Fiacre Banks (@xFiacre) on myLot

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (26) • United States 18h

Luxembourg was my 100th country and I wore a special shirt and held a special sign I had made to celebrate the occasion with a photo Random strangers were congratulating me and telling me I was their hero It really is a...

100 countries

luxembourg

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville let me be 1st to congratulate you here. Comhghairedeas, félicitations etc.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13679) • Ireland 18h

There is a very scenic railway that runs between Domodossola in Italy and Locarno in Switzerland. It’s famed for its dramatic scenery. But wait for the best part. It’s managed jointly by an Italian company and a Swiss company,...

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Amber @AmbiePam (98675) • United States 21h

I heard this a long time ago, and if you have been on Mylot long you have seen our resident cruise goer talk about it. It’s ducks! People hide them all over the cruise ship for other passengers to find. My sister and her kids...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam I’ll take the weird option thanks. With custard and ice cream and a big strawberry on top.

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Always smiling @allknowing (146537) • India 30 May

We have been on several package holidays where we meet others and we become friends We pick those with whom we can interact better We were holidaying in Kashmir and at one point we were to share a room with another couple...

group tours

thoughtful couple

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Fiacre Banks @Ineeddentures I like to check the other party’s credentials first. And NO cameras.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13679) • Ireland 31 May

I’m trying to renew my car insurance but I need it to cover both Ireland and the UK since I hop back and forth across the border frequently. I also want breakdown cover for both jurisdictions. Prices are on the high side and...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Well when something free costs £42 I’ve a fair idea that it’s bad. Very bad.

31 May

Always smiling @allknowing (146537) • India 30 May

We have been on several package holidays where we meet others and we become friends We pick those with whom we can interact better We were holidaying in Kashmir and at one point we were to share a room with another couple...

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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures But what if some other uninhibited couple (or thruple in these days of enlightened thinking) decide to indulge in some how’s your father while sharing your room?

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13679) • Ireland 31 May

I’m trying to renew my car insurance but I need it to cover both Ireland and the UK since I hop back and forth across the border frequently. I also want breakdown cover for both jurisdictions. Prices are on the high side and...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13679) • Ireland 30 May

This internet thingy is just great. It has many down sides but right now it feels great being able to organise the renewal of my car insurance while xertzing a very cold locally brewed beer in a walled garden in Bayeux. It’s a...

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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures Onecall it was. They’re quite hard nosed about letting you take your business elsewhere.

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (26) • United States 30 May

I have now been to 99 countries as of my landing in Belgium about an hour ago. Tomorrow’s the big day when I hit #100 Not touring Brussels until Sunday so no photos yet. Taking a day trip to Luxembourg tomorrow Time zones...

belgium

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Will you start your next 100 after Luxembourg or will you just stagnate? Please don’t stagnate.

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Amber @AmbiePam (98675) • United States 30 May

I have a lot of light colors in my living room, with dark wood accompanying it. My couch is red (prettier than it probably sounds), although it is on its last leg. It lasted ten years, but it’s time to get something else to sleep...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam living room kind of lilacy but not as old lady as it sounds. Teal sofa which goes better with lilacish carpet than it sounds.

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Xavier Bage @franxav (14148) • India 30 May

The earlier we know and accept it the better for her and for us. Cultures in different parts of the earth are different. Family values in the east are different from those in the west. Times are changing fast too. Children of...

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Fiacre Banks @franxav My wife has a very hard time with this issue. We have a daughter in Scotland and one in England. We have two sons who live close by, but daughters are different. Our fifth (and final) child is a girl who will always be at home with us because she is...

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (26) • United States 30 May

This was one of the condiments in our table at the airport restaurant this morning I can’t imagine what it is. Sweet? Savory? Bbq sauce? Do any of my English people know what this is?

breakfast sauce

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Although not English, I’d hazard a guess that it’s a take on HP sauce, all full of salt, sugar, fat and colouring. Yuck.

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Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30559) • Lichfield, England 30 May

So I went to Tuneless Choir again for the third time on Wednesday. I walked it there again. It was very good and they sang a couple of my favourite songs. Here is what we sang. (My favourites are highlighted with a * ) [b]Come...

tuneless choir

singing

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton My favourite on that list is Lily the Pink. I could do with some medicinal compound just now.

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LooeyVille @LooeyVille (26) • United States 30 May

As we are here quite a while we’ve had several opportunities to see the facilities here at the airport They are quite excellent Very large roomy stalls with doors that go all the way to the floor Very clean. Very well...

london

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville This is the most important feature of public space - the facilities. Well done Heathrow. So long as the toilets are good other faults can be coped with.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13679) • Ireland 30 May

This internet thingy is just great. It has many down sides but right now it feels great being able to organise the renewal of my car insurance while xertzing a very cold locally brewed beer in a walled garden in Bayeux. It’s a...

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Always smiling @allknowing (146537) • India 30 May

We have been on several package holidays where we meet others and we become friends We pick those with whom we can interact better We were holidaying in Kashmir and at one point we were to share a room with another couple...

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Fiacre Banks @allknowing Sharing a room with another couple is unthinkable. I’m glad that situation was resolved satisfactorily and with generosity.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (354564) • Rockingham, Australia 30 May

I was asked the other day if I could share a recipe which I was pleased to do. The recipe was for scones and I realised that I don't actually bother with a recipe for them. Depending on how many I want to make, I might several...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Life’s too short for fussy accuracy. In time you just get a feel for it.

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Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30559) • Lichfield, England 30 May

I didn't go shopping to the little Tesco on Tuesday because of the rain. So, on Wednesday, I got everything I would have got on Tuesday from the big Tesco. So I got there, posted a letter, got rid of the soft recycle, and went up...

shopping

tesco

groceries

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton Lazing in the sunshine for me mostly with the prospect of maigret de canard for dinner.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13679) • Ireland 28 May

Prices are tumbling here, or at least the price of aubergines is. Recently in the supermarket I frequent they had risen to £0.95 each, but I noted this morning that the price has dropped to £0.69 each, a welcome dip. So I bought...

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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures Excellent dish.

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Jimlos Tatooth @Ineeddentures (2121) 29 May

Oh dear, the wah cloth. So I had to go back to the woman's computer I fixed to connect up her new WiFi router as I agreed that I would do when it arrived in the post. 5 minutes job and she had wall to wall WiFi, a job well...

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Fiacre Banks @ineeddentures If that woman can afford a computer surely she can afford a roll or two of Andrex to wipe her dog’s butt. She has a point of course - I’d never let a dog slither itself over my sofa, but I just wouldn’t have a dog in the house rather than wipe...

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