My Missing Month
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debris4spikeI hadn't remembered that I was a bit behind anyway. So have a month to go ....
30. Have you ever owned an electric blanket?
As a kid, of course. However I don't actually like a hot bed! So although I have lots of blankets, none are electric.
1. It’s National Cookbook Month – do you own many cookbooks, or do you rely on the internet for recipe ideas?
Loads ... and then I inherited Mum's ... so even more than loads (if that's possible!)
2. Have you ever made chilli (with meat or vegetarian)? Even if you haven’t, what do you like to have alongside chilli as part of the meal?
Don't like Chilli
3. Do you have well-organised kitchen storage?
Umm - sort of!!
4. In 1957, Russia launched their Sputnik satellite. Do you receive your TV or broadband via a satellite, through cable, or via an aerial?
Aerial
5. What’s the temperature today where you live? Is it warmer or cooler than average?
Warmer (today in November as I type this)
6. Jenny Lind, the Swedish opera singer (the Swedish Nightingale), was born today in 1820. Operatic arias are often used in advertisements (e.g. the airline company British Airways used an adaptation of the "Flower Duet" from the opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes), do you recall any ads using opera arias?
Nothing that I can remember.
7. Do you often wear scarves? Draped around your neck or tied artistically?
Winter scarves ... summer often the scarf/shawls
8. If you didn’t have access to a car, could you get around easily where you live?
I have a car - but rarely need it
9. Did you ever have one of those ‘magic’ painting books where you used water on the paper to bring out the colours when you were small?
Oh they were really brilliant
10. It’s World Porridge (oatmeal) Day! Are you a fan?
About once or twice a year I am happy to have some
11. Do you own/use a food processor or blender?
A large mixer
12. Do you like doing puzzles (crosswords, wordle, sudoku or something else)? Do you do something that tests your brain every day?
I have a monthly crossword puzzle book, do on-line Scrabble every day, etc, etc
13. Are there things you ate as a child that you would never eat now?
Mum made us eat liver ... I hated it then, and haven't had it since
14. It’s Ada Lovelace Day - daughter of the poet Lord Byron, she worked with Charles Babbage to create the ‘Analytical Engine’. This is considered to be the first computer and she is considered the first computer programmer. Have you ever learned any computer code such as html to create programs?
Not to creat programmes, but can change font colour, size etc with coding.
15. Have you ever owned a leather coat or jacket? Do you still have it?
Had a leather jacket for years, that I did love
16. Do you own many things that need to be recharged rather than having a battery you change when it’s stopped working?
Phone, Kindle, Camera
17. Have you ever bought something via the Internet and regretted it?
Not that I can remember - but, there again, I don't buy much
18. The definition of an antique is something that is 100 years old – do you own anything that old?
Loads of stuff
19. Are you wearing any finger rings today?
I have 11 on 9 fingers/thumbs.
I love jewellery.
20. When was the last time it rained where you live? Has it been drier than normal for this time of year?
Yesterday
21. Do you own a wine rack? What do you keep in it?
No
22. What size is the smallest decorative ornament in your home?
Minute ... I have a pen-knife that is about the size of 2 (garden) peas, in lenght
23. How do you dry your laundry? Indoors, outside or in a drier?
Outside, whenever possible
24. Do you own a calculator, or do you rely on your mental arithmetic skills?
Either - depends on the sum needed
25. Have you ever had surgery?
Repair of my right retina, in 1988 (I have silicon clips in the eye)
26. Do you have a go-to ‘comfort’ novel you will return to again and again? Or do you prefer reading new fiction instead? Do you often reread books?
Some books I read so often ... And a few of my fan-fics I read at least every year.
27. What is your favourite thing to walk on with bare feet or do you hate walking barefoot?
I love being barefoot, but I wear a heel lift on one leg, so can't actually spend too much time like that.
28. The American costume designer Edith Head was born today in 1879. She won eight Oscars for her work, and her last one was for her work on Paul Newman/Robert Redford’s film The Sting. Have you seen it?
Years ago
I love her work.
29. What kind of toothbrush do you own?
Manual, firm bristles
30. Can you click your fingers (and are you doing it now – LOL)?
Yes ... and, of course, who didn't when they read the question!
Right I am back up to date!!
30. Have you ever owned an electric blanket?
As a kid, of course. However I don't actually like a hot bed! So although I have lots of blankets, none are electric.
1. It’s National Cookbook Month – do you own many cookbooks, or do you rely on the internet for recipe ideas?
Loads ... and then I inherited Mum's ... so even more than loads (if that's possible!)
2. Have you ever made chilli (with meat or vegetarian)? Even if you haven’t, what do you like to have alongside chilli as part of the meal?
Don't like Chilli
3. Do you have well-organised kitchen storage?
Umm - sort of!!
4. In 1957, Russia launched their Sputnik satellite. Do you receive your TV or broadband via a satellite, through cable, or via an aerial?
Aerial
5. What’s the temperature today where you live? Is it warmer or cooler than average?
Warmer (today in November as I type this)
6. Jenny Lind, the Swedish opera singer (the Swedish Nightingale), was born today in 1820. Operatic arias are often used in advertisements (e.g. the airline company British Airways used an adaptation of the "Flower Duet" from the opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes), do you recall any ads using opera arias?
Nothing that I can remember.
7. Do you often wear scarves? Draped around your neck or tied artistically?
Winter scarves ... summer often the scarf/shawls
8. If you didn’t have access to a car, could you get around easily where you live?
I have a car - but rarely need it
9. Did you ever have one of those ‘magic’ painting books where you used water on the paper to bring out the colours when you were small?
Oh they were really brilliant
10. It’s World Porridge (oatmeal) Day! Are you a fan?
About once or twice a year I am happy to have some
11. Do you own/use a food processor or blender?
A large mixer
12. Do you like doing puzzles (crosswords, wordle, sudoku or something else)? Do you do something that tests your brain every day?
I have a monthly crossword puzzle book, do on-line Scrabble every day, etc, etc
13. Are there things you ate as a child that you would never eat now?
Mum made us eat liver ... I hated it then, and haven't had it since
14. It’s Ada Lovelace Day - daughter of the poet Lord Byron, she worked with Charles Babbage to create the ‘Analytical Engine’. This is considered to be the first computer and she is considered the first computer programmer. Have you ever learned any computer code such as html to create programs?
Not to creat programmes, but can change font colour, size etc with coding.
15. Have you ever owned a leather coat or jacket? Do you still have it?
Had a leather jacket for years, that I did love
16. Do you own many things that need to be recharged rather than having a battery you change when it’s stopped working?
Phone, Kindle, Camera
17. Have you ever bought something via the Internet and regretted it?
Not that I can remember - but, there again, I don't buy much
18. The definition of an antique is something that is 100 years old – do you own anything that old?
Loads of stuff
19. Are you wearing any finger rings today?
I have 11 on 9 fingers/thumbs.
I love jewellery.
20. When was the last time it rained where you live? Has it been drier than normal for this time of year?
Yesterday
21. Do you own a wine rack? What do you keep in it?
No
22. What size is the smallest decorative ornament in your home?
Minute ... I have a pen-knife that is about the size of 2 (garden) peas, in lenght
23. How do you dry your laundry? Indoors, outside or in a drier?
Outside, whenever possible
24. Do you own a calculator, or do you rely on your mental arithmetic skills?
Either - depends on the sum needed
25. Have you ever had surgery?
Repair of my right retina, in 1988 (I have silicon clips in the eye)
26. Do you have a go-to ‘comfort’ novel you will return to again and again? Or do you prefer reading new fiction instead? Do you often reread books?
Some books I read so often ... And a few of my fan-fics I read at least every year.
27. What is your favourite thing to walk on with bare feet or do you hate walking barefoot?
I love being barefoot, but I wear a heel lift on one leg, so can't actually spend too much time like that.
28. The American costume designer Edith Head was born today in 1879. She won eight Oscars for her work, and her last one was for her work on Paul Newman/Robert Redford’s film The Sting. Have you seen it?
Years ago
I love her work.
29. What kind of toothbrush do you own?
Manual, firm bristles
30. Can you click your fingers (and are you doing it now – LOL)?
Yes ... and, of course, who didn't when they read the question!
Right I am back up to date!!
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Date: 2025-11-01 06:39 pm (UTC)I remember fondly the ‘magic’ painting books. :)
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Date: 2025-11-03 12:16 pm (UTC)Those magic painting books were truly "magic"
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Date: 2025-11-01 08:10 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2025-11-01 08:30 pm (UTC)1. Loads! at a rough guess 50 or so, but it might well be more.
2. Guess what I made for tonight's dinner? With turkey mince this time.
3. Pretty well organised. S2C still can't work out where each thing should go, so often leaves a little pile of things he has taken out of the dishwasher on the table.
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Date: 2025-11-03 02:58 pm (UTC)