Here’s another Sunday Stealing from SwapBot. Happy Pentecost for those who observe. I have my red shirt.
1. What inspires you the most?
People who can embrace selfless joy. There was a recent news story about a kid giving his dollar to a person he perceived was needy. And he gave it away because it made him feel good inside. One tries to do this, but I’m a flawed being.
2. How do you think the world will change in 20 years?
I’m trying to figure out whether global warming or the loss of democratic values will do us in first.
3. Cats or dogs and why?
I’ve had many cats but only one dog. Dogs are more loyal in general, though my dog bit me. Cats don’t require being walked when the weather is bad.
4. What is the funniest memory from your childhood?
When I was in third grade, kids played Keep Away with my hat during recess. I got so angry that I left. What’s funny is that all of my friends tell me I hopped a Crowley’s milk truck and went home. I believe the going home part but I have no independent recollection of the milk truck.
5. Where do you not mind waiting?
If I have a book or magazine, waiting is not onerous.
Ma Bell
6. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
The telephone. Imagine talking to people from far away. Only vaguely related, I still remember most of the old area codes in the United States that have 0 or 1 as the middle digit, such as 201 (NJ), 202 (DC), 203 (CT), 212 (NY), 213 (CA) 301 (MD), et al. The newer ones I don’t really know at all except 432, which is Cleveland, TN.
7. What product would you stockpile if you found out they weren’t going to sell it anymore?
Those picker-upper devices that I use to pick up small things from the floor without bending my terrible knees.
8. What do you get every time you go grocery shopping?
Bananas and blueberries.
9. What do people do too much of today?
10. Are you a GoodWill, or any second-hand store customer?
Capital punishment
11. How do you feel about the death penalty?
I’m against it for several reasons. “The death penalty in America is a flawed, expensive policy, defined by bias and error.” “A 2014 study estimated that at least 4% of those sentenced to death are innocent… Since 1973, at least 190 people have been exonerated from death row in the U.S.” Income and ethnicity play an outsized role in who are falsely convicted for these crimes.
Beyond that, I wish Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, was not executed in 2001. In part, it was because of the reasons noted.
12. Are there brands of certain items that you will ONLY buy that brand? Ie paper towels, ketchup, etc.
Cheerios. On two occasions, I bought the knockoffs, and they tasted like cardboard.
13. What are some things that you will buy the Store brand, and find the quality to be great?
Paper products: TP, paper towels, napkins
14. What is a Name-brand item that really disappointed you recently?
I purchased a BoiFun device to play compact discs and watch DVDs. But it then ceased to work. Moreover, I had bought one for my wife, which she didn’t use. When I tried, it didn’t work at all.
15. Do you wear glasses or contacts?
I’ve had glasses since I was five or six. But I’m not a contact lens kind of person.
When I was a little kid, my Granny had a phone and it was on a “Party Line” meaning several folks shared that line. I remember getting in trouble for listening in on someone else’s conversation! I enjoyed your answers today!
The answer to #2 depends on who wins the election this year.
As for #7, you’d STOCKPILE those?
Pretty much agree with your views here. I hope your Pentecost is great! I celebrate it on June 16 this year.
It would be nice if people would get their filters back, wouldn’t it? Alas, I think that bird has been set free and will flutter about for a very long time.