Fiacre Banks (@xFiacre) on myLot

Fleur @Fleura (34163) • United Kingdom 10h

We’ve had all sorts of car-related problems but yesterday we had a new one. I got in the car for a short trip and found a bird had pooped on the windscreen (I suspect a pigeon – more about that later). So of course I just tapped...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura That happened to my wife’s car recently. She was all for getting it to the garage but I pulled the lever vigorously a few times and that did the trick.

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Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (18793) 17h

Glass of Wine You taste so fine You are all mine But sadly the bottle is empty and ai have been advised that another bottle will not be opened tonight. Yvonne has a glass of wine as well This is called a Softonnay, it's the...

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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures. can’t see myself sipping wine out of such a receptacle. I do remember however sipping whiskey out of a fine bone china cup in a back yard in west Belfast many years ago while a gun battle raged on the other side of the wall and two Swedes were...

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Amber @AmbiePam (113602) • United States 23h

Well, we met with the dentist this morning, and they went over how much it all will cost. He is doing the work in chunks, and he said to pay as we can. The final bill? A little over $12,000. My dad thinks he’s full of bull. I...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam I’d want a new head for $12,000.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14276) • Ireland 25 Feb

Bought a new phone today, reluctantly, but it was necessary. It was almost as excruciating as getting my hair cut. First whippersnapper I spoke to talked in jargon at 100 miles an hour and I could feel my eyes glaze over. I...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne It’s worse than buying a new house.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (8282) • United Kingdom 26 Feb

So I went to the Drs today to have a check on my blood pressure. In the end it was a nurse I saw ….she took my blood pressure …it was still high BUT it had come down slightly. I have to carry on with the dosage I’m on now …I was...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne Joyous bimble down by the shore. Just made a melanzone alla parmigiana and it’s nearly ready to come out of the oven.

26 Feb

Fleur @Fleura (34163) • United Kingdom 26 Feb

I have been enjoying watching the spring flowers outside my window appearing, growing and opening day by day, slowly and yet not slowly either. And now I can see that not only are the original groups of bulbs thriving, but that...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura Crocuses, irises and hellebores all proliferating here too. Joy.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14276) • Ireland 25 Feb

Bought a new phone today, reluctantly, but it was necessary. It was almost as excruciating as getting my hair cut. First whippersnapper I spoke to talked in jargon at 100 miles an hour and I could feel my eyes glaze over. I...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Hopefully this will have been the last time! It was exhausting.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14276) • Ireland 25 Feb

Bought a new phone today, reluctantly, but it was necessary. It was almost as excruciating as getting my hair cut. First whippersnapper I spoke to talked in jargon at 100 miles an hour and I could feel my eyes glaze over. I...

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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures iPhone 16e. My wife told me this is what I needed hate facial recognition stuff.

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Amber @AmbiePam (113602) • United States 25 Feb

So if you read my discussion this morning I was nervous about seeing my unpredictable doctor. This is a doctor I cannot switch from. So, I get there, I talk to the nurse, and he hesitates. Why? The doctor is not there. Oh, but no...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam Needing to see a doctor is stressful enough on its own without all this nonsense.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14276) • Ireland 25 Feb

Bought a new phone today, reluctantly, but it was necessary. It was almost as excruciating as getting my hair cut. First whippersnapper I spoke to talked in jargon at 100 miles an hour and I could feel my eyes glaze over. I...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14276) • Ireland 24 Feb

When I went to Scotland last week for a few days I left behind me a rather drab and colourless garden that was still caught on the cold, clammy hand of winter. Now that I’m back I see that winter’s grip has been loosened and my...

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Fiacre Banks @DianneN I’ve got a mix. They’re beautiful.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (8282) • United Kingdom 24 Feb

I have been out today, collecting some books to sell on , and although the sun was out it was still really cold, and windy too. So, when I got home I felt I didn’t really want to sandwiches I had ready made, what I really wanted...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne it was an amateur performance of Euripede’s Medea. Enjoyed it.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (8282) • United Kingdom 24 Feb

I have been out today, collecting some books to sell on , and although the sun was out it was still really cold, and windy too. So, when I got home I felt I didn’t really want to sandwiches I had ready made, what I really wanted...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne ratatouille with pasta. Had a very mediocre Indian in Edinburgh last Friday before going to the theatre. So disappointing.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (8282) • United Kingdom 24 Feb

I got a huge cauliflower for just 67p today ….yes, of course they were on special offer. When I was looking in the cupboard for the spaghetti bolognese sauce mix last weekend I saw I had two packets of cheese sauce. Perfect ! I...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne Cauliflowers are really far to expensive, but a good cauliflower cheese is so comforting. My daughters always insisted on having stinky blue cheese cauliflower cheese as a side at Christmas dinner.

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DianneN @DianneN (249856) • United States 24 Feb

Yesterday, my husband came home with this bouquet of flowers for me. I felt so happy and thanked him. It turned out that the supermarket was celebrating one of their anniversaries and gave them away for free. And I thought hubs...

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Fiacre Banks @DianneN Well, at least he was thinking of you!

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14276) • Ireland 24 Feb

When I went to Scotland last week for a few days I left behind me a rather drab and colourless garden that was still caught on the cold, clammy hand of winter. Now that I’m back I see that winter’s grip has been loosened and my...

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Fiacre Banks @daddyevil Iris reticulata, about 8-10 inches tall.

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Fleur @Fleura (34163) • United Kingdom 24 Feb

Do you remember during the Covid pandemic, government health advice included the exhortation to wash our hands regularly? The reaction of some people to this advice suggested that they would rarely have bothered to wash their...

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Fiacre Banks @Fleura It may not come as a great surprise, but in public facilities an abundance of men do not wash their hands after the performance - their wives are absent obviously.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14276) • Ireland 24 Feb

When I went to Scotland last week for a few days I left behind me a rather drab and colourless garden that was still caught on the cold, clammy hand of winter. Now that I’m back I see that winter’s grip has been loosened and my...

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Fleur @Fleura (34163) • United Kingdom 24 Feb

Do you remember during the Covid pandemic, government health advice included the exhortation to wash our hands regularly? The reaction of some people to this advice suggested that they would rarely have bothered to wash their...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura I don’t really need to think about it since my wife is on hand to ensure compliance. She takes her slap box with her everywhere inn case none is provided. As a gentleman I also wash my hands before toileting if I’ve been cooking with chillies. I...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14276) • Ireland 23 Feb

Passing through Edinburgh airport today, the scanner took exception not to my legs, but to my left arm. That’s right, the left one. It was quite accepting of the right arm. I had to have the arm manhandled by a jovial man who...

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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures Oh those other lumps have oft been scrutinised by zealous officials in several countries.

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