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Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43910) • Cambridge, England 22 Sep 16

I recently read about some research into memory. Apparently. we store different kinds of memory in different places - smells in the olfactory centre, sounds in the auditory centre, visual memories in another place and so on....

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nannacroc I forgot to mention old books bringing back images of the library that was in town when I was a child.

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Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43910) • Cambridge, England 22 Sep 16

I recently read about some research into memory. Apparently. we store different kinds of memory in different places - smells in the olfactory centre, sounds in the auditory centre, visual memories in another place and so on....

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nannacroc It's always the smell of bacon and eggs that bring back memories of lying in bed on Sunday morning wondering whether to have a lie in or go downstairs for one of Dad's cooked breakfasts. The theme tune to The Archers on the radio brings happy memories of the...

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Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43910) • Cambridge, England 24 Sep 16

A friend of mine, whose mother is in her 90's and is becoming increasingly dependent, has come up against the demon of 'eligibility tennis'. There is no doubt at all that she is eligible for (free) care under the current system....

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nannacroc I like your idea. It would save so much worry and red tape concerning who pays for what.

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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 25 Sep 16

I have a part time job at the racecourse, and one day one of my co-workers was guilty of an amusing gaffe. To get into the races you have to have a ticket, which can either be pre-purchased online or bought on the spot. My job is...

king of england

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nannacroc I'm not convinced but a few years ago we visited Cambridge. I noticed a man in a wheelchair, some students were with him, I thought nothing of it. Then my husband said, ' That was Stephen Hawking'. It shows how unobservant I am.

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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 9 Sep 16

I was looking through one of my old posts and got such a laugh from re-reading some of the responses and comments there, that I wondered if you would find this excerpt amusing. In this post (Balloon Bosomed Bimbos) I wrote a...

repartee

limericks

balloon bosomed bimbo

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nannacroc I have. I also found some poems I had completely forgotten writing.

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Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43910) • Cambridge, England 15 Sep 16

This is Britain's new bank note. It's made of plastic, so it will survive being laundered and it is, so they say, more difficult to counterfeit. All the blood, tears and sweat you like to throw at it won't stain it or leave a...

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nannacroc I often think my money leaves my purse and spends itself without my help. I was telling the girls the other day how much half a crown could buy when I was a child. I happened to have a half crown coin. The girls were amazed at how heavy it was. I told them it...

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Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43910) • Cambridge, England 16 Sep 16

One of the supermarkets near me has a scheme whereby, when you buy something, you receive a number of green tokens (depending on how much you spend). By the exit there are two or three boxes where you can deposit your tokens...

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nannacroc What a great idea from the supermarket, much better than reward points which never get used. I have not really been interested in making money on MyLot, although it is nice to reach payout, which normally takes me ages. I think of it as a pleasant way to spend...

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Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43910) • Cambridge, England 13 Sep 16

Just when we needed a word for "the act of leaving the house for work with a piece of toast and a cup of tea in one's hand", the ideal candidate has been assigned to the painful and tortuous process of Britain leaving the...

words

meanings

brexit

dictionary definitions

owlabout

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nannacroc Politics - parrot parasites. It's the only one I can think of for now. I like your definition of Brexit,now it finally has a real meaning.

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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 4 Sep 16

Norway is a beautiful country, and a wonderful way to see it is by cruising along the fjords. A couple of years ago my husband and I, together with our son and his wife, did just that. I've used several of the photos on my posts...

norwegian fjords

cruise

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nannacroc What a beautiful place, thank you for sharing.

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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 7 Sep 16

When I first joined Mylot I didn't really see what advantage there was in following anyone. In those days (a year ago), there wasn't the option of clicking on 'their discussions' in order to see the posts of those you were...

follow

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nannacroc I rarely follow anyone. If I remember correctly, when I first joined MLot, there were no 'followers', I think they were listed as' friends'. One of the reasons I stayed away for a while was because I didn't like having followers. I am now following most of the...

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Amber @AmbiePam (92708) • United States 5 Sep 16

I didn't see anyone else post this discussion yet, so I'm hoping I'm not repeating anything. See, I can respond to anyone's discussions, except my own. I try to click on one of my discussions, and it eventually goes to error. Does...

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nannacroc I've been having the same problem today. First on the Kindle, then on the laptop. I've just tried again and it's working the second time I try.

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nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 1 Sep 16

About a year ago a friend introduced me to MOOC's courses.These are short, free courses online. They can be done at your own pace and cover a wide range of subjects. So far I have done one course on Corsera and fourteen with...

learning

knowledge

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Amber @AmbiePam (92708) • United States 30 Aug 16

You can never really rid yourself of stress completely. My dad used to say people are either IN a problem, at the END of a problem, or about to go INTO a problem. He wasn't being cynical, it's just a reality reminder when I...

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nannacroc As usual, my biggest stress at the minute, is that one of my girls is upset. I think your Dad was right but it's how we deal with the problems that help us become less stressed by them.

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Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43910) • Cambridge, England 1 Sep 16

It seems that the thick volumes of dictionaries and encyclopaedias are fast becoming useless except as door-stoppers Now that it is so easy to use the PC or the tablet or phone to look up the meaning and association of any word...

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nannacroc So many, Owlwings, that I can't think of anything offhand. I still use my books to look things up, sometimes it's quicker than using the internet for me. I often come across other intersting words. Thanks for the language lesson, I love learning the meanings...

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fizzytom @fizzytom (752) • Maribor, Slovenia 29 Aug 16

As someone who teaches English to speakers of other languages, I know that some of our idioms can be a little odd, to say the least. This afternoon the temperature was pushing 30 C here in our corner of northeastern Slovenia and...

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nannacroc @fizzytom I just make sure I explain them as much as possible. Good luck with your attempt.

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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 28 Aug 16

I'm sending you all invitations, They're going to all of your nations, Please take tea with me So that you can see Why England deserves celebrations. So now that you're here, let us party, Have fun in my garden so pretty, There...

english garden

garden party

poems by jabo

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nannacroc @jaboUK I'm just slightly batty.

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Jabo @jaboUK (64354) • United Kingdom 28 Aug 16

I'm sending you all invitations, They're going to all of your nations, Please take tea with me So that you can see Why England deserves celebrations. So now that you're here, let us party, Have fun in my garden so pretty, There...

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nannacroc @jaboUK I'll only come if there are bats flying round in the dark. I love to watch the bats flying past and looking at the moon.

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nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 29 Aug 16

I hadn't been on MyLot for a long time but I often wondered how owlwings and wolfie were doing. Now I'm back I can catch up with them again. I missed them. There was also jabo, who I met on Bubblews, when that ended I thought I...

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nannacroc I never really did it for the money. I was just checking which websites I was on, MyLot was amongst them. Then I saw the three people I mentioned on here and decided to come back.

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nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 29 Aug 16

My Dad once told me about the time when he first met my Mum. He didn't have much money and the next town had just got their first mayor. In our town the word 'mice', was pronounced 'mace' among other changed vowel sounds. Dad...

accents

misunderstanding

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nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 29 Aug 16

I hadn't been on MyLot for a long time but I often wondered how owlwings and wolfie were doing. Now I'm back I can catch up with them again. I missed them. There was also jabo, who I met on Bubblews, when that ended I thought I...

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