nannacroc

@nannacroc (4049)

Age 69

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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The more i learn the less I know.

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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A matter of accent

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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Isn't it strange how you can miss people you have never met?

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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Some memories of the Home Guard. My Dad's not mine.

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 27 Aug 16

I was reading @jabo about her father's experiences in the war and it brought to mind one or two of the memories my Dad shared with me about his time in the Home Guard. The Home Guard in our town never got issued with guns. One day...

home guard

dads army

home front

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I just want to say thank you

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 27 Aug 16

Thanks to all the MyLotters who have answered my recent discussions. I am not at all tech savvy and you have all been helpful and informative. The nearest I got to technology when I was younger was a manual typewriter. My...

thanks

mylotters

helpful

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Is there an easy way to find old discussions of mine?

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 26 Aug 16

I found a couple of poems I had forgotten I'd written on MyLot. Normally I would hand write a story or poem before putting them online but I had no copies of the ones I found on here. I tried looking through all my discussions but...

poems

find

patience

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One Drive and Google Drive are full, what next?

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 26 Aug 16

I had 15 something of space on One Drive, they reduced it to 5, unless I pay. My daughter moved most stuff to Google Drive, I've run out of space on that. Does anyone know where else I can store photographs etc., for free so I...

online storage

blogs

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Doesn't time fly?

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 20 Aug 16

It was 2012 lat time I posted anything so I thought I'd come and have a look at MyLot again. I used to enjoy the discussions on here. The site changed and, as I don't like change much, I decided to stop posting or even...

time

mylot

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Classic books. Who decides which books are classics and how do they decide?

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 9 Jul 12

I am an avid reader but have not read a lot of books which have the 'classic' label. I've tried to read some 'classics' and found them hard going. Is there a book you think should be a 'classic' which isn't?

authors

books

classics

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Proverbs

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 22 Apr 12

Me and my husband were thinking about changing some proverbs. We came up with 'a stitch in time saves embarrassment' and 'too many broths spoil the cook'. A friend said 'a bird in the hand is a messy plan'. Can anyone suggest...

proverbs

sayings

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Womens issues

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 31 Oct 11

I was answering a friends discussion with a similar title and noticed that most of the adverts were for shoes. Does this mean that shoes are the only important issue for women? I found it both strange and slightly offensive, does...

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Right to quiet

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 17 Mar 11

I was in hospital recently and next to each bed was a flickering screen inviting us to pay for TV, phone and internet access. It was a four bed ward and two people chose to have the TV on. Myself and another lady found the noise...

quiet

rights

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Feeling Old

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 11 Mar 11

I recently had to re-learn walking after having a stroke. The young physiotherapist suggested exaggerating the movements to remind my leg how to move. As soon as she said this I thought of John Cleese and The Ministry of Funny...

funny walks

john cleese

old

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What is the opposite of being 'fast asleep'?

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 18 Oct 10

I mentioned to someone that my grandson was fast asleep. Does that mean he'll be slow awake? Also, if you are said to be 'wide awake', would you be 'narrow asleep'?

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Are you contrary?

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 14 Oct 10

My daughter and her 2 boys have been staying with me for the past 10 months, all this time I've been wanting my house back. They have moved out today and I don't know if I want my house back. Is it just me or are others...

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How did we manage without computers?

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 14 Oct 10

Last week my husband needed to make an appointment with his doctor, when he phoned he was told they were unable to make an appointment because the computers were down. Please tell me how we managed before computers took over...

computers

doctors

history

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AAAArgh, the sun is out and so is the neighbours 'music'

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 5 Jun 10

Why, as soon as the weather is warm enough, do I have to listen to the constant bump, bump of a neighbours so called music? It would be bad enough if these people were teenagers but they have grandchildren of their own so why...

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Anarchy

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 4 Mar 10

I was explaining to my 10 year old grandson what an anarchist was. I'd just read a quote that said, 'I tried to start an anarchists group, but they wouldn't obey the rules'. My grandson asked 'what if the rule was not to obey the...

children

questions

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A new invention

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 2 Feb 10

Don't steal this idea but my 10 year old grandson has come up with a great idea for cheap power. He wants to invent a house that is powered by noise. I like quiet but he says he'll find a way to use the power without actually...

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I did it!

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 22 Dec 09

On 1st of November I decided to make each of my daughters a hand knitted garment for Christmas. I had my doubts about whether I would manage it but, yesterday, I finished the final garment. All of my girls are grown up and not of...

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1 person