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    kaylar wrote a new post, Me Nah Want Old Bruk 7 years, 11 months ago

    The title can be translated as “I don’t want old things.”  It should not be said by someone in poverty who is offered second hand clothing.    It should not be said when religious organisations from America se […]

    • In America we have Goodwill stores. They take second hand stuff and sell it at really low prices. It’s for low income people, but anybody can shop there and buy lots of used items at great prices. I can understand if people don’t want you dumping on them. I mean … giving something a dog wouldn’t even wear. But used clothing is nothing new. (Excuse the pun.) If you came from a big family, you probably wore hand me downs. I suspect an ulterior motive is behind requesting new items instead of “old bruk”. I don’t know what the reasoning is, but I do know charity is charity and it doesn’t wear a mask. A person who receives charity is usually grateful for whatever they get. I know I am! Most of my clothes are “old bruk” and also my other property (TVs, furniture, etc.) is “old bruk”.

      • I know what you are saying. We gave things to Good Will, and it has only been in the past few years that I’ve been dumping them.

        It is so bad, that Politicians do NOT give money to parents who beg for school fees… they pay the fees to the school because the mother will take the money to get another tattoo.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Being Proactive; Preventing Sibling Capitulation 7 years, 11 months ago

    As a parent who has more than one child, the potential of one ‘dominating’ the other is live.  I am not talking simply about a bully or the elder taking charge of the younger.  I am focusing on a problem which f […]

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    kaylar replied to the topic What makes you happy living alone? in the forum Group logo of Thinkers GroupThinkers Group 7 years, 11 months ago

    I like living alone as I can eat/sleep when I chose, and can be sloppy without complaint.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Getting Out While the Getting is Good 7 years, 11 months ago

    There are times when fate seems to conspire to ‘protect’ you.

    You aren’t there when disaster hits, you aren’t a witness to other people’s grief.   You weren’t working for the company when there was an inquiry. […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, People Cling to Their Constructs more than their Children 7 years, 11 months ago

    Years ago, a friend of mine made the statement that is the title; “People Cling to their Constructs more than their Children.”

    At the time, I didn’t understand.   The words were heard, but floated somewhere […]

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    kaylar replied to the topic The People of LB in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 11 months ago

    Of course!  And on LB people don’t just post… they read, they consider, and then they post.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Don’t be Too Quick to Believe What You Read Online 7 years, 11 months ago

    Some years ago, a company, (I’ll call it Mush,Ltd) hired a man (I’ll name C.G.)  whose achievements had been listed on a Website he had supplied to them as part of his resume.

    Mush was impressed, and hired him. […]

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    kaylar replied to the topic The People of LB in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 11 months ago

    And when they comment on your work, you know they read it, they thought about it, and then composed a useful response.

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    kaylar started the topic The People of LB in the forum Group logo of About LiteracyBaseAbout LiteracyBase 7 years, 11 months ago

    I just realised the quality of the users of this site.   I was on another, reading comments… and it hit me like lightening..  that many commentators have contempt for the writer or each other and do not post a comment to discuss the article but to attack.

    Many times, ON OTHER SITES you approach a comment a bit cautiously.  Will it be some sm…[Read more]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Not to be Hurt when a Scam Site Goes Down 7 years, 11 months ago

    What hurts so much when a Scam site goes down, is not just being left unpaid, it is losing work. Many people write articles that matter to them. Maybe it is the topic, maybe it is the research they did, but they […]

    • you are right When a site becomes known to be a scam site and when it is closed we broke.
      We writers generally put our ideas into good sentences with appropriate words and even do research depending upon the topic we choose We work hard It takes nearly 3 hrs to prepare a decent article with research. Noting down the points and the references will consume a lot of time. As far as writing is concerned it will take half an hour as it is a just a cakewalk for us.

      When taking so much of pain we write and our article is published, and if the site goes into oblivion then there will be a pinch of disappointment.

      I had this experience with one site. That is not a blogging site. After the accumulation of $66 they said that they do not have any money with them. I issued a legal notice through my friend who happened to be an internet expert and doing practice and also informed the INTERPOL agent. They are now at it. I do not want to leave that fellow.

      If anybody faces such problem better they give the information along with the details of the site with a snapshot of the amount accumulated in their account.

      The days are changing Nobody should allow such things to happen and must teach them an appropriate lesson.

      I am also seeing to file a case against fb for his cheap marketing techniques The compensation would be in for $1 million. I am gathering information on that.

    • It’s hard to say that we should not get hurt when a site does not pay us for our work, and then shuts down. I have been a victim before and it was not nice. Considering the fact that i had our in so much time and effort. Anyway when it comes to the things that I write on site it’s merely what I research, read about or watch on television then I share. Real experiences are few and those are things that don’t leave your mind that easily. They stick to you so you can’t really say that you will loose them at some point. I always say that if you do something that you are interested in or you cannot forget about it, it will always ring in your mind. Whatever we write on sites should be something that will definitely encourage or uplift someone else so if you share you cannot forget about it. People will only save this work when they know they will be sharing it elsewhere. It seems like there are more and more scan sites coming up then genuine ones. The real one’s are very few so people have to be very careful when they are working in certain sites.

      • On some sites I do research, I prepare a document of the best quality. And if I lose it, sure I can sort of recall what I wrote, but to do it again? That makes me rather sad.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Talking Black, but Bleaching White 7 years, 11 months ago

    Jamaica is a nation in which you will hear about ‘Blackness’ .   You’ll see Rasta doing the “I Man” chat.  You’ll hear about Marcus Garvey.   You’ll hear about Africa.   People will always be so verbal about Bla […]

    • Oohh my you have absolutely shocked me when you say that Jamaicans bleach! I have always upheld Jamaicans in high regard for the way they embrace their culture but this has definitely down graded them close to zero. Nigerians are known for this things ever since time in memorial. They are the queens of bleach, there is this one time a friend of mine told me that man from Congo and Nigeria bleach themselves and I refused but as time went but I began to see it for myself. My country is also becoming addicted to this bleaching agents Nigeria being the top supplier. Am sorry to say this I don’t mean to offend anyone but it’s the truth. We can’t really blame them, if someone wants to be white let them be. I just fail to understand that people never learned from what Michael Jackson went through may his soul continue to rest in peace. This but suffered so much in the name of being white, to the point of his death and people still bleach themselves? Lots help us. What is so good about being white, when the whites are busy trying to ten themselves blacks are busy trying to bleach themselves why can’t we just be content with who we are? This thing about people bleaching so that they can get better jobs or better looking husbands or wives or trying to get rich is all absolute nonsense. People need to wake up to reality that even if you bleach yourself it’s only the outside that changes the inside will always remain the same your blood will never change it will always remind you that you were a black person once in your life and you will always be. Not unless you want to die and ask God to ressurect you as a white person. This really kissed me off be happy with yourself don’t try to change to somebody your not. BLACK IS BEAUTY ENJOY IT!

      • If you ever look at a picture of Vybz Kartel, or of Sandra Faulkner, (she was an Advisor to the PM) the level of bleaching will shock you. It is horrible. The skin gets destroyed. A Dr. told me that the ‘bleaching creams’ peel layers of the skin off. Some of the creams were to remove age spots or blemishes… just touched on the blemish… not massaged into the skin.

    • It is unfortunate that in the countries like Congo, Nigeria, Mali, Nigeria, and Jamaica people are after going for bleaching their whole bodies whereas in European countries the whites in their eagerness to appear black and brownish are going to beaches with creams meant for tanning their skin. Looks very funny
      The statistics reveal that it is only Jamaica which is a big supplier of bleaching products and the good market to use them are Congo and Mali just for getting good positions in the jobs
      But, they are not realizing the fact that BLACK IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL. Lord Vishnu is black in color whereas Radha is fair. Lord Shiva is fair and Parvathi is black in color as per the description given in ANCIENT TEXTS. It is right to say that the bleaching can be taken up to make bodies white but there is no product that can bleach inside.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Judging a Man By the Woman on His Arm 7 years, 11 months ago

    The reality is that women judge men by the woman on their arm.   No matter what they look like, who they are, the woman they are with defines them.

    You might see Rick and think he is handsome or bright or […]

    • I honestly couldn’t have said this any better myself.

    • If a man is judged by the woman by his hand what is a woman judged by is it the man at her side too? Just thinking. We have been taught in our early ages that we should not judge a book by its cover right? But do people ever take that seriously I don’t think. Judging a person because of their status or who they are is wrong, you may judge and get very disappointed that what you thought was good turned out to be the worst thing ever. People have often said that a man will take a beautiful girl out on a date so that his ego can be boosted or so that he can have status, it may be true but is it right? We need to know what it is that we want in our lives, if you have a lady who you think is not good enough to be seen with you in public do your homework and make her be what you want her to look like don’t look at other women and say that your girl is not beautiful. It’s your duty to make her beautiful. Another thing when you look at someone you cannot judge them by the way they look, that may say very little about them what matters is what is within. He or she may look gorgeous or handsome on the outside but what about the inside does it have love it hatred it’s all a matter of choice so choose widely.

      • yes. You are right I really agree with you. When a man does not find the thing in his lady his greatness lies in making her beautiful. This is called the true manliness. He should at least make an effort. Why search for a beautiful lady who has nothing to do with his status? The same lady can be used up by anybody to elevate some other’s status also. Now, what is happening to the very concept of status? Everything lies not in the beauty of the lady in your arm but in her inner beauty. It is a mere foolishness to think that a beautiful lady will elevate the status of a man. So much so the vice versa.

        • It is sad to say, but it works. A guy who walks in with a beautiful woman has his status raised. That is why many companies provide ‘escorts’. These are NOT Prostitutes, these are beautiful intelligent women who are paid to go out with a man. They don’t have sex with him.

      • When a woman is seen with a NOthing man, it is assumed he is rich or famous. It is assumed ‘he has something’. If, over time, it is learned he doesn’t well then people try to figure out why she married him… assuming some ‘back story’.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Being Honest and Not Played 7 years, 11 months ago

    Jamaica has a high population of ‘Rent-a-Dreads’ and other such characters.   These are men who live off of women.  They ‘sell’ themselves like knitted caps in the market.   They go after every foreign or as […]

    • Some interesting things do happen in life In the case of Karen she misunderstood Dave who treated her only as a friend. She should know about that when she observed him taking a light of things. But, blindly followed him. She only assumed that Dave is liking her going a little bit further in understanding friendship.
      In the latter case, Joan was used of. Frank used her with selfishness He looked at her wallet and not her beauty He looked at the power of her money. She thought that the man is running after her just because of her beauty. What a funny and sorry thing One is involving misunderstanding and the other a simple PLAY. One should know that it is not the only man who plays off. But, there are women also who play with men nowadays.
      There are women who play with men and use them just for fulfilling their desires.

      • Yes, definately. People read things into relationships when they are clear to an outsider. It is like you giving a lift to a person who is on your route to work who works at the same or near place…the person could be a 19 year old man, a 60 year old woman… you are doing a favour.. this isn’t ‘romantic’.

    • You know a man and a woman are two different beings, we both think differently, and we all have our own ways of showing love. So the thing here is people need to communicate their feelings openly and directly don’t beat about the bush just say it as it is because there will be misunderstandings and someone will eventually get hurt. It’s really not about women misunderstanding themselves, it’s really about the men misleading the women. A man can make you feel like he is truly in love with you, he will lead you on and get you so comfortable to the point of you thinking that you are all that he needs, when In actual truth he is only using you for his own selfish gains. This is to the guys if you are going out with a girl it would be prudent enough to state your intentions right from the begining instead of wasting the girls time. And for the ladies please even if this but promised you th3 world do not fret to ask questions that will give you a hint on whether the guy is serious not. Never assume that a guy or a girl lives you be keen in the way they beha a around you and you will get some clues of you are in or out.

      • Too many people either ‘read’ something into a relationship which is not there, or ignore the facts. There are many people who think you are ‘good company’ and might invite you to some public function. That doesn’t mean they love you or want you. There are many people who see what you have and want it, and befriend you to get it. So you just have to live in the Now.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Dumbing Down, Blah-Blah, and Idiocracy 7 years, 11 months ago

    Years ago, the British Broadcasting Company was the unquestioned news provider for the world.   The BBC was considered a reliable source of the highest quality  The presenters spoke perfectly, went into the s […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Amazing Need to Cheat To Win 7 years, 11 months ago

    There are many free games one can play on the Internet.   Some of them are the mindless type, just keep clicking. Others require a bit of thought, such as word games.

    Scrabble is a famous game.  We used to play w […]

    • There are many cheaters in the world just to have money in return. Jobs done in cheats never prosper.There is no short cut in everything we do and like. Cheaters surround the world, in an office and even in a writing site where we can find many scammers/ spammers , they are idiots and idolatry is a crime.

      By the way, I like you photo image which I also have in my discussions. I also noticed some of my photos are seen in some bogs. I plan not to include photo in my discussion.

      • I have been unable to load any image. Guess give with one hand/take back with another. So I could not publish without an image so I tried to find one. This frog is so cute…

        but with Scrabble…you win nothing. Nothing. So why Cheat?

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Distasteful Practice of Wife Bashing 7 years, 11 months ago

    It was a number of years ago, but I’ll never forget it.

    I was meeting a client at a restaurant.  Very often I prefer the semi-social environment to discuss business as it is a lot more relaxed and, if the client […]

    • That is why nowadays women are not leaving men and are becoming more intolerable. They are learning to be bold enough to come out openly with verbal arguments and if possible they are even engaging others to beat their man. This is how the relationships are existing now
      Men, most of them are now on account of their social interaction with different people are learning the meaning of LIVING TOGETHER IN HARMONY and are treating women with respect both inside the house as well as outside
      Of course, the bashing of women is still taking place. But, there are always people who interfere in such occasion and are not hesitating to take the man bashing the woman to task, even by lodging a police complaint

      • The term ‘wife bashing’ means verbally abusing one’s wife to a 3rd party. It is not physical abuse.

    • This thing called marriage is getting more and more complicated owing to the fact that people are getting married at a very tender age and most of them are not actually ready for that commitment, we keep hearing of early divorce, there is the abuse, no one knows when to be submissive or when to compromise When a disagreement comes up everyone raises their voice, and what ends up happening us a lot of noise coming from either side. It’s quite unfortunate. Men who go discussing about their marital or home affairs to other women definitely have a problem. Most of the time man would keep quiet and try to deal with the problem in their own way. He will not even take his problem to a fellow man for fear of being taken as a coward. That is what a grain man would do. Butbthe young one’s will not even think twice about going to tell their friends about their arguments. So I think she has everything to do with it the older you are the better, you will handle things in a more mature way. There are those men who will confuse in another woman after thinking so hard about it. And they will only arrive to this decision when they feel talking to a woman will give them a better incite on how to deal with the problem. There is also a way he will approach it not by bashing the wife or calling her names. He knows that he needs to accord her all the respect that she needs.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, Make Up Your Mind to Stop Being a Victim 7 years, 11 months ago

    Years ago I ran into a woman in her sixties.  She was a professional and I was posed to ask her some questions based on a recent event in her profession.

    She launched into a diatribe which turned into a […]

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    kaylar wrote a new post, When Your Attitude is Just below Indifference 7 years, 11 months ago

    There is a point in which you say; “I don’t care.”   That tends to show that there might have been, at some time, a moment when you cared.   Beneath that is Indifference.   When whatever it is or was is no lo […]

    • In life there is always a downfall where you feel like giving up to the dreams of yours you were fighting for but when goals seems unreachable for you there is always a tendency that you would feel helpless but this difficulties should not be a hindrance but a test how far you can go to succeed in life. One should not lose hope but face the challenge with positive attitude, strong motivation, and perseverance to surpass them all in order to achieve the victory of success. Its more worth if you succeed with your own determination to succeed inspite of the many hardship your going to face in your life’s battle. In every difficulties that one person will encounter we should take it as our training ground to mold us into a better character to fight for our dreams, to aim high, for us to high high and reach for the stars that you’ve wanting to have.

      • You reach a point where you are somewhere left of indifference. it is like going to a particular supermarket and explaining to the owner that they should move the carts so that there is more parking. The Owner doesn’t move the carts. So you go to another supermarket.

        At one point, you cared. You wanted to shop here. You made the effort to inform the owner of the problem. You returned, the problem was not fixed. You shrugged, now are indifferent. You go to another supermarket. You have no intention of going back to the first.

        You don’t care if they are having a sale or if that first supermarket goes out of business. The mere fact that there is no where to part because of the carts has demotivated you.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Deadly Habit of Making Enemies 7 years, 11 months ago

    Mr. Campbell had an ego six times his size.   He was an obnoxious guy, had a little power.  Bob was no one in particular.   He’d gotten a job, was trying his best.   Campbell hated Bob for breathing, and dec […]

    • There are people who exhibit this ego openly and this is very bad. They can not control their ego. The only thing they know is to show their superiority
      But, what is the reason for this temperament? A thing to be examined. The reason may be due to internal problem

      Some people remain cool They maintain a balanced posture irrespective of the nature of the position they are involved in. They always succeed and win over their enemies even.

      Making enemies deliberately means the person is suffering from some psychological problem He should contact a doctor at the early stage itself

      • The problem is that the person making the enemy doesn’t see himself as wrong. Doesn’t see any mistake. It is not a person who realises; ‘why am I acting like this?’ He doesn’t even analyse his actions.

    • The reasoning or rationale for why a person would intentionally set out to make enemies eludes me. Can’t follow the “logic” at all. But for the record, even though we all know this, I’d like to state that some people have deadly enemies and they did nothing to bring on the HATE! They were not even trying! They HAVE enemies. They did not MAKE the enemies! And these enemies are deadly! That means these people’s lives are in peril just because …

      Just sayin’.

      • You have some people who do things.. they may lie about them… they may not even realise what they did. I can list deadly insults that people have dropped casually… unthinkingly.

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    kaylar wrote a new post, The Only Error that Anis Amri made 7 years, 11 months ago

     

    Over the decades various ‘government to government’ trade deals were created.    The European Union was the most ambitious.

    As many agreements made by Governments,  it had the usual ridiculous asp […]

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