Gruffydd Rhydderch

@Orson_Kart (6108)

United Kingdom • Age 65

Joined myLot 13 years ago

Member since 2008

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1954 Top Ten: Mr. Sandman (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (62120) • United States 23 Apr

Welcome back, Pat Ballard! He wrote yesterday’s 1954 hit, and waddaya know, he’s back! He probably lived the rest of his life (he died in 1960) quite comfortably on the royalties of that and this, his better-known...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch I remember this song from Uncle Buck. Great song and great movie.

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What bird is this?

Sabrina Traversa @sabtraversa (12924) • Italy 23 Apr

As my short adventure led me next to a pond, I could see something that resembled a duck. I was too far to identify the species, so I zoomed in with my camera, clicked the button and thought of finding out as soon as I was back...

not a bird

turtle

invasive species

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Gruffydd Rhydderch I’ve never seen turtles here in the UK. Goldfish used to be given away as prizes from Funfairs, but no longer. What’s the difference between a turtle, a terrapin, and a tortoise? Is it just size?

23 Apr

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Look at the stash I brought back from my sister's

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325720) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Apr

We went to visit my sister a few days ago. I took back some jigsaws and books that I’d borrowed and was pleased to have the space back but I’ve come home with four more jigsaws and another four books. You can see some of them in...

western australia

sister

jigsaws

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Gruffydd Rhydderch Jigsaws used to be a big thing over here years ago. Last one I did had 5-7 years written on the side of the box, but it only took me a few minutes. Rubbish! Is the book written by a family member? I’ve heard the term ‘smoking jacket’ but not ‘smoking...

23 Apr

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Last night's dream.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (24973) • Lichfield, England 23 Apr

In last night's dream I was going shopping. I bought 2 magazines with interviews in them. I don't know what magazines they were. One might have been Doctor Who magazine. I don't actually remember going in a shop for them....

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Gruffydd Rhydderch You and your dreams. I did have some cheese the other night and had a dream within minutes of falling asleep. I half remembered it at the time, but now I can’t. It was something to do with the cheese, but that’s all I can remember.

23 Apr

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The whole is not always greater than the sum of the parts

Fleur @Fleura (29127) • United Kingdom 22 Apr

I have been working my way through a pile of old ‘Good Food’ magazines I was given, and trying out a few new recipes. I found one for ‘pear and mincemeat crumble cake’ and thought I would give it a try – we still had a jar of...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch I tell you what’s a nice combination - tin of pears and tin of custard. I usually put the pears in a dish first and then cover them in the custard. Sometimes, just to ‘zhuzh’ it up, I put the custard in first. Bish, bash, bosh.

23 Apr

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I had another lucky day

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325720) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Apr

Well, I’m home from the fashion parade and had a very enjoyable time although I didn’t buy any clothing. However, I did win not one, but two, prizes. Before the parade started, we were told to look on the bottom of our small...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch You deserve the luck, Judy. If it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.

19 Apr

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What’s for lunch, myLot bunch ?

Melanie Marie @Melanie_Marie (1770) • New Baltimore, Michigan 18 Apr

A rhyme! This was an unplanned casserole, I was planning on making mini-meatloaf bacon wraps but I forgot a very important ingredient at the store - pork panko. I don’t know if my mind goes blank or...

bacon cheeseburger casserole

lunch

starting over

carnivore4life

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Gruffydd Rhydderch 31? Suddenly I feel very old! Burgers without the bun sounds so wrong. But you make it irresistible for some reason. Good luck trying to fool Elon. He’s on the lookout for you.

19 Apr

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Some words can be confusing, can't they?

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (28470) 15 Apr

I was thinking earlier about my youngest daughter. Friday, she received a work promotion that is considered to be a big one. She works hard, she is a wife, a mother of two little very active boys, and one of my big sources of...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch Nothing to do with this discussion, but I was going to reply to your post about being blocked. Has that been deleted? I am wondering if it’s the same person who recently blocked me (and someone else) for no apparent reason. As for the discussion - Pride,...

18 Apr

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Silly Me!

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6736) • United Kingdom 15 Apr

I often find myself looking everywhere for my glasses, only to find that I am still wearing them. Other times I put my hand up to remove my glasses , then I remember I am not wearing them. Is this just me being silly or do most...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch What happened to Nuttybooklady? I love the Dinner Ladies series by the late Victoria Wood. I wish all work places had such humour and less seriousness.

18 Apr

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I could actually become an enthusiast!

Fleur @Fleura (29127) • United Kingdom 17 Apr

I have never understood train spotters and rail enthusiasts. Trains are really not that different to buses, and yes I know there are bus spotters out there too but I certainly never understood them either! I’ve been on diesel...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch I LOVE steam trains. I wish we could go back to the age of steam. I used to love watching Casey Jones back in the day, and would have loved to have been a driver. I too would volunteer to be a part of the heritage railways, but I don’t live near enough any...

17 Apr

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Last night's dream.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (24973) • Lichfield, England 15 Apr

So I had a very interesting dream last night. I owned a house on a tree lined street on a very slight hill. We were going to be doing some redecorating. The wallpaper was white with brown marks here and there. Across the road...

dream

houses

redecorating

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Gruffydd Rhydderch Morning Shazza! You’re dreaming more than you are going to Tesco now! What’s going on? I think you are dreaming of moving house, or at least looking at houses to move to. I’m a light switheroffer. I worry about the cost of electricity, so I sometimes...

16 Apr

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I lost 6 kgs in one month.

Mildred Tabitha @mildredtabitha (16052) • Nairobi, Kenya 14 Apr

I remember on the 13th of last month, there was free kidney screening at a neighbouring hospital. My weight was 73 kgs. I was told I was overweight. So I decided to walk as a way of exercising. I walked 40 minutes every evening...

weight

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Gruffydd Rhydderch I do a lot of walking to maintain my racing snake figure. It’s obviously worked for you. It’s best to stay at a healthy weight. You look great. I once went on a whiskey only diet for a month. I lost 6 days!

16 Apr

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40-Year-Old Songs: Run Runaway

Four Walls @FourWalls (62120) • United States 15 Apr

So today we have the genesis of rock and roll with Elvis in 1954. Then we go forward 30 years to see what evolved from that. What a way to celebrate a birthday, huh? This is just a little different ...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch This was later in their career. They started in the 60’s, but came to fame during the British Glam Rock era of the 70’s, along with other great bands such as The Sweet, T, Rex, and Mud. Great times for me as a teenager. I’m surprised this was their only hit...

16 Apr

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Will you let me go?

Sabrina Traversa @sabtraversa (12924) • Italy 15 Apr

I thought visiting a nature reserve on my own would have been easy but I regretted not carrying a machete as I made my way through the jungle. I heard birds and I wanted to see birds, but I wasn't lucky. My luck must have been...

walking

hiking

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Gruffydd Rhydderch A little song just for you. https://youtu.be/A2skW43HNpE?si=Vytj77wBORQ7MJEJ

16 Apr

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Ugh Does anyone know how to get the dam checkmark on Twitter

Melanie Marie @Melanie_Marie (1770) • New Baltimore, Michigan 14 Apr

Hi guys, I'm doing a quicky-job for a customer and all I had to do was set up a fake Twit account and Like/Repost some stuff for a few weeks. Right now, I'm getting the account going by following randoms and trying to make it look...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch Hi Mel, You have to pay to get verified. Elon is trying to rid X of spam and fake accounts, so you are doomed. Naughty you! Yeah, the profile pic looks nothing like you.

14 Apr

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How much would you pay for an umbrella?

snowy @snowy22315 (169939) • United States 11 Apr

So, I was looking at some umbrellas as part of a task I was doing online. One was 29.99 windproof and available in several different colors. That too me is too much to pay. Of course I have two umbrellas already and don't need...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch Real men don’t use umbrellas.

12 Apr

Would you put this in your house?

Melanie Marie @Melanie_Marie (1770) • New Baltimore, Michigan 12 Apr

I’ve always wanted to do this, for years and years and years. As some of you may know, I’ve been working, and saving, for appliances and furniture for my own place. I already have the place, but it’s completely empty. No moving...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch It’s ok if you have plenty of space. Normally, with a kitchen table and chairs, you can push the chairs under the table. You obviously can’t do that with this picnic table. Otherwise it’s a great idea.

12 Apr

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Taking ice cream hurts my teeth.

Mildred Tabitha @mildredtabitha (16052) • Nairobi, Kenya 9 Apr

What's the remedy? I dread taking ice cream now because my teeth feel "pain". The ice cream is too cold and when it comes in contact with my teeth, I feel something similar to pain. I'm wondering how I will enjoy eating ice...

ice cream

teeth

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Gruffydd Rhydderch It’s God’s punishment for eating something naughty. I scream, you scream, We all scream, for ice cream!

11 Apr

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Have you ever done a 'zechpreller'?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (325720) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Apr

There is a saying ‘Boys will be boys’ and my friend’s son and three of his friends made a grave error of judgement once and ‘did a runner’. That is, they left a local restaurant without paying. They thought it would be funny and...

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Gruffydd Rhydderch Oh! So all Irish are wrong’uns and all Australians good citizens? I’ve never heard the word ‘zechpreller’, but ‘doing a runner’ happens here too, and not just Irish people. The cost of living crisis is blamed often, but I don’t think it’s a...

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Oldest Man and Woman

celticeagle @celticeagle (159008) • Boise, Idaho 8 Apr

I enjoy hearing who the oldest people are in the world. Gives me hope I guess. They give the silliest reasons for having lived so long. George Burns lived to be 100 and says he had a cigar every day of his life. The oldest man in...

oldest

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Gruffydd Rhydderch The oldest man lives in England, as I do, so there’s hope for me. He puts his longevity down to nothing but good luck. He doesn’t smoke or drink and likes fish and chips every Friday. No mention of women! Apparently there is a man in Peru...

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