Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Roses on November 18, 2020, 11:32:40 AM
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I found this on another forum, it is very popular. A question is asked, the next poster answers it and asks another question.
Have you ever handled a snake? I have on a number of occasions.
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I found this on another forum, it is very popular. A question is asked, the next poster answers it and asks another question.
Have you ever handled a snake? I have on a number of occasions.
Yes. in Australia, for about five minutes of abject terror, a yellow-bellied black snake, poisonous!
Question: Have you ever done a parachute jump, solo or in a group?
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No but I wish I had.
How would you react if the Queen knocked on your door? I would offer her a cuppa getting out my best mug. ;D
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No but I wish I had.
How would you react if the Queen knocked on your door? I would offer her a cuppa getting out my best mug. ;D
I would. I've absolutely no time whatsoever for the institution of the Monarchy, but a (small, admittedly) part of the reason for that is that I don't think it does the Royals any favours to be caught up in that mess. The Queen has done a sterling job with an absolutely poisoned chalice, and the saving grace for her time as monarch has been her capacity to keep the crown pretty much neutral in any internal UK/Commonwealth business whilst maintaining an air of being on the Commonwealth's side overseas.
I fear for the time her son takes over, because I don't think he has the temperament to do that, and the Monarchy coming under threat because the Monarch is a problem is going to be a lot more fractious than the Monarchy coming under threat just because it's had its day.
What's the future for the BBC and the license fee?
O.
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I would. I've absolutely no time whatsoever for the institution of the Monarchy, but a (small, admittedly) part of the reason for that is that I don't think it does the Royals any favours to be caught up in that mess. The Queen has done a sterling job with an absolutely poisoned chalice, and the saving grace for her time as monarch has been her capacity to keep the crown pretty much neutral in any internal UK/Commonwealth business whilst maintaining an air of being on the Commonwealth's side overseas.
I fear for the time her son takes over, because I don't think he has the temperament to do that, and the Monarchy coming under threat because the Monarch is a problem is going to be a lot more fractious than the Monarchy coming under threat just because it's had its day.
What's the future for the BBC and the license fee?
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I think it will continue for this parliament and the next. It's a thing that annoys some on the far side of most parties but rather like the CofE, and indeed the monarchy, it would take a lot of time to change for very little political return. The market may enforce some changes though and I can see it becoming leaner.
I think the monarchy and relations is a gilded torture chamber for those involved. There seems a sort of totemic use of them by the nations which is to me disturbing.
What do you see as being the major changes brought about by Covid?
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One thing that I have wondered about, given that Covid measures look like being a fixture into next year, is whether people will choose to maintain some of these measures even when the need for them goes - for example, when social distancing ends and crowds return, in stadia or busy streets/shops, I wonder if people will decide to continue to wear face-masks voluntarily.
Does anyone think that the current circumstances involving Corbyn will see the Labour party fragment?
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No. I think the Labour Party is better off now Starmer is in charge than it has been for quite a while.
Have you ever been breath tested? I haven't but our eldest girl was once when the police were doing random checks. She found it quite amusing as she has never liked any alcoholic drink.
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No. I think the Labour Party is better off now Starmer is in charge than it has been for quite a while.
Have you ever been breath tested? I haven't but our eldest girl was once when the police were doing random checks. She found it quite amusing as she has never liked any alcoholic drink.
Yes I have. Tested negative.
Have you ever laid on your back on the grass at gone midnight and looked up at a clear sky full of stars and wondered what the heck is this all about?
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No.
Have you ever been done for speeding? I was very fortunate not to have been stopped, as in my younger days I was a fast driver. I stick to the speed limit now.
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Yes. In France last year. I was caught exceeding the speed limit in mid-July and learned about it two months later when I returned to England. If I payed my fine by October and by debit card I would be given a cosiderable discount.
When was the last time you travelled abroad?
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Yes. In France last year. I was caught exceeding the speed limit in mid-July and learned about it two months later when I returned to England. If I payed my fine by October and by debit card I would be given a cosiderable discount.
When was the last time you travelled abroad?
September - Greece. Feels like an age ago.
Will Covid affect your Christmas plans?
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September - Greece. Feels like an age ago.
Will Covid affect your Christmas plans?
Our second is in a supported living placement, she moved in in May and we've not been able to see her since, it runs as though it were a care home because some of the residents (though not her) have medical conditions that make them susceptible. It doesn't look as though she's going to be able to come see us at Christmas, we couldn't go see her for her 21st Birthday this week... it's going to be tough knowing that she's out there somewhere without us. She won't care, I don't think, her condition means that she's largely content so long as there aren't significant disruptions to her routine, but it'll feel weird not to have all the kids at home for the first time in more than twenty years.
That said, I'm not sure she'd be particular settled at home with a sixteen month old and a three year old tearing the place up high on mince pies and lemonade!!!
At the same time, it's touch and go whether we'll get down to see my parents or in-laws on Boxing Day, which has become something of a tradition of late, and I confess to being somewhere between ambivalent and actively happy at the prospect of just being able to bunker down at home for the week!
I'm sat here listening to Spotify's recommendations based on my last week's listening and I've just discovered three absolute gems I had no idea even existed: Journey's 'Wheel in the Sky', Chris de Burgh's 'Don't Pay the Ferryman' and a version of 'Summer Wine' by Andrea Corr and Bono. What's the last 'instant classic' you heard?
O.
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I have no interest in any sort of music.
Do you have anyone in a care home who you will not be able to visit this Christmas? Our Down's syndrome son normally joins us for our Christmas festivities on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. But this year it won't happen, fortunately he doesn't seem to bothered about that as he gets on so well with the staff at his care home.
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No.
Would anybody report their neighbour for breaking Covid-19 regs, ie if a lot of random people visited them? (I wouldn't, just posing a question)
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I would report them if they had a rave, or a huge party. Fortunately they aren't likely to do anything that daft.
Have you ever reported your neighbours for anything at all? I reported a guy years ago, who lived not too far from us, after he exposed himself as I was walking past his gate. >:(
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I once phoned the Old Bill because my neighbour continuously held loud parties late in the night on weekdays. I normally wouldn't have bothered but my then girlfriend couldn't get any sleep.
Have you ever had your collar felt?
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No, I am a very good little girl. ;D
What is the craziest thing you have done in your life? I have done so many the list is very long indeed. :o Kicking a live grenade around like a football when I was ten, is probably top of the list.
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Spending over £2,000 on a bicycle in 1999. The bike was my Copenhagen Pedersen. I've still got it, and it is my favourite bike (of three).
Who is your favourite poet?
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Apart from me, ;D I don't have one.
Do you put your food waste in the compost bin or out for food waste collection. As we only have peelings, not liking to waste food, we put it in the compost bin.
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No. I don't do either.
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When I lived in Crawley in the late 80s, Bob Anderson appeared in my local we played several games of darts.
Have you ever competed against (or played with) a world/national champion in their field?
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No I have no interest in sport.
How often do you charge your mobile phone? I charge mine once in a blue moon as it is so rarely used.
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No. I don't do either.
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When I lived in Crawley in the late 80s, Bob Anderson appeared in my local we played several games of darts.
Have you ever competed against (or played with) a world/national champion in their field?
Yes, in pool. Many times played against Petri Makkonen who plays in the same club as me. Multiple Finnish champion and he also won the World Cup of Pool with Mika Immonen a number of years back. Suffice to say I haven't beaten him yet.
Have you ever owned a Ford Fiesta? My first car was a mark II '82 Ford Fiesta. Reliable even though I abused the thing, ran out of petrol multiple times. Eventually I wrote it off driving far too close to the car infront of me. I miss it.
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No. I've never owned any car, nor passed the driving test.
How many books do you own (approximately) (proper books, not ones on an e-reader)?
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Have you ever owned a Ford Fiesta? My first car was a mark II '82 Ford Fiesta. Reliable even though I abused the thing, ran out of petrol multiple times. Eventually I wrote it off driving far too close to the car infront of me. I miss it.
I had a Tinky-winky purple diesel Fiesta about ten years ago that lost in a game of Close Encounters of the Deer Kind... bloody deer got up and limped away. Replaced it with a Honda Jazz which was just not quite as good in every single way, down to and including the speakers on the radio.... :( Great car that Fiesta.
Sorry, out of sequence a bit, but didn't want to lose it :)
How many paper books - somewhere in the region of a thousand, I guess, mostly sci-fi and swords-and-sorcery fiction, with a smattering of thrillers handed on from my Dad and then a small range of non-fiction (histories, some pop-philosophy, some software for dummies bits and pieces and then a smattering of oddities).
Anyone else looking at the prospective return to 'normal' after the lockdown with a touch of regret? I've absolutely loved working from home this much - my commute to the office is approaching two hours each way because of Reading's preposterous traffic situation, and although I typically only had to do it once or twice a week it dragged. As to the social isolation... I've not really noticed anything except it being a little more difficult to get a booking slot for shopping deliveries.
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No, I'm bloody well not - roll on normality. This half-life we're living now is a pain in the nether orifice.
I repeat: how many proper books, including braille and audiobooks, but not ones saved on an e-reader, do you own? I take it that the point of the game is to answer the last question asked, not the last-but-one or the last-but-two.
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Correct.
We used to own hundreds but got rid of many of them as we only use our Kindles these days, much preferring them to actual books.
When did you last use a library? I haven't used one for about 30 years or more, we preferred to buy the books we wanted to read.
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About a year ago, before the lurgy. I too prefer to buy books, but I sometimes go in to use their computer or with my own laptop to use their free wifi, rather than use up my payg credit.
What's the difference between a duck?
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About a year ago, before the lurgy. I too prefer to buy books, but I sometimes go in to use their computer or with my own laptop to use their free wifi, rather than use up my payg credit.
What's the difference between a duck?
A duck.
Do the questions have to make sense?
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No. (The correct answer is "one of its legs are both the same".)
How many 'Religion and Ethics Forum' members does it take to change a light bulb?
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They are supposed to make sense! :o
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One straw man of the ad hominem genus and one with a handy pair of non sequiteurs.
Have you ever washed your socks in a bidet?
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One straw man of the ad hominem genus and one with a handy pair of non sequiteurs.
Have you ever washed your socks in a bidet?
No.
When you're ill, do you like the fact that you don't have to go anywhere and therefore don't have to wash?
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If I'm well enough to feel like that, yes, otherwise no.
Have you ever answered the phone in a foreign language in order to confuse cold callers?
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No I put the phone down on them without comment then block the number.
How many properties have you owned? We have had about nine.
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No I put the phone down on them without comment then block the number.
How many properties have you owned? We have had about nine.
Only one.
Who here knows what the Finnish word " kalsarikännit" means ( without googling it)?
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No-one
Why did you think they might?
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I didn't think they might, ad-o did.
What one word would you use to describe a person who intends to sit around in their underwear and get drunk?
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I didn't think they might, ad-o did.
What one word would you use to describe a person who intends to sit around in their underwear and get drunk?
Kalsarikännit. ;D
Why do some people pronounce "Ralf" as "Raif"? Using the same logic "Rolf" should be pronounced "Roif".
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Just a different way of pronouncing it, strictly speaking, 'Rafe' is the correct way (old Norse name which of course you know).
What do you consider to be the height of vulgarity?
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Didn't know that.
The height of vulgaity? Reality TV.
Why don't microwave ovens heat food evenly? Genuinley don't know. Someone here must do.
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Mine does, don't forget to stir halfway through.
When you are reading poetry to your loved one by the crackling fire in the evening, do you develop a crick in your neck?
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Mine does, don't forget to stir halfway through.
When you are reading poetry to your loved one by the crackling fire in the evening, do you develop a crick in your neck?
No, I think.
What's a crick? LOL!
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Kalsarikännit. ;D
Why do some people pronounce "Ralf" as "Raif"? Using the same logic "Rolf" should be pronounced "Roif".
The composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams insisted that his name should be pronounced "Rafe" and it still is by anyone who knows anything about him (including Radio 3 announcers). He was born near Swindon - it that has any bearing. 8)
If following Brexit the United Kingdom disintegrated, what other major constitutional changes would you exoect to seein England or Scotland?
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HH you didn't answer ad_o's question.
What's a crick? LOL!
A painful stiff feeling in the neck or back. Laugh out loud.
What HH asked:
If following Brexit the United Kingdom disintegrated, what other major constitutional changes would you exoect to seein England or Scotland?
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HH you didn't answer ad_o's question.
OK - what I intended people to understand was "It's pronounced "Rafe" because that is the way its owner wants it to be pronounced."
Perhaps I expected too much ...
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HH you didn't answer ad_o's question.
A painful stiff feeling in the neck or back. Laugh out loud.
What HH asked:
If following Brexit the United Kingdom disintegrated, what other major constitutional changes would you exoect to seein England or Scotland?
Some form of proportional representation for general elections (ideally single transferable vote); and the disestablishment of the Churches of England and Scotland (both more hopes than expectations, though).
What time is it?
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Time for an England Independence Referendum?
How would you vote?
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Against. The UK needs each of the countries, which make it up. United we stand, divided we fall, imo
If you are English do you think you are a cut above, the Welsh, Scots and Northern Irish? I am half English but regard England as no more special than the other countries, which make up the UK.
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No, I don't. (I am mainly English, with a bit of Scotch from my Scotch maternal great-grandfather.)
What is your favourite single malt Scotch?
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Those North of the Border don't like to be called Scotch! Scottish or Scots is correct. Now that is me being a pedant! ;D I quite liked a very small Laphroaig when I permitted myself to have spirits, but not anymore.
Have you ever considered giving up alcohol?
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Yes.
Have you ever seen Scotch mist?
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No.
LR - I deliberately wrote "Scotch" instead of "Scottish" in a rather childish attempt to wind up some other posters. Nowadays, "Scotch" means whisky (and mist, eggs and corner), while the general word for people and things from Caledonia is "Scottish", but until the 1950s or 60s it was a class difference: posh people said "Scotch" for all people and things Caledonian, while hoi polloi said "Scottish", with the above exceptions.
Will you be getting a Covid-19 jab?
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I realised that!
Yes we will when they are available.
Have you had a flu jab? We had ours in October.
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No.
Have you ever had a temper tantrum?
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Yep, especially when I read Steve's posts, which are aimed at me. ;D ;D ;D
Have you ever kicked a bloke where it hurts? I booted my late uncle by marriage when he tried to drag me into bed with him! >:( He had no clothes on so I reckon he must have been sore in that region until the day he kicked the bucket.
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No.
Do you ever give TMI when one word would suffice?
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I don't know, because I don't know what "TMI" means. Please explain.
Do you post on Facebook?
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Too much information
I used to but no longer.
Do you wear slippers in the home? I prefer Crocs.
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Thanks. In that case, occasionally.
Yes. My present pair are literally falling apart - I must buy a new pair.
Do, do, do, do, do you remember, do, do, do, do, do you recall the day we went out into the country just to get away from it all? (https://youtu.be/9UV4pSL1Kz0)
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No ;D.
Did you ever believe in Father Christmas?
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What - do you mean he doesn't exist? :o Yes, I did.
Did you ever believe in the tooth fairy?
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Of course.
How old were you when you discovered FC didn't exist? I was 8.
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Don't remember ever believing in it.
What's your idea of cosiness?
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I don't know that I have one.
Did you have a stocking or a pillowcase for your FC pressies? We had pillowcases.
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Both. Still do ;D (no FC tho)
Have you ever been camping?
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Do you mean like Old Mother Riley?
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Yes - I went on two cycle-camping tours in Gloucestershire and South Wales in the noughties.
How many bicycles do you own?
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One indoor exercise bike.
Do you have daily walks? I have one early in the morning.
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No.
Why not get a proper bike, and exercise by riding it? Much more fun!
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I don't like riding bikes.
Would you give up smoking if you were told it was damaging your health?
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Yes (but I'd have to start smoking first :D)
Would you evade paying some of your tax if you knew how?
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No. What do you take me for - a tory? Taxes pay for a decent society. Within reason, I'd pay more tax, if I knew it was going on things that benefit all, especially the poorest, and not on weapons.
Do you vote?
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Alright, alright, TMI! You only had to say 'Yes, No, maybe or MYOB'.
Yes.
Have you ever been burgled ?
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Yes, a number of times, but not for many years now.
If you were permanently exiled from the UK (including its crown dependencies), where would you like to live?
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Nowhere :o :'(.
Do you enjoy getting up early?
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Nowhere :o :'(.
Do you enjoy getting up early?
Not particularly, especially if it's for work.
If you had enough money, would you ever work again? I wouldn't.
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Yes.
Would you own a second home if you were able to make good use of it?
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I do own a second home and the two months that I spent in it this year preserved my sanity and saved 2020 from being totally written off.
If you never had another alcoholic drink, wouldyou miss it?
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No I wouldn't.
What would you miss most if you could no longer have it?
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Books.
What, if anything, do you give up for Lent?
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Nothing as Lent doesn't feature in my scheme of things.
Do you wash up by hand or use a dishwasher? When our dishwasher packed up I decided we didn't require another one, as it is rare for there to be more than the two of us for a meal, so there are very few dishes. I can wash them up in a couple of minutes.
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By hand. I've never owned a dishwasher - they strike me as an unnecessary waste of space.
Do you dry clothes on a line or rotary thingy, or in a tumble-dryer?
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I used to have a tumble dryer, but these I put them out on airers on nice days and on the radiators in winter.
Do you have a microwave? I use our much more often than the oven.
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I use a dishwasher even though I live alone. I generally use a "rapid wash" programme which takes about 20 minutes three or four times a week.
Washing by hand can use five or six times the quantity of water that a dishwasher will use for the same load, so it is more efficient in its use of water. Add to this a comparison of the cost of heating the water being used to either hand wash or machine wash and it becomes clear that - environmentally - dish washing can be preferable to hand washing.
Do you think that Boris johnson will be PM this time next year?
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What is your question?
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Probably, unfortunately.
Do you think Keir Starmer will ever be Prime Minister?
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I certainly hope so, I think he stands a reasonable chance of winning the next election.
Would you have liked to have been a politician?
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I certainly hope so, I think he stands a reasonable chance of winning the next election.
Would you have liked to have been a politician?
Probably not. Not a great liar. The gravy train does appeal to me though.
Do you like garlic? Can't stand the stuff. The devil's droppings!
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Yes I like garlic.
Do you have an office/study in your home. We have always had a study in each of the properties in which we have lived since we married in 1969. As my husband is an academic they were very important to him. In spite of his brain damage he still manages to do complicate graphs on his computer, although he couldn't send an e-mail!
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No.
Do you like apricots?
I think they are utterly vile - the fruit from hell. I feel slightly queasy just typing the word.
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I like apricots.
Do you use real handkerchiefs or paper ones? The latter for me.
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I like apricots.
Do you use real handkerchiefs or paper ones? The latter for me.
Paper ones nowadays. Used to have handkerchiefs as a kid in my school blazer pocket.
Does anyone use wet wipes instead of toilet paper? Much better, I reckon.
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No. Wet wipes should never be put down a toilet, they can block the drains. It is frowned upon here in the UK.
How many toilets do you have? We have three.
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No. Wet wipes should never be put down a toilet, they can block the drains. It is frowned upon here in the UK.
How many toilets do you have? We have three.
One. I live in an apartment.
What do you prefer? A high maintance detached house or a low maintenance apartment?
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I like our detached house, neither my husband or I would wish to live in an apartment.
Do you have a bucket list.
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No. I've got two buckets, but it's not worth listing them.
What are you reading?
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Detective fiction on my Kindle.
If moon trips at a reasonable price, were on offer to the general public would you consider going on one? I might have done when I was younger.
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Like you, would have dedinitely said yes when younger. Now I'm middle-aged, no.
Have you ever been to Copenhagen? Went there last year and is definitely my favourite European city.
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No.
Have you ever been naked in public? It is something I would rather die than do, for which the world must be very grateful. ;D
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Yes - but it depends on what you mean by "public".
Many years ago my wife and I were on holiday in Provence and we took a boat trip to the Ile du Levant, on which is located a nudist community. This was not near the port area where we found a market selling holiday goods.
We had a return crossing but it was not for about four hours. We decided to relax on a beach. We saw that there was one about a kilometre from where we were. As we walked along the road we came to a barrier. In a small shelter next to the barrier was a naked woman. She told us to get undressed before going any further. People who were walking along the same road demonstrated that they were already prepared for this instruction. We took our clothes off on the spot.
We sunbathed for a couple of hours, nearby everyone else was naked - including whole families. And we walked some distance back to the barrier before attempting to put any clothes back on. It seemed normal and unremarkable.
The BBC's charter is due for renewal in 2027. Do you consider that the BBC - as we know it - will continue beyond this date?
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Yes.
What is your idea of sheer bliss when you have a day off?
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Yes.
What is your idea of sheer bliss when you have a day off?
A long bike ride in the country on a beautiful, warm sunny day, with plenty of dosh on me for pubs and second-hand book shops, and no Covid restrictions.
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A long bike ride in the country on a beautiful, warm sunny day, with plenty of dosh on me for pubs and second-hand book shops, and no Covid restrictions.
Have you forgotten something?
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Have you forgotten something?
I don't think so. What do you think I've forgotten?
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I don't think so. What do you think I've forgotten?
A question. Isn't that part of the idea of the thread?
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Oops! Silly me.
Are you on Facebook?
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No
Have you any antiques? We have a church pew my mother bought from a monastery sale in 1952 she got it for a fiver. It is a few hundred years old and has some intricate carvings on it.
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Yes. I have a number of old books, the oldest being a very tatty edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' from c.1760, and some old clocks, the oldest being a long-case made by John Pitt of Tetbury between 1830 and 1856.
Who put the bomp in the bomp-ba-bomp-ba-bomp? Who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?
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You did.
Do you have any antics?
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Yes.
Do you prefer a shower or a bath? I much prefer a shower.
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A bath.
What are the points furthest North, South, East and West that you've ever been?
Me: N&W; Portree, Isle of Skye, on a family holiday in 1967.
S&E, Como, N. Italy, on a school trip in 1964.
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North - Stockholm
West - Cabo de Sao Vicente, Portugal
South - Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
East - Narita Airport, Tokyo
What is your highest academic achievement? Mine is a master's degree.
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A D in A-Level Economics.
Have you had your flu jab yet?
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Yes
Which do you prefer, dark mornings or dark nights? I prefer the latter.
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No preference.
Which is your favourite Doctor? Mine is Tom Baker, No. 4.
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My husband.
What age were you when you first watched TV? I was 3 my grandmother had one. My father bought one soon after.
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12.(The Coronation).
Have you ever been in a cemetery alone at dusk?
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Yes, to look for glow worms and bats.
Have you ever served in the Armed Forces.
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No, but then as a pacifist that isn't surprising.
What season is your favourite, and why?
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Spring. Usually it isn't too hot or too cold.
Which do you dislike the most very hot or cold weather? I dislike intense heat the most.
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I prefer very hot weather as you can take clothes off.
Where are you going to get your socks when Peacocks is gone?
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Never heard of Peacocks. I get ours from Tesco.
If you had a time machine would you make use of it?
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Never heard of Peacocks. I get ours from Tesco.
If you had a time machine would you make use of it?
Yes, if I could then get back, that is. I'd travel back to West Ham glory days of the mid 60's, or late 70's/early 80's and see how easy it really was to take the Shed.
What's the one thing you miss most from your childhood?
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I can't think of anything.
In the very unlikely event of Trump turning up at your home would you invite him in? You don't need to ask what my answer would be. ;D
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No. I'd just laugh and ask why Orange Man (with a syrup) from the Tango ad's has turned up on my doorstep, then shut the door.
How much cash have you got in your wallet?
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A few hundred & some small change ;D .
Would you use the Accessible Toilet if you were in a queue, desperate and there were no disabled people about?
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Yeah, all the time. Used to do that in my old boozer back in England as well, only it was the ladies toilets in the saloon bar.
What you having for dinner?
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A salad as usual.
Have you ever fallen out of a tree? As a child I managed to fall out of a tree I was forbidden to climb, not once but twice. :o
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Yes, from swinging on a rotten branch which snapped.
Have you ever fallen off a horse?
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Yes, from swinging on a rotten branch which snapped.
Have you ever fallen off a horse?
Yes; many times, but injury-wise without much more than bruising (in my younger days I rode a lot, and had my own horses).
Would you forego a traditional Christmas dinner in favour of a decent curry (I would)?
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As much as I love a decent ruby, I don't think I would.
What's your favourite curry?
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I don't eat curry nowadays as it doesn't agree with me, but when I did I liked them as mild as possible.
Have you been to Madam Tussauds? We took our children there many years ago.
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I don't eat curry nowadays as it doesn't agree with me, but when I did I liked them as mild as possible.
Have you been to Madam Tussauds? We took our children there many years ago.
Yes - when I was a kid, not been back since. Couldn't see the point and preferred the grisly chamber of horrors bit to slightly weird wax versions of vaguely famous people, some of which bore little resemblance to the person they were supposed to have been representing.
Do you play a musical instrument? - I play the guitar for fun, albeit I am considerably worse than I was 30 years ago.
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The recorder, though I haven't done so for many years.
How much do you hate the Tories?
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How much do you hate the Tories?
At the risk of coming across all 'hate the sin, love the sinner', I don't hate anyone because they're a Tory, I try to avoid hating people in general, I find it's counterproductive. If you hate you give them power of you - I despair of some of the Tory policies and rhetoric, but I'm married to a Tory voter so I can see in at least some of the instances where they're coming from.
They're not evil, they're not hateful, they love their country and their history and their people, they simply have different priorities about what those institutions and groups benefit from or need, and a different balance of priorities between them and others.
We'd all be a little better off if the world spent less time talking about people they disagree with in terms of 'hate' and more in terms of 'don't understand... yet?'
That said... what's the most destructive post-war UK government policy been?
O.
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Privatisation: disastrous for the railways, the post, and most other privatised industries.
Would you eat chlorinated chicken? I certainly wouldn't, knowingly, and I hope that it's clearly labelled as such if we start importing it from the USA.
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No I wouldn't.
What food do you dislike the most?
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Beetroot, liver and tripe. YUCK!
Have you ever been to the London Dungeon? Our children loved going there when young. :)
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Beetroot, liver and tripe. YUCK!
Have you ever been to the London Dungeon? Our children loved going there when young. :)
Yes - was going to mention it when answering about Madam Tussauds as I much preferred the London Dungeon.
Have you ever had a McDonalds milk-shake? The first (and I think only) time I had one was as a kid when I went on a trip to the London Dungeon and Museum of London. I now try to avoid McDonalds like the plague - don't think I've been to one for decades.
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I don't like milkshakes. However I do like McDonald's takeaways, but only treat myself once in a blue moon.
Do you like ground coffee, or instant? Me being me I much prefer instant.
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I like both but ground coffee is better. Plenty of cream and sugar.
Do you like pie and mash (with liquor, obviously)?
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No.
Do you like jellied eels?
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No.
Do you like jellied eels?
Love em.Jellied eels, cockles with lashing of vinegar and white pepper, crab sticks etc. Man I miss those seafood stalls outside of pubs. Love all that kind of stuff.
What's your favourite book?
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The Confessions of A Justified Sinner by James Hogg
Who do you most admire, and why?
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Peter Tatchell, for his consistency of thought, his courage and his relentlessness.
That question deserves a thread to itself.
What is your favourite relaxation method?
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Shiraz Viognier
I'll maybe set a thread up on the people you admire question.
What is your first memory?
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Smarties on the sofa. The sofa we had was one with buttons in the base cushion so little "hollows" were formed where the button was located. I used to sort the different coloured smarties into separate hollows. Fuck knows why!
What is your favourite confectionery?
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Cadburys Chocolate
Would you like to have been a celeb, and if so, in which genre?
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I would like to have been a sex god.
Which do you like more - spring or autumn?
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Dunno, Spring maybe but like both.
Do you enjoy staying in hotels?
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I don't have holidays now having caring responsibilities, but back in the day I didn't mind staying in a decent hotel.
Will you drive in fog? I won't I think it is dangerous.
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I always drive in a fog, like many of the others on the Geriatric Riviera.
We have the most up to date traffic calming system. I think it is called 'Pot Holes'. What irritates you the most about other road users?
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I am really irritated by cyclists who ride together in groups preventing cars passing them, and the ones who don't wear high visibility jackets so they are easily seen.
Are there many speed bumps in your neighbourhood? We have a lot in our village.
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Yes. The ambulance drivers love them as they help to keep the patients conscious.
Have you ever driven behind a bus, which is behind a cyclist, up a steep winding hill road for 2 miles?
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I am really irritated by cyclists who ride together in groups preventing cars passing them, and the ones who don't wear high visibility jackets so they are easily seen.
Typical ill-informed anti-cyclist prejudice from a car driver. I pretty much never see groups of cyclists blocking cars from overtaking - they ride single file. I'm sure the same is true where you are. If you've got normal eyesight, you should have no difficulty seeing cyclists in daylight (hi-viz jackets are a good idea at night, but not essential if your headlights are working properly), and if you haven't got normal eyesight, you shouldn't be driving.
Do you think vehicle excise duty should be increased, to more accurately reflect the amount of harm, environmental and otherwise, that cars do?
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Typical Steve, obsessive cyclist nonsense! ;D
The vehicle licence fee should be lowered for those with electric cars.
Should cyclists have to have licences too? They did in my home island when I was young.
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Typical Steve, obsessive cyclist nonsense! ;D
The vehicle licence fee should be lowered for those with electric cars.
Should cyclists have to have licences too? They did in my home island when I was young.
No. We should be encouraging cycling, not discouraging it, and there's no evidential case for it.
Should Covid-19 vaccination be legally obligatory for all who have not got a valid medical reason not to be? I'm not sure, but I think there's a strong case for a degree of compulsion via continuing restrictions on the refusers.
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I think they should be compulsory unless there is a valid medical reason for a person not having them.
How often do you check your bank accounts? I check ours on a daily basis.
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I think they should be compulsory unless there is a valid medical reason for a person not having them.
How often do you check your bank accounts? I check ours on a daily basis.
Not as frequently as you.
Have you ever scraped a car when manoeuvring out of a parking space?
I did it , for the first time ever, about an hour ago in my local Morrisons. The other owner was packing her shopping at the time....unfortunately!
Looks like a T-cut job luckily.
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No thank goodness.
Has anyone ever risked their life to save yours? I have often mentioned 'Auntie' Myra (now 103) saved me from the horse and cart, which was bolting towards me on our drive when I was two.
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Not that I know of.
Have you ever had bottles/cartons of milk left on doorstep which were frozen & took ages to defrost?
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Not that I know of.
Have you ever had bottles/cartons of milk left on doorstep which were frozen & took ages to defrost?
Many years ago, yes.
I remember the birds tapping through the foil to get the cream also.
Do you drink coffee to relax?
I like to have an espresso before going to bed.
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I have a tumbler of water before going to bed.
Did your mother ever make cheese?
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No.
Have you ever been hospitalised after a road traffic accident? I was, for nine weeks, after I was knocked of my bike by a motorcyclist n 2014. I broke my right heel bone, and my left collar bone in two places.
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No
Do you cut your own hair?
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Yes - I cut it very short with an electric clipper every six months or so.
Do you mainly access the internet via a smartphone, a laptop, or a desktop?
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Desktop
Have you ever appeared on television?
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Yes. I was interviewed on BBC Midlands News when I was chairman of the parish council.
I have also been seen on two occasions at the front of the audience in the arena at the Last Night of the Proms. If i tell you that the conductor was Malcolm Sargent you will realise that it was not last year.
When was the first time you went abroad?
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New York 1986. It was a third world country
When did you feel happiest?
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Gosh, I feel happy now at 60 & apart from one time, have always been quite happy. I don't know, maybe when children were small.
When were you unhappiest?
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When my mother died suddenly when I was 18.
Who is your favourite novelist?
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I have quite a number whom I like to read, no one in particular.
Have you ever had any of your writing published?
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Yes - a collection of poetry and a few poems in various magazines, including two in the 'Literary Review', when it had a much-missed poetry competition each month: one won joint second prize, earning me £75, and the other won first prize - £300.
Who is your favourite artist? ("No-one in particular" is not an acceptable answer. Pick one at random if necessary.)
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A local artist called Graeme Lothian. He wears shorts even in the snow, and was shot in the arm by the Taliban.
Where are my nail clippers?
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Down the back of the sofa.
What is your bank card number, expiry date, and security code?
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None of your business.
What is the strangest thing that has ever happened to you?
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An extremely unlikely coincidence years ago.
What is your favourite meal (dinner type meal)?
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Room-temperature lasagna.
Do you butter the smooth side of a Jacobs cream cracker or the crumbly side?
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We don't eat cream crackers.
Do you have butter or margarine? We have low fat flora margarine.
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Both.
Do you make your own bread?
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Both.
Do you make your own bread?
Yes.
Do you make your own luck?
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To a certain extent I guess.
Which is your least favourite month of the year? Mine is November.
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Down the back of the sofa.
What is your bank card number, expiry date, and security code?
I've found my spare one, in the junk drawer near the sofa. Thanks for the prompt!
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Littleroses - Which is your least favourite month of the year?
Don't have one, good and not so good things can happen any time.
Did you learn about flags at school (scouts/guides)?
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I remember learning about the Union Jack's different-width white diagonals, and the that the wider ones are supposed to be at the top next to the flagpole.
Have you read 'War and Peace'?
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Like many people I tried reading it, but soon gave up.
Did you enjoy your school days? My first school was a nightmare, but the Ladies College I attended for my secondary education, which resembled Hogwarts, less so.
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Not especially. Some parts were ok.
Do you like misty, moist, mild, melancholy autumn days like today? I do.
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I prefer misty, mild,joyful autumn days where I am above in the sunshine looking down upon the mist, like today.
Have you ever been in a prison?
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Yes (I should add for work reasons)
Have you ever fallen into a lake?
(I have, many years ago in Australia we had been rowing and I did that comedy thing of having one leg on land and another on the boat before the boat was tied down. Much amusement shown by the relatives present, much red facedness on my part)
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No.
Have you ever been involved with a fire in a building. I was, when I noticed some window curtains in an upper floor had dragged into an ash tray and caught fire. I picked up the nearest fire bucket of water and threw the water at the curtains but missed. The water went through an open window and soaked some people standing at a bus stop below.
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No, though I was rudely awoken on December 12th, 2005, at just after 6 o'clock am, by an incredibly loud bang. I looked out of my bedroom window, and saw huge flames in the distance, between the two houses opposite, and realised that it must be at the Buncefield oil storage depot, about half a mile from my house.
Did you hear the Buncefield explosion (It was heard over a very wide area, as far away as the Netherlands), or see the smoke pall?
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I have no recollection of hearing about that incident, let alone hearing the explosion.
Where were you when the hurricane that wasn't a hurricane occurred in 1987?
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https://app.photobucket.com/u/StephenHorsfall/a/c7c89eb4-15a2-4965-9e39-8143b2514e12 You must be the only person in the country that hasn't heard of Buncefield!
In bed at home, and later walking to work through it (though it was past its peak by then).
Where were you born (as precise as possible)?
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Planet Earth. That is precise considering how many billions of planets there are in the universe. :P
Have you ever had a very stormy flight? Years ago I was flying back to the UK when a storm hit, we nearly didn't make it. :o
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I've never flown.
Where on planet earth?
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Plaistow, East London.
What's the best pie: steak and kidney or chicken and mushroom?
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Kate and Sidney.
What's the best booze - beer or cider? (Cider.)
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Kate and Sidney.
What's the best booze - beer or cider? (Cider.)
Correct answer. The king of pies.
Beer all day (proper beer, that is), though I don't mind a good cider occasionally.
How fast have you riden on a bike?
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I have no idea, I used to cycle to school in the 60s.
Have you ever handled a Geiger counter? My father had one, left by the Germans in our home after the war.
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No - I have never felt the need to count geigers.
If you had a TARDIS, when and where would you go?
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I would pop up to Mars to view the acre of land I own up there.
Have you ever watched a water diviner in action? My father was one, he found it a very useful skill when deciding where to sink a well on our property in the 50s. I don't believe water divining is supernatural, I think the people like my father who did it had some sort of natural skill. He certainly wasn't the sort to mess around with that sort of thing if it was nonsense.
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No I've never watched one of those, however the town I live in is outgrowing its water supply and they are constructing a new pipeline running from one end to the other, so I have seen a lot of workmen involved in that.
Have you ever used professional tree-climbing equipment? I need to change a rope that I put up for a rope swing 25 years ago, but I can't get up the tree any more!
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No
Do you have any phobias? I am phobic where rats and mice are concerned, but not quite as bad as I used to be when younger.
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Not really. There are things I'm scared of, but they are things any sensible person is scared of, so don't count as phobias, which are irrational fears.
Have you heard of Gunhild Carling? I hadn't until yesterday, but am already a huge fan. https://youtu.be/lG8Jgj09WcI
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Have you heard of Gunhild Carling? I hadn't until yesterday, but am already a huge fan. https://youtu.be/lG8Jgj09WcI
Not until now.
"Probably" the best singer named Gunhild in the world!
;D
What is your favourite dunking combination?
My one is espresso and croissant.
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Yuck I never dunk!
Can you drive a tractor? I was taught at the age of five to drive a small caterpillar tractor used for harrowing our fields! No health and safety in those days. :o
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No, I was too big to get into a tractor designed for small caterpillars.
Have you ever swam amongst the coral in The Great Barrier Reef.
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No
Have you ever been ormering? https://thesarnian.com/essentials/ormer/
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No, but during the war I used to collect scallops, cockles and winkles and prawns for food.
Have you ever been tide nipped?
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I had to google ormering and wished I hadn't.
I also googled 'what does it mean to be tide nipped' and got "neap - a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon".
No I don't think so or if I have I can't remember.
Do you have a good memory?
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I have a very good memory for times past. I can even remember a nurse looking down on me as I was lying in a white canvas sided cot in the maternity home. It isn't so good for present events! :o
Do you take a list with you when you go shopping? I do if I remember to put it in my pocket.
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Yes because it also helps me plan my route through the supermarket.
What is the most trivial thing that really annoys you, and why?
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Misplaced apostrophes, because It is WRONG!
When did you first go online regularly at home? Me - 2004.
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1998
Did you keep in touch with any of your school teachers? I kept in touch with my geography teacher, she was one of the best teachers at the Ladies College I attended, very strict though. She died a couple of years ago.
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No.
Habe you ever gone fishing and accidentally caught a hook on the back of your head?
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[Answer to Roses]No. Some were good, some not so. One of the best was the Geography teacher, "Jogger" Jackson, so nicknamed because at one time, before I went there, there were two Mr Jacksons, the other one an English teacher, so they were called "English Jackson" and "Geography Jackson", the latter being abbreviated to "Geoger", in good public-school style (though it was a state school), or "Jogger". He was also known as "skull-head", because of his cadaverous appearance, rather like the old-fashioned teacher "Chalky" in the Giles cartoons. He was also my form-master.
[Answer to ad o.] No.
In which year did you leave school? Me - 1970. 50 years ago! :o
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1993.
Salt and vinegar or cheese and onion?
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I take it you are talking about crisps? I like plain crisps to which you add your salt, which I don't as I dislike anything too salty.
Did you keep any of your school reports? Unbeknown to me my parents had kept them, and when they died my youngest sister, who was in charge of sorting out their estate, asked me what I wished done with them. I wanted them put in the bin. Being 'kind' she passed them onto our eldest girl, for her delectation and delight!
'Is not able', 'could do better' are two of the most frequent phrases in my report book! :o
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I didn't, but I discovered when he died in 1998 that my dad had. One comment was "Trying - very!".
Have you ever been inside Buckingham Palace? I have, in the late 70s (can't remember the exact year), when my late wife got her Duke of Edinburgh's Gold award, presented by Phil the Greek himself. He is the only royal I've seen in the flesh.
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I haven't been to Buck House, but my parents went to The Queen's garden parties on a number of occasions. In 1987 our eldest girl, who was a senior Girl Guide, was among the first of the Guides to help out with one of the garden parties, which had always been the prerogative of the Scouts heretofore.
What is the hardest task you have performed? Apart from giving birth to three babies, I think building a soakaway would rank as the hardest.
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Clearing out my brother's apartment when he died.
What's your favourite Christmas song?
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'Silent Night'.
What is yours?
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'Silent Night'.
What is yours?
I don't have one.
Whisky or whiskey?
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Whisky all day.
What size feet do you have?
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8, actually on a shoe gage it would say 7, but for comfort I require the larger size having weird feet. :o
Do you wear Crocs? I prefer them to slippers.
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Only dead ones.
Who is your favourite author?
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Robertson Davies
Do you have any superstitions, if so, what are they?
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Robertson Davies
Do you have any superstitions, if so, what are they?
None.
However sounds like a topic for a new thread?
What gives you the dry boak?
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11.
How tall are you?
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11.
How tall are you?
177
Favourite dog breed?
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Labrador. My late wife, who lost her sight at 18, had a succession of Labrador guide dogs, They are intelligent and gentle.
Favourite vegetable? (Don't say "Matt Hancock").
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Runner beans
Do you like rhubarb?
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Runner beans
Do you like rhubarb?
Love it.
As a child I used to pick it straight from the garden, dip the end in sugar and eat...bliss.
How many cars have you owned?
(I'm on my 13th)
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None.
What is your favourite fruit (not rhubarb, which isn't a fruit, but you can say "tomato" if you want to be a smart-arse).
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Banana
Have you spent a night in hospital?
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I've had two extended spells in hospital - one when I was 18, when I got a kidney infection, and one in 2014, when I was knocked off my bike by a motorcyclist.
Do you think Obama was right to call on people to stop calling for the police to be defunded? I do: it's a crazy demand. Certainly radically reform the police, but we can't do without them.
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I agree with Obama, the police in the US certainly need reforming, but not defunding.
Do you think cyclists who cause an accident by not obeying the rules of the road or drunk riding, should be banned from cycling, just as car drivers would be banned from driving?
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No.
Do you think obsessive anti-cyclists should be banned from posting?
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No
What is your happiest memory?
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I am not sure.
What is your first task when you get up in the morning? I put out my husband's meds for the day, and fill his daily tumblers of water.
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Making a pot of tea.
Tea or coffee?
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I have a tumbler of water when I get up, a mug of instant coffee when I have my breakfast, another one at about 11ish. I have a tumbler of water and a mug of tea, made with a teabag, at lunchtime, another mug of tea about 3pm and water for the rest of the day.
Have you ever milked a cow by hand? When I was a kid my Great Aunt and her husband had a farm, I was taught how to milk a cow.
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No. I've milked a joke, though.
Full fat, semi-skimmed, or skimmed? I use semi-skimmed milk, as a compromise between health and flavour.
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We have a drop of semi-skimmed milk in our tea, I have a drop in my coffee, but my husband likes his coffee with much more milk.
Do you have a milkman or buy your milk from the supermarket? We get ours from the supermarket.
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Supermarket - usually Asda or "small Tesco", which is convenient when leaving work, whereas "big Tesco" is not on the way to anywhere else, so I don't regularly shop there.
Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons: Which do you regularly shop at?
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I only shop at the large Tesco, which isn't far from here. I go at just after 7am on a Monday to avoid the crowds.
Do you prefer to buy many goods on-line? I have bought all my husband's Christmas presents on-line.
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Quite a lot but pick up bits and pieces near work.
Have you received many Christmas cards yet?
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Only one, from Royal Mail, so far.
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Only one, from Royal Mail, so far.
Do you think you missed something from your last post?
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Oops - sorry.
Have you posted your cards yet?
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No but put in car to take out and post tomorrow when go to work.
Did you teach your children if you have any the Santa Claus myth?
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No but put in car to take out and post tomorrow when go to work.
Did you teach your children if you have any the Santa Claus myth?
Definitely not. I told them the stories about father Christmas.which they'd heard from other angles, but I always expressed them in terms which were not lies.
Have you made your Will?
(If this question has been asked before, I apologise, but I cannot follow this thread as I am not quick enough, but as today is early, I've taken the opportunity to drop in!)
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No. I ought to, I suppose.
Do you like apricots? I loathe them.
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I like dried apricots better than the fresh ones.
Do you like beetroot? I dislike it.
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Yes I do, pickled and freshly cooked, used to buy it from greengrocers still warm. Nice with fish and chips which I haven't had for ages.
Do you clean your fridge magnets? I'm asking because one of mine looks quite filthy & I've only just noticed. Not surprising becos Charlie & I are messy cooks.
(Susan, glad to read you didn't teach Santa as fact, neither did I)
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I clean the fridge magnets when necessary.
What sort of fridge and freezer do you have? We have large American style ones.
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I clean the fridge magnets when necessary.
What sort of fridge and freezer do you have? We have large American style ones.
Tall one. Top half fridge, bottom half freezer. No idea if that's "American style". The ones I see on telly seem twice as big.
Do you like pickled eggs? Mmmm!
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No
If you could invite any 7 people from history to dinner, who would you invite and why?
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Nehru - because his political mind has always fascinated me
Charles Dickens - because I admire his writing and want to ask how he came up with so many ideas and characters
Vera Brittain - because of her views on Pacifism
Queen Elizabeth the First - to see how we view people through the prism of history gets distorted
Shostakovich - much the same reason as for Dickens but in terms of music
Carravagio - as I like his paintings
& Bette Davis - because you need a bit of grit in the oyster
Which season is your favourite and why?
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Which season is your favourite and why?
Cajun. Spicy but not too hot.
Holiday long weekend, city break, never been there yet but would like to go.
New York for me.
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Cajun. Spicy but not too hot.
Holiday long weekend, city break, never been there yet but would like to go.
New York for me.
Your question is?
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Your question is?
I think it was this, though it's badly expressed: "Holiday long weekend, city break, never been there yet but would like to go."
Melbourne, to see my son, d-in-l, and grand-daughter.
Which do you prefer - the Goons, or Monty Python?
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The Goons.
Which of today's comedy programs do you prefer? Mine would be 'Would I lie to you'.
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HIGNFY.
What is your favourite drama series on TV? Mine's 'Doctor Who'.
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I really enjoy 'Heartbeat'. :)
What is your favourite documentary series?
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Horizon - easily the best science documentary series ever broadcast in this country. It often examined complex subjects but was always accessible without being patronising.
Which do you prefer as a companion animal - dog or cat ... and why?
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Cat. Not that I dislike dogs but bollocks to taking the dog out for walks on freezing cold winter mornings and you couldn't pay me enough money to pick up dog shit either, even if I had a hundred bags over my hand.. My ex made me into a cat person. I love that cat. We're best friends, my ex and I, and when I go round to hers the cat always comes to sit on my lap and purrs.
How much time off work do you get for Christmas?
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Two days, for Christmas and Boxing Day (this year Monday, in lieu of BD, which is on a Saturday), making four days in all, with the weekend.
What are you having or did you have for lunch? Me - cold roast gammon, skin-on chips, baked beans with peeled, chopped tomatoes, and apple sauce. I finished it half an hour ago.
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Salad as usual, today we had it with cheese and onion slices.
Do you like to linger over meals? I don't.
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Sometimes, especially in the evening & with friends (not this lunch-time, quick bite then going back in a minute).
Do you know how to change a wheel (car)?
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My father taught me how to change a wheel when I first learned to drive a car at the age of 12, but I doubt I could do so now.
Do you have the car radio on when you drive? I don't as it disturbs my concentration.
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My father taught me how to change a wheel when I first learned to drive a car at the age of 12, but I doubt I could do so now.
Do you have the car radio on when you drive? I don't as it disturbs my concentration.
Yes, all the time. I need something to listen to.
When did you last go the dentist?
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2 months ago
When did you last go to a church service.
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Six years ago.
Have you ever done any public speaking? I have done quite a lot over the years.
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Yes, lots, including at the World Debating Championships, and stand up comedy. Much more rarely nowadays.
What irrational fear do you have?
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I don't particularly like flying. Something I developed a few years back. I do fly but I'm very nervous and aware that I'm 40,000 feet in the air in what amounts to an aluminium tube with wings.
What's your favourite thing to do when you get the time?
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I like to curl up with my Kindle. :)
Do you have a photo blanket? My children gave me one, it features some of my artwork and photos of me as a child.
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I like to curl up with my Kindle. :)
Do you have a photo blanket? My children gave me one, it features some of my artwork and photos of me as a child.
No, nice idea though.
Has Covid changed you in any way?
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I don't think Covid has changed me in any way.
Will you have the vaccine when your turn comes? My husband and I will have it.
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I don't think Covid has changed me in any way.
Will you have the vaccine when your turn comes? My husband and I will have it.
Definitely. I was very pleased when my mother got it last week.
Which law would you change, and why?
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I would make it compulsory for all cyclists to wear helmets and high-viz jackets. I think it is very dangerous if they don't do so.
Would you pay someone to wash out your rubbish bin? I have just noticed a van in our road advertising the service, £4 per month. Our bin rarely needs a wash, but if it does I use the hose on it.
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No, I wouldn't.
Why are you so down on cyclists, when cars kill far more people?
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I'm not down on cyclists, I cycle (occasionally)!
Do you believe in immanence?
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I don't think I do.
How long did you date your partner before marrying/living together? Our courtship lasted four years and was mainly conducted by letters and phone calls as he lived in the UK and me in my home island. I was only 15 when we met and he was nearly 18 and just about to go to university.
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About a year.
Have you had the Covid-19 jab yet?
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We haven't been offered it yet. I think there are some delays here in Wales.
Do you suffer from tinnitus? I have had it for about 35 years, some days are worse than others. :o
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No. I'm rather deaf, but I don't have tinnitus, thankfully.
Who put the bomp in the bomp ba bomp ba bomp?
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No. I'm rather deaf, but I don't have tinnitus, thankfully.
Who put the bomp in the bomp ba bomp ba bomp?
Hans Neesanbompsadazy
If you could choose one three course meal, what would it be?
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I wouldn't choose a three course meal, two courses is enough for me. If I was having a treat I would have a Macdonald's burger and fries followed by a scone, spread with strawberry jam and clotted cream.
Do you use a cup and saucer, or a mug when having hot drinks? We only have mugs, posh ones for guests.
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Mug - a "Keep calm and drink tea" one for tea.
Loose tea or bags?
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Mug - a "Keep calm and drink tea" one for tea.
Loose tea or bags?
Bags...so convenient...
What is the capital of outer mongolia?
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Ulaanbaatar
Why do fools fall in love?
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Ulaanbaatar
Why do fools fall in love?
Because they are fools.
On a similar note, does anyone know the name of the man who put the 'Ram' in the 'Ram-alam-a- ding- dong'?
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Never heard of it, so I haven't a clue.
Do you have an afternoon rest? My husband has one.
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Because they are fools.
On a similar note, does anyone know the name of the man who put the 'Ram' in the 'Ram-alam-a- ding- dong'?
Gerry Goffin.
How many children has Boris Johnson got? (as of 3.00 pm this afternoon)
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Vlad you are supposed to answer the question of the last poster on the thread not a previous one. ::)
I believe Boris has six children by different mothers.
I ask the question again, do you have an afternoon rest? My husband has one.
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Vlad you are supposed to answer the question of the last poster on the thread not a previous one. ::)
I believe Boris has six children by different mothers.
I ask the question again, do you have an afternoon rest? My husband has one.
Frequently - but not necessarily just in the afternoon.
Is there somewhere that you visited, perhaps some tine ago, that you would love to visit?
(NB Johnson's children by various women. Perhaps it's because he was baptised a Catholic . AB might kmow.)
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Frequently - but not necessarily just in the afternoon.
Is there somewhere that you visited, perhaps some tine ago, that you would love to visit?
(NB Johnson's children by various women. Perhaps it's because he was baptised a Catholic . AB might kmow.)
Lord Howe Island
https://www.lordhoweisland.info/
What is your favourite painting?
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The Fighting Temeraire ~ William Turner
During this lockdown are you home-schooling your children and if so how is it going?
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They are 36 and 43, so no. I disapprove of home-schooling, anyway.
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They are 36 and 43, so no. I disapprove of home-schooling, anyway.
And?
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Oops - sorry.
Do you grow, or have you ever grown, your own vegetables?
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Yes, for quite a few years but no longer do so.
I had a favourite vegetable for growing ... purple sprouting broccoli, do you have a favourite?
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No
Which is your favourite brand of chocolate? Mine is Cadburys.