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bounty

03-10-2023, 05:44 PM

on the chance this might get revived for at least a little bit, to answer cacian:

snow in the winter, rain in the summer! laughs...was that cheating? snow's gorgeous, have ~4inches outside right now, but apart from the fun of sledding, it also makes life a bit more challenging. rains great, but only when its warm. id take snow over cold and rainy but then who doesn't love "may flowers?"

an old western or a modern thriller?

tailor STATELY

03-11-2023, 06:38 AM

"an old western or a modern thriller?": tough choice. I'm old enough to remember the allure of the old westerns, but I do like an intelligent thriller as long as it's not a kill-the-kiddies/slasher flick slanting toward the Sci-Fi genre. That being said prolly modern thriller my choice.

Film noir or classic comedy ?

bounty

03-11-2023, 08:53 AM

i remember being a kid and sometimes when i stayed home for school, watching old westerns on the telly---something john wayne usually. i always hated when the horses got hurt.

if abbott and Costello qualify as "classic comedy", then that (or them) all day long! although, i really did enjoy the two sin city movies.

a john grisham legal thriller or a robin cook medical thriller?

tailor STATELY

03-11-2023, 09:17 AM

Not familiar with either?

Martial arts movies (currently watching Ong Bak 2... ) or movies best known for car chases and the ilk ?

bounty

03-11-2023, 12:07 PM

nooo, that cant be tailor. they have ~70 best sellers between them over the past 30-40 years, and over 20 movies made from their books with gene hackman, Julia Roberts, tom cruise, Samuel L Jackson, Sandra bullock, dustin Hoffman, etc.

a fun thing about car chase movies is looking for ways to make them unique.

I recently watched and enjoyed mad max: fury road which was pretty much a "car chase" the entire movie!

that's a fun question from a definition perspective. can a "martial arts" movie be one in which the main character merely uses martial arts (like a lot of the steven segal movies)? or do martial arts have to be a fundamental and integral part of the story?

I think either way though id lean towards the martial arts movies. so then the question becomes...!

movies that are centered in martial arts or movies that just have martial arts in them?

tailor STATELY

03-11-2023, 11:48 PM

re: movies that are centered in martial arts or movies that just have martial arts in them?...
I don't see much distinction, at least in the movies I've viewed, but if I had to choose I would go with centered on.

Ip Man or Bruce Lee (or other _____________) ?

bounty

03-12-2023, 10:53 AM

I stumbled across Ip man by borrowing some movies from a fellow we had working for us and enjoyed it. I don't know enough about him historically, so I can only go with the movie (maybe i'll find a book someday). plus, I really like Donnie yen. that said, bruce lee is huge and from my distant view, has probably been the single greatest influence in pop culture martial arts.

but still, maybe Ip Man by a nose....

have you seen bloodsport with jean-claude van damme?

grape juice or tomato juice? that's a major toughie for me, I love them both.

tailor STATELY

03-13-2023, 11:31 AM

Saw FCVD's movie Kickboxer (1989) but I don't recall Bloodsport, may have seen it years ago. I like Donnie & Jet Li & Bruce too.

re: grape juice or tomato juice - Also enjoy both :) Edge to tomato juice via V8.

Bob Dylan or Dylan Thomas ?

bounty

03-14-2023, 05:58 AM

its been a long time since ive seen either, but i have a vague memory of liking bloodsport better. plus its based on the true story of a fellow named frank dux, who had made a big splash in the martial arts world.

im a little bit young to have grown up with bob Dylan in his hay day, and i didn't become a big fan afterwards, like i did the beatles for instance. however, even though i have some Dylan Thomas, ive not read him yet. a slight edge for Dylan Thomas because of raging against the dying of the light, although ironically i understand his own death was very unlike the poem.

poems that rhyme or poems that don't?

tailor STATELY

03-14-2023, 03:06 PM

Watched a retrospective on Bob Dylan recently that I liked and a Dylan Thomas short story (with more on queue) that I also enjoyed. For me the choice is nearly a push with an edge on Bob.

Since I prefer minimalism I'll go for don't.

Running shoes or cowboy boots ?

bounty

03-16-2023, 06:46 AM

I get a station in my tv package that often has music biographies on it, AXS I think. maybe i'll come across a bob Dylan one someday.

I like to watch jeopardy and every so often they'll have some category like "before and after" where one part of the answer flows into the next part of the answer and the clue is some clever description of both ends, often times the ends are fairly and comically disparate but in this case we'd end up with "who is bob Dylan Thomas?"

how does minimalism intersect with non-rhyming poetry?

its interesting how some elements of fashion are consistent with personality. I could not for the life of me see myself wearing cowboy boots. some people i could see wearing them, others not. there's also a geographical bent to some things also. cowboy boots in the south seem okay, in the north they seem weird and all the more so in the urban/suburban north.

for me and mine id take running shoes all day long---unless youre a cutie from texas and we're going out square dancing.

I cant remember the exact quote but ive heard Geraldo rivera say something like "my grandfather used so to say 'we're all Hispanic and we're only different by the kind of beans we like.'"

black beans or red beans?

tailor STATELY

03-16-2023, 02:00 PM

I saw Bob Dylan on Netflix, possibly "An American Masters" PBS piece if my meager research holds: Bob Dylan - No Direction Home. It's a bit long, but not nearly long enough if that makes sense. Joan Baez is endearing in her recalling her prime time with Dylan.

black beans or red beans?: In a chili they are equal :) All y'all are invited to our chili cook-off/silent auction on the 15th April... just bring a pot of chili !

Rock duos: "The White Stripes" or "The Black Keys ?

tailor STATELY

03-16-2023, 02:17 PM

re: "how does minimalism intersect with non-rhyming poetry?" - When I first answered I was thinking of end rhymes and perhaps I over-reached because of the fun of adding internal rhymes within a minimalist poem; here's a web page that may give some insights... https://wordwool.com/minimalist-poem-type/ :)

bounty

03-17-2023, 06:57 PM

if I remember this rightly---theres a big bang theory episode where Sheldon is at raj's apartment and priya offers him some chili. he asks if there is beans in it. she says yes, and he says "then its not chili." ive always wondered at that but never pursued understanding it further.

ive only ever had or made "chili" with kidney beans.

black beans for soup, on top of tortilla chips, and red beans with rice.

thank you for the link, unfortunately my super slow internet wont allow me to get to it.

id go with the black keys. little black submarines is one of my all time favorites and I really like some others by them too.

I know I have asked this recently, but I don't remember if it was here or somewhere else:

the new beatles (the red album) or the older beatles (the blue album)

tailor STATELY

03-19-2023, 05:01 AM

re: the new beatles (the red album) or the older beatles (the blue album) - I'm a bit conflicted but lean towards "red" since their sound and the culture created were so new and unexpected.

March Madness or Spring Training ?

bounty

03-19-2023, 11:08 AM

I like baseball as a sport lots better than basketball, and spring training is the renewing part of James earl jones famous quote "baseball has marked the time..." but, even though its not too many steps below soccer hooliganism and i think we care about sports too much, i appreciate the student and alumni spirit that comes with march madness. its a larger, and seems to be, a more important cultural phenomena. so lets go with that one. heck, by way of illustrating, because i spent some time in school at Tennessee, i watched the last few minutes of, and enjoyed, their beating duke.

a zombie movie with a def leppard soundtrack or a sean connery James bond musical?

tailor STATELY

03-20-2023, 06:21 AM

lol... good grief !

zombies (other than the rock group) - hard no (-10)
Def Leppard - Hard Yes (+10)

musicals - no (-8)
James Bond - yes (+9)

ergo: Sean Connery James Bond musical by a nose (+1)

Orchestral instruments - Woodwinds or string ?

bounty

03-20-2023, 07:27 AM

and so a def leppard musical would beat a sean connery James bond zombie movie!

that's a toughie. major Winchester was my favorite character on M*A*S*H and one of the reasons was because not just his love of classical music, but also by how moved he was by it. so id be looking at which one created the most or better emotional response and I think they both can do an excellent job of that.

if im not allowed to say "tie" even though im trying somewhat badly to teach myself the recorder right now, I say slight edge to the strings---maybe in part because I really enjoyed the movie if I stay where the main character, played by chloe moretz, was a cellist, and I loved that part of the movie.

beavis & butthead or wayne & garth or ted & bill or ren & stimpy?

tailor STATELY

03-20-2023, 09:47 AM

Def Leppard in the scheme of a musical would boggle the mind if not in a rock vein... maybe as a mini opera like Queen made Bohemian Rhapsody... but not like the Who Tommy. I could envision the Eagles lent to the Sound of Music though.

Bill & Ted... In order: Bill & Ted (10) / Wayne & Garth (9.5) / Ren & Stimpy (4) / Beavis & Butthead (2)

Ozzy Osborne in right field for the Boston Red Sox or The Red Rocker as shortstop for the Yankees ?

bounty

03-23-2023, 06:50 PM

if the premise behind the choice is which arrangement would cause the most comedic relief, id go with ozzy Osbourne in right field for the red sox, but there's probably more balls to left (plus the big green monster), so lets shift him over there!

in the second Austin powers movie, felicity shagwell tells Austin, "...and believe me, youre gonna get the girl!"

movies where the guy "gets the girl" or movies where romance/attraction isnt a part of the story?

tailor STATELY

03-23-2023, 11:24 PM

Lol, I haven't seen the Austin Powers movies... I'll go with "where romance/attraction isnt a part of the story".

Pizza: Stuffed crust or no ?

bounty

03-25-2023, 11:25 AM

so in top gun: maverick, you would have liked the movie better if the Jennifer Connelly character wasn't in it?

tailor, if you are a James bond fan and like campy humor, the Austin powers movies were made just for you!

from an added taste perspective, for sure the stuffed crust. from a cost perspective--im a major thrift shopper and cost usually wins out over taste, so I have to go with the no stuffed crust.

ive been fiddling with cake mix recipes in order to get brownies instead of cake because I like brownies better. I succeeded once, partially succeeded once, and failed a couple of times.

brownies or cake?

tailor STATELY

03-25-2023, 10:56 PM

re: Top Gun - not at all, the time line wouldn't be the same.

re: Austin Powers - nay, too over the top for me.

Not a baker here, brownies or a good chocolat cake would be a push :)

Escargot or Sushi ?

bounty

03-26-2023, 03:23 PM

I think I didn't follow your Jennifer Connelly answer tailor, can you try again?

waittttttttt a minute, haven't you on this very forum declared your undying love for the three stooges and confessed to having posters of them all throughout your house and are president of the larry, moe and curly fan club and have a dog named shemp? or I am confusing you with someone else?

I used to be a big fan of the reality show on cbs, survivor. I don't watch it anymore so I don't know if they still do this, but years ago they used to have the players eat all sorts of local cuisine that most people with western sensibilities would find gross. some people succeeded, others couldn't do it. I often wondered which camp I would land in. despite their being somewhat common foods, id put escargot and sushi into the "gross" category and I can only imagine eating either one of them if im on the show and im playing for a million dollars!

five books of ~200 pages each or one big whoppin' tome of a thousand pages?

tailor STATELY

03-27-2023, 08:21 AM

Love the three stooges ! especially in the early Curly (not Curly Joe) years :) Don't know why AP grates on me... it just does.

Lol... had to google Jennifer Connelly.

re: five books of ~200 pages each or one big whoppin' tome of a thousand pages?... 1

Fred & Ginger or Roy & Dale ?

bounty

03-28-2023, 10:58 AM

so we're still on top gun: maverick then---you would like the story better without the Jennifer Connelly character in it?

I mostly grew up with only a passing referential knowledge of both pairs, but with probably more familiarity with fred and ginger. to that point, I just recently watched my first ever movie with them, and in so much as you can like 90 yr old movies, I liked it. I don't think ive ever seen or heard anything with roy and dale---unless maybe an old hee-haw episode ive long forgotten. so fred and ginger it is!

here's what I hope is fun one tailor that you might have to indulge me a bit in order to do some video searching...

heart's performance of stairway to heaven live at the kennedy center honors event or Jordan smith's live performance of somebody to love from NBC's the voice finale?

tailor STATELY

03-28-2023, 03:39 PM

re: TGM... the time line would be different. Also to clarify she wasn't in the original TG. Not interested in TC's love interest whatever the flic is... just fast planes and rock music and/or Sci Fi :)

Lol... never saw Roy and Dale on Hee Haw... will have to watch :)

JS singing Freddie is pretty good (Freddie is infinitely better) but prefer Heart's performance... blows me away.

Wooden Ships... JA or CS&N ?

bounty

03-28-2023, 05:00 PM

so in the first movie if youre the new producer, youd look at Kelly mcgillis and you say "girl, youre outta here!"

for my part, almost always the romance makes the movie better.

I lean towards the heart performance also---when the choir kicks in, it was especially powerful, and seeing one of the led zeppelin kids in the band, and one of the led zeppelin guys with tears in his eyes was pretty moving too.

I love wooden ships but I confess ive never heard the Jefferson airplane version. however I LOVE grace slick's voice so the next time im at the library i'll have to see if I can hunt it up and give a listen.

your inviting danik here or your inviting PeterL here?

tailor STATELY

03-28-2023, 05:28 PM

hmmm... as PeterL is a time traveler it might not suit his schedule; going with Danik 2016

In the classic sense: Symphony or Opera

Danik 2016

03-29-2023, 09:17 AM

Sorry guys, didn't read the last post correctly. The right answer is :).
Opera, unless it is Beethoven's 9th.
Comic stripes or manga?

tailor STATELY

03-29-2023, 07:07 PM

lol...

Comic strips :)

Butter or margarine ?

bounty

03-30-2023, 11:01 AM

glad to see you here danik, I hope you'll end up enjoying it and staying.

im about on equal footing on a symphony vs an opera. if opera's were in English, or I understood a foreign language, that would go a long ways towards liking them better. but then as danik stated, it depends on the symphony too. some foreign operas might be more enjoyable than a symphony that doesn't quite cut it.

flavor wise id go for butter, but im a vegetarian who tries to minimize dairy products whenever there are acceptable alternatives, so 99 times out of a hundred, its margarine.

this one might be more tailored for you tailor, no pun intended:

star trek----original series or next generation or deep space 9 (I remember your liking that one) or voyager or enterprise?

Danik 2016

03-30-2023, 03:34 PM

Thanks, Bounty. The thread has become more interesting of late, since it isn´t part of the reboot any more. As for the Opera , the foreign language is a problem but today they are often presented with under titles. I remember watchin once a wonderful Chinese performance. I got a bit of neck ache because I had to turn the face up to read the under titles. I had also tochoose sometimes betwen watching the opera and reading the under titles. But without them it would have been impossible to understend the opera.

Poetry or prose?

tailor STATELY

03-31-2023, 04:24 AM

Voyager
Poetry

Dandelions or Sunflowers ?

Danik 2016

03-31-2023, 08:48 AM

I love the majesty of Sunflowers!

Fish or meat?

bounty

03-31-2023, 09:11 AM

what is about voyager that makes it your favorite?

I was riding my bike one summer in the loire valley in france, came around a curve in the road upon a large field of sunflowers with all their heads turned to the sun. it was beautiful. similar occurrence in Holland except with tulips.

but I had an ex gf in the answer to the question of "what kind of flower would he be"---say, "a dandelion." plus I love their feisty tenacity and since they are unfortunately much maligned as a "weed" to be gotten rid of, their underdog status too. so I have to go with them.

a lot of poetry's lost on me danik---I have a really good collection of poets' works, but I hardly ever make use of them. I suspect if I had someone in my real life who enjoyed poetry, id get more into it.

I watch a fair amount of dvds on my computer while im riding my bike. the noise from the bike is loud enough that i'll usually have the subtitle function on for the movie. I enjoy being able to read what im hearing. I don't have any sense of missing out on the viewing of the action.

are there dandelions in brazil?

there is a whole M*A*S*H episode that deals with this one: you are reading a murder mystery, and are nearing the end of the book, about to find out who the culprit is, and then you find out the last page is missing!

do you try to figure out the murderer yourself or find the answer elsewhere or let it all go?

oh I took so long to answer that danik snuck in!

im a vegetarian!

tailor STATELY

04-03-2023, 09:36 AM

re: "do you try to figure out the murderer yourself or find the answer elsewhere or let it all go?"... I'd be like all over finding the answer.

re: fish or meat... both too expensive, going with Cheetos :) just kidding. So, fish or meat: I'd go with beef... prolly less toxins and plastics.... though I love fish.

Sunrises or sunsets ?

bounty

04-03-2023, 10:40 AM

in the M*A*S*H episode they ended up calling the author, but she gave them an answer that didn't work! and they had to figure it out themselves.

have you ever read Edwin Drood---it was dicken's last book, a murder mystery that he didn't finish. makes me wonder if anyone ever picked it up and finished it on his behalf.

i have lots of boxes of Cheetos flamin' hot spicy mac n' cheese.

i live in the hills so i hardly ever really see either. I like to think im full of hope, and so the sunrise is really consistent with that, but a sunset is also in tune with my melancholy spirit, plus I think they are more beautiful. so sunsets it is!

i might have asked this one before---from the movies not the books: eowyn or Arwen or Galadriel or tauriel and whats the criteria from which you made your choice?

tailor STATELY

04-03-2023, 01:22 PM

re: "have you ever read Edwin Drood---it was dicken's last book, a murder mystery that he didn't finish. makes me wonder if anyone ever picked it up and finished it on his behalf." - Perhaps a plethora of alternative endings have been spawned: a romp of what is, what might have been, and the truth ?

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3087802/The-Mystery-Edwin-Drood-solved-Dickens-unfinished-novel-finally-gets-ending.html
• https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q="Edwin+Drood"+endings&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Galadriel hands down the best character in the movie(s)... she rocks Middle earth and didn't give in to the temptation of the one ring... books are the same in overkill... finis

Hawkeye or Margaret ?

bounty

04-03-2023, 06:38 PM

I couldn't get to the dailymail article tailor but the search results were pretty neat, thank you. wouldn't it be fun to see a series of plays that are all the same up to the end of the book, and then wildly different afterwards depending on the new writers direction?

Margaret's interesting because her character evolved through a few different stages and became more likeable as the series progressed but there's a line from colonel blake that gives the answer: "hawkeye pierce, warts and all, is kinda the heart and soul of this unit" (or something very much like that). hawkeye was essential to the show so ya gotta go with him. plus I never found Margaret, "hot lips" and all, desirable like so many characters throughout the show did. major Winchester was my favorite character. ironically though, i thought the show as a whole went downhill starting probably in the early 80s.

cate Blanchett as Galadriel or as hela?

tailor STATELY

04-04-2023, 01:13 AM

re: "cate Blanchett as Galadriel or as hela?"

Serendipitously Thor was playing tonight after FHE at my sister-in-law's where my wife is recuperating ... lol, I didn't even recognize CB in a lead role!!! Makes a great action villainess... going there.

SG-1 series or Quantum Leap (original series) ?

bounty

04-04-2023, 05:37 AM

i think ragnorak might be regarded as the best, or at least the most popular, thor movie.

i remember liking the movie stargate but i never watched the series. i think ive never watched a whole episode of quantum leap, just bits and pieces, but i think the premise is pretty nifty so i'll go with that one. i wonder how the reboot is doing?

yesterday i put a letter in the mail to someone. every so often when i do that i'll send her an email saying "you have a letter on the way." other times i don't.

happy surprise or happy anticipation?

ps: I think my attempt to lure danik here seems to have had only a transitory effect!

tailor STATELY

04-04-2023, 08:53 AM

re: SG-1... I'm a big fan / Quantum Leap not so much

re: "happy surprise or happy anticipation?"... not familiar with either; go with surprise.

Donuts or Bagels ?

bounty

04-07-2023, 05:28 AM

its interesting to me how people's interests fall into various and distinct nooks and crannies. I watch jeopardy often and this past week was shocked when the contestants failed at half of the questions about the lord of the rings.

i notice there are lots of back to back episodes of stargate on a network called "comet." how did you become a fan and whats good about it?

I remember the very first long hard bike ride I took with a more experienced rider. I lived in a 3rd floor apartment and could barely make it up the stairs. I went back down, got in my car and drove to the nearby mr. donut, bought a baker's dozen and I think ate maybe 6 of them right then. its hard to beat fat and sugar and also when it comes in such a large variety of forms.

but that said, id go with bagels. I love bread, and bagels are both a part of that family and a great alternative to traditional sliced loaf bread.

elmer fudd or Yosemite sam or Sylvester the cat or the coyote or the Tasmanian devil or marvin the martian or some other looney tune "villan" im missing?

tailor STATELY

04-08-2023, 01:11 AM

re: SG-1 - The irreverent/deadpan take on Sci Fi by Anderson cracks me up and Amanda Tapping makes for a believable heroine... and so on including when they pick up two stars from Farscape late in the series. Good stories for the most part throughout its long tenure and TV movies as it matures and evolves. With regard to the movie that started it off I watch until they get off world then watch the ending.

I'm a Marvin fan... used to have a mouse pad with him on it :)

Babylon 5 or Deep Space 9 ?

bounty

04-08-2023, 08:19 AM

hard not to like marvin the martian. they probably could have gotten away with making a few more episodes with him. "im going to blow up the earth!"

Babylon 5 is a tv-watching point of contention on big bang theory. leonard likes it and Sheldon doesn't. ive never seen an episode but their quibbling over it has tempted me a little bit.

i love star trek, and even if i had seen Babylon 5, there's a good chance id still say deep space 9. ive got a few more episodes to watch in season five and then alas, only two more seasons to go. but ive been stretching them out pretty well, plus ive got season two of picard to watch, a few more episodes of season two of lower decks (both of which i really recommend). probably when i finish ds9 i'll start interlibrary loaning voyager.

bugs bunny or daffy duck or tweety bird or foghorn leghorn or the road runner or speedy Gonzales or pepe le pew?

tailor STATELY

04-08-2023, 05:57 PM

Currently bingeing Babylon 5 on tubi free... got through the first season and now into the meat of the saga.

Bugs.

Over-easy or scrambled or other ?

bounty

04-08-2023, 08:14 PM

whats Babylon 5 all about?

id say bugs bunny too. he is one of my all time favorite characters.

growing up my mother always made them scrambled for me. i remember my grandfather used to have ketchup on his eggs. i never tried that. although im a vegetarian and i don't buy eggs, i end up with some every once in awhile---and i like to put hot sauce, or taco sauce on them, maybe next time i'll try some ketchup.

jadzia dax or ezri dax?

tailor STATELY

04-09-2023, 03:04 AM

Babylon 5 is another space opera... a little slow the first season, though foundational, then the story lines begin to take off.

Ezri... Jadzia too much of a loose cannon.

Trelane or Q ?

bounty

04-09-2023, 06:57 AM

whats the premise of the show? and what sorta kinda drives the stories?

I never really liked jadzia's romance with worf but I like her relationship with captain sisco and how well she handled being the near constant object of men's advances.

seems like I read somewhere that the trelane episode and Q were retroactively linked---as opposed to Q having been inspired by trelane.

id say Q, the trelane episode was a good one but among other things, Q enjoyed repeat occurrences that allowed for relationship building. I thought the final episode of next gen was great and I loved the episode where he turned the crew into robin hood and his merry men. the two funniest scenes ever in that series came from that episode---one where worf says "captain, I protest, I am NOT a merry man!" and then geordi accidently shoots data in the chest with an arrow. oh wait---the scene in another Q episode (where he loses his powers and gets them back) where he puts cigars into picard's and riker's mouths and has a mariachi band on the bridge is hysterical.

I know Q appeared on voyager a time or three but im not remembering him from anything (yet) on ds9, although I suspect he was.

probably asked this before:

kirk or picard or sisco or archer or janeway?

tailor STATELY

04-10-2023, 12:55 AM

Janeway

re: Q - "Q-Less (episode) | Memory Alpha - Fandom

Fandom
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com › wiki › Q-Less_(e...
This is the only episode of the entire DS9 series in which John de Lancie (Q) appears. Q also never summons his powers with the traditional snap of his fingers."

Babylon 5: Future, space, decent CGI for the time, aliens... lots of aliens, wars, war with Earth, war with extremely advanced aliens, more wars, love, hate, drugs, etc., oh - and mind reading on overload... also Billy Mumy ! AND Flounder !! A-N-D Chekov !!!

bounty

04-13-2023, 09:19 AM

how are the folks on Babylon 5 in space to begin with?

whaaat? you cant have Chekov and will robinson on rival space shows!

star trek---the original series movies or the next generation movies or the reboot movies?

I wonder why there never was a voyager or ds9 collection of movies?

tailor STATELY

04-13-2023, 04:22 PM

Oh yeah... it's set in our future and the future's past (still our future) and the future's future...

re: "whaaat? you cant have Chekov and will robinson on rival space shows!"... and Flounder (though I don't believe he was in a ST episode); all in major supporting roles.

Other prominent/notable ST actors/characters in an episode or episodes playing different B5 characters:

• Majel Barrett-Roddenberry
• "I Dream of Jeannie"'s real husband
• Weyoun
• Grilka
• Two of Nine
• Saavik (ST III)
• Brad Dourif
• Tomalak (a major character in B5)
• Joran Dax
• Prax
• Freya
• Reginald Barclay
• Gilora Rejal (a major character in later episodes in B5)
• Mr. Homn
• Patricia Tallman (DS9 & TNG) (a major character in B5)
• Ishara Yar
• Paul Winfield (actor, not MLB HOF)
• Adam Nimoy as a director in 2-TNG and 2-B5
... and so many others: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Babylon_5

Cross pollination is how we get Firefly and the ilk.

re: Movies OST or TNG or other... Going with original OST movies

re: "I wonder why there never was a voyager or ds9 collection of movies?"... me too

Firefly series or movie ?

bounty

04-16-2023, 03:31 PM

we're gettin' closer tailor---I probably should have used another word, "why" are the in space? settlers? explorers? military defense? post apocalypse?

oh, majel barrett! the betrayal! laughs...

that was a fun list to look at.

maybe the next time im at the library i'll see if they have any Babylon 5.

I loved wrath of khan (what a relief after that terrible first movie!) and the voyage home is sooo funny. "they are not the hell your whales!"

I confess ive never seen an episode of firefly, but I have one piece of trivia about it. the very first episode I watched of big bang theory---the guys are on a train making a trip and one of the other passengers is summer glau, who played on the show. raj, howard and leonard spend the entire episode trying to get in good with her. in the episode though I don't remember if they recognized her because of firefly or because of the sarah connor chronicles.

which came first? the movie or the series?

dr McCoy or dr bashir or dr crusher or dr Pulaski (she was just on in an original series episode and she was a babe!) or the holograph doctor from voyager?

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04-16-2023, 11:37 PM

We made contact with spacefaring aliens who gave us advance technology to reach the stars, Gate Technology, then we goofed up and started a war inadvertently with the Minbari who were on the brink of our genocide when they surrendered for a reason that is later revealed:
The opening theme for Babylon 5, Season 1, stereo in the mp3 format.
Sinclair, "It was the dawn of the third age of mankind. Ten years after the Earth Minbari war. The Babylon project was dream giving form. It's goal to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call. Home away from home for diplomas, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanders. Humans and aliens wrap in two million five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last best hope for peace. This is the story of last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5."... http://b5.cs.uwyo.edu/bab5/b5-them.html Babylon stations 1-4 were either destroyed or "disappeared".

Summer: https://bigbangtheory.fandom.com/wiki/Summer_Glau "... "The Terminator Decoupling"

Firefly: Series first... Movie awesome.

Joe... more character development.

Theme songs: OST, NG, STV, or DS9 ?

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04-18-2023, 08:28 AM

thanks tailor---it looks like something id enjoy. im going to be at a library soon, maybe today, no later than Thursday, and i'll see if anyone has it.

like my pushkin quote, so much of big bang theory was bent on the males in the show pursuing female attention, random celebrity included!

by "joe" do you mean julian?

that's a fun question---lately ive been enjoying star trek; Lower decks and I really like the theme song to that. it seems to have been inspired by TOS and nextgen.

but for pure iconic status, its hard to beat the first 10 seconds of the TOS theme and how artfully its been used in subsequent incarnations.

as star trek villains---the borg or the Klingons or the romulans or the dominion?

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04-18-2023, 07:26 PM

re: Joe... "It took you 33 years to come up with Joe?!" – Tom Paris, 2404 (STV: "Endgame")... https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Doctor

Haven't seen STLD though I like the premise.

villians, eh ? Prolly the spectacle/heads-up display game one-time alien antagonists (Ktarians) in TNG... sneaky devils. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ktarian

Monet or Van Gogh ?

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04-20-2023, 06:10 PM

ah, alas tailor---my voyager viewing was very sporadic, but I am looking forward to catching up on it with the dvd collection. I recently saw the ds9 episode where Robert picardo as a "real person" character visited the station to do research in order to improve the holographic medicine program.

lower decks is pretty nifty---the story is told mostly from the perspective of four ensigns who don't serve on the bridge, mariner, boimler, tendi and Rutherford. there are bunches of star trek "easter eggs," species you recognize, cameo visits, frequent references to other famous and beloved character and a great deal of both reverence and irreverence.

I checked at the library today, they only have the first two seasons of Babylon 5. I could maybe give it a shot and then if im really liking it, search elsewhere for the remaining seasons.

im relatively weak in the art field but I do know I like impressionism as a style and so i'll go with monet.

paintings or sculptures?

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04-20-2023, 08:04 PM

I'll have to say paintings... more accessible in the wild.

Dancing or karaoke ?

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04-21-2023, 07:31 AM

in terms of watching, dancing for sure. in terms of participating, also dancing for sure, but within the confines of square, folk and some ballroom.

youre reading along in a book and you come across a word you don't recognize or otherwise cant define. do you ignore the word or look it up?

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04-21-2023, 05:06 PM

re: "word" - Ask Alexa/Computer or google (mostly)

You receive a meal you did not prepare... do you • salt first • or taste first then salt • or salt at all ?

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04-22-2023, 08:13 PM

ive read somewhere that its considered insulting to the chef to salt food that's been prepared for you but I wonder how true that is. the only prepared meal type thing in life I ever really put salt on is mashed potatoes so the sample size is realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly small. if someone served me mashed potatoes, and I couldn't see any pepper on them, id assume there wasn't any salt either and id go ahead and add some. if I could see pepper, id assume salt was there too and give 'em a try to see if a bit more was desirable.

there is a local pizza place that, although I haven't been in a long time, when I do i'll often puts lots of garlic salt on the pizza.

lately ive been making lots of pasta and oil dishes and have been playing with all sorts of different oils and spices and other flavorings. ive got 3-4 different kinds of seasoned salt that ive been adding to those (but if someone served that to me id eat it without salt). as much as I like salt, the best thing on the pasta has been brown sugar.

tony stark and pepper potts or thor and jane foster or steve rogers and Peggy carter or scott lang and hope van dyne?

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04-22-2023, 11:01 PM

My Sister-in-law does the garlic salt w/ pizza... I'll sprinkle Parmesan cheese with a side of ranch. The only oil I cook with is olive oil.

Had to google scott et Hope... going with tony & Pepper.

Sharpies or dry erase ?

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04-23-2023, 07:37 AM

olive oil yes, and I have some almond oil, and grapeseed oil that both work really well with pasta.

we'll sit there at the pizza place and shake on bunches of garlic salt, red pepper, parmesan cheese and garlic powder. ive had ranch dressing on pizza, its a good innovation. I had pizza once with popcorn on it and it was surprisingly good.

you haven't seen any of the ant-man movies?

when I think of endgame it had to be tony who died and the movie had to end with captain America and Peggy carter together.

the advent of white boards and dry erase lightly revolutionized the classroom, so three cheers for them!

par-mee-shen cheese or par-muh-shan cheese?

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04-24-2023, 12:55 AM

No, no Antman movies nor comics... remember him lastly with the gang who time travelled where Captain Marvel later returns.

lol... meh

Pomegranates or pineapple ?

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04-27-2023, 07:32 AM

I ate a pomegranate once and remember liking it, but its too exotic and rare around my parts to be a fruit staple, so pineapple it is. plus the latter is great on pizza and I have fond memories of eating pineapple and cheese sandwiches in English pubs.

spock or data?

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04-27-2023, 12:43 PM

mmm... tough choice - going with Spock (never heard Data's real persona wax on about Bilbo Baggins). The Bynars would be my favorite "logical" beings however: outstanding holodeck engineers.

Captain Crunch or Count Chocula ?

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04-28-2023, 06:30 AM

i cant remember if we talked about this before tailor---data plays a central and interesting role in star trek: picard.

have you watched any of discovery yet?

count chocula for sure---I think peanut butter doesnt translate well into a cereal flavor. plus peanut butter and milk isn't as successful a combination as chocolate and milk is.

sherlock holmes or hercule Poirot or some other famous literary detective?

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04-28-2023, 08:59 AM

re: Discovery - I think I saw season 1+ before I defenestrated DISH.
re: Picard - Not a single show as of yet. Does Joe make an appearance ?

Holmes, with a polite nod to Poirot et al.

Roller skates or Rollerblades ?

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04-29-2023, 01:10 PM

no joe, but there is a holographic doctor of sorts. however, a character from voyager does appear, saves the day, and plays a significant role in at least a couple of episodes near the end of season 1. the characters initial appearance was really well done and I think made me cheer right out loud.

id say if I value aesthetics and speed, gotta go with rollerblades. im tolerably bad at them---maybe that'll give me something to do this summer.

from a real life production chronology: the first three star wars movies, the middle three, or the last three?

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04-29-2023, 02:09 PM

I thought I saw 7 in one of the promos... was it Andy Dick as the EMH ?

M... L... F...

Haircuts: Monthly, every other month, every 3-months, other ?

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04-29-2023, 03:47 PM

yes, seven of nine made a surprise appearance.

at least in the first season, the holograph doctor, and all the other holographs on this particular ship, are programmed to look like the renegade captain picard hires to fly him around the galaxy.

so just to be clear---you like the ones with liam neeson, a young Anakin skywalker and natalie portman best? that's a rarity I bet...I wonder if you read my question backwards?

seemingly no rhyme or reason to hair cuts. less in the winter time, more frequent in the summer. range is anywhere from a 2-3 weeks to probably no more than a couple months. and hah, same with shaving!

Sylvester Stallone as rocky, Rambo, barney ross, or someone else?

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04-30-2023, 02:45 AM

Prolly read it wrong; favorite in order: original 3 (4-6), very last three (7-9), and last the prequel (1-3)

I have only seen Stallone as Rocky I believe (who's Barney Ross ? Never mind I'll google... https://www.google.com/search?q="Barney+Ross"+stallone&newwindow=1&client=opera&sxsrf=APwXEdeazdN4sfsgaa1e-XF0DSvjP-_xOg%3A1682836878450&ei=jg1OZNOQG_GvqtsP0PO64Ag&ved=0ahUKEwjTj-vy_9D-AhXxl2oFHdC5DowQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq="Barney+Ross"+stallone&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIFCC4QgAQyBQgAEIAEMgU IABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgYIABAHEB4yBQgAEIAEMgUIA BCABDIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAcQHjITCC4QgAQQlwUQ3AQQ3gQQ4AQ YAToECAAQR0oECEEYAFDoAljJTGChUmgAcAJ4AIAB7xCIAbohk gEDOS0ymAEAoAEByAEIwAEB2gEGCAEQARgU&sclient=gws-wiz-serp )

Barney Miller or (original) Night Court ?

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04-30-2023, 06:42 PM

i suspect there aren't too many people that like chapters 1-3 the best. no chemistry between Anakin and Padme, Samuel l Jackson didn't really make a good jedi, hayden Christiansen is wooden, and jar-jar was a bit much.

so you haven't seen any of expendables?

hard not to cheer for rocky, but I wonder if the best movie all the whole bunch was the last Rambo one.

I recently caught the ending of one of the creed movies where Apollo's son fought drago's son (twice of course!).

between the two I would go with night court. my mother was a fan of barney miller though. oddly enough I don't have a memory of it in re-runs over the past many years.

reese's peanut butter cup or any candy bar from the whole rest of the field?

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05-01-2023, 08:35 AM

No Expendables, yes Incredibles :)

Reese's are ok... tend towards Snickers and Milky Way

Smashing Pumpkins or Strawberry Alarm Clock ?

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05-01-2023, 11:30 AM

ive only caught snippets of the incredibles. maybe another thing to try...

the expendables movies are kinda fun if you like (or can tolerate) guns and the absurd expenditure of many thousands of rounds of ammunition, kinda like john wick. the ensemble casts are enjoyable.

I only know incense and peppermints so we have to go with strawberry alarm clock.

you are visiting Hollywood, walking down the street and are spied by some movie producer who says "you are perfect for either one of two roles in my upcoming movie! one is the good guy, the other is the bad guy."

do you take the good guy role or the bad guy role?

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05-01-2023, 02:49 PM

Haven't seen john wick either but I think I know what you're talking about.

Funny thing, a friend of mine and I were approached to be extras in a movie while we were on a bicycle trip to Yosemite from Newark, CA just before our Junior year in High School... summer of 1970. We were in the central valley by this time, I believe, still on the way, but we had to say no due to time constraints; still wonder what the movie was on occasion... something with a train.

Prolly the good guy... I was a policeman in a play once in grade school, bad experience, so being in a movie would be quite a stretch anyway. As an extra, in the above scenario, it might have been less stressful and even enjoyable being a nameless extra.

Baseball cards or Poker chips ?

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05-03-2023, 08:16 AM

maybe for fun someday tailor you can do some internet searching, using all the clues available, locate the movie, watch it, and go "that coulda been me!"

how many days and miles was your trip?

the train movie unstoppable with denzel Washington and chris pine was partially filmed in my neck of the woods, some in the city I grew up in, some in the nearby rural areas. its fun to watch the movie and be able to go "oh, I recognize that!" I met a woman whose mother was the teacher of a local classroom of kids they used as extras in one of the scenes.

I had a great baseball card collection as a kid---sold them all for some quick money, something I regret a bit. a few friends and I as kids used to have a great time collecting, trading and playing with them.

do people collect poker chips then?

in the pronunciation of neither (either too):

knee-ther or nye-ther or it dependents on words that come before and after?

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05-03-2023, 04:28 PM

"do people collect poker chips then?" - I'm sure some do... I was alluding to the acquiring through card play. I don't play but I have watched on the telly enjoying the psychology of the game and the antics of some of the best.

Neither?: prolly all helter skelter without a mind in my usage.

Elvis or elvish ?

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05-05-2023, 02:13 PM

ive restricted my betting to muffins or pizza but maybe i'll watch some time on tv. I do see poker advertised every so often. I think one of the neat things about the game is all the variants.

im a little young to have grown up with elvis, but came to a lot of his music, like i did with the beatles, after the fact. I recently watched the movie elvis and really enjoyed it (if you are an elvis fan, I can recommend it). but then the elves in lord of the rings are pretty nifty...hmmm, slight edge to elvis.

in a belated nod to "may the forth be with you"

who is the cuter droid---artoo or bb8?

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05-05-2023, 02:44 PM

bb8 was a delightful surprise... just when one thought droids were becoming too too we get a curve ball :)

Chess or checkers ?

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05-06-2023, 07:03 AM

I liked artoo a lot, but thought bb8 was a bit cuter. one of the things that made him so is that there were more interactions with the humans who genuinely liked and valued him.

when I had "games" on my computer I used to play a ton of computer chess but if it was a choice of playing one or the other with another person, id probably go with checkers.

the better of the star wars back stories: rogue one, or solo?

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05-06-2023, 02:52 PM

Solo for my choice :)

Female protagonist: Leia, Rey, Padmé, other ?

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05-06-2023, 06:52 PM

I thought they were both great and for the life of me, I cannot understand why they refused to make a sequel to solo!

that's a fun question---its hard to beat princess leia in jabba's metal bikini, and her romance with han was much better than Anakin and padme's. between the three though, I like natalie portman the best as an actress. however she suffered by being in the three worst movies of the bunch. the last three movies took some heat in some of the circles I read in for being too "girl power." I agree with that a little bit, but I don't necessarily think that disqualifies rey. she did a good job as a believable and central character of her movies. I say rey.

how about you?

and since we're still in the may the fourth be with you weekend:

the dark ominous death march type music that accompanies darth vader or the yearning hopeful light music that accompanies luke skywalker?

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05-06-2023, 07:13 PM

Hmmmm... Padmé is the most complex of the three, "girl power" and all.

Lol, Darth Vader's theme.

Jar Jar Binks or Salacious B. Crumb ?

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05-07-2023, 07:35 AM

if you are feeling particularly star warsy tailor, you might try metallica's version of the imperial march. I wouldn't call it great, but its worth a listen.

hmm, the question really might be which one is used to better effect in the movies.

jar jar is comically likeable but his presence in the movies was pretty debate-able. crumb is loathsome and his presence in the movie didn't seem controversial. in short, I think people could say jar jar detracted from star wars and shouldn't have been written into it, while crumb, nasty as he is, was in keeping with a desirable rendering of the whole jabba scene. gotta go with him.

everyone knows that all the men, despite being men, cried when spock died. whose death was the most touching in star wars? yoda, obi wan, qui gon, anakin, padme, kylo ren, han, leia, or luke?

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05-07-2023, 08:14 AM

I just might... Metallica was the last concert I attended: Cow Palace in South San Francisco circa 1995 or so.

Both creatures grate on me.

Most unexpected death prolly Q-GJ in my estimation. Most noble: O-WK.

Best Jedi Master teacher: Yoda, Q-JG, O-WK, Luke, or other ?

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05-07-2023, 05:43 PM

I recently saw a few minutes of a metallica concert with what must have been the san Francisco symphony...I love that sort of thing. kiss did a concert like that too. and when rock bands employ choirs too (like that heart performance of stairway to heaven) or when they hook up with opera singers.

have you seen the video of the 2014 boston strong performance of dream on with the boston children's choir? makes my eyes water.

and if I got you in a dream on mode, hunt up the live performance by Alicia keys, blake Shelton, adam levine and miley cyrus. its great.

that's a fun question. I have a vague memory of liking the relationship between qui gon and the young obi wan and thinking he was someone I could let teach me. but then the old obi wan was good too, although his time with luke was too short. small edge to qui gon.

you just met some hot chick who wants to spend the weekend with you binge watching something science fiction/fantasy. which do you choose:

star wars or star trek voyager?

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05-08-2023, 01:13 AM

lol... "metallica's version of the imperial march": not enough James and vastly overproduced.

Dream On (Boston Strong 2014)... Liv's dad in the spirit of Boston Strong :)

Adam Levine, Alicia Keys, Blake Shelton, Miley Cyrus - Dream On... Adam nails it :)

re: binge - lol... let's start with just binging - go with STV.

Ferengi in NG or DS-9 or other ?

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05-09-2023, 03:23 PM

yes I think metallica's version could have been a bit more rough and raucous.

I loved how they split the song into four parts they each sang. my favorite of the bunch was miley cyrus' strong rambunctious entrance, especially after adam levine's slow high register.

do you have a really memorable voyager episode?

that's a fun question---some of the ferengi episodes in next generation were good ones, but what I liked better about them in ds9 was their near constant presence and the character development.

potato chips or tortilla chips or corn chips or sweet potato chips or some weird vegetable chips or pretzels?

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05-09-2023, 03:24 PM

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05-10-2023, 05:00 AM

Memorable STV episode ? I'll have to give it more thought... but the 2 EMH's against the Romulans in the Alpha quadrant would be a good start... oh, and Barclay's first contact with the Delta quadrant... or, any of the episodes with species 8472...

BBQ ruffled potato chips with dip are my preference.

Beef ribs or pork ribs from the BBQ ?

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05-14-2023, 04:26 PM

I have a bit of a memory of Barclay making contact with voyager, but not the other ones you mentioned. when I go through the series i'll have to keep my eyes extra peeled.

ruffled bbq chips are hard to come by. whats your favorite dip of choice?

im vegetarian but I think in my pre-vegetarian days, the more common between the two, and still even rare at that, would have been beef ribs.

living in the house with the munsters (or the Addams family) or being stranded on Gilligan's island?

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05-15-2023, 07:42 AM

Dip: tie - Avocado or Bleu Cheese or Onion

living in/on: go with Gilligan's Island

1939 events: Wizard of Oz or Gone with the wind or Hewlett-Packard Company Created or Manhattan Project... in order if you wish

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05-20-2023, 01:59 PM

so many different perspectives from which to approach the question, but since we're in a literature forum, i'll default to that, and go with
gone with the wind. I just recently got ahold of a dvd collection; alas the movie itself is missing but in one of the dvd's they have an interview with clark gable, that's just proceeded by the fanfare associated with the screening of the movie. heck it was so boisterous it almost looked like the end of WWII.

the wizard of oz might have been a better movie than gone with the wind (I don't know) but its one of the those book/movie pairs where the movie is better than the book. I liked the book, but it doesn't have the same epic grandeur im associating with gone with the wind.

id enjoy reading a book on the manhattan project if I ever come across one.

Hewlett-packard---wish someone in my family would have bought stock!

which is the most enjoyable basic pleasure in life? eating when youre hungry, drinking when youre thirsty, lying down when youre tired, getting warm and dry when youre cold and wet, or cooling off when youre hot?

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05-20-2023, 04:04 PM

Prolly eating, especially with family.

Legos or Lincoln Logs ?

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05-25-2023, 08:39 PM

partial to Lincoln logs as a kid---I had them, and tinker toys and an erector set too.

but the lego scene in the sandlot is sooo funny and the lego batman movie is soooo good, just the way the characters move makes me laugh.

all you can eat soup or all you can eat salad?

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05-26-2023, 12:21 AM

Lol, had forgotten tinker toys. Also had an erector set that saw sparse use. Like most of my childhood my toys never seemed to survive from one move to another. I've only seen bits in the sandlot and the lego scene doesn't seem to ring a bell... lego movies haven't made their debut with me yet.

Salad. I would stalk the salad bars meticulously and with heartiness, and then only if the soup was one I liked would I have but one bowl ~ partial to the creamy soups :)

All you can eat chicken wings or beef ribs if you weren't a vegetarian ?

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05-28-2023, 05:55 PM

if you like batman, the lego batman movie is a must see!

I misspoke tailor---I should have said the erector set scene from the sandlot. do you remember that one?

im from western ny, south of buffalo, where supposedly the chicken wing was invented, late high school/early college years, so they were a pretty ubiquitous part of our eating out. plus they go great with blue cheese, the sauce is tasty, they always came with carrots and celery, which was fun. id have to go with them.

at your salad bar---do you put the dressing on first and all the toppings second, or all the toppings first and then the dressing?

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05-29-2023, 03:57 AM

sandlot - sadly no... will have to add to my watch list.

salad essentials in order: lettuces/tomatoes/(a little pasta salad on the side)/olives/mushrooms(button & sliced)/avocado (if available)/croutons/ other... then blue cheese dressing/shredded cheeses/sunflower seeds/bacon bits/ with guacamole on the side (if available)... maybe some grated pepper :)

Water with or without flavoring (Mio/lemon/other) ?

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05-29-2023, 08:32 AM

if you played baseball as a kid tailor, or even just had a group of friends you regularly hung out and played with, its an utterly fantastic movie. there is a lot that the movie is about, but one of the things that drives the plot is that they have hit a baseball over the fence at the sandlot, into a yard guarded by "the beast" and they have to get the ball back.

I should have given you an "in the middle" option---that's kinda where my dressing goes too.

if I put the croutons on before the dressing, they slide off! the dressing gives them something to hold them in place.

what, no garbanzo beans??

ever have raisins on a salad?

i'll drink plain water if im out and about from the occasional fountain or bottled water in the middle of working if im otherwise unprepared, but at home my water has an unpleasant mineral taste to it so I use little packets of flavoring. right now ive got a half gallon of "lemonade" and a half gallon of "blazin' blueberry" in the fridge.

reading a "page-turner" late into the night to see what happens, or putting it aside until tomorrow in order to go to sleep?

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05-30-2023, 03:39 PM

Garbanzo beans - yes, raisins - no. We have well water for home use... tastes nasty too, so we drink and cook with bottled water; bought some Mio flavorings for the occasional taste boost to bottled water since I do not drink sodas.

I would put the book aside.

Writing on paper (letters/notes/etc): Cursive or hen scratch hand printing ?

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06-02-2023, 04:12 PM

over the past large handful of years ive gotten back into letter writing as opposed to emailing, and its been both great, and a chore at the same time. I think when I first started back I wrote in cursive, but quickly found out that my printing was a bit more legible, so I overwhelmingly go with that.

returning to a country you've been to before and liked visiting, or going to a country you've not been to before?

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06-02-2023, 05:09 PM

Never been out of the Untied States of America... pray I live long enough to visit my Brother in Italy.

Music: Jefferson Airplane or Jefferson Starship or Starship ?

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06-04-2023, 08:36 PM

I remember your mentioning your hope for a trip to Italy before tailor. summer is a good time to visit!

I think grace slick has one of my all time favorite voices, so the early stuff for me.

canoe or kayak?

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06-05-2023, 04:50 AM

I would be equally inept in either and have never had the privilege, even in my brief boy scout years, to try one... Tragic in the sense that the American River(s) and others are so accessible here. I have an odd tendency to calling kayaks "yackety-yak's".

Bus or train ?

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06-07-2023, 04:22 PM

there must be some place nearby then tailor where you can rent one or the other for pretty cheap. although neither require a lot of skill or any experience to enjoy yourself, id suggest a canoe as a first go.

for a large handful of miles in a large city where the subway isn't an option, the bus is okay. but for long distances, the train for sure. ive taken some trains in Europe but never partook of the famed "euro-rail" pass that if I remember rightly, pretty much allowed unlimited miles on for a limited amount of time.

having to watch a half dozen zombie musicals or giving up Roquefort blue cheese dressing for 6 months?

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06-07-2023, 05:39 PM

Plenty of places to rent, I'm sure... maybe a rafting excursion in the future on the American River... who knows. Never been on a subway in the NY sense... closest, I guess, would be the BART system in the SF Bay Area which I loved using... especially on day jaunts to SF that went under the SF Bay, and to El Cerrito Del Norte for bowling at a favorite venue of mine that also had a fine restaurant for a steak dinner with salad including garbanzo beans :)

lol... I do not like zombies, Sam I am, neither here nor there, nor in the æther, nor anywhere. I don't like them in a soup, I don't like them in a chicken coop, zombies to me tain't any fun, in the dark or in the sun... I do not like zombies, Sam I am, so guess I'd have to do without my Roquefort for a time (mic drop)... slam!

Watched "Searching for Bobby Fisher" early this morning on free Pluto streaming telly station and was impressed with Ben Kingsley's character... which has almost nothing to do with this question: Gandhi or Mother Teresa ?

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06-10-2023, 05:19 PM

oh go this summer tailor. the older one gets, the less likely such wonderful things happen.

its been a long time since ive been to the city. hard to imagine going back, and maybe all the more so hard to imagine taking the subway. both have certainly deteriorated over the years.

I tried reading pride and prejudice and zombies some years ago but really couldn't get into it. however, I recently saw the movie preview and it looked lots better than my experience with the book, so I think i'll be watching that in the not too distant future.

that's a fun question, maybe the tension between changing the world, and changing my little corner of the world. slight edge to mother Teresa. ive got biographies of both, maybe i'll read one after I finish elvis Presley.

having to watch the princess bride and read watership down or giving up anything avocado for a month?

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06-14-2023, 07:30 PM

(watching the princess bride AND reading watership down) OR (giving up anything avocado for a month)... hmmm, classic double bind argument (hate those... drive me nuts)... at least the avocado is only for a month, prolly gone longer... so avocado.

Skipping rocks on a body of water or putting a penny on the railroad tracks ?

bounty

02-16-2024, 09:47 AM

heck tailor, don't know how I missed this so many month ago...

both are fun, but the rock skipping is more enjoyable.

a book written in the 1st person or one written in the 3rd?

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02-17-2024, 05:27 AM

Prolly first... three's a crowd

Salad: Spinach or Lettuce(s)

bounty

02-18-2024, 08:39 AM

I like spinach, and i constantly try to grow it and mostly fail, but I like the crispy texture of lettuce better as the base for salads.

jadzia dax or ezri dax?

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02-18-2024, 11:59 PM

I prolly will continue to vacillate on this choice:

• Intellectually Ezri is the most experienced, having Jadzia's "experiences", et al, plus her own.
• Jadzia was the original cast in DS9 and thus it's difficult to overcome the attachment to an original character, especially over several episodes/seasons
• Ezri more the diplomat perhaps
• Jadzia more sure of herself

This round goes to Jadzia

Buckaroo Banzai or Doc Brown ?

bounty

02-20-2024, 10:25 AM

that was a good comparison list tailor. I was bummed when jadzia left and ive been debating the writers choices on making ezri so unsure of herself. I absolutely love though what the writers can do in their stories with a joined trill.

oddly enough, I dont think ive seen all of any of the back to the future movies but Christopher Lloyd is a hoot, so I feel okay going with him.

darth vadar or thanos?

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02-20-2024, 08:22 PM

Thanos is a much better (super) villain... yesterday I found a list of the most powerful MCU universe beings and I was surprised at how low he ranked: https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/most-powerful-marvel-characters, albeit much higher in other lists. Vader might have been better if he were not redeemed IMHO.

Basheer or Quark ?

bounty

02-22-2024, 06:32 PM

besides vader's redemption, what was it about thanos that makes you rate him higher?

that's a toughie. one of the fun things about star trek in general and maybe DS9 in particular is the exposure to difference species and stories associated with them. the ferengi are fascinating and I think the show did a good job of occasional ventures into them and their culture. quark was a good character.

but then so was dr bashir, and I really liked him. and since he was in star fleet and was able to be worked into the stories better, I gotta go with him. im nearing the end of the series and im wondering if he and ezri are going to get connected. she was just about to tell him she loved him but he was distracted by his work trying to find a cure for odo that he missed it and she didn't get a chance to explain.

I know to an extent it depends on the movie, but in so much as you can---movies under 2 hours or movies over 2 hours?

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02-23-2024, 01:01 AM

Perhaps because Thanos answered to no one but himself... Vader, after all, as a Sith was a toady for the Emperor.

2-hours+ is ok... I like to get my bang for the buck with my senior discount/cheap Tuesday when I pay for my expensive popcorn and then recline in decadence shutting out the world maybe once or twice a year.

Trains, planes, or automobiles ?

bounty

02-23-2024, 10:27 AM

boy I haven't been to the theater in years, ~2005.

that's sounds nice, except for the expensive popcorn part.

I think you've asked that one before, and im wondering now about my internal consistency! I don't think you could pay me enough to get on an airplane, which is unfortunate, because there are a couple of places in Europe id like to go to/go back to.

id rather ride a bike than drive a car.

and trains can have a certain appeal to them, so lets go with them.

hah---steve martin or john candy?

tailor STATELY

02-23-2024, 05:47 PM

Stevo... plays a better banjo

Ten speed or Mountain Bike ?

bounty

02-24-2024, 06:20 PM

have you seen roxanne tailor? i loved steve martin in that.

i used to train and race a long time ago, and i still love speed, but most of my outdoor riding these days falls along the lines of commuting, sometimes in bad weather, and a mtn bike or something similar is a bit more suitable.

chick flick or chick lit?

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02-25-2024, 06:03 AM

re: Roxanne... no

chick flick

Bolo tie or necktie ?

bounty

02-27-2024, 09:12 AM

oh its a reallllllly cute romantic comedy well worth watching, a modern day retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac. steve martin place an excellent role.

I think you have asked that one before and hopefully im consistent---no ties for me but if someone forces me, id have to go with the traditional necktie---unless maybe I was magically transported to the southwest.

chocolate or peanut m&m's?

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02-28-2024, 01:39 AM

Chick flick, right ? Nah... the premise eludes me; a little Steve Martin goes a long way.

Hmmm, I think I've seen this question before too... go with plain m&m's this time.

"Serenity" or the original ST "Enterprise" (Kirk version) ?

bounty

02-28-2024, 06:55 PM

oh, very little in movie life beats the enterprise!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrNHjSF5Ohc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3VbUpscgOc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCnOstkvNR4

KitKat or milky way?

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02-28-2024, 07:51 PM

• NCC-1701-A
• NCC-1701
• NCC-1701-D's Holodeck w/ NCC-1701' bridge :)

Milky Way... never been to the KitKat galaxy...

Ok... Red Dwarf or The Orville or Serenity then ?

bounty

03-01-2024, 05:11 PM

I love family guy so I clearly like seth MacFarlane's sense of humor but oddly enough, ive never seen an episode of the orville. nevertheless, lets go with that one because of my love of family guy

snickers or three musketeers?

ps: im predicting you will want to make a pun about d'artagnan!

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03-06-2024, 05:11 PM

(snicker)

Snickers for me, though I'd prolly not turn down a floppy hat with a feather to wear while gallivanting about in France.

Red Vines or Twizzlers ?

bounty

03-10-2024, 10:11 AM

if i could transport myself as opposed to having to fly, or take a boat, france is a place id want to go back to visit.

i think marketing wise, we don't even have red vines here, so i'll go with the twizzlers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfPavb-A9kY

mounds/almond joy or butterfinger?

tailor STATELY

03-11-2024, 01:47 AM

vid: lol

mmmmmmmm... butterfinger this time

salting your watermelon or no ?

bounty

03-11-2024, 03:16 PM

ive enjoyed salt on apples before but haven't ever tried it on watermelon. if I splurge on one this summer, I can give it a shot.

peppermint patty or twix? (not the Charlie brown character!)

tailor STATELY

03-12-2024, 03:36 AM

peppermint patty hands down

egg plant or artichoke ?

bounty

03-14-2024, 07:46 AM

I like both of those but ive enjoyed eggplant parmigiana in the past and that's a pretty good treat, so we'll go with that one. ive tried to grow eggplant in my garden but never succeeded.

Hershey bar or nestles crunch?

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03-14-2024, 07:28 PM

Hershey Bar :) I drove through a town on my way to Monterey that was famous for a Hershey plant... missed it by a block or two while on J14 - https://www.kqed.org/news/11089642/bittersweet-feelings-few-kisses-for-hersheys-in-oakdale . Never got to visit the plant in the past with all my trips through town... even stopped nearby overnight at a park on my way to Yosemite by 10-speed bike from Newark, California, circa 1970.

Donuts or Danishes ?

bounty

03-16-2024, 07:59 AM

ive been through Hershey PA, and in fulton NY there is a (or was, I don't know) a nestle factory. the whole town smells like a fudge brownie. my nearby home city has a bread factory in it. the smell is soooo good its a wonder you don't gain weight from it.

those are both great but the variety amongst donuts puts the nod towards them.

baby ruth or payday?

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03-16-2024, 04:50 PM

payday

Ritz or Hi Ho crackers ?

bounty

03-17-2024, 10:54 AM

i have a vague memory of hi ho, but I don't remember them being any different from ritz, which we still have around here. I just bought a couple of boxes on clearance recently. so "putting on the ritz" it is!

heath bar or reese's peanut butter cup?

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03-18-2024, 04:41 AM

heath bar

chick peas or chia seeds

bounty

03-18-2024, 03:11 PM

a surprise upset by the heath bar!

I love chick peas, made all the more fun by calling them garbanzo beans!

m&m's or milky way?

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03-19-2024, 06:52 PM

Yeah, I call them garbanzo beans too, but chick peas was more poetic :) If you ever get back to the 1970's exit the El Cerrito Del Norte's BART station in Cali and have a steak dinner at the bowling alley restaurant, Rods Hickory Pit, nearby... their salad came with garbanzo beans... great dinner :) Evidentially the city used eminent domain to demolished this hallowed establishment and other businesses for a Target store... too sad.

m&m's

Janis or Stevie ?

bounty

03-20-2024, 02:29 PM

that would kinda make a fun element in a movie tailor---traveling back in time to various presently non-existent places in order to revisit the foods/dishes you love.

if you mean stevie nicks, id go with her, although I do like Janis joplins rough voice. rumours is one of my all-time favorite albums and a couple of stevie nicks songs still cause emotional reactions in me.

snickers or butterfinger?

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03-20-2024, 04:30 PM

snickers hands down

Kansas or Boston ? (open to interpretation)

bounty

03-22-2024, 02:14 PM

two of the biggies from my high school/early college days, loved 'em both, but I think the phenomenon that was the first boston album puts them over the top here.

peppermint patty or Hershey bar?

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03-23-2024, 02:26 AM

Tough one... Peppermint Patty this round (sic)

Casey Kasem or Dick Clark ?

bounty

03-24-2024, 04:48 PM

have you ever had a wintergreen patty? has been years since ive even seen those.

grew up really liking them both, but "America's top 40" was a bit more enjoyable than "American bandstand" so kasem it is.

payday or heath bar?

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03-25-2024, 06:28 AM

Hadn't heard of wintergreen patties before; found this: https://secondratesnacks.com/peppermint-patty-vs-wintergreen-patty (the comments helped for context)

Heath Bar :)

Junior Mints or Peppermint Patties ?

bounty

03-26-2024, 10:50 AM

the review from your link (chalky toothpaste was it?)---ack! but someone did chime in and remembered the wintergreen patty from York and praised it.

I used to have wintergreen berries growing on my property but its been a long time since ive seen them.

I like them them both quite a bit but slight lean towards the junior mints---they remind me of old movie theater days, plus this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWxPoPwq7-A

m&m's or snickers?

tailor STATELY

03-26-2024, 11:29 PM

lol... great clip :)

... go with snickers this time.

Stage show or movie ?

bounty

03-28-2024, 07:32 PM

i love them both and to a large extent, it would depend on whats showing but i'll lean towards a stage production, in part because we're usually talking about local people from the nearby schools, or the community. even if its more professional, the personal touch involved is really appealing and even though the movie industry supports tons of people, I like the idea of giving money to my neighbors for them to make ends meet, as opposed to a Hollywood actor making 10 million per effort.

for 3rd and 4th place in the candy march madness: m&m's or peppermint patty?

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03-29-2024, 05:02 AM

Hmmm... tough one again... go with Peppermint Patty this time.

"Popcorn" by Hot Buttered or "Hocus Pocus" by Focus ?

bounty

03-30-2024, 02:11 PM

oh those are both fun songs I haven't thought of in a long time...I say hocus pocus because rock is just hard to beat and throwing some yodeling in is innovative, like Jethro tull and a flute.

and the final match-up in the candy march madness!:

snickers vs heath bar?

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03-31-2024, 09:52 PM

Terrible to have to choose... go with Heath Bar this round.

Raindrop diadems clinging to emerging oak leaves or frost on a pumpkin ?

bounty

04-01-2024, 04:11 PM

and the winner of the march madness candy tournament, heath bar!

saw some on sale today at ollies but I didn't get them. if they are still there when they go down to 75% off, then for sure!

autumn is my favorite time of year, but I think when you ask a "spring" question right about the time we'd all like spring to emerge, we gotta go with the dewey oak leaves.

im pleased to announce---due to its popularity, the march madness playoff format has been held over for april!

who will the new contestants be? fruits or vegetables or soda pop or board games?

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04-01-2024, 07:14 PM

vegetables

Risk or Fresca ?

bounty

04-03-2024, 09:24 AM

fresca's good, but risk is better. I love risk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H969Dliohz4

vegetables it is!

corn or squash?

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04-04-2024, 03:41 AM

hmmm... love corn on the cob and various squashes, Patty pans, and Butter squash especially... going with squash.

Chess or Pepsi ?

bounty

04-06-2024, 08:01 AM

is spaghetti squash in your squash repertoire?

I used to like playing chess against the computer. I got to level 4 which is just above "casual" but it was more of way just to pass some time as opposed to something I loved. I don't necessarily love pepsi, but I do think I like it better than chess, especially if we go with wild cherry pepsi.

peas vs cauliflower?

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04-07-2024, 05:52 AM

I don't recall ever having spaghetti squash.

cauliflower - steamed, w/ mayo

Chinese checkers or Mr. Pibb ?

bounty

04-08-2024, 03:36 PM

if you are a fan in general of squash tailor, you might like the "spaghetti" version. the internets full of recipes.

and its cauliflower in a surprise upset over peas!

so far the soda pop is winning out over the board games---go mr pibb!

carrots vs spinach?

tailor STATELY

04-08-2024, 05:16 PM

Love both... going with carrots because it is a goto snack :)

Root beer or Stratego ?

bounty

04-10-2024, 06:57 AM

raw carrots are a great snack but poor popeye.

I don't dislike root beer but its generally last on my soda pop drinking hierarchy, plus I like stratego, so the board game wins this one.

potatoes vs brussels sprouts?

tailor STATELY

04-10-2024, 05:16 PM

brussels sprouts (little cabbages :) )

Othello (board game) or Sprite (soft drink) ?

bounty

04-11-2024, 06:09 PM

i wonder if that's a surprise upset? i love potatoes.

yes, Othello the Shakespeare play might have made the choice easier, but im still going with sprite!

asparagus vs green beans?

tailor STATELY

04-12-2024, 03:34 AM

Asparagus!... not even close.

Stratego or Sprite ?

bounty

04-13-2024, 06:00 PM

I suspected green beans would have been a long shot.

sprite closer to stratego than root beer, but still stratego.

a much anticipated match-up between celery and broccoli!

tailor STATELY

04-14-2024, 06:47 AM

broccoli ! broccoli ! broccoli !

Chess or cola ?

bounty

04-17-2024, 10:58 AM

I put broccoli on the last frozen pizza I had but its hard to beat celery with peanut butter on it.

cola wins again. if you can believe it, I was recently able to buy about 12 12 packs of faygo from big lots for about 70 cents per pack.

lettuce vs peppers (I just planted some old seeds but im skeptical theyre going to germinate)

tailor STATELY

04-18-2024, 11:04 AM

Looked up Faygo on wikipedia... interesting company... haven't seen their product in Cali.

Cola over chess? Hmm, I would have thought otherwise.

Lettuce makes a fine bedding for avocados (dang this spellcheck in Safari for Windows... it's useless!), tomatoes, sunflower kernels, spinach, salad dressing, et al... but a nice stuffed green or yellow or red Bell Pepper is divine :) Going with peppers... but not the spicy ones !!!!!!!!!!!

Stratego or Cola ?

bounty

04-20-2024, 08:04 AM

I hadn't thought of faygo not being a nationwide brand. when I was a kid "red pop" was a unique and semi-popular thing.

i wonder now about shasta.

I love peppers on pizza and a lettuce based salad is fantastic.

soda pop is a close second place to potato chips in my junk food vice universe, and the colas are the best of the bunch. the board games might be faring better if I had someone to play them with. I find as I contemplate board games, im more partial to the ones that include elements of chance to them as opposed to just skill and strategy. "chance" alleviates some of the competitive pressure to win.

a tougher choice this time around but cola over stratego.

closing battle of the opening round: tomatoes vs onions?

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04-20-2024, 03:54 PM

We have/had? Shasta in Cali... haven't had one in ages, but then my consumption of soda is very-very small. There used to be a Shasta plant/distribution in Hayward, California one would pass nearby going from the East S.F. Bay to the West S.F. Bay on one of the many bay bridges.

Tomatoes

Ok, soft drinks seemed to be favored over board games...

Regular Checkers or chess ?

bounty

04-21-2024, 11:24 AM

one wonders the connection between shasta the soda pop and mt shasta.

I think theres lots of fuzziness in the choices based on the soda and board games in question---tempered by the presence or absence of playing partners. id be willing to give up most kinds of pop in order to regularly play a large handful of board games.

I think if im playing by myself, chess; if im playing with another person, checkers.

and into the first bout of the vegetable quarter finals----squash vs cauliflower?

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04-21-2024, 08:04 PM

re: Shasta... yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shasta_(drink)

re: fuzzy... ah, I see.

Difficult choice... go with cauliflower. My daughter says she uses cauliflower rice instead of normal rice... haven't tried it yet.

When playing board games alone: Yahtzee or chess ? (or, if you deem Yahtzee not a board game Risk in its place)

bounty

04-24-2024, 02:41 PM

that was interesting---a mt shasta and shasta soda pop connection, and I see faygo was mentioned in the article too. along the lines of the latters red pop, it seems I vaguely remember the formers version too.

rice with cauliflower sounds good.

I recently had some pasta made from corn and rice---it had a noticeably different texture. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't prefer it either.

im on only child, I actually used to play board games by myself sometimes as a kid---ive never played risk alone, but you hit the mother lode on that one tailor, it might be my favorite board game. but I suspect it would lose a lot of its appeal playing by myself (have never tried), so maybe chess is indeed the winner.

carrots vs brussels sprouts?

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04-25-2024, 02:02 PM

No... not rice with Cauliflower, though that does sound good, but riced cauliflower (my bad)... https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Frozen-Riced-Cauliflower-12-oz-Frozen/279573553?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=2468&adid=22222222277279573553_117755028669_12420145346&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9032342&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=279573553&wl13=2468&veh=sem_LIA&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=22222222237279573553_117755028669_12420145346&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9032342&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=279573553&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_qexBhCoARIsAFgBlesZne0TPeOumf93Nh5w YSbMnPXC1DUheiY8ovu0-eHo9zYyKOUkBOEaAkyCEALw_wcB

Go with Brussels Sprouts :)

Monopoly or Backgammon ?

bounty

04-26-2024, 08:44 AM

ah, that might be like the cauliflower version of "spaghetti squash"

I like them both, but edge towards monopoly. I have a couple variants of the game id love to try sometime, I think one might be an nfl version.

and now, entering the vegetable octagon, two giants from the green world---asparagus vs broccoli!

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04-26-2024, 05:24 PM

Asparagus hands down... it spargels !!! The San Joaquin Asparagus Festival (Stockton, California) was a few weeks ago :)

Othello (the board game) or Backgammon ?

bounty

04-28-2024, 07:29 AM

asparagus in a quick victory!

did you partake in the festival?

there is a nearby village here that has a somewhat famous garlic festival every year but ive never gone. maybe this year...

backgammon

in the last quarter final bout of the tournament, another couple of vegetable giants----tomatoes vs peppers!

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04-29-2024, 02:05 AM

Never on asparagus festival... even when I lived in Stockton :( I've been to the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California though :)

Tomatoes

Monopoly or Battleship ?

bounty

04-29-2024, 12:45 PM

i think if asparagus wins the tournament tailor, going to the festival has to be on your bucket list!

I recently inherited a couple of cans of asparagus. have you ever had it on pizza?

that's a tougher one---but monopoly. although I like the movie battleship.

into the veggie final four:

cauliflower vs brussels sprouts

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04-29-2024, 02:14 PM

Asparagus festival has been on my list for some time :) On pizza? mais non. My idea of toppings is prolly the antithesis of what you have in mind... and hopefully counterbalances those pesky carbohydrates with my fantasy all meat pizza (sans fishies) :)

Brussels sprouts

Stratego or Monopoly ?

bounty

05-01-2024, 05:22 PM

the expiration date on the cans is 2026, and I don't have a problem eating canned food for 2-3 afterwards, so ive got a good 4-5 yrs to figure out how to eat it.

how about asparagus and rice?

hmmm, I like stratego a lot, but still monopoly.

and in the bottom half of the vegetable final four----the aforementioned asparagus against the very popular perennial all-star, tomatoes!

tailor STATELY

05-02-2024, 03:28 AM

Throw some canned asparagus into a "cream of ___" soup maybe :)

Asparagus!

Golf or Frisbee golf ?

bounty

05-02-2024, 12:15 PM

oh that's a good idea, I like that. I just bought bunches of crackers too so I need to eat those up before they go stale. maybe I wont wait 5 yrs and i'll give it a shot in the next few days. i'll let you know.

I used to really like miniature golf, but that has suffered from the same fate as board games, no one to play with. ive only genuinely golfed once in my lifetime, despite growing up in the neighborhood of the local country club. apparently you have to belong to the club to use the course, go figure!

frisbee golf it is! I was at a park once somewhere playing, NC maybe, where they had a formal course and enjoyed that. more successful technique, less slicing and hooking and missed balls and no divots.

a surprise winner, moving on to the finals but first, the consolation match between:

tomatoes vs cauliflower.

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05-02-2024, 01:36 PM

... tough one: Tomatoes are in soooo many things; they're like the Leatherman of vegetables... going with tomatoes :)

Leatherman multi-tool or Swiss Army knife ?

bounty

05-05-2024, 06:06 AM

that's a good point---I suspect tomatoes are king when it comes to their versatility.

I have both. I think if I were going to be on an episode of mountain men id go with the Leatherman, otherwise, my nifty little swiss army does the trick. I make pretty good use of the can opener.

and in the vegetable finals, two surprising upstarts who have defeated some of the heavyweight favorites, asparagus vs brussels sprouts!

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05-06-2024, 02:09 AM

Circa thirty years ago my one and only Swiss army knife had a pair of scissors which I employed the most; lost it :( ... Using an older Leatherman presently.

ASPARAGUS !

Thrift stores or yard sales ?

bounty

05-07-2024, 05:26 AM

do you ever wonder tailor if your old knife has remained truly lost or it was found and redeemed by some lucky fellow, who making use of it to this day.

congratulations to asparagus!

you might enjoy hearing over the weekend I tried the canned asparagus in some cream of celery soup and it worked really well.

oh that's a fun one. I like both a lot, but im going to go with thrift stores not just because of their inventory size, but because they are often engaged in charitable work.

okay---I think on to the 3rd this or that march madness inspired tournament---fruit or condiments or desserts soda pop or old tv shows?

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05-07-2024, 03:47 PM

Knife... one could only hope :)

Soup... glad to hear :)

Agree with charitable work. Perused two thrift stores recently. One that supports Hospice Care is where I made my 3-purchases: Bowling Ball with finger grip inserts that perfectly fit my hand for $6.99 (plugged & redrilled a few times, but modern stock), an iridescent Anchor dish that I will employ for microwaving soups, and a book on American poetry about 5-ladybugs thick.

Old TV shows :)

The Dick Van Dyke Show or The Burns and Allen Show ?

bounty

05-12-2024, 08:56 AM

we just had a local garage sale weekend and so traffic was baaaaaaaad.

im a smidgen too young to have grown up with burns and allen but I do remember watching dick van dyke as a kid, so he wins by forfeit.

ive been struggling to figure out how to organize the contestants tailor. there are sooooooooo many shows to chose from. maybe we can make this particular "this or that" the answer to the question.

would you prefer one large bracket with shows from the 50s through the 80s mingled together? or four smaller distinct homogenous regional tournaments?

in the latter case then we could end up with the winner from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s playing in the final four.

tailor STATELY

05-13-2024, 06:28 AM

hmmm... one large bracket would be my preference but I will defer if you prefer.

I Love Lucy or The Adventures of Tugboat Annie

bounty

05-15-2024, 12:16 PM

my mother was a big fan of I love lucy when I was little, so I have fond memories of it.

I live not far away from Jamestown, where lucy was born. they have a lucy festival every year and a museum in her honor (also an additional comedy museum). maybe someday i'll get to them.

alright tailor---it took me hours to create, after much research, having to resort to high end online tournament making software, we have a 32 team bracket with three preliminary pigs tails!

for some brevity sake I had to leave out allllll sorts of goodies. I did make an effort to have a relatively even distribution of shows from each decade, 50s-80s, and to have each decade face each other a relatively equal amount of times.

oh boy! looking forward to it!

in the first prelim, bonanza vs gunsmoke.

tailor STATELY

05-15-2024, 04:01 PM

Lol !!!... sounds like March Madness in May... or as Father Mulcahy of M.A.S.H. might say: Bracketology!, Bracketology!

I've watched a few episodes of Gunsmoke recently with my wife at her sister's house (they have Direct TV). I really prefer Matt Dillon's character over ___ Cartright... here's a bio of James Arness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Arness. An aside: As "the Thing" he brought more depth to life than that of the character in The Addams' Family... (not referring to Lurch).

Hogan's Heroes or M.A.S.H. ?

bounty

05-16-2024, 06:33 PM

good memory tailor---jocularity! jocularity!

hard to beat the bonanza theme music though. how did the gunsmoke episodes hold up after so many years?

ah---im sorry, being the tournament administrator im not allowed to answer that for fear of swaying the outcome! although ironically I left Hogan's heroes out. I say that because im watching and really enjoying that very show these days. I should start over and make a 64 team bracket!

another pig tail:

I dream of Jeannie vs bewitched.

tailor STATELY

05-17-2024, 04:59 AM

Gunsmoke held up very well for me.

I dream of Jeannie :)

Hmmm... guess I'll stay out of the realm of brackets and await enlightenment.

Butterflies or Lady Bugs ?

bounty

05-17-2024, 06:37 AM

that's good to hear. i still love watching the old shows from childhood days.

difficult to pass on Jeannie given her outfit!

ah that's a fun one---lady bugs are cute and adorable and butterflies are beautiful and delightful. i'll go with the latter by virtue of their visibility.

the last pig tail:

the cosby show vs all in the family.