Xavier Bage

@franxav (14357)

India

Joined myLot 11 years ago

Social worker, physician, part-time teacher

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Xavier Bage's Responses

30 December - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (320414) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 30 Dec

Good evening from snowy Green Bay, Wisconsin. It's been snowing most of the afternoon. It's been a good day. I'm thankful I'm feeling better than I have in two weeks. I still have a bad cold, but it's winding down for which I'm...

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Xavier Bage Thankful that I succeeded in building a humble house for my family . It still needs some work but major part of the work has been done.

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What do you use condensed milk for?

Amber @AmbiePam (109187) • United States 31 Dec

This discussion is not going to get a lot of responses. But I got two cans of condensed milk to review (you can’t always get jewelry, lol), and I don’t want to make a pie. The internet suggested putting some on fruit...

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Xavier Bage I want it to sweeten my breakfast slices of bread.

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Remembering 2025’s Music Losses: Roy Thomas Baker

Four Walls @FourWalls (81422) • United States 22h

The music side of the remembrance of the losses of 2025 begins with someone you’ve probably never heard of…unless you read liner notes. His contributions to music, however, cannot be understated. We began our annual tribute to...

music

top ten lists

2025 music obituaries

roy thomas baker

queen

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Xavier Bage I am awed at their talents. Some of them know their abilities early and get going.

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Common Cranes

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (92359) • Daytona Beach, Florida 18h

Common cranes are social birds and can form flocks of up to 400 individuals during migration. These birds are active during the day, spending many hours looking for prey. They are found in the northern parts of Europe and across...

crane courting dance

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Xavier Bage Not seen in our tropical waters but their cousins are.

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It is nice not hearing loud firecrackers in the morning:)

Valentina @valherma00 (17) • Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska) 1 Jan

Yes, that's right. There were firecrackers' sounds on the days before the New Year's Eve, last night too and will probably last until the kids here go to school, which is on January 12. They really have long winter holidays and...

greetings from the newbie

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Xavier Bage I was awake at midnight and saw the clock show 00.00.01. There were some firecracker noise but glad to say there were no big sounds near my home.

1 Jan

How Many of You Stick Your Finger To Monitor Your Blood Sugar?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (61) • United States 29 Dec

I'm not diabetic, but I'm pre-diabetic, so I monitor my blood sugar. Once a week I stick one of my fingers with a lancet and use the glucose monitor to see where my blood sugar situation stands. I used to have one of those...

blood sugar

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Xavier Bage Perhaps I too am a prediabetic though no one has told me so. I get my blood sugar test at two to three months interval. I call a blood sample collector. He takes the samples to a lab and gets the tests done. It's perhaps an old method but I'm comfortable...

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Did you sing carols this year?

Amber @AmbiePam (109187) • United States 26 Dec

Some people go caroling, some people go to church, and some people sing along on the radio. Did you see any Christmas songs this year? This picture is of my six aunts (ages 72 through 88) and sister (obviously in the middle) at...

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Xavier Bage I was a member of a caroling group this Christmas. Of course , we had a different set of carols as we sang to Bengali and Hindi speaking families. However we sang English carols in our church before the Christmas mass.

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Got the mail...

Stacey @xstitcher (37291) • Petaluma, California 17 Dec

Which was a check from my brother, some ads, someone wanting money I don't have, and my replacement EBT (Food Stamp) card. Not too bad. Tomorrow morning, I realized, I need to go to someone's house to meet his...

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Xavier Bage My hands are full too the last days of the year.

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The Other Miracle on 34th Street

celticeagle @celticeagle (183825) • Boise, Idaho 20 Dec

The Empire State Building used to be the tallest building in the world. and it was where many despondent people went to end it all. On December 2, 1979, Elvita Adams was walking around the observation deck on the 86th floor. When...

empire state building

wind

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Xavier Bage A miracle sure! She wanted to end her life but the giver of life had other plans!

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Off duty firefighter and a stranger rescue a dog who was inside of a house fire

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116868) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 12 Dec

Painesville Ohio resident and firefighter Dillion Harris was with his relatives on Monday driving in his auto \when he saw a house on fire. Dillion who was off duty at the time ran toward the house that was on fire when a...

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Xavier Bage A good work. May God give us more men like Dillion!

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Man Died From 33 drinks Of Alcohol in Several Hours

Go Crossbones @crossbones27 (51885) • Mojave, California 12 Dec

That is the best I could find from my local newspaper. I have drank a lot in my day, I think the most I ever drank is about 18 in a 12 hour span. It was mostly beer, but in those days, could have been a shot or two. They say...

take care of each other

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Xavier Bage I remember my dad saying that quite many died of drinking too much beer and alcohol around Christmas. This is one such man I believe.

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I guess that's it

Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (9796) • Calcutta, India 12 Dec

People change as fast as a chameleon's colours. My (I think now he is an ex) boyfriend is a completely changed person now. Some rifts are going on between us. He is happy without me I guess. I will just have to accept this as...

mylot

mylotters

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Xavier Bage I can guess how fast the change occurs. In the last discussion you posted I got the impression that your relationship was steady.

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Loon that was trapped in a frozen pond rescued by a stranger

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (116868) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Dec

A stranger assisted an employee with Maine Audubon to free a loon who was trapped in a pond in Waterville Maine on Sunday/ The loon was not able to fly away under its own power since the East Pond which is located near Watertown...

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Xavier Bage Your rescue stories touch my heart.

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Social media bans and jigsaws

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368263) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

I was going to write about the12 social media platforms that were supposed to cancel the accounts of those under 16 years of age. The ban was supposed to come into effect yesterday but today some teenagers are saying nothing has...

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Xavier Bage I'm one watching from India how the ban is being enforced. I find thousands of children under 16 surfing through social media.

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Night-time dramas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368263) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

Our neighbour in the village was telling me about the ‘episodes’ she experiences at night. She apparently has very violent dreams and thrashes around in her sleep. I was especially interested as Vince’s elder brother experiences...

sleep patterns

episodes

nightmares

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Xavier Bage I don't know anyone who suffers in this way. But I believe there must be a solution.

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Christmas poem

Judy Story @jstory07 (147065) • Roseburg, Oregon 5 Dec

Christmas time is a busy time . You have little time. It is a stressful time. It is a busy time. You have to hope in the nick of time. Your precious time. Gives you time for Christmas toys. Time for Christmas tales....

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Xavier Bage Read a fresh poem on Christmas after ages. Thanks.

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She's a Better Shot Than Me!

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (126788) • Gainesville, Florida 5 Dec

In my last discussion I wrote about a mishap I had at the shooting range when I removed my flash suppressor off of the barrel of my semi-automatic rifle. The result was that I singed all the hair off my arms. Luckily, that was the...

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Xavier Bage I'm neither a good shot nor a bad shot. Never touched a gun all my life.

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2 December - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (320414) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 2 Dec

Good evening from COLD Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. It's 20 F and feels like 4 F. It was a good day. One of those days when I wish I could extend it. I didn't have enough time today. I'm thankful for the time I spent with you this...

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Xavier Bage I'm grateful to the Lord for St. Francis Xavier , the brave missionary who spread the gospel in India and east Asian countries. His feast is celebrated today ( Dec 3).

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Anita came today.

marguicha @marguicha (229617) • Chile 1 Dec

Hello friends. Itt is evening already here. I asked Anita to come today as I invited Martín for lunch on Wednesday. He has beem begging me for some time that I cook chicken with mushrooms for him so I will. He will do a bit of...

monday evening

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Xavier Bage Glad that you get some money from the government. Every thing counts. I get 2 Kilos of rice every month. Not much , but it helps me survive for a week.

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Shoes -- On or Off?

Deep-Or-Whimsical @DeepOrWhimsical (40) • United States 1 Dec

Do you, as a rule, take off your shoes and leave them outside, by your door, before you enter your home? Or, do you wear your shoes inside? Also, can you share your thoughts about those choices?

shoes

on or off shoes

house rules

before you enter your home

shoe wearing choices

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Xavier Bage In the Indian Bengali culture we are expected to leave our shoes outside when we enter the house. In the children's home where I work the children are taught to leave their shoes at least on verandah.

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