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When is the last time you used a public pay phone?

  • Today
  • A week ago
  • A month ago
  • A year ago
  • A decade ago
  • More than a decade ago
  • What is this “public pay phone” of which you speak?
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Have you ever had a politics-quarrel with family or friends or other people at a Thanksgiving meal or get-together?

  • yes
  • no
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Pumpkin pie:

  • Lurrrve it!
  • Like it well enough
  • Meh it
  • Dislike it
  • Abhor, loathe, scorn, despise, and shun it.
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On any day in the last month, did you leave the house wearing a black shirt or top, and black pants or shorts, and black shoes?

  • Yes
  • No
  • I’m thorny_locust :strawberry:
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Is “hamburger” necessarily beef?
  • Yes. The word is literally defined as “ground beef patty.” Unless otherwise specified that is my assumption.
  • No. It’s just a form (patty) and presentation (on a bun with condiments). The meat itself can be anything; it’s got “ham” in the word for og’s sake!
  • Other
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You’ve decided to write your first book and to have it published the traditional way. When do you announce this project to your friends, family, colleagues, etc.?

  • When I come up with the idea to write the book.
  • When I’ve started writing the book.
  • When I’ve finished writing the book, but before it’s been submitted to any publisher.
  • When a publisher expresses interest in the book.
  • When a publisher offers me a contract for the book.
  • When I’ve signed a publishing contract for the book.
  • When stores start taking pre-orders for the book.
  • When the book is finally published.
  • When the first reviews from critics come in.
  • When the first positive reviews from critics come in.
  • Never, because I don’t want anyone to know I’m an author.
  • Never, because I’d rather the people I know find the book for themselves.
  • Never, because nobody I know would find the book of interest anyway.
  • Never, for some other reason.
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What kind of cranberry sauce do you prefer? (If you’ve never eaten cranberry sauce before, which kind would you like if someone offered you some right now?)

  • Whole berry
  • Jellied
  • I honestly have no preference whatsoever
  • I don’t like any kind of cranberry sauce
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Have all the Discourse polls become public by default?

  • Don’t think so
  • Apparently yes
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I check the “Polls Discussion Thread” constantly. Must keep up!

  • Yes
  • No
  • There’s a “Discussion thread” for this thread? Who knew!?
0 voters

I’ve just brewed a big pot of turkey broth. On Monday, I will serve turkey soup for supper. It will be a simple soup of broth, whatever turkey is still left over (chopped up, of course), chopped carrots, white butter beans, and maybe some barley. What would be good accompaniments?

Starch

  • Corn bread
  • biscuits
  • a crusty white store-bought bread
  • no added starch is needed, there is barley in there
  • something else
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Veggie

  • brocolli
  • cauliflower
  • brussel sprouts
  • winter squash
  • a bowl of fresh radishes
  • water cress
  • no additional vegetable is needed, there are carrots in there.
  • something else
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Additional sides

  • you need something else, which I will describe in the discussion thread
  • you’re good
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You can have only one gift. Which is it?

  • 12 drummers drumming
  • 11 pipers piping
  • 10 lords a-leaping
  • 9 ladies dancing
  • 8 maids a-milking
  • 7 swans a-swimming
  • 6 geese a-laying
  • 5 golden rings
  • 4 calling birds
  • 3 french hens
  • 2 turtle doves
  • A partrige in a pear tree
  • $100 Amazon gift card
0 voters
  • 5 golden rings
  • 5 go-old rings.
0 voters
  • 4 calling birds
  • 4 colly birds
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What sort of credit (not debit) card(s) do you use regularly (however you personally define “regularly”)? Choose all that apply.

  • A basic credit card with no perks
  • A credit card that offers cash back
  • A credit card that offers points that can be redeemed for merchandise, gift cards, travel, etc.
  • A credit card that offers points/miles in a specific company’s loyalty program, e.g. airline miles, hotel points, Amtrak points, etc.
  • A store credit card
  • A card that offers some other rewards I didn’t think of
  • I don’t have a credit card
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I’m adding dried butter beans to my turkey broth to make soup. I want a thin, broth-based soup with stuff in it, not a bean soup.

How many cups of dried beans should i add to 1.g gallons of broth?

  • ¼
  • ½
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • More
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If you answered yes to the “have you been stranded poll”,

  • was it unintentionnally (but your fault, by not having refueled even if knowing)
  • was it unintentionnaly but by others events (fire ou flood…)
  • was it intentionnaly, to see the exact mileage of the car
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Which of these awards would you most like to receive, assuming you’d done something to deserve it?

  • Academy Award
  • Emmy Award
  • Tony Award
  • Grammy Award
  • Pulitzer Prize
  • Turing Award
  • Olympic Medal
  • Nobel Prize
  • Fields Medal
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Congressional Gold Medal
  • Medal of Honor
  • I’d decline any of these awards
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You’ve just been informed that you are to be awarded one of the above-noted awards. Before the award is officially announced and before there’s any news coverage, who do you tell about it?

  • my family
  • my friends
  • my enemies
  • my colleagues
  • my mentors
  • my social media contacts, via a friends-only post
  • my social media contacts, via a public post
  • my fellow Dopers
  • practically anyone I meet
  • I shout it from the rooftops
  • I tell no one
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  • I’m really hating that the polls now default to public
  • Naw, I’m cool
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  • I will vote in public polls–my life is an open book.
  • I will not vote in public polls–I have concerns about privacy/data skimming.
  • It depends on the content/my mood/other factors.
0 voters
  • I will vote in public polls because I am not concerned that someone knows that my favorite song that begins with an N is Norwegian Wood by the Beatles.
  • I will not vote in public polls because I am concerned that someone with the knowledge that Norwegian Wood by the Beatles is my favorite song that starts with an N will use that information to harm me.
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