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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 21h

Each time we go on a trip my wife packs our daughter’s clothes, given her limitations. Much preparation goes into the operation but there is always one inexplicable error made every time - no underwear for our daughter. When we...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam Even when I remind her she forgets. When we get home next Thursday there’ll be a pile of travel-ready undies sitting out that didn’t get to go on holiday. What she NEVER forgets is to take her hot water bottle, not even at the height of a sweltering...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 21 Dec

Walking along Princes Street this afternoon I felt intimidated by the crowds of shivering shoppers bearing down on me, and it seemed that everyone was going in the opposite direction to me, that I was invisible and was going to be...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam I suspect that many passers by were totally ignorant of the words to the tunes the Salvation Army band were playing. Sad.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (342110) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Dec

The photo shows the lounge area of the motor home. I don’t have a photo of it extended out yet but one day soon. Moving on .... When we moved from a small country property to suburbia, we had to find a new dentist, doctor,...

western australia

mechanic

car servicing

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Fiacre Banks @JudyEv I really don’t have anything worth stealing.

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LindaOH @LindaOHio (181717) • United States 22h

Since I haven't heard from my husband in a week, I don't have any real news. Today we will bring him his replacement phone so he will be able to call me. For some reason he doesn't like using the room phone. We will see what...

long term care

physical therapy

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Fiacre Banks @LindaOHio My wife’s aunt is now in a care home and we are not happy with it. Poor lady has dementia and no longer flushes the toilet but staff don’t bother checking and doing it for her. Most of her clothes have not come back from the laundry and they have...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 21h

Each time we go on a trip my wife packs our daughter’s clothes, given her limitations. Much preparation goes into the operation but there is always one inexplicable error made every time - no underwear for our daughter. When we...

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Fiacre Banks @dreamerby It’s quite difficult especially in a foreign country.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 21h

Each time we go on a trip my wife packs our daughter’s clothes, given her limitations. Much preparation goes into the operation but there is always one inexplicable error made every time - no underwear for our daughter. When we...

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Fiacre Banks @jstory07 Yes, but only at home!

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 21 Dec

Walking along Princes Street this afternoon I felt intimidated by the crowds of shivering shoppers bearing down on me, and it seemed that everyone was going in the opposite direction to me, that I was invisible and was going to be...

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Fiacre Banks @Dreamerby Yes, a very bad one.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 21 Dec

Walking along Princes Street this afternoon I felt intimidated by the crowds of shivering shoppers bearing down on me, and it seemed that everyone was going in the opposite direction to me, that I was invisible and was going to be...

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Fiacre Banks @dreamerby Yes. Kilts.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 21 Dec

Walking along Princes Street this afternoon I felt intimidated by the crowds of shivering shoppers bearing down on me, and it seemed that everyone was going in the opposite direction to me, that I was invisible and was going to be...

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Fiacre Banks @jstory07 Yes, there were bagpipes and I’d rather listen to cats getting strangled. There are many traditions in the world and not all of them are good.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 21 Dec

Luncheon was an excellent affair today in a Middle Eastern place off Princes street. We ordered an array of small dishes all tasting well and smelling better. Perfect. And the people-watching was great too. The was a woman on...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev I’m an inveterate student of such things, but I usually manage somehow to keep my observations to myself. When I worked in reception at the ER in a hospital in Belfast a distressed elderly man appeared with a large, swollen, ruddy, pick-marked nose on...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 21 Dec

Another splendiferous repast this evening, courtesy of our Scottish daughter who booked it and paid for half of it as a Christmas gift. She also looked after her sister to let us enjoy some ‘us’ time, something we rarely get but...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev it certainly was.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 20 Dec

The airport has policemen patrolling today, not anti-terror police, but run of the mill officers looking friendly and ready to deal with lost children and other distressing personal issues. But why are they never here when I...

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Fiacre Banks @rasmasandra I almost did that once in Moscow!

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 20 Dec

A quiet morning in a deep and dark December it is. Outside the wind is clearing away clouds but the soon-to-rise sun still hasn’t made much of an impact on the eastern sky. I got up at six to make sure we were ready to leave the...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev I was thinking that myself!!

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13152) • Ireland 18 Dec

After a number of dreadful hotel/restaurant meals recently I was persuaded to take my wife and daughter to a hotel up the coast for lunch. I was quite prepared to be underwhelmed once again, but was pleasantly surprised. The...

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Fiacre Banks @ambiepam The hymn? It’s the number one favourite at funerals here, especially among non believers!

18 Dec

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Sharon Elton @sharonelton (29317) • Lichfield, England 11 Dec

I'm going to teach you how to say some Christmas phrases in Welsh, from the picture above. I will write the English in normal type, then the Welsh in bold, and the pronunciation in italics. (What I like about the picture above...

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton Irish.

16 Dec

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Sharon Elton @sharonelton (29317) • Lichfield, England 11 Dec

I'm going to teach you how to say some Christmas phrases in Welsh, from the picture above. I will write the English in normal type, then the Welsh in bold, and the pronunciation in italics. (What I like about the picture above...

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton Merry Christmas and a happy new year in my native tongue.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (342110) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Dec

Vince went for a health care assessment the other day. These are recommended for seniors and involve the use of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). This test is used to gauge an individual’s cognitive level. Questions...

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Fiacre Banks @BarBaraPrz No. we just got cross with the doctor so he had his purpose after all!

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (342110) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Dec

It seems few remembered my story about conducting the brass band so perhaps you’ve forgotten or haven’t heard this one either. I hadn’t been in the band long when we had to play for Anzac Day. This involved marching. I had...

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Fiacre Banks @JudyEv I have a similar problem and when being told to go left or right I have to imagine myself eating with a fork and knife before acting.

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Always smiling @allknowing (137791) • India 8 Dec

Hibiscus is easy to grow. We had several varieties both common and hybrid. But these days we have none I am seriously thinking of cutting down some wild trees but at the same time wondering if that is a good decision. Should...

flowers or oxygen

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Fiacre Banks @allknowing From an English company, Kent and Sussex Tea Company.

9 Dec

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Sharon Elton @sharonelton (29317) • Lichfield, England 6 Dec

I was going to go shopping today, but the weather has put a stop to that. I mean, I think I could have gone, because the wind is really not supposed to be picking up till 3:00pm, but my Mum said best to stay in, in...

not shopping

wind

storm dara

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton That sounds like the Hebrew for Christians site I use.

9 Dec

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