Game: This or That

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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!"

[Danik 2016]

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?

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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?

[Danik 2016]

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?

[Danik 2016]

Posting connection still slow

http://www.online-literature.com/for...streply&t=2448

[tailor STATELY]

Internet

Honey or Maple Syrup ?

[Lendo]

I'm not a fan of honey or maple syrup... but if i had to choose, i would go with honey.

México or Canada?

[Danik 2016]

Canada because I know it better than Mexico.

Oranges or grapes?

[Lendo]

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?

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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)?

[Sancho]

Legal, I enjoy the argumentation and confrontation.

Also, bounty, Strand books failed me. No dice finding the Koppett book there. I'll keep my eyes peeled.

First-person narrators:
Straight up (Nick Carraway) or Unreliable (Holden Caulfield)?

[Danik 2016]

Unreliable narrators. They are much more interesting.

Novels focused on plot (Stevenson, Dickens, F. Cooper) or on the subjective impressions and feelings of the characters (Virginia Woolf, Joyce)?

[Lendo]

Unreliable narrators. They are much more interesting.

Novels focused on plot (Stevenson, Dickens, F. Cooper) or on the subjective impressions and feelings of the characters (Virginia Woolf, Joyce)?

I like both styles, but i'll go with the novels focused on the characters. I enjoy a novel that reflect's on human nature, our behavior, how we deal with certain issues.

John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan?

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Sancho---give amazon or ebay a try, one or the other's bound to have it, maybe for a penny even!

danik---I tried reading "mrs Dalloway" once. ack!

im not old enough to remember kennedy, and while I understand he was a relative moderate by todays "democratic party" standards, im a conservative leaning libertarian, so im going to lean towards Reagan.

the martian with matt damon, or abbott & Costello go to mars?

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Sancho---give amazon or ebay a try, one or the other's bound to have it, maybe for a penny even!

danik---I tried reading "mrs Dalloway" once. ack!

im not old enough to remember kennedy, and while I understand he was a relative moderate by todays "democratic party" standards, im a conservative leaning libertarian, so im going to lean towards Reagan.

the martian with matt damon, or abbott & Costello go to mars?