Friday Fives

[Neb]

I'm a little early, but it has been on my mind. I can be early or I can be late!

1. If you had to choose your last meal ever, your favorite meal, what would it be?

Onion soup, salad, baked potato, mushroom, prime rib with A1 steak sauce.

2. What states and countries have you lived in?

No counting business trips...

Germany then the US
In US FL, OH, NY, MN, NJ, FL, PA until my father retired from the Air Force. Then IL and VA. Settled in SW PA after the Navy.

3. What musical instruments do you play, or have you played? Or do you sing well enough so that others would want to hear you?

Don't play. Can't sing. My son used to punch me if I sang to him when he was young.

4. What languages do you speak?

English, machine language, DCL, VAX Macro, Basic, C, and LabVIEW.

5. What was your first paying job? How old were you?

At 13 I started as a caddy.

Ben

 

[Morgan101]

Weedy, don't forget you have to pass the torch. I think we would all like to see this thread continue.

 

[d_marsh]

If we have a friday five thread maybe we need a tuesday two thread as well.

 

[winds-of-change]

Only slightly off topic . There are 4 other books in the series after "A Wrinkle in Time".

(A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, An Acceptable Time)

I've only read the first one, the others await a more leisurely time

I’m setting up for a fundraising garage sale and came across this full set!

 

[dademoss]

Friday 5's for Friday, June 7th, 2024:
1. If you had to choose your last meal ever, your favorite meal, what would it be? Fried catfish, Hush Puppies, Tater Tots and nilla wafer banana pudding

2. What states and countries have you lived in? Texas, Kentucky and Ohio

3. What musical instruments do you play, or have you played? Or do you sing well enough so that others would want to hear you? The music teacher in grade school indicated my talents lay elsewhere.

4. What languages do you speak? English (both northern and southern dialects), Latin , (in honor of Neb: Basic, Fortran, Macsym Basic, a bit of SAS terminal programming, 6502 machine, logo, turtle basic)(They are ALL as good as my Latin now).

5. What was your first paying job? How old were you? Boy Scout Summer camp counselor, 14.

 

[Pearl]

1. My last meal would be one of two options. T-bone steak and a salad OR potato dumplings with kraut and pork
2. South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota briefly, Missouri, Indiana, Colorado.
3. I've played the piano, but don't have much training so I'm self taught through a few of the piano training books, and I played the clarinet in school band. You would ask me not to sing.
4. I speak English but have studied Spanish and Chinese
5. My first paying job was babysitting for my cousins when I was 11 years old. I have rarely been unemployed since.

I sing, but, it's not always good!

 

[Weedygarden]

Weedy, don't forget you have to pass the torch. I think we would all like to see this thread continue.

I agree. I have a couple people in mind, but I want to ask them privately first.

 

[Supervisor42]

I agree. I have a couple people in mind, but I want to ask them privately first.

They can link my answer if they want...

 

[Pearl]

I agree. I have a couple people in mind, but I want to ask them privately first.

THROW IT OUT THERE!!

 

[Weedygarden]

THROW IT OUT THERE!!

I had a decline on my first request. I know some people have stuff going on so I am going to ask people privately so they can decline if they need to.

 

[Bacpacker]

I had a decline on my first request. I know some people have stuff going on so I am going to ask people privately so they can decline if they need to.

Not a bad idea. I should have done that too

 

[Weedygarden]

Not a bad idea. I should have done that too

I think it is okay either way. I just knew I wanted to ask first.

 

[Weedygarden]

Dademoss has agreed to do our next round! Thank you!

I would like to ask all of you to start thinking about questions so you can have a turn. This has been a fun thread. I kept a note pad and wrote down ideas for a while, and changed them up a little. I'd like to suggest that the busy people, the people who are not feeling well, etc., probably have some ideas, and writing them down really helped me. I had enough to go at least twice on this.

 

[Morgan101]

Dademoss has agreed to do our next round! Thank you!

I would like to ask all of you to start thinking about questions so you can have a turn. This has been a fun thread. I kept a note pad and wrote down ideas for a while, and changed them up a little. I'd like to suggest that the busy people, the people who are not feeling well, etc., probably have some ideas, and writing them down really helped me. I had enough to go at least twice on this.

Good idea What I did was create a folder on my computer. When I think of a question, I email it to myself, and save it in the folder.

 

[LadyLocust]

I'm a little early, but it has been on my mind. I can be early or I can be late!

1. If you had to choose your last meal ever, your favorite meal, what would it be?

Only one- oh boy, will have to think about that one. Love Italian and Greek.

2. What states and countries have you lived in?

Ca, Or, & Wa

3. What musical instruments do you play, or have you played? Or do you sing well enough so that others would want to hear you?

Flute and I sing like a sick goat

4. What languages do you speak?

English but am also fluent in Jibberish

5. What was your first paying job? How old were you?

10 - babysitting and mowing lawns. I began paying taxes at 14/15.

 

[OldSchool]

Good idea What I did was create a folder on my computer. When I think of a question, I email it to myself, and save it in the folder.

I write notes to myself, in shorthand. When I stumble across them at a later date I question if they were written by my hand.

 

[OldSchool]

I’m working on refining a couple questions, but considering I was never first chosen for ‘dodge ball’ … I have plenty of time to work on ‘em.

 

[LadyLocust]

I’m working on refining a couple questions, but considering I was never first chosen for ‘dodge ball’ … I have plenty of time to work on ‘em.

Off topic: Hubby is super competitive. I am not. He loved dodge ball. I did not. I think he about fell over when I told him I would stand right up front so I could get hit and go sit down. Even as a youngin' I saw no point in the "game." I don't think any higher of it today.

 

[OldSchool]

Off topic: Hubby is super competitive. I am not. He loved dodge ball. I did not. I think he about fell over when I told him I would stand right up front so I could get hit and go sit down. Even as a youngin' I saw no point in the "game." I don't think any higher of it today.

I was good enough and liked the game. I just wasn’t a sports fanatic and liked sitting out the ‘games’. I was second choice…. after all the ‘jocks’

 

[Bacpacker]

Off topic: Hubby is super competitive. I am not. He loved dodge ball. I did not. I think he about fell over when I told him I would stand right up front so I could get hit and go sit down. Even as a youngin' I saw no point in the "game." I don't think any higher of it today.

I loved dodge ball, and Red Rover.

 

[OldSchool]

Off topic: Hubby is super competitive. I am not. He loved dodge ball. I did not. I think he about fell over when I told him I would stand right up front so I could get hit and go sit down. Even as a youngin' I saw no point in the "game." I don't think any higher of it today.

Me think it’s on topic, in reference to a previous question: Did you marry your high school sweetheart?

Me thinks yes. But guess I might have to go back a few pages for answer/memory refresher.

 

[LadyLocust]

Me think it’s on topic, in reference to a previous question: Did you marry your high school sweetheart?

Me thinks yes. But guess I might have to go back a few pages for answer/memory refresher.

Nope - didn't really have a HS sweetheart. I worked a lot.

 

[OldSchool]

Nope - didn't really have a HS sweetheart. I worked a lot.

Same here

 

[OldSchool]

And now I have another question, one thread related, the other not.

I’ll write some more notes to myself.

 

[dademoss]

I’m working on refining a couple questions, but considering I was never first chosen for ‘dodge ball’ … I have plenty of time to work on ‘em.

One never knows when your number will come up . I'm in the hot seat for Friday this week

There I was , Minding my own business, and suddenly, I'm it

Dont try to catch that dodgeball

 

[MoBookworm1957]

I'm a little early, but it has been on my mind. I can be early or I can be late!

1. If you had to choose your last meal ever, your favorite meal, what would it be?
2. What states and countries have you lived in?
3. What musical instruments do you play, or have you played? Or do you sing well enough so that others would want to hear you?
4. What languages do you speak?
5. What was your first paying job? How old were you?

1. Steak sauteed in herbed butter, baked potato loaded, fresh green beans, homemade hot rolls, iced tea
2. Missouri, Kansas, Tenn. Kentucky, South Carolina, Texas, California, New York. Michigan. Korea. Germany, England, Italy. DC,.Colorado.Arkansas,North Carolina,Oklahoma and Middle East.
3. Drums, trumpet, no singing not even in a bucket, can't stay in correct pitch.
4. Missouri hillbilly,Kentucky hillbilly, Proper German, Low German,Smattering of French, I can curse in 6 dialects and they understand perfectly.
5.Tutoring age 6

 

[LadyLocust]

1. Steak sauteed in herbed butter, baked potato loaded, fresh green beans, homemade hot rolls, iced tea
2. Missouri, Kansas, Tenn. Kentucky, South Carolina, Texas, California, New York. Michigan. Korea. Germany, England, Italy. DC,.Colorado.Arkansas,North Carolina,Oklahoma and Middle East.
3. Drums, trumpet, no singing not even in a bucket, can't stay in correct pitch.
4. Missouri hillbilly,Kentucky hillbilly, Proper German, Low German,Smattering of French, I can curse in 6 dialects and they understand perfectly.
5.Tutoring age 6

I don’t think I would want to make you mad enough at me to hear you curse in German

 

[Pearl]

Off topic: Hubby is super competitive. I am not. He loved dodge ball. I did not. I think he about fell over when I told him I would stand right up front so I could get hit and go sit down. Even as a youngin' I saw no point in the "game." I don't think any higher of it today.

Now wouldn't an HCL dodgeball tournament be something!!??

 

[Bacpacker]

I'm too old and slow anymore.

 

[winds-of-change]

I'm a little early, but it has been on my mind. I can be early or I can be late!

1. If you had to choose your last meal ever, your favorite meal, what would it be?
2. What states and countries have you lived in?
3. What musical instruments do you play, or have you played? Or do you sing well enough so that others would want to hear you?
4. What languages do you speak?
5. What was your first paying job? How old were you?

1.) ribeye steak, loaded baked potato, but I think if it were my last meal I’d be too nervous to eat.
2.) I lived in Northern Illinois for 59 years then moved to Oklahoma in 2016.
3.) I played the piano for several years as a child, played the violin in high school. I sing but only in church were God and my fellow church members should forgive me.
4.) I speak English and make a very feeble attempt at Spanish. Sometimes I speak nonsense.
5.) Besides babysitting, at the age of 14 I worked at a small ice cream shop scooping ice cream and making shakes and sundaes.