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Sometimes the Qs are inspired by the week's events, or something peculiar about this date, or they just come out of my hat.
Today's Qs just came out of my hat.
Today's Question(s): Do you know how to: Change a tire? Perform CPR? Drive a manual transmission? Build a fire? Swim? Parallel park? Shoot a gun? What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do?
Just for Fun: When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use?
Bonus Question(s): Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back? What was their relationship to you? Why do you remember them?
Today in History: 2011 The Northern Lights become visible over much of North America due to a coronal mass ejection 1991 "Dancing at Lughnasa" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 421 performances 1984 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match 1970 Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show 1963 Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award 1939 Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware)
Today’s Word: histrionics Pronunciation: (his-tree-ON-iks) Meaning: noun: 1. Melodramatic or hysterical behavior calculated for effect. 2. Theatrical performances. Etymology: From Latin histrio (actor). Earliest documented use: 1824.
Today is: Food Day United Nations Day World Development Information Day National Bologna Day 40-Hour Work Week Day (1940, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 went into effect.) Take Me Out to the Ball Game Day 1908 Niagara Falls Barrel Day (1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.)
Quote of the Day: Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. ~ Mark Twain
Today's Question(s):
Do you know how to:
Change a tire? Sort of...
Perform CPR? Somewhat
Drive a manual transmission? Yes
Build a fire? Yes
Swim? Yes
Parallel park? Yes
Shoot a gun? Yes
What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do? Be able to read a map
Just for Fun:
When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use? Cat Stevens
Bonus Question(s):
Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back? My mother's mother, my grandma, and I was around 3 or 4.
What was their relationship to you? My grandmother
Why do you remember them? We picked her up and she got in the car and looked like she was in pain. I was only 3 or 4, and she said her leg was asleep. I didn't understand what that meant, but I was worried about her.
Today's Question(s):
Do you know how to:
Change a tire?
Perform CPR? If only I could remember!
Drive a manual transmission?Who can't?
Build a fire?
Swim?
Parallel park?
Shoot a gun?All of them at once!
What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do? Drive well, maintain their auto...etc...
Just for Fun:
When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use? Didn't have any!
Bonus Question(s):
Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back? Kindergarten teacher...
What was their relationship to you? .......^^^^^
Why do you remember them?
Today in History:
2011 The Northern Lights become visible over much of North America due to a coronal mass ejection
1991 "Dancing at Lughnasa" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 421 performances
1984 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match
1970 Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show
1963 Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award
1939 Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware)
Today’s Word:
histrionics
Pronunciation: (his-tree-ON-iks)
Meaning: noun:
1. Melodramatic or hysterical behavior calculated for effect.
2. Theatrical performances.
Etymology: From Latin histrio (actor). Earliest documented use: 1824.
Today is:
Food Day
United Nations Day
World Development Information Day
National Bologna Day
40-Hour Work Week Day (1940, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 went into effect.) Should be 24 hours.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Day 1908
Niagara Falls Barrel Day (1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.)
Quote of the Day:
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. ~ Mark Twain
Today's Question(s): Do you know how to: Change a tire? Yes, but I have AAA for that. Perform CPR? Yes, and have had to use it. Drive a manual transmission? Yes, that's how I learned to drive. Build a fire? Yes Swim? Yes Parallel park? Yes, but don't like to! Shoot a gun? Yes, bg and small! What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do? Cook a simple meal, at least boil water!
Just for Fun: When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use?
I did not have any idols.
Bonus Question(s): Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back? My kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Houze. She is 102 years old and still living in the town I grew up in. What was their relationship to you? She was my mothers' friend Why do you remember them? She had bright red hair and smelled of Ivory soap! She was kind, fun and loving.
Today in History: 2011 The Northern Lights become visible over much of North America due to a coronal mass ejection 1991 "Dancing at Lughnasa" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 421 performances 1984 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match 1970 Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show 1963 Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award 1939 Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware)
Today’s Word: histrionics Pronunciation: (his-tree-ON-iks) Meaning: noun: 1. Melodramatic or hysterical behavior calculated for effect. 2. Theatrical performances. Etymology: From Latin histrio (actor). Earliest documented use: 1824. I saw a demonstration of this today at work!
Today is: Food Day United Nations Day World Development Information Day National Bologna Day 40-Hour Work Week Day (1940, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 went into effect.) Take Me Out to the Ball Game Day 1908 Niagara Falls Barrel Day (1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.)
Quote of the Day: Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. ~ Mark Twain and it takes fewer muscles!
Today's Question(s): Do you know how to: Change a tire? Nope Perform CPR? Nope Drive a manual transmission? Nope - I've never driven a car with manual transmission. I do know what one has to do, but I've never actually done it! Build a fire? Yup Swim? Nope I have a 'thing' about getting water in my eyes and ears, which makes swimming rather unwieldy! Parallel park? Yup - parallel parking on the street is very common here in Oz. Unless they're in a mall, most stores etc. in large towns or cities don't have their own parking areas. Shoot a gun? Well if you count my Grandad's air rifle, and the guns at the funfair... yes. What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do? Balance their budget!
Just for Fun: When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use?
The Beatles
Bonus Question(s): Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back? I remember most of the neighbourhood kids that I knew when I was around four and five years old. What was their relationship to you? Playmates. Why do you remember them? I dunno - I've always had a good memory for things that happened when I was young. My long term memory is much sounder than short term!
Today's Question(s):
Do you know how to:
Change a tire?
Can't even lift it out of the trunk.
Perform CPR?
In theory.
Drive a manual transmission?
No
Build a fire?
Yes
Swim?
Haven't in decades.
Parallel park?
Have't parallel parked since my road test in 1973, so no.
Shoot a gun?
Shotgun? Handgun? Rifle? Water pistol? Super Soaker?
What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do?
Sew? No. Read? Yes. Fish? Yes. Follow instruction? (to assemble) Yes. Research the Internet? Yes. Blow up party balloons? No. Match separates? no. Dance? debatable.
Just for Fun:
When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use?
When I was a teen, I didn't just like teen celebrities, I liked celebrity men, too.
Keith Hopwood and Karl Green from Herman's Hermits. Kurt Russell from The Travels of Jamie McPheeters (still think Kurt Russell is a good looking man, he's my age, and still working). Vic Morrow from Combat. David McCallum from The Man From UNCLE (nice to see he's still working on NCIS even if I don't watch it). George Harrison (I had to say one Beatle)
Bonus Question(s):
Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back?
The family who lived next door.
What was their relationship to you?
see above
Why do you remember them?
The older daughter fished me out of a public pool when I jumped into the 10ft end by mistake (summer before I started kindergarten) and almost drowned (I didn't know it though, just fascinated with seeing things from under the water for the first time. The dad, a policeman, died marching in the Memorial Day parade and when the police came to tell them, their dog started howling and howled all night long. It was very sad.
Sometimes the Qs are inspired by the week's events, or something peculiar about this date, or they just come out of my hat.
Today's Qs just came out of my hat.
Today's Question(s):
Do you know how to:
Change a tire? Yes.
Perform CPR? Yes.
Drive a manual transmission? Yes.
Build a fire? Yes.
Swim? Yes.
Parallel park? Yes.
Shoot a gun? Yes.
What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do? Use a tv remote.
Just for Fun:
When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use? Betty White and Wonder Woman.
Bonus Question(s):
Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back? Billy Bob Boo Boo.
What was their relationship to you? Neighbor kid.
Why do you remember them? He got stuck in a chimney and the fire dept had to extricate him. He was 4 years old, it was in the newspaper with his picture..
"Happy Hump Day", everyone enjoy it, that's an order...
Today's Question(s): Do you know how to: Change a tire? Not only can I change a flat tire, but I can also fix the flat tire. I have done this at least 100 times.
Perform CPR? I have a piece of paper saying I know how to perform CPR. But then you know how pieces of paper tend to lie.
Drive a manual transmission? At the old age of eleven I learned to drive in a car that had three in the tree.
Build a fire? Despite my Boy Scout troop leader being afraid to let us have matches I learned how to start a fire.
Swim? I have not been swimming in 40 years. But I suppose it it is like riding a bike...One never forgets how.
Parallel park? I can. I remember when I first took the driving test for my license the examiner told me to park along the curb behind the last car. When I asked if he wanted me to pull past and back in he said no. He said he was tired of having to write accident reports for cars that were damaged by parallel parking.
Shoot a gun? Break into my house in the middle of the night and you will find out.
What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do? Enjoy stinky cheese
Just for Fun: When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use? I never had a teen idol. I grew up in places so remote there was no tv or radio stations. Thus I had no real grasp on these kind of things.
Bonus Question(s): Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back? Mikey
What was their relationship to you? Someone from kindergarten and first grade that I went to school with.
Why do you remember them? Between plugging in 2 keys into an outlet when I was 2, and landing head first on a rock when I was 3, all memories were gone from my brain. Thus new memories from when I was 4 did not have to compete with old memories to be remembered.
Today's Question(s):
Do you know how to:
Change a tire? Yes.
Perform CPR? Nope. I failed my exam on this. They say it's easy but it's harder than it looks. I never got my license for CPR.
Drive a manual transmission? Yes. I prefer manumatic.
Build a fire? Yes. Now this is easy for me. Unlike CPR
Swim? YES!
Parallel park? Ehh rusty at it but yes!
Shoot a gun? Nope
What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do? Ride a bicycle!
Just for Fun:
When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use? They were fictional anime charcters from Dragon Ball Z!
Bonus Question(s):
Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back? Some guy that I was named after actually. He used to be a close family friend when I was young, I haven't seen him since my youth. My memory of him is at Frankfurt airport when I was 3 years old.
What was their relationship to you? Non-family related but he was someone really influential to my parents wayyy back then.
Why do you remember them? Frankfurt, Germany. The place has a warm spot for me.
Today's Question(s): Do you know how to: Change a tire? yes, my dad taught me when I learned to drive Perform CPR? yes, I have a certificate Drive a manual transmission? yes, learned to drive in a farm truck Build a fire? yes, co it camping all the time. Swim? yes Parallel park? yes Shoot a gun? yes and I also have a gun owners permit What other thing do you think everyone should be able to do? Put money in a savings each payday
Just for Fun: When you were young, who were your favorite Teen Idols, or whatever terminology you use? The Beatles
Bonus Question(s): Apart from family, who do you remember farthest back? An old German neighbor family What was their relationship to you? neighbor and friend Why do you remember them? They were the best people - she cooked great German food and she did German embroidery and taught me to how to do it
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