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Re: Re: Kabu
yes give it back to Archie;Time ti retire ; like me!! 
posted by
Kabu
on September 15, 2013 at 12:30 PM
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Thank you Judy .
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 11:43 PM
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Thank you Justi hope you and George are keeping well.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 11:43 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Ciel
I won't send her a photo then and don't be a naughty girl.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 11:40 PM
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Those flowers are so beautiful. I always love your poems. Get a good rest today. Be blessed. 
posted by
Justi
on September 14, 2013 at 10:13 PM
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Gorgious flowers! Loved the poem too!
posted by
MsJudy
on September 14, 2013 at 5:14 PM
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Re: Re: Ciel
I suppose they might well have swooned... or perhaps they simply fell over. My mom who will be 91 the end of this month falls over fairly often. Maybe she is thinking of gentlemen's knees...
posted by
Ciel
on September 14, 2013 at 12:00 PM
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Re: Ciel
Well Ciel I think you must have a photographic mind.
I have been posing in my 1949 bathing suit.
It was to bring back pleasant memories
to the residents of a nursing home.
Seven or was it eight? Octogenarian gentle ladies
swooned. Of course not many can achieve such
a feat, being of slight build and living a life of hardship.
I am not going to brag any more. It does come over my knees
a gentleman does not show his joints. 
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:43 AM
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Re: Annicita
Yes but if you were desperate and lived in an ivory tower, it might encourage you to dangle.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:30 AM
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Re: Why, asks the country girl who learned no guile coming up
Yes it is a problem Pat, If only one knew what to look for, The little smart-asses seem to stir some stupid sense.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:27 AM
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Re: Taps
Yes it is all expensive daring rides for those who have no idea that once one would go to the fair with sixpence and have a great time. Dahlias, Taps sadly some are two large for cut flowers and I have to snip the heads.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:24 AM
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Re: Jimmy
I think I would probably have a set of dumbells Jimmy. It looks like it will be wet or I might have tried for a photo of the up and down horses. If ever I can get my strength back I will get a photo of lifting a half hundred weight with one finger. Just bragging.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:20 AM
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Re:swordfingers
Thank you dear hope you are feeling OK.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:13 AM
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Re: Kabu
I expect you would buy the lot Kabu, half price, if you behave. Really I am fed up with it the rain kept soaking the bags of apples and pears . I had to bring them inside and dry them out twice. I shall be glad to let Archie have the business, he is back today.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:12 AM
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Well if you needed a rubber I suppose you could use the little girl's behind.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM
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You may have the answer FS . Sadly I forget the poem.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:04 AM
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Re: Anohr
Isn't that more of an agricultural show Adnohr. Our old fairs used to sell bags of flour to poke down a girls back and water squirts. What joy. Yes Pat makes a nice little sensible comment.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 10:03 AM
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Re: CCT
I think they had plaits Naut, I think it would have been feasible then. Well on a first floor flat. 
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 9:56 AM
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Re: ChiffChaff
Oh; dear Bro you need taller trees.Tough luck.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 14, 2013 at 9:51 AM
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ChiffChaff
Lovely flowers. All of our apples disappeared almost overnight with the deer and bear and leaving only a few for the crows Bro.
posted by
WileyJohn
on September 13, 2013 at 8:21 PM
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CCT
That's an impressive bucket of flora! And this business of the lady letting her hair down for the the wandering minstrel (or whatever he was) to climb up on - I never really believed that! Frayed ends, you know - too weak! Today ladies know about frayed ends and take care of them, but in those days, before TV, nobody knew of frayed ends, and their suitors would never have got off the ground...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 13, 2013 at 7:32 PM
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Very pretty flowers! I enjoy the village fairs. Fortunately the one we have here hasn't changed much - still agriculture and home ec tents, beef and horse showings, demolition derby and, of course the midway and candy apples. My favorite ride was the merry-go-round, or carousel. We stayed on the ground. Enjoyed Pat-B's response to your poem.
posted by
adnohr
on September 13, 2013 at 6:32 PM
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Oh, yes, the wetness can make the cutting difficult...A great question to ponder at the beginning of the poem.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 13, 2013 at 6:30 PM
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I remember playing with the hair of the little girl who sat in front of me in 3rd grade and thinking, how did he ever get up her hair, (Repunsel I mean)...The flowers were wonderful.
posted by
UtahJay
on September 13, 2013 at 3:53 PM
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I cannot imagine even a nit trying to climb up my hair
i love the memories of when a Fair really was a Fair...ut it would be tough hoping each year to snag a job...I suppose one could always go into service...I love the flowers and if I was there I would buy them all....Oh No...I couldn't take a gift...Oh well if you insist...
posted by
Kabu
on September 13, 2013 at 3:50 PM
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... nice post.
posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on September 13, 2013 at 2:40 PM
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Why, asks the country girl who learned no guile coming up
under mother's watchful eye, does the poet so praise the girl in the tower who's above it all and spends her days doing her hair? Does he not see a girl so shy, just across the cobbled street, moving quietly by?
posted by
Pat_B
on September 13, 2013 at 1:34 PM
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A little tip: never climb or work amongst tall, wet flowers or plants unless you know you're going to take a nice hot shower afterward! And you're right . . . the "older" fairs sound better. Hey, if they still had the people showing up with instruments of their trades, skills or special talents, as a writer, you could parade around with a huge ostrich feather quill pen! I'll bet that would be unique . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on September 13, 2013 at 1:34 PM
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I haven't been to the State Fair for ever so long, for as you say it has gone to "high rides" (We call it the Midway) and loud music, and strange things to eat that cost a fortune, such as fried dill pickles on a stick. It definitely is not like it used to be.
This bucket of flowers is one of your prettiest. I love the colors.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 13, 2013 at 1:30 PM
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all i can say about someone climbing up my hair is OUCH!!!!!
just detangling it when it was long was a nightmare
posted by
Annicita
on September 13, 2013 at 1:00 PM
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The flowers are lovely!
And an easy solution to the wet: wear your bathing suit. I'll bet it's long in the leg, nearly to the knees, and has straps over the shoulder... If you don't have one, I think there is one in the costumes collection downstairs.
posted by
Ciel
on September 13, 2013 at 11:59 AM
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