How many ...?

[kiz_paws]

3, as I recall.

How many glasses of water do you drink in a day?

[Lemonade]

1, unless tea counts, then it’s between 5 and 12 or so.

How many books have you started reading and not finished this year?

[kiz_paws]

0
How many pairs of shoes do you own?

[tailor STATELY]

4 pairs of shoes & 1 pair of slippers

How many slices of pizza have you eaten this month ( me: 4 )

[kiz_paws]

0

How many chocolate flavored snacks have you eaten this week?

[tailor STATELY]

Oy... 7 as a guesstamate

How many sodas or "health" drinks have you consumed this week ? (tea and coffee aside... me: 3 - I believe)

[kiz_paws]

0
How many times have you counted Haiku syllables on your fingers today... ;)

[tailor STATELY]

lol... maybe six times and I use the http://www.rhymedesk.com/ app

How many sports teams do you follow ?

[tonywalt]

1

How many countries have you visited in the last 5 years?

[Lemonade]

4

How many Christmas/Yule/Winter celebration present will you buy?

[kiz_paws]

12 to 15 for sure

How many 'random acts of kindness' have you performed this past week?

[tonywalt]

7

How many hours a night do you sleep on average?

[kiz_paws]

ten

how many hours do you spend on the internet daily?

[tonywalt]

1

How many years have you been at your current job or business or stay at home?

[Pompey Bum]

I retired (a bit early) four years ago. But I usually travel half the year, so it's not quite a stay at home situation.

How many times per month do you trim your toenails?

[Lemonade]

2, maybe 3 times.

How many times do you travel for fun in a year?

[kiz_paws]

one

How many siblings do you have?

[Lemonade]

3 brothers and a sister. Of which three are married so also a brother-in-law and 2 sisters-in-law.

How many niblings do you have?

[kiz_paws]

2 brothers and 2 sisters (and a few in-laws)

How many sodas do you consume daily?

[kiz_paws]

0

How many times this week have you found money?

[tonywalt]

once, a Barbadian penny.

How many times did you change your college major?

[Lemonade]

Never went to college

How many times a year do you go to see a play?

[kiz_paws]

I try to at least go once a year. I love live stage.

How many times a day do you check Facebook?

[tailor STATELY]

1 or 2. I do not linger on my main fb page any more but check our Church fb page since I'm a mod (very low traffic). Also stopped all the email alerts from my in-box from fb in settings.

How many times have you had a "Ramen" meal so far this month ?

[kiz_paws]

Once thus far. ;)

How many bills do you pay using internet?

[Danik 2016]

None. I prefer to go to the bank.

How many walks did you take this week?

[kiz_paws]

3

How many batteries have you had to replace this week?

[tailor STATELY]

4 -Mr Beams motion sensing night-light

How many remotes (TV/window/music players/etc) do you have ?

[Lemonade]

1, for the cd/record player.

How many times a week do you shop for groceries?

[kiz_paws]

Usually once, sometimes twice.

How many texts (on average) do you send a day? (cellphone/mobile)

[Scheherazade]

Usually once, sometimes twice.

How many texts (on average) do you send a day? (cellphone/mobile)3-4

How many actual Christmas cards do you send out on average?

[Pompey Bum]

Zero. Christmas cards go against my values for friendship, family, and Christmas.

How many times have you changed your political party?

[kiz_paws]

Twice

How many televisions are in your home?

[Danik 2016]

Just one.

How many oranges are in your fridge?

[tailor STATELY]

0, sadly.

How many citrus type drinks are in your fridge/freezer ?

[Danik 2016]

None, sadly.

How many laptops are in your house?

[kiz_paws]

2

How many telephones are in your home?

[Danik 2016]

2+a tablet

How many pets do you have?

[kiz_paws]

None, sadly.

How many times do you see a Dentist in a year?

[tonywalt]

once.

How times have you been out to the movies this year?

[Clopin]

once.

How times have you been out to the movies this year?

Once, Bladerunner.


Zero. Christmas cards go against my values for friendship, family, and Christmas.

How many times have you changed your political party?

Nice to see you round these parts. I never had any official parties, but I've changed quite a bit.

1. Probably would have voted NDP (far-left, by my standards (Euros may disagree), Canadian party) if I were of-age when I was between 13-17 or so. Most of my political consciousness was defined by the U.S.A though, and I thought Republicans and Bush were stupid/evil (I still mostly think this).

2. Self-identified as a Libertarian in 2012 for sure; probably would have voted Conservative around this point but never did (voting is totally pointless in Banff because the riding is 80+% conservative and will never change).

3. Nowadays I wouldn't vote for any party in Canada, but I probably lean Con if you put a gun to my head. Would illegally vote for UKIP, however.

[Pompey Bum]

Good to see you, too! :)

I see you still don't bother putting the next question in your posts, so:

How many times have you fallen in love?

[Clopin]

lol, oops

Zero times, but I was extremely infatuated with a girl once and it was a lot more intense than anything I'd ever experienced, so I think I could have gotten there. She wasn't interested, tragically.

How many things would you say you're really good at (relative to the average person, and not the expert)?

[Pompey Bum]

Compared to the average person, a great many (over 100), but none of them practical.

How many times have you been bitten by a rodent?

[tonywalt]

0

How many years have you had your current car or truck (or if neither, then how many years have you been carless/truckless?)

[Pompey Bum]

A little over a year (I think). But the one before that was more than 10 years.

How many 2017 Christmas presents have you purchased so far?

[kiz_paws]

0

How many times in your life did you need to get stitches?

[Ecurb]

Eight to ten (I used to play hockey). The only funny one took place when I was about ten. I was swimming in Lake Michigan (I grew up in the Chicago area). I came up quickly from underwater; the top of my head hit my brother's chin and split wide open. I emerged from the water with blood streaming down my face, yelling, "Shark! Get out of the water! Shark!" Three or four stitches.

How many times have you run from the police?

[kiz_paws]

0

How many times have you called the police?

[Ecurb]

Never, although I've run from them many times (for minor indiscretions, both in terms of their sinfulness and my age). As kids we used to climb onto the roofs of public buildings, and when the police showed up flee into the night. I also streaked a police station the night before graduating from college. (edited to add) Actually, I've called the police a couple of times (I have just remembered) to report stolen bicycles.

How many countries have you visited?

[kiz_paws]

6 : England, Ireland, France, USA, Mexico, and toured my own country from west to east coast.

That was a good question, may I pose it to the next person...

How many countries have you visited?

[Danik 2016]

7: Argentina, Canada, England, Germany, Uruguay, USA, Switzerland plus several parts of my own country.

How many times a year do you usually travel?

[Scheherazade]

Abroad once usually and couple of trips around the UK for brief escapes.

How many different types of fruit do you have in your fridge right now?

[Clopin]

Bananas, lemons, pineapple, apples, and some extremely rotten pears that I keep forgetting to throw away. In freezer I've got blueberries and black/strawberry mix. So 5 in fridge, 8 overall.

How many books have you read by your favourite author, and how many books has he or she written in total?

[kiz_paws]

I have read 6 Dostoyevsky novels. He has written 16 novels and various short stories.

How many haircuts do you go to in a year?

[tonywalt]

18

How many hours do your work on average per week?

[Lemonade]

8, I work one day a week. But, I study (three seperate studies) and keep home too. Not payed, so I won't count them.

How many jobs have you had?

[tonywalt]

Subsequent to college i've worked at 5 different places

How many weddings have you been to in the last 5 years?

[kiz_paws]

3

How many hats do you own?

[Lemonade]

6 hats, and piles of berets, caps and one, antiqua, fur hat.

How many jigsaw puzzles do you lay/make in a year?

[kiz_paws]

0

How many watches do you own?

[bounty]

two-ish and they are all in pieces and in some state of dysfunction.

how many movies in your list of all time favorites?

[tonywalt]

i would say 21

(below shown, just to give this thread a little juice)
Godfather 1
Godfather 2
Deer Hunter
Good fellas
Old Joy (indy film directed by kelly reichardt)
Lost in translation (love sofia coppola)
Five easy pieces (indy film 1970 starring jack nicholson, his best-arguably)
Easy Rider
Andre Rublev (directed by Andrei Tarkovsky)
Days of heaven (terrence malik film)
there will be blood - daniel day lewis is exceptional in this, art.
annie hall
the conversation (a francis ford coppola film, art film for the most part
somewhere (again, another sofia coppola film)
Heat (michael mann film, deniro and al pacino)
before sunrise
before sunset
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (jim carrey at his best, and a glimpse into what he's really like in person)
8 1/2 (a fellini film)
cinema paradisio (best italian film ever, mushy but saves itself fully and works)
Reds (with warren beatty, this is a wild card winner)

How many movies in your list?

[Danik 2016]

16 that I can remember:
Dreams
Dodeskaden
The Idiot
The Phantom of Liberty
The Sevent Seal
Wild Strawberries
Fanny and Alexander
The Bridge over the River Quai
Cherry Blossoms
Good bye Lenin
Bonny and Clyde
Carmen
Dona Flor and her Two Husbands
Malphertuis
Hiroshima, mon Amour!
Taste of Cherry...
How many books are in your favorite list?

[spikepipsqueak]

A Canticle for Leibowitz.
Aubrey/Maturin series. (counts as 20)
Vanity Fair


22 (or 3, one of which is huge)






How many people in your COVID "bubble"?

[Danik 2016]

Brazilian series, when they are available on the TV without signature.

[tonywalt]

I work too much and have not followed Corona. Sorry.

How many authors(and who are they) on your favourite list?

[Danik 2016]

Of the series? I hardly know English series but I made a list of favorite films in # 3564. They are mainly, if not all, 20C productions.

How many films have you seen of late?

[cacian]

none right now sorry haha :)
I watch mainly documentaries and some reality tv shows.

How many countries are there in the world?

[tonywalt]

195.

How many countries did you visit in 2019?

[cacian]

none

how many languages are spoken in the world?

[MANICHAEAN]

Seven if I remember correctly,( Singapore, Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Phillippines & home to the UK.)

How many Weetabix can you eat?

[cacian]

MANICHEAn languages in the world?

one
how many books have you read this month?

[tailor STATELY]

Books read: All the way through - Zero, but I've read bizillions of words from books and elsewhere.

How many pair of shoes do you own ?

[cacian]

too many to count LOL
only joking!!
about 6


How many vinyl records do you own?

[tailor STATELY]

Hmmm... (rummaging through house)... 11 so far:

• but the little girls understand / The Knack... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...But_the_Little_Girls_Understand
• THE doors "13"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(The_Doors_album)
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap / AC/DC... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Deeds_Done_Dirt_Cheap
• The Moody Blues Caught Live + 5 (Dbl vinyl)... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caught_Live_%2B_5
• Paul Revere and the Raiders Greatest Hits... https://www.discogs.com/Paul-Revere-The-Raiders-Greatest-Hits/release/1745669
• The Police / Synchronicity... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity_(The_Police_album)
• Savage Amusement / Scorpions... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Amusement
• World Wide Live / Scorpions (Dbl vinyl)... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Live
• The Doors... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_(album)
• missing vinyl but have the jacket: Wiener Symphoniker - Chor der Wiener Staatsoper... https://www.discogs.com/Tchaikovsky-Borodine-Moussorgsky-Rimsky-Korsakov-Wiener-Symphoniker-Chor-Der-Wiener-Staatsoper-H-Hol/release/3747574 (must be in a record player somewhere?)

How many 8-track tapes have you owned ?

[cacian]

none haha.

how many birds can you name at the top of your head?

[tailor STATELY]

Too many to count... I'm no Roget Peterbuilt Lorry ... but I've read the book.

How many times have you been to the zoo ?

[cacian]

about three times I think


How often do you write by hand using a pen?

[tailor STATELY]

Parker: She's always with me for notes and doodles and ideas.

How many James Bond movies have you seen at the cinema ?

[cacian]

none
all seen on TV

how many horses have you ridden in the last year?

[tailor STATELY]

none

How many times have you been to the ocean this year ?

[cacian]

none

how many cruises have you been on?

[tailor STATELY]

zero

How many video games have you played this week ?

[cacian]

none lol

how many mobile phones do you have?

[tailor STATELY]

1-active with cell service; 3-wifi only (no cell service on them)

How many days has it rained this past week ?

[cacian]

three days I think.

How many times have you cooked this week?

[Danik 2016]

Every day. How many people did you meet for Christmas?

[tailor STATELY]

Christmas dinner at my daughter Chrissy's home here on the property (there are 3-humble homes): 11-total family members, 1-was a masked brief drop-by... expected 9; then drove a dinner to my friend to whom I care/minister to: so 12-as a grand total.

Same question ?

[spikepipsqueak]

Thread necrophilia - sorry.

My son is in the US and I turned down invitations, as I enjoy the peace and quiet of Xmas here - so, none.



How many keys on your keyboard show signs of wear?

[cacian]

interesting question haha :D

ONE eeks!!!

how many pens do you have on your desk?

[tonywalt]

2

How many, on average, times per week do you visit litnet on average?

[Danik 2016]

I still look at the page once a day, but given technical difficulties I don´t always enter the forum.

[Danik 2016]

I still look at the page once a day, but given technical difficulties I don´t always enter the forum.

How many friends do you contact each day?

[tonywalt]

4


How many friends do you contact each day?

[WolfLarsen]

I come here every day.

[tonywalt]

5 times a day, here.

How many minutes do you speak on electronic devices of any kind during the day on average?

[Danik 2016]

0. I still use the old not mobile telephone.

How many walks do you take during the week?

[tonywalt]

0. I have a solar lopifit walking bike - even at home - it's runs on solar. I run on the gym treadmill.

How many painting or prints do you own, rent, borrow or use in your place of residence or the place you may be staying at this point in time?

[tailor STATELY]

• Blue/white Snowscape w/ home 1/2 buried in snow
• Horse drawn Stagecoach
• Eagle in flight
• Christ at Gethsemane
• Christ (head)
• Barn #1
• Barn #2 (wife likes barns)
• House in front of humongous mountain in background
• Christ being baptized
• County Fair
• SLC Temple Spires
• Sacred Grove in Palmyra
• Tapestry of Dining Room w/ "Christ is the head of this house, the unseen guest at every meal"
• Kings Canyon (with clock)
• (had a small Van Gogh "Bedroom" reproduction from the Amsterdam museum, but it fell and needs a new
frame)
• Photo on canvas of my Grandson/his wife/ and infant son
.
.
. (added)...
• Miniature of mainland Lighthouse
• Large (don't know how I forgot this) Mountainscape viewed from a forest lake/stream. Particularly intriguing because my Granddaughter used a blue? magic marker to draw a smiley face in the clouds (upper right) when she was very young (lol)... getting fainter every year

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• assorted Cat decoupages

... so 20 or so I guess in addition to photos and cards and such

How many smart devices do you have ?

[tonywalt]

3, smart phone, tablet and a kindle

How many houses have you lived in during your life?

[tailor STATELY]

Houses (not apartments)... at least 13

How many keys are on your keychain(s) ?

[Danik 2016]

Three apartment keys; one or two keys which utility I have forgotten.
How many pets do you have?

[tonywalt]

1, Simon the corgi

How many pages is the longest book you have read?

[tailor STATELY]

~ 1500 pages

Most books you have read within the same series ? (ie: Tolkien, Nancy Drew, James Bond, Elron Hubbard, Hardy Boys, etc...)

[Danik 2016]

The Karl May books(The Winnetou Books and the Kara Ben Nemsi ones).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_May

How many meals do you take per day?

[tailor STATELY]

Winnetou Books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnetou and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Ben_Nemsi_Effendi ; Hadn't heard of them before :)

Usually 2-meals: Breakfast/dinner or brunch/dinner (guilty of snacking too much putting on excessive COVID weight)

About how many letters (not emails... snail-mails) have you written since 2020 ?

[tonywalt]

0

How many miles or kms are on your car?

[tailor STATELY]

~ 95k km

Same question ?

[cacian]

not sure
did not care to look

how many newspaper/s do you read weekly?

[tailor STATELY]

Hi cacian !

0, but I read my many web news feeds voraciously...

How many times did you go to the beach last year ?

[spikepipsqueak]

Rough guess, 100. Not always to swim, sometimes to walk. Occasionally "just to make sure it's still there."


How many people do you know who've had COVID?

[spikepipsqueak]

oops.

[tonywalt]

I did not follow covid, not a clue:)

How many years old were you when you moved away from home and lived on your own, permanently?

[tailor STATELY]

18... just after HS graduation... $165/mo rent in 1972 if I recall. Re: COVID prolly 50+ known... 4 deaths... closest family member a Brother-in-law who lived nearby this year.

How many pairs of shoes do you wear regularly ?

[Danik 2016]

Two or three. Tennis and moccasins outside( now there is an outside again) and rubber sandals "havaianas" at home.
https://havaianas.com.br/calcados/chinelos/masculino/
https://havaianas.com.br/calcados/chinelos/feminino/

How many videos do you watch per day?

[tailor STATELY]

I like the Chinelo Havaianas Farm Alto Astral... prices seem reasonable too. Thought it was cool when I highlighted the R$ price the USD price showed up. I don't own a pair at this time but grew up calling these "havaianas" zoris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zori or flip-flops :)

Maybe 2-videos a day...
catching up on "Andromeda", a series circa 2000 that I missed for some reason. With buffering 2-videos take 3-4 hours approximately :( almost done with the last season :) I will watch at least one Old Testament Bible video in addition today for our FHE gospel study group tonight (Exodus 18,19, and 20).

How many books within reach are there next to you right now ?

[NikolaiI]

0....

[tailor STATELY]

(lol) How about you ?

[Danik 2016]

I wont be able to count them. Lots of digital books in my PC.
In the room where I write there are a big and two smaller shelves, full of physical books.
How many books have you read the last three years?

[NikolaiI]

fancy :) digital books

Oh I dunno, 25-30 but nothing start to finish.

I guess Child of A Rainless Year almost was all of it.

[spikepipsqueak]

Taking tailor STATELY's question ...

3



How many pets do you have?

[tailor STATELY]

Down to 2 household pets, kitties - Tinker Bell & Rosie and 1-dog (Maya) that has to stay at my sister-in-law's home across the property because Maya doesn't like cats... So 3 total. At one time we had quite a menagerie.

What was the last movie you saw at a Drive-In ?... or if none in a movie theater ?

[bounty]

I think tailor you got "how many" mixed up with "ask a question to the person below?"

I have a new homeless cat I just lured in the house.

the area I grew up in, and now live in, used to have three drive-in movies theaters. now there is only one. i cant remember the last one i saw at them, but i do remembering seeing the remake of the thing with kurt Russell somewhere---maybe it was here, or maybe it was where i went to college in central ny. boy memories are funny things!

have not been to a movie theater since 2005 or 2006. it was either the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe which i think is magnificent, or revenge of the sith which i thought was terrible, but upon giving it further chances upgraded to tolerable. George lucas cannot write dialog, hayden Christiansen is wooden, he and natalie portman had no chemistry, and Samuel L Jackson was probably miscast as a jedi master.

how any days/weeks/months worth of a food supply do you have at home?

[tailor STATELY]

Yup. Happens when I have 30 tabs open and sleep deprived.

I've been trying for a year's supply... but have, most realistically, 1 month for the two of us that would ultimately be shared for 10 family members. Luckily we have 2-hunters in the local family of 10 and plenty of game.

How many power outages have you had within the last year ?

[bounty]

similar things happen to me too. sometimes its even worse when im replying to multiple messages to different people and I send a message meant for one person to another! ack!

I have a funny drive-in movie memory. my freshman year in college I got a ride to where a good friend of mine was going to school. on a lark I said "lets hitchhike to x place to see so and so" (who oddly enough we were close friends with). we got there, she was gone for the weekend, we were wondering what to do with ourselves and we found out that dawn of the dead was playing at a drive-in theater not far from campus. I don't remember exactly how we go to the theater but not having a vehicle, we had to hitchhike our way inside.

its hard to calculate but I have mayyyyyyyyybe close to a year and a half to two yrs if I have to eek it out.

I have a memory of at least one, maybe two. generally theyre not long ones, a few hours to an occasional overnight. the extra challenge for me when that happens is no running water.

how many movies in your all time favorite list (and what are they?)

[tailor STATELY]

Yeah, power outages are the worst... We have a generator for the plethora of outages we get; have to turn off most everything to power our well every now and then to fill our holding tank that supplies two households / the other household has a separate well... expecting power to go out tonite...

Movies, hmmm: 100's

I posted yesterday/today? about The Last Starfighter, anything to do with Time Travel - ie Edge of Tomorrow and ilk, Captain Marvel, Legend, assorted 20 minutes of Top Gun, 1/2 of the Marvel Universe of films, John Carter, Fantasia, the Sean Connery Bond movies, Prometheus, The First Men in the Moon, Star Trek The Voyage Home, lots of 50's Sci-fi especiallyWhen Worlds Collide and The Day the Earth Stood Still... going to leave it there before these cyclone winds knock out my power and wifi.

[Danik 2016]

Power outages are seldom here, but Internet crashed the day before yesterday.

Some favorite Films (there are so many!):
Dodeskaden, The Idiot, Dreams, all by Akira Kurosava
Midnight Cowboy
The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews
Life is a Miracle-Emir Kusturica
Macunaíma

There are many much more recent ones, but I forgot the names

How many songs or musical pieces do you usually hear per day?

[tailor STATELY]

Dozens... I also have earworms constantly battling my tinnitus when not playing music... the most recent (both by the B-52's): Rock Lobster and Love Shack... " tin roooof ! - rusted " :)

How many fake houseplants are in your home ?

[bounty]

love shack is such a fun song.

tailor though, as to movies, I think we need to sharpen your definition of "favorites!"

no fake plants. I have 4 vegetable plants im trying to keep alive through the winter. I live amongst the trees and direct sunlight is hard to come by so its a struggle.

how many relatively common foods are on your "I cant eat this" list?

[tailor STATELY]

re: definition of "favorites!" - lol, my bell curve of favorites is very flat.

re: I can't eat this list - hot peppers, anything on the "hot" spectrum: however many that is.

How many libraries within about a 10 mile/16 km radius of you ?

[Danik 2016]

There is the big Biblioteca Mário de Andrade at a five minutes walk. And maybe there is also one at the Jewish Museum around the corner.

Same question.

[bounty]

two libraries, mayyyyyybe three. maybeeeeeeeeee four. one about 4 miles away in the village of the town where I live, and another right at the edge of your 10 mile radius in the city I grew up in. there is 3rd heading east in a very small village that is probably 10ish miles, and the 4th in another village heading north. now that im thinking about it, there might be a 5th about 10ish miles away heading south just over the Pennsylvania border.

the one north of here has book sales where on the last day they would have a bag sale for 2 dollars. they have since raised their prices. I used to have an "in" with the woman who ran the sale, and after it was over, I would get all the leftover books they weren't keeping, for free.

I visit the one in the village relatively frequently. the high speed internet is nice and I also get a lot of movies on dvd, some from them, most from interlibrary loan. the county I live in and the county directly to the west, has all their libraries tied in together and a couple of drivers that make trips two days a week to move requested materials from one to the other.

I was at the city library recently and took out a book there---probably the first one since I was ten years old.

what the problem with hot things tailor?

how many hours a day do you sleep and how many hours a day would you like to sleep?

[spikepipsqueak]

Anything between 6 and 8. I wake up refreshed, so I reckon I'm getting the sleep I need.



How many images on the wall facing you ATM?

[tailor STATELY]

re: "what the problem with hot things tailor?" Maybe a better term for 'hot' things is overly spicy... can't handle .

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How many days until your favorite holiday ?

[bounty]

do they wreak havoc on your stomach tailor?

I think when youre a kid and you have family, its hard to beat Christmas as the favorite holiday. in general so many holidays are family and friend oriented but the older I get and the more isolated I get, the less holidays matter. from a purely intellectual and spiritual point of view however, it has to be easter, which is the calendar tells me is 90 days away. but its not like something your put into terms like "I cant wait until easter!"

how many countries outside of your own have you been to?

[bounty]

dag nab double posting!

[tailor STATELY]

Peppers 'burn' my mouth and throat... last attack happened after eating what I thought was a mild jalopy pepper; I became panicked because I couldn't catch my breath.

re: "but its not like something your put into terms like "I cant wait until (E)aster!""... (lol) I can't wait :)

Other countries = 0 :( I am going to Italy before my demise... hopefully via England and France :)

How many coins are in your pocket/purse/other ?

[bounty]

ive been to England bunches tailor, and france a few times. both great places to visit. do you have anything in particular there youd like to see or do?

oh that's tough---I love peppers and would miss them if I couldn't have them. although the really hot ones can be a challenge. and I love hot sauce too. I just bought bunches on 50% off Christmas clearance.

zero coins in my pocket. I faithfully deposit them in an antique jug I have sitting nearby. when its full I hope to donate half somewhere, and use the rest for something else I don't know what yet. I do however keep one spare quarter out, in my car, in order to use the grocery carts at aldi.

thinking ahead, give your best guess of how many books you'll likely read this year?

[tailor STATELY]

England... I still have family somewhere in the Twickenham - London general area; I haven't any contacts though my Sister does and she's going either this year or next on the way to visit my Brother's villa in Italy... I think she has to pay the renewal fee for my Grandfather's grave. My Mother talked of great gardens she frequented. Supposedly I'm remotely related to the Spencers... would like to do some family history while there and also check out where my maternal Grandfather retired, somewhere on the (I assume East) coast seaside.

France... I studied French 2nd, 6th-9th grades (German 10th-12th), and developed an appreciation of the art scene in Paris... museums, cafes, etc.

Pay for grocery carts ?????? I have a jar that tallies my coins after they come out of my pockets which is rare; though my Son-in-law scans every coin anyone ever gets first for rare coins.

What thread is this ? Oh, how many...

How many red bricks in your home ? (round to the nearest 100 or 1000 or ____ if needed)

[bounty]

hunting up family ties sounds fun.

of course there is the louvre, but if I can encourage you, make sure to hit up the rodin museum.

if youre liking gardens, you probably know about Kensington gardens, and then in france, Versailles is worth hitting up, not right in paris, but close enough.

and don't forget to hit up the sherlock holmes museum at 221B baker st!

if you can time your visit to france to coincide with catching a stage of the tour de france, its awesome.

yes, aldi locks their carts, they cost 25 cents to unlock and use, and if you bring it back to the store and lock them back up, you get your 25 cents back. that arrangement stops people from leaving cars all over the lot and the store having to pay people, no matter where they get left, from having to retrieve them.

however, im convinced a homeless person could make at least 5 bucks a day from all the carts that STILL don't get returned, or locked up once they do.

no red bricks in my home, nor any bricks. although my house is red.

thinking ahead, give your best guess of how many books you'll likely read this year?

[spikepipsqueak]

At an average of 3 a week, lets say 150.



How many (and which) countries would you go to if expense was not an issue?

[bounty]

spike you are a reading machine!

heck I think id visit every country in the world if expense wasn't an issue...AND if I didn't have to fly!

but more narrowly, in no particular order: back to france to watch the tour de france and to ride lots of the mountain stages, Ireland to ride my bike around the circumference, eastern Europe seems to attract me so id want to visit the whole swath of countries there (Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, etc), probably turkey, the northeast parts of canada (nova scotia, pei), and then mayyyyybe a semi pacific Asian swing---japan, korea, china, Thailand, etc.

without consulting an atlas, id say that puts the number around 30.

how many different kinds/flavors of tea do you have in your house?

[tailor STATELY]

One: Peppermint :)

How many bags of recyclables do you have lying around that need to be redeemed ?

[bounty]

holy cow tailor, you want I should send you some tea?

if we are talking nickel deposit type things, then only one small bag.

if we include cans, jars/bottles, paper, plastic, cardboard, and metal, then 3-4 more.

how many degrees of temperature warrant wearing shorts?

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... I'm good.

I'm not one into wearing shorts unless I'm at the beach, and that hasn't occurred for far too many years, on about a 80° F or greater day (26.7° C).

How many Ferengi does it take to change a light bulb? 0 or 5 or other ?

[bounty]

I was pretty close to figuring that one out myself and the internet confirmed---2, one to put the new bulb in and one to sell the broken one. although why the same one who changed the bulb couldn't also sell the broken one is a mystery!

how many kinds/flavors of salad dressing in your fridge? you have to list them of course and you can count unopened ones in your cupboard too.

[tailor STATELY]

(Roquefort/Bleu Cheese is my favorite but I'm out) Ranch, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Olive Garden Italian, Creamy Strawberry, Creamy Blackberry Balsamic, Italian, Garden Herb Vinaigrette... 7

How many of the seven dwarves can you name on the first try ?

[bounty]

the most memorable salad dressing I ever had was orange poppy seed at a restaurant in Knoxville called darryls.

all seven with a slight delay on "happy." the 13 dwarves from the hobbit however are another story!

for a typical large 16" pizza cut into 8 slices, how many slices can you eat in one sitting?

[tailor STATELY]

Impressive ! As many times that I've read and watched The Hobbit I'd be hard pressed to remember all the dwarves' names too.

Prolly three at most pizza slices.

How many "smart" devices (Alexa/plugs/etc) do you use at home ?

[bounty]

the thing with the dwarves is when you see their names after you cant name them, you go, "oh yeah, I knew that..."

heck tailor im pretty sure I can still eat a whole 16" pizza.

a big fat zero on smart devices! although if I had an alexa or something like that id probably develop a crush on it. there is a big bang theory episode where raj does that.

might have asked this one before---how many hours in a good night's sleep?

[tailor STATELY]

(sheepishly) yeah, me too re: pizza.

"how many hours in a good night's sleep?" I've heard from studies that 7-8 hours of sleep is ideal for my age group (pre-sputnik). The sleep data from my smart watch is laughable: Never any REM and my sleep score is 49 or lower than 86% of all users, and I feel it. Mostly naps now with rarely up to 5 1/2 hours sleep in bed. I do fall asleep quickly in bed though because I'm usually sleep deprived and I boor myself from wakefulness with an ongoing sci-fi drama serial that I make up... stealing scenes from all the sci-fi and fantasy I've ever read and watched of course... the main protagonist is currently several billion years old and gets regular warnings to stop time travelling, which he can now do without any conveyance, and once, in the earlier years of this ridiculous serial, he separated 2- galaxies from colliding !

How Many thread, right ? Hmm...

How many times have you stepped on a nail ?

[bounty]

I was just recently talking with someone about his smart watch and it monitoring his sleep. he didn't really have a good answer when I asked him okay, what do you do about your watch telling you youre not sleeping well?

do you have some strategies to employ?

not having a Sheldon cooper-like memory, I can only guess. id put the number around a dozen or so. I do however remember the location of my very first one, and I remember my most recent one, just yesterday!

how many books have you read more than once?

[tailor STATELY]

No sleep strategies... use my watch mainly for quickly viewing texts and calendar alerts & time & steps.

Nails: whoa ! Prolly 5+ or so for me.

Read more than once: Almost all my sci-fi collection... R.E.M. fan books a few times... Poetry books (other than The Inferno so far)... just off the top of my head.

How many bicycles have you gone through ?

[bounty]

ive only read a small handful of books more than once.

2 that were stolen, and at least 2-3 from being a kid that you either grow out of or that otherwise seem to just disappear over time.

ive got 4 right now, 2 of which are in need of serious overhauls to make them ride-able.

so 5-ish, bordering on 7.

how many football games do you think you'll watch this season?

[tailor STATELY]

hmmm... only watch the Thursday Night games when I can (Monday/FHE, Sunday/Sabbath)... and my wifi service is usually wonky AND the available channels are VERY limited... so I'll estimate 4. Oh, and maybe a Saturday game so I upped the estimate 1-more.

Same question ?

[bounty]

all the bills games, that's 17

a handful of occasional other match-ups that might be of interest, ~6

at least one game in each of the post season steps, that makes 6

and then the super bowl, 1

so around 30.

concerning the outside temperature, how many degrees is too hot?

[tailor STATELY]

30... wow.

Temp: anything over 100° F (~38° C) here is nigh unbearable; 110° + makes me absolutely melt.

How many planets are there in the solar system where you live ?

[bounty]

30 does seem like a lot doesn't it, but more than half are bills regular season games, so I don't feel too football gluttonous.

I still subscribe to the my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas paradigm, so 9.

I don't know if its universally accepted or not, but I expressed some mild disappointment when some ago some high falutin' astronomer had pluto removed from planetary status!

how many pages left in the book youre presently reading (and of course what is it) and a rough estimate of how many days to finish it?

[tailor STATELY]

The Pearl of Great Price... once a week book discussion group at a very slow pace, maybe half way in... maybe 2-months to finish.

The New Testament... once a week FHE (empty nesters' group) discussion - it's a January 2023 to the end of the year study ("Come, Follow Me") so maybe half way through.

Read a lot of short stories and poetry that is mostly web based nowadays. Have an "Enders" series book yet to crack and occasionally listen to audio books on my smart speaker (middle of Martian Chronicles still... estimate forever because I listen in bed, lol. Also a daily BOM 18 verse snippet each day on my smart speaker Alexa app.

How many days, months, or years since you last used a crayon ?

[bounty]

I enjoyed ender's game (and the movie) and speaker for the dead, so much so that I could read the next one.

I have a good collection of crayons, but its been so long since ive colored, I cant remember the last time---id have to guess somewhere in the 4-5 yr range at least. same with coloring with colored pencils.

how many movies on your "to watch" list?

[tailor STATELY]

I haven't colored in ages :(

Movies: actually most of them... there are so many that I haven't seen that that I still find a gem by accident that I'll watch or re-watch... no real list is used.

How many marbles are in your aquarium ? If none then how many years since you had an aquarium ?

[bounty]

i watched a couple of movies recently i can recommend. gods of Egypt and arrival. right now im really enjoying alita, battle angel.

I grew up with an aquarium or two in the house, and even though today I would probably eschew the whole idea of tropical fish catching and breeding, I have fond memories of the whole set-up. gotta be somewhere in the mid 70s, so almost 50yrs---holy cow! we didn't have marbles just gravel, so 0. odd though, i did have a small marble collection.

how many board games and/or toys do you still have from your childhood?

[tailor STATELY]

gods of Egypt keeps coming up somewhere as a recommendation... may try it out. Enjoyed Arrival's twisted premise and have seen it a number of times... may revisit with fresh eyes.

Childhood "stuff" didn't last the multitudinous madness of moving as a youth, alas. I have a Spirograph-like etching I "created" using a pendulum device at an exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair, circa 1962, as the only artifact of my childhood to survive - other than the obligatory pix of the family and report cards and ilk I inherited upon my Mother's passing 7-years ago.

How many vinyl records do you have... and if more than zero how many have you played recently ?

[bounty]

there is some song out there, the title of which is escaping me, that answers the question of would I still date you knowing the pain that waits at the end of our relationship, and the singer (a guy) says yes. I thought the ending of the movie was both painful and beautiful.

alas zero---my parents, and my mother in particular, were great about getting me albums for Christmas and birthdays when I was a kid and I had a pretty good collection, probably ~200 or so. but a long time ago I gave them all away to a friend who has a whoppin' big collection, feeling okay at the time knowing they were going to a place where they would be appreciated. as I write about it now though, I find myself wondering if I have dishonored my parents in the giving them all away...

im on a garage sale and thrift store mission to re-collect many of the board games i had as a kid. some of the toys may be impossible to find via that method, but ive done pretty good with the games.

how many miles or minutes in a "good walk?"

[tailor STATELY]

For me a good walk is maybe two miles... unfortunately COVID saw me go to seed and I have yet to work up to even half that distance :( Perhaps during Fire season I'll get me legs back in shape.

Of the "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" how many do you actually watch ?

[bounty]

do you still have a bike tailor?

quite a bit actually, although I think im going to be revisiting my tv package sometime soon to see if I can save some money, which will necessitate a more careful look at that very question.

tbs, tnt, fx, fox, fox news, fox business, the history channel, sci-fi, bbc, espn, usa, 3-4 local channels, animal planet (if its still called that), the occasional nat geo, some true crime networks, me tv, the weather channel, comedy network, family network, sometimes axs, and at least 4-5 channels whose names are escaping me---so id guesstimate about 30ish.

how many pounds in a "gone to seed?"

[tailor STATELY]

∞dles

How many days in your favorite month of the calendar year ?

[bounty]

ah tailor, you can tell the actual number---I promise not to post it at your local grocery store!

my favorite time of year might be middle September to middle October, but if I have to pick a calendar month, lets go with September, and 30.

for sure though there is something to be said about finally shedding the cold with july.

how many days until something "big" or "memorable" or anything special that you've been looking forward to?

[tailor STATELY]

re: "do you still have a bike tailor?" - I do, a blue Schwinn Traveler 10-speed, an artifact from a previous life that hasn't been ridden since 2004... I related in the "song title" thread about my previous one.

hmmm... just had a combined day of days last Saturday (wife's b'day and our anniversary)... looking forward to Thursdays at Two poetry tomorrow (since I'm PDT) - so less than one :)

How many chainsaws do you currently have ? (I have a battery powered 18" one for light duty work... son-in-law does the heavy duty cutting)

[bounty]

ah tailor, dust that old girl off and take her for a spin!

getting married on your wife's birthday---that's interesting.

just one chainsaw, although I recently turned down the opportunity to have a small electric one. ive been using an electric circular saw pretty effectively for smaller things. my chainsaw is a crucial part of my life---i cut my own wood for winter heating.

how many days since you were last at your local library?

[tailor STATELY]

Lol... no spinning anymore, unfortunately... 3-days apart for the two events, celebrated the following Saturday :)

Last Thursday (6)... Thursdays at Two poetry the first and third Thursday of each month :)

How many years since you last went bowling ?

[bounty]

not quite the same as having your birthday on Christmas, but close.

my local library is pretty sedate---no poetry stuff going on.

I have a distinct memory of going bowling on an army base in germany in 1985, but I know I have bowled at least once since, I just don't remember where or when. id guesstimate (which the site actually recognizes as a legitimate word, how about that?) somewhere between 8-20ish years.

in the city I grew up in there used to be two very active alleys. my parents belonged to a couples league and tons of other people belonged to that and other leagues as well. one of my fond childhood memories comes from that---the couples league was Friday night. my parents would come home from a fish fry dinner at a local bar, bring me a bag of taco doritos and a can of hi-c or Hawaiian punch and id stay home and watch the brady bunch, the partridge family, the odd couple, room 222 and love American style. in later years a show called Kolchak: the night stalker was on. my parents would come home and my dad would get mad because id have every light in the house on.

now there is only one alley nearby in a struggle establishment, and to my knowledge, no leagues. the other thing that's gone the way of the dinosaur where I live is church and bar league softball (slow pitch and fast pitch respectively), and an outdoor volleyball league.

how long since you have been mini-golfing?

[tailor STATELY]

Great memories :) Bowling was my life and church for many years in the S.F. Bay Area, California. Later, I played co-ed softball and men's basketball on a company team in the late 80's in Chico, California. I fondly remember the look of terror on our company's president's face when I fielded a ground ball in short right field, wound up and fired with all my might at his glove at first base... OUT! :)

mini-golfing: Oy, another lifetime ago, circa early to mid '80's, prolly near San Jose, California... maybe 40 years or so.

How many times have you visited the zoo since you were a child ?

[bounty]

interestingly, over the past few years "taco doritos" have made a little comeback. if they didn't cost like 4 dollars a bag maybe id buy one!

throwing a runner out at first base from right field! way to go tailor!

so time to go on a mini-golfing date?

no visits to the zoo---I wonder how id feel going as an adult. I have a foot in two competing camps as to the rightness/wrongness and goodness/badness when it comes to zoos but I can at least say I enjoy watching episodes of "the zoo" on animal planet.

how many old landline phone numbers do you remember from your pre-cell phone days?

[tailor STATELY]

VERY short right.

Haven't tried the Taco Doritos... stick to rufffled BBQ potato chips :)

No mini golf dates, sadly.

An Uncle of mine was a keeper at the zoo in Seattle for the great apes, one made famous outside Seattle by Bill Cosby in his early years... https://kuow.org/stories/celebrating-bobo-seattle-s-most-famous-primate/ I see your point about zoos... quite a mixed bag of issues.

re: phone: Only one... it starts with 2-letters like in the old days. Oh, wait, also one with 'dogs' in it... that's 2.

How many blue colored cars have you owned ?

[bounty]

who makes your ruffled bbq chips tailor?

small coincidences---I bought a bill cosby book today and I used to have that album referenced in the story. now I have a digital copy of it.

I remember the letters yes---my first phone number memory was FR2...

one blue colored car, a 1988 volvo wagon, alas the body rusted thanks to the North's prodigious use of salt in the winter time. will try to attach a photo of it just for fun and nostalgia...although, my mother let me borrow her chevy S10 for an extended period of time, and that was blue...so maybe sorta kinda two.

how many blue flowers can you name?

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... digging through the trash... must have tossed it... found Ruffles Cheddar chips... googling... must be the Ruffles Ultimate Sweet Smokin' BBQ chips... but I'm thinkin' it was a knockoff by our local Mar-Val grocery

Cool Volvo :)

Bluebells... Cornflower... Periwinkle... Nile Lily... just off the top of my head without straining... (4)

How many hats do you wear on occasion ?

[bounty]

"ruffles" are frito lay aren't they?

thank you, sometimes I miss it and am bummed it rusted out. i sometimes think of looking for another old one like that, but its not practical where i live. although i suppose i could just use it in the summer months. nys dmv make such things cost prohibitive though.

ah you missed the ironically, or aptly named "forget-me-not!" i have lots of those in my yard.

three in general, of which there are multiple choices. one winter outside hat (that i also wear inside when its cold outside), one winter sleeping hat type thing, and an occasional summer cap depending on the weather.

on a sort of rotating use basis, maybe 3-4 in the first category, 3-4 in the second, and 2-3 in the last (even though i have lots more in each)….so one answer is 3, another answer is 8-11.

i think i asked this one before tailor, or something very much like it---in terms of a favorite movie you've seen more than once, whats the highest number of any particular movie viewings?

[tailor STATELY]

googled: wikipedia: Ruffles; Product type Potato chips; Owner PepsiCo; Produced by Frito-Lay

blue: ah, forgot... mostly periwinkles here.

most viewings ? hmmm... prolly The Day the Earth Stood Still... watch it every chance I can... 40+ ??

How many bowls of cereal have you eaten this week ?

[bounty]

i'll have to give that a viewing tailor so I can allude to it every once in awhile.

cereal used to be a staple for breakfast but for many years now I just do toast and tea. i'll have cereal sometimes for snacks, lunch or dinner---this week, maybe only 1 so far. I have about 20 boxes to work through, im a great clearance shelf shopper at big lots!

how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop??

[tailor STATELY]

Dang... just accomplished that a couple of months ago and wasn't counting; googling: Mathematicians at New York University says up to 1000 via a model/formula of some sort (which is way too high for my tastes :) ) but tootsie.com would prolly be the definitive source sourcing other studies with all reliable data being 148 - 252 licks by humans (there is a variance among sexes! and tootsie pop colors!), and with mechanical lickers being less efficient at 364 - 411 licks; see best data at... https://tootsie.com/core/files/tootsie/uploads/files/Bellarmine_University.pdf

How many times have you visited Niagara Falls ? (me=0)

[bounty]

heck tailor I thought for sure you'd go with the old wise cartoon commercial owl, and say "three!"

I cant say for sure, but at least 2. its been a longggggggggggggg time though since my last visit.

if you ever get the chance tailor, both sides are great, but the Canadian side of the falls are a bit extra impressive.

how many sequels would you like to see made from movies you've enjoyed but that don't have any yet?

[tailor STATELY]

I'd like to see a complete remake of "Battlefield Earth"... Sequels?... most already have sequels... "The Time Machine".... "Citizen Kane"... "Wizard of Oz"... "Legend"... "Galaxy Quest"... that's all that I can think of off the top of my head.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood ?

[bounty]

what would go on in your wizard of oz sequel?

I never found that to be the tongue twister its supposed to be, that is, ive always been able to say it really fast without mucking it up.

the old standby "toy boat" is a good one. and when I was a kid I "invented" "block box." try those three times fast.

lets see----all the woodland creatures are industrious little fellows but first, whats our operating definition of the word "chuck?"

how many kinds of ducks can you typically see in your neck of the woods (water)?

[tailor STATELY]

Oz - I've read Baum's stories over and over as late as a year or two ago. There are many that I would like to see produced in the same vein.

Block box is kind'a easy... reminds me of the SNL goreismicomical "Lock Box".

re: "chuck?" - perhaps karate chopping rounds into split wood and kindling à la Chuck Norris ? Splitting wood and kindling is very important in my neck of the woods.

Ducks - Nary a one recently... used to be a number of ducks (dozen+?) in the duck pond 1-mile up the road... but the owners, dear friends of mine, passed away... we took one of our grandsons there and had a picnic once when he was younger, and my father-in-law donated two rare white miniature ducks to them once that unfortunately disappeared after a short time. The pond is just on the side of our road and has a bridge that traverses it whereupon a large billy goat used to take naps. Mostly Canada Geese here nowadays, even in our two small ponds, though I do have a vague recollection of a duck or two, as well as turtles, in them years ago for a short time. Love to hear the Canada Geese trumpeting in flight throughout the day.

Same question ?

[bounty]

oh, I had forgotten about all the oz books, and I have many, if not all of them too. I just finished the western I was reading, started another last night that's small and im really enjoying so that's gonna go quick. the way im thinking now, i'll go check out my oz books next.

easy? three times fast easy?? how about the reverse? box block?

makes you wonder, since wood chucks don't "chuck wood" where on earth the name came from?

three kinds of wild ducks---mallards frequently in my pond, and sometimes on the nearby creeks and rivers. mergansers rarely on my pond, but more frequently in the creeks and rivers. and the oddly named black duck (because they aren't black!) on the nearby lake.

and then probably 3-4 different kinds of domestic ducks that people keep for their eggs.

so 6-7.

when I watch movies that require underwater breath holding for survival, I always pay attention to the time to see if I could survive in those same circumstances. how many seconds can you hold your breath underwater?

[tailor STATELY]

ducks :)

breath - not very long... maybe 2-minutes before I burst. I've heard of ama (1-degree of separation to James Bond) that exceed that time exceptionally.

How many James Bond books have you not read ?

[bounty]

two minutes is a really long time tailor. you are volunteered to make the initial dive to explore and set the lead rope for everyone else to follow!

ive read all the fleming ones (although I think there is a collection of short stories I haven't), some of the gardner and one of the deaver---but apart from fleming, I don't know how many others there are. id guess at least a half dozen or so?

I went to look at all my oz books. I have 7 total, and apparently there were 13. none of the ones I have had an order of publication listed in them, and I cant tell by the copyrights because they are all new versions without reference to the originals. do you know which book came right after the book that inspired the movie?

meanwhile, im going to read breakfast at tiffany's

we have all watched movies that has the same actor in it---how many times has a particular actor appeared the most in your movie watching?

[tailor STATELY]

The Marvelous Land of Oz... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oz_books

Actor?... prolly James Hong: hundreds ?

How many Dr. Seuss book titles can you name quickly ?

[bounty]

thanks tailor, and im happy to tell you I have the first four. so when im finished with ttifany's i'll give book #2 a shot.

hmm, I wonder if maybe you misunderstood my question? you've seen James hong in hundreds of movies?

let see---grinch, lorax, Horton, green eggs, cat hat, cat back, one fish two fish, so 7. was go dog go a dr seuss book?

how many dr seuss movies have you seen?

[tailor STATELY]

James Hong has been in 500+ movies... he's everywhere !

"Horton Hears a Who", "The Grinch", "Cat in the Hat", "How The Grinch Stole Christmas", "The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T"... guess I haven't seen "The Lorax" 'cause it doesn't ring a bell... that makes 5.

So, "we have all watched movies that has the same actor in it---how many times has a particular actor appeared the most in your movie watching" other than James Hong ?

[bounty]

heck tailor I cant even picture James hong. i'll have to look him up next time im at the library...

the lorax---"I speak for the trees!"

its a tie between abbott and Costello in however many movies they made, ~24.

second place lags way behind and id guess its john wayne, Harrison ford, tom hanks, or Sylvester Stallone, with an outside chance of Keanu reeves and Arnold schwarzenegger.

how many times do you think you'll go out to the movies this summer?

[tailor STATELY]

Maybe one. Indiana Jones sounds good... and maybe that anywhere somewhere timeshare? movie if it's still playing.

How many of this year's best picture Oscar nominees' movies have you seen ?

[bounty]

I confess tailor I don't pay any attention to the academy awards so I never know whats been nominated. although I recently saw someone on jeopardy who in the anecdote/get to you know me part of the show mentioned she's made a point of watching every single "best picture" dating back to the beginning. I half think too that, my movie tastes are different than the academy's so the overlap would generally be small. id guess 0, maybe 1 or 2 at most but I wouldn't know which ones!

how many of the "fast and furious" movies have you seen?

[tailor STATELY]

googling "fast and furious"... hmmm, I viewed most of Fast Five at my sister-in-law's home, the one in Rio where they steal a safe from the police... (1)

How many years since you flew a kite ?

[bounty]

ive only seen 1 if hobbs and shaw count, but im not sure it does.

oh boy, wayyyyyyyy too many, probably 4 dozen at least. I have a pretty good yard for kite flying. maybeeeeee….

how about you?

[tailor STATELY]

About the same :(

How many coins are in your pocket right now ?...
If zero how long ago, the last time, did you have coins in your pocket ?

[bounty]

no coins right now, but I had some yesterday. so just 1 day. they don't stay there long though. when i get home i put them in a large antique jug with the intent of doing what with them when its full i know not yet.

if you were listening to instrumental versions of your favorite songs, for how many of them could you complete all (or most) of the lyrics?

[tailor STATELY]

songs: Not too many... my memory isn't as good as it used to be and now that I'm back in our choir it's proving to be problematical :(

How many rechargeable batteries are you reusing in your residence ?

[bounty]

no teleprompters in the choir! but surely songbooks yes?

just 4, and I think they are in a flashlight and an electric toothbrush, both of which I barely use.

imagine the tv shows you used to watch/still watch are of actual people and places, how many of them would you have liked to have been a part of?

ps: am reading the short stories in my breakfast at tiffany's book and when im through with that, i'll start the next oz book!

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songbooks: My sight is rapidly degenerating (a whole lotta Ctrl + going on web-browsing); my printed copy of last Sunday's selection had to be noted and marked everywhere due to all the key changes and timings (I don't read music)... 'twas a very tricksie piece for basses. Luckily I was sent an .mp3 of the bass part to study. I could barely read out of my hymnal for the prelude song.

oz: :)

telly: hard to tell... been binging Barney Miller lately, nearing the end :( ... that would be a kick... Gilligan's Island (lol). To be part of all the Scifi shows would be cool as long as I didn't have to wear a red shirt.

How many people on Gilligan's Island can you relate to favorably ?

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that's tough tailor, im sorry to hear that.

before I pick up oz I might finish my elvis Presley book too. its been really slow going and ive gotten to the point now where im just perusing stuff in order to move the story along. theres just way too much information.

there is a funny scene in the star trek reboot where kirk tells Chekov to go put on a red shirt, and Chekov kinda gulps and looks nervous, letting the fans know he knows that its not a good thing!

that's a fun question---on at least a distant level id say all of them, with mr and mrs Howell being a reach, and maybe Gilligan too a bit. how many times did he wreck their chances for rescue? 143?? in some ways, the skipper is a saint! the professor annnnnd mary annnn however are easy ones. i can easily imagine being friends with them, having them as neighbors, etc. skipper and ginger in the middle and who wouldn't want ginger as a neighbor??

how many series still out there to be binged-watched?

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re: binge - hard to say, keep finding stuff and keep re-watching stuff :)

How many jigsaw puzzles have you completed in the last 10-years ?

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a little while ago, last I looked, the local thrift store had the entire Hogan's heroes collection. next time im there i'll peek to see if they still have it.

zero jigsaw puzzles, but interestingly, my local library has a table set up for ongoing jigsaw puzzlers. there are at least 3 people who come in regularly, and add pieces over time until its completed, and the next one takes its place. the library actually loans out puzzles.

how many animals' names do you remember from all the tv shows/movies you've watched?

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re: library - cool :)

Arnold, Mister Ed, Lassie, Scout, Trigger, Rin Tin Tin, Kitty Cat, Flicka, Ruff, Ready, Flipper, Dino... many, many more.

How many times have you completely binge-watched your favorite binge-worthy show ?

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and scooby-doo!

I have a rin tin tin biography. that's kinda neat.


heck tailor, im just the opposite. unless im riding my bike while watching, I tend to slow-watch everything and make any one little thing last over many hours at least, often over days, and sometimes into many months. I still have some series and seasons from this past winter that I haven't finished. about the only thing I could presently see myself doing that with would be the four matrix movies but id have to have a particular person to join me and the likelihood of that happening is reallllllllllly small. so 0 for me.

how many US presidents can you name from just their images?

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27 Presidents I think...

How many times have you had to restart your router in the last month ?

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hmm, i could maybe eek out something right around 27 too.

I have dial-up so i'll expand the question to mean "re-dial"----at least once a day because the connection times out, so 30 to start, but I went ~a week without it, so lets make that number 24, and then at random times during the day, seemingly for no reason, I get disconnected. lets say that happens ~15-20 times. so anywhere between 39 and 44.

how many tv girls from your youth did you have a crush on? (and who was #1 on the list?)

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Lol... no idea how many. #1 ? Hmmm, prolly the pre-Mrs. Nelson.

How many times have you seen a "shooting star" ?

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is that ozzie and harriet tailor?

my #1 might have been Jeannie from I dream of Jeannie but I can think of at least a half dozen others who were close seconds.

oh too many to recollect. although its really been too long since ive taken a good long look at the night sky. I do remember once being at a drive-in movie theater during some scheduled meteor shower event, it was pretty neat.

how many kinds of apples to you know?

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lol... yeah right... same as your #1... no close seconds.

Apples: I know of many mac varieties through the years and Apples I, II, IIe, IIg, LISA... mac aquarium mod, iWatch, iPad, iPhone. I started with an Apple II clone in the early 80's called the Franklin ACE 1000 which I got by trading a car for (blue Geo Metro... wife had a car and I had a company car so my old Metro was redundant); it was my very first computer and I purchased like a 6" boxy monitor to go with it. In the 90's I started upgrading to macs purchased from a second hand dealer near Sacramento, prolly 5-different versions... still have some of the earlier macs including one in a closet which I've thought on occasion to turn into the aquarium mod :) I switched to windows OS machines before the colorful mac consoles came out.

How many times have you tipped the swear jar today ?

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nooooo tailor, apples as food, like granny smith and all her relatives.

one, but its early, i'll provide an update on the next post.

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Oh... granny smith, Washington Delicious, Cotton Candy, Pippen?, Gala, Golden Delicious, Crenshaw? (or is that a melon)... that's all off the top of my head, and Apple Hill being only 20 miles away or so.

How many different types of butterflies frequent your location ?

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what's your favorite apple?

I think I made it through the day with two visits to the swear jar.

the monarchs are by far the most visible, and the ones that look like them, the viceroys. other than that, im maybe only seeing another 2-3 different kinds, and that pretty rarely, so 5ish altogether. id have to guess id need to be looking more.

how many kinds of beans in your pantry/cupboards?

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apple: Golden Delicious

Jar: Kudos!

Butterflies: we haven't seen all that many either :(

Beans: 3-bean salad has three (but one of them is a red bean), chili beans, lima beams, red beans.... that's about it: 5

How many tires do you use for "landscaping", ie. lying around not on vehicles ?

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I don't know if I have ever had a golden delicious one tailor. I guess there are many dozens maybe well over a hundred apple varieties. there are a few wild apple/crab apple trees in my neighborhood. a few years ago I sliced some apples up and dried them. they came out pretty good. I didn't do a lot though because the deer love them.

why thank you---usually a "swear jar" visit would come from banging my head on something, or on the 47th attempt at sending an email and having it not work!

makes ya wonder if there is a sort of natural ebb and flow to butterflies.

just one tire, but its about to be put to good use in an out of sight way.

how many times have you been to a state fair and a county fair?

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I received a dozen Granny Smith apples at church 2- Sunday's ago that I'm still snacking on :) (Haven't eaten any of ours for some reason... mostly plums)

... never a State Fair, it's currently maybe 55 miles away on freeways I can't drive and usually around 100° - 110° F (37.8° - 43.3° C) Too hot, too far, too many people...

County fairs maybe 5 total (San Mateo & El Dorado (EDC) only). EDC fair is only a dozen miles away... last time I attended Paul Revere and the Raiders played circa 2002?

Same question ?

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ever try apples sprinkled with just a little salt?

100 degrees! your ice cream would melt before you got to eat it.

I went once to the Minnesota state fair, and had a huge dill pickle that took me a long time to eat. and two, maybe three times (that I remember) to my county fair when I was a kid. my grandpa used to take me. i live really close to the bordering county to the east and two to the south. making trips to all the county fairs would be pretty easy.

how many more weeks until lawn mowing season is over?

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No salt, thank you very much.

Oh, forgot I went to the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle with family... good and bad experience; very shortly we moved (back) to California :(

Lol... lawn mowing season doesn't exist for me; one quick weed whacking after Spring and the drought kills everything else; almost.

How many different brands of toothpaste have you tried ?

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you don't hear much about world's fairs these days. makes ya wonder if they even still have them.

I have no loyalty to toothpaste brands, so ive tried as many as there are---colgate, crest, aim, glean, pepsodent, close-up, aquafresh, and a half dozen others whose names are lost of obscurity. so ~13.

how many of your grade school and high school friends went by their nicknames as opposed to their given names?

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Looks like 13 or so in the last 25 years in one manner or another according to wikipedia, with Osaka (2025) and Belgrade (2027) planned next. The last was in Dubai (2021-2022) with Buenos Aires (Expo 2023) being cancelled :(

nicknames: most went by last names, then first names, and lastly some nicknames... the usual nicknames for some of my friends: mouth, the man... ~10 ??

How many times did it take you to get your driver's license ?

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you think the worlds fair folks would do well to coincide them with other huge events, like the Olympics for instance.

I only had one friend growing up who went by his nickname. I don't know where his nickname came from but no one used his given name.

just one thankfully. I think that was the case with most of us.

how many foreign languages do you know small polite phrases in, like "hello" or "please" or "thank you" etc.?

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5

How many apples have you eaten in the last week ?

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well now tailor, you cant just say the number! you have to show off your multi-lingual greeting skills! arrivederci!

no apples. fresh fruit is sooo expensive. however, I was at a convenience store yesterday and got an okay deal on a couple of bananas.

have probably asked this one before, or one very much like it----how many toppings would go on your dream pizza? money is no object!

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oh, forgot arrivederci, and some British English slang - 7

bananas good... been getting free apples and pears from friends, and my home plums of course with prune plums soon? and figs, albeit sparse this year.

Not too many: Linguiça, peperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon, mushrooms, black olives, three different cheeses topped with sprinkled parm. and thousand island dressing on the side.

How many school friends do you still keep contact with ?

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[Danik 2016]

Sorry guys for butting in!Linguiça in US!Then there is possibly also a Calabreza(Calabrian) pizza with or without onions and topped with mozzarella.
And what about the Californian pizza topped with cheese and canned fruits?

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Mmm... love linguiça... Linguiça and eggs is a real breakfast treat :)

Hadn't heard of Calabreza pizza but it sounds delicious... https://www.tastingtable.com/396619/the-real-difference-between-the-most-popular-types-of-pizza/

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ack danik, canned fruit on pizza! although I do love pineapple---I wonder what other fruit might work.

and hey, youre on the hook for tailors question: "How many school friends do you still keep contact with?"

(and i'll give you five dollars if you show up here regularly!)

[Danik 2016]

taylor:"Mmm... love linguiça... Linguiça and eggs is a real breakfast treat"

Looked at the pizza thread and was amazed at the different pizzas US produces. And the names are partly the same as ours but they designate very different dishes. Brazilian pizzas don´t differentiate crusts: simple fast food shops have only one type of crust, elegant pizza shops offer thin, medium and thick crusts and borders with or without cheese fillings, and that is that. None of your square pizzas which look much more like a cake.

No, the difference is in the toppings and their variety of it.Have a look here guys:https://caminhoslanguages.com/blog/brazilian-pizza/

Note: Pizza Calabreza would be the Calabrian pizza. Though taylor´s link doesn´t give the details of the toppings our Calabreza looks like the pizza on the photo of the Calabrian. Mostly Linguiça calabreza, a kind of sausage, with or without onions, with or without cheese.

bounty: "ack danik, canned fruit on pizza! although I do love pineapple---I wonder what other fruit might work."
The tread above forgot to mention "Pizza à Califórnia" among the dessert pizzas. Califonian pizzas with Pepperoni- No never, jamais!
Actually I think the topping originated not as a pizza topping, but as an usual Christmas and New Year favorite garnishing for the Christmas turkey or the Christmas duck: The most usual canned fruit employed are canned peaches, figs and pineapples and fresh cherries. The cheese is added only in the pizza topping.
https://www.tripadvisor.com.br/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g2344078-d5396564-i156917120-Viareggio-Bebedouro_State_of_Sao_Paulo.html

[Danik 2016]

Editing of the post above not possible so completing here.

and hey, youre on the hook for tailors question: "How many school friends do you still keep contact with?"

(and i'll give you five dollars if you show up here regularly!)

With no one as I changed school very often and also was very shy. But I keep in contact we some friends of the University.Most of them have grandchildren now.

How many schools did you visit and where?

As for bounty´s bounteous offer, it is very tempting:D! I wont promise to participate regularly though as some themes are very US and I won´t disturb your moments of reminescence. But I follow the thread and if you allow, will but in sometimes.(:

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I think you can add cheese to any fruit and have it be a good combination---I see though the "fruit pizza" doesn't seem to have tomato sauce. that would have been the weird disqualifying factor. cheese sounds okay with bananas. tomato sauce and bananas though, bleech!

noooooooo danik, youre very invited and maybe the themes will start to become more international or generic.

oh gee---that's almost impossible to answer. when you play sports in school, you go to oodles of different schools to play. unless you mean something else by "visit" danik?

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Prefer no fruit on my pizza... tried pineapple for a while, but I'm over it.

Schools, not including chess tournaments/or otherwise:

3-elementary: Seattle/San Mateo, CA
2-JHS: San Mateo/Stockton, CA
1-HS: Newark, CA
1-Uni: Hayward, CA
1-JC: Saratoga, CA (1-day/1-class)... I usually forget this one (lol)
1-Tech: Santa Clara, CA

How many times has your power gone out in the last year ? (can't keep track here... too many times :( )

[Danik 2016]

Thanks, bounty@!:"I think you can add cheese to any fruit and have it be a good combination---I see though the "fruit pizza" doesn't seem to have tomato sauce. that would have been the weird disqualifying factor. cheese sounds okay with bananas. tomato sauce and bananas though, bleech! " The fruit on the pizza are either combined with mozzarella or, more usually, with a milder more creamy sort of cheese called "catupiry" after it´s trade mark. I don´t recollect it having tomato sauce. The dessert pizzas don´t.

"oh gee---that's almost impossible to answer. when you play sports in school, you go to oodles of different schools to play. unless you mean something else by "visit" danik?" I used the wrong verb. I mean: to how many schools did you go?

@tailor: I wonder if I remember my schools as well as you do:

1Preschool-Assis-SP
3 elementary schools, I think all in SP
3 secondary schools RJ (Rio de Janeiro
Universidade de São Paulo- grad and after.

I think it is more than a year ago that power has gone out.

How many music videos/cds/streaming and which did you watch/hear in the last days?

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hmm, thanks to my way too expensive but otherwise new super fast internet, maybe 8-9?

a couple inspired by tailor's "smithereens" post, a couple old ones from the 2017 season of "the voice" (chloe kohanski), a few by garbage performing im only happy when it rains (my favorite is the "duet" with Chrissy hynde) and a re-run of (I had shared this with tailor before) heart performing stairway to heaven at the kennedy center honors from 2012.

an oldie but a goodie, how many pages left in the book youre presently reading?

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Congratulations ! i'm only happy when it rains... on the soundtrack of Captain Marvel :)

42

How many days since you last changed a lightbulb ?

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im delayed in the responding tailor so im guessing maybe you are finished with your last 42 pages.

yes, when she steals the motorcycle and heads off in search of her memories.

hmmm, within the last 20ish I think. I had a nifty three-pronged LED jobbie in my garage, and I dropped it, seemingly breaking it, so I had to put in a new old fashioned bulb.

remember the disaster that was those curlie-q bulbs? more expensive, less light, toxic components, etc.

how many teaspoons of sugar in your coffee or tea?

[Danik 2016]

Used to be 3. Now 0 because I have to avoid sugar. So no coffee or tea any more.
How many books do you read in a month (aproximately)?

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re: books - although I'm an avid and constant reader I average less than 1-book/month.

42 is nod to Douglas Adams... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/for-math-fans-a-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-number-42/

re: sugar - doesn't go well in peppermint tea and I haven't had coffee in 18+ years, so... 0.

How many trips to the hardware store in the last month ?

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good timing on that one tailor. I own property and we spent the day yesterday (and will be part of today) working on a leak. two trips to the local hardware store, one to home depot, and three to our basement supply storage area.

so either 3 or 6 depending on how you reckon.

this doesn't technically count, but we just put a new roof on a house we own and that necessitated a half dozen visits to lumber supply stores.

danik, I use flavored water to sweeten my tea. it works really well.

I remember "42" from a big bang theory episode where raj and howard are trying to figure out why Sheldon has the number 37 (if I remember rightly) written on a white board in a basement supply room.

how many movies on your "I wanna see this" list?

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Yeah, I've been told it isn't a project, or a project done right, unless you've been to the hardware store at least 3-times.

Sheldon's #37 was a hoot :)

Movies ? Just 2 and I'll prolly have to wait: "everywhere, somewhere, and something"? and Oppenheimer.

How many of your neighbors have kitschy Pink Flamingoes in their yard ?

[Danik 2016]

Lol!
0 as everybody lives in skyscrapers without gardens or yards. Sometimes there are garages instead. So no place for kitchy flamingos.
I don't know if we have flavored water here. Anyway thanks for the suggestion.
How many cups of water do you drink per day?

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I haven't peeked at this yet tailor, but I plan to:

https://outdoordiscoverer.com/25-classic-movies-that-should-be-on-everyones-bucket-list/

i liked the early BBT episodes (all in re-runs) but I don't like the later ones really. same with young Sheldon.

danik im sure you do---little packets of artificially sweetened crystals that you drop in the water. all the grocery stores and all the "dollar" type stores here have them and theres dozens of flavors. when will you be going food shopping next?

i'll keep my eyes peeled for pink flamingoes as I ride around.

I don't drink plain water at home---I have a well and the water tastes like minerals but when I add the aforementioned flavoring, I drink probably at least 3-4 cups a day. a little more if im doing the 20ish mile roundtrip bike ride into the nearby city.

if tailor's dreaded zombie apocalypse happened tomorrow, how many weeks worth of food do you have in your house so that you don't have to venture out and get eaten?

[Danik 2016]

Very little bounty . I often buy ready food like rice, potatoes and meat and mix fresh vegetables into the rice or whatever
. This food usually lasts for one or two days. During pandemics I had more food at home.
With the present heat, I think I drink about 6 cups of water a day.
How many good movies have you seen this year?

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Maybe 10 good streaming movies, some I'd seen before... nothing good in my few theater visits.

How many sources do you use for current events ?

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so tailor, if the zombie apocalypse comes, and the mail service is still operating, we'll have to send danik some food.

I just stopped my DISH-tv service, so no more news on the telly. a teeny bit of radio when im in the garage (it comes on with the lights). everything else is online. I regularly go to a place where there are 4-5 sister sites of news and commentary, so I don't know if that counts as 1, or 4-5!

my "home page" is msn, but that's a conglomeration of many different sites for a variety of news. and since ive got high speed internet now, I was able to resurrect my "myyahoo" page, which also has modules from a variety of places covering different aspects of life.

one might say 4, one being my sister sites, one being msn, one being yahoo, and one being the radio but the middle two have a myriad of iterations. so maybe the answer is 4 to many dozens.

danik, since you are upside down below the equator, this one might be just for tailor---how many weeks until you might get your first snowfall?

[Danik 2016]

Hi, bounty
I hope you hadn't to stop your telly news because of the high speed internet.
My internet pages are similar as yours they have several sources, in Portuguese they are called portals. I have got portal U O L, MSN and CBN Brazil and also Deut hug ýý makesamong others,but many sites are behind paywalls. That makes four.
At 35 grades Celsius I pass the snow question on to tailor.

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re: food - ok

re: Snowfall possibility usually no earlier than late November... I'll estimate 10 weeks, just after Thanksgiving. (35°C × 9/5) + 32 = 95°F... very warm Spring days for S.P. )

How many ice cubes in your fridge (estimate) ?

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no more telly danik---the internet is expensive, the actual physical tv was starting to breakdown, and I found a few different websites that have free tv and movies. i'll miss some things, but gain others. the end result of all the recent additions and subtractions of services is that i'll be spending about 700-800 dollars less per year.

we usually get some snowflakes in late October, but it rarely stays on the ground.

no ice cubes but I have two of those little plastic things with frozen water inside them that work like ice cubes. I also have, though I don't have them in my freezer, plastic cups that have an inner and outter layer with water in between them that can be frozen. pretty nifty.

in your usual travels---whats the most iterations of any one type of commercial enterprise? for instance, my area has 3 dollar general stores I frequently pass by (or visit). we're about to get a 3rd tim Horton's.