Weekly Survey

[HollyGolightly]

1. Do you have anything unique hanging on your walls? My office/dining room is a hodge-podge of the kid's artwork over the years. Some very interesting stuff - my favorite is a blue meanie - looking piece of art our oldest did about 12 years ago. She had no idea what a blue meanie was, but she had to draw a "creature" and she nailed it.

2. What was your favorite thing to do as a kid? Roam the woods with my friends - there were 5 of us and we roamed and adventured all day everyday.

3.Do you live in a house or apartment? House

4. What was your first job? Waitressing - I loved that job

5.What is your favorite dish your mom makes/made? Banana Pudding

6.What is your favorite place to go in the summer? I.E beach, park, etc. Beach

7. Is your kitchen table round or square? Round

8. What kind of vehicle do you drive. Pontiac Torrent

9. Who is your favorite cartoon character? Charlie Brown

10. Do you have a favorite t-shirt that you wear? I'm not really into wearing t-shirts but when I do, it's just plain white men's Hanes V-necks

 

[danie]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live?

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.)

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends?

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.)

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid?

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special?

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason?

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)?

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.).

 

[ghost19]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live? It's very scenic here, right in the middle of the Ozark Mountains.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) Her backseat driving, after 20 years and no matter how many times I complain, she still does it.

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends? I don't really watch a lot of shows, more a movie watcher. Only show I've kept up with recently is Justified.

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.) It would not bother me in the least, I love my son unconditionally.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid? Chewbacca. I dressed up as that character something like five years in a row.

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special? He tried to prepare me for college telling me that making straight A's in high school did not translate to necessarily making good grades in college, but like the dumb-assed teenager I was, I didn't listen very well. This lack of insight ended up costing me my academic scholarship and was the main reason I never graduated college. Life gets in the way sometimes I guess.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?Ahhh, I'm not touching this one.

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason? Around 140mph. I used to have a 2000 Stage 2 Roush Mustang, it would haul some serious ass.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)? Nah, not in quite a while, I use dictionary.com

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.) My parents took me to Silver Dollar City one summer and made me do one of those idiotically tacky western old-time family photographs. The expression on my face is priceless in the picture. My mom describes the expression as halfway between murder and insanity. I pissed and moaned about the photo for years because she hung it up right in the living room, so all my friends, girlfriends, could see it. In the picture I'm wearing a coon skin cap, if that tells you anything about the type of picture.

Great questions Danie. Have a good weekend ma'am.

 

[Grandpa]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live?

It's a charming town, energetic and attractive, with easy access to picturesque canyons, and only an hour away from some of the prettiest scenery anywhere.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.)

Nothing! She's perfect in every way! And she might read this someday!

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends?

I don't brag about Arrow much.

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.)

I'd want them to be happy. If I'm going to be honest, deep within my very heart of hearts, I would feel some unease, but I would dismiss it as an artifact emotion from an obsolete attitude. I'd just want them to be happy.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid?

Wow. I hate to say it, but I don't remember any of my kid Halloween costumes. We generally made our own. I just don't remember.

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special?

He was a World War II veteran who would tell us some combat anecdotes, and he would reassign seating every two weeks to keep it interesting, and every time he did, he would keep the couples going steady in seats next to each other.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?

Motorcycling.

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason?

150 or so. I was on a track in a NASCAR racer, the mechanic next to me. It was a group outing.

(I tried to upload a picture of the car, but the uploader isn't working for me today, in this or other threads.)

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)?

Not anymore. I'd like to say it's sad, but I can get the spellings and meanings more quickly electronically.

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.).

Washington, D.C. Mom said we'd go wherever I wanted to go that year, I said camping, and she said D.C. It was miserable. Rained most of the time, and we couldn't find parking spots, and the traffic was terrible. Found ourselves in a decidedly wrong neighborhood, and the parents were terrified. In later years, I went to D.C. a number of times and loved it, but that year, we should've gone camping.

Great survey, danie - enjoyed it!

 

[KingAHolic]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015
1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live? History. Washington DC monuments and lots of historic sites (Northern VA)
2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) He talks & complains too much
3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends? Celebrity Apprentice.
4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.) I'd be very concerned for the challenges. Would not be surprised in one instance.
5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid? Little Bo Peep.
6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special? I had no special teachers. Maybe my psychology teach in HS because I had a crush on him.
7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)? Drink alcohol.
8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason? 110, because I had a Toyota MR2.
9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)? Yep. When watching TV, it's right here on my end table. Use it all the time.
10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.). Church. Every Sunday by my mom. Hated it. (and I'm starting to hate it again...)

 

[KingAHolic]

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) Her backseat driving, after 20 years and no matter how many times I complain, she still does it.

Me too here. It's too fast, or too slow, I should have run the light or I should have stopped. Never right!

 

[pegasus216]

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live?
People do in the summer because of the beach.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.)
When I was married, he would fold up his dirty clothes. Drove me bananas

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends?

None that I can think of.


4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.)

It wouldn't bother me.


5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid?

I didn't celebrate the day.


6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special?

My 10th grade science teacher. He was a really nice guy.


7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?

Go to rock shows.


8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason?

I don't emember how fast I was going, but it was to get Karen to her wedding. We were 45 minutes late.


9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)?

I used to, but since the eyes aren't that good any more, I can't read a book of any kind now.


10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.).

Church.

 

[not_nadine]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live?

It's a Tri-State area - Pa/NJ/De
History in Philadelphia and Delaware, Beaches in New Jersey and Delaware. Maryland is close by with Crabbing and Beaches. Amish country is beautiful.

2. What about your significant other gets on, your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.)

If I had a significant other it would get on my nerves if he was late with my breakfast in bed and he would had not finished the laundry yet.


3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends?

Dancing with the Stars

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.)

Ask when I can meet him or her.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid?

My mom made my friend and I awesome Nun outfits. I don't think it went over too well when we went to the rectory.

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special?

Can't think of one.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?

Eat and Sleep

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason?

Don't remember.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)?

Not anymore, and I used to read the dictionary. (and I find it quite ironic that I just had to fix a typo of the word "dictionary"

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.).

Funerals.

Don't judge me. You only know my face, not my story.

 

[Riot87]

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live? Its a nice town not that busy and plus its in wisconsin lol

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) He has too many friends that come over to our house lol

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends? Snapped

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.) I would just want them to be happy

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid? I didnt get to go

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special? Because she actually cared about the students and was nice

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)? drink lol

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason? i was racing someone

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)? yes we have one

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.). i was forced to go to church by my mother

 

[Spideyman]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live? beaches, weather, attractions, more beaches.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) saying something will be done, and it is not done.

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends? Looney Tunes cartoons

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.)acceptance and embrace.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid? doggie

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special? taught me to be true to myself. Not necessary to please others all the time.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?not sure

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason? 100mph plus making an emergency blood run between hospitals.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)? yes, when writing snail mail letters/ no auto correct.

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.). A funeral- family pressure to attend.

 

[Neesy]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live? It's very scenic here, right in the middle of the Ozark Mountains.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) Her backseat driving, after 20 years and no matter how many times I complain, she still does it.

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends? I don't really watch a lot of shows, more a movie watcher. Only show I've kept up with recently is Justified.

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.) It would not bother me in the least, I love my son unconditionally.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid? Chewbacca. I dressed up as that character something like five years in a row.

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special? He tried to prepare me for college telling me that making straight A's in high school did not translate to necessarily making good grades in college, but like the dumb-assed teenager I was, I didn't listen very well. This lack of insight ended up costing me my academic scholarship and was the main reason I never graduated college. Life gets in the way sometimes I guess.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?Ahhh, I'm not touching this one.

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason? Around 140mph. I used to have a 2000 Stage 2 Roush Mustang, it would haul some serious ass.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)? Nah, not in quite a while, I use dictionary.com

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.) My parents took me to Silver Dollar City one summer and made me do one of those idiotically tacky western old-time family photographs. The expression on my face is priceless in the picture. My mom describes the expression as halfway between murder and insanity. I pissed and moaned about the photo for years because she hung it up right in the living room, so all my friends, girlfriends, could see it. In the picture I'm wearing a coon skin cap, if that tells you anything about the type of picture.

Great questions Danie. Have a good weekend ma'am.

My parents took me to Silver Dollar City one summer and made me do one of those idiotically tacky western old-time family photographs. The expression on my face is priceless in the picture. My mom describes the expression as halfway between murder and insanity. I pissed and moaned about the photo for years because she hung it up right in the living room, so all my friends, girlfriends, could see it. In the picture I'm wearing a coon skin cap, if that tells you anything about the type of picture.
Oh - if ONLY you had that photo to post here - we would love to see it!

Spoiler

Dan'l Boone

 

[skimom2]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live?
The mountains, especially if someone doesn't live near a range. I'm ambivalent about most everything around here but them--they're absolutely magnificent.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.)
Nitpickyness. It makes him a wonder on the job (he's a quality inspector), but can be aggravating in real life.

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends?
Can't think of anything right now.

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.)
A little sad, but not because of their sexuality (that's not my business). The social and cultural pressure/judgement can be so difficult.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid?
Gypsy. I loved wearing the swirly skirt, makeup, and huge gold hoop earrings. I think I was a gypsy 3 or 4 years in a row.

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special?
I have 2, both in high school. Both challenged me to challenge myself.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?
Read. I'd read all day, every day if I could.

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason?
around 100 mph, very late at night on the way to TX when my grandpa was dying. I sort of forgot to even look at the speedometer.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)?
Yep.

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.).
Hard to force me to do anything since I was a kid (parents could do that). I force myself to go to anything with my ILs (particularly SIL); it's never enjoyable, but I don't want to cut BH or kids off from his dad (FIL is not well).

 

[Alexandra M]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live?
The great weather, the lake, wineries, restaurants, shopping and the scenery.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.)
Nothing

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends?
Sons of Anarchy

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.)
The choice is theirs; I would fully support them.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid?
I honestly don't remember.

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special?
He was interesting and genuinely cared about his students.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?
Shopping; I love it!

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason?
The mustang I had definitely was put through its paces; 130 probably.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)?
Yes, all the time.

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.).

A wedding and I was right. Speeches lasted over 4 hours!

 

[QueenOfHearts]

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live? Good old Bangor Maine is the place to be. Plain and simple

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) Stubborn.

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends? Any and all realhousewives. Don't judge me with your judgy eyes.

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.) Happiness trumps all.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid? Red crayola crayon.

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special? Saw a talent in me and helped me hone it.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any consequences)? Exterminate child abusers.

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason? Convoy in Afghanistan under attack.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)? Nope

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.). Rehab but it was truly all for the best.

 

[ghost19]

My parents took me to Silver Dollar City one summer and made me do one of those idiotically tacky western old-time family photographs. The expression on my face is priceless in the picture. My mom describes the expression as halfway between murder and insanity. I pissed and moaned about the photo for years because she hung it up right in the living room, so all my friends, girlfriends, could see it. In the picture I'm wearing a coon skin cap, if that tells you anything about the type of picture.
Oh - if ONLY you had that photo to post here - we would love to see it!

Spoiler

Dan'l Boone

CRUEL WOMAN!! My wife says the same thing every time we go see my parents and she sees my eyeballing the picture. That particular photo has a date with a fire pit someday, oh yes, it WILL happen. What was even funnier about the whole situation is that my best friend went with us to Silver Dollar City. I can still remember the smirk on his face as the photographer took the picture. Of course, he was very professional about it and only told EVERYONE in our school the next Monday. What are friends for, after all?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live? The whether is great all year round.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) I'm single.

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends? WWE Wrestling.

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.) I don't have children, but it would be perfectly okay.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid? Ghostbuster!

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special? She connected with students very well. Being honest goes a long way.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)? Play video games. lol

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason? Probably over 100 MPH. On the freeway when I was younger, just because.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)? Yes. I was an English major and I still have the same Oxford dictionary.

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.). My parents used to take me to Catholic retreats. They were quite bizarre. People would say they had visions and speak in tongues.

 

[CriticAndProud]

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live?
They wouldn't.

Nothing really special here.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.)
Not in a relationship, but I think being overly argumentative would drive me loopy.

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends?
None.

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.)
I wouldn't care at all. I'd be more worried about the fact I have a son or daughter.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid?
Beetlejuice (or, to be more correct, Betelgeuse)

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special?
They are funny.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?

I'd probably watch movies or work on my movie.

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason?
Never driven a car by myself, so probably like 20 km an hour on a quadbike.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)?
Nope.

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.).
I was basically forced me to go to my friend's sisters party (I didn't wanna be an ********). I was so crippled by social anxiety I left the party early. I'm a bit better at that sorta stuff now.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Sunday Survey May 3, 2015

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) Her backseat driving, after 20 years and no matter how many times I complain, she still does it.

That is really annoying. I think it would be a borderline deal breaker for me. lol

 

[Riot87]

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live? The whether is great all year round.

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.) I'm single.

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends? WWE Wrestling.

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.) I don't have children, but it would be perfectly okay.

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid? Ghostbuster!

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special? She connected with students very well. Being honest goes a long way.

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)? Play video games. lol

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason? Probably over 100 MPH. On the freeway when I was younger, just because.

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)? Yes. I was an English major and I still have the same Oxford dictionary.

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.). My parents used to take me to Catholic retreats. They were quite bizarre. People would say they had visions and speak in tongues.

I like alot of your answers

 

[GNTLGNT]

1. Why do you think people would like to the visit the area where you live?-two words....Cambridge Glass, or....Kennedy's Bakery....

2. What about your significant other gets on your nerves? (If not in a relationship, imagine.)-how she swears she told me something, but never really did

3. What TV show do you watch that you’d be embarrassed to tell your friends?-I have none that I'm embarrassed about, and if they're true friends-it wouldn't matter

4. How do you think you’d react if your son or daughter told you he/she was gay? (If no children, imagine.)-as long as they found happiness, I wouldn't care

5. What was your favorite or most memorable Halloween costume as a kid?-when I was a toddler, my parents dressed me like a tiny Russian peasant woman...'splains a whole lot don't it Lucy?

6. Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she so special?-Ms. Judy Frame, HS teacher...she was challenging, supportive and the only one who prepared me for college...and she's still very dear to me to this day...

7. What do you wish you could do in excess (without any ill consequences)?-beer and Jack Daniels...

8. What’s the fastest you’ve ever driven and for what reason?-couldn't tell ya, I was in an 84 Monte Carlo Super Sport and it took several seconds for the needle to come off the peg on the right...and the speedo was rated to 140 I believe....and it was cuz somebody thought they could outrun me...pshaw!...

9. Do you ever use a real dictionary (nothing electronic)?-a medical dictionary all the time....

10. Tell about a place or event you were forced to go to by someone else (parents, significant other, friends, etc.).-nope, years of psychotherapy...I ain't goin' back there again....thought the electroshocks kinda became fun....