Evacuee

@Evacuee (1147)

Age 91

Joined myLot 18 years ago

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

www,raf.eindhoven.co.uk

Discussions (65)

Evacuee's Discussions

Who else was born on the day you were?

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 9 Oct 08

Is there a famous person who was born on the same day as you were and why do you think you are not famous too?!! I can't think of anyone famous who was born on the same day as me but Joan Rivers (if you could call her famous)...

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Wearing unmatched shoes.

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 5 Oct 08

Have you ever gone to work with an unmatched pair of socks or shoes? Many years ago when I was a trucker I had to show a guy the route to a certain place. I arrived in the yard to find him sitting in my truck waiting to go. I did...

shoes

socks

unmatched

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Burnt food

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 23 Sep 08

It has been said that burnt food can in some instances, cause cancer. I love burnt toast and often eat it for breakfast. However I am not fond of any other food well done or burnt but how do you feel about burnt food?

breakfast

toast

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Returning restuarant food

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 23 Sep 08

I went for a meal with some friends to a good restaurant the other night and one of our party ordered a medium cooked steak. It came to him as rare so he sent it back and asked for it to be cooked medium. It was still not to his...

restuarant

return

steak

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Gardening.

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 11 Sep 08

Do you have any old garden tools that you still use? Sorting out my shed today I came across a couple of tools which I have had since I purchased my first house in 1958. They were a Hoe, a Rake and a garden Fork. They are...

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Spectacles

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 8 Sep 08

My wife has just had some specs. made which are varifocals. The type where you move your head slightly to view the suject you are looking at as opposed to bi-focals. She has had trouble with them as they make her dizzie so is...

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Dogs.

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 8 Sep 08

Why is my dog eating other dogs excrement?

dogs

excrement

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Natural earth

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 8 Sep 08

Which do you prefer sunsets or sunrises? I live in the country now and we get fabulous sunsets and some I have photographed. But when I lived in London we hardly ever had a good sunset I suppose that is because one cannot see to...

sunrise

sunset

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Bruce Forsyth

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 23 Feb 08

As one of UK's top entertainers for over 60 years what do you think of Bruce Forsyth as one of our greatest entertainers? He is celebrating his 80th birthday tonight on our TV and I am really looking forward to it having been one...

60 years

entertainers

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Computer crash

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 18 Jul 07

Hello once again to all my old friends and perhaps a few new ones which I see on Mylot now. What do you do in the case of a computer crash? Take it to the repair shop? Try and repair it yourself? Just put it to one side and go...

chuck out

computer crash

repair

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Do you have a high tolerance rate?

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 3 Jun 07

Do you tolerate the sob sister or the blamer or even the drama queen and the constant talker. I'm lucky, none of my friends are like any of these except one....the constant talker...!! I have a female friend who can talk the...

blasmer

sob sister or drama queen

talk

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Have you ever been hypnotised?

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 8 May 07

I was studying hypnosis back in the 70's and was rather intrigued with it. I was hypnotized on many occasions by my tutor and found it very relaxing. I often self hypnotize myself and use a projection technique which I have found...

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Do you have trees in your garden

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 6 May 07

Sitting in my conservatory drinking my cup of coffee this morning I was watching the trees and in a gentle wind on a overcast day I was thinking that they were waving to each other. !! Morning Beech said Oak "How are you...

beech oak maple

morning coffee

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Just to let my friends know.......

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 27 Apr 07

I have been very poorly lately having been away in hospital for a time but I'm slowly recovering and will be back soon but at the moment I have no inclination to post until I am fully fit. Sorry for the delay and cheerio for now....

friends

hospital

poorly

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Do you write letters of thanks.

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 5 Apr 07

If you receive a little extra help from a member of staff in a store do you write to the store and say how well you were treated? Do you write to show your appreciation from store staff?

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Do you return clothes after weraring them?

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 5 Apr 07

Do you return clothes to the store after wearing them once? I have a sister in law who does this on a regular basis. She buys a dress wears it one evening then returns it to the store. Not always the same store but another branch...

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By request form some Mylot'ers.

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 1 Apr 07

I'm sorry for posting this item again but I have had some of you ask so here is a list of wedding anniversary dates and traditional presents to give. This only applies to the UK. I don't know about other countries or if they go...

wedding anniversay dates

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How many years have you been married?

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 30 Mar 07

I suspect you knew that each year you have been married you should receive a traditional gift, such as a silver gift for 25 years and a gold gift for 50 years. Do you know that each of the other years have a traditional gift...

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On what day were you born?

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 30 Mar 07

Mondays child is fair of face, Tuesdays child is full of grace, Wednesdays child is full of woe, Thursdays child has far to go, Fridays child is loving and giving, Saturdays child works hard for a living, But the child...

born

monday

which day

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Which part of the year did you get married.

Evacuee @Evacuee (1147) 29 Mar 07

We got married in September because it was, in those days, the best time to get an income tax rebate...!! And did you know that in the very old days two centuries ago most people got married in June because they took their...

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