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Re: Re:Kabu
I don't do dentists...terrified. goes back to when I was a kid of course.
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Kabu
on June 11, 2016 at 3:46 PM
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Re: Taps
Actually I have got a tape it was produced for one of the factories. One day I must try to play it and relate some of the history it revealed.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 11, 2016 at 12:12 PM
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Re: shamasehar
Thank you, life has been sad for many especially women.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 11, 2016 at 12:09 PM
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Great poem. I read a book once about Medieval times that I just loved. I wish I could remember the name of it, or the author, so that I could read it again. I know it was more than twenty years ago.
posted by
TAPS.
on June 11, 2016 at 9:51 AM
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I love my cup of tea too. Such a tender and emotional poem.
posted by
shamasehar
on June 11, 2016 at 9:41 AM
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Re:Kabu
No only now we have to pay to have our teeth capped with gold or ceramic both cost the same. Reminds me I have to go to the dentist soon. Do you know a hygienist session at out dentist costs, goodness i can't remember, but to cap a tooth is £650.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 11, 2016 at 8:40 AM
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Re: Ciel
Well Ciel it was true young women would sell their teeth for what seemed a fortune,but of course it led to ruination. Yes it feels miserable.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 11, 2016 at 8:34 AM
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Re: I believe the coffee-drinking custom began in Brazil or Colombia
Perhaps it was a kind of symbolism at first Pat. I know we started drinking tea amidst
not very healthy conditions and the boiling of the water was a great start to eliminate disease.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 11, 2016 at 8:31 AM
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Re:Wiley
Yes sing along Bro, I remember that one.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 11, 2016 at 8:26 AM
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Re: BC
Gold blend milk and no sugar Cheers Bill.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 11, 2016 at 8:24 AM
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I know we cling on to old procedures FS. Yes it was tough times,
posted by
C_C_T
on June 11, 2016 at 8:23 AM
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Re: RPresta
Well I am not contaminated much by passing traffic RP. I think the clothes smell sweeter after airing . Quite a few do still put washing out,so one must be careful of lighting fires,
I wait for a rainy day. Yes I think the reason tea is not grown here is because we can import more cheaply. I might just get three small bushes if I somehow feel the urge. Thank you for the information. Enjoy your coffee.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 11, 2016 at 8:22 AM
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Clotheslines...a shame they have gone away, for most part. There are ordinances in these parts against them! Seems it is not only unfashionable to air one's dirty laundry, but also to air one's clean laundry! Your poem was one that makes a person think; very nice.
From wiki:The native (undomesticated) origin of coffee is thought to have been Ethiopia. The earliest substantiated evidence of either coffee drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree is from the 15th century, in the Sufi monasteries of Yemen. [I thought it was Central America/Mexico.] Seems tea would highly labor intensive to grow and harvest, etc.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on June 10, 2016 at 10:49 PM
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It has been a long while since I have seen a clothesline in use...Your poem is rich with symbolism.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on June 10, 2016 at 5:16 PM
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And, all can do with a cup of tea sir.
posted by
BC-A
on June 10, 2016 at 3:18 PM
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ChiffChaff
"Tea for two and two for tea.............etc."
posted by
WileyJohn
on June 10, 2016 at 1:29 PM
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I believe the coffee-drinking custom began in Brazil or Colombia
but it emigrated to America just in time for the Boston Tea Party - when a riotous group decided to dump the tea shipment into the harbor and refuse to honor the king's tax stamps... Or maybe it began in Morocco or Nepal after someone's goats ate the coffee beans and suddenly got frisky...
posted by
Pat_B
on June 10, 2016 at 1:12 PM
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Your poem reminds me of Fantine in LES MISERABLES, in the recent movie/musical version.
posted by
Ciel
on June 10, 2016 at 12:49 PM
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sad times unless you were a wealthy person....not much has changed really.
posted by
Kabu
on June 10, 2016 at 11:35 AM
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