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When I spent some time in England I did at times think there often was a kind of damp chill in the air, and on one or two occasions the fog seemed to come right into the house, LOL. But other than that I had a great old time...And I love your cat poem - Bubbles enjoyed it too...
posted by
Nautikos
on November 17, 2013 at 9:56 PM
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Re: Re: Kay
I suppose I really have been spoilt.
posted by
Kabu
on November 17, 2013 at 6:49 PM
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Re: Lusterlove
Yes good thinking, I am going to wrap up more this Winter as our fuel prices are going sky high. Luckily you have fracking. 
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 11:07 AM
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Re: Annicita
A Spider Chrysanthemum according to Kabu they were in a collection I shall keep the yellow as it is quite cheerful.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 11:05 AM
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With difficulty I expect Jimmy. yours seem to a landed in a (sweet )spot. have you noticed everyone is using that word lately well they are over here.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 11:01 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Ciel ...
Thanks Ciel I must look it upon Amazon. I think many folk do not like to criticize art in any form because they are brainwashed into believing it should be admired and of course very often money is involved. Money makes admiration possible. I seem to think. I saw
Much ado about nothing on the television, perhaps a long time ago.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 10:57 AM
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I have a feeling that, if any of our cats were to actually go outside, one rush of cold air would send them flying back into the house! I wonder how the kitties in Russia or Poland handle it . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on November 17, 2013 at 10:32 AM
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what kind of flower is that? so interesting and unique
posted by
Annicita
on November 17, 2013 at 8:27 AM
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I am always dressed for the cold because I dont like being cold
posted by
Lanetay
on November 17, 2013 at 8:16 AM
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Re: Re: Ciel ...
I recommend to you the Kenneth Branagh versions of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and HENRY V, if you can find them. They are the most understandible Shakespeare I know of, far less tedious than earlier versions which really are mostly for Shakespeare enthusiasts. I don't think that the vast majority of English teachers below University level understand how to make it interesting to students.
I still don't know what makes a "good" poem. I think maybe it has something to do with how deeply it moves readers. A lot of what's deemed "great" poetry, though, leaves me completely unmoved. I guess I'm only middling sophisticated or educated enough for it.
posted by
Ciel
on November 17, 2013 at 7:58 AM
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Re: FS
Well I think it was promoted because a lot of folk were being taken ill with cold waiting for trains and transport. One can wait ten minutes without effect but two or three hours in a suit, shivers set in unless one is wearing a bowler hat.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 1:32 AM
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Re: Ciel ...
You do appear to be quite an educated lady Ciel. I used to read Hank Janson ie
'Hot dames on cold slabs.' Poetry was limited to Dylan Thomas. I have Dickens early volumes but they are hard reading. I don't get Shakespeare at all although it was a part of schooling. Don't tell Charlie, I am sure his is better than the original.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 1:29 AM
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Just put on that old cowboy hat and your long-johns and start chopping logs Jay. That's what they did in the old days.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 1:19 AM
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Re: More spiders, Yay!
A bit miserable delivering papers Ray, but I see the kids darting around doing it on bicycles. I am always afraid they will get knocked down, they scoot out of by-roads hardly looking. I bet your your children were glad they had Mum for a back -up.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 1:15 AM
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Re: Kay
I think the young people copy their peers and don't want to be thought odd, my Nephew's daughters walked to school through the winter without coats. When we were kids we were lucky to have a coat to have a coat that fitted.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 1:09 AM
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Re: Pat
When one was young one could run around and keep warm, well with a red nose and chilblains. We have had some mild winters, of late. The birds have not appeared so I guess they are feeding off hedgerows at present. Forecast cold next week.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 1:03 AM
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Re:Whitehat
Yes I think folk here forget that the Thames used to freeze over.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 12:49 AM
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Re: Dr JPT.
Thank you Doc. hope you are feeling better
posted by
C_C_T
on November 17, 2013 at 12:46 AM
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I did not know. I am not one keep up such details. Thanks for sharing. I enjoy reading your posts and see the lovely pictures.
posted by
Dr_JPT
on November 17, 2013 at 12:28 AM
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The weather
here in the US is also turning damp and chilly. Loed the poem too.
-WhiteHat
posted by
WhiteHat_TroubleMaker
on November 16, 2013 at 5:16 PM
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The cold, damp wind that crosses over water cuts chill to the bone,
and I'm told the English climate is very much like that of Seattle and coastal areas in Washington. You're right, hypothermia can get you when you least expect it.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 16, 2013 at 5:12 PM
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people used to dress warm in the UK...wonder if they just can't afford the prices. love todays Spider thingy plant and as for the poem ...I am just all a purr 
posted by
Kabu
on November 16, 2013 at 5:12 PM
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More spiders, Yay!
I didn't know that about the UK, shivers. I learned to wrap up in layers for freezing cold conditions a long time ago when I would go out in the morning dark and deliver my kid's paper routes. I made them pay me for it, lol! But yes cold can be deadly..
Love the cute poem; quite amusing, creative and playful...
posted by
Katray2
on November 16, 2013 at 2:46 PM
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Well I don't about England and Russia, but it is darn cold here and I fear freezing myself, but the mail has to come in and the lady of the house is out to lunch.
posted by
UtahJay
on November 16, 2013 at 2:45 PM
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In Russia, they know it's going to be cold, and I've heard they can tell
the differenct between snow and not-quite-snow: Rudolf the Red knows rain, dear.
Your poem brings to mind Eliott's OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS, that was the source of the musical CATS.
posted by
Ciel
on November 16, 2013 at 12:17 PM
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I would never have guessed that statistic. In Maryland, I am not sure how we compare, but I do know that far more die from heat related illnesses than cold related ones...I like the cat imagery throughout the poem.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 16, 2013 at 11:55 AM
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