Fleur

@Fleura (31925)

United Kingdom

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Living the Dream?

Ms.Chelle @Chellezhere (6178) • United States 11h

I'm almost 60. Married from 1993-2006, aside from about six years of living with a boyfriend, I have been single since. I don't dislike that, but sometimes I find myself dreaming like I did during my teen years. I saw myself in...

family

home

dinner

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Fleur I would love to start my own business! Unfortunately running a business is something I know absolutely nothing about.

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Six soups to choose from

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357273) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Jun

Last night we attended a ‘soup night’ at our village. In the morning, I walked to my friend’s house and peeled about 5kg of potatoes while she cut up a heap of leeks as she had to provide 10 litres of potato and leek soup. Over...

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Fleur After peeling all those potatoes you certainly deserved as many helpings as you wanted!

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Tin horses draw the tourists

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357273) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Jun

I’ve talked before about small towns trying to come up with a theme or some way of appealing to motorists to stop and spend some time, and preferably some money, in their town. Kulin in Western Australia run a picnic race meeting...

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Fleur I like the knight on horseback! I would like to try making things like that. I have inherited a welding machine and hope to have a go!

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A crocodile and a ute

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357273) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Jul

The vehicle in the photo was used in the film Crocodile Dundee starring Paul Hogan. Paul has also written his signature on the dashboard. Thankfully, the realistic-looking crocodile is not real. We call this type of vehicle a...

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Fleur I'm sure I saw the film all those years ago but I can't remember a thing about it!

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Do you eat the parson's nose?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357273) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Jul

We all have our favourite meat cuts and, when we have chicken, I like the thigh joint, just abovet the leg/drumstick. I also eat the ‘parson’s/Pope’s/sultan’s nose, which is what you can see in the photo. Edit: I've just realised...

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Fleur I was taught to discard that part, at least when preparing the Christmas turkey. When I was growing up we never ate chicken. Nowadays we do and I never give it much thought, just stick the whole thing in the oven!

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Forty cans entry fee

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357273) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Jul

We’re travelling and I haven’t had internet for a few days. We’ll probably be away another two days so I won’t be posting much. But I thought I’d share another funny sign with us. We didn’t plan our stops but just thought we’d...

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Fleur A nice idea and saves you having to convert the cans into cash yourself first. I just wish they hadn't used the apostrophes in 'cans' - I mean can's what?

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An innovative lawn-mower

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357273) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Jul

If you look carefully at the photo, I hope you can make out a pushbike with an old-fashioned lawnmower attached to the front. The notice is a tongu-in-cheek spiel about how appropriate this would be for the lady of the house....

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Fleur I think that's a really good idea! I could pedal one of those around, much nicer and quieter than pushing a big petrol mower! And oh how happy I would be if my neighbours got a nice quiet machine like that!!

4 Jul

Proud to be an autorickshaw rider

Always smiling @allknowing (148780) • India 3 Jul

I like to take autorickshaws for short rides and have a few phone number of owners who pick me up and get me back too. This open vehicle is far from stifling compared to taxis and cars. I now understand France is having them...

autorickshaw

france

india

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Fleur Such a handy little vehicle for short journeys. We should have more of them here!

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How to Live to 106

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (86594) • Daytona Beach, Florida 3 Jul

WWII veteran Leslie Lemon has reache his 106th birthday. He says the secret is to eat one sweet food every single day. His current favourite treat is rhubarb and custard - but is also partial to trifle and custard - and prefers...

eat sweet live to 106

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Fleur He looks great. My Dad would have been 105 this year if he had lived a bit longer.

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Sunny Morning

Eva James @wolfgirl569 (118643) • Marion, Ohio 2 Jul

It will be warmer today than it has been. But I knew those almost perfect days couldn't last. It still won't be too bad. So I might start on that big project a little bit today. Except for that I won't do very much. I need to...

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Fleur What does a wifi bird feeder do?

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I am working on peaches

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (164550) • United States 2 Jul

We have eaten some, and I have peeled and sliced about a third of the box. I am freezing them in quantities that will make a good pie. I do not put any sugar on them, just some lemon juice, because I do not have any citric acid,...

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Fleur Dealing with a lot of produce at once, whether you have bought a big box or grown a glut, is always hard work. But it's good to have those stocks in the freezer later!

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Managing distress.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13865) • Ireland 2 Jul

In the early hours of what is called ‘today’, as I lay drowning in a disturbed half-sleep, I became troubled by a vague yet discernible episode of gastric distress. It culminated not in any troublesome issue from the gastric...

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Fleur Oh dear I hope your fears are unfounded.

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Cottage Cheese ...thumbs up or thumbs down?

MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (85172) • United States 2 Jul

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I'm not a big fan of cottage cheese yet I still buy it every now and then. This past week I added it to our grocery shopping and decided to have it for breakfast this morning. I added some diced peaches...

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Fleur Yes I do, although I hardly ever buy it. Basically because if I do, I can just eat the whole tub with a spoon so it doesn't last five minutes! The most annoying thing, though, is that if anyone sees you eating cottage cheese they almost invariably ask if you...

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What is the last thing you sold?

Amber @AmbiePam (100117) • United States 2 Jul

I was trying to think of which sites would be best to sell certain things, and I think I decided on eBay. I don’t have a lot to sell, but I think a few things might make money. The last thing I sold (not online) were these calf...

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Fleur The last thing I sold was a pair of horse-riding boots that Little One had grown out of (which I had bought on eBay a year or two earlier!) Before that I sold a vintage Avon powder compact that belonged to my Mum. I hardly sold anything on eBay in the last...

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Plans for the Fourth of July?

Amber @AmbiePam (100117) • United States 30 Jun

Americans or non Americans, what are your plans for the Fourth of July? Some of you may remember me talking about how my dad’s family gets together at a “resort”. It hasn’t been nice in about 20 years, but the aunts (dad’s 6...

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Fleur The 4th July is just another day here. We don't have a 'Damn we don't own America any more' day Incidentally when I lived in the US, I was very surprised when I went to a 4th July celebration event at a local park, they had a brass...

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They ran into her birth mother.

Amber @AmbiePam (100117) • United States 26 Jun

So you guys know my two nieces and nephew are adopted. Some of you may remember how the youngest, Annelyn (5), came to be adopted. Her birth mother poured boiling water on the lower half of Annelyn’s body, and was taken away. What...

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Fleur Did the mother work there? Is that how she knew their names and phone number? That is really very awkward and weird that she would ask if they wanted to adopt another child. Here a birth parent does not get to know who the adoptive parents are (unless a child...

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How long do you let someone live with you for free?

Amber @AmbiePam (100117) • United States 29 Jun

So say you are letting someone live with you for free because their circumstances aren’t the best (no, not me). They have a nice RV, but they can’t seem to sell it. You let them live there, thinking it is temporary as they say...

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Fleur That's a difficult situation isn't it, because if you let them stay for a while without saying anything, then it's really hard to bring the subject up. And the longer it goes on the harder it is of course. But if they have the same income then they should...

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Spaghetti

DE @DaddyEvil (152384) • United States 1 Jul

I was using WhatsApp and talking with a friend while making spaghetti this evening. When I broke the spaghetti into the pot, he gasped and told me I was doing it wrong... Something about Italians claiming you couldn't break...

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Fleur Isn't it supposed to represent cutting your life short or something?? I just put the end of the spaghetti in the pan and as soon as it softens enough to bend I push the other end down with the lid. Works fine; I don't end up with one end cooked more than the...

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Masala dosa

Always smiling @allknowing (148780) • India 1 Jul

Of the several types of dosas that are made herd in India, the Masala Dosa stands out We had a restaurant that we often visited. It is now shifted a bit away and pretty isolated and that has put us off. That restaurant that we...

best among dosas

masala dosa

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Fleur Glad you managed to make something tasty even if it isn't quite as good.

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Gone all day.

Judy Story @jstory07 (144933) • Roseburg, Oregon 1 Jul

This friend of ours called and he needed a new lap top. Would we please go with him to help him pick one out. Than help him set it up. How can anyone refuse him the nice way that he asked. We went over to his apartment at 10AM...

lap top

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Fleur That was a long day! I'm glad you were there to help him, he obviously needed someone to hold his hand, metaphorically, and I'm sure he really appreciated it. That's what friends are for, right?

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