Xavier Bage

@franxav (14175)

India

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Social worker, physician, part-time teacher

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Every one has to pass through hard luck phases but they eventually pass. Do you agree?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14175) • India 4 Jul

It's rainy season in Bengal and all over India. It's the season which is used by farmers to grow many crops. Too much of rain definitely brings countless problems for quite many people, like many places get flooded, houses and...

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If you're a local, it's Wagga

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357492) • Rockingham, Australia 25 May

The photo is of the vegetation near the salt lake where we camped one night. It has nothing to do with the discussion. Vince came across this on a Facebook page entitled Dull Men or something like that. There is a town in New...

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Xavier Bage Wagga sounds a unique name. Australia has many things unique and that makes it a lovely place to live.

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Today is my birthday but unhappy. My sister in law passed away and my stomach is also aching badly

Erly Maglangit @cacay1 (85068) • Cagayan De Oro, Philippines 4 Jul

I supposed to be happy today because it's my birthday . My friends on Facebook greeted me. But at home, we received so suddenly a bad news that our sister in law died. She's the one I told two months ago in serious condition. My...

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Xavier Bage So sorry to know of the sad news. Hope you will feel better soon.

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Isn't Being Orphan a Himalayan Hurdle ?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14175) • India 3 Jul

Today I took Suparna, an orphan girl in my foster family to the Post Office in the railway town 8 kilometres from our children's home for updating her AADHAR card. While for my Indian friends it is a document they need at every...

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It's Hard Monday, Ya Beatniks! (Mylot Exclusve #1951)

Greg @xander6464 (45284) • Wapello, Iowa 30 Jun

To Canada---where the mosquitoes are big enough to carry off your picnic basket, and the neighbors apologize for it. -----------Red Green Bonjour! Happy Canada Day Eve! Grab a Moosehead and set a spell! I am low-key busy...

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Xavier Bage Is Canada Day today? I will raise a toast and wish all Canadians a Happy Canada Day!

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Lilies

Always smiling @allknowing (148859) • India 30 Jun

I see posts being written here showcasing the lilies that are blooming in their garden. I can only talk of memories although there are bulbs hiding beneath the ground refusing to do their work In the good old days, come...

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Xavier Bage With too much rain here my lilies are not there but the plants are fully alive. With right weather they will bloom again.

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I think I might order some river rock

snowy @snowy22315 (192268) • United States 27 Jun

My neighbors have a very nice gravel type insert to demark the ending of their lawn and beginning their walk way. LindaOH was talking about the possibility of gravel on her property. I saw you can get a small quantity on Amazon...

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Xavier Bage I'm sure you'll be able to get it done. It will look good.

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A bicycle for the space age

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357492) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jun

One of the vehicles on display at the York Motor Museum in Western Australia was the Bowden Spacelander bicycle which you see in the photo. The prototype was designed in 1946 and manufactured in 1960. It was designed to...

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Xavier Bage It surely is attractive. I hope it gives a space travel feel.

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Tiles do enhance the beauty of a house

Xavier Bage @franxav (14175) • India 27 Jun

Covering the floors and walls ( mainly of kitchen and bathroom) is popular part of house building work these days. I too have decided to use tiles in my little house. I got the kitchen and bathroom tiled three months ago. I...

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The story of black pepper

Always smiling @allknowing (148859) • India 26 Jun

We have pepper vines that are trained on the areca nut and coconut trees. Around December we see a few pepper pods turning red. They have to be harvested immediately else the birids will finish them The harvested pepper is...

story of black pepper

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Xavier Bage It's an essential masala in our nonveg curries. As for me I need it spice up my morning tea . It's not grown in our area. We have to buy it from grocery shops.

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A Model T Torpedo Runabout now in a safe place

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357492) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Jun

While we’ve been travelling, we visited a car museum in York. That’s York in Western Australia, not the one in England. In the photo is a Ford Model T Torpedo Runabout. This was found in a very run-down condition in outback...

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Xavier Bage It must have ruled the roads in those days. Still looks royal. I wonder why it was named Torpedo. As far as I know a torpedo is a ship destroying bomb.

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Delicious home made banana halwa

Always smiling @allknowing (148859) • India 27 Jun

I finally decfided to make halwa as I have done that before. Though there were many bananas the paste turned out to be just 600 gms I added equal amountof sugar, a little bit of ghee and cardamom powder. It is still in the...

home made banana halwa

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Xavier Bage My mouth is watering.

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Happy Rathyatra to everyone

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20894) 27 Jun

In India the Hindus celebrate happy Rathyatra. Lord Jagannath and his brother sister Balaram and Subhadra are considered to go for chariot journey. Idols of the lords are put in the chariot and they are pulled by devotees. Puri in...

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Xavier Bage In the market I heard people greeting one another saying " Jai Jagannath!" Though I am a Christian I responded with the same words.

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Isn't Life Unpredictable?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14175) • India 24 Jun

Maybe the topic is not as fresh as it should be but it is still being discussed hotly on social media platforms. The topic is the Air India flight accident at Ahmedabad in Gujarat state of India. The unfortunate crash occured on...

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The Longest Day in Northern Hemisphere

Xavier Bage @franxav (14175) • India 21 Jun

Today is the longest day for us I live near the tropic of cancer latitude (23 degree and a half North) This is the line on which the sun rays fall directly today. It should also be the hottest day. Thanks to the last week's...

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You can't help stupid #2

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357492) • Rockingham, Australia 20 Jun

In my last discussion, I wrote about the groundsman at my husband’s school who was a bit short on commonsense and even shorter on intelligence. Some time after the lawn incidence, the same guy had a Workers Compensation claim...

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Xavier Bage The story of Kalidas is legendary in India. He was going to cut off the branch he was sitting on.

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Applying for a job

Always smiling @allknowing (148859) • India 20 Jun

I do not know how many here are seeking jobs and running here and there looking for one. My days of applying for a job are over. Luckily I did not have to run much. As soon as I was ready I did apply in my own simple way no...

applying for a job

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Xavier Bage You were qualified enough to get this job. You deserved it. However , it's becoming more and more difficult to find jobs in India.

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Telling secrets out of school

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357492) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Jun

The school year in Australia finishes around late November/early December. It’s customary for the senior students to get up to a few pranks during the last few weeks. A bit of backstory first. Most Fridays, when Vince was...

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Xavier Bage Some pranks can turn out to be harmful. Vince dud well to employ security staff .

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Weather Goes its Own Way

Xavier Bage @franxav (14175) • India 18 Jun

It's the third day of incessant rain here in Southern Bengal. It is named by the locals " nimno chaap" ( low pressure rain). A low pressure ( depression) in the Bay of Bengal causes such long rain. One may like it, one may...

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Tasmania hits the news for the wrong reasons

Judy Evans @JudyEv (357492) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Jun

A few days ago a policeman was shot dead in Tasmania. This is significant as it is the first police officer to be shot there since 1922, over a century ago. I wonder how many other countries can say that. Tasmania is an...

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Xavier Bage Sad we have to see such sad things in the world . In our country India, this goes as a common news. There are gangsters in every city and policemen are their natural enemies.

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