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I call them house shoes.

Hot tub or sauna?

Lou

I must've missed that last, and I'm with you: archaeological tour beats safari. I've done some ancient North American sites* and some Roman and prehistoric Britain sites, but I still have Pompeii and a smattering of other places on my list.

*In early September a cousin and I are going to Newfoundland to explore a Viking settlement. Quite looking forward to that!

Ancient buildings tour for me. I should have been an archaeologist.

Do you call them house shoes or slippers?

Lou

Beachcombing/metal detecting (if I had one)

Animal safari or ancient buildings tour?

Lou

Well, I waited, but - I'm back in the game. ;-)

Music over television.

A play: "live" beats film every time, IMHO.

At the shore - beachcombing or surfing?

Listen to music

Go to a movie theater or to a play?

Lou

Sun for yard work and sunning and the beach and a pool if I had one.

Moon for evening walks.

Watch television or listen to music?

Lou

Shower - quick, efficient, convenient.

Moon or sun?

Jump rope.

Hula hoop is fun but I can't do it as long as jump rope.

Bath or shower?

Lou

Prefer desk model.

Jump rope or hula hoop?

Lately, I have gravitated toward unsalted.


Computer -- laptop or desk model?

Lou

"My people" (love that phrase) were all from upstate NY and New England. There was no such thing as "lunch." The midday meal was "dinner," and we sat at the "dinner table." (Exception being if you had a lunch pail - never a lunch box.) The evening meal was always supper - and yes, we were at the supper table. Funny the little things you remember when you look back...

Swimming: IF I could swim (which I can't) it would have to be in a pool. I'd still want to know where the bottom was. I don't trust farm ponds and the like; I've seen too many fair-sized snapping turtles for that, not to mention water snakes. Lakes have that "Where's the bottom?!?" thing going on, and so do oceans - plus with oceans come riptides. I admit it! I AM that cowardly soul!!!

Ahem.

My mother taught me to drive in a VW beetle. When I (after much practice and great concern about the endurance of the transmission) got good enough that I never stalled it or rolled back on hills, she had me start reversing up hills... stop... back up some more... stop... back up... *sigh* I never did get the hang of that, and the whole experience was so traumatizing I didn't get my license until I was 40. With a Dodge Omni automatic. ;-)

Peanuts: salted or plain? ;-)

Some people from southern U.S. states, such as my mom and grandmother, referred to the noonday meal as supper, while those of northerners call it lunch. We all called our evening meal dinner. Strange how our customs develop.

Driving? I can do both. Started with manual and still can drive one but find automatic much easier. What I will never do again, however, is what I did when I worked for an airline company and had a layover in San Francisco and rented a manual shift car to drive in that hilly city. D'oh!

Swimming ~~ Pool or ocean/sea/lake (big body of water)?

Lou

Edited by: IUHRYTR at: 9/22/2017 (14:48)

Supper.

Car: automatic or manual?

Ten past twelve.

Is your evening meal supper or dinner?

Lou

Had to look up definition of paleo.

That's definitely me, but not all of the time.

When telling time and it is, for example, a few minutes past noon, do you tell someone it is twelve-ten or ten past twelve?

Lou

Well, I had to laugh. I did the same thing except it was a ceiling in an old farmhouse. Had about four layers of old OLD wallpaper. We rented two steamers and it took us days. I thought my arms would never recover. If I had to do it over - I'd slap thin sheetrock over top and call it good, lol!

Chinese checkers. More fun to roll 'em across the board!

Vegan or paleo?

Edited by: KASEYCOFF at: 6/5/2017 (00:51)

PAINT

Is that definite enough after it took me three weeks to scrape old wallpaper off one of the house's bathroom's walls?

Prefer to play Chinese checkers or regular checkers?

Lou

Edited by: IUHRYTR at: 6/4/2017 (23:18)

Now there's another interesting coincidence: in the US I have a recliner - it was the wish of Himself that we have matching recliners, so I went along. (I am that get-along girl, lol.) We had a recliner-loveseat in the UK. I recently ditched it in favor of a two-seater sofa and a boxy old-style armchair with hassock for myself. I like my feet up, I don't like leaning back.

The rocking chair here in the US is for sale - I love it, but my ankles don't love sitting with my feet on the floor, and I cannot get on with rocking and having a footstool.

TMI? ;-)

So my answer must be - neither.

Painted walls or wallpaper?

I, too, recently have thought about pricing clarinet lessons. It has been a long time since my last one.

As for a patio, never had one so am guessing stone might look better.

Rocking chair or recliner?

Lou

Clarinet - coincidentally, a cousin and I were discussing taking up musical instruments because we'd read that it helps retain brainpower. I told her I'd consider the piccolo, because it's small and easy to cart around. That, plus I always wanted to play the high trilling part in "The Stars and Stripes Forever," lol.

Patio: brick or stone?

At first I thought you asked about Doctor. Eyes must be tired.

I'd say I would tend toward minimalist but not stark, just not clutter and piles of stuff.

If you don't already play one and wanted to learn, which would it be:

Clarinet or Saxophone?

Lou

Fake, but it's gotta look really real. ;-)

Decor: minimalist or bohemian?

Both, meat lovers, actually.

Real fireplace or fake?

Lou

If at a ballgame = hot dog. Grilling = both.

Pepperoni or sausage pizza?

Lou

Spring

Hot dog or hamburger?

Ewww, neither. French Toast. :)

Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall?

Hot

Pancakes or waffles?

Oh, sitcoms. But I don't like the ones that are done reality-TV style (though I'm okay with reality TV).

Cold or Hot breakfast?

As a general rule, mustard: I even prefer mustard on mashed potatoes (gravy, yuck; butter, eh), thanx to Jimmy Crawley.

In general, given the abundance of options, do you prefer sitcoms or soap operas?

Newspaper, but all taken with the proverbial grain of salt.

Mustard or mayonnaise?

Lou

We had a near escape with a number of our libraries in danger of being closed last year due to lack of funding. So I've made a conscious choice to support them as much as possible - hence, I go to the library more than bookstores, at least when I'm looking for things to read "for fun."

Not to mention it saves money, of course. ;-)

Triple choice this time. Your favorite news source: television, newspaper, or internet?

I would accept either but have been given flowers by a woman only once. But my best female friend loves tulips, and roses, of course.

Prefer to while away time in a bookstore or in a library?

Lou

Early: 6 am regardless.

My grandmother used to say if you waited until the sun was up, you were wasting the best part of the day. Bear in mind she grew up on a dairy farm, lol. To her, 6 am was sleeping in.

We're coming to that time of year - tulips or daffodils?

(That last doesn't look very daffodil-y, but it was as close as I could find.)

Recliner

Early riser or night owl?

Geez, Lou, sorry about that! I guess they're not kidding about "widow's fog"... :-(

Metal. Emery boards are like nails on a blackboard to me. (Oddly enough, since blackboards are smooth and emery boards aren't.)

...recliner, or chair with hassock / ottoman / footstool?

I'll answer your question if you answer mine first.

O irony: I don't really watch much television. Himself wanted one for his retirement present, so when one of his annuities paid a benefit, he got the one he wanted. I can just about turn it on and find a channel.

You want to sit down and put your feet up. Recliner chair, or armchair with footstool?

Since my TV is a regular kind, it is on a stand. But if I had a large-screen one, I wouldn't care where it was, I'd be happy to have one.

Metal nail file or emery board?

Lou

Pump - they can be messy, but liquid soaps don't seem to leave the "soap scum" and hard residue that bar-soaps do. I'm a lazy housekeeper, lol...

Large-screen television: on the wall or on a stand?

Tube

On your theme:

Soap -- bar or pump?

Edited by: IUHRYTR at: 1/25/2017 (21:32)

Gloves. Though they're much trickier to knit. ;-)

Toothpaste: tube or pump?

Tough call.

Beatles.

Gloves (with separate fingers) or mittens (where whole hand goes into the mitten)?

Crunchy - last time in the States I "discovered" (we'll pretend it was lost) Jif Natural Crunchy.

Just pass me a spoon... ;-)

The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?

Felt tip (thin point)

Peanut butter -- crunchy or smooth?

Ack! You see how scatterbrained I really am...

The tan ones: I always thought they were mocha.

I guess I'd have to say "car," because the last car I drove was a Smart car. But the last car I owned outright was a Subaru. I loved that car. It was a Loyale, so a bit bigger than a Justy, but not by much.

I think now all Subarus are SUVs - they're all bigger, at any rate. My conflict would be I'd still want a Subaru, but an SUV would be more car than I could handle. ...TMI?

Pens: felt-tip, ballpoint - or fountain?

I was waiting for your color before replying. Still am.

Cherry lifesavers.

Bar soap for shower, liquid for sinks.

Car or SUV?

Joke. And you didn't pick a Lifesaver.

Color of plain chocolate M&Ms makes no never-mind as they all taste the same: set out one of each color, close your eyes, and mix them up. I don't believe anyone could tell the difference from taste.

I will say, however, the blue ones put me off. I suppose that's my age showing.

Soap: bar or liquid?

Edited by: KASEYCOFF at: 1/17/2017 (08:18)

Peanut is not a color.

Peanut.

Which brought to mind:

...favorite flavor of Lifesaver?

Edited by: KASEYCOFF at: 1/17/2017 (08:14)

Butter is fine but jam or jelly helps with the sweet tooth.

Favorite color of M & M candies?

1000 Island, though usually I have salads nekkid. ;-)

Toast with jam or butter? (or both?)

Bottom ~~ easier to see timely as reading is done.

Favorite salad dressing?

Black. I'm old fashioned that way.

Footnotes: at the bottom of the page, or grouped at the back of the book?

Staples

Colored ink or black?

Electric skillet. (Though I no longer have one.)

Paperclips or staples?

Home. Theaters are too expensive.

Frying pan or electric skillet?

Fruit! I seldom met the fruit I didn't like, but I can be (hard to believe, I know) picky about vegetables, lol...

Movies: television at home, or in a theatre?

Most often salad.

Speaking of which:

Fruit salad or leafy salad?

I was tempted to put the answer not provided - I'm an opera fiend, and with that, you get both a concert and a play, lol.

So of these two, I choose "play." The play's the thing.

Appetizer: soup or salad?

I use SP's.

Concert or a play?

"...activity tracker, yea or nay?"

I guess the choice is down to "yes" or "no." Would you (or do you, for that matter) use an activity tracker, or not?

Your question is not clear.