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Today's Question(s): Which would you rather, a trip to the Arctic or to the Tropics?
When you were a kid and played pretend, what's something you pretended?
Tell us any reason the power went out where you were:
Details if you have them, Has you or anyone you know been in a vehicle when it ran out of fuel?
Bonus: Something on your to-do list:
Something with a hook:
Something stirred:
Something shaken:
Foodie Questions: Have you had these pasta shapes:
-Alphabet letters?
-Angel hair?
-Bow tie?
-Rotelle (little wheels)?
-Stars?
-Other?
Just for fun: If you know, what nicknames (granny, grandpa, etc.) did your grandparents go by?
Top Music Hits This Day: 1941 Jimmy Dorsey - Amapola My Pretty Little Poppy
1955 Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett
1964 Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
1968 Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
1971 Temptations - Just My Imagination Running Away With Me
1973 Vicki Lawerence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
1974 Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling
1977 ABBA - Dancing Queen
1981 Hall and Oates - Kiss on My List
1987 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
1991 Gloria Estefan - Coming Out of the Dark
1995 Madonna - Take a Bow
Today's Quote: "We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are."
~Anais Nin, author
Today’s Word: ohm [ohm] noun
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI)
Today Includes: Caramel Popcorn Day
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
Tartan Day
This Week Includes: Bat Appreciation Week, bears repeating
Golden Rule Week
Ocean Week
The Masters Tournament
April Includes: Amateur Radio Month
BLT Sandwich Month
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
Prevent Lyme Disease in Dogs Month
Soft Pretzel Month
Today's Stately Picture: Wisconsin. Dells rock formations by lake.
Made freely available on flickr.com by Roller Coaster Philosophy
Today's Question(s): Which would you rather, a trip to the Arctic or to the Tropics? Tropics,,,, it's warmer
When you were a kid and played pretend, what's something you pretended? I don't think I ever did that,,,, pretending Tell us any reason the power went out where you were: Usually it was due to a bad storm in the area, however it hasn't occurred too often. Details if you have them, Has you or anyone you know been in a vehicle when it ran out of fuel? I had the company vehicle and didn't get gas once,,,,, and then it stopped running in the middle of a trip I was on. Traffic was moving all over the place except for me. Bonus: Something on your to-do list: visit a few more Nat'l Parks and re-visit the ones I've been to as well.
Something with a hook: A ships anchor
Something stirred: soup
Something shaken: The car when it gets a flat tire..........
Foodie Questions: Have you had these pasta shapes:
-Alphabet letters?
-Angel hair?
-Bow tie?
-Rotelle (little wheels)? not yet -Stars?
-Other?
Just for fun: If you know, what nicknames (granny, grandpa, etc.) did your grandparents go by? grandpa & grandma
Top Music Hits This Day: 1941 Jimmy Dorsey - Amapola My Pretty Little Poppy
1955 Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett
1964 Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
1968 Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
1971 Temptations - Just My Imagination Running Away With Me
1973 Vicki Lawerence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
1974 Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling
1977 ABBA - Dancing Queen
1981 Hall and Oates - Kiss on My List
1987 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
1991 Gloria Estefan - Coming Out of the Dark
1995 Madonna - Take a Bow
Today's Quote: "We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are."
~Anais Nin, author
Today’s Word: ohm [ohm] noun
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI)
Today Includes: Caramel Popcorn Day
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
Tartan Day
This Week Includes: Bat Appreciation Week, bears repeating
Golden Rule Week
Ocean Week
The Masters Tournament
April Includes: Amateur Radio Month
BLT Sandwich Month
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
Prevent Lyme Disease in Dogs Month
Soft Pretzel Month
Today's Stately Picture: Wisconsin. Dells rock formations by lake.
Made freely available on flickr.com by Roller Coaster Philosophy
Today's Question(s): Which would you rather, a trip to the Arctic or to the Tropics?
When you were a kid and played pretend, what's something you pretended? To be older for one thing. Tell us any reason the power went out where you were:
Not at this house but years ago at a different house someone hit a telephone pole just a couple houses away and busted the fire hydrant at the same time. The water caused big delays. Details if you have them, Has you or anyone you know been in a vehicle when it ran out of fuel? Surely at some point in the millions of miles I've driven and also rode with others.....
Bonus: Something on your to-do list:
Something with a hook:
Clothes hanger
Something stirred:
Coffee.
Something shaken:
James Bond's martinis
Foodie Questions: Have you had these pasta shapes:
-Alphabet letters?
-Angel hair?
-Bow tie?
-Rotelle (little wheels)?
-Stars?
-Other?
Just for fun: If you know, what nicknames (granny, grandpa, etc.) did your grandparents go by? Grand dad and Grandma ..
Top Music Hits This Day: 1941 Jimmy Dorsey - Amapola My Pretty Little Poppy
1955 Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett
1964 Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
1968 Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
1971 Temptations - Just My Imagination Running Away With Me
1973 Vicki Lawerence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
1974 Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling BJ Thomas best
1977 ABBA - Dancing Queen
1981 Hall and Oates - Kiss on My List
1987 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
1991 Gloria Estefan - Coming Out of the Dark
1995 Madonna - Take a Bow
Today's Quote: "We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are."
~Anais Nin, author Today’s Word: ohm [ohm] noun
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI) E over I x R ...Ohm's law. Today Includes: Caramel Popcorn Day
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
Tartan Day
This Week Includes: Bat Appreciation Week, bears repeating
Golden Rule Week
Ocean Week
The Masters Tournament
April Includes: Amateur Radio Month
BLT Sandwich Month
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
Prevent Lyme Disease in Dogs Month
Soft Pretzel Month
Today's Stately Picture: Wisconsin. Dells rock formations by lake.
Made freely available on flickr.com by Roller Coaster Philosophy
Wishing you a rockin' good Thursday! Thanks BJH! Nice job!
Today's Question(s): Which would you rather, a trip to the Arctic or to the Tropics? Tropics
When you were a kid and played pretend, what's something you pretended? Being Superman
Tell us any reason the power went out where you were: Tree limbs falling on power lines andknocking them out,
Details if you have them, Has you or anyone you know been in a vehicle when it ran out of fuel? Yes Quite a few times as a teen. Poor planning
Bonus: Something on your to-do list: Win PowerBalllottery
Something with a hook: Christmas tree balls
Something stirred: Mixed drink
Something shaken:
Foodie Questions: Have you had these pasta shapes:
-Alphabet letters?
-Angel hair?
-Bow tie?
-Rotelle (little wheels)?
-Stars?
-Other?
Just for fun: If you know, what nicknames (granny, grandpa, etc.) did your grandparents go by? Grandpop7 GrandMom
Top Music Hits This Day: 1941 Jimmy Dorsey - Amapola My Pretty Little Poppy
1955 Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett
1964 Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
1968 Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
1971 Temptations - Just My Imagination Running Away With Me
1973 Vicki Lawerence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
1974 Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling
1977 ABBA - Dancing Queen
1981 Hall and Oates - Kiss on My List
1987 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
1991 Gloria Estefan - Coming Out of the Dark
1995 Madonna - Take a Bow
Today's Quote: "We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are."
~Anais Nin, author
Today’s Word: ohm [ohm] noun
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI)
Today Includes: Caramel Popcorn Day
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
Tartan Day
This Week Includes: Bat Appreciation Week, bears repeating
Golden Rule Week
Ocean Week
The Masters Tournament
April Includes: Amateur Radio Month
BLT Sandwich Month
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
Prevent Lyme Disease in Dogs Month
Soft Pretzel Month
Today's Question(s):
Which would you rather, a trip to the Arctic or to the Tropics? Tropics, more to see there.
When you were a kid and played pretend, what's something you pretended? I was Superman, then when I jumped off the roof of the house with my cape on, I learned the hard way I really wasn't a superman.
Tell us any reason the power went out where you were: Windstorm knocking out power poles.
Details if you have them, Has you or anyone you know been in a vehicle when it ran out of fuel? I did once many many years ago, walked to a nearby gas station and filled up a can of gas for .29 cents and returned to the car and added the gas. Then I drove back to the gas station and filled up the car's gas tank for about $4.00. Did I say many many years ago.
Bonus:
Something on your to-do list: Get a oil change for the SUV soon.
Something with a hook: Capt. Hook's right arm.
Something stirred: The pot. People keep telling me to stop stirring the pot.
Something shaken: The earth during an earthquake.
Foodie Questions:
Have you had these pasta shapes:
-Alphabet letters?
-Angel hair?
-Bow tie?
-Rotelle (little wheels)?
-Stars?
-Other? Spaghetto
Just for fun:
If you know, what nicknames (granny, grandpa, etc.) did your grandparents go by? Just Grandma, gramps died before I was born.
Top Music Hits This Day:
1941 Jimmy Dorsey - Amapola My Pretty Little Poppy
1955 Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett
1964 Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
1968 Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
1971 Temptations - Just My Imagination Running Away With Me
1973 Vicki Lawerence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
1974 Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling
1977 ABBA - Dancing Queen
1981 Hall and Oates - Kiss on My List
1987 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
1991 Gloria Estefan - Coming Out of the Dark
1995 Madonna - Take a Bow
Today's Question(s): Which would you rather, a trip to the Arctic or to the Tropics? Tropics sounds good to me as long as it's not too humid or jungle-y.
When you were a kid and played pretend, what's something you pretended? I borrowed my brother's pop gun and pretended that I was a soldier.
Tell us any reason the power went out where you were: A tree fell across the power lines last week. It happened around 6:30 at night, and it didn't get fixed until 4:30 in the morning.
Details if you have them, Has you or anyone you know been in a vehicle when it ran out of fuel? Back in the late 1970s I ran out of gas in my little VW Beetle on busy Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. I forget how I got out of it. Maybe I called AAA, or someone gave me a push. That was the first and last time I let that happen. Bonus: Something on your to-do list: Yard work, painting the kitchen, buying some flowers and planting some herbs in the pots on my deck; finish transcribing my handwritten diary into a Word document.
Something with a hook: The back of my bathroom door.
Something stirred: Sugar into a glass of iced tea.
Something shaken: Drinks and ice in a cocktail shaker.
Foodie Questions: Have you had these pasta shapes:
-Alphabet letters? In soup
-Angel hair? <----
-Bow tie? <----
-Rotelle (little wheels)? <----
-Stars? In soup
-Other? shells, elbows, tagliatelle, penne, ziti, fettuccine, pappardelle, orecchiette, rigatoni, lasagne, bucatini, linguine, canneloni. (Can you tell that I love Italian food? )
Just for fun: If you know, what nicknames (granny, grandpa, etc.) did your grandparents go by? Just Grandma and Grandpa.
Today's Question(s):
Which would you rather, a trip to the Arctic or to the Tropics? - D/K. No desire for either.
When you were a kid and played pretend, what's something you pretended? - N/A
Tell us any reason the power went out where you were: - Two days, February 2010 - back to back blizzards.
The longest was four days in the mid-1990s during a series of ice storms.
Details if you have them, Has you or anyone you know been in a vehicle when it ran out of fuel? - Happened to me twice, both a very long time ago. In both cases I was in the driveway of the gas stations so all I had to do was push my car to the pump.
Bonus:
Something on your to-do list: - Spring cleaning
Something with a hook: -
Something stirred: - Sauteed mushrooms and garlic
Something shaken: - Salt
Foodie Questions:
Have you had these pasta shapes:
-Alphabet letters?
-Angel hair?
-Bow tie?
-Rotelle (little wheels)?
-Stars?
-Other?
Only the angel hair from the above list.
Oh, the bow tie too.
Haven't cooked pasta in over 5 years.
Just for fun:
If you know, what nicknames (granny, grandpa, etc.) did your grandparents go by? - Just grandma and grandpa, when I saw them which wasn't often. I wasn't close to them...
I only saw my grandfather on my mother's side maybe 3 times. My mother's mother died when she was a little girl from breast cancer.
Today's Question(s): Which would you rather, a trip to the Arctic or to the Tropics? tropics
When you were a kid and played pretend, what's something you pretended? that I was the sidekick for alias smith and jones
Tell us any reason the power went out where you were: wind
Details if you have them, Has you or anyone you know been in a vehicle when it ran out of fuel? yes - I've been in the car when my husband ran out of gas - more than once! He loooooves to wait till the last minute to refuel.
Bonus: Something on your to-do list: taxes tonight!
Something with a hook: a song
Something stirred: emotions
Something shaken: milkshakes!
Foodie Questions: Have you had these pasta shapes:all those and more - gemelli, chow fun, yum!
-Alphabet letters?
-Angel hair?
-Bow tie?
-Rotelle (little wheels)?
-Stars?
-Other?
Just for fun: If you know, what nicknames (granny, grandpa, etc.) did [b]your grandparents go by? nunna and puppa
This Week Includes: Bat Appreciation Week, bears repeating thank you, bats, for eating bugs so they don't eat me!
Today's Question(s):
Which would you rather, a trip to the Arctic or to the Tropics? The Arctic
When you were a kid and played pretend, what's something you pretended? I was only 3 to 5 years old so I was told when sitting my Teddy bear,stuffed animals (and sometimes our dogs ) in front of me. I lectured them about animals in the forest,basically what my father used to teach me I taught to my stuffed animals
Tell us any reason the power went out where you were: due to a storm
Details if you have them, Has you or anyone you know been in a vehicle when it ran out of fuel? I don't think so
Bonus:
Something on your to-do list: Get everything ready for upcoming Easter
Something with a hook: crochet hook
Something stirred: Sauce
Something shaken: Salt and Pepper
Foodie Questions:
Have you had these pasta shapes:
-Alphabet letters? Yes in a chicken soup
-Angel hair? Yes angel hair pasta with garlic, herbs, and Parmesan
-Bow tie? Not sure
-Rotelle (little wheels)? Yes in Pumpkin soup
-Stars? No
-Other? Spaghetti,Linguine,Fettuccine,Lasagna and Lasagne,Rotini,Cavatappi (Corkscrew),Conchiglie (Shells),Elbow macaroni,Gemelli( Twins),Penne Rigate and Penne,Tortellini,Tubini,Ziti
Just for fun:
If you know, what nicknames (granny, grandpa, etc.) did your grandparents go by? Just Großpapa and Großmama,Omi and Opapa
Top Music Hits This Day:
1941 Jimmy Dorsey - Amapola My Pretty Little Poppy
1955 Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett
1964 Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
1968 Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
1971 Temptations - Just My Imagination Running Away With Me
1973 Vicki Lawerence - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
1974 Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling
1977 ABBA - Dancing Queen
1981 Hall and Oates - Kiss on My List
1987 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
1991 Gloria Estefan - Coming Out of the Dark
1995 Madonna - Take a Bow
Today's Quote:
"We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are."
~Anais Nin, author
Today’s Word:
ohm [ohm] noun
the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI)
Today Includes:
Caramel Popcorn Day
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
Tartan Day
This Week Includes:
Bat Appreciation Week, bears repeating
Golden Rule Week
Ocean Week
The Masters Tournament
April Includes:
Amateur Radio Month
BLT Sandwich Month
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
Prevent Lyme Disease in Dogs Month
Soft Pretzel Month
Today's Stately Picture:
Wisconsin. Dells rock formations by lake.
Made freely available on flickr.com by Roller Coaster Philosophy
Wishing you a rockin' good Thursday!
Thank you bjh
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I don't think I ever did that,,,, pretending 
I had the company vehicle and didn't get gas once,,,,, and then it stopped running in the middle of a trip I was on. Traffic was moving all over the place except for me. 
