smacksman

@smacksman (6053)

Age 82

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Has anyone tried trading binary options online?

elsino91 @elsino91 (440) • Poland 8 Apr 13

I heard about it a long time ago, and always thought it to be too risky. But recently I've started practicing on a website that allows you to practice on a demo account with virtual money. I'm thinking about starting to use my own...

binary options

making money

online options trading

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smacksman Much better to open an account with a forex agent then open and close trades at the time you want, not a fixed time. I have been doing this for years and quietly making money. Tips. 1. Don't be greedy. Take a profit when it is reasonable. Don't hold out...

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Writing my bio. But why? Will people read it?

thescribbler @thescribbler (386) • United States 7 Apr 13

I'm 75 pages into my autobiography, and although I've had an interesting and quite unique life, I wonder who would want to read about it. Am I doing this for myself or for the reader? Do you read biographies? Whose lives are...

biographies

books

writing

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smacksman If you want to be more appealing and read by the masses then lie through your teeth! haha Only your associates will know its not true! Politicians do it all the time with their memoirs - they write their version of the 'facts' as who is to know the truth as...

8 Apr 13

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35 fake emails?

ctryhnny @ctryhnny (3460) • United States 15 Mar 13

When I got back from being out this morning I logged into my yahoo account to check my email. There were 35 emails that were mailer daemons (sp?). Emails were sent to all my friends and family and yahoo said they came from Brazil...

brazil

emails

fake

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smacksman Sadly you invited the hacker in without knowing it. You must have opened an email that looked like from a friend of yours and that had the trojan in it. The trojan then reads your address book and sends itself to all your contacts - and so on. So the email...

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My Laptop

dreamertink @dfollin (25305) • United States 15 Mar 13

NIt finally died!Now I have to be able the money to buy another one.But until then I amusing my Kindle.But I have found that if I use it a lot it will shut down for a few days. Does that happen to...

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smacksman There are loads of reasons why a computer dies and most can be fixed by re-loading Windows or Mac OS. If you were closer to me I would fix it for you. At worst it might mean a new hard drive but that is not a lot of money these days. Try and find a...

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Have to cancel Mylot account, Im afraid

LaurenM @ambull2683 (20) • United States 14 Mar 13

I am new to Mylot and today I was reading how to cashout, although I am not there yet. It says I need a Paypal account so I tried to set one up via my debit card. Well, it says my financial institution cannot be linked with...

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smacksman Just open a new account with another bank. They would love to have you as a customer. I bank with three different banks and they all have their good and bad points so I pick the account that suits me best for that particular transaction.

15 Mar 13

What have I done...?

yume11 @yume11 (183) • Romania 9 Mar 13

After I saw that I can put myLot as my default search engine, I being to use it as any search engine, but after about...a half an hour/an hour this message it's coming across every time I try to search something:[in the...

message

mylot

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smacksman The answer is to use Mylot search for the odd item you want. But when you are really searching for something difficult to find then fall back to using Google direct in a new window. I know exactly the problem you have when the search is difficult - you...

10 Mar 13

Glad to see the sun

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 3 Mar 13

Here in the upper midwest we finally have gotten our full blown winter as we are sitting on atleast 12in of snow here and life is filled with cold and cloudy days. For the past several days we've had SUN and clear skies. It's so...

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smacksman Definitely. I'm a sun person. While walking the dogs this morning I was pleased to see the hedgerows starting to bud and a few bright green leaves starting to appear. Daffodils are in bud and wallflowers starting to flower. The snowdrops are...

3 Mar 13

She stole my meatball!

911Ricki @911Ricki (13588) • Canada 21 Sep 12

I had bought clearance buns at the grocery store, and decided to make a meatball sandwhich. I didnt have any pasta sauce, so I just put the meatballs and cheese on a bun then heated it up so it was crispy and melted. I was...

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smacksman Ha ha! They are cunning! I was having breakfast the other day, eating some toast and honey, when the door bell rang. Coming back I saw that my toast had gone! There was Misha, our Newfoundland ( as big as a small horse!) looking all innocent. When standing...

21 Sep 12

The modem gets heated when use the Internet.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 20 Sep 12

Whenever I start using the Internet, the modem of the broadband connection gets extremely heated. Can you postulate the reason of such heat production and suggest any remedy for it?

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smacksman Yep, they do get hot the same as computers. But if they get really hot then try to get a can of compressed air and blow through the ventilation slots. There could be a build-up of dust. It is always a good idea to take the side off a desktop or the back...

20 Sep 12

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How much you know about computers?

bloodmask @bloodmask (590) • India 13 Sep 12

We all use computer for some task, maybe some are using for just for fun and some are using it for earning. While some are using it to gather information. And some don't like to use it but they are forced to used it to do their...

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smacksman Interesting question because it highlights the range of different skills needed to cover all aspects of computing. I'll list a few and what I know about each. Programming - not a lot! The Windows operating System - Quite a lot and going...

13 Sep 12

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Make purchase trough paypal

bondali919 @bondali919 (118) • Canada 30 Aug 12

Please fellow members, i would like to know i used paypal to make purchase online, will i be charge in my paypal account for that because i never use paypal to make purchase and i want to know it first before i do because i don't...

paypal

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smacksman Paypal works really well. I have been using it for years. There is no charge when you buy something so long as you have money in your account or a verified credit card or bank account. If you earn money online like at Neobux then they pass on the charge...

31 Aug 12

decision making

suryapeethambaran @suryapeethambaran (104) 19 Aug 12

If a computer will capable of taking independent decisions like human being. do you think what will happen?

computer

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smacksman No but I think it can become so close to human ability so as to be really useful. A computer is really quite stupid. It can only tell zero from 1 - but very quickly. It is the human input of the programmer that makes a computer useful.

19 Aug 12

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I can't stop eating watermelon

hotsummer @hotsummer (13837) • Philippines 17 Aug 12

I have bought a big slice of watermelon on the way home. It costs about $1. I know in other countries its much cheaper. Anyway I thought I won't be able to eat them all after all I just had my lunch. But anyway maybe because it's...

watermelon

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smacksman I remember well buying a big watermelon (the green with yellow patches type) from a child by the roadside in Bechuanalnd (now Botswana) in Africa. It was boiling hot in the desert and yet the pink flesh was so cool and moist and juicy. Fantastic! Cost a...

18 Aug 12

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Do you wish the coming of 2012

xixiAtom @xixiAtom (69) • Dalian, China 17 Aug 12

The famous films the day after tomorrow, 2012 and many theories from many fields told people the December of 2012 may be the end of the world. To be honest, i am scared of death. The time when I first smelled it, I would call my...

life

the end of the world

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smacksman If it is the end of the world then it is the end for us humans. Very few could survive without help; amazon indians and new guinea indians maybe would still be ok. Maybe it will be the turn of the insects to take over?

17 Aug 12

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my knowledge in computer is limited

nita04 @nita04 (268) • Philippines 15 Aug 12

I want to make extra money on line but my knowledge in computer is limited. I am so overwhelmed with people who could do wonders when they surf. There are a lot of tempting offers to work online but I am afraid that I might not...

knowledge in computer is limited

work online

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smacksman Well I am 70 next month and if I can work computers then anyone can! haha There is very little damage you can do to a computer in normal use. If you get into a complete uproar and find it hard to get back to somewhere you recognise then turn off and back on...

15 Aug 12

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Is relationship a test?

uolyram @uolyram (266) • Philippines 15 Aug 12

There are different kinds of relationship, with in families, friends, lovers and relatives. It is how you communicate to each other that relations last long. But there are people who will enter into relationship as a test wither...

communicate

last long

relationship

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smacksman I suppose it is a test in the sense that you win or loose. I think the biggest winner is to keep your mouth shut when it is prudent to do so. A loose tongue can cause unnessesary friction in a relationship.

15 Aug 12

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Partners who Change After Marriage..

Jshean20 @Jshean20 (14348) • Canada 13 Aug 12

I hear a lot of talk from people mentioning how much their partner has changed after they got married, the change never sounds positive either. I'm just curious to know if this is typical, I've been with my partner for 8 years (...

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smacksman I think you answered your own question. You have been 'married' 8 years, whether you have a piece of paper or not. You now know your partner - warts an' all! haha The change occurs when people get married before they live together. They then find that the...

13 Aug 12

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how to find a specific member here?

flagella08 @flagella08 (5065) • Philippines 9 Jul 12

i know a friend who is a member of mylot. i want to respond to her posts yet i don't know where to find her here.is there a feature here where we can find friends that are yet included in our friends' circle here?please help.

member

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smacksman From what you say I guess that your friend is not yet an official 'friend' in your list, otherwise it is a simple operation to find the friend as mentioned above. You could try to use the Yahoo search at the top of each page, type in your friends username...

9 Jul 12

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Paypal with a new look

vidhyaprakash_2 @vidhyaprakash_2 (7116) • India 9 Jul 12

Just now i checked paypal site and surprised with the new look. At first i am little bit scared to login and check whether i am using the secured version. After some reviews i found that paypal changed its home page with a new...

design

paypal

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smacksman You have every right to be cautious about a new page layout but as you say, so long as you are logging in to a secure page, ie one that starts https// you are fairly safe. For me, the design of the page is not important so long as the links are...

9 Jul 12

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