Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14276)
Ireland
Joined myLot 11 years ago
An Irishman who has called many places home, enjoys whiskey in moderation and reads Dostoyevsky frequently.
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Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (18799)
19h
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
26 Feb
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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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8292)
• 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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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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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8292)
• 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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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8292)
• 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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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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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...
24 Feb
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Amber
@AmbiePam (113602)
• United States
23 Feb
I went to the doctor about 35 minutes away this morning, for a test, and it turns out he doesn’t want it done anymore. This was the one that was closed Friday when I went. Oh, well. It is a gorgeous day outside, albeit it a little...
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snowy
@snowy22315 (203512)
• United States
21 Feb
So, my nephew is getting married in September, and in late April they will be having a Jack and Jill shower..which I guess is like a wedding shower. I've been to bridal showers, but never one where the guy was included. This was...
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Fiacre Banks @snowy22315 Isn’t that an actual shower where there’s room for two people to shower together?
21 Feb
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8292)
• United Kingdom
21 Feb
Did I tell you that a couple of weeks ago my side of the electric blanket broke ….well, it did.
So, during the week I have. been sleeping on The Misters side……his blanket was working fine ….darn him !
However weekends I moved back...
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Fleur
@Fleura (34163)
• United Kingdom
15 Feb
Do you ever say something and then think that whatever it was would sound really odd to someone who heard it out of context?
That was my thought as I called out ‘Put the cat litter in the oven!’ to my partner as I dashed out of...
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Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (18799)
14 Feb
And it was only the next morning he realised
Long story short
He Had a one night stand with woman when he was in the Army
She became with child when he was 18, never saw her again,
Him, 35 years old, single, in a dance music...
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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures Happens unwittingly to a lot of half siblings here. A lot.
14 Feb
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (372797)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb
I wrote about how Asian names differ from the Anglo-Saxon names I’m more used to. I found Ireland had a lot of names which I’d never heard before.
In our village of around 150 houses, you can tell by the names that we’re all...
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8292)
• United Kingdom
14 Feb
So on a Saturday night The Mister and I usually go to the local pub. I know I have posted about this before ….they have live music and The Mister tends the real fire.
Anyway, one of the barmaids is expecting a baby ….in three...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (372797)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Feb
The title is a line that appears in a very old Australian poem. It goes on about how smitten the author is with a girl called Doreen.
To Westerners like myself, some Asian names seem very strange and it’s hard not to laugh at...
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Fiacre Banks @judyev A man my father taught in Malawi took a European name as was often the case - Hitler. Father had to give a history lesson. There were also a Handlebars and Waste Paper Basket in the college. It was a very remote place in the 60s and people had little...
14 Feb
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snowy
@snowy22315 (203512)
• United States
14 Feb
I mentioned I was interested in becoming an herbalist So I started with two free online courses. The one I am taking now is the Four Keys of Herbal Education. It really is very thorough and interesting. You can also ask questions...
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (8292)
• United Kingdom
14 Feb
So , up early as we had to take Grandson to football….he is only there for an hour so we decided to stay and watch today …..sometimes we go for breakfast. We were told last night it was cancelled as the weather was bad and...
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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I planted the pusee willow I bought for my wife for Valentine’s Day.
14 Feb
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