writerdave

@writerdave (43)

United States • Age 36

Joined myLot 16 years ago

Californian in New York

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yay! Gas prices down

bonnie @bunnybon7 (50973) • Holiday, Florida 25 Oct 08

Hope im not repeating someone elses discussion here. i tried searching and couldnt find anything. i was sitting here watching news and doing mylot and saw it said Gas prices are lower than they've been for years. i wonder why?...

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writerdave I recently (early August) moved from San Diego, California (where gas prices had risen to about $4.95 per gallon for regular fuel) to downtown Manhattan in New York City, where I ride the train instead of driving a car. At the time, I was happy, because the...

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outside your own country, which is your favorite place and why?

magicslate @magicslate (373) • Philippines 26 Oct 08

i have only visited a few places outside my country, and my favorite is geneva. i like how it's laid-back even if it's a central city. i like how everything is so clean and i'm fascinated with how precisely the public...

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writerdave I'm from America, but I love going to Baja California, Mexico. I grew up in San Diego, California, only about a half hour drive away from Mexico. Naturally, as I grew into my teenage years, I experimented with partying in Mexico with my friends. There really...

26 Oct 08

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any paranormal experiences?

unfathomablesisa @unfathomablesisa (250) • Philippines 25 Oct 08

I never saw a ghost my entire life, but I somehow believe that they do exist. When my grandmother died, my little sister saw her. Things from our house are oftentimes altering positions, without us moving them--though we haven't...

ghost stories

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writerdave I wish! I have a great interest in ghosts and the paranormal (I listen to Coast to Coast AM with George Noorey whenever I can), and I have had the chance to go "ghost hunting" with my friends a couple of times. Despite going to some seriously creepy spots...

26 Oct 08

Net addict

radhasanthiananth @radhasanthiananth (5) • India 26 Oct 08

Why now a days net addicts found more? what is real reason for that?

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writerdave The Internet is becoming more and more prevalent every single day. Broadband connections are popping up like flowers, and through dial-up and satellite modems, the Internet can be accessed anywhere. Not to mention cell phones, laptops, public computer...

26 Oct 08

Are you a non conformist?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 26 Oct 08

Are you a non conformist? Is there a prize that you have to pay for being a non conformist? © ronaldinu 2008

non conformist

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writerdave Ever since I first read it, I have loved the famous quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, stating "whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist." This excerpt from his essay "Self-Reliance" rings true for us to this day. Those of us that fall prey to conforming to...

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hey!what would you do when you love one guy at the first sight?!

EluneLi @EluneLi (13) 25 Oct 08

it always confused me.. sometimes i would me someone i wanna know and assort with him further.. but maybe i am too shy,i always failed...= =11 and what would you do?!and what would the people surrounded you do?! my friends...

love

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writerdave Well, I'm a guy, so I can't really tell you a girl's perspective on this. My girlfriend and I, however, met at our college orientation. I know it's cliche, but it really was love at first sight. She had a boyfriend, so I patiently waited. By December, we...

26 Oct 08

plz, can you give me some help

Canteen @Canteen (592) • China 26 Oct 08

he's very very good to me, every time when i'm in trouble, he's always there and gives me good advice. i'm a kinda gloomy person, once i became so desperate about my life, it was he who let me look on the bright side. he just...

junior

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writerdave Wow, this is a really tough situation. Listen, Canteen, you can't choose who you fall in love with. Believe me, there are plenty of great guys out there in the world--that doesn't mean that you have to fall in love with every one of them. You should talk...

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life

radhasanthiananth @radhasanthiananth (5) • India 26 Oct 08

As a working wife how can i give my advise to my husband? to reduce his tension.

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writerdave Advice in what category? This question is pretty vague, but as a live-in boyfriend, maybe I can offer a useful perspective. Men, in general, don't like to be told what to do. Men are panicky animals, and they don't want to feel like they are inferior to...

26 Oct 08

What's the one thing they never taught you in school?

zandi458 @zandi458 (28102) • Malaysia 25 Oct 08

If education were more relevant to reality, perhaps more kids would see the connection between education and their success in the world and may be more motivated to do well in school. Can't just schools have something that teaches...

education

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writerdave They never taught me that stupid high school popularity contests don't matter at all in the real world. I spent my high school years totally miserable because I wasn't able to be the star of the football team, instead of enjoying the time that I had with my...

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Youths and binge drinking.

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 26 Oct 08

Maltese teenagers have gained international notoriety for binge drinking. According to a [i] the Economist’s annual pocket world in figures, Malta is the teenage punch-up capital of the world and what makes the Maltese youngsters...

alcohol

binge drinking

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writerdave Well, according to the administration of over a hundred top universities in America, the best thing that can be done to stop illegal binge drinking is to lower the drinking age and allow teenagers to drink. Although this sounds counter-intuitive, it is...

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Are you a blood donor?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 26 Oct 08

I do receive a request to give blood donation every now and then in my email box. Last time I gave blood donation is one month ago when a team of nurses and doctors visited our place of work. What do you think of blood donation?...

blood donor

donation

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writerdave I'm ashamed to respond that no, I don't donate blood. I am pretty significantly afraid of needles, and therefore I don't want to have them stuck in me unless I absolutely have to. That said, I'm not a total Scrooge: I volunteer helping with the mentally...

26 Oct 08

Going to a place the first time -do you take a map or seek directions?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 26 Oct 08

If you going to a place the first time do you take a map or seek directions from friends or relatives if you don't know where the place is? It happened to me last week, I had to go to a place which I did not know where it is even...

directions

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writerdave I usually print out a map and get a cell phone number in case I get lost. I find that often Internet directions are more accurate than a friend or acquaintance's verbal directions; after all, they know the are and you do not. Of course, a lot of cellular...

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How do you feel when you don't hear from online friends for a long time?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 26 Oct 08

Sometimes I do wonder of what happens to online friends whom you are close with for some time and they don't log on again. How do you feel when you don't hear from online friends for a long time? © ronaldinu 2008

onine friends

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writerdave I've socialized on the Internet for a long time, mostly through IRC and AIM, not to mention a lot of forums that I frequent. I've been to a lot of meet-ups, and in some cases my "Internet friends" have become my real friends. However, I always have to take...

26 Oct 08

Can you offer me some advice on what to do?

sharra1 @sharra1 (6340) • Australia 26 Oct 08

A very nice black cat came to my house today. She is very young and seems to be hungry and was crying. I have brought her inside and fed her and she is sleeping on my bed. Talk about moving in fast. She is wary of my dog and he is...

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writerdave Funny enough, this actually happened to me--twice. I started out with a dog. After that, we got a cat. Okay, normal pet scenario, right? Well, after THAT, we find a stray cat in our garage who won't leave. She's hungry, so we feed her, and eventually she...

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Help

AthaNero @AthaNero (7) • China 26 Oct 08

I'm working on a microeconomics essay. It needs to be an overall analysis of a microeconomics phenomenon. Could you suggest me some topics? Thanks a lot

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writerdave Okay, college essays are my specialty. I took microeconomics last year, and without attending any of the lectures (yes, any) I managed to get an A on both the midterm and the final. Your best best is to start with the history of microeconomics,...

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When you first joined mylot, is it for the money or fun?

Masmasika @Masmasika (1921) • Philippines 25 Oct 08

I never thought of the money i was going to earn in mylot when i first joined in the site. The reason was that I only earned a few cents for the hard work I'd done in a day. But when I saw the cents became dollars, i was...

fun

money

mylot

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writerdave I joined this site to make money, but as time has gone on (granted, not very MUCH time), I have realized that it's a lot of fun to myLot, too. This seems to be the exact opposite as your experience, Masmasika, but I guess that that just shows that myLot can...

26 Oct 08

can your earning decrease in day more than 40 cent??

yadav8797 @yadav8797 (1211) • India 25 Oct 08

friend,i don't know what will happen to mylot.they decrease my earning upto 40 cents in a single day. i am not posting any responses or create discussion for 2-3 days,but i have login regularly.friend,whats reason behind this that...

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writerdave First of all, the myLot payment algorithm is proprietary, and therefore we don't know exactly how much we are paid per article. Your post count most likely declined because some of your posts were deleted. This could be because you were making posts similar...

26 Oct 08

I love composition book for personal journals. what about you?

ShellyB @ShellyB (5241) • United States 26 Oct 08

I love composition notebooks for journal and writing in general. I have noticed that before each school year there will be a lot more designs and styles and bought a small collection this time around. I even got two hello kitty...

hello kitty

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writerdave Composition books are definitely a classic for journal. Ever since I was a kid, I have bought Mead black-and-white composition notebooks and used them as journals, sketchpads, doodle-notebooks... basically any book that you could use to write in, I had a Mead...

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Do you remember how many discussion you have started at my lot at a time???

mehreen8 @mehreen8 (34) 26 Oct 08

i really dont remember the number of new discussion i have started and i remember only a few concerned topics what i have started in my discussions.whenever i want to start of any discussion i think sometimes whether i have...

mylot

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writerdave Well, I'm new here, so I haven't posted that many discussions on myLot yet. However, it seems to me that in order to be a "worthy post," you must have a well-constructed and thought-out paragraph or two (more than just a sentence) detailing your opinion or...

26 Oct 08

Procrastinating, Anyone?

marianstallings @marianstallings (201) • United States 25 Oct 08

I have been trying to finish my homework (Algebra) for 3hrs now. I don't care about the class and I can't seem to buckle down and get it done. I have to have my homework done and posted by midnight. I keep finding everything and...

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writerdave I find that when I am procrastinating (and with Algebra, I can definitely relate, I hated that class), I try to find myself some kind of a reward for when I finish all or part of my work. Although, true, the work will reward itself by giving you passing...

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