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Today's Real Cold Again (just noticed I've got over 5000posts!!!)
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Today's Real Cold Again (just noticed I've got over 5000posts!!!) |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA 
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Well, today is real cold again colder than before Makes me wonder just how much more Three different times I went back to bed Even pulled up the covers way over my head A city close by got down to ten Another near here they said was fourteen Not nearly as cold as some of you have, I know But, to me right now it surely feels so Now I've got two pair of socks on my feet To thaw out my fingers may be a bigger feat When in the summer the temp to 100 rose I wanted it cooler then but didn't think of my poor toes!! And that's the weather report for today, folks.  [This message has been edited by garysgirl (01-24-2003 07:19 PM).] |
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Eromyna Member
since 2002-11-29
Posts 306Pheonix, AZ, USA |
Hehehe. 10. That's cute. :-P Nice write. We just found out the heat in our apartment hasn't been working the whole time we've lived here. Try taking a shower and coming out into a room that's 50 degrees! "I don't need to scream for you to deem me aggravation." |
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SimplyGold Senior Member
since 2002-07-10
Posts 1453 |
Hey there garysgirl, I liked this very much. Gave me a chuckle. Now I have to go out and experience that first hand.  SG |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
Girl I know. It got to 19 here. I woke up looking like a blue icicle. LOL I really liked this. Cold hands means a warm heart |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
does wearing gloves inside tell you anything about how cold it gets here? I have these kind that are mittens when closed and gloves minus the finger tips when open...a little hard to type with the thumbs but the fingers are warmed by them. The problem is not just the cold but that it hasn't reached above freezing in almost 2 weeks. I crawled back into bed yesterday and part of today and every evening I go to bed earlier than the last. Eventually the temp will rise *s M |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Eromyna, OOHH, I don't know what I'd do if we didn't have heat. Some of the elderly in the town close by are having a hard time keeping warm. People are donating electric hearters to them, but some on the news said they couldn't afford to use them because of the power bill. They're trying to stay warm by layering on clothes. "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
SG, try to stay warm while you're out. Thanks for reading and replying. I'm glad that you liked it. "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Hey Julie  It's good to see you. Hope you stay warm and quit looking like a "blue icicle"....HaHa!! "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Maureen, the only way I could stay warm this morning, was to go back to bed. When I went back to sleep, I slept later than I have in a LONG time.... must have needed the sleep, though. If it keeps being this cold here, I'm going to have to find some of those gloves. I'll bet it is cold in your big house with all the rooms you told us about. Impossible to warm all of it, I imagine. Try to stay warm, though, friend....  "Love makes the world go around" |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
Ethel it would be balmy here if it was 14 degrees...the Siberian Express has much of North America locked in a deep freeze...keep the two socks on and think warm thoughts of Gary...and congrats on posting 5000!!!!.. believe in what your heart feels... |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
WOOOHOOO!! Congratulations Ethel!! 5000 Posts and climbing! Keep those fantastic poems and replies coming! Great post to mark your milestone sweetie! ~Hugs, Smiles & Cheers, Nancy~ ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (smiles) Yay!!! Oh Ethel, I'm so sorry I missed this too, sweet friend, I would have made a huge announcement if I saw this sooner! (kiss on cheek) Yay, CONGRATULATIONS ON 5,000! Here in Colorado it has been a whole different story, we've been having the warmest winter in Colorado history and it is sad too because of the terrible drought we already have! I love wearing sandals but we could use some of your rain, a lot of it! (big hugggsssssss) Stay warm, sweet friend, yay, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Ethel, thank you for sharing!   Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ethel...I won't tell you about how warm it was here today. I hate the cold! Hope you get a break from it soon. Congrats on 5000!! |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Brrrrrr.....Ethel...I know what you mean! Cold is cold...but this is downright freezing!! Enjoyed. Chris .. and CONGRATULATIONS on 5000 !!!  "Hope" is the thing with feathers- |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Congrats on 5000 that's a lot of degrees! Excuse me, it's 28, and that shaking? my knees! I know it's cold I really do! But come up here, get a clue! This is where blue is blue and white is white is white I know you Floridians think that the snowbirds are right! But they come down to greet you and make your town, a mess... while up here? We've a lot more room while they're down there, now guess... that we all live where we are fine no matter, come what may... Would I like to be in your calmer climes? Sure! If you can stand August in May! |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
whats going on down there? the snowbirds may be running back north ; then again, we're kind of colder than usual, too. stay warm, but i cant have too much sympathy; at least your palm trees dont shed in the winter |
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paladin
since 2001-08-05
Posts 930Pensacola,Fl. |
Kudus on your 5000th post.Take heart my fellow homey.I was visted by a virtual army of robins a few days ago.They are the first sign of spring.When we are deep in the dog days of late july will we fondly remember the cold days of January? paladin |
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dhicks03 Member
since 2002-12-26
Posts 267Missouri,USA |
Congrats on 5000. It's very cold here, but you sure did a greaty write |
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Barbara Trautman Member
since 2002-10-23
Posts 90 |
I loved your perky little poem. It made me smile and I like that. Wish we could trade you some of our dry for some of your wet, we Oregonians are losing the webs between our toes and the moss in our hair. Crazy. Tell me though, how long does it take to post 5,000? At the rate I'm going, I'll be over 100. Barb |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
Ethel, ~Congrats!~ We came in just about the same time and you have more than twice as I. Thank you for always taking the time posting a reply on mine.Appreciate it. Still having our milder than usual winter up here in No. Ca., hope that doesn't mean we'll have a hotter summer, for we always hit the three digit heat waves which last weeks to months....ugh.... Stay warm...think of Gary...that should do it... Hugs, Pat ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Scorpio, Yeah, I'll layer the clothes and think of Gary and that should do it. Thanks for the congratulations. . . . Nancy Lee, Thank you, sweet Lady. I always appreciate your kind replies. . . . Noah, Looks like if it doesn't get better, the Southerners are gonna have to move to Colorado. That's okay about not noticing. I didn't either. . . . Marti, Thank you, friend. Hey, I thought that Florida's temperatures were supposed to be kind of like California's. Doesn't look like it now, huh? . . . Chris, I know. I hate these really cold days and nights. Just not used to it, I guess.Thanks for the congrats. "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Karilea, Thanks for the poem. I liked it. Yep, it gets HOT here in May. Then I'll be griping about the hot weather and wishing it was cooler.... Maybe we should all go to Colorado or California? Thanks for the congratulations.... . . Michele, I don't know what's happening. Some places in the South have broken records with these cold temps. Thanks for replying..... . . Paladin, Yeah, we are "homeys", aren't we? I saw a lot of birds here last week, too. I wonder where they all went to? You're right...probably in June, I'll wish it was cooler weather. "Love makes the world go around" |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Dennis, Thank you for the congratulations. I'm glad, too, that you liked the poem. Oh, and try to stay warm in that cold weather.... . . Barbara, I'm glad that you liked the poem and that it made you smile. This weather is crazy, isn't it? About the 5000 posts...it hasn't took all that long, really...especially with me loving this place so much and reading and replying to so much poetry. After all these, I still get behind. . . Pat, You're welcome. I love to read your poetry. I guess I got so many posts because I try to keep up with the poems all my friends I've met here write. It's hard, though, when I'm away from the computer for a couple of days in a row. About the weather...like I told Marti, I always thought that we had similar temps. as California, but I know different now. You're right, thoughts of Gary do help me to stay warm......  "Love makes the world go around" |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Went to bed with two pairs of jammies - socks - 2 heating pads... and it was still cold... Where are my palm trees when I need them??... Cute write, Ethel... |
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abbe Member
since 2003-01-20
Posts 131michigan, usa |
brrrrrrr! what a winter. and you are in florida! well that's not fair. We're freezing here in Michigan, but then again, it's January and we're supposed to. We should have adapted, huh! Bah! cold is cold... and this winter is sure a cold one. hope you get warm soon... |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Yeah, Nan...I wore socks and a sweat shirt over my pj's and was still cold. But, it's supposed to start warming up after tomorrow....for a while anyway. Usually our coldest month is February. Brrrrrrr. Thanks, Lady. Stay warm.. "Love makes the world go around" ~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~ [This message has been edited by garysgirl (01-25-2003 09:59 AM).] |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
abbe, Thanks for reading and replying. I hope that you can stay warm, too...... "Love makes the world go around" |
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CMGrimm Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 685USA |
great read...sitting here freezing..icicles dangling off my monitor.... congrats on 5000 as well. chris Never be a carbon copy of anybody...make your own impressions. - ANON. |
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NewEnglandlazurlu Member Rara Avis
since 2002-01-04
Posts 7470A Mountain Paradise |
LOL! Ethel, welcome to my world! Wrap up in as many layers as you can get on and under.  And sweetie, congratulations on hitting 5000 posts. Quite a milestone. I'm so glad you're here and look forward to reading more of your poems. Snuggles, Marti |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
CMGrimm, Well, hello. Thank you for reading and replying to my poem. I really appreciate it. Sorry it's so cold in Kentucky. Maybe it'll warm up real soon. It's really been cold here in Florida, but is supposed to start warming up tomorrow. Brrrrrr...... Thanks for the congratulations.... "Love makes the world go around" ~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~ [This message has been edited by garysgirl (01-25-2003 12:07 PM).] |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Well Hello, Marti Yeah, I've been layering all kinds of clothes.....doesn't look very good, but who cares right now? (just so long as Gary doesn't, and he doesn't care what I wear.....HeeHee) Try to stay warm, Lady. I listen to the weather report for Massachusetts because of my daughter and it's a lot colder than here. She told me that she would really rather be back in Florida, but one of her daughters wants to stay up there, I think. Man, I wish they could move closer by me. It sure would make me feel better. Well, here I go getting long-winded. Thanks for your sweet words about my posts.  "Love makes the world go around" |
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zenny Member
since 2002-11-24
Posts 371Belgium |
Beautiful write and lovely twist at the ending it braught a smile on my face Congrats with the 5000.. Hugs, Kelly The greatest thing u'll ever learn |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Thanks, Kelly. I'm glad that it brought a smile to your face. And thanks for the congratulations. "Love makes the world go around" |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Oh dear....that cold  I was very lucky then back in September when the birds almost fell of the roof from the heat. He he, poor old rich tourists, can the airco's blow hot air too???? LOL Titia Like scattered leaves...my words will flow |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Hi Titia, Yeah, it's been unbelieveable!! Record-breaking temperatures. It's supposed to warm up tomorrow, but my Dad said that it's supposed to get into th twenties again next week. It's a big difference since you were in Florida in September. I guess we shouldn't complain, but we aren't used to all this cold....Brrrr. "Love makes the world go around" |
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