Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21047)

London, England

Joined myLot 9 years ago

Love history, cycling and walking. An intrepid explorer of London's Pubs.

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How do you know when it’s time to let go of something?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 18 Oct

Whether it's a relationship or a grudge or an item of clothing or anything and everything in between, how do you know when it’s time to let go of something? Usually you'll start getting a feeling in your gut like something's...

letting go

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Ron Rybs No, I always decide for myself. Some grudges just can't be let go of!

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I Cannot Recommend Arby's New Steak Nuggets

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 18 Oct

I saw the ads promoting Arby's Steak Nuggets about a month ago and was waiting for them to come to the franchisees near me. I was excited for a high-protein option without needing any sides or anything. So today we got...

arbys

steak nuggets

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Ron Rybs I suppose it is the novelty value that gets people buying them

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A Tale of Two Quilts

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 18 Oct

The quilt on the right, the one with purple tones, is the one I have on my King Sized bed now. It's in good shape. Maybe a slight stain or two from eating chocolate in bed but nothing that can't come out in the wash. But I had...

quilts

blankets

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Ron Rybs Quite agree, I have two as well

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If you had to move to a new country tomorrow, what would you take with you?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 18 Oct

My answer is "very little." But then again I'm a minimalist. I definitely wouldn't take furniture. I'd just buy some there. I'd take my husband and my cat (yes I know there are issues with pet quarantines and such). I'd take...

moving to another country

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Ron Rybs My cats would be coming along for sure!

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The reason for long-handled pots years ago

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Oct

While in the Westonia Museum, I saw some saucepans with very long handles like the one in the left-hand image. I was wondering why the handles were so long but after seeing the open cooking range at Mangowine Homestead, I...

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Ron Rybs Everything was designed for a purpose, mostly we've forgotten why

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Little Lambs Eat Ivy

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Oct

The image shows the sign ‘The Stacey Lamb Train’. I knew I’d heard of this before but couldn’t think where so off I went searching. Mr L J Stacey of Quairading in Western Australia produced fat lambs for market; so many in fact...

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Ron Rybs Wow, that is lot of lamb!

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The not-so-slow music session

Fleur @Fleura (32908) • United Kingdom 18 Oct

There are some pubs around here which host folk music ‘sessions’; when anyone can just turn up and join in. The snag is that unless you are an accomplished player it can be really hard to join in, everyone plays so fast, they know...

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Ron Rybs That's the problem with tight knit and long standing groups. Very insular if not downright cold

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Please send some rain

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

Don't take the title literally but it looks to me that this little guy holding the rain gauge is hoping for a downpour. They are forecasting rain for the next three days but at least I won’t have to water the garden. We’re...

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Ron Rybs We've rain forecast for the next four or five days, as well

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Lumping barley in the old days

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

So here’s another scene from the museum in Westonia, Western Australia. This shows a farmer in typical clothing ready to hump a bag of wheat onto a truck. My father never wore overalls but the truck is typical of one we had. At...

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Ron Rybs Something we seldom think about in damper climes, the risk of fire spreading. Mind you, with climate change we have recently had a few

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I must be getting old

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

I really think I’m getting old. While we were away, we ran out of instant coffee which is really the only coffee we like. I buy the large tins of our favourite brand as it’s cheaper that way. So I bought a large tin in...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv I used to use loose tea, but now find teabags easier to clean up after

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The beautiful twisted trunks of gimlet trees

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

Two things fell into place for me when we visited Mangowine Homestead in the Central Wheatbelt area of Western Australia. For some years, I’ve been intrigued by a tree which grows with a twisted/fluted trunk. I assumed it was just...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv I know, it crops up in conversation all the time!

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Building a silo from the ground up

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

This grain silo was built by Jack Jones in 1949 when heavy lifting equipment was in its infancy. The heavy timber mainframe was made from bush timber and hoisted into position with two Fordson tractors. As the fledging silo was...

western australia

mukinbudin

grain silo

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Now you're just making it difficult!

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A doll's pram from years gone by

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Oct

Kerosene tins were once very common in Western Australia. Once emptied, the tins, which I think held four gallons, would be used for all sorts of purposes other than holding kerosene. They would be cobbled together to make...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv That's for sure!

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Putting cotton-reels to good use

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

@FourWalls commented on a recent discussion on how resourceful our ancestors needed to be way back when. We visited Mangowine Homestead while we were away and saw a home-made shelving unit. It had three shelves and would have...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv You mean sober?

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The things you see on the back roads

Judy Evans @JudyEv (364444) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Oct

Travelling on the back roads as we have been doing we haven’t seen a lot of traffic but twice now we’re seen these self-propelled crop sprayers. From a distance, it’s hard to know what they are as they look a bit eerie with so...

western australia

farming

cropping

self propelled sprayer

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Yes. don't see them working out

18 Oct

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Frameless, A Massive Art Exhibition

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21047) • London, England 14 Oct

Yesterday I went to an unusual art exhibition, at Marble Arch, The Frameless Immersive exhibition. It is set in four rooms that show enlarged images of classic paintings, but more than that there is activity such as people and...

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Ron Rybs The hard part is finding out about them!

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As Time Goes By

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (89962) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 Oct

Whenever I see a piano or a photo of a piano the song “As Time Goes By” from the classic movie “Casablanca” starring Humphrey Bogart comes to mind. The song was written by Max Steiner and in the movie was sung by Dooley Wilson who...

casablanca song as time goes by

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Ron Rybs @RasmaSandra So many years ago, even Humphrey was only a boy!

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They Told Them

Amber @AmbiePam (104491) • United States 17 Oct

So my sister wasn’t going to tell the kids until November about going to Disneyland, but the week had gone so poorly for her and Jeff that they needed to be cheered up. So they sat the kid’s down with a Happy Meal (a rare treat),...

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Ron Rybs I get the impression that was some very welcome good news!

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As Time Goes By

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (89962) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 Oct

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Ron Rybs I'd not heard this one before and didn't even know he had recorded it

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We Had Lunch For Two for $16 Including Tip

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 17 Oct

We've discovered that if we both get water to drink and share one entree we can eat at Texas Roadhouse for under $20 for the two of us. That's a win-win. I ate half a yeast roll with cinnamon butter. They're GREAT but high in...

lunch

texas roadhouse

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Ron Rybs I guess they must expect two to enjoy this type of meal.Guessing it was a pretty large serving

17 Oct