rosyrose

@vickyrose (2235)

Cooma, Australia

Joined myLot 9 years ago

Done this and done that. Retired and senior, living in the Snowy Mountains, Australia. Sharing snippets of whatever is happening around me.

Discussions (172)

rosyrose's Discussions

I was nearly scammed

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 5 Aug 23

I received a message from one of my close friends telling me that ahe just won a money price and when the price was delivered to her, she saw my name on the list of winners. She told me to click on the link to contact the prize...

scam

fake winnings

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One of my tea sets.

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 22 Jul 23

I love tea sets. I have a small collection,6 sets and this is one of them. When my friends come for a cup pf tea, I can only entertain 3 people at a time in my tiny house, I use my collection to use for our cups of tea. They...

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My spaghetti bolognaise

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 20 Jun 23

My family loves their pastas. One favourite is the spaghetti bolognaise. They used to order this in an Italian restaurant but sometimes they find it quite sour. So I googled some recipes, had a hit and miss attempts, till I...

spaghetti bolognaise

pasta

italian food

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Morning fog by the cemetery

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 7 Jun 23

On our way to town, i took a photo of a foggy cemetery. Our residence is very near the cemetery. I don’t mind as I regard it as a sacred peaceful place as the resting place of someone’s physical being, whose earthy life has...

cemetery

home near the cemetery

morning fog

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Cucumbers and olives

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 5 Jun 23

I always have this as our side dish. Our cucumbers would either be fresh or pickled. Our olives are the commercial pickled type that I buy either in the supermarket or delicatessen shops. With the fresh cucumbers, I dress them...

cucumber

olives

side dish

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Train ride

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 22 May 23

I like riding the train. I did this recently when I visited my daughter, I opted to go on the train. It was only a 10 minute ride, but I enjoyed it. The train that I was on will terminate in Sydney after 4 hours or so. I had to...

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Scammers Part 2

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 6 Feb 23

This scam involves the online markets on Facebook. These are not properly monitored and secured. My friend ordered two pairs of shoes from an online vendor on the Swap and Sell market. She paid for the shoes and the postage...

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Scammers Part 1

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 28 Jan 23

I have a friend who was victimised twice by scammers. One involved her online order, where she received a confirmation phone call about her order. She was asked details of her credit card, which she unsuspectedly gave. She was...

scams

scammers

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Celebrating the Lunar New Year 2023, Year of the Rabbit

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 23 Jan 23

In every Chinatown, Chinese New Year is celebrated around this time. In the past, I used to visit my city’s Chinatown to check on the fanfare. It’s pretty colourful, red and gold are the dominant colors for decorations, Chinese...

lunar new year

new year celebration

dragon dance

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Empanadas have you tasted them?

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 16 Jan 23

Empanada are savoury pastries and they were my favourites growing up. Somehow, Ive forgotten about them till I saw and bought some samosas that tasted like a modified empanada, with a curry seasoning. So I googled the recipe and...

empanada

savoury

samosas

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A classmate from 50 years ago came to visit

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 10 Jan 23

Thanks to Facebook, I’m reconnected with friends, relatives and classmates who now live overseas or in my hometown. The beauty of social media, we can communicate so fast and make plans. One of my classmates, whom I haven’t seen...

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Another year, each day is a bonus.

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 4 Jan 23

Happy New Year 2023 to all! Late November last year, 2022 i experienced for the first time, being positive with Covid19. Hubby felt unwell first and tested positive. I tested positive also, 5 days later. I got it from him since we...

covid 19

new year

2023

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Useless dental appointment

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 15 Nov 22

Dental appointments are hard to come by unless it’s an emergency. I made this appointment today nearly 2 months ago. I just moved here in February, i needed to register as a patient in a dental and medical clinic, I wanted to...

dentures

dental

dentists

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Spending time with the children

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 2 Nov 22

I have an empty nest. I live 1.5 hrs drive away from my kids. I went to visit them last weekend, spending a night with the daughter and a couple of nights with the son. They were both working while I was there. While they were...

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Do you still read books?

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 29 Oct 22

I do. I like the hard copies too. Nowadays, I am interested in reading non fiction, biographies, memoirs and auto biographies. I hardly buy books at the bookshop. I usually borrow them at our local library. I visited the library...

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Lodging my income tax return

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 28 Oct 22

I procrastinate when it comes to submitting my income tax return. We sold an investment property and this makes it quite complicated. But today, i finally done it for hubby and me. The deadline is 2 days from now, and I’m so...

income tax

procrastination

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Marriage relationship crisis

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 23 Oct 22

I have two close people who are undergoing through marital separation proceedings. It is affecting me in a way as they are both close to my heart and my family. It is sad that after nearly 30 years of togetherness, some couple...

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Halloween again soon

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 22 Oct 22

I enjoyed Halloween when the kids were small. They would usually attend a kid's Halloween parties with all the costumes and trimmings. They also go trick or treat around the neighborhood and end up with a lot of goodies they...

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Saving my photos on YouTube

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 13 Oct 22

Since 2014, I’ve subscribed to ICloud to save my 50,000 photos. I’m a prolific photographer using my Ipad. After using up my free storage quota, early last year, I subscribed to $4.99 a month to keep my photos. I just learnt...

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Our internet provider breached our privacy

rosyrose @vickyrose (2235) • Cooma, Australia 7 Oct 22

It’s awful, our internet provider informed us that the personal details and identity documents we provided might have been breached as a hacker has downloaded personal details and identification documents submitted when we first...

identity theft

breach

privacy

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