Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14101)

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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Weird Gifts

Amber @AmbiePam (108803) • United States 24 Dec

While I think @xFiacre has one of the best stories recently about weird gifts, my best friend, Naomi, got the weirdest Christmas present I’ve seen this year. She sent me a selfie to show me. Yes, that’s her, and her two new goats....

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam I’d love to have goats as a gift.

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Penguins Poop With More Force Than Any Other Animal

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (50) • United States 24 Dec

You did realize that if I talked about "pee" yesterday I was destined to talk about "poop" today, right? I visited several penguin colonies when I was in South America and boy can they poop! They can...

penguin poop

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Now I’ll have something to contribute when the conversation flags at Christmas dinner tomorrow. Thanks.

24 Dec

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It’s winter, so of course I turned my air conditioner on!

Amber @AmbiePam (108803) • United States 24 Dec

Yes, I turned on my air conditioner. Today, it will be a “delightfully” humid 78 degrees F (26 C). You might think, that’s not bad. But you forget the humidity of Oklahoma, and how sticky it gets. Not to mention, it’s winter!...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam Max 6C here but with crisp blue skies, refulgent sunshine and no wind.

24 Dec

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More than one way to splint a broken ankle

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 23 Dec

I read today that a woman in a remote part of Arnhem land in the far north of Australia slipped and broke her ankle in three places. With no mobile coverage and too far from her camp for anyone to hear her cries, she crawled 500...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev We resorted to many unconventional remedies when we lived 500 miles from a hospital in Malawi. We survived!

24 Dec

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12/23/25 - Meals

LindaOH @LindaOHio (209154) • United States 24 Dec

86 days until spring. Can you believe it's Christmas Eve already? I have no plans for tonight; but tomorrow is the day that cousin #2 comes over and makes dinner. We will probably watch a movie. What are you doing...

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Fiacre Banks @lindaohio I’m trying to eat as little as possible. It’s difficult to eat sensibly at Christmas.

24 Dec

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Don't park here. Who would want to?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Dec

I am trying to sort out my photos. I have duplicates of a lot; one in a larger size and one under 3MB if I’ve used it for myLot. I came across this one at a community hall iin a small West Australian town. It says ‘Don’t park...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev You just can’t be too sure about some people’s parking choices. We had an oik park right across the front door of the Church making it impossible for a wheelchair user to get in. When the driver turned up he said he thought it would be okay since it...

23 Dec

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Cream puffs for Christmas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Dec

In my terms, I’ve had a really busy day so it’s nice to sit down and share a bit of time with you all. I did two loads of washing, we shopped and we also visited our sister-in-law who lost her husband (Vince’s brother) earlier...

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Fiacre Banks @kudyev That loaf sounds good.

22 Dec

Running of the sheep in Boorawa, New South Wales

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Dec

Boorawa is a town in New South Wales, Australia. The first to settle there were Irishmen Rodger Corcoran and Ned Ryan, both former convicts who had received their ticket of leave from the Governor in 1821. The population is a...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev I do hope the dogs drive the sheep round the roundabout in the correct direction.

22 Dec

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Hijacking discussions - aye or nay

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Dec

I’ve heard about ‘hijacking a post’ and wondered if anyone would like to comment. I’m not too sure what it even is. The other day I found myself responding to many responses/comments then suddenly realising it wasn’t my...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev I feel unreasonably miffed sometimes when I’ve been left out in a conversation started on my post by others. I don’t think it matters but I’d prefer it if they’d just write a post of their own. But then it was my post that sparked this other...

19 Dec

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Small Dog Wind Advisory

Amber @AmbiePam (108803) • United States 18 Dec

“Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain”… Some of you might be familiar with the lyric of that song…And yes, the wind does come sweeping down that plain. I could hear the windows rattling this morning, and...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam My wind is just fine and dandy thanks.

18 Dec

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Last few days of December

Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (9785) • Calcutta, India 18 Dec

I wanted to have a beautiful end to the year. But future has planned something different for me, I guess. I am going through a breakup phase. He hasn't texted me anymore. I miss him...considering the fact that we have been in a 4...

mylot

mylotters

melancholy

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Fiacre Banks @dreamerby I’m suffering the vicissitudes of Christmas celebrations. I hate this time of year.

18 Dec

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Don't underestimate the abilities of pigeons

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Dec

Vince called me into the office the other day to watch a clip someone had forwarded to him. Sixteen ‘volunteers’ were chosen to undertake a two-week course identifying benign from malignant cancer cells from photographs....

cancer cell identification

pigeons

medical studies

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Maybe they could be trained to fly over crowds of people and drop their peristeronic crap on people with a variety of ailments.

18 Dec

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Sometimes an answer is very simple

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Dec

My friend and her family are flying out of Western Australia tomorrow and spending Christmas and New Year in Japan. They bought a new gadget to help them weigh their bags. It just hooks onto the handle, you hoist the bag into the...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev I too have one of those gadgets and have been similarly confounded. Last week I thought I had 35 kilos worth of clothes etc in my case going to Manchester, but it was 35 lbs. Our bathroom scales also freak my wife out because I weigh myself in kilos on...

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To garden or leave it to others

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Dec

In our village, there are certain benefits we all enjoy but we pay a fee for these services. One of these is gardening. The community areas are managed by outside contractors but we can do what we like with the small areas near...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev That sounds nice and flexible.

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The Nakki lake in Mount Abu freezes in winter

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (22044) 9 Dec

In went to Nakki Lake in Mount Abu in Rajasthan during november. In december it freezes. Although the state of Rajasthan is known for sand and deserts, there are hills also there. Due to the altitude it is cold in winter....

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Fiacre Banks @sathviksouvik I was at Mt Abu in November 1979. There was torrential rain and I had to stay at Abu Road for a night because no buses could manage the drive up the mountain in such heavy rain.

10 Dec

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Night-time dramas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

Our neighbour in the village was telling me about the ‘episodes’ she experiences at night. She apparently has very violent dreams and thrashes around in her sleep. I was especially interested as Vince’s elder brother experiences...

sleep patterns

episodes

nightmares

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Fiacre Banks @judyev My French brother thrashes about like that and has done some damage to his wife. It is related to his Parkinson’s disease.

10 Dec

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'Poke the bear' at your peril

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Dec

Australians love their cricket and the Ashes series are played out between England and Australia. In 1882, Australia won a match at the Oval, their first Test win on English soil. A newspaper of the time stated that English...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev There are many bears that ought not to be poked!

9 Dec

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WTF with the gold crap all over the White House?

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (125688) • United States 6 Dec

It has been disgusting to see what Trump has done to the Oval Office. It looks like his gaudy and tacky triplex in NYC. It looks like freaking Mar-A-Lago. Horrific to anyone who has a sense of taste. Well now there is a sign...

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Fiacre Banks @njchicaa What’ll you do if he renames it the Goldhouse?!!!

7 Dec

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Hitting stores where it hurts

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Dec

Illegal sales of cigarettes and vapes has been steadily increasing in Australia and various criminal elements are making the most of the situation. More and more small stores are opening up under the guise of selling confectionery...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Illegal cigarettes is a major income source for paramilitary groups here and there is a ready, greedy market.

7 Dec

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Our welcome to a Christmas dinner

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368024) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Dec

It’s been quite a busy week here and last night was the Christmas dinner at the clubhouse. Our social committee did a marvellous job of feeding and entertaining over 100 residents. The photo shows Santa and his helper welcoming...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev That is a most challenging outfit! I’ll have the plum pudding with lashings of custard please. I used to think it was custUrd and spelled it thusly at school till I was taken to task about it.

7 Dec

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