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About dfolstad58

I live in the South Okanagan. BC. I enjoy reading, exercise, toastmasters. spending time with my son, my daughter, & her husband , and my patient wife. I try to respond personally to every comment on my blog, and in this way I hope to get to know my readers a little bit and and am able to thank readers for their encouragement on what they liked and suggestions on what they would like to see me try in order to improve.

Don’t Sing this at Work !

I work in a cubicle. Yes, one of those tiny spaces that the Geneva Convention overlooked when they were describing cruel and unusual punishment. The walls of the cubicle are low, it makes it easier to exchange thoughts with co-workers … Continue reading

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Isn’t Love Wonderful?

Do you like love stories? Platonic ones? – Look it up, it has nothing to do with a man in a dog suit (chuckle). Actually I feel like I could be one of the last to have seen this story, … Continue reading

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Don’t Rush me, I’m a thinking and my head hurts

I love the ending of this cartoon,  Sam wins! or does he? That Bugs is a lucky varmint! Foghorn Leghorn is also a character you have to enjoy, he comes up the most interesting quips, and insults? Can you remember … Continue reading

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Internet – doublespeak for Time Machine!

I love when I am looking around on the internet and find music from a few years ago when I was young (cough, cough). Ahem…moving right along. Remember “Guitar Man” by Bread, “Drift Away” by Dobie Gray? So many memories, … Continue reading

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Been a while since I was seventeen

When I was seventeen, I don’t think I ever had a stiff back, or sore feet. When I was seventeen, I could eat  two A &W teen burgers back to back without a passing thought about calories or weight. When … Continue reading

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Classic but true

I remember my grandma (Baba) teaching me manners when I was just 5 or 6. She took me to a hotel in Kindersley, Saskatchewan and bought me a cola. I think it was 5 cents. I couldn’t drink it until … Continue reading

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