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oh that's a toughie lendo because for me it comes down to only ever having read 1984, animal farm, and a brave new world and I liked them both.
slight lean towards orwell as his work, though maybe this is debatable on a much finer level, seems more believable. in fact I think that debate is actually out there---maybe i'll do some looking later.
hunger games, divergent, or maze runner?
If i had to choose, it would be Maze Runner. But neither of them is my type of movie.
Summer vacations in Hawai, or winter vacations in Switzerland?
Winter in Switzerland (given my locale)
Travel by luxury boat or business class plane?
Travel by luxury boat, for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by tonywalt
1 year without watching a movie or 1 year without reading a book?
for sure the movie, id miss them, but reading is both a daily habit and pleasure. plus they'd be easier to catch up with binge watching after the years up!
chess or backgammon?
Chess.Quote:
Originally Posted by bounty
Nightclubs or bars?
Bars (but the pub kind).
Paris or London?
I never visited London, but i already spent vacations in Paris and i loved it, so i'll go with the french capital.Quote:
Originally Posted by tonywalt
New York or Los Angeles? (i have never been to the US)
New York (LA's not really a real place)
Homer or Virgil?
What do you mean by "is not really a real place"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
I go with Homer, since he was the most influential of that Era, even to Virgil.
Albert Camus or Franz Kafka?
You see, that's how they do you in California - you think there's an LA, you've always heard about it, you may have even been there, seen it with your own eyes, but pull back the curtain and AH-HAH, it doesn't really exist. It's all smoke and mirrors. If you ask me, I think Hollywood is somehow involved.
In all seriousness, when I think of NYC I think of Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, (and sometimes Staten Island). I can see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. But when I think of LA, I don't know what I'm thinking of - Wilshire Blvd? Sepulveda? The 405? The 10? That's it! Voila! I'm on to something here! LA is just a huge car park. It goes from San Burdoo to the coast, and probably from San Diego to Santa Barbara. It's yuge. I can't wrap my mind around it. Either it's too big or my brain is too small (or both).
That said, San Francisco is a real place.
Albert Camus. Love his novels.
The Hebrew Bible or Homer's Odyssey?
Sancho, you being a baseball fan and you left out the home of the mets! (by the way, im reading a very enjoyable baseball book)
well, im going to hedge. for spiritual reasons, the bible, but for ease of reading and reading pleasure, the odyssey. so maybe one in the morning and the other in the evening? but im running contrary to the spirit of the game aren't I?
knowing it is profitable for my soul, i'll go bible.
salsa (the food, not the dance)---hot, medium or mild?
It depends on the entire dish. But i'll go with hot.
New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox?
Bo-Sox.
Only because a few of years ago, on a hot summer night, with a couple of good friends, I had the opportunity to go to Fenway and watch Anaheim squeak one out against Boston. It was a weeknight in late summer and the Sox were last in their division, meaning the game didn't mean Jack, but the place was packed. We sat in the grandstands next to a huge Mexican dude who was wearing an equally huge, bright-red t-shirt emblazoned with an Angel's A. Needless to say we got pelted with peanuts for 9 innings. Great fun. Boston is a great baseball town.
Bounty, old friend, I can't believe In my earlier post I left out Queens. Home of the Mets. Natural enemies of the Braves (my team). What was I thinking? Anyway, I knew my question was an impossible one, and you navigated it superbly, although I believe both those books can be good for the soul.
So then, since we're on the topic:
Ball Park or Gridiron
Ball Park
CNN or FOX ?
^an excruciatingly bleak choice.
PUNT
I choose NPR
(Incidentally, years ago, I posed this very question on this very thread, and emily(bunch-o-nums) responded with exactly the same response.
Mother Jones or National Review?
Mother Jones, although National Review is a well written periodical that does not get in the slough.
3rd person or 1st person books?
Sancho, I appreciate your kindness, thank you. smiles...
the baseball book im reading (in the last chapter) is leonard koppett's "the thinking fan's guide to baseball"--its been a pretty good read. speaking of your braves---I just read in the book that when hank aaron was traded from Atlanta to Milwaukee at the end of his career, he ended up playing in the same stadium he started at there.
that's a fun question tony. I think because so many books we read are 3rd person, i see the 1st person books as special treats.
however, I think I could easily live with all books being 3rd person as compared to living with all books being 1st person.
so which perspective am I answering from? ack! laughs...
im going to go with 1st person books as treats.
earl grey or English breakfast tea?
English Breakfast - Earl Grey tastes like soap to me.
Steak or Lobster?
Steak, since lobster would take me to bankruptcy! ahah
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon or Conan?
Conan, dig the hair, also he appeals to my Irish side (ack, ack, ack, always after me lucky charms)
Thanks for the book rec', bounty, I looked for it at a B&N - no dice. Gonna be in Manhattan on Friday, so I'll check at Stand Books.
Cato or Cicero?
Cato...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2l5Yt6LBfoQuote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
(Cicero lacked the element of surprise)
Limburger or Provolone?
Limberger
cashews or peanuts?
peanuts
mango juice or apple juice?
lemme know if you get the book Sancho and end up reading (and hopefully) liking it. its just a little bit dated, you might have better success finding it online at one of the used places.
oh no way danik! cashews are the best! laughs...although sometimes pistachios can beat 'em! now that I am thinking of it though, have you ever had "beer nuts"---those are made with peanuts (I think) and those are right up there too.
totally provolone over limburger. though the latter's making me think of my love for abbott and Costello.
which is a nice segue into the marx brothers, or abbott and Costello?
Abbott & Costello
Archaeology/ancient human civilizations or dino & pre-dino-paleontology ?
Never heard of "beer nuts", bounty, but I love cashew nuts too! But they are very expensive.
Certainly dinos, real and fictional ones!
winter or summer sports?
SUMMER
that said, my favorite winter "sport" is sitting in my wingback chair, next to my potbellied stove, reading a book
Mid Caps or Large Caps for 2017?
SUMMER
that said, my favorite winter "sport" is sitting in my wingback chair, next to my potbellied stove, reading a book
Mid Caps or Large Caps for 2017?
Sounds cozy!
Large Caps!
Beer or wine?
Sancho, ive got a number of investment products and one of them is a bridgeway bluechip 35, which if memory serves me rightly, is all large caps. it did pretty well last year and so im sticking with it again.
danik, I don't know if "beer nuts" have their equivalent in other countries, but I suspect they must.
they are peanuts with a sort of honey (and I think sugar or salt) glazing over them. its been a long long time since ive had any. i'll have to keep my eyes peeled to see if they are still even being made.
im a tea-totaller so neither for me, but theres something about each drinks' culture that I find appealing. based on that aspect, i'll go with beer.
coke or pepsi?
(or if you are a Saturday night like fan "no coke, pepsi!"
Yes, we call them "sweet peanuts"
I seldom drink coke or pepsi. I prefer orange Fanta to or guaraná, our national soft drink:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarana
tea, coffee or cocoa?
that was a fun read---I notice we have that primary ingredient in some of the stuff we drink here---monster and red bull for instance.
i love tea. i drink it most every morning and treat myself on weekends to some specialty tea. usually that's earl grey or English breakfast or lady grey (lady lipton), but for Christmas i got a gift set of tea that's got all sorts of interesting flavors---pomegranate green tea, and other stuff like that.
ah but danik youre in a restaurant, you want something badly to drink, you don't trust the water, and the waiter asks you, "coke or pepsi or I will shoot the diner next to you!" what do you say?
Lol. In this urgent case a coke. A relative of mine worked many years for Coca Cola.
I love tea too. But as Brazilians usualy prefer coffee, the national black tea is not very good, and Lady Grey, Earl Grey, Breakfast and so on you get only as an imported product. In Rio Grande do Sul and in Argentina people also drink mate:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_(beverage)
In Argentina tea is much cheaper and better than here. I brought classic black tea and earl grey with me.
Internet or TV?
Posting connection still slow
http://www.online-literature.com/for...streply&t=2448
Internet
Honey or Maple Syrup ?
I'm not a fan of honey or maple syrup... but if i had to choose, i would go with honey.
México or Canada?
Canada because I know it better than Mexico.
Oranges or grapes?
Oranges. Although i like grapes too. But not only i like oranges... but Portugal has the best ones in the world... so i have to stand by a national product ahah
Simpsons or Family Guy?
danik I appreciate your lengthy reply earlier---and yes, you have to go with coke out of family loyalty!
lendo I like both but prefer family guy for its irreverence and edgier social commentary. and I think stewie is one of the funniest things on tv.
legal thrillers (like john grisham) or medical thrillers (like robin cook)?