BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51397)

St. Catharines, Ontario • Age 74

Joined myLot 19 years ago

"If not I, then who?"

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The right way to eat these chocolates according to the packet

Judy Evans @JudyEv (372087) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb

One of the residents in our village took a tray of liqueur chocolates to the film night and we were all invited to share in them. They are only about 1 1/2 inches long. There were instructions on the bottom of the packet as to...

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BarBaraPrz Never thought of doing that, but now that I've heard it mentioned, I'm thinking "How pretentious!"

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~Bit By A Dog~

Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85723) • Valdosta, Georgia 18 Feb

Good evening y'all! I hope you're doing amazing. For the first time in my life today, I was bit by a dog. It's not bad as you can tell from the photo but good grief it hurt still! More scared me than anything. I am a HUGE dog...

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BarBaraPrz Were you wearing your hamburger disguise? Sorry, I know it's not a laughing matter. Was he maybe in early stage of rabies?

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Former Prince Andrew has been arrested

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (126396) • United States 22h

Wow. That is crazy news. The UK's King Charles' brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been arrested. They are saying it is due to "suspicion of misconduct in public office" because he forwarded trade documents to Jeffrey...

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BarBaraPrz You know the British legal system is serious when they arrest a 'royal'.

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Today is Mardi Gras

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (126396) • United States 17 Feb

aka Shrove Tuesday. The literal French translation is "Fat Tuesday". It refers to the fact that tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the 40 days preceding Easter. I'm no religious expert as I've long given it up but I...

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BarBaraPrz I went to the Centre yesterday (Tuesday) because I was hoping there'd be pancakes for lunch. (We too refer to it as Pancake Day here in Canada.) I half-jokingly said I was giving up going there for Lent, because of all the awful weather we'd been having and...

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That One Comment is All You Need to Know

celticeagle @celticeagle (185811) • Boise, Idaho 17 Feb

One occurrence I recall from my first marriage (I remember many, but this one really takes the cake) was when I was about 7-8 months along in my pregnancy. We had been invited to a barbecue at his aunt's apartment. I had gone up...

pregnancy

50 cents

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BarBaraPrz I hope you jammed Jim in the jimjangs...

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Art Fern’s Teatime Theater Would Love This

Four Walls @FourWalls (83079) • United States 17 Feb

If you’re old, like me, you may remember Johnny Carson’s occasional skit on The Tonight Show where he and Carol Wayne would spoof local TV stations running movies in the daytime. The skit was called “Teatime Theater,” and...

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BarBaraPrz Oh yeah! Thanks for this. Whenever I see a fork on the road, be it metal, plastic or bamboo, I think of the Schlassen's Cuttoff...

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I have no idea what to say about these guys.

Amber @AmbiePam (113043) • United States 17 Feb

My best friend is doing Facebook dating. She keeps sending me snippets of guys profiles, and most of the time, I know what for (she never shows me identifiable info if indeed she’s provided that). Some of the stuff people put on...

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BarBaraPrz Long ago, I signed up with Plenty of Fish so that I could see the guys a friend was being matched with, but I didn't get any matches myself.

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Someone lost a Home

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52604) • Philippines 17 Feb

I was taking a break from General cleaning when I heard multiple sirens. That I knew that a huge fire somewhere nearby. Except that it was too late everything was burned. It was sad because it happened to be Mom's acquaintance....

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BarBaraPrz Always a good idea to regularly check appliances to make sure they're working properly. I once had a ceiling fan shoot out flames, and it wasn't even turned on... I think some rodent chewed at the wiring and got barbecued, or something.

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Good morning myLot

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (126396) • United States 18 Feb

Hello everyone. I hope your day is off to a good start. It is 34 degrees F, dark, and drizzling here at the Jersey Shore. The high for today is 47. So over winter. I have work today as usual. It will be a busy day of grading...

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BarBaraPrz A good start? Well, it's not snowing, but it IS raining, threatening to be freezing rain although the temp's one degree on the plus side. Usually, the 18th of February is a nice sunny, warmish day, so my sister and I decided that it actually came a day early...

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The buttered cat array

Fleur @Fleura (34046) • United Kingdom 18 Feb

I just mentioned this to @JudyEv so I thought I may as well write about it. Some years ago I remember reading a jokey article in (I think) New Scientist magazine. It was a proposal for the creation of a perpetual motion machine,...

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BarBaraPrz Hmm... Interestingly enough, I've never dropped a piece of buttered toast.

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2/17/26 - Meals

LindaOH @LindaOHio (214197) • United States 18 Feb

30 days until spring. The ice is gone! The ice is gone! We still have some s**w; but that will be gone soon with the rain we are having. I must apologize for being such a Debbie Downer. I know my friends here would rather...

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BarBaraPrz Well, we still have a bunch, but it is melting. However, we're also having rain. It's supposed to be an ice storm, but the temp is above freezing (+1°C) so we may be spared.

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Automated Calls From a Medical Center/A Rant

DE @DaddyEvil (168290) • United States 16 Feb

Please ignore this. It's just a rant. When I was in the ER, there were so many people around that, even if I'd had paper and pen, I couldn't have kept track of them all. The ONLY person who gave me their name as opposed to...

ranting

medical care

who knows what the persons name is or what they

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BarBaraPrz I'd look up the admin/customer service number of the center and give them a blast, that is, if I got through to an actual person.

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Name-change against your will

Judy Evans @JudyEv (372087) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Feb

Still on the subject of names, when I was in primary school, so around 1954 onwards, Australia was host to a great number of immigrants from a number of European countries. They had all been displaced by the war and came to...

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BarBaraPrz Happened to my mother and her sibs... the 'e' in Dubiel was kicked out.

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Music Obituaries: January 2026

Four Walls @FourWalls (83079) • United States 16 Feb

A new year has begun. Unfortunately, it brings with it the same old sadness as we have to say goodbye to a number of people in the world of music. Every month I celebrate those people, from the barely-known to the hall of...

music

music obituaries

2026 music obituaries

january music obituaries

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BarBaraPrz When Catherine O'Hara died it was put out that it was due to "a brief illness", but I guess if an embolism did her in first, then her cancer was brief. She had 6 siblings, one of whom is singer/songwriter Mary Margaret O'Hara.

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A day late...

Stacey @xstitcher (38077) • Petaluma, California 15 Feb

...but I opened a Valentine's (or, "Galentine's" and my friend said) gift. As usual from this person, it was very nice. There was a candle, a skincare mask, a pair of comfy slipper socks, and a little candy bar....

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BarBaraPrz Didn't, but my cousin sent an email...

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Good morning myLot

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (126396) • United States 16 Feb

Hello everyone. I hope your day is off to a good start. It is 32 degrees F and dark here at the Jersey Shore. The high for today is just 39. Ugh. Come on spring! I was up early this morning. My body is on the work schedule...

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BarBaraPrz It's also a day off for most people here in Ontario (Family Day) but every day is a day off for me, so it really doesn't matter. It's already 2°C, supposedly getting up to 4°C later on. May get up to 6°C tomorrow.

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Kids have a day off today

Dominique @dodo19 (47624) • Beaconsfield, Quebec 16 Feb

Yup, there is no school for any of my kids today. Tomorrow, my son has school but not my two eldest. I will admit that I do enjoy when they have a day off. It gives them a break from school. And it gives me a break from making...

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BarBaraPrz Happy Family Day! (or do they call it something else there in la Belle Province?) And then tomorrow is Mardi Gras, followed by Ash Wednesday (which is also my birthday).

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Looking for Praise

Judy Evans @JudyEv (372087) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Feb

The photo has nothing to do with the post. There have been a few posts recently about names and how they differ from country to country. My brother-in-law lost his wife a few years ago but before she passed away, she spent some...

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BarBaraPrz I hope he got it straightened out.

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Finished Book #4

Stacey @xstitcher (38077) • Petaluma, California 12 Feb

...and I'm nearly done with yet another series. I didn't enjoy this one as much as the previous books in this series--I find that to be true with a lot of series I'm nearly finished with. This was #4 for me in the Good Reads...

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BarBaraPrz I've been rereading my collection of M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin books. I'm on my 12th one today.

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Refrigerator Anxiety

celticeagle @celticeagle (185811) • Boise, Idaho 12 Feb

Every time we get groceries, I get a little anxiety ridden. We have lived in this apartment for 23+ years. The dishwasher, washer and dryer have all had issues and have either been replaced or fixed. But the refrigerator still...

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BarBaraPrz When I moved to this place, I gave away the honking big fridge that came with the house and bought a much smaller fridge. It seems to be doing okay.

13 Feb

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