spyjax

@spyjax (46)

United States • Age 58

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What do you want your grave stone to say?

taylorblue @taylorblue (1286) • Canada 18 Aug 07

I would like mine to say... dearly loved really missed

dying

gravestones

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spyjax "You're squatting over my head, and I really don't enjoy the view."

18 Aug 07

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My Student Was Wrongly Accused of Shoplifting!

psyche49f @psyche49f (2502) • Philippines 18 Aug 07

A college student of our university went shopping after school to a nearby mall. As she was about to get out of the mall, a security alarm buzzed off, sending the security guards to do a body search on her...Imagine, even her...

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spyjax How often does this happen to guys without an outcry? Women are as equally prone to shoplifting as men. (Winona Ryder? But she's so rich, and pretty, and waif, and fawn-like.) A smart female shoplifter will of course tuck the goods in a place where she...

18 Aug 07

Are people born good or bad?

MikeMe @MikeMe (100) • United States 18 Aug 07

Do we come into this world more with the capacity for being good people, or for being bad? OR, do we tend to be basically good with some bad qualities. Maybe we are born with a tendency to do evil, but some good overcomes...

people

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spyjax The mind of a child is most certainly not a "clean slate." Of the many books I've acquired over the years and have yet had a chance to read, "The Blank Slate," by Steven Pinker, is one. Nonetheless, in its pages, I did find a noteworthy item: "The...

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What size tip do you leave at a restaurant?

sr0415 @sr0415 (1140) • Philippines 17 Aug 07

Usually, when I go to restaurant, the one who leaves the tip is either my parents or the one who paid for the food. *hehe* But when I am the one who eats in a restaurant and I'm with my friends and it's...

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spyjax I try and get it close to 20% at restaurants. I think only once in my life have I not tipped. If I recall, she was a meany. Barbers fair the best, though. If the haircut costs $8, I give 'em a ten. Even if it is clearly the owner doing the...

18 Aug 07

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Do you like to rent DVDs or buy them?

kstrzwsk @kstrzwsk (146) • United States 12 Apr 07

I prefer buying them, what about you?

blockbuster

dvd

net flix

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spyjax Both. I rent through Netflix (but only after watching trailers, reading reviews, and perusing what the critics have to say--most often via Rotten Tomatoes.com.) If I really like a movie, then I buy. Typically via Amazon.com, Half.com, or Hollywood Video...

18 Aug 07

Would you move fro a secure house to an iffy neiborhood to save $700 a month?

Amy @artemis432 (7474) • Abernathy, Texas 17 Aug 07

We live on base in a huge three bedroom house. We have access to multiple parks, tracks, gyms, library, gym and pool. It is a highly protected base. We pay well over a thousand for rent. Granted, were we in Northern CA or MD this...

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spyjax I currently live in a relatively bad part of town, and have been for five years now. Very low housing expense. I can travel the world, dine out, and save lots for retirement. If I had a family, however, things would be much different. Which is why...

18 Aug 07

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Sum up yourself in one word...

wotfpatty @wotfpatty (2065) • United States 18 Aug 07

If you had to tell someone as much as you could about yourself in just one word, what would that word be and why?My word would either be CREATIVE or CONFUSED. I saw that because I am creative. It is my one true gift. But my...

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spyjax Jester. A name I've put on my license plate, by the way. (With a slight modification in spelling.)

18 Aug 07

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What food do you really hate and won't eat?

ctrymuziklvr @ctrymuziklvr (11057) • United States 13 Aug 07

I seldom turn away from trying any type of food. I love to try new things whenever I can. Visiting my daughter in CA one time she wanted to try a new Japanese restaurant because she heard their sushi was great. This was my first...

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spyjax Lima beans. Dis. Gusting.

14 Aug 07

my boyfriend slapped me twice!!!! wtf...

bethel_101 @bethel_101 (432) • Philippines 14 Aug 07

i've never been hurt physically by anyone... i was respected greatly by my previous relationships.... and one heated argument, i got hurt physically by the person who's supposed to respect mo more than anybody else. in your...

beating

boyfriend

ending a relationship

enough

hurt

slap

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spyjax Get married to this bully, and it'll likely get worse. From what I hear, there's little chance of escaping a rough marriage in your country. (Divorce being prohibited, and all.)

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US life span is getting shorter and it's people less healthy.What do you think?

rosie_123 @rosie_123 (6113) 12 Aug 07

I read a very interesting article on the Net today. Here is the link http://health.yahoo.com/news/178301 Basically it says that despite what many people in the States think, the health care situation there is so apalling that...

african american women

national health insurance

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spyjax Some factors are being ignored. First, the world is simply catching up. This is to be expected under globalism. This is good. Secondly, the U.S. is now much more diverse than it has ever been its history. Legal immigrants to the U.S. now number 35...

12 Aug 07

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Your lives in general

princessa200145 @princessa200145 (616) • United States 10 Aug 07

have u ever had any 1 be mean to u and then all of a sudden they want to get back in your good graces what would u do or say would u accept them back hold a grudge or simply diassociate with them all together? my parents are 1 of...

grudges mean lives life

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spyjax My case is a little more extreme than yours. Mom was the tar beater. Dad was the boozer. Moved far, far away from the both of 'em. Haven't spoken to or seen my mother in something like 23 years, and dad in over 15 years. Some people think this is bad....

11 Aug 07

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Why?

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 11 Aug 07

Okay it's time for me to whine or rant if you will about the "quality" of discussions I have been getting in my emails as of late. Why do so many members start a discussion asking a question then don't offer an answer or opinion...

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spyjax I chuckled when one of these "old timers" started a discussion recently complaining about this very issue. (The embedding of referrals in posts, and such.) He/she then closed by asking that readers visit his/her blog (a link was provided); to peruse the...

11 Aug 07

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The death sentence... For it or against it...

socorban @socorban (650) • United States 10 Aug 07

I'm curious to see who thinks the death sentence is appropriate. And what places actually imply it to the law. While i know in the USA it varies from state to state, if and how it is implemented, I'm curious where it is or is not...

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spyjax Were I to witness a brutal act, live, and in person, then I might favor the death penalty for the assailant. The Innocence Project shows, however, that even in instances where nearly everyone involved is certain of the circumstances behind a crime, they can...

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What food could you eat till it made you sick?

scarywhitegirl @scarywhitegirl (2766) • United States 10 Aug 07

I was just finishing up my lunch, realizing that I was getting way too full, and I realized that I didn't want to stop eating because I was eating one of my favorite things in the world--sticky rice. But then I realized that there...

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spyjax Oysters on the half shell. Garlic chicken. Sushi. *burp*

11 Aug 07

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Obsessions

wooitsmolly @wooitsmolly (3613) • United States 9 Aug 07

Do you obsess about anything? What do you obsess over? I am obsessed with my weight and how my body looks. I used to be very skinny and now that I have gained some weight I am still fairly thin, but I hate my body. I am...

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spyjax From the time I was in my teens until my mid-thirties I wondered incessantly where I stood in the eyes of women. Was I appealing? Would they find me attractive? Yep, in retrospect, this was an obsession! Now fully recovered, I could care less where I stand,...

10 Aug 07

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Do you think a better education makes a better person?

joshua_w @joshua_w (501) • Malaysia 9 Aug 07

Recently i came across this discussion asking whether a better educated or higher educated person is a better person than the not so highly-educated. It seems that some highly educated people feels they are superior than the...

education

life

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spyjax Education doesn't make for better people. Smarter, yes. Wealthier, yes. But not better. I have encountered poor, uneducated people here in the States and in Latin America who are the most decent souls. They're authentic. Humble. Deferential. Traits I pick...

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Do you prefer to live in the countryside or in big city?

lisa_wxy @lisa_wxy (393) • China 9 Aug 07

as i was born in the countryside,when i was in my childhood,i made up my desicion to get out of the countryside,i'd like to work in the city,and buy an apartment. but now,as the number of the population of the city is becoming...

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spyjax Lots to do in big cities. Very dynamic places. But they're insane. Too many rude, shallow people trying to one-up each other. No thanks. I'll take the bucolic cottage instead. The day I hit retirement.

9 Aug 07