Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13289)

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

Strange behaviour

Fleur @Fleura (31261) • United Kingdom 15h

@DaddyEvil talking of hoarding just made me think of other people I knew and their strange behaviour. Once upon a time, a long time ago, two of my student friends shared a house with another young man they knew. As he was the...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura There’s no accounting for people’s foibles. That’s why they’re foibles, and isn’t great we have such a lovely word for it. Foibles. So much more pleasant and less judgmental than insanity.

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Today's shopping trip to the big Tesco again. (12/3/2025)

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30258) • Lichfield, England 17h

I went to the big Tesco again this afternoon. I went on my own again, and my Mum stayed at home to phone my brother and tell him we had some In Sympathy cards for them. When Syd dropped me off at the shop I got a trolley that...

shopping tesco

groceries

rain

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton Some sweet potatoes can be enormous. I like them like that so I can cut them into wedges and roast in the oven.

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Last Night

jaishankar @Shivram59 (39644) • India 17h

It is time for me to study Sanskrit. But I had a sleepless night yesterday. I'm feeling lazy. I don't know why I did not have a sound sleep last night. Usually I fall fast asleep minutes after lying on my bed. But last night a...

study sanskrit sleepless night sneaked

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Fiacre Banks @shivram59 Sleeplessness is a terrible affliction.

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Have you ever colored in adult coloring books?

snowy @snowy22315 (186393) • United States 18h

I bought one for my mother's birthday as one of her gifts She likes it, but is finding it very involved. I bought one for myself too It's kind of fun, but I like paint by number better.How do you come down on adult coloring...

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Fiacre Banks @snowy22315 Never done it but I wouldn’t say no.

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A funny SCAM email and what I may have learned from it.

The Horse @TheHorse (224354) • Walnut Creek, California 20h

I received an invoice needing my signature this morning. It was supposedly from Geek Squad, the installation and tech support arm of Best Buy, a large electronics retailer in the US. Do they have Best Buy where you live? Anyway,...

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Fiacre Banks @thehorse I got something similar from Geek Squad.

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Our Utility Company Installed New Smart Meters Today

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (53) • United States 19h

Our utility company, in an effort to reduce the need for meter readers, who incidentally get bitten by dogs and sometimes lack access to meters due to fences, have rolled out "smart meters." They are digital now and can be read...

smart meters

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville I’ve had one for years. I buy my electricity in advance on the phone but a guy comes to read the metre once a year just to make sure, and if he doesn’t get us in that’s on.

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Going to Try to Get a Pedicure Today

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (53) • United States 22h

It's Spring-like weather, which means sandals, which means I need to get my feet looking pretty. Hubby and I just got back from working out for an hour at the gym and then we're headed to the nail salon where he'll wait for me...

pedicure

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville17 days till the trip - can’t the feet wait until closer to the time to be nice and fresh?

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Holi – The Festival of Colours & Joy!

@mayka123 @mayka123 (16891) • India 21h

Holi, the colourful celebration, is rapidly approaching! This spring festival celebrates the triumph of good over evil and is mostly observed in Nepal and India. ?? During this period, there will be happiness, unity, and,...

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Fiacre Banks @mayka123 I remember seeing the 1984 film Holi, set of course, during Holi.

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More about unwanted features

Fleur @Fleura (31261) • United Kingdom 22h

This follows on from my post about annoying features in my car… The one thing I can’t resolve in our now-shared car, is that with this car, you can’t open the boot (trunk) just by lifting the catch in the ‘old-fashioned’ way –...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura What I need in a car is that it starts in the morning and will take me from A to B. I hate automatic seat warmers - I always worry that I’ve wet myself when they take me unawares. I don’t use sat nav because I don’t like being told what to do and when...

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Ordered for Zinnia seeds

Always smiling @allknowing (142028) • India 12 Mar

Despite my decision not to go for seasonal flowers I see some sunshine in the garden and that has tempted me to try and grow some seasonal flowers I will start with zinnias as they are quick, colourful and easy to grow The lot...

zinnia seeds

seasonal flowers

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Fiacre Banks @allknowing I adore zinnias. They (along with hibiscus, marigold and frangipanis) always transport me back to my childhood in Africa.

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TIPS

Jim Bauer @porwest (96955) • United States 22h

I am not sure if it is actually true, or if someone just made it up, but the concept behind it, true or not, still makes perfect sense when it comes to offering someone a tip. Supposedly the word "tip" or "tips" is an acronym...

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Fiacre Banks @porwest In Athens restaurants the waiters have the nerve to ask if you want to offer a tip if you pay by credit card. Not if you pay by cash. I learned to pay by cash.

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I got it right this time!

Fleur @Fleura (31261) • United Kingdom 10 Mar

Third time lucky it seems. My partner tried to do it but couldn’t get it right, and then I had a go, and made it worse! But this time I seem to have succeeded! Although it did take about an hour to unwind and then re-thread the...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura I knew you would get there. There’s nothing nicer than putting on a fresh white shirt that has been dried on a washing line that enjoys propinquity to a lavender bush. Bed sheets too, all starchy, cold and smelling of the garden.

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Time to sort this out!

Fleur @Fleura (31261) • United Kingdom 10 Mar

We have a rotary washing line outside. It was here when we bought the house and I think it must have been here almost 20 years before that because it’s concreted into the patio that the previous owners created when they revamped...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura I feel your pain. They’re a nightmare to re-thread, and I know you’re not the person to throw it out and buy another.

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Don't look for me tomorrow

Judy Evans @JudyEv (347964) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Mar

We have the motor-home outside our door and are packing it ready to head off later this morning. We’re going to our house-sit place to meet with the people, who used to be our neighbours. After getting instructions on feeding the...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Obviously the funeral won’t be very enjoyable but I hope you enjoy everything else.

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Debunking an old wives' tale

Fleur @Fleura (31261) • United Kingdom 7 Mar

There is a lot of blurring between ‘traditional medicine’ and ‘old wives’ tales’ and often you just don’t know how much truth there may be in such things. Sometimes for example, use of a herbal treatment may turn out to have a...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura Oh the things we tell ourselves! Apparently if you eat a banana and wash it down with coke you’ll get high. That’s the kind of school I went to.

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Are you old enough to recognise this man?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (347964) • Rockingham, Australia 7 Mar

Are any of you old enough to have heard of Lech Walesa? He was Poland’s first democratically elected president since 1926 and the first to be elected by popular vote. He led the movement which ended Communist rule in Poland in...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev I don’t think Donald will be overly concerned about criticism from someone he’s probably never heard of - he certainly paid scant attention to my objections.

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Am I too old-fashioned?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (347964) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Mar

An old couch-surfing friend has got back in touch lately. She is now qualified as a metallurgist and is a FIFO (fly in fly out) worker on a remote mine site. She doesn’t know many people here and looks to us as someone she can...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Chit chat from the potty is very bad form. Several times I have been offended during a phone conversation when it has been accompanied by a thunderous flush and I’ve just hung up. Equally unpsetting, offensive and disturbing is being addressed by...

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Have you ever served on a jury?

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (121849) • United States 3 Mar

Tomorrow will be my first time. Honestly I was shocked to be selected. Hundreds of people either were given hardship exemptions or simply were dismissed after being interviewed by the judge. Then after 14 of us were seated and...

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Fiacre Banks @njchicaa Oh yes. Much hanging about. First case was stupid - one man said the other hit him, the other said he didn’t. Both were drunk at the time. Second case was rape. We were warned that we’d be shown some extreme porn belonging to accused as part of...

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What's In YOUR Wallet?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (53) • United States 3 Mar

Have you seen those commercials for Capital One credit cards that ask, "What's in YOUR wallet?" Well, I'm asking, what's in your wallet? Not your purse or backpack or sling bag. Just your wallet. Mine has paper money, coin...

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Fiacre Banks @looeyville credit card that I can use abroad without incurring bank charges, driving licence, two other credit cards that I never use, debit card, card for collecting Avios points and an emergency, probably out of date condom. Joking - there’s only one credit...

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What would you do if you fell out with your neighbours?

Fleur @Fleura (31261) • United Kingdom 3 Mar

According to the UNHCR, at present the UK is hosting over 350,000 refugees and asylum seekers. But how many of these people are genuine refugees in need, in the way it would normally be understood? Obviously I know people are...

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Fiacre Banks @Fleura I wanted to retire to India but wasn’t allowed even though I’d not be taking an Indian job or pension, and would be self financing, spending my British pension in India and paying for my own healthcare etc. they stopped issuing retiree visas. But yes,...

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