Game: This or That

[tailor STATELY]

Ella

Winnie the Pooh: Eeyore, Pooh, Rabbit, or Owl ?

[Danik 2016]

All of them. For next year I bought a paper agenda with Pooh, Piglet, I-ah and Tiger! I'm a bit to old for that, but...

Robin Hood, Robert Redford or Ray Charles?

[tailor STATELY]

Ray Charles... He's a better singer than RR and RH :)

Ricardo Montalban, Herb Alpert, Tom Jones, or Louis Armstrong ?

[Danik 2016]

Lol! He certainly is!

Louis Armstrong! I like his music

On the road: cars, bicycles or trucks?

[tailor STATELY]

Lost power during a particularly violent storm after midnight... on now...

Cars

Yams, Yaks, Yarn, or Yuletide ?

[Danik 2016]

All of them.

Kangaroos, Knights,KitKats or Krammer against Krammer?

[tailor STATELY]

Never seen Kramer v Kramer... kangaroos make me jumpy; going with knights (Springern) and KitKats.

Platypuses, Koalas, Goannas, Wallabies, or Billabongs ?

[Danik 2016]

Lol!
Going with Koalas and Pllaties. The other ones sound suspect.

Quebec, Quetzal or Queen Mab?

[tailor STATELY]

Quebec sounds like a nice place to visit, Quetzals look like cute birds, and the legend of Queen Mab is intriguing, so I'll go with all :)

Looking for gems in Quarries, Caravans to ancient civilization sites, digging for dinosaur bones, or African Savannah junket ?

[Danik 2016]

Quebec is a cute city. People there love to be adressed in French because they identify with their French origin.
I'll look for the gems, as I would enjoy some riches lol!

Looking for an old valuable manuscript in the library of Alexandria or unraveling a complicated case as a successful detective?

[tailor STATELY]

Alexandria!

Preening as a Canary in Paris, likewise as a Cat in Ankara, or hopping the Australian bush as a Wallaby ?

[Danik 2016]

:) I could start in Paris go on to Ankara and finish the trip in the Australian bushcountry.

Visiting Eifel Tower, Big Ben, Liberty Statue or Cristo Redentor?

[tailor STATELY]

All four :)

Weather: Hot, Cold, or Humid ?

[Danik 2016]

:)

Cold Specially at present.

Metals: Cooper, platinum or silver?

[tailor STATELY]

I've had an affinity for silver for some reason... platinum would be second on this list... copper doesn't register at all, except in bronzes (not so much brass)

Jewelry: Rhinestones, Black Hills Gold https://www.google.com/search?num=10&newwindow=1&client=opera&sca_esv=46653c5aad0ba8e0&sxsrf=AE3TifO_z6vaB8Ocmyp7UguG8wo1joadvg:176695531 2010&udm=2&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZjSkgYzz5-5RrRWAIniWd7tzPwkE1KJWcRvaH01D-XIX002E0qNXsgfZ6fffiMQMi5-_D5b5oEjBGcsLP5FUOaaUQ7bIbj4iFLgtkUUPL7iyT1obaAZOU oIS36H-sdAfzLkiFD0gpLK7WTzTqY-FIhr7O-NIYKmuyo6v8-mOxzdUVr41KBdhJUObj5-fCU5AQhxCrsA&q=Black+Hills+Gold&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnhtO9leGRAxX_mWoFHdtrCTIQtKgLegQIFBAB&biw=933&bih=496&dpr=2, Bakelite https://brite.co/blog/bakelite-jewelry/, or Turquoise ?

[Danik 2016]

I'll go with Turquoise but my favorite gem is aquamarine. Brazil is known for its semi precious stones:https://naturalgemstones.com/education/types-of-gemstones-mined-in-brazil


Onix, Orix or Orenoco ?

[tailor STATELY]

Beautiful gems...

Orinoco https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Orinoco+Flow+(Sail+Away)+-+Enya+(with+lyrics)&&mid=6F8428F905DEE6AD5E3C6F8428F905DEE6AD5E3C&FORM=VRDGAR, Onyx, and Oryx :)

Sea Pearls, Cultured Pearls, Freshwater Pearls, or Pearls of Wisdom ?

[Danik 2016]

Love this music but always thought the name was "Sail Away". Thanks for the link, tailor !

Not so keen on pearls in general, except as an investment. I live in a country where one can't wear jewelry. So pearls of wisdom.

Maxims, quotations or Aphorisms?

[tonywalt]

Aphorisms

Hard shell taco, soft shell, tortilla, something else?

[tailor STATELY]

Quotations and Aphorisms... to a lesser degree maxims.
Soft shell and/or tortilla.

Dickinson, Dante, Dilatants, or Descartes ?

[Danik 2016]

Dante
Ericsson, Elisson or Elisabeth Bishop?

[tailor STATELY]

Ellison https://allpoetry.com/Henry-Ellison and Bishop :)

Short story: Anton Chekhov, Alice Munro, Flannery O'Connor, or Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ?

[Danik 2016]

Lol! Enjoyed his sense of humour. Didn’t know him. The Elison I had in mind was Ralph Ellison ( 2lls not 2 ss, sorry)

Chimamanda.

Actresses: Lina Lolobrigida, Sophia Loren,Catherine Deneuve or Romy Schneider?

[tailor STATELY]

Gina, Sophia, and Brigitte Bardot (R.I.P.)... don't know the others.

Actors: Orson Wells, Jim Cary, Peter Sellers, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

RIP Brigitte Bardot, actress and animal activist!

Orson Welles!

Film Directors: David Lynch, Orson Wells or Francis Ford Coppola?

[papayahed]

Coppola

Coffee or Tea?

[tailor STATELY]

I'm not really into directors, nor actors/actresses... give me a film with "meat" in it (idiomatically).

"Oxford" comma, semicolons, ellipses, or syntactical Armageddon ?

[tailor STATELY]

Hi papayahed ! you snuck in just ahead of me finishing my thought processes :)

Have to go with herbal teas, especially peppermint :)

[Danik 2016]

Lol!

Elipses and syntactic Armageddons.

Love black tea but stopped drinking it because of the sugar.

Colors to wear for new year: white, blue or others?

[tailor STATELY]

??? Hawaiian shirts for sure... just counted 31 of them (wearing one now) with maybe some more squirreled away :)

Same question ?

[tonywalt]

Drinking tea now, less coffee (but not no coffee)

Tennis shoes or flip flops or no shoes?

[Danik 2016]

Sorry, tailor I thought this tradition of wearing specific colors at new years festivities was more universal. This link exp.ains it well. There is a comment about underwear! I hope you don't mind, it's part of the tradition: https://rioandlearn.com/new-years-eve-colors/

As I'm going to stay at home I still have to see what colors I'm going to wear.
It also depends what I've got in the wardrobe. Maybe a composition of white (peace), green (health,hope) and pink (love)
As Havaian shirts are multicolored it will be possible for you to chose a good ço position.

New Year 's dinner:: turkey,chicken, no special dinner or other?

[tonywalt]

Special dinner

Tennis shoes or flip flops or no shoes?

[Danik 2016]

Tennis shoes!

Free time on Sunday evening: you read a book, watch TV, answer Litnet ga es or write a poem?

[tailor STATELY]

Clothes... Interesting tradition. New Year's Day will be blue jeans with an Hawaiian shirt... just like any other day, 'cept Sunday morning. :)
Tennis shoes
No dinner plans yet
Sunday evening: dinner and hanging out at my wife's house, LitNet, and maybe a poem, and telly into the wee hours.

Not being lazy but curious - Same question ?

[Danik 2016]

Sunday evening: Usually tablet, forums, some lazy on line reading.No soapies, so no telly.

Sunday dinner: warm or cold?

[tailor STATELY]

Warm :)

Favorite day(s) of the week (MTuWThFSatSun) ?

[Danik 2016]

Monday and Tuesday

Favorite time of the year: the Beginning, Easter holydays , Thanksgiving or Christmas + New Year ?

[tonywalt]

New Year

Mango or Papaya or Watermelon or other?

[tailor STATELY]

Easter & Christmas
Mango & Berries

Scents: Petrichor, Lilacs, Honeysuckle, Patchouli, Lavender, or other ?

[tonywalt]

Petrichor

Track or Field?

[Danik 2016]

Petrichor and lavender.

Field

Holidays: beaches,mountains or enjoying staying at home?

[tailor STATELY]

Track
beaches

Stovetop dressing, Dressed-to-the-nines, Ranch Dressing, or Dressage ?

[Danik 2016]

I like Ranch dressing.


Old movies or recent movies or series?

[tailor STATELY]

Mostly older movies... there are a few new films I'd like to see.

Castles, Castile, catenates, Cassiopeia, or Casablanca ?

[Danik 2016]

:) Al, of them!

Recent films you want to see: Zootopia 2, LiLo & Stitch, Avatar Fire and Ashes or others?

[tailor STATELY]

Avatar Fire and Song Sung Blue

Same question ?

[Danik 2016]

A Brazilian film "The Remaining Books."

A remarkable, building near you: a church or a tower?

[tailor STATELY]

Georgetown, CA Library... it's the first floor of the shown 2-story building :) https://eldoradolibrary.org/hours-and-locations/

Cabbage, Cabbage Patch Kids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_Kids / https://www.google.com/search?num=10&newwindow=1&client=opera&hs=2DN&sca_esv=88cced868246a8d2&sxsrf=AE3TifPF3Lj3vRh4gLVKVNs62l0-R2j9lA:1767510771806&udm=2&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4 KIeioyp3OhN11EY0n5qfq-zEMZldv_eRjZ2XLYc5GnVnMEIxC4WQfoNDH7FwchyAayyomVty MIlwCjX48LT0TrXSNU5mLhW4DIlZIt3-gwG8mMeXC-Y0JFzx5GBuU59za0o5XLXRovSVas40d3y4gTUxobLZ8-C-h3aNfCXmcENPvCZqzMdA&q=cabbage+patch+dolls&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCusLdqvGRAxWsnGoFHbkQPJ0QtKgLegQIFBAB&biw=1066&bih=567&dpr=1.75, Cabs, Cab Calloway https://www.biography.com/musicians/cab-calloway, or cabochons

[Danik 2016]

:)


Lol. I go with Cabbage Patch Kids. I vaguely recollec having one baby doll with a plastic head and a soft stuffed body. But it was a normal toy not a collection piece.

Favorite car brand: German, Italian, Chinese or other?

[tailor STATELY]

German... always wanted a metallic black Porsche 911 turbo Carrera... https://www.google.com/search?q=black+porsche+911+turbo+carrera&num=10&newwindow=1&client=opera&hs=KnS&sca_esv=65998f3cafbd16fe&sxsrf=AE3TifOx0rnGoiI3KQ-W56lApxG5glD57g%3A1767532179676&ei=k2ZaaZ2GKZO4qtsP-OCvqQw&ved=0ahUKEwjdm8u9-vGRAxUTnGoFHXjwK8UQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=black+porsche+911+turbo+carrera&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiH2JsYWNrIHBvcnNjaGUgOTEx IHR1cmJvIGNhcnJlcmEyCBAAGBYYChgeMgsQABiABBiGAxiKBT ILEAAYgAQYhgMYigUyCBAAGIAEGKIEMggQABiiBBiJBTIIEAAY gAQYogQyCBAAGIAEGKIESNQoUNYIWPcdcAF4AZABAJgByAigAf 4yqgEHNS0xLjYuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCCaACrTPCAgoQABiwAxjW BBhHwgIKECMYgAQYJxiKBcICBRAAGIAEwgIGEAAYFhgewgIFEA AY7wWYAwCIBgGQBgaSBwkxLjUtNS4yLjGgB88ysgcHNS01LjIu MbgHpjPCBwUwLjIuN8gHJIAIAA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d51089b6,vid:-XbadhxQ2oQ,st:0

Have an invisible cat or glow-in-the-dark dog or ?

[Danik 2016]

I like the design, looks quite solid too,

Lol! As it is I have several semi visible cat friends. I mean the neighbor cats across the street. They become visible on balconies and vindow sills dep3nding on the weather and whether the windows are open. And it seems that they like when they are talked to.

Favorite fishes: golfishes or carps or ?

[tonywalt]

goldfish

Dostoevsky, Tolstoy or Flaubert or Chekhov?

[tailor STATELY]

:)

cards (have any 2's?)

Flaubert

clowns, cloaks, clouds, cloisonné, or clogs ?

[Danik 2016]

Sorry, it's carps really. Having problems with autocorrect.
Dostojewski
Cloaks and clouds . And clogs, I am just wearing them now
Rings, roses, rivers or reindeers?

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... I thought you meant cards as in "Go Fish"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Fish

Rings around the major planets, roses, and rivers.

Sea Horses, Museums, scenic train excursions, or Sea-sick Sea Serpents ?... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beany_and_Cecil

[tonywalt]

scenic train excursions

Suburbs or City or Rural to live?

[Danik 2016]

No, taylor, it really was a typo.
Sea- sick sea serpents. Cecil looks a bit like Horacio, a young Dino:https://comicstrips.fandom.com/wiki/Horacio+@
https://www.toonsmag.com/horacios-world/#:~:text=Horacio%27s%20World%20(Hor%C3%A1cio)%20(S ince,Themes%20&%20Global%20Editions%20%2D%20Toons%20Mag

Tony. I'm used to city life but sometimes I yearn for something more rural.

Butterflies, dinos or birds?

[tailor STATELY]

Your second link worked, not the first for some reason. Cute concept centered around the vegetarian T-Rex Horacio :)

I'm yearning for suburban life as I approach dottardhood. Would love to return to the SF/San Jose burbs, especially Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Menlo Park, Santa Clara, San Mateo... but definitely have been priced out of even the most meager of abodes in these areas.

All three in this order: Butterflies, dinos, and birds :)

Learned life lessons that stuck with you by watching cartoons (or telly in general) or cartoons (or telly in general) were ok but they had no influence on your life ?

[Danik 2016]

To me appears a wiki page but with far less information than the one I accessed?
I hope you find a fine place to live. But prices are generally high not only in US. I've been trying to sell my apartment for years now. Have you asked your church friends?

Don't recollect life lessons from watching telly, changes of habit yes.
Do you recollec any special influence coming from books or telly?

[tailor STATELY]

I will remain in Gold country and diminish and remain tailor.

There was a show called Davey and Goliath when I was growing up that comes to mind: https://www.livinglutheran.org/video-celebrating-60-years-of-davey-and-goliath/

If you were a playing card: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, or Joker... or other ?

[Danik 2016]

I hope you aren't going to diminish, whatever you mean by it. Don't mind the Russian address the movie is all spoken in English. I think you will enjoy it if you don't know it allready: https://m.ok.ru/video/3757141658323,

I'm partial to the queen. But I'm not an assiduous card player..I like the Ace too.

Sci fi or magic realism narratives?

[tonywalt]

Sci fi

Coffee or Tea or other?

[tailor STATELY]

Sci Fi
Peppermint tea

Sandwich, tacos, burritos, gyros, or other wraps ?

[Danik 2016]

https://m.ok.ru/video/3757141658323

Earl Grey Tea
Sandwiches
Bunnys, Byron or Bulgaria?

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx... Incredible Shrinking Man... saw the film many, many years ago... will enjoy :)

Bunnies (I miss my Thumper)

Disco, musical dissonance, dystopian tales, or Pin the Tale on the Donkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_the_tail_on_the_donkey ?

[Danik 2016]

Ài! (Thumper)!


Musical dissonances and Pin the tail (looks fine).

Pita bread, Pitagoras, Pines or prototypes?

[tonywalt]

Pita bread

Abstract expressionism, representational art or expressionism ?

[Danik 2016]

"representational art and (German)expressionism.

Human intelligence art or AI art?

[tailor STATELY]

Pythagoras, Pines, and prototypes
expressionism
Human intelligence art... AI art is just too too.

Cardamom, Cinnamon, Cloves, or Marjoram ?

[Danik 2016]

I like all of this seasonings.
Scents: citric, lavender, pine, musk or other?

[tailor STATELY]

I would add: honeysuckle, lilac, petrichor, salt sea breezes, rosemary, bay leaf, peach...

Camelids, equines, elephants, or gabardine pants ?

[tonywalt]

equines

Proust, dostoevsky, Camus, Hemmingway, or shakespeare?

[Danik 2016]

:)
Camelids, equines, and elephants.

Dostojewski and Shakespeare
Favorite novels: The Scarlett Letter, The Grapes of Wrath
, The Soundd an the Fury or ?

[tonywalt]

Grapes of Wrath

Dogs or cats or other?

[tailor STATELY]

Shakespeare
Scarlet Letter
Cats and bunnies

Rock: Psychedelia, Hairband rock, Progressive rock, or igneous, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Lol! These lists are increasing!

Rock of the 70ties-80ties.

Blues or Soul music?

[tailor STATELY]

Blues... but soul is cool too :)

Birds: Kiwi, penguin, albatross, or song birds ?

[Danik 2016]

All of them, but I know kiwi as a fruit.

Mama's, birds or crustaceans?

[tailor STATELY]

Some mammals, all birds, and animated crustaceans :)

Pineapple, Pinecones, Pincushions, or Pianos ?

[Danik 2016]

:)

Pineapples, pinecones and pianos.

Ostriches, Oslo or Ovnis?

[tailor STATELY]

Ostriches and OVNIS (UFOs). Haven't really had Oslo on my radar so to speak.

Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris, or Geneva ?

[Danik 2016]

All of them, but giving preference to the best weather. 36C announced for today but so far the weather is agreeable.

Peaks: Himalaya, Mount Fuji or Machu Pichu?

[tailor STATELY]

96.8° F ! Stay in a cool location. 48° F here just now (8.9° C)... looks a bit gloomy https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/garden-valley/95633/weather-forecast/2646437

I love image views of Mount Fuji from afar idealized in my mind's eye from the perspective of cherry trees full of blossoms :)

Same question adding Mount Blanc ?

[Danik 2016]

Banned notice (sigh)

[Danik 2016]

Your weather forecast wasn't displayed on my screen. Anyway I hope it doesn't get too cold there and too hot here.

Ice cream: Chocolate, Pistachio or Cappuccino?

[Danik 2016]

Answer to peaks was banned.

[tailor STATELY]

Lol, so random this ban thing. I treat it as a challenge and try to find what word or phrase or whatever is causing the notice.

Chocolate with more chocolate then some chocolate bits and fudge and more chocolate all in one (Death by Chocolate) :)

Ice Cream: Pralines and Cream, Pistachio, Cherry, or Peach ?

[Danik 2016]

Me too but I didn't want to risk it with alphabetical. This time it was the sentence about the peaks.

Mmm!This chocolate ice with the morbid name could easily be my favorite!
Pralines and cream!

Lions, limes or Lima?

[tailor STATELY]

In this order: Lima beans, lions, and limes :)

Candles, candelabras, chandeliers, or gondoliers ?

[Danik 2016]

All of them, specially gondoliers! :)

Country music or urban music?

[tonywalt]

Tough question, default to country music.

touch type or some other system?

[tailor STATELY]

Country music
I think I'm up to using 3-fingers on occasion

Mythical gods in literature: Cupid, Cthulhu, Apollo, Venus, Ishtar, or Mercury/Hermes ?

[Danik 2016]

Mercury is the god/planet of my sign.So Mercury but Venus too?

Same question but involving Mars, Jupiter, Thor, Pluto and Minerva

[tailor STATELY]

Mars and Pluto are my sign's deities (and yes I still consider Pluto a planet). I don't care much for the deity Jupiter/Zeus in his mythos, but that doesn't extend to the actual planet. Thor is cool in the MCU. I like Minerva/Athena and Diana/Artemis and Venus/Aphrodite in their mythologies.

The Iliad, the Odyssey, or the Aeneid ?

[Danik 2016]

The Iliad as I am not too found of Odysseus. I love mythology but if one looks more closely there is a record of alot of destruction .

Mythical animals: Pegasus, Cerberus or the Minotaur?

[tailor STATELY]

Pegasus

The last thing you ate: Animal, vegetable, or mineral (or other) ?

[Danik 2016]

Just now toast with Kefir. So vegetal: toast with animal: Kefir
dinner: a light cold dinner or a warm dinner?

[tailor STATELY]

Warm dinner... tonight we had pizza.

The distant sound of a thunderstorm or crashing waves ?

[Danik 2016]

Crashing waves but sometimes distant thunderstorm when it is too hot.

Rain or snow?

[tonywalt]

Rain

Very cold or very hot temperatures?

[tailor STATELY]

Rain
Very cold... wood burning stove solves the cold, but very little stops the extreme heat

Spectating: Surfing or Parasailing or Paragliding ? (bonus if you participate in the activity :) )

[Danik 2016]

Never participated in any of these sport Paragliding might be nice.
Same question with the same bonus.

[tailor STATELY]

I used to watch all three at a beach just north of Santa Cruz, California... never tried myself... tried skim boarding in the tide waters with dubious results. No bonus :(

Lucky charms, lucky stars, or just plain lucky (or other) ?

[Danik 2016]

Aii!
Lucky stars and predictions( I Ching, Astrology, Tarot)


Popcorn or potato chips?

[tailor STATELY]

Usually popcorn, but at year's end I was bingeing barbeque potato chips and ranch dressing for dip... so both.

Sephora or Ulta, or other ?

[tonywalt]

Sephora

Would you rather time travel to the past or future?

[tailor STATELY]

Future... same question ?

[tonywalt]

future.

Watch or no watch?

[tailor STATELY]

Watch... a minimalistic smart watch

Watches: Vanity watches (Rolexes, etc.), vintage everyday watches, smart watches, or no watch (or other) ?

[Danik 2016]

Vintage analogical wrist watches.

Do you write your appointments in an appropriate notebook, on an eletronic device or other?

[tailor STATELY]

I use Google calendar which is synched with my smart phone and my smart speakers. My reminders go through the Alexa app and also access my smart speakers and smart phone.

To do list, budget, or wing it ?

[tonywalt]

to do list, if i am honest. but with flexibility

Crime and punishment or madame bovary or Anna Karenina or war and peace or underground man or other?

[Danik 2016]

Not so keen on Madame Bovary, but like the other novels.
Wuthering Heights, Moby Dick or Far Tortuga?

[tonywalt]

Moby Dick

Monopoly or scrabble or chess or whatever?

[tailor STATELY]

My reading background is woeful... I need to catch up with the classics...
I tried re-reading Moby Dick within the last year or so... it was hard for me to get into it since I already knew (spoilers) that the whale wins.
Chess

Whales, walruses, narwhals, or Kraken ?

[Danik 2016]

Walrusses and narwhals

Walt Whitman or e. e. cummings?

[tailor STATELY]

e.e. cummings

W.W.W. or W.W.F ?

[Danik 2016]

???

French rolls or integral bread?

[tailor STATELY]

French rolls :)

W.orld W.ide W.eb or W.orld W.ildlife F.oundation ?

[Danik 2016]

Necessarily both

Favorite cartoons: Snoopy, Garfield or other?

[tailor STATELY]

Those two and so many others: Dilbert (R.I.P. Scott Adams), Calvin and Hobbs, Pickles, ...

Sweet pickles, cucumbers, dill pickles, or November ?

[Danik 2016]

Cucumbers as salad or sandwich.

tomato soup, salad or drink or Rotten Tomatoes?

[tailor STATELY]

I like the service that Rotten Tomatoes gives, but sometimes question the bias that pervades it. Tomato soup is ok, but prefer a cream of chicken soup or creamy veggie soups. Salad is a definite favorite with Ranch dressing and garlic flavored croutons. Drinks: Sparkling apple/pear based drinks, Peppermint tea (hot or cold), lemonade, and water :)

Waterfalls, waterspouts, water clocks, or Big Ben ?

[Danik 2016]

All of them. Have a picture of Big Ben totaly made of small clock pieces.
Insects:fireflies, bees or Praying mantis?

[tailor STATELY]

:)

Would love to see fireflies !, Bees and Mantids :)

Porcupine, Echidna, Sea Urchins, or Sea slugs/Nudibranchs ?

[Danik 2016]

Love porcupines! See my avatar.

Ocelots, oxen or onomatopeias?

[tonywalt]

Oxen

Mats and rugs on the floor or bare floor?

[tailor STATELY]

:) Ocelots (gotta love the kitties :) ), and onomatopoeias... I need to use them more with my poetry :)
Mats and rugs on the bare floor.

Going to the dentist or waiting hours to get a customer service agent at the end of a phone query ?

[Danik 2016]

Some mats. no rugs at present.

None!

Seeing a doctor in the hospital when you are ill or talking to him through the phone?

[tailor STATELY]

My cell service is unreliable, so direct visits.

Cello, mellotron, automatons, or Yahtzee ?

[Danik 2016]

Cello music.

Tom cats, tomboys, tulips, turtles or spinach?

[tailor STATELY]

Tom cats, tulips, and I love spinach :)

Naps, caps, rap music, or capes ?

[Danik 2016]

Naps, naps, caps and rap music.

mountains, milk, monke or kites?

[tailor STATELY]

mountains and kites

Pancakes, waffles, Eggos, or Legos ?

[Danik 2016]

Pancakes and waffles. Don't dislike Legos either!

Rhymes, rings, rarities or skunks?

[tailor STATELY]

Rhymes, rarities, and oddly skunks :)

Poetic devices: onomatopoeia, rhyme, alliteration, or other?

[Danik 2016]

Love poetic devices ingeniously applied but prefer to write verses without rhymes because of the freedom it confers.
Same question?

[tailor STATELY]

I love incorporating poetic devices into my poetry. Rhyme for rhyme's sake is something that I struggle with preferring internal rhymes unless playing with certain poetic forms - sonnets for example. Poetic forms are a constraint I like to wrestle with... these last few years I have employed an 'acrostic Golden shovel' poem form, which I find very mischievous, as in a very recent poem :)

Choose a color/colour that best suits you: Reds, blues, greens, other ?

[Danik 2016]

Blue.
Choose a bird:
Parrot, pigeon, robin or other.

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Parrot... they're hysterical :)

Quick snack: Banana, string cheese, popcorn, potato chips, other ?

[Danik 2016]

Dry bananas, cheese,cheese balls: https://braziliankitchenabroad.com/brazilian-cheese-bread/

Books: hard cover, soft cover or e-books?

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I love dried banana chips... need to buy some in bulk. Mmmm... The recipe sounds absolutely delicious :) Tapioca flour, I had no idea.

Prefer hard cover. My last 2-books where 50-50: 1-hard cover "The Poetry of Emily Dickinson"/Arcturus Publishing a Christmas gift from my Grandson's family - inspired by his wife who has taken a recent poetry class in college and knows my preferences, and one soft covered "Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry"/translated by Jarek Zawadski given to me by a sister from church a few weeks ago... both on this desk with another poetry book, by my friend Stephen Meadows (soft cover), "Winter Work" :) :) :)

Same question re: your last 2-3 selections ?

[Danik 2016]

Tapioca flour is much used for tapioca pancakes. One makes them in 3 minutes without fat and fils them with whatever one wants because the taste is neutral.

I don't have my library any more, because of a mites plague.
One of the last books I got were some copies of Kafka's America, which I translated, in a nice blue hard cover. Also the only book I bought, the most recent poems collection by Adélia Prado, "O Jardim das Oliveiras"(The Olive Garden).It's a soft cover, but not as soft as the pocket books. I don’t know how to post images on Litnet or I would post the two covers.
Electronic devices: Alexa, Smart TV or Smart Watch?

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Prefer Alexa smart speakers... I have the Fire TV, and a smart watch (not so smart). My phone has a hands free version of Google Assistant where "Ok Google" allows simple queries, timers, and alarms; it also has a hands on version of Alexa which can access my smart speakers, smart plugs (lights) and simple queries.

Southern Hemisphere Capitals: Caracas, Bogota, Brasilia, or Lima (or other) ?

[Danik 2016]

Sounds a bit complicated so many devices. My TV is still the old punchy turbo model. I feel it strains the eyes less than the LED models.

I know only Brasília and Buenos Aires and I like both.

Favorite state: California, Nevada, Montana or other?

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California

Desk accessory most used: White Out, stapler, paperclips, envelope opener, other ?

[Danik 2016]

Stapler and paper clips. l had an envelope opener inherited from my father in the format of a dagger. But one doesn't get envelopes anymore. People use almost only internet communication and the Brazilian post is gone .bankrupt.

Preferred forms of comunication: phone, e-mail, SMS, WhatsApp, other?

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I too have a dagger type letter opener, from my Mother, that I should find for the few bills that still get mailed to me.

Text... I hate phone calls, which is only exasperated by my spotty cell service.

Pastels or vibrant colors/colours ?

[Danik 2016]

Vibrant colors! Although since I got old I wear more discreet colors.

Wall colors:all walls the same color or different colored walls in the same room?

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Same in the same room

Goblins, giants, or Sorcers ?

[tonywalt]

giants

Would you rather live on a canal boat or in an RV for the rest of your life?

[Danik 2016]

In a canal boat.What is RV?

Linux or Ubuntu?

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Canal boat on the Seine :)
Not into the Linux universe... I tried it eons ago... reminded me of CP/M.

Supplements: C, D, B, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

At present fibers. What are C, D and B?

Vitamins: C, A, B or none?

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?

All three and more.

Online book formats: .pdf, EPUB, .doc/.docx, or other ?

[tonywalt]

kindle

Do you read the Foreword and preface or got straight to chapter 1?

[Danik 2016]

Epub. It's much lighter than pdf and the books look like paper ones.
I usually read first the main text. When I like it, I read the other texts.

Films or Plays?

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I read the foreword and preface and back cover first.

The number of times you've read your favorite book: 1-3, 4-6, 7-n ?

[Danik 2016]

It's so long ago! I think 3 or more times.

In the same line: how often have you watched your favorite picture/ serie?

[tailor STATELY]

Many :)

Jazz instrument: Piano, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

I love specially the piano :)

Hobbies: Listening to music, internet forum games, gardening or other?

[tailor STATELY]

Internet forum games, chess tactic games, writing poetry.

Sing or dance ?

[tonywalt]

Sing.

Do you find that you read the newspaper online less or more than when you read the same newspaper print version? (I understand that you may very well read a print version already, as I do).

[Danik 2016]

Sing.

Interesting question, difficult answer. What I can say with certainty is that today I am much less concentration when I read and I avoid very long articles.

News subjects: sport, entertainment, gossip, politics, economics, weather or environment?

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Streaming on telly and Alexa, and online news through my aggregates (Drudge/Google news/igHome).

News: sports, rock, politics, science, health, literature, world, weather

Part of the chicken you prefer to eat: breast, thigh, drumstick, wings, other ?

[Danik 2016]

Breast or thigh.

Transport for intercontinental travelling you prefer: airplane or ship?

[tailor STATELY]

If ever then by plane.

Favorite utensil: Knife, fork, spoon, spork, chopsticks, other ?

[Danik 2016]

Knife, fork and spoon are basic for me.
Favorite days during the week: Friday, Saturday, Sunday or other?

[tonywalt]

Saturday. Friday is such a close second. Sunday is delicious but dangerously close to Monday.

Same question: Favorite days during the week: Friday, Saturday, Sunday or other?

[tailor STATELY]

Sunday first then Friday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip3cNEhzBgM
Same question ?

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the link. Going to watch it tomorrow because it is 23:30.
My favorite day at present is Monday, when everything starts again. I don't like weekends but I did when I was still working.
Plans for 2026: Do more writing, reading, traveling or other?

[Danik 2016]

&&&&&&&&

[tailor STATELY]

More writing and chess... there's local interest in a chess club again, the last dissolving about 7-months ago... hopeful it will get off the ground. Maybe stop my many years procrastination and self publish. Travel doesn't look like it's in the cards but I'm going to get my first passport now that I have a legal birth certificate.

Diaries, journals, blogs, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Hope your chess club gets off!
Oh no! Have I being playing games with someone without legal birth certificate ;)? Welcome to the world of burocracy!

Sadly I'm not good at that. As a child I got a cute diary with a lock. There was nothing to lock away. I wrote intensely about the weather.And my Litnet blog has only one entry.

Fanciful poems or poems about real situations?

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Fanciful and pastoral poems

Your dream destination: North, South, East, West, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

I generally think of countries not of any directions. There are several European countries I should like to visit:Germany, Austria, GB, Italy, Scandinavian Countries, Spain, France, Caribbean Islands Peru, Australia, India...

Same question but answer iwith the countries or cities you want to visit.

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Italy, France, England, Scotland

Pretzels: Straight, curlicued, soft, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

:) Anyway as long as they are good quality and yummy


Roofs: pinacles,straight or slanted?

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My home has but a minimal pitch for snow... I like the high pitched chalet type homes for aesthetics though.

Geese, fleece, the movie Grease, or Cherise (color/colour) ?

[Danik 2016]

Geese and Cherise.

Watermelon, Waterfalls, Watercolors or a Waterproof?

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Waterfalls and watercolors

Clothes hangers: Plastic or metal ?

[Danik 2016]

Plastic. The second possibility here is wood.

Gift wrappings: paper wrappings or bags?

[tonywalt]

Bags.

Peanuts or cashews or other?

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Use both bags and wrappings.
Cashews when offered, can't justify the cost to buy them though.

Bonsai, origami, haiku, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Origami and haikus:)

Sweet or citric fruit?

[tailor STATELY]

A mixed bag... recently grapes, oranges, apples, strawberries...

Favorite veggie: Carrots, kale, cauliflower, asparagus, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

:)

Also a mix: carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, palm heart...

Main street, side street, avenue or alley?

[Danik 2016]

:)

Also a mix: carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, palm heart...

Main street, side street, avenue or alley?

[tonywalt]

avenue

Earbuds or no buds?

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Road
Headphones

Rubik's cube, cubic zirconium, cubism, tubing, or rubies ?

[Danik 2016]

Phones that diminish noise.
Rubic's cube, cubism and rubies.

Emeralds, crystals or Christie's?

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Emeralds and other crystals :) Christie's is a bit out of my league (well, emeralds too). My daughter and grandchildren use to come up with some fine quartz crystals on our property :) There are many haunts in California and Nevada that allow gem hunting for finer crystals.

Printers: Thermal, Laser, Dot matrix, Ink jet, or other ?

[tonywalt]

Thermal

smart phone camera, digital slr, mirrorless camera, other?

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I have an old Konica C35 and ancient Kodak box camera that I haven't used in years... so, I use my cell phone camera exclusively (I don't use my smart tablets' camera either... maybe once or twice)

Fanciful socks, shiny rocks, docks near water, or have a daughter ?

[Danik 2016]

Me the same. Just cellphone camera. Kodak is a thing of the past.
All of these minus the daughter.

Carnival or Halloween?

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Halloween... we just don't seem to have the Carnival spirit, to the extent of Brazil & New Orleans, for some reason in our neck of the woods; perhaps more staid due to Easter preparations... dunno.

Cooking oil: Lard, Crisco, sunflower seed, avocado, Olive, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Don't have much of a Carneval spirit myself. Love the folcloric parts though.

Don't know most of these only Olive.. We use soya oil and mais oil, sunflower and coconut.
Milk: thick, thin, lactose free, vegan milk?

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If I must drink cows milk it's 2%; usually Almond milk: I bought some the other day with a refrigerated shelf life till May 2026 :)

Favorite string instrument: Guitar, Mandolin, Cello, Violin, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Guitar.Started to learn it once but didn't go very far.

Contemporary rock or contemporary pop?

[tailor STATELY]

Rock

Nietzsche, Nike, spikey hair, or Solitaire ?

[Danik 2016]

Nike and Spike Lee

Opossum, Opera, Opel or Oakland ?

[tailor STATELY]

Lol

Opera (the browser), Opel, and Oakland... Opossums are necessary but not necessarily on my list.

Pavlov, Mandelbrot, Bohr, or Seurat ?

[Danik 2016]

Definitely Mandelbrot ( the bread)

Spinach, Singapore, Spanish or Spinoza?

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Spinach

Tarsiers, Koalas, Bush Babies, or Meercats ?

[Danik 2016]

Koalas, Bush Babies and Meercats.

Leaves, loaves or laughter?

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laughter :)

Taj Mahal, tall skyscrapers, paper boats, or baby goats ?

[Danik 2016]

All of these?

Record player (vintage) or music streaming or other?

[tailor STATELY]

I received a record player for Christmas :) but haven't fired it up yet... also received Led Zeppelin IV and Wish You Were Here/Pink Floyd albums :) Currently looping The Lords My Shepherd Hymn #1038 for a choir presentation tomorrow... https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/music/hymns-for-home-and-church/the-lords-my-shepherd?lang=eng on my Windows media player :) but I do streaming too :)

Same question ?

[Danik 2016]

One of my favorite psalms.
Used to have many CDS, specially Brazilian pop music!
But today I use only streaming.


Favorite site: Church, sport, poetry, photography or other?

[tailor STATELY]

Church and LitNet/poetry

Punk rock, Bobby Sock rock, or Bubblegum rock ?

[Danik 2016]

Just classic Rock

Social nets: Facebook, X, Instagram or other?

[tailor STATELY]

LitNet and Facebook

Desert Islands, Thousand Islands, Roquefort, or truffles ?

[Danik 2016]

All of them minus Desert Islands and plus Treasure Island. One must provide for survival.
Palm Beach,, Copacabana Beach or mint chocolate?

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Mint chocolate... especially Junior Mints :)

Coconut oil, Coconut milk, Coconut shell folk art... https://www.google.com/search?num=10&newwindow=1&client=opera&sca_esv=67f5f285935010ba&sxsrf=ANbL-n5VacRbvMIbb8eYjv19Woz7y7WHTg:1770585721868&udm=2&fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKp9lEhFAN_4ain3HSNQWw-mMGVXS0bCMe2eDZOQ2MOTwnRdx8cTjotWVyC2QMTVww_YBFX02 fOeR-h4YTkfXLtUtUELFTa3HDSmwdA5uYP-pFt3HE6RRpzR3LXH28_IyWPfXo0I4wQbTR5gGnbFFZWDf9Jfle lLZteTf-SQ_s5mHIp_C-gOklxeH-g6qgbFrojW8dQBw&q=Coconut+shell+folkart&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT-_vn6cqSAxVpmSYFHREGLHQQtKgLegQIExAB&biw=1066&bih=567&dpr=1.75 , or Coconut Palms ?

[Danik 2016]

Loved this Coconut shell art. Never saw the like here.

So Coconut art and Coconut milk.

Figs, Foo fighters or Flow(the movie) ?

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Still haven't seen flow, but it's a must. Love figs and the Foo Fighters... so all.

Blind dates, pirate mates, parrots, or carrots ?

[Danik 2016]

Very open eyed dates, parrots and carrots.

Games, gymnastics, giraffes or Michaelangelo?

[tonywalt]

Michaelangelo

Pizza or pasta?

[Danik 2016]

Both!

Orientation: picture or landscape?

[tonywalt]

landscape

Read one book at a time or more than one?

[tailor STATELY]

Games, gymnastics, giraffes, Michelangelo, pizza, landscape, one.

Octopi, apple pie, kiwi fruit, or Zoot Suits ?

[Danik 2016]

Apple pie:)

Wyoming, willows, wilderness or Oreo?

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Willows and Wilderness

Crayons, paints, oils, colored/coloured pencils, or acrylics ?

[tonywalt]

oil

Jeans,chinos, dresses, slacks, whatever is the most comfortable go to?

[Danik 2016]

pencils or acrilics

jeans with slacks and wide t- shirts

forms: oval, cube, spiral or triangle?

[Danik 2016]

pencils or acrilics

jeans with slacks and wide t- shirts

forms: oval, cube, spiral or triangle?

[tailor STATELY]

Jeans
Love spirals, back in '62 at the World's Fair there was stylus one could put a piece of paper under and gently put the stylus into motion and it would trace amazing spirals... still have my souvenir somewhere (please forgive me if this is another iteration of my remembrance) :)

Sushi: Tako, Ebi, or other ?

[Danik 2016]

Nice remembrance!

Sushi. It's a very usual dish here.

Remembrances: happiest time as a child, as a teenager or as an adult?

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Adult... youth and teen ages didn't last long enough.

Same question ?

[Danik 2016]

Adult too. I don't remember much about my childhood.


Capital events in your life: marriage, childbirth, business promotion, other?

[tonywalt]

All

Go to music: classical, rock, pop, other?

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All. Rock.

Alsace Lorraine, Applesauce, Gravy, or mint jelly ?

[Danik 2016]

Pop music!

All, specially as the family of my mother comes from Alsace!

Grains: mais, wheat, sunflower, quinoa or other?

[tailor STATELY]

:)

Sunflower seeds, dehusked, for snacking,, quinoa for hot dish casseroles

Green grass, Easter fasts, unfettered galloping ponies on the range, or carousels ?

[tonywalt]

All, to be honest

Asia or Europe as a vacation?

[Danik 2016]

"unfettered galloping ponies on the range" :)
Europe

Fast food or slow food?

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Europe
Slow food... going out tonight for an early Valentine's Day celebration (to beat the crowds on Saturday)... so a very (early) Happy Valentine's Day to all y'all :)

Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, or Groundhog Day ?

[Danik 2016]

I wish you a good Valentine celebration!
Lol, none of them. No idea what Groundhog day ist and to lazy to look it up.
Same question with addition of pizza day and tree (or any equivalent) day.

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Pizza day !

Muffins, ragamuffins, Ragu spaghetti sauce, or moss ?

[Danik 2016]

Carneval, Carneval, Carneval:(

Muffins and ragu spaghetti :).

Where would you like to spend Carneval: on an desert Island, in a rural environment with beautiful landscape, dancing in a megablock in the company of two million people, watching the presentation of the Carneval Parade among the visitors, in Paris!

[tailor STATELY]

Dancing in a meadow of dandelions and butterflies :)

Scorpions, lapel pins, apple dumplings, or silly things ?

[Danik 2016]

:) but not available

Apple dumplins :). Are lapel pins still in use?

strawberries, straw hats, straw men or anemones?

[tailor STATELY]

lapel pins: sure

strawberries and anemones (terrestrial and oceanic) :)

Rosemary, Basil, Cinnamon, or Chili powder ?

[Danik 2016]

Cinnamon

normal salt, marine salt or no salt at all?

[tailor STATELY]

50% potassium chloride & 50% sodium chloride

previously prepped meals or fresh cooked meals ?

[Danik 2016]

it depends. There are several self service restaurants, where, besides eating, one can take food
home for the weekend.

Freshly cooked meals or frozen meals?

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I eat both, but prefer freshly cooked meals.

Hershey's kisses, M&M's, Hershey bars, Men from Mars ?

[Danik 2016]

So do I!
Hershey bars dark 60% or more.

Hershey, Lind or Cadbury?

[tailor STATELY]

:)

Hershey and Cadbury

Soup: Hot, cold, consommé, gazpacho, or other ?