Fleur

@Fleura (30402)

United Kingdom

Joined myLot 9 years ago

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Who here has written a book?

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 21 Nov

I know at least one or two MyLotters have also written other things. Now I’m wondering how many members have written a book? And was it published – if so how, where and by whom? Did you send the manuscript to a publisher in the...

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So reliant on the internet!

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 20 Nov

This week I am away in Wales, and overnight we got 5 inches of snow so given that I am at the end of a narrow stony track you can imagine I’m not going anywhere. I have some jobs to do, but many of them are outdoor jobs which are...

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An incentive to learn!

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 15 Nov

All the exhibits at the Musee du Quai Branly were labelled in both French and English (no other languages, rather oddly), but in most cases there was also a paragraph of further information in French only, so we tested our...

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Divide and conquer!

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 15 Nov

Sometimes it isn’t easy to try to please everyone. Most of the time on our Paris trip we tried to do things together, but one day we decided to split into two groups. My partner and Little One wanted to go up the Eiffel tower, but...

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Can you be too grateful?

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 14 Nov

This is a rhetorical question really because yes, In my opinion I think you can. As I’ve mentioned before I sometimes drive people to medical appointments and the like, for the Volunteer Driver Service. Of course it’s nice when...

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Fascinating geology

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 13 Nov

On one of our days in Paris we visited the geology section of the Natural History Museum. The Natural History Museum encompasses several separate buildings as well as the botanic garden, menagerie and various other sites. We...

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Sticky mouse traps.

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 12 Nov

A post by @LindaOHio just brought this to mind. Years ago when I lived in the USA, I had an office desk next to a doctor and we were friendly, she used to tell me about the goings-on in her family life etc. Once she told me that...

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He’s such a pessimist!

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 11 Nov

My partner is an irredeemable pessimist. It has taken me years to really realise quite how bad he is, but our latest holiday really illustrated this attribute perfectly! He organised the bookings and had trouble finding any...

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The start of our Paris trip

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 11 Nov

The train tickets were all arranged. The accommodation was booked. On the day of travel we actually managed to leave the house in time - something of a miracle for us, although it was helped by having booked a taxi to pick us up –...

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A trip to grey Paris

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 9 Nov

Last week was half term and since we haven’t been out of the country (apart from to Jersey, which doesn’t really count) since 2019 I fancied going somewhere a bit different. However we are trying to avoid flying, with its massive...

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Any electricians out there?

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 6 Nov

Our house has developed a weird electrical glitch. Everything was fine until a couple of weeks ago, when my partner put in a new thermostat. This house has three storeys – the top storey is a converted loft which was made into an...

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How long can you stand on one leg?

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 5 Nov

Yesterday I read an article stating that a simple new measure of healthy ageing is the length of time a person can stand on one leg. I have since found several articles on the subject – here’s one –...

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Honesty is not the best policy!

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 4 Nov

They say that you learn from experience, and also that experience is what you get right after you need it. Today I learnt that I should just keep my mouth shut instead of trying to be helpful. I have scrapped my car (it had...

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Not seen this before!

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 4 Nov

Last week we went on a family trip to Paris (more on that later). And for our journey home, since we left just after lunch and would arrive home quite late in the evening, we decided to just buy a sandwich or some sort of snack to...

cutlery

edible

packaged meal

environmentally friendly

travel

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What does ‘stealing the election’ mean?

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 4 Nov

I need some help here from my American contacts. On the news this morning it was reported that Donald Trump has accused the Democrats of trying to ‘steal the election’ from him and the Republicans. Does he just mean that they are...

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Who are these men?

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 29 Oct

I have learned a great deal from people of MyLot so I am sure someone can solve this mystery for me. Does anyone know who these people are? This photo was among other family heirlooms, but obviously doesn’t feature my family...

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A stone fence

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 28 Oct

I have heard Americans talk about stone fences, for example when describing the countryside of Yorkshire which is well known for its miles of dry-stone walls, so I understood the term ‘stone fence’ to be American for ‘wall’. But...

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Unbiased American radio!

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 25 Oct

I was listening to the radio yesterday and they were discussing information available to people in more restricted countries – and I was surprised to hear that there is such a thing as ‘Radio Liberty’, a station created from the...

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Unintended consequences

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 18 Oct

I meant to write about this before, but @celticeagle and her post about cats just reminded me – thanks! A couple of decades ago India had a large population of vultures, and they did an important, but under-appreciated job of...

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Feeling very stupid!

Fleur @Fleura (30402) • United Kingdom 18 Oct

An old friend has a birthday party coming up, and his wife (who is organising it) said that he wasn’t expecting gifts but would welcome donations of drinks. I wanted to get him something nice, but I wasn’t sure whether, if I took...

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