@Rhoadan on myLot

Danny550 @Danny550 (26) • United States 13 Jul 09

I feel like it doesn't do much for my computer and now that my subscription has ended, I am bothered everyday to buy the new version. I ignore the daily message even though it urges me that my computer is more likely to be...

internet

protection

virus

viruses

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Rhoadan As several other people have noted, you really do need some kind of antivirus protection, but there's plenty of free programs out there that do an adequate job. Left to myself, I'd use Avast or AVG, but unfortunately, my laptop came with Norton...

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flyinglove @flyinglove (167) • United States 31 May 09

there are millions of patterns for knitted socks, i know. however, i am a very inexperienced knitter and a very, very experienced crocheter (about 20 years of crocheting). i have purchased a crocheted sock book and a few...

crochet

socks

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Rhoadan Interesting. I just did a search on "crochet socks" Ravelry, and got 25 pages. Also, are you aware that you can tell Ravelry to just search crochet patterns? Under the search box where it says "Personalize," you can tell it to search "knit + crochet,"...

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flyinglove @flyinglove (167) • United States 31 May 09

there are millions of patterns for knitted socks, i know. however, i am a very inexperienced knitter and a very, very experienced crocheter (about 20 years of crocheting). i have purchased a crocheted sock book and a few...

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Rhoadan I've had this pattern recommended to me, but I haven't tried it yet: http://www.baycrochet.com/patsock.htm Also, are you on Ravelry? They have a pattern search option that you might find useful. BTW, I'm craftywitch over there.

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JanisRemaxRealtor @JanisRemaxRealtor (432) • United States 26 Apr 08

Before reading recently about the food shortages, etc., I had decided to grow a garden this year. I am actually quite ambitious about it! I have done research, but want some practical advice. I don't think I should start too big,...

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Rhoadan You might try finding a book called Square Foot Gardening, or looking up "French Intensive Gardening." These are techniques for packing large amounts of produce into small amounts of space. Square Foot Gardening actually involves setting up a 4'x 4' grid, so...

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above31rubies @above31rubies (1863) • United States 24 Apr 08

I have always wrapped them in tinfoil because that is how my mm has always done it. Well, I needed baked potatoes for dinner tonight and didn't have any tinfoil. I did a quick web search (that I got paid for...see my profile) and...

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Rhoadan I've only ever wrapped potatoes in foil when camping, and that was to protect them from the ashes of an open fire. I've never quite understood why restaurant tend to wrap baked potatoes in foil.

25 Apr 08

jhl930 @jhl930 (3601) • United States 4 Apr 08

I have a computer and I've had it for several months now and I have never had any kind of problem with spyware or anything like that and all of a sudden last night I got this pop up screen that said security warning your computer...

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Rhoadan Asylum is probably right and you downloaded some variety of malware. Someone I know recommends Spybot Search and Destroy for anti-spyware software. There's a free version of that available. I use Spyware Doctor which is not free, but does work. I've...

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enchantedleppard @enchantedleppard (1541) • United States 31 Mar 08

We have 4 cats and they are different breeds. I have 2 american shorthairs. They are tiger and white colored. Nemo is a persian and maine co0n mix. He's black and white. (And really fat and fluffy) Meeca is my oldest...

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Rhoadan I've got a pair of tortoise shell moggies. Well, the vet records say domestic short hair, but AFAICT, that's basically a catch all term for, "yes, it's got short fur; no I don't know anything about its breeding." BTW, if Mecca's dominant colors are black...

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buchi_bulla @Buchi_bulla (8298) • India 31 Mar 08

Last Monday a surgery for spaying (fixing i.e. removing the uterus) was done on my Cat Papa. She cannot have children. I thought it is good for her health. But a guilty consciousness is creeping over me, as to whether I have done...

whether right or wrong

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Rhoadan Female cats don't usually spray anyway. That's mostly a male thing. What they will do is become escape artists as they search for mates and/or get really noisy.

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saundyl @saundyl (9783) • Canada 27 Mar 08

I'm currently working on losing weight..Being slightly successful at the moment but i seem to fall off the wagon and end up going and eating a bunch of chips or just total junk food for a few days. Some things ive been trying...

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Rhoadan Not sure how to describe the taste of seaweed, but you can find it at a) Asian groceries, and b) health food stores. I think hijiki is the kind that is usually added to salads. Nori is sold in flat sheets for making sushi, but can be toasted and eaten straight...

29 Mar 08

deepti15 @deepti15 (1190) • India 28 Mar 08

I was dieting last year but now I have slowly put the weight back on again. I'm 25...did go on a diet, not a strict one either, still ate what I liked to eat but did alot more of the exercises and lost the extra pounds. A year...

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Rhoadan Warning, yo-yo dieting is actually worse for you than not losing the weight at all. Seriously. It is. Anyway, before you start worrying about dieting, I suggest that you get checked out for certain infections that actually suspected of causing obesity...

29 Mar 08

angeljenn @angeljenn (894) • Zaragoza, Spain 9 Mar 08

Personally, i do believe in Creation...i've read the entire BIBLE, and i've known that, in the beginning, GOD created the heaven, Earth, and humans...and basically, there were proofs that have been proven that Creation really...

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Rhoadan amitaliasb2: I believe you are engaging a fallacy of large numbers. Look at this way, the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 146,107,962 for a single set of numbers. If 150 million people play, the odds of SOMEBODY winning is approaches 1 in 1....

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angeljenn @angeljenn (894) • Zaragoza, Spain 9 Mar 08

Personally, i do believe in Creation...i've read the entire BIBLE, and i've known that, in the beginning, GOD created the heaven, Earth, and humans...and basically, there were proofs that have been proven that Creation really...

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Rhoadan Using the Bible as evidence of Biblical creation is what's known as "begging the question" (http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/begging-the-question.html), a logical fallacy that involves assuming the conclusion in the premise. That's why scientists don't...

21 Mar 08

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angeljenn @angeljenn (894) • Zaragoza, Spain 9 Mar 08

Personally, i do believe in Creation...i've read the entire BIBLE, and i've known that, in the beginning, GOD created the heaven, Earth, and humans...and basically, there were proofs that have been proven that Creation really...

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Rhoadan Oh please, not the "If we came from monkeys why are there still monkeys?" canard. The answer to that is that we are not descended from anything like modern monkeys. Instead, monkeys and humans are descended from a common ancestor that might be described as a...

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angeljenn @angeljenn (894) • Zaragoza, Spain 9 Mar 08

Personally, i do believe in Creation...i've read the entire BIBLE, and i've known that, in the beginning, GOD created the heaven, Earth, and humans...and basically, there were proofs that have been proven that Creation really...

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Rhoadan Uhh.. I think you're conflating the layperson's use of the word "theory" with the scientific usage. See, when one is trying to understand the available data, one first comes up with a hypothesis. The hypothesis not only has to explain the existing data, it...

21 Mar 08

lilybug @lilybug (21107) • United States 20 Mar 08

I had a free consultation and massage at a local chiropractor a few weeks ago. I expected them to say I needed to continue to be seen, but after taking some x-rays, he determined that I have lost the natural curve in my neck and...

chiropractor

curves

rip off

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Rhoadan No, I wouldn't have scheduled them. Actually, I'd suggest seeing an orthopedist for a second opinion, and also check out http://www.chirobase.org for more information on chiropractic. It can be useful for back pain, but there's an unfortunately large amount of...

21 Mar 08

CatsandDogs @CatsandDogs (13963) • United States 20 Mar 08

He put me on Crestor and it seems to be helping but I'm in need of some help from my friends. I don't know what I should and should not be eating. I'm not good at nutrition and such and need some help. I just never learned this...

cholesterol and nutrition

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Rhoadan Cholesterol is found in animal products, period, both good and bad. You won't find cholesterol in plant products at all. Now, even if you cut all cholesterol out of your diet, your body will make it because you need it for fat transport, but the overall...

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lorren192 @lorren192 (90) 14 Mar 08

Oh no.. I have been told that I will need to wear glasses for reading... My question to all my lotters is would you suggest I get glasses, or contact lenses,I would like to go for contact lenses because then no one would know...

contact lenses

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Rhoadan Hmm, you've got a point about dust and smoke although there's one smoky environment where contacts might be preferable. Firefighters need a good seal on their breathing masks, and you're not going to get that with glasses.

20 Mar 08

Marie Anne @Ldyjarhead (10233) • United States 2 Mar 08

Most of us have seen the commercials about the guy creating the soups and the idea comes to him to use sea salt. Do you use sea salt? Would you? Do you know if there really is a health benefit over regular table salt? Does it...

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Rhoadan Oh, I forgot to mention that rock salt is simply large crystals of salt, as opposed to tiny granules like you get with table salt or the flakes that you get with kosher salt (technically that's koshering salt, i.e. salt for koshering meat; basic table salt is...

18 Mar 08

Marie Anne @Ldyjarhead (10233) • United States 2 Mar 08

Most of us have seen the commercials about the guy creating the soups and the idea comes to him to use sea salt. Do you use sea salt? Would you? Do you know if there really is a health benefit over regular table salt? Does it...

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Rhoadan Actually, most sea salt apparently doesn't have significant iodine it although you'd think it would. It does contain other minerals that aren't as prone to sublimation. My reading indicates that while sea salt may taste different from table salt, you can't...

18 Mar 08

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 12 Mar 08

Ever since I can recall I was a salt fiend putting tons on my food to flavor it. Now since my dad was diagnosed with congestive heart failure I have had to reduce his intake of sodium (salt) severely. I still use salt for me not...

alternative

congestive heart failure

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Rhoadan It probably is stress. BTW, salt really doesn't have much impact on most people's blood pressure. It's something like 20% of the population that has to worry about it.

18 Mar 08

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