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KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » March 26th, 2020, 7:18 am

lurcherlover wrote: ↑March 26th, 2020, 6:48 am I have to be honest and say that I'm 99 years and 11 months old and I'm not so successful (very recently) at chatting up young ladies who are 80 years younger than me. I can still do a four minute mile in under 1 minute and can still drink 9 pints of strong beer in under half an hour. But I can no longer croak into my very good mics to read a best seller written in 1924 or even earlier. Sometimes after I've walked 15 miles I need to sit on the couch for ten minutes to recover, but then I'm off again for another 15 miles. (Unless my dog needs a rest ...)

You're slowing down a bit, aren't you, Grandson?

linny · Post by **linny** » March 26th, 2020, 8:21 am

* How old are you: 51
* Favorite color: Deep purple
* Pets: 1 cat (my family refers to her as Satan Kitty) and a turtle (my Sister named the poor thing Soup)

* Sunrise or Sunset: Both, sunrise for the peace of it. Sunset when it includes a glass of wine and my husband by my side.
* Ocean or Mountains: Both. Ocean for the sound and exceptional naps. Mountains for the beauty, especially in the Fall.
* Favorite food: Vegan
* Favorite pie: Pumpkin (I get it every year for my birthday)
* Steak or Seafood: Seafood - although I do have red meat a couple of times a year.

* Italian or Chinese: Chinese
* Chocolate or Vanilla: I'm assuming this is an ice cream question. I can't eat it but when I could I loved French Bean Vanilla.
* How many tattoos: 0 - Well, I got a henna tattoo once while on vacation.
* Ever hit a deer: No
* Rode in an ambulance: Yes. Volunteer; lots of times. I drove myself to the hospital when I had appendicitis but they transferred me by ambulance to another hospital for the surgery.
* Ice skated: Yes, but only when I was much younger and could 'bounce' better.
* Rode a motorcycle: Yes, passenger only.
* Stayed in the hospital: Yes. 1-birth (I don't remember), 2-when I dropped to a scary weight and couldn't eat anything (before they knew what lactose intolerance was and it became a fad), 3-observation after fainting while pregnant, 4-appendicitis.
* Favorite season: Spring - other than the allergies.
* Broken Bones: 1 toe, taped it and went to ballet class.

realisticspeakers · Post by **realisticspeakers** » March 26th, 2020, 12:38 pm

SonOfTheExiles wrote: ↑March 26th, 2020, 3:41 am
The Mission Impossible data-retrieval team will be inserted at midnight.

Two weeks from now, I'm going to have the original theme song in my head, with bongos and everything, wondering why. why.

JayKitty76 · Post by **JayKitty76** » March 26th, 2020, 4:30 pm

How old are you: Not gonna get me with that one, EJ

Favorite color: Mint, or ocean blue
Pets: 4 cats (Aslan, Lucy, Kit, and Royal) and a dog (Emmy)
Sunrise or Sunset: Sunset
Ocean or Mountains: Ocean
Favorite food: omg real nachos, tortas, cheeseburgers, caesar salads, tteokbokki, ramen... I can't pick just one

I love food in general.
Steak or Seafood: I like sushi but a good steak is hard to beat as well.
Italian or Chinese: Italian. I love pasta. Pasta is heaven's food.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Strawberry, strawberry, strawberry...
How many tattoos: None
Ever hit a deer: No, I'd cry if I ever hit one
Ice skated: Heck yeah, I love ice skating!
Rode a motorcycle: Once, and I crashed it. Not on the highway though.
Stayed in the hospital: No, thank Jesus.
Favorite season: Late spring if it's sunny (not rainy) and the sakura have blossomed
Broken bones: I've never had a single broken bone, not even from the motorcycle crash, but I knelt on the edge of a Lego once while jumping onto the couch, which imho is almost as bad

fiddlesticks · Post by **fiddlesticks** » March 27th, 2020, 5:21 pm

This has been so much fun to read through I must join in!

* How old are you: 26
* Favorite color: Purple/Yellow
* Pets: Cat (Little Dorrit) Dog (Thornton Dodger) Chinchilla (Chinook) And someday soon hopefully a Corgi!
* Sunrise or Sunset: Sunrise, I don't like mornings or evenings, but when camping I often get up to watch the sun rise and seldom watch it set.
* Ocean or Mountains: Ocean, or any body of water. combination is of course the best.
* Favorite food: Ice Cream, despite that it makes me sick, I eat it anyways

* Favorite pie: Strawberry Rhubarb
* Steak or Seafood: Steak
* Italian or Chinese: Chinese
* Chocolate or Vanilla: Both
* How many tattoos: 0
* Ever hit a deer: No, but a really close call three times just this past year
* Rode in an ambulance: No
* Ice skated: Yes, lots, took lessons one about 15 years ago
* Rode a motorcycle: No, but on a quad yes!
* Stayed in the hospital: Not overnight, just an hour or so once to get stitches
* Favorite season: Fall
* Broken Bones: Nope, but have a few stitches on the top of my foot!

LikeManyWaters · Post by **LikeManyWaters** » March 27th, 2020, 5:42 pm

Why not?

* How old are you: almost 38
* Favorite color: Turquoise
* Pets: Freshwater Aquarium: Gourami, Platty, Molly, Snails; Nano Reef Tank: Damselfish, Corals, Snails, Shrimp, etc.
And....getting a Bengal kitten in two weeks!

* Sunrise or Sunset: Both
* Ocean or Mountains: Ocean (without the crowds, preferably tropical)
* Favorite food: Cheese
* Favorite pie: my daughter's Apple Pie
* Steak or Seafood: Seafood
* Italian or Chinese: Chinese
* Chocolate or Vanilla: Cherry Vanilla, no Pistachio
* How many tattoos: 0
* Ever hit a deer: No
* Rode in an ambulance: No
* Ice skated: Yes
* Rode a motorcycle: No
* Stayed in the hospital: for some of my births, but the home births were MUCH nicer.
* Favorite season: Summer, yes, even in 100 degree weather.

* Broken Bones: Forearm. ran in front of a tire swing with 3 kids on it in elementary school, flew gracefully through the air, had to convince parents it was slightly broken.

barbara2 · Post by **barbara2** » March 28th, 2020, 5:02 am

* How old are you: Younger than Nancy Pelosi
* Favourite colour: Deep rich red with a velvety sheen.
* Pets: 2 cats.
* Sunrise or Sunset: What's sunrise?
* Ocean or Mountains: Ocean to East of me, mountains to West of me...
* Favourite food: chocolate
* Favourite pie: caramel tart
* Steak or Seafood: Moreton Bay Bug
* Italian or Chinese: Italian!!!
* Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate (see above)
* How many tattoos: 0
* Ever hit a deer: No
* Rode in an ambulance: Food poisoning. The ambos were lovely.
* Ice skated: Yes! I was the pet of a grown-up cousin in the Ice Follies
* Rode a motorcycle: No.
* Stayed in the hospital: I only remember the good times
* Favourite season: Sub-tropical Winter
* Broken Bones: As a child I proved that there are only so many times you can
safely project yourself from a tree branch to roll down a sandhill.

linny · Post by **linny** » March 28th, 2020, 7:07 am

barbara2 wrote: ↑March 28th, 2020, 5:02 am * Ice skated: Yes! I was the pet of a grown-up cousin in the Ice Follies

That must have been great fun!

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » March 28th, 2020, 8:19 am

I'll join the fun:

* How old are you: 62
* Favourite colour: Royal Blue
* Pets: None
* Sunrise or Sunset: Sunset
* Ocean or Mountains: Mountains
* Favourite food: Mom's home-made spaghetti meat sauce
* Favourite pie: Coconut custard
* Steak or Seafood: Both (surf and turf)
* Italian or Chinese: Italian
* Chocolate or Vanilla: Raspberry
* How many tattoos: 0 (if humans were meant to have pictures or words on their body, they'd be born with them

)
* Ever hit a deer: Twice, both minor bumps, the deer were fine. Then there was the time many years ago when a deer jumped over my SUV while I was driving down a highway.
* Rode in an ambulance: Yes
* Ice skated: Yes, when I was a teen
* Rode a motorcycle: No
* Stayed in the hospital: Yes, when I was 4 years old
* Favourite season: Summer
* Broken Bones: No

julianpratley · Post by **julianpratley** » March 30th, 2020, 12:52 am

This looks like fun

* How old are you: 23
* Favorite color: Anything but orange
* Pets: 2 dogs, 5 chickens
* Sunrise or Sunset: Sunrises are prettier but harder to see
* Ocean or Mountains: Both but mountains if I really had to choose
* Favorite food: Can't beat a homemade pizza
* Favorite pie: Pumpkin
* Steak or Seafood: Vegetarian
* Italian or Chinese: Italian
* Chocolate or Vanilla: Are we talking ice cream? I love a good vanilla ice cream
* How many tattoos: 0
* Ever hit a deer: No
* Rode in an ambulance: As a kid with some monster nose bleeds
* Ice skated: Very poorly
* Rode a motorcycle: Noooope
* Stayed in the hospital: You bet
* Favorite season: Autumn definitely has the nicest weather here
* Broken Bones: No

realisticspeakers · Post by **realisticspeakers** » March 30th, 2020, 3:45 am

Oh you missed an opportunity:

DACSoft wrote: ↑March 28th, 2020, 8:19 am * How old are you: 62
* Favourite colour: Royal Blue
* Pets:Kangaroo

schrm · Post by **schrm** » March 30th, 2020, 6:41 am

* How old are you: 42
* Favorite color: red and green. i think, i'm slightly colorblind: blue and yellow are rather gray for me. but i do lke gray more than blue. yellow is a wonderful color for curtains,i thought. then i read, that that is a sign for schizoprenia...
* Pets: 4 cats and some spiders, which i "love" for eating mosquitoes
* Sunrise or Sunset: sunrises from my kitchen window. sometimes, we have them, because there are less mountains or they are far away. i used 2 pics of sunrises from my kitchen window in cover designs. sunsets i don't know. i assume, i have to go up the mountains to see them. and i'm not this kind of evening person.
* Ocean or Mountains: i love vacations at the sea, despite never doing that, but live in the mountains. the same feeling of endless beauty and wide horizons i saw, when living in a flat area. and i'm not a ship-person. so, there you go: neither. but i saw sunsets and sunrises there, which have beaten every single one i ever saw in the mountains.
* Favorite food: not sure. but i love spinach and omelettes, eg.
* Favorite pie: we eat several sort of cakes here, and rarely pies or these buttercreme cakes which are liked elsewhere. linzerkuchen or karotte-nuss kuchen.
* Steak or Seafood: veggies
* Italian or Chinese: you do mean food, i hope? i mean, not cannibalistic, eh?
* Chocolate or Vanilla: vanilla. in icecream berries, stracciatella, citron or malaga. but i should avoid eating milk-products..
* How many tattoos: 0 - but i have some funky scars
* Ever hit a deer: no. but i killed a toad in front of our office

i didn't even realize it and saw it the next day. it wasn't dead, instantly - i hate cars for being like that and feel ashamed and sad about it, to this day.
* Rode in an ambulance: yes, as a child. i remember it, even.
* Ice skated: well, once...
* Rode a motorcycle: with my dad, yes. i tried making the license and failed miserably. but i loved my moped and use a scooter.
* Stayed in the hospital: yes
* Favorite season: warm and rainy
* Broken Bones: no

i am too chatty for this, this is really breaking my privacy needs i think.

jennlea · Post by **jennlea** » April 1st, 2020, 7:10 am

I'll play along as well:

* How old are you: 39
* Favorite color: Pink
* Pets: 2 dogs and 2 birds
* Sunrise or Sunset: Both! Sunrise for the peacefulness, sunset for the beauty. We have lovely sunsets here with our mountains. They appear pink as the sun is setting.
* Ocean or Mountains: Both. I live in the valley of a mountain and love it. However, I long to be next water.
* Favorite food: Mac and cheese.
* Favorite pie: Cherry
* Steak or Seafood: Surf and turf would be my choice here.
* Italian or Chinese: Chinese
* Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
* How many tattoos: 0
* Ever hit a deer: No but been in a car that came close and it was scary.
* Rode in an ambulance: Nope
* Ice skated: Yes, though not very gracefully!
* Rode a motorcycle: No. Don't want to.
* Stayed in the hospital: Yes...the birth of my son.
* Favorite season: I would say spring except for the terrible winds and allergies here, so I'll go with fall.
* Broken Bones: No

schrm · Post by **schrm** » April 1st, 2020, 7:39 am

Rapunzelina wrote: ↑March 30th, 2020, 7:19 am

* Italian or Chinese: you do mean food, i hope?
I also automatically assumed food. But it could be other things, like cinema, architecture or fashion!

i am too chatty for this, this is really breaking my privacy needs i think.
yes, I was surprised to see you reply, but don't worry; you are among friends

the more complicated it gets..
i like both, even in music.
but there will always be an asian who is way better than you

thx for consoling me a bit!

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » April 1st, 2020, 7:45 am

* How old are you: Precambrian
* Favorite color: I wore a pink oxford before it was popular.
* Pets: Charlie, my cat
* Sunrise, Sunset: Yes, I enjoyed 'Fiddler on the Roof' very much.
* Ocean or Mountains: Woods.
* Favorite food: Most anything prohibited to me.
* Favorite pie: Yes
* Steak or Seafood: Largely an ovo-lacto vegetarian now
* Italian or Chinese: Portuguese
* Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
* How many tattoos: 0
* Ever hit a deer: No, but if I caught the one who eats from my asparagus patch...
* Rode in an ambulance: No (Crosses himself.)
* Ice skated: Yes. (Shouldn't the question 'Broken bones?' come next?)
* Rode a motorcycle: Yes, but I sold mine in the end and rather reluctantly.
* Stayed in the hospital: I won't go!
* Favorite season: Autumn, tweeds, bonfires, all that.
* Broken Bones: Yes, while wearing a Superman costume. (Wouldn't you like to hear more of that!)