tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post7107732697104485654..comments2024-03-22T18:13:10.026-06:00Comments on On the Alberta/Montana Border: COLDDiane Stringam Tolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-84946554498017792992017-11-07T07:14:25.634-07:002017-11-07T07:14:25.634-07:00It's certainly not fun! :)It's certainly not fun! :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-69098037544807085272017-11-06T20:48:43.699-07:002017-11-06T20:48:43.699-07:00I can't imagine cold like that - it just blows...I can't imagine cold like that - it just blows my little Aussie mind!Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-5067379396826337292017-11-06T19:29:48.694-07:002017-11-06T19:29:48.694-07:00Yep. It's official. I like doggerel! :)Yep. It's official. I like doggerel! :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-67799204486543200362017-11-06T19:29:21.576-07:002017-11-06T19:29:21.576-07:00I wondered . . .I wondered . . .Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-73294746089984668522017-11-06T18:02:02.295-07:002017-11-06T18:02:02.295-07:00In my part of Oz we get winter. Wimpy by your sta...In my part of Oz we get winter. Wimpy by your standards but winter none the less. We get frost, and occasionally snow.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-66433076921156088362017-11-06T16:55:15.158-07:002017-11-06T16:55:15.158-07:00I used Robert Service in some of my middle school ...I used Robert Service in some of my middle school language arts classes. The kids liked his poetry, but service wouldn't call what he wrote poetry. He called it "doggerel"<br />Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-88092326785560332832017-11-06T15:00:48.036-07:002017-11-06T15:00:48.036-07:00Thanks, EC! How do you describe cold to a person w...Thanks, EC! How do you describe cold to a person who's never seen it?! :) (Of course I'm kidding. You do get winter, right?)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-5924890512190236422017-11-06T14:59:38.067-07:002017-11-06T14:59:38.067-07:00Grandfathers loved this one!Grandfathers loved this one!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-77674490232530545362017-11-06T14:59:22.128-07:002017-11-06T14:59:22.128-07:00For sure you would, Karen!For sure you would, Karen!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-8947901187552680192017-11-06T14:59:09.411-07:002017-11-06T14:59:09.411-07:00Come on! I've heard you recite innumerable tim...Come on! I've heard you recite innumerable times! Oh, wait . . . maybe that was Mad Magazine . . .Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-70227147936739023422017-11-06T14:58:22.118-07:002017-11-06T14:58:22.118-07:00Up here, every single person's main investment...Up here, every single person's main investment from October through March is warmth! My personal winter coat was purchased for me up in the Yukon. It's the only reason I can survive the winter!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-37847221506640231522017-11-06T14:56:44.194-07:002017-11-06T14:56:44.194-07:00We certainly did! :)We certainly did! :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-69617555884749688062017-11-06T13:59:20.591-07:002017-11-06T13:59:20.591-07:00It is new to me (I think) and I thank you for the ...It is new to me (I think) and I thank you for the education.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-9325483262874349892017-11-06T12:40:50.964-07:002017-11-06T12:40:50.964-07:00I know this poem, too - our grandfather used to re...I know this poem, too - our grandfather used to recite parts of it to us :) Definitely a classic!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-22332624302404108862017-11-06T11:25:11.478-07:002017-11-06T11:25:11.478-07:00Well that's certainly a new one on me. Bet I&#...Well that's certainly a new one on me. Bet I'd have heard of it if I'd have grown up one country to the north.Karen @BakingInATornado.comhttp://bakinginatornado.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-71805796323645136682017-11-06T10:22:47.994-07:002017-11-06T10:22:47.994-07:00I've never been much of a poet (although there...I've never been much of a poet (although there was a time I put a toast to the bride to verse) but I've always enjoyed a good story, done in rhyme. George Stringamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375285536941813368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-641030402035664732017-11-06T09:51:13.418-07:002017-11-06T09:51:13.418-07:00Brrr, makes my blood run cold! I have never heard ...Brrr, makes my blood run cold! I have never heard this tale, it is a good one. I know in this day of fabric technology the only reason to be cold is not enough money or a poor choice of clothing. Investing in a good warm coat and boots and hat and gloves is worth it!Haraleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263065017109894464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-23859109686038962152017-11-06T08:16:07.766-07:002017-11-06T08:16:07.766-07:00I always liked that poem...I think every school ki...I always liked that poem...I think every school kid in our day had to memorize at least part of it.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.com