Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14343)

Ireland

Joined myLot 10 years ago

An Irishman who has called many places home, enjoys whiskey in moderation and reads Dostoyevsky frequently.

Likes (33971)

Fiacre Banks's Likes

Fiacre Banks liked this • 7h

This sweet, wet rain.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14343) • Ireland 12h

I’m not obsessed with the weather - it is what it is - but I will record the deep satisfaction I feel right now as I lie in bed listening to rain beating against the open window, hissing through trees and gurgling down drains....

3 responses •

3 people

DE I think it's just you or others who have been in similar circumstances. I'm glad you're enjoying the sounds of the rain and rattling around in your own head... We badly need rain in my part of the US. Mother Nature is just teasing us by covering the sky with...

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 7h

Anybody want to be Joan Collins?

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14343) • Ireland 13h

Do you ever just get frustrated with yourself and wish you weren’t you? I’m having one of those moments when I wish I wasn’t me. It’s not that I want to be someone else because when I go down that slippery path I can’t identify...

3 responses •

4 people

Judy Story You can only be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 7h

Anybody want to be Joan Collins?

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14343) • Ireland 13h

3 responses •

4 people

Judy Evans It's a bit like 'be careful what you wish for'. Other lives can seem desirable but once you really start giving it some hard thought, staying who you are is probably best.

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 15h

The Return of the Prodigal Suitcase

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (68) • United States 19h

Okay, not really that dramatic. But you'll remember that about 3 months ago my suitcase was damaged coming home from Iceland I think and I made a Warranty Claim with the manufacturer of the suitcase because it was lifetime...

5 responses •

7 people

Fiacre Banks liked this • 15h

She was an interesting participant

Always smiling @allknowing (153634) • India 15 Sep

We have this game KBC (Who wants to be a Millionnaire) This participant was brilliant and she was bold and open at the same time. She seemed to have had a crush when it came to Amitabh Bachhan the conductor of the show and even...

kbc

interesting participant

3 responses •

3 people

Always smiling Not many get it

15h

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 19h

$798 for One Boot

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (68) • United States 21h

It's crazy. My podiatrist billed my health insurance company $798 for that walking cast boot that I'm wearing for my fractured foot. What kind of "boot" is worth $798? My share of that is going to be $238 which if I had known...

6 responses •

7 people

Fiacre Banks liked this • 15 Sep

Trump said that 300 million people died due to drugs last year

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (124752) • United States 15 Sep

Presumably he was referring to Americans as he was attempting to justify a military attack on a fishing boat from Venezuela which killed 11 people. Um the population of the US is 340 million. Have practically all of us died? Even...

5 responses •

6 people

Fiacre Banks liked this • 15 Sep

Did You Enjoy going to School?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (68) • United States 15 Sep

I did and I didn't. I was an excellent student, straight A's, all through 12 years of public school. But I was bored. It wasn't challenging. I waited until I was 31 years old to start college and absolutely loved it. I soaked...

10 responses •

11 people

Fiacre Banks liked this • 14 Sep

Long Scams...

DE @DaddyEvil (159779) • United States 13 Sep

For the last year or more, some girl has been sending me texts, talking to me and asking questions... I don't know her so keep telling her I don't know who she is... She told me she's my niece but I don't have a niece, as far as I...

stranger

bail bonds

im not signing anything

30 responses •

28 people

DE I agree... Last fall she wanted me to go to a small town here and buy a house trailer and told me a silly low price... I told her I didn't have any money. She's always wanting me to do something... I keep refusing.

14 Sep

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 14 Sep

Another big rock - Elachbutting Rock

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362979) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep

One of the reasons I wanted to go back to the Beacon area in Western Australia was to go to Elachbutting Rock. It’s not far from Beringbooding Rock which I’ve already written about. Elachbutting Rock is another large granite...

13 responses •

13 people

Judy Evans Morwell might be better known now but for all the wrong reasons.

14 Sep

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 13 Sep

Long Scams...

DE @DaddyEvil (159779) • United States 13 Sep

30 responses •

28 people

Fiacre Banks liked this • 13 Sep

Do You Keep Your Bread On a Shelf or in the Refrigerator?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (68) • United States 13 Sep

I didn't realize people kept their bread in the refrigerator. Why would you want cold bread? It doesn't make it last any longer. In fact, it makes it go bad quicker. Once, when I was 12, my mom kept the bread in the...

11 responses •

11 people

Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Sep

If the Shoe Was on the Other Foot

Jim Bauer @porwest (107528) • United States 10 Sep

I have no complaints about being married. I love my wife, and we have a good life together. We work together to help each other out as much as we can. But there's something that makes me wonder, and perhaps a little discussion...

10 responses •

13 people

Jeff Moffitt The two most important words in a husband's vocabulary! YES, DEAR!

12 Sep

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Sep

The perils of WhatsApp!

Fleur @Fleura (32568) • United Kingdom 12 Sep

During the COVID pandemic, several local WhatsApp groups were set up in case neighbours needed any help. Of course nobody did then, but the group for our little road still exists and nowadays generally gets used for lost cats,...

8 responses •

7 people

Fleur That's a good idea

12 Sep

•

2 people

Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Sep

Wrong wedding.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14343) • Ireland 11 Sep

The BBC tells me, and so it must be true, of a mystery man who appears in the wedding photographs of a Scottish couple, and who has at last been identified four years after the wedding. Neither bride nor groom recognised the...

6 responses •

6 people

Traceyjayne @xFiacre if I am trying to take a photo of ….for example ….a church or stately home etc I will stand for ages until there are no other people around ……it drives The Mister nuts !

12 Sep

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Sep

We are sailing.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14343) • Ireland 12 Sep

Late last night I pressed the “book now” button and sealed my fate - I’m definitely going to Scotland to stay 5 nights in my brother’s cabin on the west coast. The boat is expensive (but with free coffee!!!) and I could have flown...

5 responses •

6 people

Amber Slow boats, my friend. Definitely, slow boats. I’m glad to hear you’ll get to spend time in such a special place.

12 Sep

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Sep

Did I Tell You About The Mother-in-Law's Car?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (68) • United States 12 Sep

Okay, this gets complicated, so follow along. 82 year old mother-in-law drives a Camaro. Yeah, I know. There are two sons - my hubby and son #2. When she bought the car 2 years ago my hubby suggested she title it in both her...

camaro

8 responses •

6 people

Jim Bauer I guess first off,a $100k a year salary does not mean someone has money. They simply have a good salary, and statistics say most people making that salary are living paycheck to paycheck. In any event, the car seems to be a hot issue. I say this...let the car...

12 Sep

•

3 people

Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Sep

Lost another friend ….R.I.P Mel

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5251) • United Kingdom 12 Sep

Mel ( Melanie ….don't call me that ! ) was a lady who I worked with for about 9 years. She was always ready for a chat and enjoyed going out and about. One place that we both loved was Stratford ….William Shakespeare country ….and...

7 responses •

9 people

Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Sep

Wyalkatchem Museum's pedal organ gets a workout

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362979) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Sep

While we were in the Wyalkatchem Museum, my brother-in-law played a couple of hymns on the pedal organ that was there. I think the instrument could also be called a ‘harmonium’. This one had bellows which were operated by the foot...

8 responses •

8 people

Judy Evans @xFiacre Our piano was shipped across from the Eastern States many, many years ago. It was made in the 1890s so we've held on to it too. Thankfully, there is room for it in the lounge.

12 Sep

•

1 person

Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Sep

I make it differently

Always smiling @allknowing (153634) • India 11 Sep

Russian Salad is one of my fabvourite salads It is a full meal as it has many different ingredients including eggs boiled potato slices, beetroot, onion rings,sw boiled cabbage, boiled peas, chopped coriander leaves, and a rich...

russian salad

the way i make it

olivier russian saald

7 responses •

7 people

Always smiling Russian Salad in India - interesting

12 Sep

•

1 person