Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13228)

Ireland

Joined myLot 10 years ago

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

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I Just Love Freedom

Go Crossbones @crossbones27 (50156) • Mojave, California 27 Feb

How it should look or sound, I do not know. How it should not look, I have a good idea. I was supposed to go live under a rock but I do not know how to do that. I do not care if you want freedom. I do want you to honor the...

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Forced to sit by a dead body for hours on a plane? Would you want to do this?

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (41266) 26 Feb

I have seen several versions of this incident that occurred sometime last week. A woman went to use the restroom, and collapsed in the isle and died on the way back to her seat. They were unable to revive her. They tried to get...

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Marie Coyle In this case, I think it may have been rather difficult to see a bright side. At least from the other passengers!

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 27 Feb

Forced to sit by a dead body for hours on a plane? Would you want to do this?

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (41266) 26 Feb

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 27 Feb

Today's shopping trip to the big Tesco. (26/2/2025)

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30166) • Lichfield, England 26 Feb

I went to the big Tesco again this afternoon, and this week my Mum came with me too. I went and got a trolley, making sure it didn't have a wonkey wheel, and then I went and put the soft recycle in the recycle receptacle as usual....

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 27 Feb

I Inadvertently Saved a Ton of Money

Jim Bauer @porwest (96697) • United States 27 Feb

I forgot to mention that on Tuesday I took my truck for a much-needed oil change, and a few days earlier, I noticed the engine light came on and it was running a bit rough. Nothing major, but noticeable enough to decide I'd be...

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 27 Feb

Dolly peg people

Judy Evans @JudyEv (347095) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Feb

I wrote about wooden clothes pegs/pins and how they needed to be boiled to make them last longer. They are often called ‘dolly pegs’ as they have a rounded ‘head’ and appear to have two legs. The pegs are often dressed up as...

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 18 Feb

It’s a rainy night in Paris.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13228) • Ireland 18 Feb

I can think of nothing sweeter than to wander the streets of Paris on a cold February night with rain falling. I’ve been doing a lot of that and now I’ve stepped into a bar at Place de la Contrescarpe for a whiskey. It’s the bar...

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lilacskies @xFiacre Oh, she had a husband. Never mind.

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 18 Feb

It’s a rainy night in Paris.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13228) • Ireland 18 Feb

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George B Vieto You are having a great time in France.

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 18 Feb

It’s a rainy night in Paris.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13228) • Ireland 18 Feb

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RasmaSandra You made me think of the Bonnie Tyler song Lost in France

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 13 Feb

A mobile washing machine

Judy Evans @JudyEv (347095) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Feb

The photo shows what’s described as a Power Wash ‘n Dry Clean Machine. It was another interesting item that we saw in the Collie Museum. Someone had used it when they were caravanning. It doesn’t say how old it is but I think...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre Before we got the washing machine, everything got boiled in the copper. By the time the men's work clothes went in there was a dirty soapy scum on top of the water.

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Feb

Today's shopping trip to the big Tesco. (12/2/2025)

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30166) • Lichfield, England 12 Feb

I went shopping to the big Tesco again today. Mum stayed at home again because of her legs. She gave me her shopping list, club card and £250 in cash before I went out. Syd had written quite a long shopping list and Mum had...

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 12 Feb

Not going to the little Tesco today because of the weather again.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30166) • Lichfield, England 11 Feb

I haven't been to the little Tesco again today because of the weather. It is wet and miserable again. I'll get everything I was going to get today from the big Tesco tomorrow, including the TV magazines and Syd's chocolate bar....

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Sharon Elton How is the OT Hebrew coming along? I hope you got everything you wanted when you went to ASDA. Glad you managed to weed the flower bed. I hope you enjoyed your dinner.

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What do you make of this?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (347095) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Feb

Here is another of the items we saw in the Collie Museum. It’s a home-made wheelchair; at least, I think it is but there is really nowhere for a person’s legs to go. It looks like it should be propelled by moving the ‘arms’ back...

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Judy Evans So true. Maybe it's for a person who has lost their legs.

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We are living in the stupidest of times

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (121598) • United States 11 Feb

Some random Republican Congressman introduced a bill that would allow Trump to enter negotiations to try to acquire Greenland and then rename it "Red, White and Blueland". What the hell? Are these people serious? I swear there...

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Four Walls To anyone from Greenland, and to anyone from Canada: I personally apologize for the idiot at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I didn’t vote for him, but I feel the need to reiterate that all Americans are not like him. Most of us love you as allies and support you...

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What do you make of this?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (347095) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Feb

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 11 Feb

Not going to the little Tesco today because of the weather again.

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30166) • Lichfield, England 11 Feb

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 10 Feb

We fixed it!

Fleur @Fleura (31079) • United Kingdom 10 Feb

So, to put the cistern back, we first made sure all the rubber seals were nice and tight – no leaks there. Then we lifted the cistern back into position and somehow, lying on my back on the floor, I managed to winkle the washers...

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 10 Feb

Help needed please – especially from the Indians out there!

Fleur @Fleura (31079) • United Kingdom 10 Feb

I have a lot of things I inherited from my mother, and many of those she inherited from her parents. Every now and then I will attempt to sort through a few of them but it all takes so much time! Here is one thing I would like to...

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Fiacre Banks liked this • 10 Feb

Toilet trouble

Fleur @Fleura (31079) • United Kingdom 10 Feb

The people who lived in this house before us did a lot of work modifying it to their own preferences, and one of those was plenty of bathrooms all done very neatly, i.e. with all the pipes etc, boxed in and hidden away. As a...

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