Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14337)

Ireland

Joined myLot 10 years ago

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

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

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (124733) • United States 12h

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...

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Fiacre Banks @njchicaa And of course a rather large number of people in the (non white) world died from a LACK of drugs last year and every year. Unfortunately many Trump supporters recognise that he makes it up as he goes along but they seem to think that’s ok.

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Did You Ever Try To Run to The Bathroom While Wearing a Boot Cast?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (41) • United States 17h

Let me tell you, it's not easy. Stupid me. We were at the restaurant, which is less than a mile from home, and I thought, "I'll just wait until I get home to pee" Well that was a mistake. As soon as I stood up gravity took...

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Every time you see a bathroom just use it, even if you think you don’t need it.

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Did You Enjoy going to School?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (41) • United States 14h

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...

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville I absolutely school. I was home schooled till I was 10 which was fine, but beyond that it was awful. I seemed to be the only one there who was there to learn. I loved learning but not a lot of learning was possible in school for me. French and...

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Monday morning blues

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5249) • United Kingdom 22h

People talk about having the Monday morning blues. It’s the day that most people have to get up early to go to work, after having a lovely weekend with family and friends. For retired people obviously, it’s different as they...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I’m retired and the days kind of blend into each other. Sunday is the only fixed point. Used to be that retirees queued round the block at the post office to lift their pension but now it sneaks into your account in the middle of the night so you...

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The Costs of Healthcare are Ridiculous

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (41) • United States 21h

I'm starting to get my EOBs (Explanation of Benefits) forms from my health insurance provider. Just as some examples, let me share with you some of my recent costs. These aren't the amounts that I have to pay, thankfully, but...

healthcare costs

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Grotesque and over-inflated and they have us by the short and curlies.

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Do You Do Laundry on the Same Day Each Week?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (41) • United States 14 Sep

Sundays are laundry days here in the Looeyville household. Hubby does all the laundry because I accidentally had a red sock in the white load 30 years ago and turned all his work white t-shirts pink. And he likes things done the...

laundry day

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Every day is laundry day in this household. Seriously.

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Long Scams...

DE @DaddyEvil (159681) • 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

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Fiacre Banks @daddyevil Whoever she is she is definitely bad news.

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You learn something new every day!

Fleur @Fleura (32567) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura I did not know this. ‘Flatware’ sounds wrong. The Danes call it bestik.

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

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (41) • 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...

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville We use a bread bin. Putting it in the refrigerator makes it go soggy. We keep a loaf in the freezer from which we extract the number of slices we wish to toast.

13 Sep

Another big rock - Elachbutting Rock

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362937) • 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...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Yes yours names often sound quite startling. A town with a somewhat pedestrian name - Morwell - is the one I stayed in with relatives in 1970, and that I believe is where the mushroom poisoner comes from. Just found that out.

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Why Do I Always Beat The Odds?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (41) • United States 13 Sep

Why can't I be the rare minority odds to win the Powerball lottery? Case in point. I just found out that I have Hashimoto's Disease, which is an auto-immune disorder. Only 5% of people get Hashimoto's. Why did I get so "lucky"...

odds

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville But if you won the powerball you would be too busy counting the money to be bothered coming on here.

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The perils of WhatsApp!

Fleur @Fleura (32567) • 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,...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura Let me make you a nice hot whiskey to settle your nerves then I’ll have one to settle mine. I won’t be wasting any on her.

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

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (41) • 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

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville I don’t think there’s much point discussing with son #2 if by the age of 56 he’s acting like he was 15.

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I make it differently

Always smiling @allknowing (153576) • 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

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Fiacre Banks @allknowing India is the only place I’ve had a Russian salad.

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Vouchers from Beacon, Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362937) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Sep

I’ve spoken before about small towns coming up with all sorts of ideas to entice visitors to their towns. Having said that, some of the more popular towns are finding themselves overwhelmed with tourists and just wish they’d all...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev My experience with vouchers is that they are rarely for anything you want!

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A whisky and hot water will make the world alright !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5249) • United Kingdom 11 Sep

It’s got to the point in the year where the weather is changing , it’s getting darker earlier, and it’s getting chilly during the evenings now …. I am beginning to fancy a little something to lift my spirit a little, and warm the...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne With a stick of cinnamon, three cloves and a slice of lemon. Excellent on a stormy night.

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Cheese and onion sandwich for supoer

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5249) • United Kingdom 11 Sep

So, I suddenly had an attack of the munchies ….. Popped downstairs to see what there was… I had ended up with a cheese and onion sandwich….no mayo. I have got Lancaster cheese …it’s so crumbly…I had Cheshire cheese last time...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne My midnight feasts are usually chocolate biscuits or cake, but you’ve put me in the mood for a bit bit of cheese.

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Bus Travel

Always smiling @allknowing (153576) • India 10 Sep

Sight seeing is best done travelling by bus. I had that experience on all my travels Even long distances are covered by bus The buses I have travelled have all the facilities In Europe all the countries were covered...

bus travel

from one country to another

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Fiacre Banks @allknowing I took the Magic Bus several times between Athens and Amsterdam. I also enjoyed bus journeys in India because you get to see so much more. On the bus from Panjim to Mumbai (18 hours) the man sitting behind me vomited down the back of my neck. Not...

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6 months of bad rubbish

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5249) • United Kingdom 11 Sep

So here in the UK ….in Birmingham ….the bin men have been on strike for 6 months now. As you would expect the strike is because they want more money. Birmingham council have recently gone bankrupt, so I’m not sure where they think...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne Pity you can't just hold back the portion of your rates that pays for rubbish collection then everyone in the street could club together to pay someone to do what's not being done even though you're paying for it. I suppose people are trying to...

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Wyalkatchem Museum's pedal organ gets a workout

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362937) • 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...

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Fiacre Banks @Judyev I remember those bellows organs. Such a pity that piano playing is not the thing it was in the past. My son, wife and granddaughter play.

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