BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (52093)

St. Catharines, Ontario • Age 74

Joined myLot 19 years ago

"If not I, then who?"

Discussions (1714)

BarBaraPrz's Discussions

Ain't no sunshine...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 24 Aug

Ain't no sunshine here... we're back to the rains, and so cooler temps. And of course, with all this rain, I can't keep up with the gardening. Yesterday, I spent about half an hour trying to cut back dead stuff before it started...

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"You're a wit, Lloyd"

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 5 Aug

That's what a friend said, in the early 70s, after Lloyd Robertson made some wry comment after reporting on a news story that I've since forgotten, but the comment made the others in the room break up in laughter. And now he's...

news

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It's raining...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 2 Aug

I mean, really really raining. There's a river along the side of my house and a lake in my back yard. The ground is saturated. We already had major flooding last week. Where is all this rain coming from? Doesn't it know where all...

weather

flooding

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Ms Magoo here...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 29 Jul

So, I had my second cataract surgery yesterday, ad now I can't see anything! Not really, just the fine print. I'll have another check up in two weeks and probably get a new prescription for glasses. In the meantime, I have a big...

eyes

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Yesterday

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 9 Jul

"All my troubles seemed so far away..." Nope. This isn't about that. I went to the Centre yesterday, then Juanita came down about 3pm and took me grocery shopping. After bringing me home to put my stuff in the freezer, she asked...

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I slept...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 9 Jul

I was checking out what all you had to say for yourselves here and read that Heather (@GardenGerty) didn't sleep well last night and was considering taking a nap. I thought that was a great idea, so took myself off to bed about...

napzing

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Today's disappointment

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 29 Jun

I had my second eyeball checkup this morning at 8:30... Everything seems to be coming along just fine. That's not the disappointment. But because Juanita is used to traffic congestion in Hamilton, we left here at 7:30. But there...

donuts

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This just in...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 25 Jun

Trump's true legacy? No more babies named 'Donald'. At least, that's the opinion of Vinay Menon, the Toronto Star’s pop culture columnist . "The U.S. president has now covered his own name with green...

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DCT has left the building...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 25 Jun

Yes, David Clayton Thomas died peacefully yesterday in St Michael's hospital in Toronto. No cause of death was immediately disclosed, but he was 84. edited to add "complications from ongoing cancer".

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To wash or not to wash

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 24 Jun

Do you wash your raw chicken before cooking it? Apparently, this is a no-no, as it can contaminate other foods by splash-back in the sink. Personally, I've never washed chicken, and can't remember my mother ever doing...

chicken

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One eye done

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 23 Jun

Today is the day I had cataract surgery on my left eye. Anticipation may have been used to sell ketchup, but I guess it's what kept me from having a good sleep last night. Nothing to eat or drink after midnight, check in at the...

cataracts

surgery

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Who was shot in the melee...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 21 Jun

A gunman was " was shot in the melee". Can anyone tell me what part of the body can the melee be found? Maybe it's too early in the morning to be reading poorly written news reports.

grammar

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How To Wash A Cat

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 13 Jun

I bought this book mainly for the title. It is purportedly written by Rebecca M. Hale, but I'm sure Mr Roget and his thesaurus had a lot to do with it... Why use one adjective when you can throw in two or three? This is...

book review

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Well, I guess so

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 10 Jun

I was going over all the instructions I was given for my cataract surgery and came across this post-op gem: "Remove your shield temporarily after surgery to put in the drops." Just how else am I to put in 3 different drops, 2 of...

common sense

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I met a family

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 20 May

A fine feathered family, on my way to the Centre this morning... Mr & Mrs C. Goose, and their little ryan... I mean, gosling. They were standing on the sidewalk along where the old hospital once was. The 25 acre (I think) site...

geese

branta canadensis

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Nice surprise

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 16 May

Way back when, I signed on to the Canadian Packaged Bread Class Action (price fixing). And when I signed on to my email this morning, I saw that I got a notice from them. My share of the settlement: $49.11 Canadian. Not bad, as I...

money

bread

settlement

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Who is Rosalinda...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 12 May

And why did that song about her eyes keep running through my head while I was trying to do some gardening today? The day started out sunny, so I put on my shorts and a sweat shirt and went out to the backyard. But the breeze was...

gardening

earworms

earthworms

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Here's a question...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 6 May

I don't drive, so I don't kow if it's true or not... Does driving on snow tires in the summer use more gas than driving on summer tires in the summer? I do know that the snow tires make more noise when there's no snow (or maybe...

tires

tyres

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Would you believe?

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 30 Apr

So, I told you that I lost my keys... I had a spare house key but not a spare for the shed. So I went to Canadian Tire today and checked out padlocks. There was quite a selection to choose from: big ones, little ones, ones with...

keys

padlocks

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Woe is me

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (52093) • St. Catharines, Ontario 28 Apr

I've lost my keys! All two of them. I have a spare house key, but not one for the padlock on my shed. Usually, I just have to say, "Keys, where are you?" and they show up in a few minutes, but not this time. I've looked and...

keys

loss

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