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Winterishere @thedevilinme (4216) • Northampton, England 16h

Worse storm to hit the British mainland in recorded history is 12 hours away, Storm Eowyn. Wind speed of 110 mph are expected to hit the west coast of Ireland, with 50ft waves, and then smack the British territory of Northern...

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Fleur Hope it's not as bad as the Great Storm of 1703!

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celticeagle @celticeagle (170053) • Boise, Idaho 22 Jan

Bob Ross, the famous painter was born in Daytona Beach, Florida on October 29, 1942. He was in the Air Force for 20 years. He attended an art class at the Anchorage U.S.O. club and developed an interest in painting. He was working...

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Fleur Not heard of him before but having looked him up I can see why he's 'the happy painter' - he does have a lovely smile!

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13205) • Ireland 20h

I bought a hand-held vacuum with which to clean my car. But aren’t all vacuum cleaners hand held? I hold the vacuum cleaner in the house in my hand - always have, always will. And it seems that a large section of English people...

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Fleur Well we do know why, it's because they've caught Norovirus. And our vacuum cleaner (Henry) rolls along the floor while we just push the brush at the end of the hose around.

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Eva James @wolfgirl569 (110078) • Marion, Ohio 21h

I am going to do a little bit more online before I head out for shopping. That will let it warm up some more too. We should get in the 20s today. Except for the shopping I don't have very much planned. Maybe some light...

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Fleur It's been really wet here today but has just brightened up for an hour or so before dusk.

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Fleur @Fleura (30776) • United Kingdom 20h

We have a ceiling-mounted drying rack at home and that’s where I hang up the washing in winter. Yesterday I was taking down the dry things, then I went round with the basket, distributing clothes to their owners. And I found I was...

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marguicha @marguicha (224428) • Chile 23h

I´m trying to send you some heat from here. I know that most of you are cold and I´m Very hot (warm is not the word). I turned off the news. They are too bad. Some of them are just absurd. I read that in the US, President Trump...

good morning thursday

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Fleur This is just the beginning.

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Fleur @Fleura (30776) • United Kingdom 23 Jan

A post by @kaylachan inspired this. How do you respond when people keep trying to sell you something? Pushy salespeople are a personal bugbear. If I want something I will get it. If I say no then that’s that, thank...

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Fleur Ours is nicer Presumably some people are OK with being pushed and pushed... if everyone just told them to get lost straight away then they would change sales tactics wouldn't they?

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celticeagle @celticeagle (170053) • Boise, Idaho 22 Jan

On Inauguration Day 2025 the neo-nazi group, The Proud Boys, marched the streets of Washington, D.C. proudly and in supposed victory. Soon afterward the DOJ was ordered to cease ongoing investigations and prosecutions of the...

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Fleur @marguicha Yes I think she found one. But she started looking before the election.

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Jim Bauer @porwest (94880) • United States 23h

Egg bakes, or egg casseroles, whatever you want to call them, are just delicious. And yes, I did happen to have eggs in the house to make one since I was able to find a fair enough deal a while back on some and bought a couple...

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Fleur Yes we make those, generally with vegetables like broccoli, peppers and sweet potatoes, and call it a fritata. Never thought of using evaporated milk!

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celticeagle @celticeagle (170053) • Boise, Idaho 22 Jan

On Inauguration Day 2025 the neo-nazi group, The Proud Boys, marched the streets of Washington, D.C. proudly and in supposed victory. Soon afterward the DOJ was ordered to cease ongoing investigations and prosecutions of the...

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Fleur Allegedly she was house-hunting in England in early October.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13205) • Ireland 23 Jan

All schools here have just been ordered to close tomorrow because of wind. Storm Éowyn is going to lay waste to all of Ireland from 07.00 hours until 14.00 hours precisely. It is expected that there will be a lot of damage to...

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Fleur I'm not sure how I feel about all these storm warnings. In the 'old days' we just got stormy weather and we dealt with it. I suppose being warned in advance gives people a chance to plan whether they need to make a journey or not, and to tie down their...

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (161627) • United States 23 Jan

It is time for me to work on breakfast and lunch to get ready for the day. How is your arthritis doing in this cold? Mine is miserable. My student is supposed to be on the bus today instead of family bringing him, so I may way...

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Fleur Take care driving. It's very wet here, and chilly.

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Fleur @Fleura (30776) • United Kingdom 23 Jan

A post by @kaylachan inspired this. How do you respond when people keep trying to sell you something? Pushy salespeople are a personal bugbear. If I want something I will get it. If I say no then that’s that, thank...

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Fleur That's certainly an original approach! I don't think I'd have the nerve to try that.

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Fleur @Fleura (30776) • United Kingdom 23 Jan

A post by @kaylachan inspired this. How do you respond when people keep trying to sell you something? Pushy salespeople are a personal bugbear. If I want something I will get it. If I say no then that’s that, thank...

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Fleur Staff should be paid a proper wage and then they wouldn't be under so much pressure. Of course then there is the risk they might not bother to be attentive at all!

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (344095) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Jan

The photo has nothing to do with the post. It was taken at the dog cemetery near Corrigin in Western Australia. I spoke about a German saying about making an elephant out of a mouse. We have a free paper here called Have A Go...

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Fleur Very true. In contrast my mother's father used to tell them 'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today'.

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celticeagle @celticeagle (170053) • Boise, Idaho 22 Jan

When I was in high school and in cooking clas I recall my second choice of a recipe to be down in the class.(I had done glorified rice for my first). I choice a brownie recipe. Who doesn't like brownies, right? But mine had a...

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Fleur When I was growing up prunes were always sort of sn*ggered at because they were considered a remedy for constipation. Nevertheless when a 'health food' shop opened in our local town my friend and I used to go there after school while we waited for the bus, we...

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The Horse @TheHorse (221893) • Walnut Creek, California 22 Jan

She has blonde hair (rare in the Bay Area, unless it's fake), and said hair is always messy. She is taking piano with me. She is 7-years-old and in first or second grade. She can barely read music but we're already working on...

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Fleur You obviously are great at making a real connection with your students.

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Always smiling @allknowing (139232) • India 23 Jan

A gruesome murder has been reported in Hyderabad, India by the husband. He has owned up the crime and described the whole crime. He reports that he killed her, cut her into pieces and pressure cooked and then tossed the remains...

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Fleur It doesn't say how he actually killed her, hopefully that was quick. At least the gruesome things he did with her body afterwards didn't cause her any suffering.

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Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (73767) • Daytona Beach, Florida 22 Jan

I've had an account on Facebook for years. I rarely get on it, but recently I started to use messanger. Well, I'd say again. Well, Everything was working fine and then suddenly, I was locked out of my facebook (and subsequently...

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Fleur That sounds very complicated and I confess that most of that post was incomprehensible to me! But I hope you get it sorted!

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Fleur @Fleura (30776) • United Kingdom 23 Jan

A post by @kaylachan inspired this. How do you respond when people keep trying to sell you something? Pushy salespeople are a personal bugbear. If I want something I will get it. If I say no then that’s that, thank...

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Fleur @Melanie_Marie Very true. If I don't hear a real person's voice immediately then I put the phone down.

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