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On Sunday, I loved for three hours the opportunity to bask
In strong winds, varied skies, and 60s temps, with my head nearly hanging out the passenger window like a deliriously happy dog
On Sunday, I loved for three hours the opportunity to bask
In strong winds, varied skies, and 60s temps, with my head nearly hanging out the passenger window like a deliriously happy dog
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Where I live, in a seaport, fog
is very common morning weather
It's bad when a hot-air balloon tether
unexpectedly comes loose during loading
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A pair skater is often heard goading
their partner to try a new trick
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It's dangerous to chew bubblegum
while you're on the ice!
[Canadian Skater magazine once printed a photo of a girl blowing a bubble while doing a layback spin. Before the instant-reaction days of social media, but they were flooded with letters from parents and coaches pointing out the danger of choking and what a bad example she was setting. Cute picture, but they printed an apology and a warning in the next issue.]
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^ Chewing bubblegum when you're on the ice? Blowing bubbles when you're on the ice? 
OMG!
Do people still throw rice
@ weddings?
(I've never seen it done @ Jewish weddings, but what about in the general public & in other religious groups & ethnicities?)
OMG! Do people still throw rice
@ weddings?
(I've never seen it done @ Jewish weddings, but what about in the general public & in other religious groups & ethnicities?)
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The layout editor decides if headings^ Chewing bubblegum when you're on the ice? Blowing bubbles when you're on the ice?
Do people still throw rice
@ weddings?
(I've never seen it done @ Jewish weddings, but what about in the general public & in other religious groups & ethnicities?)
in a magazine will be boldface or upper case
[I've never seen rice thrown at a wedding, but it and other seeds/grains were popular in Asia and in Rome, which spread to parts of Europe along with the Roman Empire. Nowadays rice is forbidden, in Canada at least, because it attracts rodents -- although scattering birdseed is allowed -- and makes a mess (instant rice pudding
?) in wet climates like in Vancouver where I live. I checked in Google and paper confetti was invented in both the UK and France around 1890 and the custom spread to Canada during the early 20th century. By the time my brothers were getting married in the 1960s and 70s, I scattered flower petals going up the aisle as their flower girl and the guests threw paper confetti as the couple left the church. By the 1980s paper confetti was the only material thrown after Canadian Christian weddings and sometimes again leaving the reception. As we boarded the train for our honeymoon, everyone knew we were newlyweds because we were still shedding confetti from our hair and clothes. Today even that is discouraged, in Vancouver at least, because it makes a mess for the caretaker to sweep up. Guests just applaud as the couple leave the church, if that's where they got married. I don't know what they do at home weddings or other venues.]
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Walk @ a steady pace
to get some exercise!
I was a flower girl (when I was about 6 years old) @ a cousin's wedding & I got to throw flower petals while walking down the aisle. Thanks for explaining the custom of throwing different things @ the couples following the ceremonies. Rodents, !
to get some exercise!
I was a flower girl (when I was about 6 years old) @ a cousin's wedding & I got to throw flower petals while walking down the aisle. Thanks for explaining the custom of throwing different things @ the couples following the ceremonies. Rodents,
!
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Daily exercise is wise,Walk @ a steady pace
to get some exercise!
I was a flower girl (when I was about 6 years old) @ a cousin's wedding & I got to throw flower petals while walking down the aisle. Thanks for explaining the custom of throwing different things @ the couples following the ceremonies. Rodents,
but don't overdo it to the point of exhaustion or pain
[The rice and grains thrown were supposed to encourage fertility, which horrified the later puritanical European Protestants, so flowers were a more polite substitution there
. And rice was objected to by modern caretakers because while they could sweep the sidewalks and steps, the grains blown onto the grass were impossible to vacuum up and attracted mice. 
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My then-barely-five-year-old granddaughter, scattered flower petals at her uncle's (my son's) 2024 wedding; she was co-flower-girl with his bride's niece.
Already in the front pew, I suggested she walk back a few paces to scatter some petals in blank spots. She did so very happily, and about ten feet back showed signs of keeping it up all the way back. Oops! I said to her, "Zoe, that's far enough." To my relief, she turned right around and sat beside me and my husband! Just what she was supposed to do.
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My husband and I worked a lot of weddings as organist and singer. Most weddings, of strangers anyway, were pretty much seen-one-seen-them-all. The flower girls and ring bearers were always a delight, though. The little girls took their jobs so seriously, while the little boys usually did *not* want to be thereMy then-barely-five-year-old granddaughter, scattered flower petals at her uncle's (my son's) 2024 wedding; she was co-flower-girl with his bride's niece.
Already in the front pew, I suggested she walk back a few paces to scatter some petals in blank spots. She did so very happily, and about ten feet back showed signs of keeping it up all the way back. Oops! I said to her, "Zoe, that's far enough." To my relief, she turned right around and sat beside me and my husband! Just what she was supposed to do.
"If I only had a brain"
was the Scarecrow's lament
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I wouldn't roller skate outdoors on cement!
My club's roller gym has a new sprung wood floor of maple
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Sea-foam
is such a pretty shade of green
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If my greedy cat had thumbs,
he could. Instead he jams his face under counters and uses his tongue
Most anti-vaxers are too youngIf my greedy cat had thumbs,
he could. Instead he jams his face under counters and uses his tongue
to remember fear of having to use an iron lung
due to the aftereffects of polio
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