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Judy Evans @JudyEv (357178) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Jan

I read a nice feel-good story on our local news feed. Newman Police Station is located 1,170 kilometres north-east of Perth. In 2020, they adopted a tabby kitten which is now considered one of the team. He is now known as PC...

western australia

newman

police station

pc bandit

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41Combedale I have noticed that if people meet up with a blind person they will often speak to the dog. Maybe the dogs that are trained to help people have a nature that responds to people more readily than their handlers do. Perhaps also it is natural to want to say...

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The Horse @TheHorse (228125) • Walnut Creek, California 30 Dec

When I woke up this morning, I felt a tad chilly around the edges, in spite of my flannel sheet and toasty comforter. My first thoughts was, I wonder if it made into the 30s last night. It only freezes (32) here now and again,...

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41Combedale I have a cat who wakes up in the night and comes to find me. She lies beside my pillow, sometimes shares it. She settles down in her appointed place but purrs for some time becausde she likes being near me. The purring has become like a lullaby now...

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NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (123408) • United States 30 Dec

Hello everyone. I hope your day is off to a good start. It is 53 degrees F and dark here at the Jersey Shore. The high for today is 60 which sounds wonderful to me for December. I have been up since I don't even know. I napped...

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41Combedale Sorry to hear that, I hope you got something from the doctor. Yours was a nice hot Christmas, ours here in Greece was wet and gloomy. The Christmas tree did its best and we attended two Carol services and watched another on UTube. So in the end it felt like...

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41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 24 Dec

The world I grew up in has changed and it is so noticable as we enter the Christmas period and it's traditions. One of the exciting traditions used to be wandering around the shops and looking at the window displays that were on...

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41Combedale Good to know that others also feel the same way and a sticker in the right lace means that whoever put it tthere was interntional about it.

30 Dec

41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 24 Dec

The world I grew up in has changed and it is so noticable as we enter the Christmas period and it's traditions. One of the exciting traditions used to be wandering around the shops and looking at the window displays that were on...

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41Combedale Thyank you Judy. I need to catchup on everyone again.

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41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 18 Feb 23

Although I love using the social media and make great use of sites like Zoom and Skype where I can see the people I am talking to, there is one thing that technology has almost removed from my life. and I miss it. Namely the...

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41Combedale Seems to me that you are one of the lucky ones who still gets greeting cards!

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41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 18 Feb 23

Although I love using the social media and make great use of sites like Zoom and Skype where I can see the people I am talking to, there is one thing that technology has almost removed from my life. and I miss it. Namely the...

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41Combedale Perhaps writing on mylot helps to fill the void a little. At least I think it works for me.

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41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 18 Feb 23

Although I love using the social media and make great use of sites like Zoom and Skype where I can see the people I am talking to, there is one thing that technology has almost removed from my life. and I miss it. Namely the...

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41Combedale @aninditasen I amk sorry to hear that.

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41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 18 Feb 23

Although I love using the social media and make great use of sites like Zoom and Skype where I can see the people I am talking to, there is one thing that technology has almost removed from my life. and I miss it. Namely the...

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41Combedale I wish I had something of my grandmother but at least I have one letter from my mother who died in 1957.

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41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 18 Feb 23

Although I love using the social media and make great use of sites like Zoom and Skype where I can see the people I am talking to, there is one thing that technology has almost removed from my life. and I miss it. Namely the...

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41Combedale Receiving letters was something we all used to take for granted and now we realise the value of them.

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41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 18 Feb 23

Although I love using the social media and make great use of sites like Zoom and Skype where I can see the people I am talking to, there is one thing that technology has almost removed from my life. and I miss it. Namely the...

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41Combedale The only mail I get now is bills. No excitement now when the post arrives.

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41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 18 Feb 23

Although I love using the social media and make great use of sites like Zoom and Skype where I can see the people I am talking to, there is one thing that technology has almost removed from my life. and I miss it. Namely the...

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41Combedale What a great aunt you mist be. I hope he took your advice and his girlfriend was appreciative.

21 Feb 23

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41Combedale @41CombedaleRoad (5967) • Greece 18 Feb 23

Although I love using the social media and make great use of sites like Zoom and Skype where I can see the people I am talking to, there is one thing that technology has almost removed from my life. and I miss it. Namely the...

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41Combedale That is sad, I expect you lost a lot of birthday cards too. I keep special cards and would hate to lose them like that.

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vanny @vandana7 (102042) • India 20 Feb 23

The pronunciations.... And you thought I was deaf. There are many words that we are not familiar with out here. I read them but pronunciation is not something you get while reading. The movies and TV serials rarely use them,...

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41Combedale @vandana7 When I first encountered the word 'misled' I pronounced it as it looks. Not until I heard it in conversation did I realise it was pronounced 'mis-led'.

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vanny @vandana7 (102042) • India 20 Feb 23

The pronunciations.... And you thought I was deaf. There are many words that we are not familiar with out here. I read them but pronunciation is not something you get while reading. The movies and TV serials rarely use them,...

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41Combedale No it is one of the easiest to learn as far as grammar is concerned.

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CarolDM @CarolDM (203410) • Nashville, Tennessee 14 Feb 23

Hard to believe The Dude has been a part of my family for nine years today. He was adopted in 2014. Was surprised to find him on what we call death row at the shelter. One of the last to be adopted are the black cats. When I saw...

nine years

the dude

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41Combedale @CarolDM I have 4 cats two I chose, one who chose me and one chosen by a rescue dog who rescued him and left him on my lawn. They are all different in their ways, even their voices are unique.

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Always smiling @allknowing (148514) • India 14 Feb 23

As on gets older the first casualty are the knees that cannot handle a fall. And when that happens one cannot get up without assistance What if there is no one around at the time of the fall is of concern. So much of...

seniors

fall

unable to get up without assistance

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41Combedale @allknowing I had one weak and painful knee replaced, totally. It doesn't hurt any more but I still have problems trying to get up, even out of the chair sometimes....

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The Horse @TheHorse (228125) • Walnut Creek, California 14 Feb 23

I realized Valentines day was approaching because I see Mexicans everywhere selling bouquets of flowers. Do they celebrate Valentines Day where you live? I see it as a day that women look forward to and men dread. Is an...

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41Combedale They did not celebrate Valentine's Day some years ago, but now the Greeks have caught up. At least the younger ones.; My hubby has never taken to it although I did my best when we lived in England when it was hard to miss it. Here it is not in everyone's...

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