Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (15379)

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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So you have eaten a banana

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (45647) 16h

So you have eaten a banana And enjoyed it. A nice yellow banana If you haven't eaten the skin What do you do with it? I eat some of the banana skins and also throw some into the raspberry patch with egg shells How about you

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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures I chop banana skins up and bury them in the flower beds. I have a strong dislike for bananas.

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Hey hey hey ….Christmas presents are being bought……

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (14006) • United Kingdom 18h

Okay, so let’s not get over excited here …… One of our large supermarkets has bags of chocolate on offer really cheaply. I mean …… What’s a girl to do ! Well, this girl, has bought some for herself ( obviously, I’m a...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyyjayne As a man I don’t start till December 24th. Thankfully I have only one to buy. I loathe everything about this season invented by shop keepers. I wish it could live on the moon every December. Ah well.

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My 2027 European Trip Has Expanded

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 19h

Many months ago my friend and I booked a Seine River Cruise trip for July 2027. Then after I had all the issues with the Danube last month I told her I might want to cancel that trip because it was all places in France, which...

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Excellent value. Just don’t let the Sicilians hear you refer to their island as a country!!

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What's your favourite way to move your body and stay healthy?

Twinkle @Teekaaa (11702) • India 20h

It's been a long time since I achieved my 10K steps goal. I'm super happy that I did it today. We have some space around the house, so it was very convenient to walk at my preferred timings. I didn't make it hard for myself....

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Fiacre Banks @teekaaa I’m with @ineeddentures Sex, swimming and cod liver oil.

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The Eye Doctor Has Approved My Getting Eyelid Lift Surgery

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 21h

He's 100% certain that insurance will cover it. He documented it very well and said that I totally qualify for it as a vision issue (not a cosmetic issue). He was a very nice young eye surgeon. He just moved here from Oklahoma...

eye surgery

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Is this blepheroplasty? Big in the news here for all the wrong reasons.

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My first lemon drizzle cake

Judy Evans @JudyEv (388854) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Sep

I’ve had quite a busy day by my standards. I had a doctor’s appointment earlier in the day but had a load of washing in while I was gone. I get an injection twice a year which is supposed to help with osteoporosis. I had to pick...

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Fiacre Banks @JudyEv You will be making @Traceyjayne quite envious. And me. It looks really good.

23 Sep

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What’s the worst thing you ever got for free?

Amber @AmbiePam (127822) • United States 23 Sep

I was given a mat for your feet, free to review. You set your bare feet on it, and you selected the power level, and it would massage one’s feet. Only it electrocuted me! My leg shook like a dog’s for ten minutes. I know that’s...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam I won a free holiday in Spain. We were really poor at the time and were very excited. But we couldn’t take it because we had to get to London to catch the plane, it was room only accommodation, not even with breakfast thrown in, insurance not...

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Coffee and walnut cake …..said the judges !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (14006) • United Kingdom 22 Sep

Yes, this years Great British Bake Off has started. I love this programme. Firstly they had to make a chocolate and stout cake. Next, they had to make a Coffee and Walnut cake. This is something @xFiacre and myself mentioned...

cake

baking

competition

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I’m rather fond of Nigella. I bet she can turn out a cracking coffee and walnut cake.

22 Sep

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Sweet, chewy, dehydrated pears …..what a treat !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (14006) • United Kingdom 22 Sep

Well, yesturday I posted that I was dehydrating some pears that I had really cheap recently. They did take 6 hours until they were ready ….but, oh my goodness,,,,,totally worth the wait ! At the end of that time they were sweet...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne That’s great the pears were a success. I’ll chew on anything as a treat. Midget gems especially and walnuts.

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Hubby Had a Hell of a Bad Day Yesterday

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 22 Sep

Last week hubby's crown fell off his his molar twice. He stuck it back on himself. Then he started having pain, so he called the dentist Friday but they're only open half days on Fridays so they didn't call him back until Monday...

hubby

dental nightmare

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville That is major malpractice. She is obviously incompetent and the dentist is obviously just covering his own ass. New dentist required. I’d have left once I’d swallowed the crown, taken a good laxative, fished out the old crown, disinfected it and...

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Do spelling errors on products bother you?

Amber @AmbiePam (127822) • United States 22 Sep

It doesn’t happen much when I get products to review from countries like Canada, the United States, or Europe. But when I get products to review from China, I catch spelling errors all the time. I especially see it on dog treats...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam Such things in emails indicate a probable scam.

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At last I've planted these tiers

Judy Evans @JudyEv (388854) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Sep

Quite some time ago, maybe even a year or two, I bought the plant pot arrangement that you can see in the photo. I think I wrote about it at the time. I’ve only just got around to putting plants in them. I’ve alternated white and...

western australia

plant pots

petunias

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Fiacre Banks @judyev They should provide a lot of colour. Alas my petunias etc are nearing their end as autumn rolls in and they look a bit bedraggled.

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Out for coffee and cake ….

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (14006) • United Kingdom 21 Sep

So I bumped into a neighbour in town today. She has some time off work and has invited me round for coffee and cake ….and I daresay that there will be some exchanging of gossip too, It’s great that we have such lovely neighbours...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne coffee and walnut.

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Do you have jam on your rice pudding ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (14006) • United Kingdom 21 Sep

Now, I know that not everyone knows what rice pudding is or eats it themselves ….. However, if you do know and eat rice pudding ….my question is …. Do you have jam on your rice pudding ? I like blackcurrant jam on mine ….or...

rice pudding

jam

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I’m sorry to say that even the sight or smell of rice pudding makes me heave. Same with porridge. If either were to slither down my throat they would come straight up again with enough vigour to take the skin off the face of whoever was...

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Dehydrating pears ….will I get a chewy snack ?

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (14006) • United Kingdom 21 Sep

I have had great success with dehydrating tomatoes and courgettes and I have a mountain of pears at the moment. I was going to use them for crumbles but then it was suggested that I dehydrate them. Apparently they are...

pears

dehydrate

snack

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne Crumbles all the way for me. Orr poached in red wine. Pear and almond tart.

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It’s Amazing How Much Netflix Can Ruin a Show

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 21 Sep

I’m watching something on Netflix about Lizzie Borden. I think it’s called Monsters or something. But Netflix has added its own formula of sex, homosexuality, fetishes, and over-the-top grossness. It’s already a crazy story...

netflix

lizzie borden

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville And it’s not just Netflix. I’ve never seen so much grossness as recently and it just comes out of nowhere before you know it. Self pleasuring has become a major theme it seems, and the turns of phrase are obviously not natural speech, they’re made...

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Do you take your phone......

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (45647) 21 Sep

Into the bathroom with you? Yes indeed Do you take your phone into the bathroom with you? I do. I suppose it's a substitute for a newspaper. For years and years , probably up until about the year 2000 I would take a newspaper...

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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures Yes, but I don’t answer or make calls in there. Once I did answer a call and flushed during the call and was soundly chastised.

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Oh no ! No receipts ….quick go on a hunt !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (14006) • United Kingdom 21 Sep

Yes, my lovelies, just about the only down side about being at the caravan is that I don’t get any receipts. We managed to get a few at the weekend but as we were out all day Saturday and coming home on Sunday, it was tricky. So...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I uploaded 4 receipts today and that enabled me to get £5 put on my PayPal account. I then transferred it to my holiday savings account.

21 Sep

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She Said That In Her 6 Years At The Job, She'd Never Heard of My Problem Before

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (63) • United States 21 Sep

One day last week, I'm not sure which day, maybe Tuesday, I made an order from Walgreens. I ordered the items online but for free delivery to my house, so they came from a local store. The total was $85.15. I am set to earn...

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville I just hate it when I send a cheque to somewhere and they take weeks to cash it. Used to happen when I’d pay for stuff for my kids at school, dinner money especially.

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Home again ….and the fire is on ….its bbbrrrrr !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (14006) • United Kingdom 20 Sep

So after three weeks at the caravan I am back home. I would dearly have stayed there but The Mister has been driving back and forth every weekend, Mom has a few appointments to attend …and I have blackberries and sloe gin to sort...

home

caravan

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne We put on our heating today. I was hoping to wait till mid October but my missus had other notions.

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