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Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fleur Yes, in fact forks are quite a recent invention!

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NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (124751) • United States 15 Sep

Presumably he was referring to Americans as he was attempting to justify a military attack on a fishing boat from Venezuela which killed 11 people. Um the population of the US is 340 million. Have practically all of us died? Even...

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Fleur The even funnier thing is that he thought he could win over Putin, who's an even more brazen, but more accomplished, liar! If there's one thing we have learned recently it is that if you lie often enough, for long enough, you can get away with anything.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5253) • United Kingdom 15 Sep

People talk about having the Monday morning blues. It’s the day that most people have to get up early to go to work, after having a lovely weekend with family and friends. For retired people obviously, it’s different as they...

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Fleur @Traceyjayne I help non English speakers to prepare their scientific/ medical research work for publishing in English language journals.

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Judy Story @jstory07 (145859) • Roseburg, Oregon 14 Sep

Prejudice is wrong and it is a negative word. Prejudice is when you hate another person or group of people just because of their race. Because they are different than you. Prejudice is also based on age, race and religion. It...

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Fleur A person can be prejudiced against another person for pretty much any reason - what they look like, how they dress, where they live, where they come from, what job they do, how they speak, their accent, skin colour, religion, mode of transport, hair colour,...

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Always smiling @allknowing (153612) • India 14 Sep

There are mixers and electric grinders these days to do away with a grinding stone But not so in our household This grinding stone was gifted to me by my husband's grandmother that came all the way from our native place. It...

grinding stone

indispensible

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Fleur Sometimes you can't beat the old technology. And it doesn't break down!

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (69) • United States 15 Sep

Obviously some smart-aleck like @porwest is going to reply "On the walls" I have always had a good eye for hanging pictures. I just take my hammer and nail and size it up by just eye-balling it and I hang the...

picture hanging

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Fleur Mostly like your husband if it needs to be central, like on the chimney breast, or if there is more than one that need to be lined up.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5253) • United Kingdom 15 Sep

People talk about having the Monday morning blues. It’s the day that most people have to get up early to go to work, after having a lovely weekend with family and friends. For retired people obviously, it’s different as they...

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Fleur I am self employed and work at home so I don't have to be at work at a particular time (although I do also do some occasional events work and these can sometimes be very early starts). But I have to be up at 7 am anyway for the school prep. As a teenager I...

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Always smiling @allknowing (153612) • India 15 Sep

I started wearing lipstick when I started working and have continued till now. These days however since I hardly go out I do not wear it and the listick tubes are languishing That has also resulted in my lips drying. I do not...

lipstick

dry lips

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Fleur I just use a plain lip balm.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (362940) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Sep

The area around Elachbutting Rock is quite different to some other areas. The tunnel I wrote about is a bit eerie and many of the trees are quite misshapen as though they’ve had a very tough life. There is no bright green foliage....

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Fleur That is strange, I wonder if it was struggling to reach the light past some other tree that has since fallen?

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (69) • United States 14 Sep

Hubby collected them. I did not. We do not own a CD or DVD player. Nor do we own a VHS tape player. There's no reason for them to just sit here collecting dust. Sure, we'll only get probably 25 cents for each $10-$15 CD/DVD...

dvds

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Fleur If you haven't got any way of watching or listening to them then they are not much use are they?

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Amber @AmbiePam (102975) • United States 14 Sep

This morning, I felt good enough to go to church, and was really glad I went. A little ten year old girl got up to sing a song in front of the church, and she wanted to share everything she was thankful for. A 14 year old got up...

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Fleur That sounds like a good day. This weekend was a 'heritage weekend' with interesting places to visit so I went to a few - got very wet though later in the afternoon!

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Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fleur Sheffield, home of cutlery making.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (362940) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Sep

George B Vieto (@deepizzaguy) writes good news stories here and when the story concerns wildlife, it is often mentioned that wildlife are losing much of their natural habitat. In the South Australian coastal town of Robe, wombats...

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Fleur I hope they find enough places to live. What do wombats eat?

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Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fleur So did I. And the Oxford English Dictionary (and others) defines cutlery as 'knives, forks and spoons for use at table' so now I'm confused.

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Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fleur Neither did I. And the Oxford English Dictionary (and others) defines cutlery as 'knives, forks and spoons for use at table' so now I'm confused. If I was a 'proper Brit' I would now have a cup of tea to calm my nerves. Maybe you can have one on my behalf...

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Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fleur @xFiacre The Oxford English Dictionary (and others) defines cutlery as 'knives, forks and spoons for use at table' so now I'm confused.

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Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fleur Neither did I. And the Oxford English Dictionary (and others) defines cutlery as 'knives, forks and spoons for use at table' so now I'm confused.

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Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fleur I'm impressed that I've managed to teach you something!

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Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fleur A person who makes knives Also a surname, like Ivor Cutler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxFQVN_leo&t=10s

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Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fleur Hmm, maybe I should correct the Wikipedia entry

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