Depends. If it just me stay home, but if Liz is with me dinner/cinema. She loves to go out and her being happy is what truly make me happy.
Vacation in Scotland or Ireland?
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A new set of glasses so he doesn't have to squint all the time.
Roland, where do you get a cup of Joe for only 75 cents in Chicago?
In my kitchen. That's what Liz charges me. Water is only two bits, so I usually drink water.
What do I give someone like you. You already have my admiration and friendship. All I have is my gratitude and my hopes that your life be long and interesting.
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My undying gratitude. Unfortunately with that and $1 you can buy a 75 cent cup of java. It is the thought that counts.
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Other cultures. I have done a lot of both. I find learning about other culture far more interesting than reading about thieves, bums, and court jesters.
Neptune or Uranus ( I was going to write Mars and Venus, but I like making people think about Uranus. insert Beavis and Butt-head laugh here)
Neptune or Uranus ( I was going to write Mars and Venus, but I like making people think about Uranus. insert Beavis and Butt-head laugh here)
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Sherlock Holmes confronts the room of suspects. With Watson by his side scribbling notes into his ledger, Holmes paces back and forth in front of the three possible murderers, the elderly aunt, the butler and the mistress. The consulting detective waves the police investigator forward.
"Inspector, I have used reason and wit to discern the culprit, the foul slayer of the lord of this manor. The aunt has obvious motive, she would inherit everything, but she is to old and frail to have wielded the club in the manner necessary to kill the victim. The mistress discovered his other dalliance with the dancer at the club, but she is left-handed and the manor's lord had defensive wounds and the majority of the severe blows were on the left side of the victim which logically leads us to the conclusion that the murderer must be right-handed and attacking from the front. The butler has no motive until you notice the facial similarities and scar on his left hand. The victim had six fingers which is a rare genetic abnormality that is pasted from father to son. The butler is his illegitimate son and DNA evidence would prove it thus allowing him the inherit the estate. He is the guilty one."
The butler begins to run, but a nearby police officer knocks him to the ground and cuffs him.
Watson speaks up, "But sir, it can't be the butler."
"He must be. It's elementary my dear Watson." replied Holmes
"It can't be!" Watson stridently said. "I still have at least three chapters to go!"
"Inspector, I have used reason and wit to discern the culprit, the foul slayer of the lord of this manor. The aunt has obvious motive, she would inherit everything, but she is to old and frail to have wielded the club in the manner necessary to kill the victim. The mistress discovered his other dalliance with the dancer at the club, but she is left-handed and the manor's lord had defensive wounds and the majority of the severe blows were on the left side of the victim which logically leads us to the conclusion that the murderer must be right-handed and attacking from the front. The butler has no motive until you notice the facial similarities and scar on his left hand. The victim had six fingers which is a rare genetic abnormality that is pasted from father to son. The butler is his illegitimate son and DNA evidence would prove it thus allowing him the inherit the estate. He is the guilty one."
The butler begins to run, but a nearby police officer knocks him to the ground and cuffs him.
Watson speaks up, "But sir, it can't be the butler."
"He must be. It's elementary my dear Watson." replied Holmes
"It can't be!" Watson stridently said. "I still have at least three chapters to go!"
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If you stacked a bunch of sugar cubes and then cried on them, wound that be a tear tier?
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"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." Yogi Berra (not the one in Jellystone National Park)
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Vikings were much tougher and more fierce by far. I pick Viking, but pirates did have parrots and it was warmer in the Caribbean.
In the zombiepocalypse who would you rather be with an experienced policeman or streetwise thug?
In the zombiepocalypse who would you rather be with an experienced policeman or streetwise thug?
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Just yesterday, I do it all the time. xD
How does one get over the loss of a pet? I could really use the info right about now!
Getting over a lose is hard. Remember, you don't want to forget just learn how to deal. It's like exercise in a perverse way, if you don't hurt (get sore) after a good work out then you didn't get as much as you should have. When you lose someone special, if it doesn't hurt it wasn't that good a relationship. The lose and hurt you feel validates how important your pet was to you. T.J. advise was good and he said it kindly. (which I liked, persevere good word for it) In the old days they would say cowboy up. (seems harsh, but really the same thing) Get a cat. They are much better than a dog. Much better!
Now T.J.'s question. I was a leader for many years. I was very good at it, but I don't want to ever do that again. It took to much of my soul.
What real animal, if you could pick any, would you like to ride?
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I read your book some time ago. I'm glad everyone else is figuring out just how good you are. Congratulations, please keep us updated on how it is going. (I can hardly wait till it's listed as #1)
Frak!! Free!! But I paid for mine. Well it was worth it.
Frak!! Free!! But I paid for mine. Well it was worth it.
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Trumpet (cornet is my fav)
When was the last time you looked back at your life and laughed at your own foolishness, or am I the only one?
When was the last time you looked back at your life and laughed at your own foolishness, or am I the only one?
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"I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret...
if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid."
Katharine Hepburn
if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid."
Katharine Hepburn
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Yes. (gosh that was easy)
Let me repeat the last real question, cause I thought it was pretty good.
Why is it the the most beautiful things we see are so far away?
Let me repeat the last real question, cause I thought it was pretty good.
Why is it the the most beautiful things we see are so far away?
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The female mind is very simple. It is simple, direct and uncompromising. (except when they want to be) To keep a woman happy, all you have to do is exactly what they want, exactly how they want it and before they tell you what it is. Don't forget to include any changes they want before they realize they want them and that a voluntary gift of some kind is always required. (flowers or candy if you've been perfect and jewelry if any of the aforementioned was not done properly, even if they were) Also it is important to keep her entertained. Do anything she wants to do and recommend it to her before she tells you what it is. If there are any problems, (which are of course 100% your fault) then any arguments that follow you must lose happily, apologize, and give a gift to make it up. (see above mentioned gifts for proper selection, but double or triple the cost depending on how wrong you really were) If all of these guidelines are followed, I guarantee you will have at least a 50.001% chance of a happy and peaceful relationship.
Why are men always wrong? (I know it's true, because my wife said so. I agreed, gave her flowers and took her to an expensive restaurant before apologizing for being wrong about what ever our next discussion would be about.)
Why are men always wrong? (I know it's true, because my wife said so. I agreed, gave her flowers and took her to an expensive restaurant before apologizing for being wrong about what ever our next discussion would be about.)
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Classic rock
If a reader reads your story/poem and thinks it's good, but not excellent, do you want a four score or have the reader just not score it?
If a reader reads your story/poem and thinks it's good, but not excellent, do you want a four score or have the reader just not score it?
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DRAGON!!! Scourge of the seven seas... oh no that was pirates. Dragons are the fiercest most dread mythical creature, but yet some dragons are good and some can use magic. I'd want to be a dragon that can take human shape using magic (a fairly common story device about dragons) and walk down back alleys in high crime areas. I'll be able to be a good guy and still eat people.
Do you think you will live one-hundred years (I've read articles that say people born in 2025 should have an average life expectancy of 100)
This question is for the younger people, sorry Roland, oh that's me!
Do you think you will live one-hundred years (I've read articles that say people born in 2025 should have an average life expectancy of 100)
This question is for the younger people, sorry Roland, oh that's me!
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I'm grateful for another day of pain. Think about it. Life is pain. We grow, learn and experience life. They can all be painful, emotionally and physically. We tend to remember the good times, but often we only have the good time because we suffered through the hard times to get there. I like the pain, it means there's more good times ahead if I just keep pushing on.
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I'd think, frak I need to take my pills. But in this instance I'd say, "Aye you swabs! Set sail you mangy bilge rats and let's find us a fat treasure ship laden with gold and pretty women. Where's Doctor Hyde my first mate?"
If you could live any place in the world, where would it be?
If you could live any place in the world, where would it be?
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Nikola Tesla. He did a lot of his work here in Chicago. I used to use some of his thoughts and ideas with my students.
Fried rice or steamed rice?
Fried rice or steamed rice?
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Do you mean the rip-of of that mid-80's phenom by Alexei Sayle 'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?'
What movie or TV series of the last 50 years will still be though of as good entertainment in 100 years?
What movie or TV series of the last 50 years will still be though of as good entertainment in 100 years?
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Science Fiction (a geek through & through) but if the supernatural is better I'll read it.
orange juice with pulp or without pulp?
orange juice with pulp or without pulp?
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Yes and I talk to myself when I'm not alone. I have to talk to someone weird or crazy enough to understand me don't I?
Yes you do, that is very normal in my opinion.
Thank you. I think it is OK to talk to yourself as long as you don't answer.
Why is that?
Then it shows that you don't understand you identity. You think you are someone else, another individual. That is delusional. That would mean you might be crazy.
Really? Wow, I'll watch out for those types. See you later.
God, I'm glad he's gone. He can be such an ass.
If you came out of your front door and saw an elderly person being badly beaten by someone and you didn't know either person, who would you pull for... No, no, no! I mean what would you do?
Yes you do, that is very normal in my opinion.
Thank you. I think it is OK to talk to yourself as long as you don't answer.
Why is that?
Then it shows that you don't understand you identity. You think you are someone else, another individual. That is delusional. That would mean you might be crazy.
Really? Wow, I'll watch out for those types. See you later.
God, I'm glad he's gone. He can be such an ass.
If you came out of your front door and saw an elderly person being badly beaten by someone and you didn't know either person, who would you pull for... No, no, no! I mean what would you do?
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... tempting...
What can I give you? You're such a wonderful friend nothing seems good enough... hmmm....
I give you my company here online.
That's perfect! I couldn't ask for more.
I know exactly what you need. A part in a play at school that a well known film mogul (Josh Whedon maybe) sees you in and decides you are the perfect person for the part of Willow in the new 'Buffy' remake!
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Broken leg, but both are preferable to a broken heart.
Is there any profession that is more despised than politicians?
Is there any profession that is more despised than politicians?
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Compassionate and kind. Wants to fight for the oppressed underdog.