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post #5761 of 6846
5/18/12 at 4:18pm
Incredibly injections as I remember never panicked me, but that wooden tongue depressor stick deep in my mouth always did.

Knowing what you know now, how well do you think you would have been able to function in an earlier time period before electricity?

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post #5762 of 6846
5/18/12 at 5:09pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by hednic View Post

Incredibly injections as I remember never panicked me, but that wooden tongue depressor stick deep in my mouth always did.

Knowing what you know now, how well do you think you would have been able to function in an earlier time period before electricity?

No problem! Would have loved to have been around in those days - provided I didn't get bitten by a rabid dog! Might have even liked being around in the days when electricity was being discovered. I just tell myself that people in the future may well look back on our present condition as horribly primitive.

SQ!
post #5763 of 6846
5/18/12 at 5:24pm
I think I would have been totally handicapped. I'm too spoiled with what is available today.

How often are you away from home on business?
post #5764 of 6846
5/18/12 at 5:26pm
Only on working time. I don't have to travel to work.

Red: I would fall in a deep depression or try to find other interesting stuff to do. If you're asking about profession, it would be very hard to work.

Hednic, a great part of the pediatricians don't know how to introduce the stick.

Question
If you could live beside a famous river, wich one would it be?
post #5765 of 6846
5/18/12 at 5:29pm
The Seine in Paris or The Hudson in New York

Which is a more tedious task for you - shoveling snow, or raking leaves?
post #5766 of 6846
5/18/12 at 5:41pm
Both. I preffer to talk on the net. Lol.

What was the hardest notice you had to tell someone?
post #5767 of 6846
5/18/12 at 5:53pm
Inform my wife of the death of an immediate family member in a plane crash.

Which birthday was for you the happiest and most memorable?
post #5768 of 6846
5/18/12 at 5:57pm
I'm sorry Hednic - that must have been very difficult .

I actually cannot remember the last happy birthday I had , honestly .

SQ
post #5769 of 6846
5/18/12 at 5:58pm
Each and every birthday seems to take its place as the happiest, year after year.

SQ
post #5770 of 6846
5/18/12 at 6:01pm
For me it was my 16th when my father drove up around the block with a new car that was my parents' give to me.

For you, what is/was a great thing about being married/single?
post #5771 of 6846
5/18/12 at 6:23pm
I value too much the individuality; sometimes we need to be alone with our thoughts.

SQ.
post #5772 of 6846
5/18/12 at 6:31pm
I have loved the intimacy, companionship, and sharing that marriage has afforded me.

Of all the species of dinosaurs, which excited you most growing up?
post #5773 of 6846
5/18/12 at 7:04pm
Velociraptors intrigue me so much; I do like that huge vegetarian and calm ones. But I'd like too much to follow the evolution of the winged species.

Nice point of view of marriage Hednic.

Question
What's the most crazy thing you do "idly" at home?
Me: watch TV and listen to music at the same time.
post #5774 of 6846
5/18/12 at 7:08pm
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

I have loved the intimacy, companionship, and sharing that marriage has afforded me.

Of all the species of dinosaurs, which excited you most growing up?

My favorite was Cynognathus - a small, mammal-like dinosaur that was a bit like a dog. I thought they were cute, but in retrospect, I think that they were probably the least fearsome of the dinos, and thus easier to become attached to as a child. For my brother and I, our plastic "cynogs" were among our most prized posessions. Although my brother liked Moschops quite a bit, too.

Oh, heck. I loved them all!

PS - Most crazy thing I do is sing in the shower. Really nutty songs. Many are unrepeatable in good company, or just in the presence of normal people.

Either question - take your pick!
post #5775 of 6846
5/18/12 at 7:16pm
@Red - Pterosaur
@Moore - vacuum & eat at the same time

What should be the punishment for a student who brings a weapon into a school building whether loaded or not?
post #5776 of 6846
5/18/12 at 10:16pm
six months of mandatory counseling and routine searches.


Are you able to draw at all?
post #5777 of 6846
5/18/12 at 10:30pm
Yes. I have even made my brother's school work one time. I had to draw a lot of animal species. I didn't want to but he insisted so much that I had to do.

SQ.
post #5778 of 6846
5/18/12 at 10:33pm
Yes, I am very skilled at drawing, painting, and sculpting. My highschool was a magnet school for visual & performing arts.

Which of the following words do you use more often, grey or gray?
post #5779 of 6846
5/18/12 at 10:49pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by heavenscent1 View Post

Great question, Hillaire.

SQ.

I could look at this picture "The Picnic" by James Tissot forever and feel I was there, too... and blissful.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Redneck Perfumisto View Post

Would you want to live next to a stream, creek, river, pond, lake, or ocean?

A stream... a babbling brook shrouded by thick foliage.
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Originally Posted by rubegon View Post

High rise question

I could live in a high rise, for sure; in fact I like the decorating challenges, which are unique, and the views are cool, too. But I could only do it short-term. I know I'd burn out after a year or two; I'd miss nature!
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

How often do you take risks?

Never. I think I am unable to, but also that I should.
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post


What is one thing you always remember your mother telling you when you were young?

Gib mir Deine Hand.
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Originally Posted by moore View Post


Question
If you could live beside a famous river, wich one would it be?

iFamous one? I guess the Thames, since I'd like to live in London. But I'd rather live on the unfamous Frio River, which gently cuts through Central Texas; it's so clear and the nature around it is so plush; it really moves me.
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

Question
What's the most crazy thing you do "idly" at home?
Me: watch TV and listen to music at the same time.

I fart around on perfume sites.. and shop online. While I watch TV.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Redneck Perfumisto View Post

Either question - take your pick!

I didn't have a favorite dinosaur, since I was a little girl as a child.
But my son, who LOVED dinosaurs, was most into the dyplodocus.
post #5780 of 6846
5/18/12 at 11:49pm
DETTERENCE_of_FRAGS: I have never paid attention, I think it's grey.

Do you feel uncomfortable talking to people on the net without knowing his/her face? Why?
post #5781 of 6846
5/18/12 at 11:55pm
No I don't need to know their face to have a dialogue.

Do you ever compromise on your principles?
post #5782 of 6846
5/18/12 at 11:58pm
No, never. And sometimes it makes me troubles. But I forget about the problems quickly.

SQ.
post #5783 of 6846
5/19/12 at 12:13am
No, I never compromise on my principles.

Which is your favorite museum sculpture?
post #5784 of 6846
5/19/12 at 12:16am
Well, that's a tough one. I think I have "adjusted" values, which I previously regarded as principles. But I honestly think it was the result of being better educated about whatever 'issue' was at the core of 'said' principles. And I do not think that any of those loosening of my narrower, "never"-related mores was ever the result of a reckless slide into moral turpitude.


Have you ever re-adjusted a major-issue belief? Such as: religion, political position, civil issue, or sexual attitude? Do tell.
post #5785 of 6846
5/19/12 at 12:18am
Ah, too late. My favoreite sculpture on earth is Bernini's portrait bust of Louis XIV. The intelligence of the man comes through, as well as the regal beauty. It's unreal.
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Have you ever re-adjusted a major-issue belief? Such as: religion, political position, civil issue, or sexual attitude? Do tell.
LL
post #5786 of 6846
5/19/12 at 12:21am
When I was young I was very far on the left in the political spectrum and with my views on every issue. Now I'm a tad bit right of center.

Of all the museums in the world that you have visited, which one affected you like no other?
post #5787 of 6846
5/19/12 at 1:28am
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

When I was young I was very far on the left in the political spectrum and with my views on every issue. Now I'm a tad bit right of center.

Of all the museums in the world that you have visited, which one affected you like no other?

I think it was the Air Force museum. They have a reproduction of the innards of an early atomic weapon - if I'm not mistaken - the Trinity device. It was painted in that normal, garish, olive drab color. Besides being badly misnamed, IMO, it gave off a really shocking vibe of scientific ingenuity coupled with destructiveness, as if one's first-grader were to bring home a cat guillotine she made in art class. I was cutely horrified.

On the bright side, the Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays, Kansas, has all sorts of wonderful fossils from the Cretaceous seas of Kansas, including the famous fish-within-a-fish fossil. There are some ocean floor fossils which are beautiful, huge, and just exploding with life. I found it all very life-affirming.

What's the most interesting national park or monument, or "wonder of the world" that you've seen?
post #5788 of 6846
5/19/12 at 2:57am
Pyramids of Egypt.

Sq
post #5789 of 6846
5/19/12 at 4:29am
Several art galleries in Vienna.

What is your favorite type of breakfast cereals?
post #5790 of 6846
5/19/12 at 5:45am
Granola.

Question

Is there a movie that looses its fun in the middle of the road for you? Why?

Mine: Pulp Fiction; I don't like when Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) dies. She was the charm of the movie.
post #5791 of 6846
5/19/12 at 6:19am
Probably older, but just because I understand them better. These kids these days! Ha!

Dream job?
post #5792 of 6846
5/19/12 at 7:58am
My current job.

How do you strive to become a better person?
post #5793 of 6846
5/19/12 at 8:51am
Taking as parameter good and bad exemples of behavior.

Question

Is there a movie that looses its fun in the middle of the road for you? Why?

Mine: Pulp Fiction; I don't like when Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) dies. She was the charm of the movie.
post #5794 of 6846
5/19/12 at 8:59am
Star Wars III. Once the teddy bears show up.

If you could have a wrestling match with one living politician, who would you choose?
post #5795 of 6846
5/19/12 at 9:02am
Jesse Ventura

Which of the four language skills do you find the most challenging as it pertains to English?
post #5796 of 6846
5/19/12 at 9:07am
Writing.

Which current TV show do you enjoy?
post #5797 of 6846
5/19/12 at 9:10am
Criminal minds.

SQ.
post #5798 of 6846
5/19/12 at 9:12am
Private Practice

What was the last valuable thing you lost?
post #5799 of 6846
5/19/12 at 9:13am
Not Going Out.

My bike (stolen). Less valuable, a packet I had picked up from the post office, then forgot in the park...

If you end up covered in pet hair every time you visit a friend, will you complain about it or just accept the fact quietly?
post #5800 of 6846
5/19/12 at 9:18am
I would probably just accept it.

Whose advice about making the most of life has proven to be the most useful?
post #5801 of 6846
5/19/12 at 9:40am
Who are your preferred visual artists in these media:

watercolor

painting

sculpture

drawing

illustration


Burchfield
Von Gogh
Noguchi
Durer
Erte

I don't remember getting advice about making the most of life.

Favorite singer?
post #5802 of 6846
5/19/12 at 11:30am
Barbra Streisand

What one thing do you remember about your high school graduation?
post #5803 of 6846
5/19/12 at 11:56am
I'm almost 6 foot tall and the man giving me my diploma was a short man. Platform shoes were in style, then, and I was probably 6'4" in my fancy black platform shoes. I'll never forget that he looked terrified of this Amazon woman walking across the stage towards him. So funny. Also remember my Dad giving out a special call to me.

Do you drive and if so, how did you learn?
post #5804 of 6846
5/19/12 at 12:27pm
Yes. I paid for lessons and did theoretical and practical tests.

Question
What's the worst thing you have to do at home sometimes? Desconsider others doing it to you.

Me: fix anything related to electricit, like to change a lamp. I have trauma to electricit; even knowing all all is turned-off I'm affraid of a shock.
post #5805 of 6846
5/19/12 at 12:31pm
Weeding

Which sports personality have you had the chance to meet in person?
post #5806 of 6846
5/19/12 at 12:41pm
I have seen a soccer player in a shopping mall. Don't remember the name, sorry. I'm not fond of soccer.

Hednic, weeding was a therapy to my grandpa; he had a wonderful garden and orchard.

Have you ever rejected a friendship requestion here? Am I annoying you answering my own questions?

Me: I never reject; I like to give people chances. But I've already was rejected and also excluded some people of my friendship list, with no regret. Right now I'm seriously thinking about excluding one.
post #5807 of 6846
5/19/12 at 12:47pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by moore View Post

I have seen a soccer prayer....

Was it him???

post #5808 of 6846
5/19/12 at 12:51pm
@moore No & No. Honestly don't give it very much thought.

Which literary form is the most appealing to you?
post #5809 of 6846
5/19/12 at 1:01pm
The novel, I am total buff for novels.

What about your favorite type of films (feature, short film, series, documentary, docufiction etc.)?
post #5810 of 6846
5/19/12 at 1:10pm
Alfa, your foool! Already added one more to my black list! I was to post on POTM now but I won't anymore!!!
I know the soccer player was too much religious; he had even an shining aureole over his head!

Hednic: Poems. They make me think so much. I also love chronic.
Ken, this would be my question smart boy!
I like horror movies, trash horror, drama, thrillers and anything about psychopaths.
SQ.
post #5811 of 6846
5/19/12 at 1:25pm
Plays!
How about Poetry+Plays since Shakespeare?
Hm . . .J.B. by Archibald Mac Leish
Has anyone else seen or read it?

BTW, since I blink and I miss this page: Pterodactyls (I wonder if some evolved into birds, Rodin's Balzac for 20th century sculpture ( or was it in the late 19th?) and Uma Thurman dies in the middle of Pulp fiction? I thought she nearly died?

What great novel have you been unable to 'get into' despite recommendations by friends whose values you respect?

For me it was The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford.
post #5812 of 6846
5/19/12 at 2:03pm
I have a major problem with the works of D H Lawrence. At school an English Literature teacher whom I greatly admired and respected told me that I should read The Rainbow. She thought it would resonate with me. I got to the end but it was torture.

How do you like to pass the time on long-haul flights?
post #5813 of 6846
5/19/12 at 2:26pm
Nice Q devilcat.

I barely am able to sleep on my own bed, so sleeping on a plane is beyond difficult. I remedied this by staying up for one full day before my long haul flight (9 hours from the US to western Europe then 7 hours to the UAE) and brownies.

An hour into the flight I am exhausted and involuntarily fall asleep.


Same Q
post #5814 of 6846
5/19/12 at 4:10pm
Reading & Drinking

Which non vulgar English word are you just so tired hearing coming out of a person's mouth?
post #5815 of 6846
5/19/12 at 4:20pm
Thing.
Its a blanket word for people with decaying vocabulary.

Same Q
post #5816 of 6846
5/19/12 at 4:44pm
awesome - hate it, hate it, hate it!

What year did you own your first computer?
post #5817 of 6846
5/19/12 at 5:04pm
Previous question: not a word but an acronym, "LOL" coming from my own hands. Despite that I really laugh easily.
Hah, I use "thing" very much. It's common on my language, wich is not poor at all.

Hednic I don't remember.

Question:
On any kind of art wich piece or anything like that you like but deslike the concept behind?
Let me explain myself: I like an album cover visually talking, but deslike the idea it transmits.
post #5818 of 6846
5/19/12 at 5:08pm
Empower. I know it's a good word, but I'm so tired of hearing it. The same goes for closure and embrace, I think I've already said that here in another question, sorry for repeating myself!

Year I got my first computer? 1997.

Moore - the art question - I'd have to think about that one, but I know what you mean about album covers. There have been a few that are very appealing until I "really" look at them.

If it's late in evening or you're tired, do you find yourself falling to sleep watching television or a movie?
Me - it's like a sleeping pill. I've missed seeing so many things!
post #5819 of 6846
5/19/12 at 5:31pm
I just can't sleep with lights. But my brother is the contrary. I even dream and talk when the sound of the TV is high and I fall asleep. Also I don't sleep well when I arrive home on the dawning.

SQ.
post #5820 of 6846
5/19/12 at 5:49pm
It happens to me all the time. Many plot lines to stories I've missed.

What is one of your pet peeves?
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