patootie

@patootie (3592)

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My friends .. it's time for me to leave ...

patootie @patootie (3592) 14 Jul 07

But .. not without saying goodbye and thank you to all the friends I made here in MyLot .. there are some lovely people in here .. you know who you are .. so a big hug to you all .. I've taken a month off from MyLot .. and I...

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I was just checking my food cupboards ready to go shopping and found .....

patootie @patootie (3592) 29 May 07

Well honestly .. I didn't know whether to laugh .. or hide away in embarrassment .. I was checking my stock of herbs and spices .. plenty of salt .. nutmeg .. mixed spices etc etc .. but the large peppercorn jar I had was almost...

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British Bank Holiday weather a disaster ...

patootie @patootie (3592) 28 May 07

You just have to laugh ... Murphy's Law has done it again .. a British Bank Holiday weekend and for the last 48+ hours we have had a deluge of truly Biblical proportions .. yesterday evening I opened the door a fraction to see how...

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Borrowing a $$million to invest ....

patootie @patootie (3592) 22 May 07

While replying in another discussion I had a thought about borrowing money to invest (again) .. what if we could borrow a $$million for a year and a day .. not to spend any of it (hard I know) .. but to have it to invest as wisely...

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What a shame the Cutty Sark catching fire ..

patootie @patootie (3592) 21 May 07

Sometimes things from history catch our imaginations and we can grow quite fond of them .. just so with the wonderful Cutty Sark .. irrefutably the fastest tea clipper in the world .. built in 1869 she was 280ft long .. and she...

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The early bird gets the worm .. or does it?

patootie @patootie (3592) 17 May 07

I was drinking a cup of coffee early this morning and watching the wild birds searching in the grass for worms and grubs to feed their young ones with .. Suddenly a blackbird pounced and pulled out of the grass an enormous worm...

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Is MyLot getting a tad over zealous with all these daily deletions ??

patootie @patootie (3592) 8 May 07

I don't know what everyone else thinks .. but I'm getting pretty tired of all the MyLot discussions that are being deleted these days .. I've got a wad of discussions to answer sitting in my email inbox ...I'm very aware of...

daily deletions

nonsensical

why

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Trying out my new dehydrator ...

patootie @patootie (3592) 4 May 07

Ohhh myyy ... slurp ... it's .. it's ... it's truly SUPERB .... the scrumptious smell of drying strawberries and bananas is almost more than a body can stand ... I'm practically salivating ... it's just wonderful ... and as the...

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Are you affected by Oilseed Rape allergy ..

patootie @patootie (3592) 16 Apr 07

Ohh blimey .. both yesterday and today the air outside has been/is pungent with the heady stink of rapeseed oil flowers .. They look very pretty .. but I simply cannot tolerate it .. it makes me so dizzy and nauseas .. I've...

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Lewis Hamilton on track to be the greatest ever Formula 1 driver ..

patootie @patootie (3592) 15 Apr 07

After just three Formula 1 races Lewis Hamilton has achieved something no other Formula driver in history has ever done before .. not even Fangio, Ascari, Clark, Surtees, Prost, Senna or Schumacher or any of the other GREAT world...

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Sigh .. I've completely lost the plot ...

patootie @patootie (3592) 14 Apr 07

It's 'official' .. I've completely 'lost the plot' ... I just logged into a catalogue web site to pay off the remaining money I owed them for a recent transaction .. I needed to pay £15 .. .. I accessed the web site .. went...

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The Bathroom Habits - a little survey for you to try ...

patootie @patootie (3592) 13 Apr 07

Okay now .. before anyone clicks on the link and gets offended in ANY way .. it's just for fun, completely anonymous and you don't have to sign into anything .. but as it asks about your bathroom habits it is PERSONAL stuff folks...

personal habits

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Why do people like to listen to gossip ?

patootie @patootie (3592) 12 Apr 07

It beats me .. I just don't understand why we seem to like to gossip so much .. if I had a pound for every time I've heard someone say .. "did you hear about so and so .." .. my heart sinks I know that the story has probably...

chinese whispers

gossip

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What sort of things would you do to amuse yourself during a car journey?

patootie @patootie (3592) 12 Apr 07

Generally I rarely go on very long car journeys .. well actually you can't in England or you'd quickly drive into the sea heheheh .. but from time to time I do go on longer journeys and as I have problems with keeping my...

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Would you like to change any part of your personality ??

patootie @patootie (3592) 12 Apr 07

I think if I could I would really like to change one part of my personality .. I do rather like having an 'easy' life without conflict .. but I feel that makes me too quick to give in and just go with the flow to keep everyone...

life

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What do you think is the definition of 'honesty'?

patootie @patootie (3592) 12 Apr 07

Well I'm not sure I really know .. I mean what is being honest all about ..?? Is it telling the absolute truth down to the very last detail or is it just telling enough of the truth to get by ..?? How would you feel if...

honesty

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Are you getting yours ??

patootie @patootie (3592) 5 Mar 07

I haven't been too well for the last week or so .. and I hadn't really bothered to check all my email accounts .. but today I am feeling much better .. at least well enough to take a peek in the email account all my MyLot...

dried up

freinds

notifications

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Last night I broke my specs .. then I had a good idea .. and .....

patootie @patootie (3592) 11 Feb 07

Last night I broke my specs, the plain prescription tinted ones I need to use for Internet and driving .. then I had a good idea .. well at least I thought it was ... You see what happened was that my poor old specs had got...

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I've just got to tell you all this ... IT'S HERE !!

patootie @patootie (3592) 9 Feb 07

(Okay, this is a bit long, but please do try and read all of it.. thank you!) ... As some may know .. but most won't which is why I am going to repeat it .. I have had computer problems for some time on my 6 years old system...

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Flippin' norah what a blinkin' morning it's been !!

patootie @patootie (3592) 6 Feb 07

Okay .. it's like this .. yesterday evening I somehow managed to trap one of the freezer bag clips in the freezer door (you know the ones I mean the little plastic 'Bulldog' type grippers) .. so when I went to make a last cup of...

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