I answered it, but i had the same thoughts.
I was a bit surprised by how many people pee in pools. The very thought of it is one reason I stay out of pools. Hell, I very rarely “swim” in lakes, rivers, and oceans, but I get out and use the facilities to pee.
Pee in a pool doesn’t bother me, but I haven’t been in one in decades.
When I am at the beach the only “facilities” are the water, the beach, and the dunes. The dunes are for emergency use for #2 only, mostly due to mosquito swarms, and you should have a shovel. I can always wait until I’m done fishing for the day and wait for a sit-down facility at home or on the way. I can, and do, pee on the beach in the lee of my truck. But if there is another vehicle on the beach within a quarter-mile of me I will go into the water to pee. Since most of my time there is spent waist deep in the surf, there’s usually no need to move
For favorite weather, the poll, while trying to be more inclusive, left out a lot of variation. I voted for “cloudy” but what I love is partially cloudy weather. There’s something about a somewhat sunny day that verges on hot, but then a passing cloud gives you those moments of shade that really works for me.
As for pee in the pool, I admitted having done so in the public poll, but voted based on youth (4-5 IIRC) experiences. The poll didn’t make any exclusions after all, and while I don’t have a clear memory of exactly when or where, I do vaguely recall having done so and being simultaneous guilty and proud in the way only a naughty boy can manage.
I actually track my fuel economy in an app on my phone, and it looks like I average ~29 mpg. My car’s fuel capacity is 11.9 US gal., so through simple multiplication my car’s range is ~345 mi. But that assumes “need to fill up” means driving until I’m literally out of gas. In reality I fill up about every 300 miles. Either way, the number falls into the 300-350 mile option, which is what I picked.
My Prius says it has a range of over 500 miles, but I’ve never tested it, nor do I intend to.
Whenever I fill my car, the distance to empty is always 483 km.
For the poll, I converted this to miles: 300. Metric country my ass.
My car gives a distance to empty based on my recent driving. If I fill up after a long motorway (interstate) journey it will say it is about 450 miles, if I fill up after mostly driving around town it will say about 350 miles.
The result of this is if I fill up before a long journey my distance to empty will increase for the first 50 miles or so,
Yep, that one is best, also it is fun to cloud watch.
I am sure I peed in the pool when I was a kid, but since i dont remember, I didnt answer.
At the time I read the poll I was home alone in my kitchen. My wife will be home soon. I would prefer if she didn’t find me dead. I voted for somewhere else. Let a stranger deal with finding me.
If I died a minute from now, no, I would not be happy at all about the life I’ve had or lived. So much wasted potential and things left un-done. I’m 36 but am still at an early-20s level of achievement or accomplishment.
I’d have to go back to watch my scene but I was in a movie for a few seconds; had another scene in that movie where, although you couldn’t see me, I was part of the technical crew so you could see what I was doing as my skill was an integral part of the plot.
Also was tech crew for a major commercial, one in a similar series
I actually know the answer to the movie poll without having to think about it! My state has developed a thriving film industry in the past couple of decades, and a fair number of the people I know have been extras. I sat through an absolute stinker of a movie called “Wild Hogs” just to see an acquaintance in the background of one shot, and my colleagues and I had an actual watch party when one of the teachers at the school was in one scene (although in the foreground) of Breaking Bad. Hell, I’ve watched movies simply because my husband’s company made some of the filming equipment and its name is in the credits. I am not yet blasé.
A friend was hired as an extra for the movie Kingpin. They dressed him, etc and filmed him dancing in a big field with other extras. He spent two days doing this. He was paid. He got to meet Woody Harrelson. They had food. A good time was had.
When the movie came out on videotape he invited us all to his home for a viewing. We all smoked and drank, then watched. The whole time we watched we were looking for our friend. His “scene” was in the closing credits. You could kinda see his head for a nanosecond.
I’d tell my friends & family if i was in a film.
I would watch a friend or family member if they were in a film, but i
wouldn’t pay to see it - but that wasn’t an option.
A movie was filmed in my husband’s home town. On a visit, we watched the video with his family. They had a great time. “Oh, that’s so-and-so.” “Hey, they filmed that on such-and-such’s property.” Nobody paid any attention to the plot.
I don’t see many movies. There are tons of movies of probably enjoy that i never see. If i thought it was a movie i might like, i would absolutely go to get a momentary glimpse of a friend. If i thought I’d actively dislike the movie, my friend would have to be pretty prominent. But it’s i was neutral, yeah, I’d probably go to see them for 3 seconds in the background, if they were identifiable.
I was an extra in Patch Adams. I know I had at least five seconds of screen time. The movie was so bad, I have not gone back to see if I had more.
I did a bunch of film and TV extra work when I was unemployed in San Francisco. As far as I know, none of my friends or family ever saw me in anything. Not that I was in anything they’d have needed to spend money in a theater to see.
I am not afraid of death, I’ll be going to Heaven. But dying itself I am afraid of, if it’s long and painful. I hope I could get some good painkillers.