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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 2 Mar 13

I had heard about that unfortunate man being swallowed up by a sinkhole in his bedroom, in Florida so I chose to read a bit more about him on The New York Times website. It's a terrible way to go isn't it? Poor man. I also feel...

sinkholes are scary

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jwfarrimond "I don't understand why developers have to make a subdivision out of this poor foundation." Thats easy. MONEY. PROFIT. Thats all that they care about - not the people who will be living there.

3 Mar 13

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 2 Mar 13

I had heard about that unfortunate man being swallowed up by a sinkhole in his bedroom, in Florida so I chose to read a bit more about him on The New York Times website. It's a terrible way to go isn't it? Poor man. I also feel...

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jwfarrimond All of my uncles were miners and one died of silicosis or pnumonicosis as it is called now. In those days, (I'm talking 1920's and 30's) there was little else to do other than the pit workwise. My father, when he lost the job that he had, found that he had...

3 Mar 13

Porcospino @Porcospino (31366) • Denmark 28 Feb 13

Some years ago I discovered O Henry's stories. When I had read just a few of them I knew that I had found a new favourite author. I love the twists in his stories. My local library has a book that contains a collection of his best...

arhur conan doyle

o henry

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jwfarrimond You might like his "Professor Challenger" stories as well. I'm not sure if they are short stories or full novels though. It's quite a long time since I read them.

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 27 Feb 13

This is what a British Gas customer said on the news earlier..as though it was some hardship or something she was experiencing. I realise that British Gas's profits are ridiculously high whilst the gas and...

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jwfarrimond Its usually about 60 F in the living room where the gas fire is and I find that to be quite comfortable. Though I do have a thick wooly sweater on as well!

1 Mar 13

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 27 Feb 13

This is what a British Gas customer said on the news earlier..as though it was some hardship or something she was experiencing. I realise that British Gas's profits are ridiculously high whilst the gas and...

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jwfarrimond I usually have 2 or 3 cats on the bed which can get awkward when I have to get up in the middle of the night. However, they are used to it and move out of the way so that I can get out and then back into place after I get back in

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 27 Feb 13

This is what a British Gas customer said on the news earlier..as though it was some hardship or something she was experiencing. I realise that British Gas's profits are ridiculously high whilst the gas and...

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jwfarrimond Oh yes, I remember feathery frost patterns on the INSIDE of the living room windows when I was growing up. Single pane glass of course. As you say Janey, we weren't soft in those days.

28 Feb 13

jwfarrimond @jwfarrimond (4473) 3 Jan 07

Some years ago I went to Russia for a holiday and I was impressed by the generosity of the people who I met. What experiences have you had on visits to Russia, did you enjoy your trip there and what did you think of the country...

holiday

holiday comments holiday impressions

russia

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jwfarrimond Ah. I'd love to see the Lena, I think that a trip down there by boat must be one of the great river journeys. But once you get to Yakusk, there's nowhere else to go apart from back up the river - unless you are brave enough the try the Road of Bones to Magadan...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 16 Sep 12

Mum made me laugh (yet again) today. She's making a habit of it lately lol. Anyway, on the way back from Town yesterday she went on the No.9 bus ("the one that sits there forever before the driver decides to set...

cheap travel

public transport

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jwfarrimond being old!

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 16 May 12

John went to play his snooker match last night and had a very interesting conversation with one of the players in his team. He told him that his Mrs was rushed into hospital a couple of nights ago as she'd just eaten at a...

dodgy chinese food

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jwfarrimond Assuming that they CAN cook Janey. I think that a lot of people think that sticking a ready meal into the microwave is actually cooking...

20 May 12

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 16 May 12

John went to play his snooker match last night and had a very interesting conversation with one of the players in his team. He told him that his Mrs was rushed into hospital a couple of nights ago as she'd just eaten at a...

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jwfarrimond Chang, the microchip is basically a tiny computer chip that is placed under the skin of the back of both cats and dogs. It can be scanned using a special scanner to allow the information on the chip to be read. The information is usually just a registration...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 16 May 12

John went to play his snooker match last night and had a very interesting conversation with one of the players in his team. He told him that his Mrs was rushed into hospital a couple of nights ago as she'd just eaten at a...

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jwfarrimond scan all chinese food with a microchip scanner!

20 May 12

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 21 Feb 12

Let's see...the last time we holidayed abroad was to get married in Las Vegas in April 2008. We had been before to celebrate the New Year of 2006 and we got engaged then too, so it was a natural thing for us to go back there....

holidaying abroad

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jwfarrimond Speaking as someone who has done a lot of things in the past, (including scrambling up cliffs without benefit of ropes or whatnot) that would be prohibited now with the present "health and safety" nannyism, I absolutely agree with you.. we DID THINGS then...

23 Feb 12

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 21 Feb 12

Let's see...the last time we holidayed abroad was to get married in Las Vegas in April 2008. We had been before to celebrate the New Year of 2006 and we got engaged then too, so it was a natural thing for us to go back there....

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jwfarrimond Crazy Janey - rowing on the lake in January I'm surprised that it was'ent frozen! But I'll bet you'all were by the time that you got back!!!

22 Feb 12

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 4 Jan 12

I have mixed feelings about the upcoming Olympics. Yes, it's going to be great for London (and a marvellous spectacle) but what about the rest of the UK? It does make me wonder, especially when I read articles like...

gap between rich and poor growing

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jwfarrimond Janey, don't you know, that is what professional sport is and always has been about - money. YOUR money going into THEIR pockets! And what do you get in return? Well, nothing really.

6 Jan 12

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 4 Jan 12

I have mixed feelings about the upcoming Olympics. Yes, it's going to be great for London (and a marvellous spectacle) but what about the rest of the UK? It does make me wonder, especially when I read articles like...

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jwfarrimond VAT is an EC tax that was imposed after we made the mistake of joining. It replaced the previous purchace tax which was levied at a much lower rate. That in itself caused a big instant rise in the cost of living. Now we are paying VAT at 17% on practically...

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Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 4 Jan 12

I have mixed feelings about the upcoming Olympics. Yes, it's going to be great for London (and a marvellous spectacle) but what about the rest of the UK? It does make me wonder, especially when I read articles like...

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jwfarrimond I think that a lot of the work created is short term which will only last as long as the event itself. That is no use at all.

6 Jan 12

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 4 Jan 12

I have mixed feelings about the upcoming Olympics. Yes, it's going to be great for London (and a marvellous spectacle) but what about the rest of the UK? It does make me wonder, especially when I read articles like...

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jwfarrimond Thats my plan - go camping in Scotland or something like that a long way away from any TV

6 Jan 12

Janey1966 @Janey1966 (24170) • Carlisle, England 11 Dec 11

I do this. I don't mind that not everyone has a photograph of themselves as their avatar. I'm not obsessed by how people look BUT I am guilty of thinking about their expressions when reading my discussions, what type of computer...

imagining people using mylot

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jwfarrimond I was talking about my dressing gown... what did you think that I was talking about??

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