Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13530)

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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Australians vote today

Judy Evans @JudyEv (352103) • Rockingham, Australia 20h

Australians go to the polls today. Voting is compulsory for us. As we are house-sitting out of our electorate, we were able to do an ‘early vote’ which saves queueing for ages on the scheduled day. (Look at queueing – five vowels...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Country ways are usually to be preferred. I love voting and take pride in knowing that no candidate I have ever voted for has won. As for those rudely promoting a candidate as I arrive to vote, I usually laugh in derision and declare loudly for all to...

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Oliver The Cat is Finally Eating!

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (36) • United States 2 May

Hooray, the newly adopted shelter cat is finally eating! We've put dry food, canned food, tuna, bacon, and hot dogs down for him all week and he wouldn't eat any of it. Last night I was having a ham and cheese sandwich and...

oliver

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville We all have our culinary habits I suppose.

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Then the power went off ....darkness all around !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (1861) • United Kingdom 2 May

So, just before midnight last night i was getting messages on the neighbourhood watch app that our area was in darkness because of a power cut. Nothing i could do to check if ours was on or off as i am staying at my Moms at the...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne When the lights go out it’s always a relief when I discover that the neighbours are also in darkness and therefore it’s not a problem with my house that I’ll have to sort.

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A good day for tyre companies

Judy Evans @JudyEv (352103) • Rockingham, Australia 1 May

The photo has nothing to do with the discussion but is a nod to readers who like to see the kangaroos. Traffic on the M1 motorway heading south towards Sydney this morning had a nasty surprise. The back door of a...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Nightmare all round.

1 May

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We Finally Turned Our Air Conditioning On

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (36) • United States 1 May

It's a "game" each year to make it until May 1st before we turn on the air conditioning and until Thanksgiving to turn on the furnace. We try to save money. But two days ago it was 78F in here and we can't sleep in that heat...

air conditioning

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville we’re sitting at 56 degrees and we never need a/c. Heating is another matter and our furnace has died and we’re getting a new one (ouch) so in the meantime we burn no fuel which is fine by me but my wife just always assumes that the world is cold...

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Another project on the list

Judy Evans @JudyEv (352103) • Rockingham, Australia 1 May

The photo shows my niece’s front porch. A creeper had twined itself around the uprights and, as you can see, many have become detached. This is another ‘project’ for Vince and his brother while we’re looking after the house for...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Hard to know what to do with someone else’s garden that they’ll be happy with.

1 May

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Do fat people have fat cats to feel better about being fat?

Scar D. Cat @Scarred4Lyfe (752) 1 May

Because I am fat. And Emoci is fat. And many times I kinda feel bad about being fat. And many times I think Emoci and I both seriously need to go on diets. Other days we both just lazily roll around the house and yard purring at...

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Fiacre Banks @scarred4lyfe I do believe there is a thing going on between people and their cats. Siamese “owners” tend to be skinny. The woman who lives behind me and her dog are both tubby and far too noisy.

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My Husband Stole My Cat

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (36) • United States 1 May

For the first three nights, Oliver, the new cat, slept with me and doted on me and slept in my lap in the chair. But last night he slept with my husband and is doting on him. Well, to be fair, he started out in my lap and I...

oliver

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Took me a moment find the cat there! Some of my wife’s many cats preferred me to her and she feels quite rejected when that happens.

1 May

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When is a wall not a wall?

Fleur @Fleura (31563) • United Kingdom 30 Apr

To me, a wall is a self-supporting boundary built of some solid material such as bricks, stones or concrete blocks. If a continuous boundary is created from living bushes or trees, that’s a hedge (if it isn’t continuous then it’s...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura I certainly wouldn’t be paying the builder. I have seen similar edifices in similar disrepair and they seem to be neither this nor that.

30 Apr

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Lindsey Graham has endorsed Trump for Pope

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (122621) • United States 30 Apr

I am not kidding. I wish I was. Yesterday Trump was taking questions on the White House lawn and was asked if he had any preference for who should be the next pope. Of course he said that it should be him. He had to say that...

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Fiacre Banks @njchicaa Echoes of the Borgias? He’d fit right in.

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Peachy Keen

Amber @AmbiePam (97736) • United States 30 Apr

I was wondering how many of you had heard the phrase “peachy keen”. It means something is wonderful, or going well. Someone may ask you how you’re doing, and one replies “peachy keen”. It’s also used to be sarcastic if things are...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam Never heard of it. A common way here of replying to the question “How are you doing?” is “Sticking out” or “I’m flying on the pig’s back”.

30 Apr

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Today's trip to the big Tesco. (Wed 30th April 2025)

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30391) • Lichfield, England 30 Apr

I've been to the big Tesco again this afternoon. I went on my own again, and it was very hot so I didn't wear a coat. I've also stopped wearing a jumper in favour of a blouse. When I got there I got a trolley, and then I went to...

shopping

tesco

hot

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton I’m quite well thanks. Drove up to Carrickfergus and a bit beyond to buy clothes for holiday for our daughter. I hate clothes shopping but I also needed some myself and it put me in a bad mood. It was too hot here - 21 degrees which is marginally...

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Hopefully a 'before' photo

Judy Evans @JudyEv (352103) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Apr

The photo shows an area at my niece’s where I intend to plant some vegetable seedlings. Hopefully, at the end of our stay here I’ll be able to show you an ‘after’ photo. There is shade-cloth over the area to keep the fierce...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Some plants do need molly coddling.

29 Apr

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More Fraud

celticeagle @celticeagle (173824) • Boise, Idaho 29 Apr

It is my daily routine to open my cell and check my emails. I have been getting emails for the last several months from some weird email address trying to get me to update my Cloud account, that I am out of space. Well, first off...

fraud

my grandson

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Fiacre Banks @celticeagle I got that demand for $499 as well. A legitimate request from a legitimate company would have been in £ not $.

29 Apr

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Today's trip to the little Tesco. (29/4/2025)

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30391) • Lichfield, England 29 Apr

I've just been to the little Tesco again. It was really hot out, so I didn't wear a coat again. In fact, I'm still wearing a jumper, so this afternoon I plan to get out a few blouses. I set off, and went to the post box first to...

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton I was mostly in the garden today, enjoying the sunshine and cherry blossom.

29 Apr

Whut the hail was THAT????

Scar D. Cat @Scarred4Lyfe (752) 29 Apr

I remember being in the Richland County Jail in the mid-80s (June 10, 1987) when I was jarred awake from a nap by what I assumed to be a train jumping the Illinois Central track that was maybe 10 meters from the jail and hitting...

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Fiacre Banks @scarred4lyfe Getting probed when the drug-sniffing dog got it wrong and all the visitors behind me got held back for an hour.

29 Apr

frightening

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (64059) • Centralia, Washington 29 Apr

Oh my no, people. Buy now and pay later- on food!? How scary and how sad and oh, my, no. The times sure are upsetting. Yesterday I put together a boring meal but you know, it fed us. Months ago church folks gave hubby...

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Fiacre Banks @sallypup Not worth getting into debt for. Simple fare is better for you anyway.

29 Apr

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Where are all the bees?

Fleur @Fleura (31563) • United Kingdom 28 Apr

We are having a glorious few days just now and gardens and roadsides everywhere are filled with blossom, scenting the air. But something is badly wrong. Where are all the bees? Last year and this year there has been a...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura I’ve just photographed this bee crawling up inside one of my flowers. It was in there for quite a while enjoying itself.

29 Apr

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Another 'break' in the family

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (1861) • United Kingdom 29 Apr

After telling of my fall and breaking my arm, we hear now that my Auntie ...in her 80's ...has had a fall in the garden and has broken her ankle. She had trouble with her blood pressure being so low so that meant she was kept in...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne This is one of the drawbacks of gravity.

29 Apr

Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (1861) • United Kingdom 29 Apr

I love rhubarb. It is extremely easy to grow. In fact, if you are not careful it will take over your entire garden. It is for this very reason that we grow ours in two large pots. We had them on the patio and that was...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I never grown rhubarb but I might give it a go. Now I have potatoes, radishes, chioggia beetroot and spinach on the go. And garlic.

29 Apr

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