Is/Was Borderstone a real town?

Is/Was Borderstone a real town?

For that matter is Borderstone still with us?

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
Is/Was Borderstone a real town?

Only in Gord's mind. Though, I suppose, it may have been based on some real locale.

Here's what Gord has to say about Borderstone in the notes from Songbook:

"A knight of the road, going back to a place where he might get warm. Maybe there's family, maybe not. I have a fascination with trains, and this is about hopping a freight, which is something I have never done. It's sort of an old-fashioned song, the kind of thing Woody Guthrie might have done. Woody's all over everybody's stuff. He makes an appearance in 'The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald' when the cook says, 'It's been good to know you.' That's right from a Woody Guthrie lyric, 'So long, it's been good to know you.'"

I wonder if Gord ever uses any Burl Ives analogies?

I wonder if Gord ever uses any Burl Ives analogies?

quote:Originally posted by BILLW:
For that matter is Borderstone still with us?

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Probably on a hiatus like I was. I wonder if he's having love problems to, only he just doesn't say anything?

quote:Originally posted by BILLW:
For that matter is Borderstone still with us?

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Probably on a hiatus like I was. I wonder if he's having love problems to, only he just doesn't say anything?

He better come back if he ever wants to have <"'The Most Posts'"> . http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

He better come back if he ever wants to have <"'The Most Posts'"> . http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Maybe he lost his library card?

Well love him or hate him, he's one of us and if he doesn't show up soon I'm calling the cops to go track him down.

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

I betcha he finally took my advice and went and got a tattoo, starting smoking and got himself a major attitude. Some woman probably got a hold of him and he doesn't have the time to post. He'll be back a changed man.

He hasn't posted since December 4th, and none of those postings said anything about being gone. Hope everything is okay.

He hasn't posted since December 4th, and none of those postings said anything about being gone. Hope everything is okay.

He probably wants to see if anyone on here misses him.

He probably wants to see if anyone on here misses him.

Brink: I agree. I didn't realize he hadn't posted since Dec. 4th but that's highly unusual for him. Though didn't he say something in one of his last postings about having had a date that went very well? Maybe he just found something more interesting to do with his time. Anyway, I have kind of grown accustomed to his frequent postings and I agree with you that I hope nothing is wrong. Anybody know how to contact directly and check on him? Email addy, phone #, address? Hasn't he told us in the past that he works for Best Western somewhere out in the Phoenix area?

quote:Originally posted by brink:
He hasn't posted since December 4th, and none of those postings said anything about being gone. Hope everything is okay.

I think he posted on the 9th on Small Talk, didn't he? I agree with Somewhere. He's probably having a wild romance, having the time of his life. Hopefully, it's with a girl who appreciates Lightfoot. That just wouldn't be cool if she didn't.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

Cathy you're right he was on small talk on the 9th. Still-has been close to a week, way too long for B. Hope you guys are right that he's out having a gay old time.

Cathy you're right he was on small talk on the 9th. Still-has been close to a week, way too long for B. Hope you guys are right that he's out having a gay old time.

he'll be back.......

Hello, that's me who works for Best Western here in Phoenix. Borderstone is also from here in Phoenix.
Matthew

Hello, that's me who works for Best Western here in Phoenix. Borderstone is also from here in Phoenix.
Matthew

Matthew,

Know anything else about Borderstone? Like how to ask him if he's OK ?

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Matthew: Sorry! I knew one of you guys worked at BW. Can you check on our friend Bstone?

RE: Borderstone...

That is the one thing I don't like about forums...you get attached to the people that post and then when they disappear, you have no idea what happened to them. Maybe they got bored or ticked off and left, OR, maybe something bad happened and you just don't know!!!

To me, the words that are typed here are more than just "words"...there are people behind the words...and I get attached to those people and miss them when they go away!

Anyway, I hope Borderstone is OK!

RE: Borderstone...

That is the one thing I don't like about forums...you get attached to the people that post and then when they disappear, you have no idea what happened to them. Maybe they got bored or ticked off and left, OR, maybe something bad happened and you just don't know!!!

To me, the words that are typed here are more than just "words"...there are people behind the words...and I get attached to those people and miss them when they go away!

Anyway, I hope Borderstone is OK!

I've just checked over a few posts and BS says he usually posts from a small two storey library close to where he lives and not from the main downtown library.

How many libraries are there in Phoenix?

Maybe he got all posted out. I'll bet he still reads the post, but for whatever reason, he doesn't post himself.

Maybe he got all posted out. I'll bet he still reads the post, but for whatever reason, he doesn't post himself.

Gaby He sent a picture or a description of one of the libraries once, when I get home tonight I will try to hunt up that post. But-what if he doesn't wnat to be found?

Gaby He sent a picture or a description of one of the libraries once, when I get home tonight I will try to hunt up that post. But-what if he doesn't wnat to be found?

Hello, sorry, don't know how to contact Borderstone. I also don't know how many libraries there are here in Phoenix.
Matthew

Hello, sorry, don't know how to contact Borderstone. I also don't know how many libraries there are here in Phoenix.
Matthew

Brink, difficult one, that!

I know I'm only a newbie but this just doesn't seem BS's style.

Hopefully he's stuck in hospital with a broken leg.

He may've found another forum that he gets on. But I've been to a few and they were'nt as well organized as this one, though. He'll be glad to know he's getting all this attention, though. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

He may've found another forum that he gets on. But I've been to a few and they were'nt as well organized as this one, though. He'll be glad to know he's getting all this attention, though. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

quote:Originally posted by MatthewBullis:
Hello, sorry, don't know how to contact Borderstone. I also don't know how many libraries there are here in Phoenix.
Matthew
BINGO!!!
ah the power of the internet
further to the replies by Matthew and Gaby
in an earlier thread I eventually managed to get B a.k.a. Walter Lamont (his middle name) to sign into my lightfoot webring page's guest book as a private entry and he gave me his address thus knowing his zip code
I did a google search for "library" and the zip and then from a handy list of Phoenix library branches at:- http://phoenix.gov/PUBLIB/libjbapp.html
I found that there are two library branches in Phoenix with the same zip as B's
using mapquest.com revealed that the distances from B's to the library branches are:-
the first one I tried was precisely 3.54 miles probably a rather long jog away??
further investigation revealed a second banch
only 0.94 mile away (5 minutes by automobile)
I am now about to e-mail the relevant details to Matthew to take further including the branches'phone numbers
and suggested to him
"Worth trying to phone the branch first they just might have a record of his home phone number?? (maybe even the librarian is B's new girlfriend?!!!)And check if either of them is 2-storey
Sherlock Fowles


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