the...

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RangaGirl Australia is my country. It is clean and generally, disease-free. We have a great water supply. We have reliable electricity to keep our refrigerators running and our food fresh. We have good plumbing and sanitation. We have cheap or free medicines for those...

23 Sep 10

Advise about computers...

vanny @vandana7 (100302) • India 21 Sep 10

Ok - this is serious. I have this system, which is nearly 7 years old. It does catch cough and cold at times, but otherwise, it works perfectly fine. I bought it for 40000+ in those days, with licensed Windows OS. Now,...

perfectly

serius

system

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RangaGirl Vandana, while I recycle most things and keep them until they don't work, you'd find a huge difference with going to a LCD monitor. They are fantastic. As to laptop or desktop, I have both and my desktop PC is my favourite. It has the latest technology, as...

22 Sep 10

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First day high - Mylot!

ptrjhea @ptrjhea (12) • United States 21 Sep 10

I am a newbie in mylot! First impression that I had is that Mylot is not good at all to earn money because I tried to post and respond on my first day and I got nothing. I thought it just a waste of time! But it seems I am wrong....

make

money

mylot

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RangaGirl Hi ptrjhea. Welcome to myLot. This is my second time around. I had a lot of posts, the right to post photos and links etc. I got paid by myLot every month or two for not much effort. I got bored and quit - but came back because I missed the place. This time, I...

22 Sep 10

Better without you!

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 21 Sep 10

I think I mentioned a few times here in myLot that I collect farewell emails from people leaving the company where I work at. There was a recent addition to my collection, so I again sifted through most of the good ones that I...

company success

self worth

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RangaGirl Interesting way of looking at it, bounce! I don't think a company's success or failure could be dependant on me (or any one person) so, yes, I could leave and wish them well. That is providing I CHOSE to leave. If I left my current employer, it would be...

22 Sep 10

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Last wishes.

MsTickle @MsTickle (25180) • Australia 19 Sep 10

Many of my friends know that my Dad is 97, lives alone and is quite healthy. He is sometimes forgetful and has had a couple of episodes where he has behaved a little irrationally but he is by no means beset with dementia. My...

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RangaGirl Hi MsTickle. I completely agree with you that your Dad should be allowed to live and die where he wishes. It is HIS life and he should be allowed to live it out happily in the place he loves. I am a nurse in a high care nursing home. Most of our residents have...

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In life there are things that scare people

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 19 Sep 10

I am scared of spiders and there are people just like me that are also scared of them.Well my son is soo scared of a shower,aswell as a shower head,he will not have a shower,so it looks like we are stuck with a bath...

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RangaGirl Perhaps your son doesn't like having his face underwater. Maybe he got soap in his eye sometime or even a drop of water that stung. Couldn't you fit a shower over the bath so you could have both? A bath can be good for your skin too if you put a few drops of...

19 Sep 10

What will you do if you accidentally drink a liquid soap?

Bhemzky @Bhemzky (423) • Philippines 18 Sep 10

Its Peñafrancia festival here at our place and almost all people eat a lot and drink a lot to celebrate. Good thing I never had any alcohol (beer, brandy etc) today or else I could have ended up in a hospital or worse, I could be...

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RangaGirl That could have been nasty, Bhemzky. Good thing it was just soap and not a chemical. Since you have thrown up the soap, I'm sure you'll be fine. I would definitely drink lots of water to flush my system. Once, I swallowed a bit of petrol when I was syphoning...

19 Sep 10

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What is the celebration for?

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 10 Sep 10

Today, I’ve been invited to a get-together or celebration after work by a colleague. He already quit and today is his last day. Although some other people who quit just leave quietly, this practice of ‘celebrating’ has become...

celebration

quitting

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RangaGirl While he may not have liked the job, he probably liked and got along with some of his colleagues. It is his chance to have a last laugh and get-together with his work friends. People who liked him will attend to say goodbye and, perhaps others who thought he...

11 Sep 10

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My cat keeps climbing on the room of my house and then walks over the

jugsjugs @jugsjugs (12967) 11 Sep 10

top of it to gets to birds.I now have to keep the bedroom doors shut or the windows in our loft conversion,as our cat gets out of the bedroom windows in the loft and soo far she has worried the lady over the road from me,soo much...

doors

roof

windows

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RangaGirl Yes, cats are great climbers. A cat I used to own used to climb onto the roof but then meow and meow because he didn't seem to know how to get down again. Eventually, I'd have to climb up to rescue him. I don't keep cats now as there is much wildlife around us...

11 Sep 10

What do you feel after somebody does you a favor?

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 11 Sep 10

If somebody did you a favour, even one that you did not ask for, how do you feel afterwards? I don’t really feel at ease afterwards. I always feel that I have to return the favor back right away. Even if the deed was done by a...

favors

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RangaGirl I am too independent and pig-headed to ask for favours. With unasked for favours, firstly, I feel suspicion. Not used to people doing things for me, I will wonder what is in it for them. Yes, I feel obligated to repay the favour, whether I asked for it or not,...

11 Sep 10

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Do you second-guess yourself?

bounce58 @bounce58 (17387) • Canada 9 Sep 10

Maybe it’s a question of confidence but I often second-guess myself. Not only with the more serious things, but even with the common, trivial things. If you find that you are second-guessing yourself, what do you do? Do you...

doubts

second guessing

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RangaGirl I tend to have better success with decisions if I go with my gut reaction, my first thought. If I think things over and over, I seem to discount the original idea. I'll mull things over and go through the scenarios, good and bad in my head. Nine times out of...

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Do You always go with your cravings? How do you deal with it..?

cloud31 @cloud31 (5809) 3 Sep 10

Sometimes craving gets into us, everyday we have a feelings that we want something new for our taste.Its like to satisfy our appetite. Do you guys have this kind of feeling sometimes ? A slice of pizza,a salad or a kind of...

food

sweet

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RangaGirl Hi, Cloud. It has been awhile. I tend to follow my cravings. I have found that if my body says it needs something, it is telling me for a reason. During my first pregnancy, I only craved oranges, asparagus and tomatoes - all high in Vitamin C. I often crave...

4 Sep 10