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Good morning and welcome to the question of the day for Sunday, September 14, 2014. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Virgo. Some famous people who share your birthday are actors Jack Hawkins, Zoe Caldwell, Nicol Williamson, Sam Neill, Melissa Leo and Jesse James; scientist Ivan Pavlov, composer Johann Michael Haydn, birth control advocate Margaret Sanger, feminist/author Kate Millett and singer Amy Winehouse.
Today’s Question:
What is on your computer or desktop? Do you have personalized wallpaper or do you use one from the menu of your operating system? Post a screen shot if you like. My desktop.. junk and dust... Operating system Munchkin 8
Bonus Question:
Have you ever tried online dating sites? If you did, how did it go?
If you are (or have been) married or partnered, how did you meet your significant other?
What is your best advice for someone who has just gone through a breakup?... "THINK ABOUT IT "
Just For Fun:
What were your favorite breakfast cereals when you were growing up? Do they still make them now? Do you still eat them? ... Cream of Wheat & Ovaltein
Did you watch cartoons or read comic books as a kid? Comic books when they were the best !!!!
Who were your favorite characters? Dick Tracey --- Green Hornet --- Captain America
Good morning and welcome to the question of the day for Sunday, September 14, 2014. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Virgo.
Today’s Question:
What is on your computer or desktop? Photo I took back in 1992.
Do you have personalized wallpaper or do you use one from the menu of your operating system?
Post a screen shot if you like. //www.city-data.com/forum/27967757-post54.html
Bonus Question:
Have you ever tried online dating sites? If you did, how did it go? Yes. Still awaiting a favorable result-but I don't get out much otherwise so it'll have to do.
If you are (or have been) married or partnered, how did you meet your significant other? Divorced.
Met the guy when we were each 22, via a college radio station's overnight program that we'd been phoning in to for 6 months.
The djs exchanged our phone #s (off the air), we met up & hit it off.
What is your best advice for someone who has just gone through a breakup? Listen to some mope-rock (y'know, like The Smiths & The Cure), then listen to some upbeat stuff once you're ready.
Just For Fun:
What were your favorite breakfast cereals when you were growing up? Do they still make them now? Do you still eat them? Crazy Cow-no longer manufactured. Also, there was a granola cereal-which, while it still exists-
has been changed in the intervening years, so it no longer tastes good to me.
Did you watch cartoons or read comic books as a kid? Cartoons, yes.
Who were your favorite characters? Tarzan-the cartoon version was hunky, plus I was really into the music used in the show.
Word of the Day:
aleatory \ AY-lee-uh-tor-ee\ adjective
: characterized by chance or random elements
Example: Tom and Renee’s romance had an aleatory beginning – for without the sudden rainstorm that forced them both to take refuge under the shop’s awning, would they ever have met? New word for me^
Quote of the Day:
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” - Margaret Mead ^Paradoxical, yet so true.
Thanks for the Qs, BA4. Wishing all y'all a moderate, not-quite-autumn-yet (in this hemisphere), Sunday.
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Good morning and welcome to the question of the day for Sunday, September 14, 2014. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Virgo. Some famous people who share your birthday are actors Jack Hawkins, Zoe Caldwell, Nicol Williamson, Sam Neill, Melissa Leo and Jesse James; scientist Ivan Pavlov, composer Johann Michael Haydn, birth control advocate Margaret Sanger, feminist/author Kate Millett and singer Amy Winehouse.
Today’s Question:
What is on your computer or desktop? Do you have personalized wallpaper or do you use one from the menu of your operating system? Post a screen shot if you like. I had the crater in Winslow, Arizona now I use the youngest gkid. Bonus Question:
Have you ever tried online dating sites? If you did, how did it go? For what?
If you are (or have been) married or partnered, how did you meet your significant other? It's a secret.
What is your best advice for someone who has just gone through a breakup?
Just For Fun:
What were your favorite breakfast cereals when you were growing up? Do they still make them now? Do you still eat them? Grapenuts, oatmeal, cream of wheat, Malt o meal....
Did you watch cartoons or read comic books as a kid?
Who were your favorite characters? Bugs and RR and the Fantastic Four, Flash too many to list.
Today in History:
1662 – England and Netherlands sign peace treaty.
1716 – First lighthouse in American colonies lit (Boston Harbor).
1741 – George Frideric Handel completes oratorio “The Messiah” after working non-stop for 23 days.
1752 – Britain and American colonies adopt Gregorian calendar (no Sept 3 - Sept. 13).
1807 – Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor in the duel that killed Alexander Hamilton.
1812 – Napoleon occupies Moscow.
1814 – Francis Scott Key writes the poem that becomes the lyrics to “Star-Spangled Banner,” the U.S. national anthem.
1829 – Russian-Turkish war ends.
1847 – U. S. Marine troops enter Mexico City (“the halls of Montezuma”).
1848 – Alexander Stewart opens the first U.S. department store.
1862 – Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
1868 – Golf’s first recorded hole in one (Tom Morris at Prestwick’s 8th hole).
1876 – Explorer-journalist Henry Morton Stanley’s expedition leaves Rwanda.
1886 – George K. Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents the first typewriter ribbon.
1894 – Hottentot uprising in Southwest Africa fails.
1899 – Henry Bliss becomes first automobile fatality in the U.S.
1901 – Theodore Roosevelt sworn in, becoming youngest U.S. President in history.
1923 – Jack Dempsey KO’s Luis Firpo in 2 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1930– Nazis gain 107 seats in German election.
1938 – Graf Zeppelin, world’s largest airship, makes maiden flight.
1939 – British fleet attacks German U-39 boat.
1940 – German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; hundreds die.
1944 – Hurricane hits New England; 389 die.
1948 – Ground breaking ceremony for UN world headquarters in New York City.
1948 – Milton Berle begins his TV career on Texaco Star Theater.
1953 – Nikita Khrushchev appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1953 – New York Yankees clinch 5th straight World Series pennant.
1957 – UN resolution deplores and condemns USSR invasion of Hungary.
1958 – Two rockets designed by German engineer Ernst Mohr reach the upper atmosphere.
1959 – USSR’s Luna 2 is the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
1960 – Chubby Checker’s hit record “The Twist” reaches #1.
1960 – Petroleum exporting cartel OPEC formed by Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
1964 – Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at the White House.
1972 – West Germany and Poland establish diplomatic relations.
1973 – Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s.
1975 – Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as first U.S.-born saint by Pope Paul VI.
1975 – Rembrandt’s 1642 painting “Night Watch” slashed and damaged in Amsterdam.
1978 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes over 50 bombs in towns across Northern Ireland over the next 5 days, injuring 37 people.
1983 – U.S. House of Representatives votes 416 to 0 for a resolution to condemn Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner.
1994 – All 28 baseball team owners vote to cancel the rest of the 1994 season.
2001 – National Prayer Services in memory of the September 11 attacks held in the capitals of the U.S. and Canada.
2007 –Restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass are officially lifted by Pope Benedict XVI.
Word of the Day:
aleatory \ AY-lee-uh-tor-ee\ adjective
: characterized by chance or random elements
Example:
Tom and Renee’s romance had an aleatory beginning – for without the sudden rainstorm that forced them both to take refuge under the shop’s awning, would they ever have met?
Quote of the Day:
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” - Margaret Mead
Today is
National Cream-Filled Donut Day
National Pet Memorial Day Thanks BA4!
Today’s Question:
What is on your computer or desktop? Do you have personalized wallpaper or do you use one from the menu of your operating system? Post a screen shot if you like. Its a slideshow of my pictures
Bonus Question:
Have you ever tried online dating sites? If you did, how did it go? No, except for as a joke when I was a teenager, which quickly ended after someone messaged me
If you are (or have been) married or partnered, how did you meet your significant other? Met helping someone move house
What is your best advice for someone who has just gone through a breakup? Don't go straight into a new relationship - spend some time with yourself first and enjoy being single
Just For Fun:
What were your favorite breakfast cereals when you were growing up? Do they still make them now? Do you still eat them? Cinnamon Grahams. I don't know if they still make them or not, they don't sell them here and I can't eat them any more anyway because of Coeliac Disease
Did you watch cartoons or read comic books as a kid? I still do....
Who were your favorite characters? Loved the cat from Henry's Cat, and of course Bart Simpson. And Dennis the Menace
Question of the Day for Sunday, September 14, 2014 Today’s Question:
What is on your computer or desktop? Do you have personalized wallpaper or do you use one from the menu of your operating system? Post a screen shot if you like. Just the Windows 7 flying windows on a blue screen.
Bonus Question:
Have you ever tried online dating sites? If you did, how did it go?
Nope. Computers were the size of a small house and still used punched input cards when I last dated. There were no online dating sites and the internet was still many years away.
If you are (or have been) married or partnered, how did you meet your significant other? I was 19 years old and she was 16. I was in the military service and her dad played piano and guitar. We dated for over three years and have now been married for over 42.
What is your best advice for someone who has just gone through a breakup? Too many years ago to remember so I will pass.
Just For Fun:
What were your favorite breakfast cereals when you were growing up? Do they still make them now? Do you still eat them? Raisin Brand and yes I still eat it but very seldom.
Did you watch cartoons or read comic books as a kid?
We only had a B&W television with one local station so I don't remember watching many cartoons. We did read a lot of comic books though.
Who were your favorite characters?
Archie. I also remember Baby Huey.
Today’s Question:
What is on your computer or desktop? Do you have personalized wallpaper or do you use one from the menu of your operating system? Post a screen shot if you like. A picture U took of Top Fuel cars doing burnouts at RT66
Bonus Question:
Have you ever tried online dating sites? If you did, how did it go? NO
If you are (or have been) married or partnered, how did you meet your significant other? A blind date that turned into a 44 yr love affair
What is your best advice for someone who has just gone through a breakup? Can't help, haven't been there
Just For Fun:
What were your favorite breakfast cereals when you were growing up? Do they still make them now? Do you still eat them? Puffed Rice, I don't think they still make it.
Did you watch cartoons or read comic books as a kid? YES
Who were your favorite characters? Rocky & Bullwinkle
Today’s Question:
What is on your computer or desktop? Do you have personalized wallpaper or do you use one from the menu of your operating system? Post a screen shot if you like.
It's a photo I took on the Mendocino coast:
Bonus Question:
Have you ever tried online dating sites? If you did, how did it go?
No, I've never done that. When I was single, online dating sites didn't exist yet. I did once place an ad in a local community newspaper and got some interesting letters in response. A friend of mine at work also placed an ad and got the exact same letter as I did, even though our ads were totally different and we weren't looking for the same thing.
I met some nice guys through the ad (and one stinker), but nothing came of it.
If you are (or have been) married or partnered, how did you meet your significant other?
Husband #1 at a party thrown by mutual friends. It was one of those attraction at first sight things. I learned the hard way that this isn't the best way to choose a life partner.
Husband #2 was one of the guys at work. I hardly noticed him at all and wasn't particularly attracted to him. Then years went by, both of us were in unhappy marriages, we were thrown together more often at work, and we gradually developed a friendship that turned into something more. We have been together for 30 years; married for 28 years next month.
What is your best advice for someone who has just gone through a breakup?
It wasn't meant to be, so learn a lesson from whatever went wrong, suck it up and move on.
Just For Fun:
What were your favorite breakfast cereals when you were growing up? Do they still make them now? Do you still eat them?
I loved the following, most of which aren't made any more:
Sugar Jets
Alpha Bits
Rice Krinkles
Kellogg's OKs
Crispy Critters
Sugar Crisp (Now it's called "Super Golden Crisp." Who do they think they're fooling?)
I also loved these, which are still made and most of which I still eat:
Cheerios
Grape Nuts
Malt-O-Meal
Cream of Wheat
Kix
Cocoa Krispies
Did you watch cartoons or read comic books as a kid?
Both, but I mostly watched cartoons.
Who were your favorite characters? Cartoons: Bosko, Crusader Rabbit, Bugs Bunny, Tweety Pie, Donald Duck, Popeye, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Yogi Bear, Betty Boop. I especially loved all those 1930s and 40s cartoons such as the Merrie Melodie series that were shown on TV in the early to mid-50s.
Comics: Little Lulu, Donald Duck, Archie, Betty and Veronica. I liked to draw my own comics and had an ongoing set of stick figure characters called (don't ask me where these names came from!) Billy, Janu, Hank and Kank. Depending on the plot, Billy and Janu would sometimes be the parents and Hank and Kank the children. Other times Janu would be the mother, Billy the older brother and Hank and Kank would be the younger brothers.
Today’s Question:
What is on your computer or desktop? Do you have personalized wallpaper or do you use one from the menu of your operating system? Post a screen shot if you like. I have right now a Harvest moon as my setting
Bonus Question:
Have you ever tried online dating sites? If you did, how did it go? never ever
If you are (or have been) married or partnered, how did you meet your significant other? over 30 years ago at a wedding
What is your best advice for someone who has just gone through a breakup? I would tell them to focus on themselves and mend their broken heart by keeping busy either with work,volunteering, and taking it slow and not rush into things..time will come and the right person will enter your life
Just For Fun:
What were your favorite breakfast cereals when you were growing up? Do they still make them now? Do you still eat them? I never had dry cereal as a child,just bread and jam or Swiss müsli
Did you watch cartoons or read comic books as a kid? only when I was visiting my cousin he had Donald Duck books and magazines,loved collecting all the Walt Disney characters ..I was too busy playing outside
Who were your favorite characters?I only watched as a child the Jungle Book so it was of course Balu the bear,otherwise Donald Duck and Pluto
THANK YOU Bayarea
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For what?
..I was too busy playing outside 
