# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 142
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2821 "2020-07-06T20:20:15Z")
Great pics, **Bullitt**! Hope no one got carsick. How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2822 "2020-07-06T23:39:26Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:2821, topic:846938”] How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2823 "2020-07-06T23:46:33Z")
How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2824 "2020-07-07T01:38:04Z")
How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. 5. Fly overseas somewhere I’ve never been, find a cheap hotel, and hang out. Last was Suriname. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2825 "2020-07-07T02:59:32Z")
How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. 5. Fly overseas somewhere I’ve never been, find a cheap hotel, and hang out. Last was Suriname. 6. Short road trips, 6-7 hours tops, for a 3-4 day trip to somewhere low key and relaxing. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2826 "2020-07-07T14:37:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Great pics, **Bullitt**! Hope no one got carsick. When I do this, I go slowly, very slowly. I don’t want anyone getting car sick, or the Jeep to break! How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. 5. Fly overseas somewhere I’ve never been, find a cheap hotel, and hang out. Last was Suriname. 6. Short road trips, 6-7 hours tops, for a 3-4 day trip to somewhere low key and relaxing. 7. Take guided tours, with tour guides who relate the historical and cultural significances. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2827 "2020-07-07T14:40:29Z")
How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. 5. Fly overseas somewhere I’ve never been, find a cheap hotel, and hang out. Last was Suriname. 6. Short road trips, 6-7 hours tops, for a 3-4 day trip to somewhere low key and relaxing. 7. Take guided tours, with tour guides who relate the historical and cultural significances. 8. Weekend trips to Michigan to look at the local birds, visit the breweries, and maybe get ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2828 "2020-07-07T16:29:39Z")
How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. 5. Fly overseas somewhere I’ve never been, find a cheap hotel, and hang out. Last was Suriname. 6. Short road trips, 6-7 hours tops, for a 3-4 day trip to somewhere low key and relaxing. 7. Take guided tours, with tour guides who relate the historical and cultural significances. 8. Weekend trips to Michigan to look at the local birds, visit the breweries, and maybe get ice cream. 9. I like to go for nice long walks. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2829 "2020-07-07T19:43:04Z")
How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. 5. Fly overseas somewhere I’ve never been, find a cheap hotel, and hang out. Last was Suriname. 6. Short road trips, 6-7 hours tops, for a 3-4 day trip to somewhere low key and relaxing. 7. Take guided tours, with tour guides who relate the historical and cultural significances. 8. Weekend trips to Michigan to look at the local birds, visit the breweries, and maybe get ice cream. 9. I like to go for nice long walks. 10. Bicycling around the neighborhood, listening to tunes on my iPod ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2830 "2020-07-07T21:36:32Z")
How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. 5. Fly overseas somewhere I’ve never been, find a cheap hotel, and hang out. Last was Suriname. 6. Short road trips, 6-7 hours tops, for a 3-4 day trip to somewhere low key and relaxing. 7. Take guided tours, with tour guides who relate the historical and cultural significances. 8. Weekend trips to Michigan to look at the local birds, visit the breweries, and maybe get ice cream. 9. I like to go for nice long walks. 10. Bicycling around the neighborhood, listening to tunes on my iPod 11. Discovering museums large and small, looking at artworks ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2831 "2020-07-08T13:14:11Z")
[quote=“gkster, post:2830, topic:846938, full:true”] How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. 5. Fly overseas somewhere I’ve never been, find a cheap hotel, and hang out. Last was Suriname. 6. Short road trips, 6-7 hours tops, for a 3-4 day trip to somewhere low key and relaxing. 7. Take guided tours, with tour guides who relate the historical and cultural significances. 8. Weekend trips to Michigan to look at the local birds, visit the breweries, and maybe get ice cream. 9. I like to go for nice long walks. 10. Bicycling around the neighborhood, listening to tunes on my iPod 11. Discovering museums large and small, looking at artworks 12. Private jet to the world’s most interesting and exotic locales, with Bach playing over the cabin’s concert-hall-quality stereo system and a friendly, beautiful flight attendant pouring me champagne Not that this has ever happened to me, mind you… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2832 "2020-07-08T14:51:20Z")
How do you like to travel? Cruise? Full-service resort? Massages and saunas? Backpacking? etc… 1. Road trips, my wife and me in our Jeep, exploring remote areas and nature’s solitude. 2. Cruises - have enjoyed touring the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska’s Inside Passage, and the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Willamette Rivers from ships 3. Long road trips. I drove my last vehicle to and through nine Canadian provinces and seven US states. 4. Another road-tripper here. My usual MO is to pick a far point destination and decide how to get there and back day by day based upon the weather and what interesting things happen to be along the way. 5. Fly overseas somewhere I’ve never been, find a cheap hotel, and hang out. Last was Suriname. 6. Short road trips, 6-7 hours tops, for a 3-4 day trip to somewhere low key and relaxing. 7. Take guided tours, with tour guides who relate the historical and cultural significances. 8. Weekend trips to Michigan to look at the local birds, visit the breweries, and maybe get ice cream. 9. I like to go for nice long walks. 10. Bicycling around the neighborhood, listening to tunes on my iPod 11. Discovering museums large and small, looking at artworks 12. Private jet to the world’s most interesting and exotic locales, with Bach playing over the cabin’s concert-hall-quality stereo system and a friendly, beautiful flight attendant pouring me champagne 13. The Wayback Machine. All other time travel mechanisms are too unpredictable. People who are very close to your age. 1. Dennis Miller (I’m nine days older than he is.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2833 "2020-07-08T14:58:13Z")
People who are very close to your age. 1. Dennis Miller (I’m nine days older than he is.) 2. Keanu Reeves (just a couple of days younger than me) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2834 "2020-07-08T15:04:21Z")
People who are very close to your age. 1. Dennis Miller (I’m nine days older than he is.) 2. Keanu Reeves (just a couple of days younger than me) 3. Sofia Coppola (nine days younger than me) Marco Rubio was born just a few days after me but I elected not to go with him. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2835 "2020-07-08T15:10:59Z")
People who are very close to your age. 1. Dennis Miller (I’m nine days older than he is.) 2. Keanu Reeves (just a couple of days younger than me) 3. Sofia Coppola (nine days younger than me) 4. Keanu Reeves (a week younger than me) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2836 "2020-07-08T16:43:08Z")
Maybe we could require no repeats? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2837 "2020-07-08T16:57:12Z")
It doesn’t matter to me, about repeats or not. I can go either way. People who are very close to your age. 1. Dennis Miller (I’m nine days older than he is.) 2. Keanu Reeves (just a couple of days younger than me) 3. Sofia Coppola (nine days younger than me) 4. Keanu Reeves (a week younger than me) 5. Sam Perkins, retired NBA center/forward (a day older than me) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2838 "2020-07-08T17:18:11Z")
As the OP, I say repeats are fine. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2839 "2020-07-08T20:12:00Z")
People who are very close to your age. 1. Dennis Miller (I’m nine days older than he is.) 2. Keanu Reeves (just a couple of days younger than me) 3. Sofia Coppola (nine days younger than me) 4. Keanu Reeves (a week younger than me) 5. Sam Perkins, retired NBA center/forward (a day older than me) 6. Stephen Fry (three days older than me) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2840 "2020-07-08T20:37:30Z")
People who are very close to your age. 1. Dennis Miller (I’m nine days older than he is.) 2. Keanu Reeves (just a couple of days younger than me) 3. Sofia Coppola (nine days younger than me) 4. Keanu Reeves (a week younger than me) 5. Sam Perkins, retired NBA center/forward (a day older than I) 6. Stephen Fry (three days older than me) 7. Michael J. Fox (one week older than I) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=143)