I'm a Nosey Parker

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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  1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?
    Posting some puerile response in the “Do you want my taco?” thread

  2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?
    No pockets. In handbag, checkbook, credit card holder, key case, cell phone, couple of pens, business card case, Swiss army knife, gum, lipstick, lip balm, misc. receipts

  3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)
    Croup (for Parents) - Nemours KidsHealth

  4. What did you have for breakfast?
    Two pancakes

  5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)
    Lunch at a Lebanese restaurant - YUM YUM YUM YUM!

  6. a/s/l
    49/f/Ohio

  7. What’s your hobby?
    Beadwork. I’m trying to turn it into a money-making hobby.

  8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)
    First job – Worked for the State of WV, for the Division of Culture U History. I liked working with local arts agencies. Then in the admissions office of s small college, then becausming alimni magafgine editor at same place. Worked ofr a year in a markekting agency. Horrible. Now back in hihigher ed.

  9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
    Morgan Freeman

  10. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    Have you ever abandoned a hobby? I mean something that you were really into, then, for whatever reason, set it aside and never did it again.

  11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?
    I could see myself staying where I am, at least geographically. Next 10 years will encompass my son’s high school and college years, and I think moving would disrupt his life too much. As far as job goes, I could easily stay where I am but worry about becoming too complacent.

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  1. Mmmmm chocolate.

  2. A notebook, a textbook, lip gloss, cellphone, wallet, keys, headphones, a GRE study book.

  3. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/travel/28caribbean.html?hp (it’s never too early to plan for spring break)

  4. A bowl of oatmeal with blueberries.

  5. Yellow curry and noodles at a thai resturaunt.

  6. 21/f/Rhode Island

  7. Capoeira

  8. I’m a student studying biolofy, I;ve wrked as a research assistant for two years in an ecological fenetics laboratory. Lots of mundane, boring tasksm punctuated by fun " ong I have resuklts"

  9. Morgan Freeman

  10. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would it be?

  11. Kind of. I used to do layout for a couple publications but I stopped temporarily and never went back.

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  1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?
    I need to get some fresh masking tape before I paint the kitchen door.

  2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?
    right-front pants: house key, keys for the Tacoma, LTD, Spirit, Malibu and Firedome
    left-fron pants: 2 ones, a quarter and a dime
    shirt: a Sanford ‘uni-ball micro’ pen, reading glasses, a check

  3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)
    nothing

  4. What did you have for breakfast?
    coffee, vermicelli with tomato sauce

  5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)
    some mixed sauteed chicken and vegetables

  6. a/s/l
    52/M/unincorporated Jefferson County

  7. What’s your hobby?
    gardening, working on cars (real and models)

  8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)
    Grill cook, service station attendant, house painter, shipping department at an industrial pump company - packing and arranging shipping for pumps, valve bodies and parts. Got on at the phone company as a teletype clerk, then an office clerk, customer serice rep, cable splicer. Went to college, working as a computer operator for the school, then as a programmer and operator. After school, worked as a database specialist, then did systems integration programming, then some cross-platform coding for the accounting system, then a lot of quick-n-dirty stuff…mostly assembler/IMS…for special projects, marketing, new subsidiaries and stuff. The got encourage to retire (otherwise you migh lose your health insurance), so I did.

I think my best stuff was the systems programming I did. Some the the databse system support stuff I wrote was used 24 hours a day for nearly 20 years.

  1. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
    Morgan Freeman

  2. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    How many vehicles do you have now/have you had in your life?

  3. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?
    “10. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would it be?”
    Here, but I’d have more like 300 acres.

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I’m a Nosey Parker

  1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread? Afro Celt, huh? Pretty damn good.

  2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag? Wallet, dead PDA, small notebook with French ad on it, empty Midrin bottle (must refill), Dentyne cinnamon gum, checkbook, $31 in cash, some Lowe’s paint samples, a Unitarian Universalist button, my Swiss Army Knife, and a whole bunch of change.

  3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area) Before copying the questions, a friend’s address I’d tried on maps.google.com and couldn’t get a map to.

  4. What did you have for breakfast? Venicia Benedict at the Pancake House (thanks, bro!). Poached eggs with bacon, sauteed spinach and mushrooms, on English muffins and covered with Hollandaise sauce. Very yummy.

  5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so) That one.

  6. a/s/l - 35, female, sitting in front of my desk.

  7. What’s your hobby?Writing, reading, watching movies, occasionally knitting or pursuing some other artistic end.

  8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at) School - teaching all manner of topics, including Art, English, Writing, Literature, Math, Science, and once, about twenty minutes of choir. (Yes, this was with my eyes closed. I learned to touch type when I was 14 years old.)

  9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry. Morgan Freeman, without a doubt.

  10. What would you like to ask the next poster? You have been made Emperor/ess of the World for five minutes. You may pass any five laws you want, and they may not be repealed. What are they?

  11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10? I have owned two motor vehicles in my life - a 1990(?) Ford Tempo and a 1997 Saturn coupe. I hated the Tempo, love the Saturn.

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  1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?
    “Sheesh, build a bleeping bridge – that was 20 years ago, and the woman has been dead for 10.” I said “mmm-hmm.” Hazards of surfing while Mom is on the phone.

  2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?
    Wallet, chapstick, hand cream, keys.

  3. What is in your ctrl-v?
    Long password that needs entered 6 times to access my health insurance site.

  4. What did you have for breakfast?
    Eggs benedict.

  5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)
    A half rack at Lucille’s Friday before last. Good friends, good food, what more can one ask of dinner?

  6. a/s/l
    43/f/Vegas

  7. What’s your hobby?
    Golf, I guess. I haven’t been in a hobby mood lately.

  8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history
    Office stuff, usually related to money or cars.

  9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
    Morgan Freeman.

  10. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    What’s your motivation for answering this poll?

  11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?
    Equal rights for all humans, regardless of sex, orientation, religion, ancestry, etc. The other 4 would be enforcement decrees.

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What’s in MPSIMS?

  1. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?
    10,000 yen (about $80), a money clip and a comb.

  2. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)"Hyman’s team found that the goal of changing two of the three behaviors was achieved in 6.5 percent of the simultaneous group, 5.2 percent of the sequential group and 6.5 percent of the usual care group.

Nevertheless, when single behaviors were assessed at 18 months, the simultaneous group did better.

Smoking abstinence was achieved by 20 percent in the simultaneous group, 17 percent of the sequential group and 10 percent of the control group.

More participants in the simultaneous group also reached the goal of increased physical activity (33 percent), followed by the sequential group (27 percent) and the control group (23 percent).

While the simultaneous group was more successful at reducing sodium levels at 6 months, this was not the case by 18 months."

  1. What did you have for breakfast?
    Yogart and cheese roll

  2. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)
    dinner last night. We made a mutton stew, pumpkin soup, smoked salmon salad and rice.

  3. a/s/l
    46/m/tokyo

  4. What’s your hobby?
    Golf

  5. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)I’ve worked in Japan for about 17 years now as a samlesman, then as a salemsmanager, then a marketing manager and now as a sales and marketing manager.
    I’m one of the ew gaijin (foreigner) who have worked as a line saleman, and so I understand the difficulties of selling to Japanese.
    I understand Japanese culture and how the affects business, which fortunately is a valuable skill.
    (This was done with my eyes closed, but I cheated and used Word, so some of the corrections are made for me. I’ve left the other mistakes “as is”.)

  6. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
    Morgan Freeman?

  7. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    How many hours a week do you spend on the dope?

  8. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?
    No particular deep reason.

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  1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?
    I love this song. (“Lonely Avenue,” Ray Charles, via iTunes.)

  2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?
    Pocket: keys, cellphone, change, guitar picks. Wallet: more money than usual (I filled in for a friend working a farmer’s market today and was paid in cash), probably 20 cards with 20 various purposes, a receipt I don’t need, 8 pictures of my daughter (one per year).

  3. What is in your ctrl-v?
    The lyrics to a copyrighted song.

  4. What did you have for breakfast?
    An egg on a roll and a cup of coffee, bought for $2 at a diner (hey! that big sign really worked) and eaten in the car. While driving to aforementioned farmer’s market.

  5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so).
    New couscous and reheated homemade Moroccan stew, about an hour ago. It was great, and I was chilled to bone from being outside all day.

  6. a/s/l
    41, male, New York State, south of the Catskills and West of the Hudson.

  7. What’s your hobby?
    Playing pretty music and doing ugly renovations on my house.

  8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at). Too much for detail. A steamy mix of publishing, farming, music, and naked modeling. (Y’all don’t want me typing with my eyes closed.)

  9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
    Is Stephen Fry a cartoon character? I’d have to go with that, I think the American people are ready.

  10. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    Do you have a big romantic regret?

  11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10? How many hours a week do you spend on the dope?

Two to four, maybe. Thus the low post count.

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  1. I’m actually finished a fairly significant essay at a decent hour! Now I just need to finish my normal homework for tomorrow…

  2. Too much crap, not enough money.

  3. (§13)

  4. Yogurt with a cup of tea.

  5. I eat pretty much all my meals in a college cafeteria, so none, really.

  6. 21/f/my own head.

  7. Lately, working out and writing.

  8. Oy. Currently work at a library on campus at the circ desk. I’m very good at finding ways to make myself look like I’m earing a paycheck when I’m really not. Previously: office temp, office temp, data entry monkey for Big Brother, omail-sender-outer (aka office bitch), movie theater slave, sandwich maker.
    (also, I’m a damn good typist).

  9. None of the above. Given that ballot I write myself in.

  10. What’s your favorite color?

  11. Yes. Now I’m off to sulk in a corner.

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1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?

A topic for NaNoWriMo.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?

Cash, credit cards, debit card, club cards, pictures, and three and a half tons of crap. (I have the T.A.R.D.I.S. of wallets)

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)

A bank card number, which I’m not going to paste for obvious reasons.

4. What did you have for breakfast?

Bacon and egg on a bagel.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)

A frozen dinner of Moroccan inspiration which involved chicken, carrots and potatoes in a savoury sweet sauce with raisins, plus some spiced (saffron?) couscous on the side. For a frozen dinner it was surprisingly good.

6. a/s/l

36/m/Ontario

7. What’s your hobby?

Which one? There’s creative writing, song writing, cooking, programming (haven’t done that in years though), art… lots of creative stuff.

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)

Early life:

  • Various fast food joints on cash and food prep Hated them all.
  • Coles book store. Rather liked that job, actually. Discount on books and dibs on new releases. :slight_smile:
  • Offset printing at Castlefield Printing, doing printing, typesetting, collating, folding, etc. Messy work. Smelly too, thanks to copious use of naphthalene (blanket wash) and toluene (rubber rejuvenator).

Middling life:

  • Jana Technologies, where I was the only other employee besides Jay, the owner. My job was to download everything in sight and have those files sent for pressing and duplication on CD for a CD-ROM a Month club. For this I was paid $5/hr, and that was only when Jay got around to actually paying me. I only stayed there for a couple of months because I couldn’t take the constantly late paycheques.

  • More offset printing. Don’t remember the name of this place.

  • Concierge at King’s Landing, a hoity-toity condo complex on the waterfront. It had its moments. I met some famous people. (Several of the Blue Jays and Raptors, Peter Gzowski (famous CBC radio personality), and Paul Magder, Toronto’s infamous furrier who became well known in the papers for constantly flouting Toronto’s Sunday shopping laws before they were changed, which I’m sure he had something to do with.)

  • More offset printing, don’t remember the name of this place, either.

  • Still more offset printing, don’t remember the name of this place, either.

  • Most recent life:

  • Even more offset printing, Canada Press Ltd.

  • Future Shop. Software department. Pay sucked, but the work was okay for the first while. Then it got sucky after the Best Buyout.

  • CCCT Computers. Computer sales. Lasted a month, and they only paid once a month, but at least they paid me in cash under the table. I think I was the only non-Asian they ever hired.

  • Factory Direct, a merchant of refurb and close-out merchandise. I was a PC tech. Job sucked a metric ton of ass for a variety of reasons that I won’t get into.

  • Black & Decker, at a factory outlet, first as retail sales, then as service rep. The former paid okay but was part time and the manager gave most of the hours to the friends of his that he hired. The latter paid very well, but went to hell when the company bought out the Pentair Group (which included Delta/Porter Cable, DeVilbiss and Simonize pressure washers). Thanks to one or two dumbass managers to put the store way down in the red, they let a lot of people go, including me.

  • My current job, which I will not name for obvious reasons. Customer service rep. They pay well, the folks are great, the job is good. I’m happy here.
    9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.

Oh, tough one. I’m torn between Fry and Freeman. In the end though I think I have to go with Freeman. Fry is funny, but Freeman kicks seven kinds of ass.

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?

What’s that smell?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?

Royal blue.

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1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?
I’m hungry.

2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?
Well, you asked.

Pocket 1: Cigarettes and lighter, three pens, Marlboro key chain with work keys, personal key ring with keys and two remote fob thingies, a shopping list that never got used, the phone number to Root Photographers that I have no intention of using, and a sheet of paper that has a note about some question I wanted to ask in GQ.

Pocket 2: Cell phone, comb, phone book currently in use, new phone book I intend to copy the old one into, a green spiral bound pad with various notes I’ve made that I’m not sure why I have anymore, work badge, school badge (they’re on the same hook thingy) and a notice from the Barrington Police Explorers about the Shop with a Cop fundraiser coming up that my son is volunteering at.

Pocket 3: Checkstub, Son’s new ATM card (I have to activate it), a list of songs for the jukebox at the bar, and three paid bills (AT&T, MSL, Bon Appetit).

Pocket 4: Another list of songs for the jukebox at the bar, a receipt from Panera Bread, some pamphlet from Smoker’s Warehouse (if my husband actually thinks I’m going to do business with these people he’s insane), my wallet, and my change purse. Oh - and a pen.

Pocket 5: Old carbon set of checks (numbers 851-875), marriage certificate with a ton of other important papers stuffed inside it, anniversary card from my husband I mentioned in another thread, a pencil drawing I did of my dog, and a black makeup case type of pouch that I keep small but important papers in (business cards, scraps of paper with addresses on 'em, a bracelet I love and wear now and then) rather than keeping them loose or throwing them away because I’m psychologically disturbed (for lack of a better word) enough to believe that “I’m going to really NEED this someday” and don’t want to lose it so I better keep it on me."

Little zippered section: An emery board, a dryer sheet (this works GREAT when you get to work and your winter coat has your sweater all staticy - I just rub the dryer sheet on it - instant no static!), a mini sewing kit, and a vending machine card from work.

Now, aren’t you glad you asked?

3. What is in your ctrl-v? (If you don’t know what I mean, Hold the ‘ctrl’ key and press the ‘v’ button while your cursor is in the post reply area)
in

Sorry - that’s it. in (there is a space before “in”)

4. What did you have for breakfast?
A chocolate donut and a bottle of unsweetened Lipton Iced Tea.

5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so)
Wednesday - five breakfast sausage links with biscuit gravy on top, with a bottle of unsweetened Lipton Iced Tea.

6. a/s/l
41/F/IL

7. What’s your hobby?
Various. If I had money, cooking, sewing. I am broke, however, so reading.

8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at)
I’ve been a secretary and office manager for insurance companies, manufacturing companies, construction companies, roofing companies, consulting companies, I’ve done it as permanent, as a temp - I’m a administrative whore. That’s just what I do.

9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
Morgan Freeman.

10. What would you like to ask the next poster?
What are you having for lunch today?

11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?
Leftover pork chop from last night with gravy, some cheese and crackers, a few Ritz crackers. some olives, a HoHo, and some Chips Ahoy cookies. And the rest of my iced tea which I started with breakfast.

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  1. I need to email my dad about getting a Metropass for next month.

  2. My pockets: [del]some shiny gold ring I got off this weird-looking skinny guy, kept coughing a lot[/del] my wallet, some part change.

My wallet: some receipts, money, cards (debit, Metropass, sign-in for work, library, school ID), a key for the front door.

My bag: my textbooks, scraps of paper, loose pens, a newspaper (with a filled-in crossword), a hair elastic, a brush, some mail I got today, and a stray water bottle cap.

  1. Éirinn go brách (I was checking the spelling on Wikipedia for another thread).

  2. Water and a Red Delicious apple, but I ate a big meal at lunch, so it’s all good.

  3. The Vietnamese noodles and hot sauce I had with my friend, before we went to a lecture at the ROM to hear Phillip Pullman speak.

  4. 21 / female / Toronto, Canada. LOL.

  5. Reading dictionaries looking for cool/interesting words, reading novels, making up and breaking codes, writing porn and short stories (not mutually exclusive), reading plays, walking, listening to music, collecting DVDs, reading anything I can pretty much get my hands on.

  6. FIrst I worked at a music store, then a grocery store, then a conveince store, now a movie theatre.

(Wow, that came out a lot better than I expected it to. Eyes closed the entire time.)

  1. Stephen Fry (Hugh Laurie for vice president). Can I get American citizenship just to put this on the ballot?

  2. Why is it taking longer than we thought?

  3. I had a big freaking sandwich stuffed with lettuce and cheese and ham, a bag of chips, and a bottle of cranberry juice, and now I’m going to sort of waddle around for the next little while.

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  1. What were you thinking before you saw this thread?
    I wonder is there anything worth reading on page 2 of MPSIMS

  2. What is in your pocket/wallet/handbag?
    Pockets: Nothing
    Wallet: A variety of cards, some cash, pictures, change and some receipts
    Handbag: Wallet, keys, ipod, phone, old receipts, bus tickets, wage slips, lip balm and a comb.

  3. What is in your ctrl-v?
    It’s all about word of mouth!
    Paste Darren everywhere you go, I say!

  4. What did you have for breakfast?
    A bowl of Start

  5. Without thinking too hard or long about it - what recent meal did you particularly enjoy (recent= past week or so).
    Dinner at an Italian restaurant Friday nightt to celebrate graduation - had canelloni and it was yummy!

  6. a/s/l
    25/F/Ireland

  7. What’s your hobby?
    Nothinc exciting, just reading, listening to music and spending way too much time online.

  8. Answer this question with your eyes closed: Describe your work-history (where you’ve worked, what you did there, what you were particularly good at).
    Ive worked at the same place for nine years, done a bunch of differenet jobs been good at all of them… its a supermarket - its not like the work is hard!!

  9. Who for president - Arnie, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Stephen Fry.
    Freeman - hed make all those boring (to me) speeches sound so much better!

  10. What would you like to ask the next poster?
    Whats the last music you bought/downloaded/copied?

  11. What is your answer to the previous poster’s question 10?
    Because people are thick :frowning:

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I really should be cleaning the house.

My cards, some cash, a few receipts, keys, and chap stick

Coffee and a bagel

spinach, pear, and goat cheese salad

27/f/alberta

Photography

Technical director
Freelance theatre technician
Production Manager
Scenic carpenter
Stage carpenter
scenic carpenter

ummm Morgan Freeman

What is your favourite thing to do on a Sunday morning.

The soundtrack for Evil Dead the Musical