savak03

@savak03 (6684)

United States • Age 73

Joined myLot 16 years ago

I've lived too long and been down too many miles to tell you about myself in 160 characters or less. Just get to know me through our discussions.

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Discussions (133)

savak03's Discussions

Streaming video vs satellite or cable

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 24 Aug 19

The price of cable TV and satellite TV has gotten so expensive that many are looking for cheaper forms of video entertainment. I actually found a few companies that offered a reasonable alternative. The three top streaming...

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Telemarketers and other scam artists

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 20 Aug 19

I get about twenty calls a day from telemarketers. They call from different numbers and locals but they all start off the same way. I've just recently started blocking the numbers and that slows it down a little for a while....

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The high cost of internet access

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 23 Jun 17

I have been having trouble lately getting online. Internet access is so expensive and in a lot of areas where I live some plans are not even offered. To make matters worse I have had to move again and the place I have found is...

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Information is too easy to get.

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 31 Mar 17

When I was in school I had a very wise teacher one year that told his students it was not what you knew that was important. What was important was if you knew how to find the answer. Back then we had encyclopedias and reference...

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The next great computer

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 2 Oct 16

I need a computer that will read my mind. I say this in all honesty because I will be busy doing something else and a great idea for a discussion will pop in my head. Since my brain tends to worry over these thoughts independent...

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Pillowcases may be more trouble than they're worth.

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 20 Sep 16

Thinking back over my childhood I never noticed this problem but lately I seem to be having trouble keeping my pillow cases on my pillows properly. When I change my sheets I make sure that the pillow is all the way into the case...

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Goals and Dreams

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 11 Sep 16

I know there are a lot of people here on mylot who, like me have lived the bulk of the years they feel they have been allotted. I have been reflecting lately on my past and I have to admit I am not satisfied with my...

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Do store owners really think their customers are stupid?

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 19 Jun 16

I went grocery shopping yesterday. I really hate having to do it but since I like to eat it must be done. My budget has always been tight so I have always read the labels and compared the deals. As a result I can usually get...

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Writing to interest other people.

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 15 Jun 16

I have been looking back over the discussions I started since mylot reinvented itself. At first things were looking pretty good. Quite a few people seemed to be interested in the topics I introduced and participated. I will...

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Street addresses, locations, and maps.

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 9 Jun 16

I have been having a great deal of trouble lately making people understand how to find me at my new address. This has caused me to reflect on how the addresses are assigned in this locality. I have lived in a number of different...

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Don't take a check from the government. They bounce.

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 14 May 16

That's not exactly true, at least not yet. But one year they did have a problem with a number of IRS refund checks bouncing. It was back in 95 or 96 I think. The bad part is that now there is not one bank that will cash a tax...

Computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 12 May 16

Where would we be without our electronic gadgets? I have watched this trend take shape from the beginning. My first introduction to computers was back in 1973. I attended a business school and as part of my education I took...

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Do you gamble? Do you bet on yourself or against yourself?

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 11 May 16

I have always felt that insurance in general was at best a bet against yourself. I never buy insurance unless it's mandated by law and I can't get around it. Insurance started out as a scam by the gangs in New York. Back then...

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Sitting here just thinking.

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 3 May 16

As I sit here tonight thinking back over the last several discussions I started I realize that I have to do something to write more interesting. I know that I have not been as regular a contributor here. At least not as regular...

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Missing a day

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 1 May 16

I can't believe I've missed the whole day. I got up this morning and medicated my headache and put in my eye drops then tried to listen to a broadcast on my phone. I think I dozed through most of it but I was awake at the end so...

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Offers or tasks

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 30 Apr 16

In exploring the mylot website which is a chore I had been putting off I found a tab called offers. I figured I would see what these were all about because there were about a hundred and eighty listed for me. I wasn't...

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Spoofs

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 30 Apr 16

As everyone probably knows this is an election year in the United States and the proverbial bull has been thrown about quite liberally. Now I am not in any way a politically minded person. I have no interest in who gets elected....

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Changing my mind

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 30 Apr 16

When I first signed up with mylot back in the stone age they had a feature where you could friend request anyone you wanted to interact with and if they approved you then you would get notified when each of you posted something...

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A trip down memory lane

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 28 Apr 16

For the past week I have been working on cleaning out my email account of unwanted or unneeded emails. I have a whole sidebar of folders where I keep newsletters filed by source or subject matter and have even sent some documents...

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My love/hate relationship with candy crush

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 18 Apr 16

I got addicted to candy crush about two years ago when I was confined to bed do to illness and I had read all the books I had and I was heartily tired of watching reruns on TV. My daughter-in-law let me use her phone to play it...

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