Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (20969)

London, England

Joined myLot 10 years ago

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

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A bushel and a peck

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370521) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Jan

Each day four of us play the game, Wordle, and share our results. This is the New York Times version. Whoever gets the game out in the least number of moves gets ‘smirking rights’ for the day. We’ve now started doing Connections...

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Judy Evans @Ronrybs Yes, I'm sure that very true. They still have furlongs in horse-racing and when roads were first introduced in country areas, the distance allowed for a road between two paddocks was a chain.

27 Jan

Can you believe this?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370521) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Jan

I heard the most bizarre story today but we were assured it was true. We went to the funeral of a lass I went to school with. She was always the life of any party, always had a joke and loved life. A truly lovely lady. Her son...

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Judy Evans @Ronrybs You would think it would have to be her own teeth that found their way to the market. Very few people would have dentures that would fit others.

26 Jan

The Big Apple

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (93692) • Daytona Beach, Florida 24 Jan

No, not NYC but the dance since I mentioned it yesterday. It is a partner and circle dance that originated in the Afro-American community in the US at the beginning of the 20th century. In the summer of 1937 students from the...

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RasmaSandra @Ronrybs I think everything sort of passes by and then starts all over again,

25 Jan

How many people here still iron clothes

Jimlos Tatooth @Ineeddentures (15736) 23 Jan

How many people here still Iron Clothes. I haven't done so since the 1990,s A more casual dress approach has meant I don't need to have creases on trousers or shirts all neat and pressed either My neighbour even irons his...

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Jimlos Tatooth @Ronrybs I have a pair of shoes I intended to wear to funerals They are bulled, have been for 20 years Never wore them to a funeral yet or at all lol

25 Jan

~My Grandbabies~

Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85525) • Valdosta, Georgia 24 Jan

Good morning! I haven't shared a photo of my Grandbabies in a while, I thought some of you might like to see how much they have grown. They are my heart! God has blessed me so graciously. I didn't even know how much I needed...

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Jennifer @Ronrybs Thank you! They are 3 and 18 months old. =)

24 Jan

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Our streetlights went out

Jimlos Tatooth @Ineeddentures (15736) 23 Jan

Our streetlights went out about two hours ago and haven't come back on Yet in the next street then lights are still on. In all the years I have lived here the lights in this street have never gone out. It's really spooky, it's...

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Jimlos Tatooth @Ronrybs Plenty money down there for councils to do stuff like that.

24 Jan

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How many people here still iron clothes

Jimlos Tatooth @Ineeddentures (15736) 23 Jan

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Jimlos Tatooth @Ronrybs I can imagine. I was still billing boots 10 years after and ironing creases down shirt sleeves

24 Jan

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Let's have a Celebration

Jimlos Tatooth @Ineeddentures (15736) 22 Jan

Celebrations now come on! Oh yes it's time for a Celebration right enough. So I thought it best to open up a.pack of these Celebrations. Never mind Kool and the Gang These are just cool, especially at £2 per pack I thought...

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Jimlos Tatooth @Ronrybs You're right.. The quality isn't as good as it was.. These things used to be a real treat Not any more Yet people accept it

23 Jan

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Polydactyly

Jimlos Tatooth @Ineeddentures (15736) 23 Jan

Polydactyly is a condition where humans are born with extra fingers or toes And there is more of it about than I thought. Despite being 65 years old, I have never met anyone who has this condition. Yet recently, I have come...

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Jimlos Tatooth @Ronrybs I bet. Lol Would be quite funny to see as I always laughed at cats scratching people

23 Jan

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Blame It On the Bossa Nova

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (93692) • Daytona Beach, Florida 22 Jan

“Blame It on the Bossa Nova” is a real oldie, and the bossa nova was a dance. If you remember a singer named Eydie Gormé, then she sang this song in 1963. It became a hit single for her. This song was also featured in the comedy...

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RasmaSandra @Ronrybs Nope, it was the bossa nova that was at fault but what you're thinking of is that there is a song with that title Blame it on the Boogie.

23 Jan

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The Hunger Games

Fleur @Fleura (33685) • United Kingdom 30 Oct

The book ‘The Hunger Games’ was a best-seller, and had a massive following especially among teenagers and young adults (what this says about contemporary ‘western’ society will, I suspect, provide much analytical material for...

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Fleur @Ronrybs I don't care how many more there are, I won't be watching them!

2 Nov

Great Benefits of Borage the Starflower

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (93692) • Daytona Beach, Florida 1 Nov

A plant with a strange sounding name is Borage also known as Starflower. It is an annual herb that originated in Syria. However, it is found throughout the Mediterranean region as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and...

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RasmaSandra @Ronrybs when I lived in Latvia it grew in our garden and we used it for salads.

2 Nov

Lovely Bird of Paradise

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (93692) • Daytona Beach, Florida 29 Oct

Very often when this very lovely and unusual flower gets mentioned, there are those who first think of a bird, not a flower. It is an exotic plant that is native to South Africa and when blooming resembles a bird. One of the...

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RasmaSandra @Ronrybs these kinds of flowers should be in botanic gardens

1 Nov

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The Horse You Came in On

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (93692) • Daytona Beach, Florida 31 Oct

The Horse You Came in On is the nifty name for a bar in Baltimore, Maryland. I happened to see this online and just had to share. This saloon can be found in Fell’s Point Historic District in Baltimore in a Colonial-era...

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RasmaSandra @Ronrybs that would be very interesting; I would love to raise a whiskey glass with Poe

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Beware on Halloween

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (93692) • Daytona Beach, Florida 28 Oct

Halloween is coming and the ghosts and goblins are ready, The witches are preparing their brooms to fly high. The gravestones in cemeteries are starting to move with impatient bodies wanting to get out. Werewolves will begin to...

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RasmaSandra @Ronrybs just beware of what's behind the door,

29 Oct

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Happy Alien Flower

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (93692) • Daytona Beach, Florida 28 Oct

Sorry to disappoint you, but no, little green men did not plant this flower. It is a strange-looking perennial plant that comes from South America. Besides Happy Alien flower, it is also known as Darwin’s slipping flower and was...

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RasmaSandra @Ronrybs definitely of the orchid family

29 Oct

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The beautiful twisted trunks of gimlet trees

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370521) • 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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Judy Evans @Ronrybs I'll need to work on some introductions so I can use it.

19 Oct

Building a silo from the ground up

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370521) • 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...

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Judy Evans @Ronrybs I doubt it could get more difficult in the first place! My mother minded my little nephew once and he had a tantrum because a sheet of hard plastic wouldn't stand on its side.

19 Oct

Putting cotton-reels to good use

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370521) • 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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Judy Evans @Ronrybs Yes - or with someone they shouldn't be with! lol

19 Oct

I must be getting old

Judy Evans @JudyEv (370521) • 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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Judy Evans @Ronrybs Teabags are supposed to make good compost or can be put on pot plants - so I'm told.

18 Oct