Friday Fives

[Cabin Fever]

1. What's your favorite bread? Cranberry/wild rice bread

2. Who is the one person on this forum you would like to spend a day with? Rice Paddy Daddy

3. Do you like to go barefoot? No, I don't even like sandals or tennis shoes.

4. If you were in the woods and saw a Bigfoot, would you tell anyone? Or just keep quiet because people might not believe you? I'd tell because people would believe me. We have an entire town just up the road (!25 miles) where most everyone has seen BigFoot.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/remer-minnesota-home-of-bigfoot-finding-minnesota/

5. If you see someone being rude in the grocery store, what do you do?? I would never to to WalMart again.

 

[Magpie]

AND I am nominating the OP, @Magpie! Can't believe you haven't had another turn yet!!

Thank you- I'll be in touch directly during the week- son had an accident and I'm just home from hospital.

 

[ButtercupKid]

1) Sourdough, homemade
2) Weedygarden...Plus many more of you for numerous reason's
3) In the house, maybe on the lawn...
4) I wouldn't believe my eyes!
5) I would say a small pray for his behavior to change

 

[havasu]

Who is the one person on this forum you would like to spend a day with? Rice Paddy Daddy

He was second on my list. He is a hero in my eyes, as is all military veterans.

 

[Pearl]

Thank you- I'll be in touch directly during the week- son had an accident and I'm just home from hospital.

Prayers my friend, is he ok?? I hope all involved are ok!!

 

[Ozarks hillbilly]

Long weekend with fun weather…
My answers

1. What's your favorite bread? Cornbread, bonus if it’s jalapeño and cheddar (close second is those biscuits at red lobster)

2. Who is the one person on this forum you would like to spend a day with? Morgan, we’re both from Mo.

3. Do you like to go barefoot? Only when I swim or in the shower

4. If you were in the woods and saw a Bigfoot, would you tell anyone? Or just keep quiet because people might not believe you? So I have seen something like Bigfoot, on a jog in Louisiana, but I’d been watching that show finding Bigfoot the night before. It was only for a second and I truly think my mind was playing tricks on me. I tell the truth and I can see how people can let their minds fool them, and I think it’s possible there’s something out there.
I also saw the Bigfoot monster truck when I was little, I told everyone about that

5. If you see someone being rude in the grocery store, what do you do?? Walk away if it’s not towards me

 

[Digout]

Wholegrain
Mountain Trapper, Amish, Pearl
Only inside, when it's warm, or while swimming etc.
Bigfoot?
Ignore, unless directed at me, then they would get a mouthful in return.

 

[Pearl]

Today is Magpie's day. She is very busy and has sent me her questions. If she doesn't post them herself by mid morning I will post her questions. So hang on.......

 

[Magus]

Want me to pinch hit or do a double? you know I have crazy stuff!

 

[Pearl]

Want me to pinch hit or do a double? you know I have crazy stuff!

No, she has questions ready!!

 

[Magus]

Cool. I'm here if and when you need me.

 

[sonya123]

Thank you- I'll be in touch directly during the week- son had an accident and I'm just home from hospital.

so sorry, hope he is better!!

 

[Pearl]

Here's @Magpie's questions! These are some good ones!! Thanks Magpie!!

 

[Pearl]

And away we go.......1) On the steps of my high school auditorium stage! We were waiting on the buses for our senior class trip at 5:30 am. Pearl didn't sleep much the night before!! 2) I would have an outside cat enclosure for the kitties I help who won't come in the house. Kind of like the bird enclosures at zoos. They would be fixed, safe, have a nice cat house in their outdoor home!! 3) My nickname was Ellie. There are a few family members who still call me by that name. 4) The crash of the Hindenburg! 5) Fix your own TACO bar!!

 

[havasu]

I'll jump in on this one.

1) In court, during a preliminary hearing, after working a forced double shift.
2) I'd have draw bridges, gun turrets and a natural stream through my property.
3) Wally, then Waldo, because I seemed to pop in without notice.
4) Nothing big, but our mayor was put in prison for accepting bribes, which is why I am acutely aware of city politics and instrumental in a few major lawsuits.
5) I've always loved doing some awesome grilling, so I would suspect a bunch of slow roasted Tri Tips and grilled veggies. My mouth is watering now!

Some really great questions this week!

 

[Pearl]

Great answers @havasu!!

 

[Morgan101]

Here's @Magpie's questions! These are some good ones!! Thanks Magpie!!
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1.) I have fallen asleep so may places I'm not sure which one is the wierdest. Maybe on a bus on a business trip.

2.) I would have a two level basement. First level would look like a normal basement. Second level would have long term larder, supplies, living quarters, facilities, and a well for fresh water.

3.) Ricky. My cousins are the only ones who call me that. One of those childhood names that stick with you forever.

4.) Very famous for a lot of things and people: Brooklyn, NY

5.) I would grill chicken and steaks. Have a John Wayne casserole as a side, and chef salad.

Great questions, Magpie. Hope your son is O.K.

 

[sonya123]

Here's @Magpie's questions! These are some good ones!! Thanks Magpie!!
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1 I have a hard enough time sleeping in bed, so nowhere weird

2. I would like to have a 4wd tractor with a loader and redesign the entire water system here for the neighborhood

3. no nickname

4. no, they have a beer brewery but so do many towns in gemany

5. Oh , not sure. I think I eat somewhat different food from most of you here, so I would give you all a choice and whatever got picked most I would cook : 1 complete Indian meal, goat curry, mango chutney, rice, dhal, naan bread, samosas 2. german meal: Schnitzel, sweet and sour red cabbage, potato salad, Blackforest cake 3: something most of you at least probably have had Italien food: lasagna , salad, garlic bread

 

[Amish Heart]

Nowhere weird for me either, falling asleep.
I would have a fortress with an inner courtyard for all the gardens and animals
Susie Jo when I was a kid, but I told everyone my name was Missy and I lived in the mountains.
My hometown is Silicon Valley area, so that's self explainable
I would make a roast, scalloped potatoes and dk chocolate cream pie...all my specialties

 

[Weedygarden]

1. In the hallway outside a party when I was in college and still thinking I could drink. One beer and I went into the hall to sleep until I could get a ride back to the dorm.

2. Quirkiest thing to a homestead for me to have: Really normal stuff.

3. Nicknames as a child: Weedygarden, Storky, Spoke

4. Hometown is not really famous for anything, but it has made national news for the Attorney General hitting and killing a man while driving down the highway.

5. If I was hosting dinner or lunch, what would I serve? It depends on who is present and the time of year. When I have company in the summer, I serve salads and ham sandwiches or burgers.

 

[Cabin Fever]

1. In an igloo-like structure during winter camping weekend in Boy Scouts These structures were made by piling snow and compacting it with a front-end loader. Then, we Scouts would carve a cavity inside the snow structure. (not my photo)

2. We would like a hand pumo for water next to the kitchen sink. Our current hand pump is outside, put we'd really like one inside.

3. Stark or Starkey

4. Crosby, MN (Cuyuna Iron Range) is famous for its winter fat tire bicycling trails.

5. A big batch of pho that you can add whatever fresh ingredients that you desired to it.

 

[Pearl]

Oh WOW, @Cabin Fever , I just watched something about fat tire snow riding the other night on Fox Weather. I just caught part of it because it was one of those middle of the night tend to the fire things, lol!!

 

[Magus]

Here's @Magpie's questions! These are some good ones!! Thanks Magpie!!
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On the toilet at work. Pulled 72 hours straight.
50 person military-grade bunker. use it as storage/wine cellar.
Absent-minded professor at home, weed-eater at school.
Howard Baker. being a testing ground for social experiments.
My specialties, Shaved steak egg fried rice, bean casserole, spicy cheese taters, Polsk with beef. chocolate peanut butter pie and beef nachos served with an 80's WWF marathon with iced beer and V8 coolers with walnut garnish, and spicy popcorn.

Polsk is an Eastern European dish made of seared sausages, hamburger, mushrooms, and fried rice swimming in tomato paste designed as a Greek pepper stuffing.

 

[Weedygarden]

I'm with Amish and Magus for the homestead oddities.

I have imagined a homestead with underground tunnels that connect buildings, circumvent the main yard, and if possible, much of the land. Both colleges that I attended had tunnels that connected buildings and were civil defense outfitted. They had heavy metal doors and barrels of supplies. They were great to use when the weather wasn't the best.

I have also thought about a fortress with an inner courtyard. I visited someone at a place in southern Arizona that was built with an inner courtyard. It was an interesting place. It was built by someone who was originally from the East Coast. The couple who built it was deceased, but the property was used as a place for people to develop as a homestead of sorts. We went by part of the fence at the border to get there. One of the things on this place, exterior of the home, was a living fence, planted with some native plants.

I have seen people's fascination with building with shipping containers. I have not been as interested in them as some seem to be, especially the idea of burying them. I have thought that they could be arranged in a square with a courtyard inside. They could be two or more layers wide.

 

[Morgan101]

I have also thought about a fortress with an inner courtyard. I visited someone at a place in southern Arizona that was built with an inner courtyard. It was an interesting place

That is the design that interested me the most, the Spanish Hacienda. Of course, I would have to have Power Ball money to build it. Four exterior walls enclosed around a courtyard. In the courtyard there would be a water source, with several options, A pond with a place to swim, a place to fish, a place to relax. I would have my brother and sister and their families with me, so one side would be the family house, then each family would have there own wing as a dwelling with full facilities.

I would still have a two story basement under the whole thing with tunnels connecting the four sides. I would construct it from steel and stone, and make it as fire proof as possible. I would have solar panels, and try to be as self sufficient and secure as possible.

Now all I have to do is hit the Power Ball.

 

[Weedygarden]

That is the design that interested me the most, the Spanish Hacienda. Of course, I would have to have Power Ball money to build it. Four exterior walls enclosed around a courtyard. In the courtyard there would be a water source, with several options, A pond with a place to swim, a place to fish, a place to relax. I would have my brother and sister and their families with me, so one side would be the family house, then each family would have there own wing as a dwelling with full facilities.

I would still have a two story basement under the whole thing with tunnels connecting the four sides. I would construct it from steel and stone, and make it as fire proof as possible. I would have solar panels, and try to be as self sufficient and secure as possible.

Now all I have to do is hit the Power Ball.

I have thought about a two story basement as well. I would want multiple stairways and entrances.

 

[bkt]

Great questions, Magpie!

1. At the water's edge at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. (That would have been a 10' drop into the Chesapeake bay if I'd rolled over.)

2. An underground stream running through a sub-basement to provide a constant source of power.

3. Brain (a birthday cake had "Happy Birthday Brain" written on it and my older brothers wouldn't let that go)

4. Rochester, New York - first boom town in the U.S., birthplace of Kodak, Xerox, Bausch & Lomb, Harris Communications, Eastman School of Music, and the world-famous Garbage Plate.

5. Smoker: brisket, ribs, pork butt. Grill: steak, chicken, veggies. Salad made from the garden, cornbread, and some other sides.

 

[Pearl]

Since our dear Magpie is busy being a super mom, I'm taking the honor of nominating @bkt for next week's questions!!

 

[bkt]

I'm in!

 

[Amish Heart]

Great questions, Magpie!

1. At the water's edge at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. (That would have been a 10' drop into the Chesapeake bay if I'd rolled over.)

2. An underground stream running through a sub-basement to provide a constant source of power.

3. Brain (a birthday cake had "Happy Birthday Brain" written on it and my older brothers wouldn't let that go)

4. Rochester, New York - first boom town in the U.S., birthplace of Kodak, Xerox, Bausch & Lomb, Harris Communications, Eastman School of Music, and the world-famous Garbage Plate.

5. Smoker: brisket, ribs, pork butt. Grill: steak, chicken, veggies. Salad made from the garden, cornbread, and some other sides.

We would tease my nephew Brian and call him Brain for some mispellings, too!