valpopa

@valpopa (154)

Italy • Age 45

Joined myLot 15 years ago

Here I am!!

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valpopa's Responses

What cooking oil do you use?

dhawanbm @dhawanbm (3705) • India 18 Jun 09

Its simply taste which matters! I think the quality of the oil should also be good, heart friendly and low on bad cholestrol. We usually buy and consume sunflower oil which is very good for our heart, say saffola or fortune! What...

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valpopa Sunflower oil is the one I use. It is less expensive than olive oil and has a smoother flavour. Of course the choice of oil depends on the kind of dish you want to use it on. I can use olive oil for the pasta or salad, and I can use the sunflower on my cooked...

18 Jun 09

Is eating fast food too often bad for health?

velentina @velentina (891) • Mauritius 17 Jun 09

Hey there I am a bit lazy to cook so I buy fast food too often....I feel a burden to cook food for only 1 person and sometimes I come home late from work.my collegues adviced me not to eat fast food too often as it may affect my...

diet

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valpopa Fast foods are good as long as you don't consume them on a daily basis. If your time does not allow you to cook something more elaborate, then the best way to avoid fast foods is by cooking fast foods yourself...I always go for the beef stake, and canned...

17 Jun 09

"America Shrugged"

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 20 May 09

In her book, "Atlas Shrugged", Ayn Rand mused about what would happen if all the minds and investors of society decided to go on strike. After all, if it's ok for labor to call a strike, what's wrong with the ones who create jobs...

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valpopa Boy...That is a serious question! I don't even want to immagine what whould happen if the US would quit from beint the World Power it is today...not even for a day! I presume all those rogue nations would not hesitate for a moment to take their chance on the...

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How long does it take you to research and write an article?

AnythngArt @AnythngArt (3302) • United States 20 May 09

Tonight I was working on an article that took me a couple of hours to write (and that did not include the time...at least 2 more hours...it took to research my subject). How long does it take you to research and write your...

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valpopa Let me assure you that writing an article or an aswer ona discussion on mylot takes waay less time than writing a professional article. Sometimes it might take me days before I can lay down a few lines regarding the research I have conducted or to discuss on...

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Why beautiful women are more likely to be unfaithful?

alegnaluvu @alegnaluvu (660) • Malaysia 13 Apr 09

It is said that beautiful women, those that has drop-dead curves and voluptuous hourglass figures, a pair of killers eyes and smooth skin are categorized as beautiful and sexy women normally do not always make good partners in...

beautiful women

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valpopa I stronly agree with you..this is something I have observed with nice looking women out there. The main reason for this I suppose is the fact that their ide about themselves is dependent on what others around them have to say...the personality of a woman is...

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which do you prefer to communicate--by phone or by internet ?

youetme @youetme (351) • China 14 Apr 09

A good education provides the tools for understanding .The first and most important of these tools is language for communiction.Language is such an important tool that can't communicate with anyone or get access to any other...

communication

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valpopa It is true that the net offers quite a bit of choice when it comes to communicating, but the future offers the possibility of saying goodby to your phone bill. With skype, messenger and other forms of data exchange out there the telephone is becoming more and...

14 Apr 09

How to make friends in Facebook?

yunsongchen @yunsongchen (17) • China 14 Apr 09

I'm a new member in facebook and I want to make some friend in facebook. What is the best way to add a friend? What's the best words to start?

facebook friend

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valpopa Why should you use facebook for? It is more or less the same thing as mylot with the only difference that on facebook you don't get a penny for your messeges while here on mylot you get cash. Anthow, to make friends on facebook you have to search for them and...

14 Apr 09

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How do you convince yourselves not to give up easily?

daydreamer20 @daydreamer20 (1688) • Malaysia 7 Apr 09

I was watching this documentary about the kids in China learning acrobatic during their childhood. Some of them are only 4 years old and you can see that most of them are suffering from the strenuous trainings. And yet, they push...

life

motivational

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valpopa I usually try my best before giving up on something...infact people look up to me and accuse me of being tough headed but if I were not that way I would give up too easily on all the difficulties I have to face in life. My advice on giving up is that you...

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Unethical practice from the life insurance sales staff

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 7 Apr 09

I read an article in a magazine, some undercover investigators found out the some life insurance sales staff unethically sale our innocent senior citizens "variable annuity", a product that is trash to them. In some insurance...

life insurance

sales staff

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valpopa I don't usually expect to find moral values in a salesman, especially if he or she works for the insurance company. After all the insurance companies have the sole purpose of sucking away money from people, because they immediately ask for money in order to...

7 Apr 09

"C'mon George W wasn't THAT bad" What do YOU think?

valentinesdiner @valentinesdiner (1214) • United States 6 Apr 09

Yesterday I saw a t-shirt that read "C'mon, George W Bush wasn't THAT bad" and I had to burst out laughing. Now that he has been retired from his old job for about ten weeks... what do your think... was he (and his administration)...

bush

obama

policies

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valpopa I think George W was ok as a president..he confronted an awful time in the oval office, had to deal with terrorism, 9/11, you name it. and despite all he was able to keep his charisma and know how to get away from the questions of all the peacelovers out there...

7 Apr 09

get a job!!

ANTIQUELADY @ANTIQUELADY (36440) • United States 6 Apr 09

i hope people don't get tired of me talking about my grandson. he is the apple of my eye. i was visiting w/him a few days ago. we were sitting out on his porch talking. we talk alot. he ask me what i had been doing that day. i...

kids

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valpopa Wow amazing...so your grandson told you to get a job!? boy does he have an attitude! He was very lucky you really treated him well, 'cause my grandparents would really kick my butt if I would have said something like this to them! This is totally unbelieveble!...

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An interesting casestudy .... please suggest answers

rajeshfgh @rajeshfgh (1629) • India 7 Apr 09

Today I was given a very interesting group discussion topic as part of my job interview. Just want to share with you'll and know your response. 10 people flying in an aeroplane. Only 10 mins. of fuel left and the plane is sure...

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valpopa Ok..this is how it goes.. -The pregnant woman goes first because of the baby, then goes the doctor along with the dog. The priest will take off his robe and thus make a parachute for the engineer (engineer builds the parachute of course). The final parachute...

7 Apr 09

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women's education

maygodblessu44 @maygodblessu44 (7336) • India 6 Apr 09

Hello everyone here Ji, Even today, in our country, people are of the opinion that, in rich families, it is not necessary that women must be educated, giving reasons that women do not have to earn to make their...

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valpopa The reason women do not get educated is because quite ofthen education is viewed by women as a punishment for not being goregeous looking or a way in which a more educated man may look after her. I see that generally speaking the aim of all girls out thre is...

7 Apr 09

Have you had problems with your doctors due to your age?

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 6 Apr 09

i have a ton of health problems and i keep running into the same problem.. my doctor i see (and i have changed doctors so many times its not even funny) will look at me.. hear what i having problems with then blow me off saying...

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valpopa The truth is..anyone can get sick no matter the age. The other truth is that doctors should send their patients for exams if the patients request it. I have heard of people who despite their age, had serious difficulties with their heart conditions and all...

7 Apr 09

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So, what would YOU have given the Queen?

miamilady @miamilady (4910) • United States 6 Apr 09

Maybe a silly question, but we're so quick to jump all over Obama for this one. What would have been an appopriate gift? And while your at it? How would YOU fix or economic problems. Just focusing on what you wouldn't DO is...

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valpopa I don't think a gift would be appropriate for this occasion. There is no gift a sovreign can accept as Obama was not even there to ask anything in paricular to the queen of england, it was just a business trip if you can call it that way. In any case, if the...

7 Apr 09

girls are hard to understand

fan2009 @fan2009 (121) • China 6 Apr 09

I have a girlfriend and we love each other for a long time.When we spent time together,I felt happy.We talked things and persons we like.We help each other when we were in trouble.I thought I know her well.However,when I asked her...

friendship

girls

love

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valpopa For now I'd say you should put more patience in it. Wait and see what happens. Don't dissappear all scared off, but call her or at least try calling her and see what she says. Maybe she was not expecting this kind of feedback from you...she did not think of...

7 Apr 09

Can you survive on $1 per day?

zahfran @zahfran (851) • Singapore 4 Apr 09

Hi guys, do you think this is possible? What would you do if you had only $1 to survive daily? I read in the news about this family that managed to survive on just $1 per day. They had vegetables grown on the back of their house.....

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valpopa That is a good point you got there..I cannot immagine what I would do with just a dollar. Maybe the best question would be what would you do with only a dollar because if you live in N,America or Europe you cannot do anything for this much. Not even playing at...

7 Apr 09

Do You Wear a Steatbelt???

LadyMarissa @LadyMarissa (12148) • United States 6 Apr 09

I saw a story on the news last week where a guy driving too fast hit the median & his SUV rolled 4-5 times front over rear. The driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt & flew out the back window during the wreck. That was one of the...

seatbelt safety

taking chances

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valpopa I always put mine on..it's almost like a reflex..I never drive around or get a drive from someone without the seatbelt on. I mean..it's obvious that without the seatbelt you will become a shooting ball as soon as something prevents the care you are in from...

7 Apr 09

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"Get Over Yourself"

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (47670) • St. Catharines, Ontario 6 Apr 09

Here's another one for the "Get Over Yourself" files... A mother in Toronto is whining to the news that her five-year-old daughter was kicked out of dance class because Mom complained about the choice of music used in one of...

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valpopa What really worries me in this one is the way in which the music was judged based on the bikini thing..it would be ok if we were back in the '60s but not for 2009! So why would the little girl feel bad about herself. How does the mother know her little...

7 Apr 09

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