
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13905)
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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LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (61)
• United States
10 Jul

I've really been interested lately in what each of the multiple generations thinks of the other. Turns out, Gen Z hates everybody older than them and thinks we're all stupid. Take these classic "Baby Boomer" rules that they say...
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Jimlos Tatooth
@Ineeddentures (9818)
9 Jul

I made a home made Pizza for our Dinner tonight.
It tuned out very well.
The toppings I used were
Bacon, Red Pepper, Tomato, Cheese, and then more cheese
The worst bit was making the dough for the base but I got there in the...
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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures Yes, that’s a pulchritudinous looking pizza. Id throw a few anchovies on it.
9 Jul
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (123566)
• United States
9 Jul

because he "speaks such good English". He was hosting the leaders of 5 African countries today and Liberia's president Joseph Boaka was in attendance. Trump had the nerve to ask him where he learned to speak English. . . without...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (123566)
• United States
9 Jul

It has been reported that the Secretary of Defense (Hegseth) approved withholding arms aid to Ukraine last week without informing Trump or the White House. Trump hasn't been interested much in assisting Ukraine and it is a big GOP...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (358106)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jul

The photo is of a kitchenette that was in the Chittering/Bindoon Museum but doesn’t have much connection to the following, just that it was in the same building.
There were several rooms devoted to World War I and II. One map...
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Fiacre Banks @judyev Even in an open society education is still selective.
8 Jul
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (176790)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Jul

Always being watched by your peers and even shaking hands too vigorously could get you in trouble. Being proper was a full-time job. Especially for women. This meant no loud voices, loud laughter, or letting your true personality...
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (30728)
• Lichfield, England
8 Jul

I've been to the little Tesco again today, but I went in the afternoon again, 2:30pm ish, because of listening to the Wynne Evans show again this morning. It was great. We had assembly and we sang Give Me Oil In My Lamp!...
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (30728)
• Lichfield, England
8 Jul

I've been to the little Tesco again today, but I went in the afternoon again, 2:30pm ish, because of listening to the Wynne Evans show again this morning. It was great. We had assembly and we sang Give Me Oil In My Lamp!...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (358106)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jul

The image shows part of the netting and cement which the local people used to create the swimming pool at Gorge Rock. I wrote about Gorge Rock last discussion. Can you see the pattern of the wire in the cement?
The pool was 68...
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Fiacre Banks @judyev 68 metres long?! I'd prefer that to a swanky Olympic pool.
8 Jul
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (3049)
• United Kingdom
6 Jul

Something I remember very clearly was the ice cream van coming to our street when I was a child. They played music so that you knew they were on their way.
I had a screwball…I cone shaped container with a bubbly gum ball at the...
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (3049)
• United Kingdom
6 Jul

There could be any number of answers to that question of course ….
What I haven’t had for a long time is ….a malted milk biscuit.
I really love them. I have been having them since I was a young child. I usually buy them from...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (358106)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Jul

I’ve written about Kokerbin Hill which is slightly north of a tiny town called Kwolyn. The natural vegetation is what I’d call open grassland. There is plenty of vegetation but it’s easy walking to wind your way through it. There...
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (3049)
• United Kingdom
6 Jul

So for our Sunday lunch today we had roast chicken…..my favourite….with roast potatoes, cauliflower, sage and onion stuffing and gravy.
For pudding we had stewed apple and custard.
All very yummy.
We do have loads of apples on...
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