Doing another Sunday Stealing, Do you like…
1. Do you like your handwriting? No, and if I’m not careful, it is illegible even to me. I think it was in third grade, and for at least one marking period, I received either a D or an F in Handwriting. So this is NOT a recent phenomenon.
2. Do you like roller coasters? I used to. My family would go to Coney Island, or to Eldridge Park in Elmira. I’d sit with my sister Leslie, while my dad would sit with my sister Marcia. Our mom would hold our glasses. But now, it makes me somewhat nauseous.
3. Do you like scary movies? Not really. I’ve not gone to any Nightmare On Elm Street or Friday the 13th films. The first film to freak me out was called Leech Woman.
4. Do you like shopping? I like going into a store, finding the thing I like, then leaving. Did that with a coat my wife bought for me at JC Penney. The first coat I tried on I liked and it fit. “Don’t you want to try on some more?” NO! It took us longer to pay for it than to select it. So I’ve learned to love mail order.
5. Do you like to talk on the phone? Yes, actually. When I was working, I was the one most likely to call a resource on the phone. And, I might add, I was good at it. In 2020, I called dozens of people, rather as an antidote to COVID despair.
Darkness
6. Do you sleep with the lights on or off? Off. My wife’s aversion to the light at night is primarily the reason.
7. Do you use headphones or earphones? If I’m on a public conveyance (bus, train), yes.
8. Do you have tattoos? Do you want any? No, and no.
9. Do you wear glasses? I have since I was nine or eleven.
10. What is your strangest talent? Making a kazoo sound without a kazoo.
11. Have you ever been in the hospital? Yes. When I was 5 (uncontrollable nosebleed), 19 (car accident), a couple of other times to rule out something more serious.
12. What color mostly dominates your wardrobe? Blue.
13. What’s your most expensive piece of clothing? Probably a suit.
14. Have you ever had braces? No.
15. Have you ever been on TV? Yes. I was on the local kiddie show a few times; I wrote about one experience here. I’ve been interviewed on the local news a handful of times. And, oh, yeah, JEOPARDY twice.
I’m good at quizzes but too much of a coward to be on one.
I’ve only seen jeopardy once when over in the States.
I wouldn’t have been too good though – too much AMerican knowledge required.
:o)
Cheers
PM
I can see your roller coaster story as a picture book. I love the image of your mom holding your glasses.