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Three things I won’t do. Bungee jump, fear factor, hurt an animal….
Last time I traveled, per say was when i moved out here. Prior to that I was a long haul
truck driver so traveling was an everyday thing.
Happy Sunday….
Today’s Questions:
How was your weekend? It's been a great weekend, so far. Did it turn out the way you planned, or did something unexpected happen? As planned! Saturday I attended a live rock concert, and it did wonders for my attitude!
Can you name at least three things you wouldn’t do for a million dollars? Drive to New York, Buy a Plane Ticket to go anywhere, Swindle somebody
What dumb thing did you believe for a really long time? Trust Everybody
How good are you at keeping secrets? Very Good
When was the last time you worked incredibly hard? I work incredibly hard, every day of the week in my own business, and can work circles, physically and mentally, around those much younger than I. I'm not interested in retiring, even at 81. My work with Veterans keeps me young at heart and active.
Who was one of your role models (real life or fictional)? My husband. He was calm, cool, polite, trusting, and reasonable in his younger days. After being scammed a couple times, I'm much more suspicious of people.
Where did you go the last time you traveled? Memphis, TN many years ago.
Today’s Questions:
How was your weekend? Did it turn out the way you planned, or did something unexpected happen? boring weekend, awful weather ruined my weekend.
Can you name at least three things you wouldn’t do for a million dollars? sky dive. Murder someone. Take a hard drug.
What dumb thing did you believe for a really long time? that adults were smart and knew everything.
How good are you at keeping secrets? not very good
When was the last time you worked incredibly hard? my last job.
Who was one of your role models (real life or fictional)? no one
Where did you go the last time you traveled? Chicago.
Today’s Questions:
How was your weekend? Did it turn out the way you planned, or did something unexpected happen? Good. Putting things in boxes, a lot to be donated. Nothing unexpected tho'
Can you name at least three things you wouldn’t do for a million dollars? Abuse an animal, child, the handicapped or an elderly person. Intentionally hurt someone, makes me feel like a million dollars less of a person. Kick someone when they're down.
What dumb thing did you believe for a really long time? As a kid I thought for a long time the tiniest people lived in bodies of all humans making everything work.
How good are you at keeping secrets? I'm very good at it
When was the last time you worked incredibly hard? Before I retired
Who was one of your role models (real life or fictional)? My parents, grandparents, and most of my aunts. My mother and father's siblings were mostly females..
Where did you go the last time you traveled? Portugal, Good food and goes without saying their pastries and desserts had my sweetooth with all engines running on overdrive. A shout out to pasteis de belem and peixinho's and I'm already drooling
Welcome to Questions of the Day for May Day, Sunday, May 1, 2022. May Day has been celebrated since ancient times as a spring festival and more recently in communist and socialist countries as a celebration for workers. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Taurus. Some famous people born in this date include frontierswoman and scout Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Cannary), actor Glenn Ford, comedian and TV talk show host Jack Paar, author Joseph Heller, astronaut Scott Carpenter, jockey Steve Cauthen and singer-songwriters Judy Collins, Rita Coolidge and Tim McGraw.
Today’s Questions:
How was your weekend? Did it turn out the way you planned, or did something unexpected happen?...............So far excellent,have been working in the garden,now it is raining and in a few hours my son with family is coming for a visit
Can you name at least three things you wouldn’t do for a million dollars?.......... Skydiving,bungee jumping,eat food that is moving
What dumb thing did you believe for a really long time?...............When I was little I was told by kids that there is a monster living in an outdoor toilet and before you sit down you offer it an apple ...lol....sure enough I did...
How good are you at keeping secrets?...........Very good
When was the last time you worked incredibly hard?...........This weekend in my garden
Who was one of your role models (real life or fictional)?............My parents and grandmothers
Where did you go the last time you traveled?............To the West Coast of British Columbia
Today in History: 1328 – Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton, England recognizes Scotland as an independent state. 1486 – Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile. 1707 – The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect. 1753 – Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. 1807 – The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire. 1840 – The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom. 1844 – Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established. 1846 – The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple. 1851 – Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London. 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins. 1866 – The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days’ time, 46 blacks and two whites are killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1885 – The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business. 1886 – Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour workday, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries. 1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C. 1898 – Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. 1900 – The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history. 1915 – The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives. 1919 – German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic. 1925 – The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members. 1929 – The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121. 1930 – "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on. 1931 – The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City. 1945 – World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin. 1956 – The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public. 1960 – Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spy plane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. 1961 – The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. 1970– Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign. 1971 – Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. 1975 – The Särkänniemi Amusement Park was opened in Tampere, Finland. 1978 – Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. 1982 – Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. 1994 –Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna dies from an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix. 1999 – The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. 2003 – Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". 2004 – Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. 2009 – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. 2011 – Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
Word of the Day: flummox /FLUM-uks/ verb
to confuse.
“When the error message kept popping up, it flummoxed the computer tech.”
Today’s Quote:
“We’ve got to take care of the resources we have on this planet, because there’s no resupply possible.”
- Scott Carpenter
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How was your weekend? Did it turn out the way you planned, or did something unexpected happen? Yes and no so far. Cool part was a trip to Lowes and checking out all the new guy stuff. Un cool part was replacing a un cooperative toilet seat.
Can you name at least three things you wouldn’t do for a million dollars? Partake in illegal drugs, get married again, enter a rattlesnake den.
What dumb thing did you believe for a really long time? When you lost a tooth the tooth fairy took the tooth and replaced it with money.
How good are you at keeping secrets? Pretty good.
When was the last time you worked incredibly hard? A few years ago moving my MIL for the umpteenth time.
Who was one of your role models (real life or fictional)? My Uncle Lou. Crippled by polio, had a business, drove a car and always had a positive attitude.
Where did you go the last time you traveled? Sells, AZ
Today’s Questions:
How was your weekend? Did it turn out the way you planned, or did something unexpected happen?
Spent most of my saturday with my nieces. It was great!
Can you name at least three things you wouldn’t do for a million dollars?
Have sex in public. Jump out of a plane. Climb Everest.
What dumb thing did you believe for a really long time?
When I was a kid, I believed that babies came out through a special 'flap' in a woman's belly (think kangaroo pouch). For years I kept trying to figure out when mine would show up.
How good are you at keeping secrets?
not very. I tend to remember the information but forget that it's a secret.
When was the last time you worked incredibly hard?
Probably Feb, when I dug all the old mulch out of my flower beds and then spread new mulch, all by myself. I forget how many bags of mulch - maybe 30? Getting the old mulch out was hard.
Who was one of your role models (real life or fictional)?
eh, I don't think I have role models. There's no one I tried to emulate.
Can you name at least three things you wouldn’t do for a million dollars? Hurt someone, Hurt myself, commit a crime
What dumb thing did you believe for a really long time?
How good are you at keeping secrets? Very good.
When was the last time you worked incredibly hard? Doing farm work decades ago. Spring cleaning can wear me out nowadays.
Who was one of your role models (real life or fictional)?
Where did you go the last time you traveled? Last wed drove about an hour away to Cave Run Lake in the Daniel Boone National Forest. Haven't been outside of our state since before the pandemic. Haven't been on a plane since 9/11....but I prefer road trips anyways.
Today’s Questions:
How was your weekend? Did it turn out the way you planned, or did something unexpected happen? It was tiring but uneventful
Can you name at least three things you wouldn’t do for a million dollars? Yes.
What dumb thing did you believe for a really long time? Religion.
How good are you at keeping secrets? Very good.
When was the last time you worked incredibly hard? Define incredibly hard work.
Who was one of your role models (real life or fictional)? Not many. A couple of teachers, colleagues and friends.
Where did you go the last time you traveled? Shreveport, Lousiana.
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was a trip to Lowes and checking out all the new guy stuff. Un cool part was replacing a un cooperative toilet seat.
