Xavier Bage

@franxav (13951)

India

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Social worker, physician, part-time teacher

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Talked To My Homebound Friend

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (30) • United States 21h

I have a friend who has severe health problems and is homebound. They used to call these people invalids. Her adult son lives with her and takes care of her. She hasn't left the house in 5+ years. She has a home health care...

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Xavier Bage She is lucky to have a friend like you.

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Interesting Facts About St. Patrick's Day

celticeagle @celticeagle (171528) • Boise, Idaho 20h

I am an Irish girl through and through. I found some interesting facts about the holiday and wanted to share them: * Almost 12% of Americans claim Irish ancestry. There are said to be more people of Irish ancestry living in the...

parades

irish

st patricks day

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Xavier Bage St. Patrick is one of my favourite saints and I'd love to be in a parade.

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What a Name Change Can Do

celticeagle @celticeagle (171528) • Boise, Idaho 19h

I have always enjoyed Sigourney Weaver's acting ever since I first saw her in "Ghost Busters". I often wonder about her first name. I had never seen it before. Come to find out that at the age of 14, she changed her name of...

name

science fiction

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Xavier Bage I believe name change has a role in her being successful.

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Returning back to Mylot

ravisivan @ravisivan (14082) • India 19h

I am 74 years old and I spend my free time guiding candidates from India to succeed in Bank or insurance interviews. Thanks to God I succeed in a good number of cases. It may be 8 or 9 years ago when I use to be busy in mylot...

returning back to mylore

how is the trend in earning

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Xavier Bage Glad to meet you Ravisivan. I regularly visit Mylot. However, I wish my earnings were better.

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Police officer in Arizona rescues a woman who was inside of a burning auto

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (106761) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 18h

Chandler Police Officer Brian Larison with the assistance of an off-duty firefighter worked together to rescue a woman who was driving a pickup truck that was on fire when a cement mixer hit the pickup truck from behind on Tuesday...

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Xavier Bage God bless Chandler. We need more officers like him.

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Pleurisy Acting Up

lilacskies @lilacskies (4537) • United States 17h

My pleurisy is acting up again today. As if it's not enough that I'm stressed out about everything going on in my life, my antibiotics are not calming down my pleurisy at all today. I am getting sharp pains all day today. I have...

health

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Xavier Bage Health is wealth as the old saying goes. Take care of yourself.

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Watching them makes my day

Always smiling @allknowing (141011) • India 16h

I just call them baby birds Sitting in my favourite corner I can see the bird bath and different species of birds frolicking in there. These baby birds come in flocks and I watch them bathing in the shallows. They are afraid...

bird bath

baby birds

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Xavier Bage I too love to see birds play in my backyard. I have a small bathtub for them in the flower garden.

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Washboards on display

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346573) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb

The photo shows three old washboards which were on display in the Collie Museum. Below the washboards are an enamel wash basket and advertising for Velvet soap, a laundry soap which can still be purchased today. The washboard...

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Xavier Bage Interesting to know. These are not use in India. I don't know if they were ever used. If they can be used as a musical instrument I'd loved to keep one

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None have come back

Always smiling @allknowing (141011) • India 18 Feb

I talked about how the now generation will only be seen when there is an event or a get together. I had that memorable Meet for my extended family. Some from that group had never interacted with me for years and I did pass a...

only are seen at events

the now generation

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Xavier Bage The new generation is quite different from the young people of 20 years ago. Technological revolution may be one reason but there are whole lot of things affecting their thought patterns, values, behavior and every aspect of their life in general .

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Did you all hear me cursing?

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (62883) • Centralia, Washington 18 Feb

Some time down the road I will laugh about today. Right now I am just glad I did not yell loud enough that the next county folks could hear me. I got up this morning feeling like messing with yeast dough. Time to warm up a...

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Xavier Bage I would have done a little operation.Cut off the bite and keep the rest.

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When an old man dies ...

Judy Evans @JudyEv (346573) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb

We went to my BIL’s (brother-in-law’s) yesterday. My SIL was there too. Two older brothers died within a day of each other and we needed to put a death notice in the local newspaper. The SIL (we call her the matriarch) had an...

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Xavier Bage That African saying is true and so graphic. It will stay in me as s long as I live

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When did God stop speaking with humans through prophets?

Pankaj Kumar @Pankaj365 (24) • India 18 Feb

In ancient days, God used to speak to us through prophets and sages. He gave us lots of laws and a few commandments. He inspired the prophets to write the holy books. This God interacted with entire humanity through these...

god

prophets

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Xavier Bage God has not stopped speaking to us. Just go through the books, writings , sayings by the prophets and you might hear God speaking to you.

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Pizza pizza! Do you ever make pizza at home?

The Horse @TheHorse (223331) • Walnut Creek, California 18 Feb

I like pizza, especially "everything" pizza, but I rarely buy frozen pizza at the grocery store. No particular reason. It just never became a part of my "routine." Over the past month or so, I have added pizza to "things in my...

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Xavier Bage Never bought one neither did I make one.

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Tsunami of Perfume in the Air

Xavier Bage @franxav (13951) • India 17 Feb

It's spring season in our part of India. Many diffrent kind of trees are are blooming. There are mango trees in our garden, all laden with flowers. There is a sweet scent floating in the air. However, the sweetest of all smells...

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It was one of my milestone birthdays - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (141011) • India 17 Feb

I decided to celebrate one of my milestone birthdays at the Institute where children are taken care of, a few years ago. The nuns did up the place and cooked the best meal. They bought the cake and the kids did a great job...

milestone birthday

a memory

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Xavier Bage Happy Birthday dear friend. May God bless you abundantly on your birthday!

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Jack fruit

Always smiling @allknowing (141011) • India 17 Feb

We have jack fruit trees and they yield well each year. This year they have started late and hopefully they will be ready for harvesting before monsoon sets in. There is a demand for these fruits but the only issue is getting...

jack fruit

cooked raw

eaten when ripe

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Xavier Bage I planted four jackfruit trees twenty years ago. They bear so many fruits that my can't finish eating them . We give out to neighbours. Now the fruits are tender and small. In a month they will be big enough to be eaten as curry.

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Toilets in planes

Always smiling @allknowing (141011) • India 17 Feb

I have travelled a lot by plane and my worst experience is to use those toilets in planes The space is tiny and the door unpredictable. Once I got trapped inside as I could not open the door I had to bang it several times...

aircraft

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Xavier Bage I am one of the unfortunate poor class who has never travelled by plane. Yet, I understand how harrowing it would be to get trapped in the tiny toilet.

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My Pen And My Notebook

jaishankar @Shivram59 (39028) • India 16 Feb

I love writing with my pen. It's a very simplel; cheap pen that was gifted to me by my mother in 2005 on my birthday. She had also gifted me a notebook. I now use it to collect my favorite Hindi poems. That was the time when...

pen notebook my mother gifted collect

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Xavier Bage I always keep a notebook and two or three pens in my shoulder bag. Whenever I need to write I use them . Like you I am fond of poems. I still compose poems and lyrics in Hindi.

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This pair of glasses

Xavier Bage @franxav (13951) • India 14 Feb

A ad repeatedly comes in our mobile phones selling a pair of glasses that adjusts itself to the power of your eyes. It says buy one get one free for Rs 399. If you have bought it what is your experience wearing it. I want to...

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Do you think that Valentine’ day is harder on people who are single?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3568) • India 14 Feb

Happy Valentine’s Day to All! It is nice to remember on this day that we need to spread love, care and kindness to all who are special to us -soulmate, family, friends and people we care about in our life. Everywhere you look...

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Xavier Bage Someone wished me a happy valentine day. Sadly, I didn't feel any joy.

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