My Sunday Stealing this week is from SwapBot, celebrating ten years of swaps.
1. Have you ever smoked cigarettes?
Possibly a pack in my entire life. The plurality of them was from January to April 1977, when I crashed at my parents’ house in Charlotte, NC. When I went to the sale of the tchotchkes my parents participated in, I was perceived as elitist. I experienced a lot of hostility, and smoking was a desperate attempt to fit in. It didn’t help.
2. What do you think of hot dogs?
I like hot dogs, especially beef, with mustard (onions optional).
3. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Tea if I think of it, ginger ale if I don’t.
4. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry that you own?
Other than my wedding ring, I can’t think of any.
5. Name three drinks you regularly drink.
Water, diet cherry Pepsi, ginger ale.
6. Like to travel?
I like to BE in other places. Getting there is the more challenging part. Going to France last year was worthwhile but exhausting.
Procrastination
7. What should you be doing right now?
Cleaning the house for the hearts party I’m having next week. Paying some medical bills. Getting reimbursed for some previously paid bills. Watching some movies I had not seen to be evaluated before the Oscars on 10 March.
8. Your phone rings. Who do you want it to be?
My daughter.
9. Do you like to ride horses?
The last time I rode a horse was 9 June 1976. I had a hangover. Not recommended.
10. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener?
In my preferred mode, I listen. However, I was in two situations in ZOOM meetings in the past two weeks when I was compelled to speak more than I would have preferred because waiting for others to speak was not working.
11. What’s in your pocket right now?
Key, wallet, used cough drop wrappers.
12. Last thing that made you laugh?
Some banter I had with my wife at breakfast.
13. How many TVs do you have in your house?
One. Or three. I have a screen that isn’t plugged in unless I’m watching a movie on a streaming service. Then I have another that I need to figure out.
14. Who’s your loudest friend?
It’s probably an alto.
15. Favorite sports team? (If you don’t have one, state that …)
It tends to be New York teams: Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets, and Buffalo Bills.