Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14350)

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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Two things my Grandson did not know…..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5271) • United Kingdom 11h

Kids are funny beings …..but sometimes we are funny to them too. When we moved into our current house the Grandkids were able to have a room set up for themselves. We have them stay with us every other weekend and I wanted them...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I remember asking why some people called the counterpart a bedspread. Life used to be so elegant. I’ll bet your grandkids would look askance at you if you told them not to forget to pull the chain. Or is that just an Irish thing?

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We don’t want a smart meter ….thank you ….

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5271) • United Kingdom 14h

I think bills are way too high these days generally. Having said that I know we have to pay them and I will always pay for what I use …..thinking gas / electric etc …. However, we do not want a smart meter, we prefer to take a...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne If companies are trying to get us to something we can be quite sure that it’s for their own benefit, not ours. Perhaps if the government didn’t spend so much on RAF fly pasts to entertain American Presidents and to satisfy their own vanity more...

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$798 for One Boot

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 16 Sep

It's crazy. My podiatrist billed my health insurance company $798 for that walking cast boot that I'm wearing for my fractured foot. What kind of "boot" is worth $798? My share of that is going to be $238 which if I had known...

boot cast

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Whoever made that boot (and hundreds like it) made a smart career move early on. They’ll be able to retire at 40 and live on cruise ships. Where did we go wrong?

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Funny old day !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5271) • United Kingdom 16 Sep

I had to be up early this morning for a zoom meeting about work. I had to set my alarm for the first time in several months. The meeting itself was only about 30 minutes ….i had no idea how long it was going to be...

dehydrating cherry tomatoes

meeting

work

physio

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne Yet here you are! I’m installed in a cafe with a Greek grammar book. I’d prefer to be in Athens, but grammar will have to suffice.

16 Sep

She was an interesting participant

Always smiling @allknowing (153656) • India 15 Sep

We have this game KBC (Who wants to be a Millionnaire) This participant was brilliant and she was bold and open at the same time. She seemed to have had a crush when it came to Amitabh Bachhan the conductor of the show and even...

kbc

interesting participant

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Fiacre Banks @allknowing An invitation to Bachhan's house would be a fine prize.

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He Took His Emotional Support Alligator to Wal-Mart

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 16 Sep

People are ridiculous. If you want to have an exotic or unusual pet, fine. But don't call it an emotional support animal. An alligator is NOT an emotional support animal. Some old dude in Pennsylvania says he's been taking his...

emotional support animals

alligator

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville It's the people around him who will need emotional support if that thing does what comes natural to alligators. People need to remember that they are part of a society and there's more than just them in the world. This man is clearly not well and...

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Sweater Weather Is Coming Soon - Do You Like Wearing Sweaters?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 16 Sep

I hate sweaters! They used to be wool and all itchy and stuff. But now they're just too hot. I get hot very easily and prefer a long-sleeve t-shirt. I think sweaters are very pretty but I am not comfortable wearing them. Do...

sweaters

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville The go-to present for an aging gentleman at Christmas and birthdays!! And I hate them. After a decent interval they get donated. I hate pulling clothes on over my head and it's worse pulling them off. Always had a fear of getting stuck. I'm told I...

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What Are You going to Do With Your myLot Payment from Yesterday?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 16 Sep

Yesterday was payday here on myLot. I hope everyone made payout for August, which was what was paid yesterday. What do you use your myLot money for? I just keep mine in PayPal and when I buy something online I use PayPal as...

payday

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Like @porwest, along with a few other bits and pieces mine goes into an investment account - every little bit counts.

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What is the most vile thing you’ve ever tasted?

Amber @AmbiePam (103039) • United States 15 Sep

Up until this point, I don’t think I’ve tasted a lot of things that could be called vile (maybe medicine). Then, I got this tea (pictured) to review. I can best describe it as tasting like medicine with cleaning toxins included....

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam A totally rancid coffee in Greece. I kept trying to pour it into a pot plant on the window sill of the cafe in which I was sitting but each time the owner appeared from nowhere. I just can't figure out how anyone could make coffee to taste so...

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Trump said that 300 million people died due to drugs last year

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (124758) • United States 15 Sep

Presumably he was referring to Americans as he was attempting to justify a military attack on a fishing boat from Venezuela which killed 11 people. Um the population of the US is 340 million. Have practically all of us died? Even...

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Fiacre Banks @njchicaa And of course a rather large number of people in the (non white) world died from a LACK of drugs last year and every year. Unfortunately many Trump supporters recognise that he makes it up as he goes along but they seem to think that’s ok.

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Did You Ever Try To Run to The Bathroom While Wearing a Boot Cast?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 15 Sep

Let me tell you, it's not easy. Stupid me. We were at the restaurant, which is less than a mile from home, and I thought, "I'll just wait until I get home to pee" Well that was a mistake. As soon as I stood up gravity took...

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Every time you see a bathroom just use it, even if you think you don’t need it.

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Did You Enjoy going to School?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 15 Sep

I did and I didn't. I was an excellent student, straight A's, all through 12 years of public school. But I was bored. It wasn't challenging. I waited until I was 31 years old to start college and absolutely loved it. I soaked...

school

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville I absolutely school. I was home schooled till I was 10 which was fine, but beyond that it was awful. I seemed to be the only one there who was there to learn. I loved learning but not a lot of learning was possible in school for me. French and...

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Monday morning blues

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5271) • United Kingdom 15 Sep

People talk about having the Monday morning blues. It’s the day that most people have to get up early to go to work, after having a lovely weekend with family and friends. For retired people obviously, it’s different as they...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I’m retired and the days kind of blend into each other. Sunday is the only fixed point. Used to be that retirees queued round the block at the post office to lift their pension but now it sneaks into your account in the middle of the night so you...

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The Costs of Healthcare are Ridiculous

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 15 Sep

I'm starting to get my EOBs (Explanation of Benefits) forms from my health insurance provider. Just as some examples, let me share with you some of my recent costs. These aren't the amounts that I have to pay, thankfully, but...

healthcare costs

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Grotesque and over-inflated and they have us by the short and curlies.

15 Sep

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Do You Do Laundry on the Same Day Each Week?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 14 Sep

Sundays are laundry days here in the Looeyville household. Hubby does all the laundry because I accidentally had a red sock in the white load 30 years ago and turned all his work white t-shirts pink. And he likes things done the...

laundry day

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Every day is laundry day in this household. Seriously.

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Long Scams...

DE @DaddyEvil (159822) • United States 13 Sep

For the last year or more, some girl has been sending me texts, talking to me and asking questions... I don't know her so keep telling her I don't know who she is... She told me she's my niece but I don't have a niece, as far as I...

stranger

bail bonds

im not signing anything

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Fiacre Banks @daddyevil Whoever she is she is definitely bad news.

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You learn something new every day!

Fleur @Fleura (32581) • United Kingdom 13 Sep

Yes, even at my advanced age British people always use the collective name of ‘cutlery’ for knives, forks and spoons – eating utensils in general – while Americans use the term ‘flatware’. Naturally I was under the...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura I did not know this. ‘Flatware’ sounds wrong. The Danes call it bestik.

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Do You Keep Your Bread On a Shelf or in the Refrigerator?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 13 Sep

I didn't realize people kept their bread in the refrigerator. Why would you want cold bread? It doesn't make it last any longer. In fact, it makes it go bad quicker. Once, when I was 12, my mom kept the bread in the...

bread

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville We use a bread bin. Putting it in the refrigerator makes it go soggy. We keep a loaf in the freezer from which we extract the number of slices we wish to toast.

13 Sep

Another big rock - Elachbutting Rock

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363020) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Sep

One of the reasons I wanted to go back to the Beacon area in Western Australia was to go to Elachbutting Rock. It’s not far from Beringbooding Rock which I’ve already written about. Elachbutting Rock is another large granite...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Yes yours names often sound quite startling. A town with a somewhat pedestrian name - Morwell - is the one I stayed in with relatives in 1970, and that I believe is where the mushroom poisoner comes from. Just found that out.

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The perils of WhatsApp!

Fleur @Fleura (32581) • United Kingdom 12 Sep

During the COVID pandemic, several local WhatsApp groups were set up in case neighbours needed any help. Of course nobody did then, but the group for our little road still exists and nowadays generally gets used for lost cats,...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura Let me make you a nice hot whiskey to settle your nerves then I’ll have one to settle mine. I won’t be wasting any on her.

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