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post #4321 of 6846
3/19/12 at 9:23am
Deleted my previous answer. I was whining. New answer: I wish I could have the outside of my house painted.

How many children do you have (or if you do not have children, how many would you like to have)? I have none. As for how many I want...don't know.

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post #4322 of 6846
3/19/12 at 9:33am
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I'd like to have as many as possible. The more the merrier. But realistically, 2-4 would be ideal so that I can educate them properly.

SQ.
post #4323 of 6846
3/19/12 at 9:45am
I'm on the same boat as autumnleaves. no children, and I don't feel like having a children. I do ask myself from time to time if what I'm doing is rational.

I'd love to have lots of grandchildren though

s.q.
post #4324 of 6846
3/19/12 at 10:55am
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Sq
post #4325 of 6846
3/19/12 at 11:06am
One son.

How many times in your life have you changed career? Alternatively, do you see yourself staying with the same career throughout your working life, or do you anticipate changing a number of times?
post #4326 of 6846
3/19/12 at 11:13am
I've never completely changed my career but I have a very wide set of skills. I see myself changing my career to unemployed with money in the bank.

s.q.
post #4327 of 6846
3/19/12 at 12:55pm
I've never changed my career, and can't see myself changing at this juncture.

When was the last time you accidentally dropped something important and what was it?
post #4328 of 6846
3/19/12 at 6:30pm
I dropped my Chanel Antaeus just moments ago. It bobbled in my hands and jumped into the air by a lucky last touch. That gave me a fraction of a second to redirect my hands downward and catch it before it hit the floor!

I'll modify the question slightly. What was the last fragrance bottle that you broke? How did it happen?
post #4329 of 6846
3/19/12 at 7:43pm
Broke a $6 bottle of Fujiyama Homme by Success de Paris. Fell off the shelf on to concrete. Was easy to replace thankfully.

Are you the type of person who remains focused in what you are doing or do you get distracted easily?
post #4330 of 6846
3/19/12 at 8:14pm
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Attention! Attention! Attention!

Wait...what was that question again?

Did you have a childhood 'invisible friend'?
post #4331 of 6846
3/19/12 at 8:16pm
nope.

Would you rather have been a teenager in today's generation or your own?
post #4332 of 6846
3/19/12 at 8:19pm
My own generation

Has someone ever inadvertently caused you great physical pain through an action he or she did?
post #4333 of 6846
3/20/12 at 12:41am
I am sure! But I can only think of a 'sort of'. Last year, while visiting one of my clients, climbing her staircase to her porch, her stupid bloodhound "Beauregard" (I hate him) came crashing out of the front door to greet me and knocked me down the steps by bumping into my knee and making it crack backward. Nothing was broken, but I was badly bruised and my knee has honestly not recovered. The incident made for 'tense' relations for the remainder of the job, and I always felt she resented me somehow -- for harboring a grudge against her dog. Moreover, she never made proper amends, in my book: She gushed apologies after the incident and even wept, but did not once offer to pay for my medical care.

Anyway... LOL! Another sob story by: Hillaire.


Has anyone ever unwittingly 'made your day' (a friend or a stranger), just by doing something good, or loving... or inspired?
post #4334 of 6846
3/20/12 at 6:49am
Just yesterday I came into my office and was surprised to find a beautiful lunch prepared by one of my employees waiting for me. It was very thoughtful as she knew what I liked. The kindness of one person put me in a very good mood for the whole day.

What are three things you expect from other people?
post #4335 of 6846
3/20/12 at 7:12am
Well, one should expect more from themselves rather than from other people..that's my take on it I guess.

But 3 characteristics I would like in a person are:

Someone who gives to charity often, if they can
Compassionate
Humbleness


Do you like watching sports? Which ones?
post #4336 of 6846
3/20/12 at 9:35am
Hardly any, but more than others, maybe boxing and sumo

Likewise, do you like watching documentaries and, if so, on which subject/topic and on which channel?
post #4337 of 6846
3/20/12 at 10:37am
I thoroughly enjoy watching documentaries, especially ones that are dear to the heart. War and military documentaries can awe me sometimes, but I generally drift towards something with a heartfelt message.

SQ
post #4338 of 6846
3/20/12 at 10:49am
I love documentaries especially flora and fauna type. And cultural. I am the hugest Globe Trekker (a show) fan.

If you could charter a boat or a plane , who would you request to come with you and to do what?

I'd charter a plane and invite both Ian Wright and Megan McCormick and we'd just travel off the beaten path. We'd take a non-stop four year trip around the world.
post #4339 of 6846
3/20/12 at 12:10pm
Rolf Bae and Eirik Sonneland to guide me on an exploration of Antarctica.

What are three strong characteristics of your personality?
post #4340 of 6846
3/20/12 at 1:59pm
Three strong ones: silliness, maternalism, and creativity.

sq
post #4341 of 6846
3/20/12 at 2:22pm
Tenacity, patience (with occasional bouts of more or less aptly redirected impatience), high tolerance for lots of situations and conditions

Which hobby/extracurricular activity/informal passtime had the best influence on your professional life/career development?
post #4342 of 6846
3/20/12 at 2:33pm
Soccer, its not really a hobby so to say, its a passion and dream for me. The highs and lows and struggles and success experienced and the people I met have had a great influence on me. Im continuing to chase my dream although things havent been working out lately and I've got quite a few decisions to make soon.

SQ
post #4343 of 6846
3/20/12 at 2:44pm
Gemology

What would be one recommendation and one avoidance that you would impart on a tourist who is about to arrive in your "neck of the woods"?
post #4344 of 6846
3/21/12 at 12:18am
Well, do get out of the city proper to see the lakes and hills and rivers as nature made them! And better yet, get a cabin or b&b accommodation in a more natural area. The wildflowers this time of year are charming, too.

Don't blow your money on the whole 'famed' downtown music scene; unless you are under thirty it's a cacophonous bore. (IMO)

SQ
post #4345 of 6846
3/21/12 at 1:24am
Visit the many luxurious and decadent hotels to enjoy the interiors, cafes, food, drink and rooms.
Buy plenty of gold (very very cheap here) and smoke sheesha if if you're not a smoker.

Ignore the blatant stares from Indians. That's how they are in thier country too.
If you drive, stay out of the left-most lane on highways. That's the autobahn lane. People can and will drive up to 200mph.

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post #4346 of 6846
3/21/12 at 4:09am
Visit the museums and national monuments
Don't walk alone at night in NE,SE, & SW. Stay in NW

What adjective best describes your wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend?
post #4347 of 6846
3/21/12 at 4:22am
funny,clever,affectionate

SQ
post #4348 of 6846
3/21/12 at 4:33am
wise

At what distance do you feel comfortable speaking to another person - arms length, less, or more?
post #4349 of 6846
3/21/12 at 4:39am
Half a meter to one meter

What is your ultimately pampering cosmetic/grooming/fragrance product (i.e. you might not always need it, but you nevertheless enjoy it, as a decadent treat, as the ultimate delight for special moments, as your comfort cosmetic/grooming/fragrance)?
post #4350 of 6846
3/21/12 at 5:00am
Body oils applied during a massage at the salon

Would you say you're an analytical person or disorganized?
post #4351 of 6846
3/21/12 at 5:24am
Probably so analytical that I'd say you can be both disorganized and analytical, which I happen to be. I am, however, working on getting the disorganized part under control and have largely succeeded.

So, how do you really feel about vegans?
post #4352 of 6846
3/21/12 at 5:31am
Actually, good, even if I am neither vegetarian, nor vegan, some of their foods taste great even for a meat lover, besides, I often rethink and redo certain recipes in completely vegetarian/vegan style, not because of dieting, health concerns, ethical/religious reasons whatsoever, but simply to widen my experience and further heighten my gustatory sensation

Do you have a favorite brand of bottled water/mineral water and, if so, which one?
post #4353 of 6846
3/21/12 at 5:31am
Evian

What helps you get through a tough day?
post #4354 of 6846
3/21/12 at 5:56am
My friends, colleagues, Boston Terrier, watching favorite movies, reading, and, on occasion, complaining to just the right person.

SQ

And I just emailed her to let her know how much of the right person she is.
post #4355 of 6846
3/21/12 at 6:08am
A call to my children for a chat on trivial things.

Are you harder on yourself than you are on others?
post #4356 of 6846
3/21/12 at 6:39am
I think so, although my son may disagree!

If someone has upset you or wronged you do you let them know or seethe silently?
post #4357 of 6846
3/21/12 at 6:52am
It really depends on the severity of the personal transgression and the person involved.

What kind of lighting predominates at your home?
post #4358 of 6846
3/21/12 at 7:12am
I think that's the 20,000 dollar question, or shall I say..20,000th post almost..wow. That's a lot of posts! Oh Idk, energy efficient bulbs.

Do you eat fast food? Favorites if any?
post #4359 of 6846
3/21/12 at 7:13am
Yellow lights. Forgot thrproper term. Not the white hospital ones nor the blinding halogen. Warm lights. A lot of indirect lighting.
Large windows for natural light during the day.

Same Q
post #4360 of 6846
3/21/12 at 7:25am
A mixture of fluorescent and tungsten
@kalli: unfortunately a wide variety as time constraints necessitate it.

What is your opinion of acupuncture?
post #4361 of 6846
3/21/12 at 8:18am
Might consider it in the unlikely case that my Reiki sessions do not get my energies flowing.

Sq
post #4362 of 6846
3/21/12 at 8:30am
I think it works, I don't know much about the art/science of it but I'd definitely have a treatment or two.


What is some little thing that happens in day to day life that annoys you? (another way to put it: pet peeve)
** I hate it when the filter in my coffee maker collapses, makes a mess, and you get coloured water for coffee...
post #4363 of 6846
3/21/12 at 9:05am
Well, today the small stuff I don't care about! As I just left my purse with everything in it at the store, I return 2 hours later and someone turned it in!

I was like omgosh someone for sure stole it! I left it in the shopping cart outside! Someone turned it in to lost and found. Nothing touched. There was 20 dollars in cash they didn't even take! Good thing, it was my laundry money!

So, going on that..have you ever found something of value and turned it in to lost and found or something?
post #4364 of 6846
3/21/12 at 10:06am
I'm so happy for you kalli.

I actually found a single note (1,000 dirhams) worth about $350 at the cash deposit machine for paying phone bills. Turned it in to the local police station.

What image takes your breath away?

Mine:



post #4365 of 6846
3/21/12 at 10:09am
I've never found anything of great value, but I would turn it in if I did, or try to return it to its rightful owner.

Have you ever lost valuable things? (I left an expensive raincoat on a train, lost jewelry, my wallet a couple of times. Not lately, I'm more careful now, this was years ago).

oops, I'm late! I'll be back.
post #4366 of 6846
3/21/12 at 10:38am
Quote:
Originally Posted by kalli View Post

Well, today the small stuff I don't care about! As I just left my purse with everything in it at the store, I return 2 hours later and someone turned it in!

I was like omgosh someone for sure stole it! I left it in the shopping cart outside! Someone turned it in to lost and found. Nothing touched. There was 20 dollars in cash they didn't even take! Good thing, it was my laundry money!

So, going on that..have you ever found something of value and turned it in to lost and found or something?

Kalli, no wonder you aren't worrying about the small stuff today! So glad your purse was returned. I had my wallet returned once, by mail, I was so glad I can hardly tell you.

I once found a purse in a dressing room at a clothing store, and it was sitting open, with a lot of cash in sight. And yes, I took it to the cash desk right away.


If you found a good amount of money - let's say, on the roadside in the weeds, how much could it amount to before you'd feel you would have to turn it in? ( no wallet, etc. or ID with it of course )
post #4367 of 6846
3/21/12 at 10:44am



Sq
post #4368 of 6846
3/21/12 at 10:49am
Thanks guys! Ya, I was pretty surprised everything was in there! And my vintage Poison samples not taken out either, lol!.

To answer Hedonist's question:

any picture of my husband really. Don't really have any on this comp though.
post #4369 of 6846
3/21/12 at 12:19pm
I would probably turn in anything over $500.....Gary
post #4370 of 6846
3/21/12 at 12:21pm
Sorry.....We need a question.....

What is Your favorite season?

Gary
post #4371 of 6846
3/21/12 at 12:37pm
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Spring is my favorite. Good weather and everything shows new life after the dreading winter.

SQ.
post #4372 of 6846
3/21/12 at 12:51pm
Summer and winter, I enjoy fully-fledged sensations, dramatic landscapes and extreme temperatures (even though I live in a moderate climate zone)

When it comes to ice cream, what is your absolutely favorite flavor?
post #4373 of 6846
3/21/12 at 12:58pm
Rum Raisin

Who was the last interesting character you met on one of your travels or trips?
post #4374 of 6846
3/21/12 at 1:10pm
One of my cousins on the gulf coast last November. She is in her 60s and a total free spirit. She has a boyfriend she refuses to marry (she is a widow). She lost her home in Katrina, then rebuilt it (a little farther back) on the same property, and still has the most happy go lucky attitude of anyone I know. I think it is a gift.

sq.
post #4375 of 6846
3/21/12 at 1:29pm
On a trip to Palm Springs, during the Thursday night street fair, a vendor who was selling handmade wooden "croaking" toads who
was deafening all the passers by with the noise created by his invention.

In what way are you just like your mother or father?
post #4376 of 6846
3/21/12 at 3:40pm
Father: Love of sports, fascination of history, proud patriots of our background and blood.

Mother: Down-to-earth personality, inability to stick with personal goals.

People say I look like my father when friends see him, people say I look like my mother when friends see her, so cant say lol.

SQ
post #4377 of 6846
3/21/12 at 4:04pm
Father: Sense of humour, intelligence and belief in a necessity for a sense of justice in the world.

Mother: Superb empathy, kind, caring, willingness to help others.

I have my mothers eyes and unfortunately, my fathers hairline!

SQ.
post #4378 of 6846
3/21/12 at 4:25pm
Like my mother, I am intolerant of intellectually apathy.
Just like my father, I see racism and hatred for what it is, wherever it lies, whatever it attempts to hide behind.

Which archetypes from the following list resonate most with you? Why?
Actor
Anarchist
Bureaucrat
Caregiver
Companion
Crone
Detective
Diplomat
Dreamer
Fool
God
Healer
Historian
Knight
Magician
Matriarch
Muse
Networker
Patriarch
Poet
Priest
Prophet
Puck
Rebel
Revolutonary
Sadist
Scholar
Seductress
Servant
Sidekick
Storyteller
Thief
Tyrant
Visionary
Wizard
Addict
Artist
Beggar
Child
Coward
Crook
Dictator
Disciple
Eternal
Gala
Goddess
Herlad
Innovator
Liberator
Martyr
Midas
Mystic
Nun
Pilgrim
Politician
Prince
Prostitute
Puppet
Redeemer
Robot
Sage
Scout
Seeker
Settler
Slave
Student
Tramp
Vampire
Warrior
Zombie
Alchemist
Avenger
Bully
Clown
Craftsperson
Damsel
Dilettante
Diva
Boy/Girl Evangelist
Gambler
Gossip
Hermit
Judge
Lover
Masochist
Monk
Nature Boy/Girl
Olympian
Pioneer
Predator
Princess
Provocateur
Puritan
Rescuer
Saboteur
Samaritan
Scribe
Seer
Shaman
Spoiler
Teacher
Trickster
Victim
Witch
post #4379 of 6846
3/21/12 at 5:11pm
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Hillaire, I think you should start a new thread with this question. Very interesting.

I can identify myself with the dreamer archetype. I always hope for things that are too good to be true, but never lose faith that they will eventually come. It costs nothing to dream, why not.

SQ.
post #4380 of 6846
3/21/12 at 5:30pm
I identify with the gambler, for in my work I have to make very important decisions that can affect a lot of people and sometimes it pays off; other times not.

What special knowledge do you have that you can impart on other for their benefit?
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