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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Nov 23
My husband came across this in our photo files while searching for something else. I’d forgotten all about it but I can never miss a chance to show off our pet sheep, Hercules.
Many of my myLot friends will remember my various...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jul 23
One of our office supplies businesses here in Western Australia had a special on calendars – one of those where you supply the photos. We thought we might get one for ourselves, but the offer closed before we got around to doing...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Mar 22
I’m not an expert on electric motorbikes but from what I’ve been reading, the size and weight of batteries needed for bikes capable of highway speeds and/or long-distance riding has been a major obstacle in the uptake of electric...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Feb 22
Many members who have been here for a few years might remember that, for quite some years, we had pet sheep. I probably wrote most about Hercules as we had him for a long time and he was a very gentle soul.
One that we didn’t...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Aug 21
Today, we are putting up a picture track. Because we didn’t want holes in the walls, this track sits up next to the cornice. We drill holes under the track but once the track is in, you can’t see the holes. We can swap pictures...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 21
Some time back I put up a photo of my nephew’s metal farm sign. You can see it here: https://www.mylot.com/post/3458627/do-you-like-our-nephews-sign
He purchased his from the eastern states of Australia but last week we visited...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Dec 20
I wrote recently that we have had some free-standing solar panels installed down in the paddock. They had to be down there near the metre-box. The idea is that the panels will supply our household needs and any surplus will feed...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Dec 20
Two things sparked this discussion. One was reading new myLotter’s discussion about helping to keep alive a rare Dutch breed of sheep. Titia Geertman (@TitiaG) has a flock of Drenthe Heath Sheep and is doing what she can to ensure...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Apr 20
Some of our restrictions have been lifted and today, for the first time for some months, Vince has gone to play golf with his friends. There will only be three or four others and there is no where to go for coffee so I guess...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Feb 20
Many years ago, Vin became godfather to our friends’ daughter. I became godmother to the other daughter. While we see the latter from time to time, Vince’s ward has always stayed very much in touch with us. She is now married with...
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Susan
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
23 Jul 19
You are looking at an image of the Temple of Hercules. This temple when whole was larger than any temple in Rome. It is believe that this temple was never finished because of them finding no other remans belonging to the...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Apr 19
As I look through photos of our couch surfers who have stayed with us, I’m reminded of more and more of them and their stories. As you can imagine, they were over the moon with being able to see and photograph the kangaroos that...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
17 Feb 19
1959 SF Masterworks #3 Orion Press – Gollancz Spoiler alerts
The last volume of the Cities In Flight Quartet, also released as A Clash Of Cymbals, though the US title works better.
Volume three, Earthman Come Home ended with...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Sep 18
I think we would all agree that times have changed and especially as far as the climate is concerned. In the area of Western Australia where I live the first rains of the winter season would herald a flush of mushrooms in the...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
26 Aug 18
In 1999, a a fan of the TV shows Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its more successful spin-off show Xena: Warrior Princess I found myself becoming increasingly involved in the campaign to defend an episode of the programme...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
20 May 18
1975 Fleetway Annuals.
Garth is one of the great neglected media superheroes, whose serialized exciting adventures ran for forty years or more in the Daily Mirror. The 1975 annual was one of the last of its kind.
Garth was a...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Feb 18
I clicked on an interesting post by April (@thislittlepennyearns) about the death of Naomi Parker Fraley who died recently. Here’s a link: http://www.mylot.com/post/3148449/rosie-the-riveter-died
She was the original inspiration...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jan 18
It’s now less than a week until our first house concert of the summer. Although it’s called a ‘house’ concert it is actually held outdoors in an open-fronted shed we call the ‘Music Shack’. We have different musicians each time;...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382053)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Aug 17
I know many of you will commiserate with me when I tell you that Herc has had to be put down.
I’m sure many of my friends here will remember Hercules, our pet sheep. He has featured in many of my posts. He developed an abscess...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
18 Aug 17
1960 – spoiler alerts
There were several Hercules movies made in the 1950’s and 1960’s as part of the sword and sandals B movie cycles. The success of Kubrick’s Spartacus, and Biblical movies like King Of Kings led to a spate of...
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