Game: This or That

[Danik 2016]

I no longer go to cinema regularly.


Water sports or air sports?

[tonywalt]

water sports

film or theatre?

[tailor STATELY]

Water
Film

Art films or documentaries ?

[Danik 2016]

Art films

Blogs or journals?

[tonywalt]

journals

Atlantic or Pacific?

[tailor STATELY]

Pacific

Tissues or handkerchief ?

[tonywalt]

Tissues

do you have a favourite bookstore in your area or go to a bunch? (or none at all)

(In the cayman islands we are down to a non profit humane society bookstore, as the wider population historically and generally does not read much)

[tailor STATELY]

Most of my browsing for books is at the thrift store level, but my favorite used book store is Winston Smith Books https://winstonsmithbooks.com/ Picked up some nice Shakespeare books there pre-COVID, so it's been a while... need to remedy :)

Meds in the morning, meds in the evening (meds in the summertime) ?

[Danik 2016]

Meids n the evening

Physical shopping or online shopping?

Winston Smith Books looks inviting. Here in São Paulo the used bookstores are mostly disappearing.

[tailor STATELY]

re: "Physical shopping or online shopping?" - a bit of both.

Winter attire: Bright colors or pastels or other ?

[tonywalt]

Winter in the caribbean is usually beige, white, green

Still carry cash -or electronic?

[Danik 2016]

Just a credit card usually.

Short or long walks?

[tailor STATELY]

Short walks

Popcorn: buttered or plain or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Plain.

Sunrise or sundown?

[tailor STATELY]

Sundown... not too long ago here :)

ABBA or Beatles ?

[Danik 2016]

Beeaatles!

Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley ?

[tailor STATELY]

Michael Jackson

War and Peace or Gone with the Wind ?

[Danik 2016]

War and Peace

Furniture: modern or vintage?

[tailor STATELY]

Used... I have a cat :)

Same question ?

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Remember both my cats sculpturing a hole into my (luckily old) sofa.
A mix of both.

cartoons or comics?

[tailor STATELY]

comics lately

Pen ink preference: Black or blue or other ?

[bounty]

that's a toughie danik, although I understand judy garland kinda had a troubled life? sucker as I am for lost causes, going to go with grace Kelly.

I only saw one of the movies your girl frances was in, that's why I didn't recognize her.

ah, poof and spritzer hang out all the time in each others vicinity. its kinda comical. spritzer will be on the porch rail and poof will be on the porch right underneath her. my neighbors just moved their camper into their driveway today, im guessing i'll see less of poof for most of the rest of the summer.

whenever I write I grab whats handy, black or blue, but I think dark blues a little better.

tailor: week long road trip on a historic highway vs a coastal cliffside Airbnb in Greece with lots of good books.

danik: trying a new restaurant vs road trip to a local fair (this is sounding familiar, did I accidently repeat it?)

[Danik 2016]

Fine
Tailor and Bounty, the next pair for you
Judy Garland x Michelle Pfeiffer

Frances McDormand- She appears in some very violent movies as she is married to one of the Cohen brothers?

Spritzer and Poof. This is beginning to look like a hate-love relationship. I wonder if Poof will take any interest in your neighbors.

I prefer blue ink, tailor.

I choose the local Fair. We just had one right here near my building. I won't mind though if you assign me some books, Bounty.

[tailor STATELY]

a coastal cliffside Airbnb in Greece with lots of good books (or wifi).

Michelle Pfeiffer

Off system memory storage: Thumb drive or Cloud ?

[tonywalt]

Cloud

tea or coffee?

[Danik 2016]

Tea.
Fruit trees or flower trees or both?

[tailor STATELY]

Both... love the fruit trees that blossom, then provide fruit in the season :)

Leeks, rutabagas, or parsnips ?

[Danik 2016]

Leeks, they are the only ones I know.

Eggplant or cucumber?

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... the three are vegetables I endeavor to avoid.

LOve eggplant... Cucumbers are a larval form of pickles (and absolutely do not belong in a salad ! ).

Chocolate chips or M&M's ?

[Danik 2016]

Lol. One of them is described as a mixture of turnip with cabbage. Like leeks though and cucumber salad.:https://www.loveandlemons.com/cucumber-salad/
Chocolate chips

Nutella or peanuts cream?

[tailor STATELY]

Prefer Nutella, but have been buying peanut butter for some reason.

Laser printer or inkjet printer ?

[tonywalt]

peanuts cream

still or carbonated water?

[Danik 2016]

no printer at all as ink jet printer hasn't been working for years.
Still( learned a new word, Tony)

Visual arts or sculpture?

[tailor STATELY]

Visual arts

Michelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci ?

[Danik 2016]

Michaelangelo
Open air museum or traditional museum?

[tonywalt]

Traditional

grapes or apples?

[Danik 2016]

Apples

jewel s or rare gems?

[tailor STATELY]

traditional
apples
jewel

Baubles, bangles, or bright shiny beads ?

[Danik 2016]

beads, shiny or not.

Chess or checkers?

[tailor STATELY]

chess... checkers is too hard.

Risk or Stratego ?

[Danik 2016]

Don't know any one of them so none.

Steak or Chicken leg?

[tailor STATELY]

Steak... a (medium) rare treat :)

Chicken leg or turkey leg ?

[Danik 2016]

Chicken leg.

Street dance or Hip Hop?

[tailor STATELY]

Dance: Hmmmm... neither really; maybe a nice folk dance or waltz, though I do like MC Hammer U Can't Touch This... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo :)

Dance: Salsa or Tango ?

[tonywalt]

Tango.

Paul McCartney or John Lennon as songwriters, composers? (or George Harrison)?

[tailor STATELY]

George

Singers: John, Paul, George, or Ringo ?

[tonywalt]

Paul

"Something" or "Here comes the son" (or my sweet lord) ?

[Danik 2016]

"Something "

"Elinor Rugby" or "While my Guitar Gently Weeps"?

[tailor STATELY]

"Something"

I remember having an assignment to write about the song "Elinor Rigby" in Ms. Korman's English class in High School (creative writing ?)... Prolly the first time I realized that there was more to a song than metes (sic) the eye. Going with "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" however... Great song :)

"Hey Jude" or "Strawberry Fields Forever" ?

[Danik 2016]

:)

"Hey Jude", a favorite.

Civic or religious holidays?

[tailor STATELY]

Religious

George Santayana or Carlos Santana ?

[Danik 2016]

Don't know any one of them. So none.
Paul Simon or Little Richard?

[tailor STATELY]

Little Richard

Little Richard or James Brown ?

[Danik 2016]

Little Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-heVfpjNRE&t=55s

Paintings with vivid or with soft colors?

[tailor STATELY]

:)

soft colors

Manet ou Monet ?

[Danik 2016]

Van Gogh! I confuse those two.

Water colors or oil colors?

[tailor STATELY]

lol...

water colors

Baked potato or mashed potatoes ?

[bounty]

mashed potatoes are a childhood nostalgia item, so they win on that count alone, but I love potatoes in all their forms. even potato bread.

danik im confused over judy garland and michelle Pfeiffer. didn't I already knock judy out of the running by picking grace Kelly? or is it the tournament a round robin or double elimination? but for now, michelle Pfeiffer.

haven't seen poof in week, part because her owners are there, part because I dog sat last week and I suspect she knew that. I kinda miss her.

tailor: Long weekend at a house on a lake with nothing planned vs One week on a sheep farm in Ireland helping out and resting

danik: canoe and picnic on a lake vs a couple hours of whitewater rafting and group meal afterwards.

[Danik 2016]

Mashed potatoes.

No, Bounty. It was Judy Garland x Liz Taylor and you both chose Judy.
And it was Vivien Leigh x Grace Kelly where you both chose Grace. Pitching both winner one against another, tailor chose Judy and you chose Grace. So I have to pitch both against the other winner Michelle Pfeifer

Trust Poof coming back, Bounty. She is probably in the moment of chosing what is best for her.

Canoe with Picnic if I don't fall into the lake first.

Weekend with friends in a charming place or contemplative weekend with books and pet(s) in a beautiful landscape?

[tailor STATELY]

Long weekend at a house on a lake with nothing planned
contemplative weekend with books and pet(s) in a beautiful landscape

My new assignment for Thursdays at Two in August is "Road Trip"... maybe I can incorporate one of the above since I'm not apt to be going anywhere...

Brussels Sprouts or Asparagus ?

[Danik 2016]

I'm not much in a danger of falling in the lake either.
I love both. Going with Brussels Sprouts, which I haven't seen for a good time now.

Dozing of in the afternoon or taking a short walk after lunch?

[tailor STATELY]

Dozing of in the afternoon

Frozen yogurt or ice cream ?

[tonywalt]

Yogurt.

touch type typist or 'have your own system"?

[Danik 2016]

Lol.The one finger system.

News or sports or...?

[tailor STATELY]

One
Both

Moon dogs or Sun dogs ?

[Danik 2016]

Sun dogs

Astrological or Tarot reading?

[tailor STATELY]

Astrological (horoscope)

Cats: Short hair or Long hair ?

[Danik 2016]

All kinds of hair. But dislike absence of fur. There is a race o cats without fur created for people that are alergical to fur. But the cats are sensitive, suffer from the cold and are an easy pray to illnesses.

Modern cars or vintage cars?

[tailor STATELY]

Poor kitties...

A little of both (not a car guy)

Rock singers: Ozzy Osbourne (R.I.P. July 22, 2025) or Freddie Mercury ?

[Danik 2016]

Ozzy Osborne RIP

70s or 80 s or...Rock?

[tailor STATELY]

Lean towards '80s overall... though excellent music laid down its foundation :)

Entertainers: Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin or Sammy Davis, Jr. ?

[Danik 2016]

Frank Sinatra.

Cheese or chocolate cake?

[tailor STATELY]

I eat more cheese than chocolate cake... so chocolate cake

King Kong or Godzilla ?

[Danik 2016]

None of them. Cheeta

ET or The Little Prince?

[tailor STATELY]

From the E.R. Burroughs' books ?

Have never read The Little Prince, but after a quick scan enjoyed it more than E.T. :)

Magic Tricks or Acrobatics or Juggling ?

[Danik 2016]

Another banned notice! Sigh!

[tonywalt]

juggling

Lakes or oceans?

[Danik 2016]

Oceans

Waterfalls or lakes?

[tailor STATELY]

Waterfalls

Napkins: Paper or cloth ?

[Danik 2016]

Paper

Cotton or artifical material shirts (t- shirts)?

[tailor STATELY]

Prefer cotton shirts

Fantastic creatures: Yeti or Loch Ness Beast ?

[Danik 2016]

Don't know them but Loch Ness Beast sounds Scottish. So going with this one.

Foreign languages: Indonesian or Filipino?

[tailor STATELY]

Indonesian... https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=Indonesian&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:64de69b5,vid:1iXHtAsANTs,st:0

French or Italian ?

[Danik 2016]

Italian.

Reading a book in an orchard or tending flowers in a garden?

[tailor STATELY]

Reading a book.

Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse ?

[Danik 2016]

Bugs Bunny, Don't know but is Bunny.

Charlie Chaplin or Charlie Brown?

[tailor STATELY]

(Pernalonga?)

Charlie Brown :)

William Shakespeare or William Shatner ?

[Danik 2016]

Yes, but don't remember watching him on the telly.

William Shakespeare. Don't know the other one.

Washing clothes or washing dishes?

[tailor STATELY]

...

Washing clothes

Cervantes or Dante ?

[Danik 2016]

Cervantes!

0 grades or 40 grades temperature?

[tonywalt]

40

clam or oyster?

[tailor STATELY]

0
clam

onyx or opal ?

[bounty]

both words are fun to say so it a tie! laughs..

danik lemme know if I missed the next round? I looked back through but didn't see it.

danik: volunteering with a friend somewhere vs spontaneous "get in the car and lets go!"

tailor: a week of exploring European cities by foot and food vs canoeing the boundary waters with a friend and no cell phone signal

[Danik 2016]

bounty the next round is waiting for you to solve the round before. Please go back to my explanations of last Sunday. When you have fixed that one I'll post the next.

Getting into a car for a spontaneous ride.

Wallflowers or Sunflowers?

[tailor STATELY]

a week of exploring European cities by foot and food
Sunflowers

Walking barefoot in the shallow tidal surf or exploring tide pools ?

[Danik 2016]

Walking barefoot in the shadow tidal surf but it's ages ago that I did

Beaches or plains?

[tailor STATELY]

Me too :(

Beaches

Desert sands or beach sands ?

[Danik 2016]

Beach sand. Desert sand on,y in Literature.

Birds or Butterflies ?

[tonywalt]

Birds

Physical magazines or whatever online form they have become now?

[tailor STATELY]

Butterflies
Digital

Movies or Series ?

[Danik 2016]

Depending on the content. More easily movies.

Very big, middling or small telly screens?

[tailor STATELY]

Middling

Pixar or Disney ?

[Danik 2016]

Disney

Butter or margarine?

[tailor STATELY]

Butter

Meteor showers or comets ?

[Danik 2016]

Comets!

Soup or salad as first dish of a complete menu?

[tailor STATELY]

A nice creamy soup sounds heavenly, but usually a green salad for me.... both would be divine :)

Venice or Rome ?

[Danik 2016]

Both, but with a strong nod to Venice.

Greece or Italy?

[tailor STATELY]

Terrible choice to have to make... going with Italy.

Same question ?

[tonywalt]

Italy

Picasso or Edward Hopper (or Van Gogh)?

[tailor STATELY]

Van Gogh... enjoyed his guest appearance in Dr. Who :)

Salvador Dalí or Dalai Lama ?

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Salvador Dali !

Garden or House parties?

[Danik 2016]

Italy

Picasso or Edward Hopper (or Van Gogh)?

...or Tony Walton. Would love some pics.If you open a new thread maybe it works.

[tailor STATELY]

The last party I attended was an outdoor luau in June, then I missed an outdoor July 4th party... so I guess garden.

Ed Sullivan or Johnny Carson ?

[tonywalt]

Posted in a new thread cleverly named "photographs"

[tonywalt]

Johnny Carson

Sugar or savoury?

[Danik 2016]

Sugar

Seasoning: mild or pikant?

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, Tony! :)

[tailor STATELY]

Sugar
Mild

Orson Wells or H.G. Wells ?

[Danik 2016]

Both!

Emily Dickinson or Emily Bronte?

[tailor STATELY]

Emily Dickinson

Rita Lee or Joan Baez ?

[Danik 2016]

Tough choice.
Love both but Rita is Brazilian. So Rita.

Greek or Roman monuments?

[tailor STATELY]

Greek

Ancient culture: Egyptian or Greek ?

[Danik 2016]

Greek

Mirrors or big windows in your house?

[tailor STATELY]

Multiple big windows - all single paned as to allow the summer and winter in :( 4-mirrors of various size.

Wallpaper or painted murals or single-shade paint ?

[Danik 2016]

Single color (shaded?) paint.

Sound: mono or stereo?

[tailor STATELY]

Monaural

Grapes or raisins ?

[Danik 2016]

Both! Raisins more for dishes , cakes or Christmas rice.

Grapes or berries?

[bounty]

that's a toughie, I love both, but slight nod towards grapes. am working on a property that has blackberry bushes but alas I waited to long to get them all and most of them dried up.

danik I went back to look but im confused, so please, you are welcome to chose for me and i'll abide by whatever one you pick.

danik: day perusing an art museum vs long walk and talk with no cell phones

tailor: Renting a treehouse or yurt in the forest for a few nights vs three day festival of lights in a snowy town with fireworks and mittens

[Danik 2016]

Bounty, I guess one week is a very long interval for that game. So let's call it finished, we still have the regular game.

I choose the long walk and talk. My cell phone usually stays at home.

salad seasoning: olive oil or vinegar or something else?

[tailor STATELY]

Berries
Renting a treehouse or yurt in the forest for a few nights... snow is an anathema.

Seattle Space Needle or Paris Eiffel Tower ?

[Danik 2016]

Neither, as I am afraid of heights ( but no problem with plane traveling)

Great Wall of China or Machu Pichu.

[tailor STATELY]

Both would be awesome visits... slight nod to Machu Pichu.

Hawaii or Tahiti ?

[Danik 2016]

I go with Tahiti.

On Sundays : meditating or writing poetry?

[tailor STATELY]

A bit of both :)

Writing: cursive or plain ?

[Danik 2016]

Usually plain. Cursive when I write a titel or a citation but on the tablet I usually type with one finger then it doesn't work.

Italian cities you want to visit:Venice or Verona?

[tonywalt]

Venice

Owned a blackberry or did not own one?

[tailor STATELY]

I'm thinking Verona... not constrained by canals.
Never did I ever own a blackberry, though many a blackberry bush here resides.

Sodas or Sparkling water (sans sugar) or water ?

[Danik 2016]

Just water.

Working days or weekends?

[tailor STATELY]

Would have loved to have worked only on weekdays in my earlier years.

Poetic forms: Villanelle or Sonnet or other ?

[Danik 2016]

I prefer free verses, not a classic form. It seems that today everything written is a poem, that you call a poem.

Toasted bread or fresh bread?

Sorry! Just noticed that I forgot to complete and post this one.

[tailor STATELY]

All too true sadly.

De nada :)

Warm fresh bread with real butter or honey (real) butter.

Harp or harpsichord ?

[Danik 2016]

:)

I love harp music.

Soft drinks or sodas or...?

[tailor STATELY]

:)

Mostly water... an occasional bubly: https://www.bubly.com/#/ or ilk.

Aliens or elves ?

[Danik 2016]

Good propaganda. Never saw this one here but we have mineral water with and without bubbles..

Elves

Beethoven or Mozart?

[tailor STATELY]

Mozart

Same question ?

[Danik 2016]

Same answer. Love Mozart!

Self made fruit confiture (jelly) or industrial?

[tailor STATELY]

Industrial

Toothpaste: Jell or cream ?

[Danik 2016]

jell.

Soap: solid or liquid?

[tailor STATELY]

Mostly liquid... the only exception is solid face soap (Neutrogena)

Sea horses or clown fish ?

[Danik 2016]

Love Sea Horses

Landscapes:fields or woods?

[tailor STATELY]

Mountain meadows with endless flowers :)

Chocolate: Milk chocolate or dark ?

[Danik 2016]

Dark chocolate

[tailor STATELY]

Dark chocolate

Collecting shells or rocks ?

[Danik 2016]

When young I used to collect both: shells and garden stones.
Now, neither of them: I live far from the sea and I have no garden anymore.

Big birds or tiny birds?

[tailor STATELY]

I still have a conch shell I was given to me by a bonsai master friend :)

Tiny birds :)

Cuckoo clocks or Grandfather clocks or Grandmother clocks ?

[Danik 2016]

:)

Grandfather clock

Languages with different alfabeths: Russian or Malayan?

[tailor STATELY]

Russian

Smoothies or Salads?

[Danik 2016]

Smoothies

Donuts or marshmallow?

[tailor STATELY]

Donuts... the ones twisted into a Möbius shape - they seem to last longer (I wonder if it has a hole?) :)

Tomatoes: Stewed, diced, whole, puréed, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

I'm banned again!

[Danik 2016]

Never saw these curious donuts. Here they are round and have holes.

[Danik 2016]

raw in a salad or sliced on a pizza.

Washing or ironing clothes?

[Danik 2016]

Leaving alphabetical for tomorrow as the banning algorithm allows only sho posts.
You must read the 3 posts above to get the whole answer.

[tonywalt]

Washing

Retire from your job and never work as an employee and/or business owner again OR do part time work of some kind? (as a preference rather than what you actually did, if you can avoid rationalisation, then that's great)

[Danik 2016]

doing part time work of some kind.

retirement: painting or writing or...?

[tailor STATELY]

No ironing here... I'm a bit rumpled some times.
Part-time work
Writing...wouldn't know which end of a brush to use to paint :)

Peaches or Nectarines ?

[Danik 2016]

peaches.


Working on PC/tablet in the house or outside?

[tonywalt]

inside again, the heat thing would not allow it.

Jeans or some other form of trouser?

[tailor STATELY]

Inside
Jeans except for church and some of their meetings... sweats for pajamas in winter.

If you were a pirate: Quiet coves or raging seas ? (keep 19 September in mind for International Talk Like a Pirate Day)

[Danik 2016]

Quiet coves, this pirat here can't swim.

Speaking of sea, Stevenson or Mark Twain?

[tailor STATELY]

Stevenson

Hit song in the Key of C (major): California Dreamin'/Mamas and Papas or Let It Be/Beatles or Dust in the Wind/Kansas... https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=hit+songs+in+the+key+of+c&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[Danik 2016]

Let it be!


Bears or ɓeevers?

[tailor STATELY]

beevers... always busy

Jane Austen or Wuthering Heights ?

[Danik 2016]

Wuthering Heights.

Rock or Jazz?

[tailor STATELY]

Rock

Jazz or Pizza ?

[tonywalt]

Jazz

Miles davis or other jazz artist?

[tailor STATELY]

Saw Miles Davis play :) I thought it was Las Vegas or Reno or... during my Chico days, but I can't seem to find any dates he was there circa 1988-1990; I should have a ticket stub somewhere.

John Coltrane comes to mind :)

Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday ?

[Danik 2016]

The great Ella Fitzgerald!

John Lennon or Bob Dylan?

[tailor STATELY]

Bob Dylan

John Lennon or Paul McCartney ?

[Danik 2016]

Paul Mc Cartney.

Natural or iced water?

[tailor STATELY]

natural

Ringo or George ?

[Danik 2016]

Me to.
George

Black and white or color pics?

[tonywalt]

Iced.

Dress more formally or lean more casually?

[tailor STATELY]

Used to tend toward black and white (that was the medium I dabbled with in the '70's) but I really like tonywalt's work :)
California casual

Paul or George ?

[tonywalt]

Paul, in light of his bigger body of work. But i do love george.

Cursive or script?

[Danik 2016]

Script.
Casual dress.

Music: Streaming or YouTube?

[tailor STATELY]

script
mostly streaming now

Zoo: Monkeys or cats or other ?

[tonywalt]

Monkeys.

Do you buy or borrow more electronic books or more physical books, at this point?

[Danik 2016]

At present only electronic books

Electronic libraries or paper book libraries?

[tonywalt]

I have both. I have a library in the house, and it's full. I wish I could have a bigger library.

Same question?

[Danik 2016]

I had a big library, but had to give all books away because of insects. Now I have only electronic books, but a fair lot of them.

Warm drinks or cold drinks?

By the way, has anyone seen Bounty of late?

[tailor STATELY]

Nope

Cold drinks in Summer (La Croix just now)... hot cocoa in Winter

Italy or Portugal ?

[Danik 2016]

Italy!
drinks, bubbles with or without suggar?

[tailor STATELY]

bubbles without

Beverages when out on the town: Mocktails or cocktails ?

[Danik 2016]

Didn't know mocktail and usually would prefer it. But today had a delicious caipirinha https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caipirinha.

When about town: sandwich or pizza?

[tailor STATELY]

A mocktail (passion fruit caipirinha): https://www.lacroixwater.com/recipes/passion-fruit-caipirinha-mocktail Sounds refreshing :)

MUCH rather have pizza... but usually a cheese-hamburger sandwich (double cheeseburger).

Pizza or lasagna ?

[bounty]

im sorry danik, and then to make it worse I was sick last weekend and didn't want to make anyone here sick in case I was contagious! laughs...

by the way, of all things---poof is back! what the heck? and a few days ago I caught her and spritzer sitting less then 2ft from each other, each looking like she was going to start the pounce.

pizza pizza! and it doesn't even have to be little caesars!

danik: a bike ride with popsicles at the end vs going to a lecture/talk and whispering with a friend

tailor: Pilgrimage to your childhood hometown—with journal in hand vs Bikepacking through quiet backroads, no schedule, no pressure

[Danik 2016]

tailor, enjoyed your caipirinha recipe. Two things: it seems that when you put lime in the recipes you mean lemon, because the fruit looks like lemon to me. And the La Croix I would have to substitute, because we don't have La Croix bubble here.
And I choose a vegetarian lasagna.

The important thing is you are hopefully quite restored and back, bounty:)

If our dear ladies are now sitting less than two feet from each other and no kerfuffle it seems that mutual tolerance has increased. Is poofs family still here?

Going to a lecture and whispering with a friend.

On tv: talk show or movie or...?

[tailor STATELY]

Pilgrimage to (my) childhood hometown—with journal in hand... https://castleairmuseum.org/ (I was born on base)

talk show and streaming Star Trek :)

Oscars: Hammerstein, Wilde, Mayer, or Hollywood statuette ?

[Danik 2016]

I think none of them, I don't know most of them.

I remember that your father was from the military.

Oscar or Nobel?

[tailor STATELY]

Nobel... reality over fantasy

Real super powers: Perfect pitch or synesthesia ?

[Danik 2016]

To tell the truth none of them.
I would love to have that bag with coins that never gets empty..
What about you: would you prefer a magical coin bag, de art of flying or becoming invisible whenever you wanted?

[tailor STATELY]

bag with coins that never gets empty :)

When younger: Hula hoop or jump rope ?

[Danik 2016]

Jump rope when much younger

Transport: buses or trains or...?

[tailor STATELY]

Car locally... buses when I rarely go distance... would rather take a train or plane.

Skiing: water or snow or nay ?

[Danik 2016]

Nay.The nearest I ever came to skiing is by watching skateboard competitions.

Sports: Fan of a player or athlete or not?

[tailor STATELY]

I am a fan of Shohei Otani, Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper... I tend toward baseball sluggers.

Same question ?

[tonywalt]

I like drew brees

Water with ice or without?

[Danik 2016]

Without

Racing or game competitions?

[tailor STATELY]

without
I like Olympic track and field events but otherwise neither

Olympics: Track and field, swimming, gymnastics, winter sports, or ?

[tonywalt]

winter sports -

Goat cheese or other cheese? (name cheese, if you like)

[Danik 2016]

gymnastics
almost any kind of cheese

ice cream or cheesecake?

[tailor STATELY]

Monterey Jack cheese
Love both... hmmm... slight edge to ice cream

Ice cream: Sundaes, shakes, or just a few scoops in a bowl, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Love all of these but prefer Coffee or Peppermint ice-cream with chocolate sauce.

Watch games in stadions or on telly?

[tailor STATELY]

Mmmmm... I wonder if coffee ice cream is excluded in the Word Of Wisdom ? (nope) Peppermint ice cream with chocolate sauce sounds divine :)

Spend time in a traditional Japanese garden or dinner in a Japanese restaurant ?

[Danik 2016]

I forgot that you don't use coffee. Anyway there are so many other flavors.

Why not have dinner in a Japanese restaurant with a traditional Japanese garden?

Hard covers, pocket books or electronic books?

[tailor STATELY]

Turns out coffee flavored ice cream is apparently ok in my faith :)
Yes :)

Hard covers (almost always used)

Appetizers: French fries, onion rings, Calamari, warm bread, other ?

[Danik 2016]

Fine!

French fries.

Soup: tomato, minestrone, pea soup or other?

[tailor STATELY]

LOve pea soup... need to buy some :)

Canned food: SPAM, tuna, vegetables, soup, other ?

[tonywalt]

vegetables.

read one book at time or more than one? (if so, how many)

[Danik 2016]

of late sometimes I read two books together.

Favorite reading time: morning, afternoon or evening?

[tailor STATELY]

One
evening

Old style cartoons or anime or manga or comics ?

[Danik 2016]

Old style cartoons.

pictures: human drawings or AI drawings?

[tailor STATELY]

human drawings

Dali, Warhol, or Picasso... or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Dali.

Other Alphabets: Kannada (India) or Arabic?

[tailor STATELY]

Both are beautiful script languages... slight nod to Arabic.

Rail trip package: (France, Portugal, and Spain) or (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) ?

[Danik 2016]

My package might include:
Spain, France, Italy and Austria.

Air travel: Canada or UK?

[tailor STATELY]

:)

UK

Japan or China ?

[Danik 2016]

Japan + Chinese Wall

Temperate or tropical weather?

[tailor STATELY]

Mediterranean climate

Water: Lakes, rivers, pools, or sea ?

[Danik 2016]

Sea (with 33C anounced for today)

Temperatures: Iceland or Equator?

[tailor STATELY]

wow... we're expecting 37° C+ for a high today.

Tough choice... extreme prejudice against the cold, but sweltering/meltering in the tropics doesn't sit well either... perhaps both if in a controlled environment and free wifi :)

Same question ?

[Danik 2016]

WoW!

I prefer cold weather, but have never experienced extreme cold. Favorite temperature 25 C.

Things to take to àdeserted Island: matches, a knife or canned fruit?

[tailor STATELY]

matches

India or Africa ?

[Danik 2016]

India

Honey, Sugar or an other sweetener?o

[tailor STATELY]

Honey

Roses, Hibiscus, Orchids, or other ?

[bounty]

hibiscus, where would so many herbal teas be without it!

I think my neighbors have done back to their normal home danik. why its taking them so long to finish up here and move in is a mystery. so I suspect that has something to do with poof being back. I see her daily now and she still sneaks in and eats spritzers food.

danik: vintage theater screening with your favorite person vs going for a train rider for no particular reason

tailor: Attending a week-long summer music camp or festival vs Cooking vacation in Tuscany or Oaxaca

[Danik 2016]

Maybe your neighbors don't intend to move in, they use the place only during their vacation, bounty. Or they are short of money. Anyway cats hate temporary situation, I think. All they want is food, lots of love and a home. And it seems poof isn't getting that at your neighbor's so you are still plan B as you won't be plan A. " If it wasn't for that darn spritzer cat, but I'm going to eat all her food". But I think the problem will be only in Winter if your neighbors don't move in until then.

Vintage theater screening, whatever that may be, as it involves a favorite person.

Taking up tailor's question, I choose Hibiscus too and for the same reason.

Wild animal sanctuary or bird sanctuary?

[tailor STATELY]

Never thought of the herbal connection...
Attending a week-long summer music camp... maybe I could learn the guitar :)
Wild animal sanctuary

Faith: Old Testament or New Testament or other ?

[Danik 2016]

New Testament as a reference.

Social nets: Facebook or Instagram?

[tailor STATELY]

Facebook... I have an Instagram account that I've never used

Tik Tok or Facebook or other ?

[Danik 2016]

None. Just Forums.

Comunication: Email, WhatsApp or Cellphone?

[tailor STATELY]

Email - Yes; WhatsApp - No; Cellphone is my preferred method of communication by text/SMS (I rarely accept phone calls and I keep my voice mail full); Messenger - maybe 1 or 2 times a month.

City transit: Uber, Cab, Bus, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Usually buses, sometimes the sub.

Nourishment: daily, more proteins, carbs or balanced?

[tailor STATELY]

I've been in a submarine (field trip) but never a subway, although B.A.R.T. does go quite a way beneath the S.F. Bay between Oakland and San Francisco... it's not considered a subway..... unless we're talking Subway Sandwiches of course... a rare treat.

Lately more carbs... protein is very expensive, so meat is predominately out except for processed TV type dinners from the "Dollar Tree". I do use a protein shake that has 30 g of protein, but only 12 times in the course of a month (arrived today from Amazon), and of course FHE dinners with a varied pot luck each week... oh, and I have string cheese and other cheeses for quesadillas and my egg omelets and have dinner with my wife twice a week :) I do make sure I have sufficient fruit available: apples and Mandarin-type fruits... and I scored 6-pears from a church friend last night at FHE (thanx Careena) :)

Same question ?

[Danik 2016]

No, I mean an urban subway like there is in New York ( but I never took it). But travelling in a submarine in peace time must be wow.

Urgent vocabulary question: what are "processed TV type dinners" and "FHE dinners"? I hope eggs are cheaper now than they were before.
I ate less protein because of the kidneys but then I started to have one cold after the other so I increased them. I eat a bit of meat or chicken, very rarely fish. I used to eat one fried egg per week, now I eat more and I love milk without lactose and cheese.

Fish or meat?

[tailor STATELY]

Oh, I thought you meant S.P. subway. No, no submarine travel... just inside for a quick look-see with the sub sitting at dock in San Francisco.

• YES, finally eggs down to $17.00 USD for 5-dozen at Walmart (bought some yesterday).
• Here's 1 of 2 meals I purchase at Dollar Tree: https://www.dollartree.com/banquet-frozen-meal-salisbury-steak-with-mac-and-cheese-8-oz/237667 Zip zap in the microwave :)
• FHE (Family Home Evening) "In the ward where we live now they have something called "Empty Nester's Family Home Evening." Twice a month (we have FHE each Monday night) the older members past raising kids... (empty nesters) (whether married, single, widowed or divorced) all meet together for a pot-luck supper, an evening of visiting and a short uplifting message."... https://mind-muffins.blogspot.com/2008/09/empty-nesters-fhe.html Our weekly lessons last an hour after dinner using our "Come, Follow Me" curriculum which is currently studying the "Doctrines and Covenants"; we have 5 or so teachers who rotate - I teach the lesson each 5th Monday when it occurs. We are blessed to have FHE at the same location every week.

USA 60's music: Monkees, Beach Boys, or Paul Revere and the Raiders ?

[Danik 2016]

Anyway, you have been much nearer a submarine trip then I in my whole life. I use the ever expanding SP sub sometimes. These days wagons are often so full!
Someone has to get out so that the new passenger may fit into his/her place.

Glad eggs are buyable again.Dollar Tree food is surprisingly cheap.

FHE- Sounds cosy and favours community bounds.Never heard of the like here. But our YCMA group has activities on Tuesdays and Thursdays with coffee and biscuits.And one uplifting message read at the beginning of the activities.

Sadly, don't remember any of these 60s musicians. No TV at that time, only radio.

Radio Era: music, football, news or...?

[tailor STATELY]

Music: KYA, KFRC, KSAN, KLIB... I remember buying a small radio from a comic book/trading card ad; no battery just clip to a piece of conductive metal and it worked somehow. I remember lounging in my army bunk bed (top bunk) listening to Otis Redding singing "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLUgPmNHQLA and all that the 60's and 70's had to offer: The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Velvet Underground, Janis...

Analog watch or digital watch or smart watch or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Analog watch. Used digital plastic watches for a while when they could be bought cheaply at the street vendors. Loved the fashion of plastic watchbands in several colors.

fresh or frozen cake?