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tholmes's Responses
winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
22 Dec 09
Have you ever been stuck in an elevator when the electricity went out?
It happened to me twice.
Once I was alone and that scary, but once I was at the office with four other people in the elevator two were bosses so they...
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tholmes Yeah I was stuck on New Years Eve once in a elevator with the lady I look after, I had to be calm so she would be calm, it was in the apartment building we used to live in, I banged on the elevator door, and pushed the emergency button, a lot of people in the...
23 Dec 09
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
22 Dec 09
for me it was living right beside a house that went up in flames, the fireman had to make us all leave our house for fear it would catch on fire, we were 100 families out on the street waiting for them to get the fire under...
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tholmes The scariest time was when I was a kid and it was night time and a couple friends and me were in the cemetary at night (lol, don't ask why), we heard noises, checked it out like boys will saw some people in hoods and stuff chanting, they saw us and chased us...
23 Dec 09
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
22 Dec 09
when you are short of cash which extras can you do without,
for women
less dinners out, or less makeup?
for men
less sports acitivies/outings or dinners out
or less games or movie rentals?
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tholmes When I am running short on cash, I cut out the movie rentals and snack treats like chips and juice..
23 Dec 09
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
22 Dec 09
I know in the usa insurance is extremely expensive,
do you have car insurance
health insurance
life insurance
house insurance
and do you feel all these insurances are necessary or only some of them?
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tholmes Right now I have house insurance, and it is fairly low cost and it covers everything in the house..The reason I have it is because it is necessary because of the medical equipment in the house..I don't have a car, so don't need that one, as for life insurance...
23 Dec 09
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
19 Dec 09
Christmas is a time for gift giving,
will you be spending as much as you want on christmas or because of the economic times are you cutting down on presents, people you give presents to, big family dinner, or going out for...
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tholmes This year is pretty well the same as all the other Christmases except for the fact I gave this year to a charity, something I could not really afford to do other years..
In the town, I live in and also the previous ones, I have received a hamper just before...
20 Dec 09
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
19 Dec 09
Do you believe a person can be possessed
why or why not?
Do you think people who think they are possessed are mentally ill?
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tholmes Yes I think it is possible, there is so much to this world we do not yet grasp or understand and there is still a lot to be discovered, and yes I think there are some evil spirits still out there, and I think on occasion they do possess people, and I don't...
20 Dec 09
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 09
Do you agree with this statement our soul never dies
Why do you believe, or why do you not believe,
please give a reason with your answer for best response
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tholmes I am not religious in any way, but I think we all get reincarnated into some one or some thing else after we pass on, I just can't see us being here for 70 or more years and then that is it, we pass on...As for what makes me think that? Well let's stop and...
13 Dec 09
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
12 Dec 09
we all have hectic lives so much happening so many people having to work and go to university and do so much, that a lot of times there just isn't much time to do anything.
Do you as a family get a chance to have a family night...
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tholmes Yes the lady I look after and I sit down at 7 pm or so and watch a movie or I read to her..Usually we end up watching a kid or non violent family movie and having a small snack of either cut up vegetables with a dip some times or some times as a treat a small...
12 Dec 09
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
25 Dec 08
I was here sitting down watching a movie called the Christmas choir and there was a scene in the subway right away I recognized that station, it is the Place Des Arts metro station right here in Montreal, it was so exciting to see...
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tholmes Actually yes we had a movie produced in our small town, it was quite exciting really, we got to watch how the movie was made, and meet some of the actors that were in it, they even got a few locals involved..
It became a tv show I do believe, I can't remember...
26 Dec 08
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
17 Nov 08
Do you look forward to getting older?
what is good about getting older?
more independence, retirements, quiet, cause kids are grown up,
please state your reasons here,
or are you afraid of getting older,
you can...
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tholmes I don't plan on getting older :-)
Ok on the serious side, no I am not looking forward to getting older, I am in my mid 40's and am already not liking it, my reasons are not for me though, it is because I won't be able to do my job eventually which means the...
17 Nov 08
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
17 Nov 08
many people used to say that giving money was not a really well thought out gift when I was growing up. They said it lacked thought. It was always better to go out of your way and buy that perfect gift or make that perfect gift...
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tholmes I don't like to give out money as a gift I prefer a gift certificate instead...If I know the person likes movies, or what ever I will get them a certificate for a movie store, or if I know they are short on groceries I will get them a gift certificate for a...
17 Nov 08
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
29 Jul 08
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?memberId=58226&articleId=281474976767254&nav=MyGather
for those of you reading this current selection of teenagers and boys, the title is boys, boys, boys, cause frankly during my...
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tholmes At 14 I was not really interested in girls at all, I was more interested in making it through the day..
I was living alone on the street at this age, so my only concerns were staying warm, making it to to next day in one piece and where my next meal was going...
29 Jul 08
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