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i hope all the new members will participate. These are just fun, get-to-know you a little questions. We look forward to it.
Lol, they'll be stepping into bacpacker's questions!! Should be interesting tomorrow!
Well they might be stepping in something. I've got 4 out of 5, now I'm stuckLol, they'll be stepping into bacpacker's questions!! Should be interesting tomorrow!
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1.). A veterinarian.
2.) raising my 3 children as a single parent
3.) a lady behind me paid for my groceries when I was dirt broke and my card was declined.
4.) in charge of US fish and wildlife services.
5.) hockey and soccer.
Well folks I think I sprained my brain coming up with these questions. Lookin at them I'm not sure they are even any good.
BTW, for all the new folks on the site, Magpie introduced this thread a few weeks back as a way for us to learn a little more about each other. Get to know each other better. I certainly have enjoyed going thru them. And I invite you to check them all out. I think mine will be the 5th set of questions.
1) What is your favorite science fiction book and/or author?
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at.
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you?
4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind?
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to.
Let's see whatcha got???
BTW, for all the new folks on the site, Magpie introduced this thread a few weeks back as a way for us to learn a little more about each other. Get to know each other better. I certainly have enjoyed going thru them. And I invite you to check them all out. I think mine will be the 5th set of questions.
1) What is your favorite science fiction book and/or author?
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at.
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you?
4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind?
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to.
Let's see whatcha got???
1) What is your favorite science fiction book and/or author? I don't do science fiction much- its more my husbands thing.
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at. Making money and food go a long way.
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you? Strawberries; onions and potatoes,I've terrible luck with fruit trees.
4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind? Knitting while watching tv
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to. Alaska
Thank you!
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at. Making money and food go a long way.
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you? Strawberries; onions and potatoes,I've terrible luck with fruit trees.
4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind? Knitting while watching tv
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to. Alaska
Thank you!
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1) What is your favorite science fiction book and/or author?
Don't have one. Never read a sci-fi book
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at.
Dropping trees & restoring Army jeeps
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you?
Asparagus
4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind?
Front porch with a cigar and 3-fingers of bourbon
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to.
Alaska by road
Don't have one. Never read a sci-fi book
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at.
Dropping trees & restoring Army jeeps
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you?
Asparagus
4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind?
Front porch with a cigar and 3-fingers of bourbon
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to.
Alaska by road
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1. Not a science fiction fan, but I did read Fahrenheit 451 on a long plane ride.
2. Sewing. I have been called a dog whisperer a few times, but I'm not sure that I am.
3. Cucumbers!
4. Watching a movie, particularly comedy, drama, rom-com. No danger, speed or scary stuff for me.
5. Love visiting National Parks. I haven't been to many: Cabrillo National Monument in San Diego, Crater Lake in Oregon, Grand Teton in Wyoming, Indiana Dunes, Lincoln Memorial, Mount Rushmore, National Mall, Niobrara in Nebraska, Olympic National Forest in Washington, Organ Pipe National Monument, Redwood National Forest, Rocky Mountain National Park, Saguaro National Park, Statue of Liberty, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington Monument, White Sands, Wind Cave. I've driven by many more that we just didn't go through.
1. H.G Wells
2. Sports Officiating, Bartending
3. None. I have the Morticia Adams touch when it come to growing anything but weeds.
4. Feet up in the recliner with three fingers of single Malt or a nice Irish Whiskey.
5. Hawaii
1) What is your favorite science fiction book and/or author?
I'm not a book reader.
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at.
Fixing complex computer-controlled machines.
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you?
Dividends!
When I had a garden, we grew enough okra to fill the freezer with just 2 rows!
4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind?
Areya' kidding? Drinkin' beer!
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to.
Cayman Islands. Nice to visit a place with a higher standard of living than the U.S. 26 miles and 158 banks, with all of our 'hidden' billion$, they have no poor people.
I'm not a book reader.
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at.
Fixing complex computer-controlled machines.
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you?
Dividends!
When I had a garden, we grew enough okra to fill the freezer with just 2 rows!4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind?
Areya' kidding? Drinkin' beer!
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to.
Cayman Islands. Nice to visit a place with a higher standard of living than the U.S. 26 miles and 158 banks, with all of our 'hidden' billion$, they have no poor people.
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@Bacpacker, these are good "get to know you" questions! Well done. 
1) What is your favorite science fiction book and/or author?
I can't think of any - I really don't read science fiction.
Unless one considers "Outlander" science fiction due to the time travel element.
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at.
Genealogy - I've helped people get past some brick walls. And especially satisfying were the couple times I used DNA and genealogy to help someone sort out an adoption situation and find living biological family members.
Compiling information - But I have to be interested in the topic, lol.
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you?
Love growing potatoes. The harvest is like digging for treasure!
4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind?
I used to relax with a book to read. But in the last few years I tend to get online and dive down rabbit holes - which isn't relaxing. I really need to get back to unwinding with a good book.
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to.
I'm with @Weedygarden - love the National Parks, would love to visit more. But aside from that, the best place I've ever been (both by myself and also with my family) is the Black Hills region.
1) What is your favorite science fiction book and/or author?
I can't think of any - I really don't read science fiction.
Unless one considers "Outlander" science fiction due to the time travel element.
2) Name the 1 or 2 things you are most skilled at.
Genealogy - I've helped people get past some brick walls. And especially satisfying were the couple times I used DNA and genealogy to help someone sort out an adoption situation and find living biological family members.
Compiling information - But I have to be interested in the topic, lol.
3) What is your favorite fruit, nut, or veggie to raise? Or the one that performs best for you?
Love growing potatoes. The harvest is like digging for treasure!
4) After a long hard stressful day workin, either at work or around your own place, what is your favorite way to relax and unwind?
I used to relax with a book to read. But in the last few years I tend to get online and dive down rabbit holes - which isn't relaxing. I really need to get back to unwinding with a good book.
5) Where is your favorite vacation destination? Could be your best trip ever, or the one you keep going back to.
I'm with @Weedygarden - love the National Parks, would love to visit more. But aside from that, the best place I've ever been (both by myself and also with my family) is the Black Hills region.
I messed up #1, I meant just plain ole Fiction, not the SciFi stuff.
Mine are as follows
1 JRR Tolkien, Jack London, and Tom Clancy All three draw me in and I have reread several each of their multiple times. HG Wells and SIr Arthur Conan Doyle are a couple others.
2 Working with my hands. I can build or repair all kinds of stuff. Been at that since before I was a teen. Gardening would be a close and related second
3 Garlic, Onions, and Taters. Easy to grow, not a ton of fussing with them, and almost always have a good to excellent harvest
4 Sitting outside under a shade tree in the peace and quite with a nice cigar. Maybe a glass of Brandy if I'm in the mood.
5 The Outer Banks in NC is the place we've been most often. Went there on our honeymoon and had such a good time, we keep going back. National Parks is high on the list too. We've been to several, and plan on hitting a bunch more in the west once I retire
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Sci Fi Book or author? Vonnegut, Asimov...Foundation Series. Other...prepper fiction.
Skilled at? Food prep, taking care of husband, teaching little ones
Growing? green beans, tomatoes, squash, greens
Relaxing stuff...I like visiting. We do alot of that around here.
For travel, we traveled so much before moving here, I'm not in the mood to travel right now. So here is good.
Skilled at? Food prep, taking care of husband, teaching little ones
Growing? green beans, tomatoes, squash, greens
Relaxing stuff...I like visiting. We do alot of that around here.
For travel, we traveled so much before moving here, I'm not in the mood to travel right now. So here is good.
I will have to amend #1 if we are changing to favorite author. Really tough to pick one.
John Grisham; David Baldacci; CJ Box; David Rosenfelt Lee Child are all still alive and active.
Elmore Leonard; Stuart Woods; Robert B. Parker have all passed but left a significant body of work
John Grisham; David Baldacci; CJ Box; David Rosenfelt Lee Child are all still alive and active.
Elmore Leonard; Stuart Woods; Robert B. Parker have all passed but left a significant body of work
Hmm. either Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut Or the Chanur Series by CJ Cherith.
Welding and Photoshop with cooking a close third. Gonzo journalism maybe.
Jalapeno peppers. Peaches close second.
Scotch and a blunt.
The wood lot.
1) JRR Tolkien and James Silke . 2) Training donkeys and dogs.3) squash and cukes. 4) Beer on the pool float. With a one piece swimsuit, unlike LadyLocust who says she doesn't wear swimsuits!!
You read that correctly newcomers!!
5) The unrestricted beach between Galveston and Sabine Pass!
You read that correctly newcomers!! 5) The unrestricted beach between Galveston and Sabine Pass!
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Joules Verne and Fran Herbert. Non scifi is Tolkien
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Math, science, engineering
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Grapes long way from being good at it.
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Boiler makers and a cigarette
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Staycation. The wife and I saw everything as a kid and the Navy. Then traveling for work. We don't want to anywhere. Exception is to visit Israel with The Princess.
Ben
Who ya gonna nominate for the next victim, oops, I mean participant to ask questions??
Ah come on Pearl, we all know you strut around in that Bikini. I forgot LadyL didn't wear one.1) JRR Tolkien and James Silke . 2) Training donkeys and dogs.3) squash and cukes. 4) Beer on the pool float. With a one piece swimsuit, unlike LadyLocust who says she doesn't wear swimsuits!!
Still thinking who the next victim will be
Hope your sprained brain heals quickly!! I have noticed you think with a limp sometimes!!Ah come on Pearl, we all know you strut around in that Bikini. I forgot LadyL didn't wear one.
Still thinking who the next victim will be
Took you long enough to notice!!Hope your sprained brain heals quickly!! I have noticed you think with a limp sometimes!!
Well Neb are you up for the challenge next Friday?
I hope he'll accept. Bettin he will ask some doosies
oh hell no...count me outta that crap...i had to give ya angry face...lol..yall look at forum rules...it says no word math problems at bottom in fine print !
i cant even be in same room with one now.
I agree, I was thinking, don't pick Neb, don't pick Neb!! We will have to do MATH!!
Ah come on now! At least give him a chance to accept. 
he is one of them brainiacs for sure !I agree, I was thinking, don't pick Neb, don't pick Neb!! We will have to do MATH!!
