Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12920)
Ireland
Joined myLot 9 years ago
An Irishman who has called many places home, enjoys whiskey in moderation and reads Dostoyevsky frequently.
Fiacre Banks's Activity
celticeagle
@celticeagle (165620)
• Boise, Idaho
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I don't think of myself as 'elderly'. To me, they are very fragile, shrunken, and delicate. I think of myself as about 30-40 cognitively speaking. Physically I feel 80+. But I just read somewhere online that those over 65 years...
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (28366)
• Lichfield, England
22h
Today's Welsh word is:-
Shwmae
This is one way of saying hello in Welsh, and is pronounced shoo-mai
I was listening to Wynne Evans radio show from 15 October on BBC Radio Wales on the BBC Sounds app last...
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139152)
• Philippines
29 Oct
It may sound weird, but I sometimes dream in English. It cannot be denied that English is not my first language. But then I teach it to my non-native speaker students. In my mind, it is inevitable that I dream of speaking English...
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Fiacre Banks @shavkat I remember dreaming in French for the first time and that’s when I realised that speaking French was becoming second nature for me. I was living in Paris at the time, using French every day, but that was the first time I felt relaxed and natural about...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338357)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Oct
We took photos of the horses and riders who were competing in a marathon event at the weekend. Most of the riders were entered just in the 16 km horse-ride but a few had already done an 11 km run, a 6 km paddle (canoe) and a 1 km...
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Amber
@AmbiePam (91680)
• United States
29 Oct
How long could you happily watch nature? Would animals keep your attention, or would it have to be the ocean for your focus to be captured. This photo was taken at Arbuckle Wilderness in Oklahoma. I love gazing at animals, no...
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (28366)
• Lichfield, England
29 Oct
I've been to the little Tesco this morning. My Mum gave me her shopping list, club card, TV magazine voucher and £30. She said she didn't know why she was giving me £30 because she thought £20 would be enough, but she gave me the...
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (28366)
• Lichfield, England
29 Oct
I've been to the little Tesco this morning. My Mum gave me her shopping list, club card, TV magazine voucher and £30. She said she didn't know why she was giving me £30 because she thought £20 would be enough, but she gave me the...
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (28366)
• Lichfield, England
29 Oct
I've been to the little Tesco this morning. My Mum gave me her shopping list, club card, TV magazine voucher and £30. She said she didn't know why she was giving me £30 because she thought £20 would be enough, but she gave me the...
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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton The Sun is shining here so the neighbours are out with their whining lawnmower - again.
29 Oct
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338357)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
We’ve been away for two nights taking photos at the Blackwood Marathon in Bridgetown, Western Australia. The marathon has five sections, one of which is riding a horse for 16 kilometres. We take photos of the horses and riders....
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Fleur
@Fleura (30085)
• United Kingdom
28 Oct
I have heard Americans talk about stone fences, for example when describing the countryside of Yorkshire which is well known for its miles of dry-stone walls, so I understood the term ‘stone fence’ to be American for ‘wall’.
But...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12920)
• Ireland
28 Oct
Not much can beat a dander along Carnlough beach in the late afternoon sunshine at the end of autumn. The world is held in a gentle quietness, the retreating tide leaving the sand wet and gleaming under the benign influence of a...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338357)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
We’ve been away for two nights taking photos at the Blackwood Marathon in Bridgetown, Western Australia. The marathon has five sections, one of which is riding a horse for 16 kilometres. We take photos of the horses and riders....
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (28366)
• Lichfield, England
25 Oct
I was hoping to go shopping today. I was going to go to the Vodafone shop to ask them why I can't vote for someone on Strictly Come Dancing, I was going to go and get a Start Art magazine from WH Smith, and I was going to get my...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (338357)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Oct
I learnt something interesting today and thought you might it so too. Bees get drunk. Did you know that? I certainly didn’t. I’ve seen bees that certainly seem woozy but it never crossed my mind that they were drunk.
When...
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