Jade Platypus (@JadePlatypus) on myLot

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43421) • Denver, Colorado 4 Dec 18

We are staying inside New York City's legendary CBGB scene as I count down my favorite new wave albums. Yesterday, it was Talking Heads, and today, at #4, Parallel Lines by Blondie. Surely you know all about Blondie! Formed in...

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Jade Platypus Agree with everything you've said here. Sunday Girl was one of my faves, and Fade away and Radiate. For some reason, I thought the song 'Dreaming' was on this album too. That was a great song.

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Four Walls @FourWalls (61915) • United States 6 Dec 18

The “December surprise” music obituary hits in the gut again. Last year, it was Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens. This time, it’s Pete Shelley. Shelley, the lead singer and songwriter for the legendary British punk band the...

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Jade Platypus Funny, I only remember him for 'Love me, love my dog'. I didn't know he was part of the Buzzcocks.

8 Dec 18

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Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43421) • Denver, Colorado 8 Dec 18

Honestly, as I count down my favorite new wave albums, I used a coin flip to determine #2, but here we are: I'm the Man by Joe Jackson. Sure, you are more than likely familiar with "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" and...

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Jade Platypus I bought his album Night and Day, for 'Real Men', but there was so much more. My biggest favourite- 'Slow Song'.

8 Dec 18

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Four Walls @FourWalls (61915) • United States 24 Nov 18

As I warned you, I'm looking at a group of cover songs that I love. And when I say "love," I mean I like them at least as much as the original....if not more! I'll point out those rare instances later (and it might shock you...

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bonnie raitt

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Jade Platypus I am a fan of Bonnie too. Great voice and pretty good on the bottleslide too. Her, and the Tedeschi Trucks band with Susan Tedeschi. Very nice.

27 Nov 18

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (325255) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Oct 18

Lenore Plassman (@sallypup) recently wrote about the car they hired recently. You just had to push a button and the engine would start. Our new-to-us car is much the same. It is a top-of-the-range Toyota Kakadu (see photo) and we...

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Jade Platypus @JudyEv Same here. With his car, a bag on the passenger seat - the car thinks its a person -and you drive halfway to town with beep beep beep beep. Mine just flashes a red light. I can ignore that.

13 Oct 18

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (325255) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Oct 18

Lenore Plassman (@sallypup) recently wrote about the car they hired recently. You just had to push a button and the engine would start. Our new-to-us car is much the same. It is a top-of-the-range Toyota Kakadu (see photo) and we...

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Jade Platypus It look great. Good for travelling. My husband got himself a new car recently, a Holden Malibu, 2017 model! (We're getting posh now!) It has a push-button start also, and a funny handbrake button that I sort of don't trust. The car-yard also connected his...

13 Oct 18

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CarolDM @CarolDM (203454) • Nashville, Tennessee 10 Oct 18

I decided to share a link to a favorite song every day or every few days perhaps. I like so many songs I will be posting links for awhile. I know we all like different genres and styles of music. But maybe one of these songs will...

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Jade Platypus @Courage7 and @CarolIDM Its called Alter Bridge now -still great.

13 Oct 18

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CarolDM @CarolDM (203454) • Nashville, Tennessee 10 Oct 18

I decided to share a link to a favorite song every day or every few days perhaps. I like so many songs I will be posting links for awhile. I know we all like different genres and styles of music. But maybe one of these songs will...

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Jade Platypus Great song, great band.

13 Oct 18

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325255) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Oct 18

While Vince is in Nepal for three weeks I’ve been doing some spring cleaning and decluttering. In the process I came across two little crochet sets that I made a long time back. The little dresses are about 3” (7.6 cms) from top...

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Jade Platypus @JudyEv Same here. Crocheting grows quickly, you don't have to worry so much about tension and it still looks nice when finished.

4 Oct 18

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John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 4 Oct 18

If you pay a visit to the Museum in the Dorset town of Shaftesbury you are quite likely to see a very strange exhibit that looks a bit like a cross between an open umbrella and a May garland. It is a metal structure that has been...

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Jade Platypus How does the town get its water supply now? I suppose a pipeline or something. Interesting piece of history, thank you.

4 Oct 18

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YoghurtGal @flapiz (22402) • United Kingdom 20 Sep 18

When we went to the weekend market in Bangkok. We saw an ice cream stall that sells coconut ice cream. Now I’m from the tropics and we have plenty of coconuts but I haven’t really tried this. I love coconuts, but I was skeptical...

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Jade Platypus Yes, I tried it on our first trip to Thailand. Delicious. Now, I have some each time we go. My first try, they served it with peanuts and corn kernels, which I found unusual, but very nice.

23 Sep 18

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Xavier Bage @franxav (13597) • India 17 Sep 18

What has never happened in our organization happened yesterday. We are an apolitical welfare organization working for orphans and the aged. We have kept ourselves free of political influence for the last 40 years. But, yesterday a...

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Jade Platypus It's very hard, I imagine, because the kids did not realise what it was about, only the fact that they had cake and were singing together, and you guys would have felt that you could not have stopped their happiness, even once you realised, because it would...

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Jade Platypus @JadePlatypus (234) • Australia 17 Sep 18

I love my ukulele. I love my guitar too, because it sounds better, but I do love my Baritone ukulele, it is such fun to play. However.........ukulele's don't always sound so good on their own, so each week I toddle off to the...

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Simone @Janet357 (75657) 16 Sep 18

After a week of hard work and stress, sunday is everyone’s favorite. We get to relax, go somewhere or bring our loved ones to restaurants. My husband and I have no kids so no one will bug us to bring them to places they wish to...

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Jade Platypus @mrki444 Beautifully said. I think I could say similar things about Australia, Good at cricket- until we do a bit of ball tampering, beautiful countryside, stupid politicians.

17 Sep 18

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Simone @Janet357 (75657) 16 Sep 18

After a week of hard work and stress, sunday is everyone’s favorite. We get to relax, go somewhere or bring our loved ones to restaurants. My husband and I have no kids so no one will bug us to bring them to places they wish to...

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Jade Platypus @Janet357 I live in a small city half-way between Melbourne and Sydney. I don't have to drive very far to reach bushland.

17 Sep 18

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Simone @Janet357 (75657) 16 Sep 18

After a week of hard work and stress, sunday is everyone’s favorite. We get to relax, go somewhere or bring our loved ones to restaurants. My husband and I have no kids so no one will bug us to bring them to places they wish to...

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Jade Platypus Sleep until about 8.00am, a slow breakfast, sometimes a drive somewhere around the bush to take photo's; other times just practise guitar. I like to keep away from the shops on Sundays if I can.

16 Sep 18

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Jade Platypus @JadePlatypus (234) • Australia 11 Sep 18

It's supposed to be Spring here in Australia. Well, it is, but we are still getting frosts in the morning, and the temperature is still dropping to close to 0°C(32°F) overnight. To me, that is far too cold. Tonight, I will...

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Jade Platypus We have ducted heating, which warms the house nicely, but doesn't really warm the body (if that makes sense). When I don't have an early start, a hot bath is the perfect answer, it's as if hot water warms from the inside out.

16 Sep 18

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Pitstop @pitstop (13018) • India 12 Sep 18

Google maps seems to be one of the most popular ways of navigating to new places. Have you ever been misled by it. I have occasionally been taken through narrow streets which were confusing but ultimately took me to my...

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Jade Platypus @pitstop ,Melbourne is pretty easy to drive around, it's mainly sort of grid-like, so I usually end up where I need to be,(right, right and then right again, and I'm back to the start) but that voice and I still argue, lol.

13 Sep 18

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cyclopz @cyclopz (251) • Sydney, Australia 13 Sep 18

After being away for 5 years, I stumbled on Mylot again. Surprisingly, my account is still active and i still have all the discussions I had posted before. I actually thought all this time that Mylot has closed down already. I...

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Jade Platypus I had a long break too. Not as long as yours but I am back now, and all my old posts were still here too.

13 Sep 18

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