Shiva (@Shiva49) on myLot

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (53) • United States 19h

OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm got me to remembering the worst place I ever lived. I was 12 years old and my parents had just gotten divorced. My mom got custody of me and we moved two hours away from my Dad and Brother to the inner...

bad places to live

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Shiva It was over fifty years ago. I stayed in a room that was surrounded by thick undergrowth To make it worse, there were poisonous snakes aplenty. I could here rustling sounds at night. I waited for daybreak to feel safe.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (42772) • United States 11 Mar

I wish that were my age, lol. But tomorrow Dale and I will be married 59 years. I can hardly believe it. He was in the Navy stationed in Hawaii and I was in my senior year of high school there (my father was in the Coast...

wedding anniversary

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Shiva That is indeed worth celebrating. To get married is getting tough and remaining married is tougher nowadays. I am sure you will go much beyond 60 years - my best wishes.

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (39644) • India 10 Mar

Today I reminded of a young man who was from a rich family. One day twelve years ago I saw him sipping tea at a hotel. He looked normal. There was no tension on his face. He was one of my acquaintances; not a friend of mine. I...

reminded sipping tension acquaintances

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Shiva Some suicides happen for no reason, it seems. This could have be a spur of the moment folly. Some struggle all their lives but live on right till their last moments fighting against the odds.

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (53) • United States 10 Mar

My husband and I had been sitting outside in our driveway for 90 minutes talking and enjoying the sunshine and fresh air and warm temperature (60F) today. All of a sudden I heard a hissing sound and I jumped about two feet out of...

scared

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Shiva A hissing sound needs immediate investigating!

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Judy Story @jstory07 (142349) • Roseburg, Oregon 9 Mar

My uncle was blind his whole life and he worked his whole life. He worked in one company on a machine and worked there until he retired. He was legally blind and could see a little. He walked to the store and back with...

blind

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Shiva I knew a person who could hardly see. He was working in an insurance company. His memory and voice recognition were amazing.

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Marie @Tampa_girl7 (52076) • United States 9 Mar

Here is another photo of the West Virginia home. It was undoubtedly the worst room in the house. It was and will be our den. We have started working on it and it is really coming along. I don’t have an updated picture of it yet....

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Shiva Looks like from a war zone. Goo that it is getting into good shape soon.

10 Mar

Steve Marshall @innertalks (22407) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Shiva @innertalks I have felt like a guinea pig and one needs luck too to consult a doctor who is able to diagnose correctly. The above applies mainly to surgical procedures. Years ago, I had issue with puss oozing from the navel/belly button. The doctor suggested...

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Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3753) • India 9 Mar

I was driving in the National Highway yesterday, driving close to 50km/hr. It was a two-way road due to some renovation. All of a sudden, I see two people coming at good speed in a scooter trying to overtake a bus and I had to...

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Shiva I have stopped driving years ago. We do get blamed for accidents that are not our fault. I was in my brother's car and the car ahead slid down the slope at a traffic junction to hit our car. It was his fault but he blamed my brother.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (347875) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Mar

On Antiques Roadshow, one lady was asked what would happen to her pieces of jewellery. She said they’d go to her daughter when she ‘popped her clogs’ meaning when she died. What an unusual saying. I hadn’t heard it in years. I...

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Shiva I am amused when I hear "kick the bucket" to convey that someone has died. I like to use this term occasionally with those who do not get offended.

9 Mar

Judy Evans @JudyEv (347875) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Mar

One of Vince’s brothers will be buried in a country town on Monday. He spent some years in the town working as Clerk of Courts and his wife is buried there. His son still lives there in the family home. We’ll be taking our...

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Shiva We still live on in the hearts of those we touched. I keep recalling the people who I knew when they were alive and had played some part in my life.

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22407) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Shiva @innertalks They brainwash the doctors too and induce them to promote their products. Increasingly people get a second opinion from Dr. Google.

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (53) • United States 7 Mar

I've noticed that a majority of people here on myLot seem to live in apartments. But I wanted to check my theory on that, so I'm asking what kind of home you have. It could be a house, a condo, a trailer, an apartment, a...

patio home

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house

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Shiva Looks beautiful. I have lived in independent houses but later switched to apartments. The latter suit us as we stay away from a place for months.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (347875) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Mar

Thirty years ago, our niece had a baby boy. He was a very happy child but at the age of five, he was diagnosed with a brain tumour and died three years later. When he was first diagnosed, he had a younger sister followed by...

western australia

birthday

brain tumour

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Shiva It is terrible that children have to suffer so much pain and even succumb to incurable diseases. Life is indeed a puzzle.

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22407) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Shiva @innertalks Yes, but sadly scientific advances are also used negatively like for more destructive weapons and interfering in elections of other countries (regime change). We need a total overhaul of our mindset. .

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (347875) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Mar

Are any of you old enough to have heard of Lech Walesa? He was Poland’s first democratically elected president since 1926 and the first to be elected by popular vote. He led the movement which ended Communist rule in Poland in...

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Shiva In fact, I checked on the latest news about him a couple of days ago. His name is pronounced not as written in English Trump is having a ball of a time hitting many under the belt and feels good about it too! He heard Macron of France replying in French...

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (347875) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Mar

An old couch-surfing friend has got back in touch lately. She is now qualified as a metallurgist and is a FIFO (fly in fly out) worker on a remote mine site. She doesn’t know many people here and looks to us as someone she can...

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Shiva I get away from the toilet ASAP. I feel claustrophobic too within the enclosed place. Thankfully it was not a video call!

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22407) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Shiva @innertalks I keep wondering how the change for the better will happen. Now history repeats ad nauseam.

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Judy Story @jstory07 (142349) • Roseburg, Oregon 6 Mar

What is normal? What is normal to one person might not be normal to another person. What is normal for one family is not normal for another family. What is normal for you is not normal for me. Normal what is normal? Your...

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Shiva I adjust to the reality and if it changes I take it as the new normal. My approach is change what I can for the better, and accept those I can't.

6 Mar

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22407) • Australia 2 Mar

Rabbi Resky Ashpodi, was chatting to his students about character, and about how one could assess the character of somebody else. He said to them that there are 3 main ways to assess somebody’s character. [b]One way is to...

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Shiva @innertalks Yes, the daily headlines are a dampener to knock us silly like a punch from Mike Tyson. But we have to get up and do what is right.

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Steve Marshall @innertalks (22407) • Australia 4 Mar

The old Zen master was sick, and dying, but he wanted to come up with at least one more new Zen koan for his students before he died. He thought about this a bit, but not coming up with anything, he walked outside slowly,...

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Shiva @innertalks What we are provided with play their part in keeping us going. Sadly, we play spoilsport in the whole scheme of things and wantonly too. We think our creator will clean up after us - that is how grateful we prove to be for all the blessings...

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