Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14355)

Ireland

Joined myLot 10 years ago

An Irishman who has called many places home, enjoys whiskey in moderation and reads Dostoyevsky frequently.

Fiacre Banks's Responses

Hanging by a tiny patch of dirt

Judy Evans @JudyEv (363061) • Rockingham, Australia 11h

I took this photo on top of Elachbutting Rock which I’ve already told you about – several times in fact. These pretty little plants were growing in almost no earth at all. I’m always surprised how plants will establish...

western australia

elachbutting rock

survival

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Fiacre Banks @judyev And of course if you tried to replicate nature like this you would fail! Just stand back in amazement, that’s all we can do.

What's for dinner? September 18

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (124769) • United States 13h

What's going on the dinner table tonight? Do tell! Tonight I'm having roasted salmon with a blackening seasoning rub and EVOO on it. To go with it I am having leftover parmesan zucchini and some jasmine rice. It isn't anything...

whats for dinner

home cooking

leftovers

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Fiacre Banks @njchicaa Lasagne. It was the best lasagne I’ve ever made. And Lebanese wine.

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I Don't Enjoy Riding in the Car Anymore

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (52) • United States 12h

It's not my husband's aggressive driving (I think) but the other idiots on the road who are drifting into our lane because they're on their phones or zooming over in front of us with only two inches to spare. It's just not safe...

unsafe drivers

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Drivers here aren’t really too bad, but once you cross the border into the Irish Republic you fear for your life. Drivers seem intent on getting right up my tail pipe and they’ll just stop and park anywhere. If there are two lanes they straddle...

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Going on my holidays ….with The Mister ….for a week

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5285) • United Kingdom 12h

As you know The Mister works away Monday to Friday, and at the moment I am still off work because of my pesky arm. He is working by the sea at the moment and said if I wanted to go with him next week he would get somewhere nice...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne my wife is very surprising. Hope you have a great time away.

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Trump humbled by royal photocall?

Winterishere @thedevilinme (4388) • Northampton, England 15h

If anyone wants to know what the British Royal Family are for well this is it, stick their tongue firmly up despicable foreign dignitaries bottoms and tell them how great they are, Trump getting the full works. We are greatly...

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Fiacre Banks @winterishere And have you noticed what great neck muscles our royals have developed by watching airplanes flying overhead and pointing at them?

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One More Day

Amber @AmbiePam (103097) • United States 17h

Today is just packing, and then my best friend is coming over tonight to hang out, and then take my dog, Sadie.My sister and her family drive to pick us up tomorrow at noon, we drive to Dallas, and spend the night. Saturday...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam I’m off to Scotland for the week -I hope neither you nor me get seasick.

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I am going to try Salmon again …..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5285) • United Kingdom 20h

I always loved salmon ….either tinned, fresh or smoked. I used to eat it often, however about 6 years ago I suddenly became allergic to salmon….and prawns, and scampi. It was a great shock and disappointment to me. I tried several...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne Salmon is the best. Hope you keep it down.

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They Charged a Fee For Using a Credit Card

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (52) • United States 18 Sep

Hubby and I were blindsided yesterday at our lunch bill at the small deli style restaurant on campus at the senior living facility where mother-in-law lives. We wanted to get her used to how to get there on her own. You ordered...

credit card fee

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville I hate it when you pay by card and they ask if you want to add a tip hoping you’ll be too embarrassed to say no. I say no - a tip is a voluntary gratuity, not a charge.

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And yet more bargains …..great shopping day.

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5285) • United Kingdom 22h

So today Mom and I went shopping. I managed to get done bargains … I had two packets of cheeze it …like thick crisps / chips …..got 40% off I had two packets of rice , one pilau and one lemon& herbs both for 75p each instead of...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I got £90 a month knocked off my mortgage this morning. I had come to the end of a 2 year fixed rate and didn’t realise and my mortgage guy phoned and within 15 minutes I was sorted.

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Two things my Grandson did not know…..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5285) • United Kingdom 17 Sep

Kids are funny beings …..but sometimes we are funny to them too. When we moved into our current house the Grandkids were able to have a room set up for themselves. We have them stay with us every other weekend and I wanted them...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne I remember asking why some people called the counterpane a bedspread. Life used to be so elegant. I’ll bet your grandkids would look askance at you if you told them not to forget to pull the chain. Or is that just an Irish thing?

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We don’t want a smart meter ….thank you ….

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5285) • United Kingdom 17 Sep

I think bills are way too high these days generally. Having said that I know we have to pay them and I will always pay for what I use …..thinking gas / electric etc …. However, we do not want a smart meter, we prefer to take a...

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne If companies are trying to get us to something we can be quite sure that it’s for their own benefit, not ours. Perhaps if the government didn’t spend so much on RAF fly pasts to entertain American Presidents and to satisfy their own vanity more...

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$798 for One Boot

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (52) • United States 16 Sep

It's crazy. My podiatrist billed my health insurance company $798 for that walking cast boot that I'm wearing for my fractured foot. What kind of "boot" is worth $798? My share of that is going to be $238 which if I had known...

boot cast

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Whoever made that boot (and hundreds like it) made a smart career move early on. They’ll be able to retire at 40 and live on cruise ships. Where did we go wrong?

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Funny old day !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (5285) • United Kingdom 16 Sep

I had to be up early this morning for a zoom meeting about work. I had to set my alarm for the first time in several months. The meeting itself was only about 30 minutes ….i had no idea how long it was going to be...

dehydrating cherry tomatoes

meeting

work

physio

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Fiacre Banks @traceyjayne Yet here you are! I’m installed in a cafe with a Greek grammar book. I’d prefer to be in Athens, but grammar will have to suffice.

16 Sep

She was an interesting participant

Always smiling @allknowing (153750) • India 15 Sep

We have this game KBC (Who wants to be a Millionnaire) This participant was brilliant and she was bold and open at the same time. She seemed to have had a crush when it came to Amitabh Bachhan the conductor of the show and even...

kbc

interesting participant

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Fiacre Banks @allknowing An invitation to Bachhan's house would be a fine prize.

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He Took His Emotional Support Alligator to Wal-Mart

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (52) • United States 16 Sep

People are ridiculous. If you want to have an exotic or unusual pet, fine. But don't call it an emotional support animal. An alligator is NOT an emotional support animal. Some old dude in Pennsylvania says he's been taking his...

emotional support animals

alligator

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville It's the people around him who will need emotional support if that thing does what comes natural to alligators. People need to remember that they are part of a society and there's more than just them in the world. This man is clearly not well and...

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Sweater Weather Is Coming Soon - Do You Like Wearing Sweaters?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (52) • United States 16 Sep

I hate sweaters! They used to be wool and all itchy and stuff. But now they're just too hot. I get hot very easily and prefer a long-sleeve t-shirt. I think sweaters are very pretty but I am not comfortable wearing them. Do...

sweaters

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville The go-to present for an aging gentleman at Christmas and birthdays!! And I hate them. After a decent interval they get donated. I hate pulling clothes on over my head and it's worse pulling them off. Always had a fear of getting stuck. I'm told I...

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What Are You going to Do With Your myLot Payment from Yesterday?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (52) • United States 16 Sep

Yesterday was payday here on myLot. I hope everyone made payout for August, which was what was paid yesterday. What do you use your myLot money for? I just keep mine in PayPal and when I buy something online I use PayPal as...

payday

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville Like @porwest, along with a few other bits and pieces mine goes into an investment account - every little bit counts.

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What is the most vile thing you’ve ever tasted?

Amber @AmbiePam (103097) • United States 15 Sep

Up until this point, I don’t think I’ve tasted a lot of things that could be called vile (maybe medicine). Then, I got this tea (pictured) to review. I can best describe it as tasting like medicine with cleaning toxins included....

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam A totally rancid coffee in Greece. I kept trying to pour it into a pot plant on the window sill of the cafe in which I was sitting but each time the owner appeared from nowhere. I just can't figure out how anyone could make coffee to taste so...

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Trump said that 300 million people died due to drugs last year

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (124769) • United States 15 Sep

Presumably he was referring to Americans as he was attempting to justify a military attack on a fishing boat from Venezuela which killed 11 people. Um the population of the US is 340 million. Have practically all of us died? Even...

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Fiacre Banks @njchicaa And of course a rather large number of people in the (non white) world died from a LACK of drugs last year and every year. Unfortunately many Trump supporters recognise that he makes it up as he goes along but they seem to think that’s ok.

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Did You Enjoy going to School?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (52) • United States 15 Sep

I did and I didn't. I was an excellent student, straight A's, all through 12 years of public school. But I was bored. It wasn't challenging. I waited until I was 31 years old to start college and absolutely loved it. I soaked...

school

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville I absolutely school. I was home schooled till I was 10 which was fine, but beyond that it was awful. I seemed to be the only one there who was there to learn. I loved learning but not a lot of learning was possible in school for me. French and...

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