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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (15328) • Ireland 11h

On a winter morning in around 1977, (a sweet orange morning) the train I was travelling in was somewhere near Vienna, gliding along like the gleaming streak of red metal it was, stretched out between two banks of snow, shiny in...

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Fiacre Banks @JudyEv Story of my life. But isn’t it so interesting how different life would have been if we’d gone to a different school, took a different job etc.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (15328) • Ireland 11h

On a winter morning in around 1977, (a sweet orange morning) the train I was travelling in was somewhere near Vienna, gliding along like the gleaming streak of red metal it was, stretched out between two banks of snow, shiny in...

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Fiacre Banks @wrexxo Not really, she just popped into my mind this morning. She obviously made quite an impression!

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (15328) • Ireland 21h

We’ve decided that we need a complete new bathroom. Our current arrangements are functional okay, but the shower is leaking, tiles are wonky and the entire business was installed on the cheap before we bought the house and it...

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Fiacre Banks @JudyEv I can see problems with mounting such a docility, especially if one was overtaken by a sense of urgency. And old age does preclude lavatorial gymnastics. And anyway - just no. Nightmare to clean.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (15328) • Ireland 21h

We’ve decided that we need a complete new bathroom. Our current arrangements are functional okay, but the shower is leaking, tiles are wonky and the entire business was installed on the cheap before we bought the house and it...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam A higher toilet is easier to get up from, but a lower toilet is better for intestinal good health - I’ll not go into details.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 22h

Usually at Halloween I am at the caravan, so although I do have decorations I don't put them up as I'm not at home. This year though, due to a family party I think I am going to be at home. If that is the case, then I certainly...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne Oh yes, loads - I’m not Scrooge! But I do dislike Christmas. I love pondering the incarnation of course, but Christmas I find to be silly and really quite idolatrous, whereby society tries its very best to shift the focus away from the birth of...

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 22h

Usually at Halloween I am at the caravan, so although I do have decorations I don't put them up as I'm not at home. This year though, due to a family party I think I am going to be at home. If that is the case, then I certainly...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne We haven’t had a Christmas in our own house since I retired but I do buy the missus nice presents - I may not like Christmas but I’m not miserable!!

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

So this morning we had a ride to Burnham as we had something ordered that we had to pick up. After that we went for a carvery .....you know how we like a carvery ! I had roast turkey and roast beef with roast potatoes, roast...

giant yorkshire pudding

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne Oh it is!

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

So this morning we had a ride to Burnham as we had something ordered that we had to pick up. After that we went for a carvery .....you know how we like a carvery ! I had roast turkey and roast beef with roast potatoes, roast...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne Lamb roasted in a rosemary, garlic and anchovy crust for Christmas dinner.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (388260) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Sep

I’ve written about some of the extremes that people go to to get the physical features that they think will make them more attractive. A new one has popped up on my radar: that of rib contouring or rib modelling. Small puncture...

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Fiacre Banks @JudyEv I think they’re implants. The dentist really ought to have persuaded them to tone the whiteness down a bit.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (388260) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Sep

I’ve written about some of the extremes that people go to to get the physical features that they think will make them more attractive. A new one has popped up on my radar: that of rib contouring or rib modelling. Small puncture...

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Fiacre Banks @JudyEv Mother Nature got it right first time, no need for alterations. My daughter’s in laws both got blindingly white teeth when they retired and she had great difficulty keeping a straight face when she saw them for the first time. Still does. They gave no...

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 12 Sep

As I'm at the caravan this week and I've not been shopping I haven't got any receipts for my apps. The Mister arrived earlier and he had a few , but not many. Bless him we have just done a tour of the supermarkets in order to get...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne I was thinking if a quarter pound of round square ovals perhaps.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (15328) • Ireland 11 Sep

I brought lots of lovely food ideas back from Italy last week so we had an extravaganza tonight and it took all day to prepare it. We started with cocktails: Aperol spritz for Madame, a negroni for sir and Diet Coke for junior...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev The cat is perfectly hideous, but happy wife, happy life, and she is very happy with it.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (15328) • Ireland 11 Sep

I brought lots of lovely food ideas back from Italy last week so we had an extravaganza tonight and it took all day to prepare it. We started with cocktails: Aperol spritz for Madame, a negroni for sir and Diet Coke for junior...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I did actually, even though I say so myself. The panna cotta was especially pleasing with its perfect wobble.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (15328) • Ireland 11 Sep

I brought lots of lovely food ideas back from Italy last week so we had an extravaganza tonight and it took all day to prepare it. We started with cocktails: Aperol spritz for Madame, a negroni for sir and Diet Coke for junior...

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Fiacre Banks @wrexxo The best food takes a long time to prepare I think.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 10 Sep

Two things to know about me ..... One ....I don't like anything on my arms ....I tend to wear short sleeves constantly, whatever the season Two ....I don't like anything on my feet indoors However, it must be getting colder now...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne That school was one where 1100 boys and no girls were corralled, and it was obvious that the only women employed as teachers were women who wouldn’t get the 1100 teenage boys all excited. So the answer to your question is no.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 10 Sep

Two things to know about me ..... One ....I don't like anything on my arms ....I tend to wear short sleeves constantly, whatever the season Two ....I don't like anything on my feet indoors However, it must be getting colder now...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne Yes, I think it may be because we all think back to the time when we were made to learn French in school and the only word that stuck in our heads was the word for slippers - les pantouffles. How can you not feel like a cissy if you’re wearing...

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 10 Sep

So I watch a programme on television called 'Homes under the Hammer '. In this programme people buy a property at an auction. They then renovate it and either sell it on or rent it out. I love to see the property in the...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne Oh such a shame! So many unoccupied houses in a dilapidated state that if repaired would go some way to bring down waiting list for social houses, increase private stock so that people in social housing could buy their own and further reduce the...

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 8 Sep

Yes, my caravan is definitely my happy place. I've been here just over a week now. I spoke to Mom earlier and asked if she would be okay if I stayed one more week She said yes. If not, I would have gone back with The Mister this...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne Me too! It’s lovely the way money just appears in your account.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 7 Sep

I woke early and just could not get back to sleep I have been having a few weird dreams recently. I can't say they are nightmares because they are not scary or frightening, they are just weird. Anyway, I had to get up , washed...

blackberries

neighbours

knitting

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne Sprinkled with Parmesan.

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Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (13780) • United Kingdom 7 Sep

I woke early and just could not get back to sleep I have been having a few weird dreams recently. I can't say they are nightmares because they are not scary or frightening, they are just weird. Anyway, I had to get up , washed...

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Fiacre Banks @Traceyjayne Aubergine halved and slathered in a tomato sauce then baked in the oven. Yum.

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