Anna

@LadyDuck (502921)

Italy

Joined myLot 11 years ago

I am Italian and I live in Switzerland. I like, gardening, crafting, writing, baking, cooking and chatting with people.

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Anna's Activity

Delivered at last, it took almost three weeks!!

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59444) 8 Jun

Some of you may recall I wrote recently about some legal papers we sent to my son’s lawyer. This disability business takes forever! Anyway, although I sent the papers via Priority Mail and also registered, so that they had to be...

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Anna @MarieCoyle - It happens too many times.

A strong possibility of yet another re-run here.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59444) 15 Jun

Illinois has been the home of weather nightmares concerning tornadoes this year. This article explains what could well be on the way this week...last Wednesday and Thursday was, for us here, the stuff of nightmares. Ridiculous...

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Anna @MarieCoyle - From today we are under a new heatwave. I hoped for cooler weather.

A day of strange weather here.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59444) 10 Jun

What a weird day it was. We started out hot and foggy and very humid. Had off and on storms all day long--some dumped rain, some were mostly wind and a bit of rain, and one was what I call a gullywasher. It has thundered off and...

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Anna @MarieCoyle - He refuses to eat, I am seriously concerned. I had a steak for dinner yesterday evening, I am sure I need proteins.

I'm not even sure how to describe the storm we just had.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59444) 11 Jun

And it really isn't over with yet. Still lots of rumbling thunder and lightning, lights on lights off, internet on, internet off. Phones are working. I can't remember how long it's been that I have seen or heard wind as loud as...

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Anna @MarieCoyle - Exactly, we called someone to go up on the roof and to check. Better safe than sorry. With hail it's all about the size and the speed. I remember when in the past farmers shoot to the hail clouds to disperse them. We should have the technology...

Surgery Day For Our Little Pup Mush

MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (91201) • United States 23h

Happy Wednesday Everyone! a bright and sunny day here this morning. Possible thunderstorms this afternoon but overall it looks like a good day. Our day started off with an early morning dropoff for our pup Mush who needed...

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Anna @Marilynda1225 - We are always concerned when out pets are not well. You are right, only yesterday we complained about the cold.

Good Morning, mylot.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59444) 17 Jun

I am following the crowd with the good morning title. Trying very hard to remain positive this morning. We have a very strange forecast. Of course, living in the Midwest most generally means a person will get a tornado watch or...

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Anna @MarieCoyle I am always very concerned when the wind is blowing. Stay safe.

My dad visited me last night

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 17 Jun

My dad visited me last night From beyond the grave. He didn't come to reprimand me about me buying an English Single Malt Whisky Nor did he come to moan about our beloved Rangers taking the traitor on as manager ( probably) He...

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Anna @Ineeddentures - I remember when my father visited me. May be it was a dream, but it was so real. I always thought he came to visit me to tell me he was fine and not to cry.

Are there cobblestone pavements in your place?

Ayu2026 @Ayu2026 (363) • Denpasar, Indonesia 13 Jun

Almost all the sidewalks and public squares in Lisbon are covered with mosaic-like cobblestones, which are called Calçada Portuguesa (Portuguese Pavement). Their designs are highly artistic, featuring motifs like wavy...

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I changed my home internet service provider today.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59444) 5 Jun

I've been shopping around for some time trying to find a better deal than I have had. When I first moved to this area, the only one that was available to us was Xfinity, through Mediacom. Then they put in fiber optic but it has so...

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Anna @MarieCoyle - I opened the gate this morning for the plumber who is repairing the central heating system.

Did you ever just want to scream at someone, even when there is no one to scream at?

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59444) 2 Jun

Final UPDATE~ It was delivered--it took nearly 3 weeks. Worst service ever. UPDATE~~ I met with our district postmaster person in charge, or whatever her title is. Anyway, the package is now 9 days past the date it was...

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Anna @MarieCoyle - We need immigrants also here in Italy. All those who work in the Amazon warehouse here in Italy are immigrants, most of them from India. Also those who deliver from the grocery store. They do all the jobs that Italians are not "too rich" to...

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While I Was Sleeping.

rakski @rakski (156959) • Philippines 16 Jun

My daughter and SIL went to the mall. SIL treated my daughter to dinner and had this dessert. We call this Banana Split. My SIL and daughter had their bonding. She is the favorite niece, the one and only niece. Oops, my bad....

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Anna @rakski - I checked, I remember well, each scoop of ice cream was topped with whipped cream and on top a candied cherry.

Dogs or Cats or both or none

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 14 Jun

Dogs or cats or both or of course none at all Right now we are none at all as we are away quite often and I don't think it's fair on animals and anyway, costs a fortune to put them in lodgings for two weeks at a time If we had...

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Anna @Ineeddentures - Let me think, Gevi is the same age as Bubi (the cat of my neighbor) I think to remember they both were born in 2019, it was the month of July.

I meant to post about this before I got ill

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 18 May

I meant to post about this before I got ill but obviously I forgot as I wasn't fully engaging with myself properly. I don't know why I remembered it now I am just sitting here after dinner watching shite TV and it just occurred...

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Anna @Ineeddentures - He was so weird, all the three brothers were not 100% normal. I always thought, too rich, too spoiled. Their parents were great people.

UK banning social media for under 16,s

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 15 Jun

Oh well The UK is bringing in a ban on social media for under 16,s It's a year away , next Spring the ban will be law. So the Prime Minister says. But he is naive if he thinks that this is going to work as it really hasn't...

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Anna @Ineeddentures - Same problem also here in Italy, no one wants to deal with those horrible spoiled young kids.

Finally the Lighthouse post I promised

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 10 Jun

Finally The light house post I promised Scurdie Ness Lighthouse Montrose Scotland My home town I have been to the top of this a few times As had my dad, his dad, his dad and his dad before him It is less than a mile from...

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Anna @Ineeddentures - People post fake ads everywhere.

I burned underneath my eye

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 14 Jun

I burned underneath my eye with Salicylic acid Woke up today and got a right shock when I looked in the mirror Yvonne was quite upset when she saw the mess I was applying the 26% strength version to a black spot I want rid of...

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Anna @Ineeddentures - That is good to know.

Steak and Chips

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 12 Jun

Steak and Chips I just cooked Steak and chips with some onion rings Very good it was Steak juicy and rare Chips perfect Onion rings round We are trying to eat our way through the contents of the freezer because we want to...

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Anna @Ineeddentures This is very possible.

We have not had a decent coffee all week

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 27 May

We haven't had a decent coffee all week Well we refuse to pay upwards of £4 for a cup of coffee So we have not bought coffee when we have been out So to remind me of a good coffee here is a picture of our two Dolce Gusto...

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Anna @Ineeddentures - I am seriously concerned.

Do you eat Bananas?

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 10 Jun

Do you eat Bananas? I love Bananas But this is not about me this is about you, the reader Do you eat at least one banana every day A Banana a day keeps the doctor away It's true How do you eat your bananas I like taking two...

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Anna @Ineeddentures - Mini skirts were really short in the late 60s, I did not wear a mini skirt to ride a bus for sure. To go out with friends was another matter.

child brides in nigeria

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (35523) 13 Jun

child brides in nigeria that's right bloody heathens marry them off at 12 years old, the practice is common in Nigeria’s remote northern state of Bauchi, they sell them and refer to them as women when they reach puberty the...

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Anna @Ineeddentures - As you know, this still happens, they do not "marry" the girls, they only use them.