
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13908)
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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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13908)
• Ireland
12 Jul

I called an Uber tonight to us from our daughter’s house to the apartment we’re staying. It arrived, a white car as stated and I jumped in. The driver muttered something to me and I said yes thinking he’d asked if all was well....
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13908)
• Ireland
12 Jul

Is the world spawning an increased amount of weirdos or did I just never notice them before?
Yesterday, in this quiet suburb in Manchester where I currently am, a terrible kerfuffle erupted while I was waiting for a tram. A man...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13908)
• Ireland
30 Jun

This past week we’ve heard all about the extravagant nuptials of Mr and Mrs Bezos. And how many girls who now decry the nonsense would themselves indulge in excess and folly if they got the chance? Quite a few I imagine.
The bee...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13908)
• Ireland
30 Jun

In this ridiculously over-heated weather phenomenon Europeans (and others) are experiencing, there has been a surge in demand for sitooteries in Ireland.
People erect them in their gardens and sit under them dressed in only what...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13908)
• Ireland
23 Jun

During a country ramble this morning we came across what is locally known as the hidden village. Ten or so cottages like the one in the photo above were abandonned over the course of time. In the 1820s the population was about 60...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13908)
• Ireland
19 Jun

I think it’s usually better to leave menus untranslated because translators invariably get stuff hilariously wrong. Pictured here is an extract from a menu where we ate last week in France. I think the term ‘sausage’ would have...
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13908)
• Ireland
14 Jun

I took my brother out in his wheelchair today for lunch. It’s only when you do that sort of thing that you discover how well or otherwise a town caters for wheelchair users. Bayeux is reasonable although there are a lot of cobbled...
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