Fleur

@Fleura (20118)

United Kingdom

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Pumpkin's Rant of the Day: The Real Reason Your Call Isn't Being Answered & other stories

pumpkinjam @pumpkinjam (8110) • United Kingdom 15 May

Hello to you all. I'm sorry about ranting again (or maybe I'm not sorry at all, who knows?). For various reasons, I've been quite stressed recently. Much of it related to my job (if you read my previous rant, you'll get an idea)....

rant

work

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Fleur That sounds like a horrible situation and I really hope you find something soon. I think you should let everyone you know, know that you are looking for a job. Saying this, I would never have done so because I never wanted anyone to know if I applied for a job...

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Lockdown damage...another wet morning.

Arunima Singh @arunima25 (72249) • Bangalore, India 10 May

Good morning from this side of the planet.. It's 9 AM here as I write this post. It's another wet morning after a night long shower and drizzling. So, another day when we had to cancel our outdoors exercising plan. I...

shoes damage

wet morning

cool weather

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Fleur I'm surprised they would fall apart just like that!

11 May

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Test

GoAskAlice/Admin @GoAskAlice (5347) 11 May

Test There is nothing wrong with the site or your computer, the 'Most Recent Discussions' list is empty because of 190 'spam' discussions and 7 accounts (all with Hong Kong IP addresses) linked to them that I had to ban as soon...

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Fleur Thanks for the update. And thanks for your vigilance!

11 May

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I Wish to Use My Brain More

Arya @yoalldudes (33384) • Philippines 11 May

I was a victim of my hormones and idealism. I followed the voodoo philosophy of following your heart. What a fiasco it has resulted to. If I followed how I'm feeling right now I would jump a bridge but then again fear might stop...

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Fleur What always helps me (and has been shown again and again to improve mental health) is time spent outside in the natural (or semi-natural) world. Activities like gardening or caring for animals take your mind off your own problems and give you a purpose every...

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Michelangelo comes to Fremantle, Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (275024) • Rockingham, Australia 11 May

I’m making two discussions of this so Vince’s photos will display better. If I make a collage of them, they get too distorted. Back in 2010, we visited the Sistine Chapel. Our strongest memory is of the officials shouting...

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Fleur Yes I remember the crowds in the Sistine chapel too. I confess I was somewhat underwhelmed by the experience. I was also amused/disappointed that most of the visitors simply rushed past many other masterpieces on the way, because of course the Sistine chapel...

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Michelangelo comes to Fremantle, Part II

Judy Evans @JudyEv (275024) • Rockingham, Australia 11 May

I wrote that we visited ‘Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition’ this morning. You can catch up here: https://www.mylot.com/post/3508554/michelangelo-comes-to-fremantle-western-australia The informative signage and audio...

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Fleur That sounds really good and in fact more informative and comfortable to visit than the real thing!

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Doctor Who filming?

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (11096) • Lichfield, England 11 May

This letter was tweeted by the Doctor Who production news Twitter account. It concerns night filming on a street in Cardiff and is a letter sent to all the residents of said street explaining exactly what is going to happen....

filming

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Fleur Are you a Doctor Who fan?

11 May

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Facebook Cracks Me Up Sometimes

Michelle Susann @Chellezhere (7776) • United States 9 May

I don't check it out often anymore because it's become too politicized and boring in recent years. But I had a few notifications, so I checked. Some were about Mother's Day and my upcoming birthday, and others were from pages I...

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Fleur FB has way too much power. I have never joined, nor ever intend to. I hate the way that people are forced to join under certain circumstances - for example some colleges require their students to join in order to communicate with their tutors and receive their...

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I applaud when I do any small technological task.

marguicha @marguicha (186236) • Chile 9 May

I could not read the screen because everything was not bright enough. Besides that, the letters were absolutly small. I could not even read them with my glasses on. I had been planning to wait until another generation came for a...

technology

computer

laptop

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Fleur Well done you! As you say you can either just give up, or fight back!

9 May

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Can't Wait To See More Flowers

Marlina @marlina (143982) • Canada 9 May

The warm weather is not coming very fast around here and it is slowing down the flowers that we can see in the yard. One of them that I have a lot is the orange day lilies. I have so many that I might remove some soon as it is...

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Fleur I have day lillies too but they are nowhere near flowering yet. Irises are starting to appear though.

9 May

Swirly Rose for Sharon

CarolDM @CarolDM (182085) • United States 9 May

Yes, I am sharing yet another rose from Dustin's garden. I cannot help myself. Until other blooms appear, roses are what I will talk about. I put a little swirly spin on this one. Just messing around with my photos. This one is...

swirly rose

dustins garden

sharing

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Fleur Ooh, pretty!

9 May

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Pardon me, passing through...

SomeGuyTyping@InHis.Kitchen @PhredWreck (7298) • Olney, Illinois 9 May

Scar wasn't sure just exactly what the thing in the yard was, but he was keeping an eye on it in case it did anything wrong. Of course, it didn't. It stopped for a minute when I came outside with the camera, but as I...

eastern box turtle

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Fleur That's a rather belligerent-looking turtle! Once I saw a turtle crossing the road. It was having trouble climbing the high kerb, so I stopped to give it a hand. That was when I discovered it must have been a snapping turtle, because it certainly lived up to...

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Some chit chat, catching up... Mother's day

Arunima Singh @arunima25 (72249) • Bangalore, India 8 May

Good afternoon from this side of the planet . It's 4:45 PM here. And I feel like dozing off for a while. But then the sound of the beater and the chit chat and giggles won't let me. Good for me as I...

mothers day

baking

summer holiday

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Fleur Hope you have a lovely day. Mother's day here is back in March. When is you long summer vacation - April to June?

8 May

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You need to be careful with percentages

Judy Evans @JudyEv (275024) • Rockingham, Australia 5 May

I hope I haven't told this story before. I searched using a few key-words but nothing came up. Hopefully, it will be new to many of you. In the 1980s, my husband and I lived on a few acres in Esperance, south-east Western...

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Fleur I haven't heard that before But yes they certainly can. When you hear a headline such as 'eating such-and-such leads to a 20% increase in the rate of stomach cancer' for example, that is pretty much meaningless without the actual numbers. If the...

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This is an Oh, By The Way, Post

DW Davis @DWDavis (20057) • Pikeville, North Carolina 5 May

I know that you know that I don't usually post twice in a day much less twice in a row, but I forgot to mention that my novella, Soul Collector, went live on Amazon for Kindle the other day. If you're interested, it is available...

yup another post from me

i know it is unusual

oh go ahead and read it

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Fleur Congratulations! I hope it does well!

6 May

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Captivating Sark Henge

YoghurtGal @flapiz (15416) • United Kingdom 5 May

It was a long walk but it was worth it! This beautiful site looks rather ancient but it's actually a recent one erected on 2015 to commemorate the 450 year anniversary of Queen Elizabeth I granting the Fief of Sark to Helier De...

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Fleur I was going to say that I didn't know there was such an ancient site on Sark - then I found there isn't! Nice place to visit though!

6 May

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I really don't like the tags on clothes!

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (4674) 5 May

One of my daughters sent me 3 new shirts. I was thrilled as I don't get new clothing that often, I tend to wear mine a long time. She wanted to send .something because I lost weight, which was sweet of her. I washed them and...

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Fleur I know a lot of people do this, but it's something that has never bothered me, I don't know why. Nice that you got a lovely gift though!

6 May

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Shopping Done and Poor Jill Jill

Eva James @wolfgirl569 (53410) • Marion, Ohio 5 May

I got the shopping finished after a second trip to Walmart. They only had one type of seeds that I wanted. So I figured I could get all of my seeds at Rural King. I was able to get all but the one that Walmart had I...

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Fleur Poor Jill, hope it is just a short-term problem. Never heard of black dahlias before!

6 May

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I am blaming this on Jimbo!

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (4674) 5 May

He just HAD to post that picture of that giant blueberry muffin. Which of course reminded me I have a lot of blueberries in the freezer from last summer. That, in turn, reminded me that my daughter loves blueberry muffins, and I...

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Fleur I haven't had a blueberry muffin in absolutely ages - you are making me want one now as well!

5 May

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Happy Birthday Daddy

CarolDM @CarolDM (182085) • United States 5 May

Today will always be Daddy's birthday. He has been gone five years now. And missed every single day. Thankfully I have a lifetime of memories to keep me going. The photo was a gift I gave him many years ago. He kept it on his...

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Fleur So many happy memories. No doubt he enjoyed those times with you all.

5 May

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