Sunday Stealing- High School

Hi! Your host is Bev Sykes of the blog "Funny the World". . Welcome to Sunday Stealing. This feature originated and published on WTIT: The Blog. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

Stolen from the question meme

1. You are  back in high school... what are you doing after school lately? Senior year, driving to my part time job. I worked until 10pm.

2. Do you do homework early or late? Do you really study? Mostly early. I’d get what I could done in study hall. The rest at work when it slowed down at work after 8pm. I studied for the classes I needed to.

3. a, Do you go to the games? Football? Basketball.. what is your favorite to attend? I went to a few homecoming games. No basketball.

 b. Do you go to the dances? Prom? (what'd you wear?) I went to one dance in junior high. I wore a flannel shirt, jeans and Nike sneakers…what most of the girls wore to school everyday. It was our unofficial uniform in the ‘70’s.

4.Lunch!  What are we having today?   What is your favorite lunch? Today? BLT. I usually don’t eat lunch, but I have Covid for the 2nd time, so I haven’t left the 2nd floor since Sunday. So I’m not out and about like I usually am. I’m also at the mercy of my spouse and my son. Usually my son gears up with a mask and a gaiter and sometimes gloves to deliver meals. He usually hangs out +6 feet between us to watch television.

5. What kind of music do you like the best? Classic rock.

6. Does the radio play in your car and if so what station or kind of music plays?  Does music play in your home often? Yes. I have SiriusXM radio in my car. 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, Pop Rock, Classic Rock and about 3 similar channels. I also have a jazz channel saved for when I need to chill. I also played the jazz channel when I was bringing my cat Irish to the vet. It seemed to calm her. I miss her. Now my cat Maddux is sneezing. I’m praying it’s nothing, but I did spend about 20 minutes with him the day I went to the doctor, other than that I have isolated myself from the two cats.

7. What do you think of the music played in restaurants or stores? Do you find it relaxing or annoying? I don’t mind it. Funny story…several years ago my spouse and I went to Kmart during their closing sale. TLC’s “Wannabe” came on over the speakers so my spouse and I started singing. Next thing you know there’s a woman with a toddler in her cart nearby and she starts singing with us…(her first line was “so tell me what you want what you really really want). She sang the entire rest of the song with us, then disappeared  like it was a dream. Most fun I ever had in a Kmart.

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8. What part has music played in your life? What kind of music played at your wedding or at parties you have been to? I always listen in the car. Much to my kid’s’ embarrassment, I sing along in the car. At stop lights I’ve also been known to car dance or do an air drum solo. It’s so much fun watching them try to pull their jackets over their heads to hide from cars passing by us.

9. Is the farm for you? How about a ranch, a village or a city? Which is your choice and why? Not really a farm fan. Those ranches on “Yellowstone” look pretty good. I lived in Chicago 17 years, so I’m over the big city thing. Probably a nice house on the outskirts of town with lots of space between houses, and a nicely equipped SheShed or barn for chillin’ or crafting.

10. A short auto trip for the weekend with friends or a long vacation? Where would you go? Weekend trip or a few days during the week. Probably go back to WI, hit some favorite spots. Might see my sister if she can fit us into her busy (not really) schedule. I haven’t done long vacations since before my car accident when we’d go camping for a week. Can’t really afford a long vacation, but if we could, maybe glamping or spend longer on a trip to WI. Last trip was 3 days, 2 nights and it was much more enjoyable than 2 days and 1 night. We got to relax the first night. So much better.

11. The quiet life at home with a cuppa and TV or  a good book or a night out with friends? Which sounds good today? I guess I’m really old cuz we meetup with friends for breakfast. Really missing that while I’m on quarantine because I have Covid for the 2nd time. The city I live in now has only ONE bar and surrounding cities have maybe a few more. NOTHING like where I grew up near Milwaukee where there was a bar on every corner outside of the residential areas. Now when I’m the passenger I find myself counting bars in surrounding cities. (I’m Irish…what can I say?) It’s really odd having no nightlife. There is none unless you count Cooper’s Hawk and although I like wine, that place is out of my budget. I also like to go to my daughter’s apartment and drink lattes and watch tv.

12. You have a choice of  dinner and a movie or a game of cards and snacks at the neighbors. Where are you going tonight? Dinner and a movie at home or at my daughter’s apartment. NOTHING with the neighbors. None of them are social with any other neighbors. I only know 1 neighbor and that’s because he’s my handyman for things my spouse and I can’t handle (which is a lot now.) He got my riding mower fixed this summer, but then ended up mowing my front and side yards most of the time.

13. Is there a hero or character on TV, in a book or a movie .. or even on all three, that you are especially like? What do you find attractive about them? Maybe the 2 female actresses in “Bound”. Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon.

14.  Was there a book that was better in movie form? How about a movie you thought didn't live up to the book? I really enjoyed 11/22/63, both the book and the movie. I enjoyed the book more because it went into greater detail. I did feel that James Franco was an excellent choice for the main character in the series. I heard it was going to continue, but then they said it was unlikely even though Stephen King had an idea on how to continue. 11/22/63 the book was better than the movie, as was Under The Dome. Both Stephen King.

15. When you choose a book, program or movie which subject it is most likely to be: science fiction, mystery, romance, comedy, documentary, etc.?     What draws you to a particular book or movie? Romance, Romcom, documentary not necessarily in that order.

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Sunday Stealing-Queen of Memes

Hi! Our host is Bev Sykes of the blog "Funny the World". . Welcome to Sunday Stealing. This feature originated and published on WTIT: The Blog. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

Stolen from the Queen Of Memes

 

1. What do men really want in a woman? I’m the wrong person to ask considering I’m a lesbian.

2. Should marijuana be legalized? It’s been in Illinois for several years. Both medical and recreational. I have a medical card.

3. Why did the cow jump over the moon? To get to the other side? No wait…that’s the chicken crossing the road.

4. What do women really want in a man? Again, the wrong person to ask, my being a lesbian. However, I could use a plumber, electrician, roofer, and hvac guy, so I have my checklists for each.

5. When you are having a really good day, what usually makes it good? Spending time with my family. My wife, my son that lives with us, and my daughter who lives less than 2 miles from us. When everyone is getting along it’s wonderful.

6. What can make your good day turn into a bad day? Lately it’s been the sh*t storm that’s been going on with my in-laws. Divorce, orders of protection, eavesdropping devices. That hit all weekend, every day. I really don’t want to hear anymore of it.

7. If you could "start from scratch" and turn back the clock for a re-do, what would you re-do? I’ve said it many times, divorce my exhb AFTER I had my son (my second child) and move far away. 

8. Do you make a list when you go grocery shopping? I’m really twisted…I have several shopping lists. One for Sam’s Club, 2 for Meijer (in Notes and in the app). I keep a running list in notes •••in front of something means I need to buy it. ‘ in front of something means I already bought it.

9. Do you buy more groceries when you're hungry? No, but my blood sugar is usually low and I end up buying something to eat before I leave the parking lot. Depending on the store we could be there 3-4 hours. 

10. Coupons. Use 'em? I clip coupons in the store app and iBotta.

11. Have you ever complained to the manager of your grocery store? Yes. It’s one of the many reasons why we are going to be shopping at that chain in a city a little further away. Tired of pallets full of merchandise in the aisles, tired of bare shelves, tired of nasty produce…I could go on. The manager over there is a lier and a cheapskate. If you are offering a gift card because of a lousy shopping experience, you can cough up more than $10.

12. Do you like to buy groceries at huge chain stores like WalMart? Or do you shop exclusively at food stores? I don’t like Walmart. 2 near me pulled nearly all non-food merchandise off the website so people can’t Christmas shop online and pickup. The store nearest me had ONE item in the Big Mens category. I’m pretty sure if I drive over there that section will be packed. 

13. What do you typically have for lunch? I’m bad. I nearly always skip lunch.

14. If you work outside your home, do you pack your lunch? I’m retired, but when I did work, I brought a can of soup, raw veggies, and my Crockpot Lunch Warmer to heat the soup while I worked. No stove and only 1 microwave oven for at least 30 people.

15. Tell us about your last lunch date and what made it special. It was more brunch. It starts out breakfast at 10am and goes til 1:30/2pm. We have an older couple who befriended my wife at her last job. We meet several times a month. It’s my only social time outside of my family.

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Sunday Stealing-Staying up late

NOTICE!!!!!  Bev's computer is dead and she has no way to create new Sunday Stealings.  I am guest hosting until she is back online. ~Kwizgiver

 

Hi! I'm your host Bev Sykes of the blog "Funny the World". . Welcome to Sunday Stealing.  Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves. 

1. Do you have any Pepto-Bismol in your house? No. I can’t even recall the last time I had it in my house.
2. Do you have a favorite flavor of vodka? I prefer vodka flavored vodka. I don’t get why all these flavors are needed. Back in the day when I discovered flavored schnapps I thought anything beyond peach was ridiculous.
3. Is your backyard big enough to fit a trampoline? I could probably fit 4-5 trampolines in my backyard and 2-3 in my side yard.
4. When was the last time you had eggs? I wish I could say today. I’ve been craving them, it’s been several weeks because I have Covid and I’ve been having smoothies to get my vitamins because I can’t take vitamins in pill form.
5. How often do you blow dry your hair, and what color is your blow dryer? I don’t have enough hair to need a hair dryer. My hair is cut very short, so towel drying for a minute takes care of it.
6. Have you ever gone to bed later than three AM? Quite often.
7. Have you been to a surprise party before? Yes. The most recent was my own.
8. What is your least favorite month? June. Not much going on in June.
9. Have you ever gone to see a movie the day it came out? I have in the distant past, but I try not to. I haven’t been to the movies since before the pandemic. That was for a special showing of “The Big Lebowski” at Hollywood Blvd movie theatre. Some of the streaming services I have show movies that are in theaters at no extra cost. Since I have Covid and can’t leave the house, that works for me. I think this weekend we are watching the new Jurassic Park movie after we binge watch the earlier ones.
10. Do you like movies/books about drugs, and why or why not? Movies I don’t mind. They let you see how people wreck their lives. I prefer other genres of books.
11. Do you have scrap paper by your computer desk? I most likely do.
12. Have you ever kept a bag from a store because you liked it? Yes. I’m pretty sure I have a few Bloomingdale’s bags from when I worked on the 17th floor at 900 N Michigan. I shopped the clearance sales on my lunch if I was bored or needed a gift.
13. Was the last thing you drank carbonated? Caffeine Free Diet Coke.
14. Do you own any yellow clothing? I can’t think of any.
15. Last person you argued with? Could be any or all of my family members. All but 1 of us have Covid and we’re super cranky.

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Sunday Stealing-From Danielle Selander

Hi! Our host is Bev Sykes of the blog "Funny the World". . Welcome to Sunday Stealing.  Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

Stolen from Danielle Selander

 1. If you could live in a house shaped like anything what would it be? It would be a mansion. Not sure of the shape. It would be a typical mansion with several roof peaks.
2. What do you think is in outer space? It’s outta site.
3. Where is the most wonderful place you’ve ever been?Key West, FL. I with I could take a vacation there.
4. If you were invisible for a day, what would you do? I would people watch complete strangers. If I were to watch people I know that would be like eavesdropping. And what if it was people you know and they were naked and/or seeing someone bending the woman over a barrel and showing her the fifty states. Seeing strangers do that rather than people you know. I don’t think I could look them in the eye, and if one or both mentions some part of that scene. I would need to leave at that point because I would laugh hysterically.
5. What is the worst smell in the world? Baby #2. 
6. If you could, what animal would you be? A bear. Wouldn’t it be nice to hibernate?
7. What is the greatest thing ever invented? Indoor plumbing.
8. What is your favorite word? Why? Clearance. 😂😂😂😂 I think it speaks for itself.
9. Who is someone in history that you’d like to be friends with? Why? Pass.
10. If your pet could talk, what would it say? Get off MY chair! I’m tired of picking human hair from it.
11. Were there dinosaurs on Noah’s ark? Wouldn’t they have to be? 
12. What makes you cry? Just about anything.
13. Have you ever played a joke on someone? What was it? I worked at an insurance company for awhile. We all had cubicles. We’d chat through them or eavesdrop.  A coworker, Catherine, was SUPER OCD. The coworker between her and I, Megan, would fill me in on anything I missed. We’d take turns making paperclip chains (Catherine hated that). When Catherine went on vacation I had a really good prank. Every day I would move every single thing on her desk about an eighth of an inch to the right. Nothing was out of place, just moved with everything else on her desk so everything was the same distance from each other. The day she came back we all waited with anticipation to see what she did. After everyone stopped by, welcomed her back, and chatted about her vacation she was alone in her cube. Megan could not wait. Catherine kept wheeling her desk chair back, looking around her cube. This went on for over an hour. Catherine was completely discombobulated. She knew something was different/wrong, but she couldn’t figure it out. Finally a group of us went to her cube and Megan told Catherine what had been done. 
14. What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do? Go through losing both my parents in my twenties. Being the oldest it was my responsibility to make the funeral arrangements. When my Mom died he brought me with him so I would know the process and be able to make his funeral arrangements. June 17th was the 37th anniversary of her death. 
15. What is the most important appliance in your house? Dishwasher. We’ve had one for years. It’s waiting until we gave the money for an electrician. My life would be so much less stressful.

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Sunday Stealing-Love Me Some Surveys

Hi! Our host is Bev Sykes of the blog "Funny the World". . Welcome to Sunday Stealing.  Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

Stolen from Love Me Some Surveys

1. Who was the last attractive person you saw? My wife.

2. Do you have a tattoo? If not, are you going to get one? No, but I always say I want one, but I have no idea what the tattoo would be, or where I would have it.

3. Have you smoked a cigarette in the last 24 hours? No cigarettes. Quit April 2015.

4. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance? That would depend what they did. If they stole a candy bar, then yes. If they murdered someone, then no.

5. What is your favorite number? I don’t know that I have one.

6. What time did you go to sleep last night? Sometime after 1:30am, the last time I looked at my watch.

7. Are you one of those people that always answer their phones? No. I don’t answer numbers that are not familiar.

8. If you died today would your life be complete? No.

9. If you are being extremely quiet, what does that mean? It usually means I have caught myself interrupting, so I choose to shut my pie hole until I hear an obvious break in the conversation.

10. Do you know what high school your dad went to? My Dad didn’t go to high school.

11. Last time you had butterflies in your stomach? I don’t recall.

12. Where is your cell phone? In my hand typing the answers.

13.  What is the nearest purple thing to you? Hand towel.

14. When did you last step outside?  What were you doing? Yesterday. I drove to my daughter’s apartment.

15. What is the last thing you watched on TV? “Workin’ Moms” on Netflix.

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Randomness

Not been feeling well. For whatever reason the arthritis in my back and knee became extremely painful and I started having nearly constant cramps in my left calf and intermittent cramps in my left thigh. I walk like The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I try as best I can to force myself to straighten up and stand, walk upright, normal. When this started 3 months ago I had great difficulty getting up from the floor. This was after 2 falls. (I’m fine, I just have problems with balance.) To get upstairs I have to start out crawling up the stairs because they are angled and nothing to hold onto. I’ve just felt so old…useless. I’ve actually been seriously considering getting an upright walker. It forces you to stand upright instead of the hunched over your body insists on, and you can walk upright with really no fear of losing my balance. They are very expensive, so I haven’t pulled the trigger on that purchase.

I had been going to PT for the back, hip, knee pain. I battled through 2 visits and was in such pain after the 2nd visit that I started canceling appointments. The left calf and thigh cramps began after the 2nd visit. 

I’ve had so many medical appointments every single week, until I started canceling PT and my doctors started stretching out follow up visits. That open time allowed me to catch up on paperwork and phone calls. I spent the entire day being referred to a different agency, then another, and another. Then I get referred back to the original, who referred me to the agency that referred me to them. I was so frustrated, but I was determined to get to an answer. The answer was that the state and federal do not play nice together in that they don’t share needed information, or they take their time sharing information. The other day’s calls still need follow up this week. GAH!

My body has calmed down somewhat, though the cramps are awful. It’s mostly at the end of the day that the back, hip and knee pain is really bad. I’ve been able to start the stairs standing instead of crawling. So that’s something. I’m standing slightly more upright and forcing myself further upright. I’m not going to get down on the floor to see if I do better getting up. Nope!

Potassium helps with cramps, but I’m not allowed to take vitamins or supplements because of my kidney issue. So, I start my day with a banana, and end my day with a serving of tonic water. (No gin. I’m no fun! I do love gin and tonics, but think it’s best to just do tonic.) Tonic water, after 4 weeks of daily drinks it is supposed to lessen cramps. I’m almost 2 weeks in, we’ll see.

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Sunday Stealing-Silly Questions

Hi! Our host is Bev Sykes of the blog "Funny the World". . Welcome to Sunday Stealing.  Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

Stolen from SwapBot

1.    What’s the weirdest smell you have ever smelled? 🤷🏻‍♀️

 2.   What would be the hat to end all hats? What could you wear on your head that would make people stop what they are doing and stare in awe and amazement? Definitely a Carmen Miranda fruit hat.

 3.    What is something that everyone looks stupid doing? Walking down a hospital hallway wearing a gown that never quite closes in the back.

 4.   In 40 years, what will people be nostalgic for? Dining in restaurants? With all the various delivery services people seem to already be dining out less. 

 5.   How do you feel about putting pineapple on pizza? It’s great with Canadian Bacon.

 6.   If animals could talk, which would be the rudest? Cats. 

 7.   What’s the best type of cheese? Blue cheese or Brie.

 8.   Where is the strangest place you’ve urinated or defecated? When I was a kid we ice skated where water pooled and froze in a field not far from my house. It wasn’t a pond. Anyway, I needed to go and I wanted to walk home, no one would go with me, so I had to go behind a tree.

 9.    In one sentence, how would you sum up the internet? A necessity.
 
10.   Which insect could you happily do without seeing for a good long time? Mosquitos. When I get bit I blister, so I don’t only deal with itching.

11,   What is the most embarrassing thing you have ever worn? Do I have to admit this? In junior high I had a pair of plaid wide leg cuffed pants. If you’ve heard of and seen the Bay City Rollers, they wore plaid pants just like them. Mine were a red, yellow, blue plaid. Note the wide cuffs. I was really styling!

12.  What’s the weirdest thing a guest has done at your house? I can’t think of anything.

13.  Is cereal soup? Why or why not? No. Soup has a broth. Cereal is either dry or with milk.

14.   What is the sexiest and least sexy name? Pass.

15.   What fictional character is amazing in their book / show / movie, but would be insufferable if you had to deal with them in mundane everyday situations? I saw someone said Sheldon from Big Bang Theory. Sheldon from Young Sheldon is more insufferable.

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