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10. It’s International Bagpipe Day! Are you a fan of bagpipe music?
As long as it's recorded and I can control the volume, Scottish and Irish bagpipes are fine. There was a grad student at Ohio State who bought himself a set of Balkan pipes and tried to learn to play them. Everything he played for us reminded us of the early 20th century warning about 'some damn thing in the Balkans,' and perhaps should have been entitled "Torturing the Goat."
11. Have you ever won a prize for something?
Other than door prizes, no.
12. Do you save all the spare buttons that you often find on shirts and other garments (have you a specific place where you keep them)? Have you any clothes with fancy buttons?
Save spare buttons? Yes, something my mother taught me. I've even used a few from the collection. I had a overcoat once with interesting, if not fancy buttons.
13. Do you wear slippers around your home?
I must have worn out the slippers I had, though I don't remember what happen to them. I'd wear them in winter. It's too hot here to wear even slippers in the summer.
14. International Day of Action for Rivers – a day to ensure rivers are clean and available to all. Are there any rivers or streams near where you live?
I grew up within a few miles of the two longest rivers in the country (the Missouri and the Mississippi), but here in southern Arizona flowing rivers are only a temporary thing. There is a true story about a German prisoner of war in World War Two, who managed to escape from a camp in Phoenix, only to discover the nearby (on his prized escape map) Gila River which he hoped to float down in a stolen boat was dry as a bone. In Tucson there's nothing even called a river. No doubt we had some water in the nearby Pantano Arroyo in the last few days. It rained this week for the first time in months!
shadowkat10. It’s International Bagpipe Day! Are you a fan of bagpipe music?
As long as it's recorded and I can control the volume, Scottish and Irish bagpipes are fine. There was a grad student at Ohio State who bought himself a set of Balkan pipes and tried to learn to play them. Everything he played for us reminded us of the early 20th century warning about 'some damn thing in the Balkans,' and perhaps should have been entitled "Torturing the Goat."
11. Have you ever won a prize for something?
Other than door prizes, no.
12. Do you save all the spare buttons that you often find on shirts and other garments (have you a specific place where you keep them)? Have you any clothes with fancy buttons?
Save spare buttons? Yes, something my mother taught me. I've even used a few from the collection. I had a overcoat once with interesting, if not fancy buttons.
13. Do you wear slippers around your home?
I must have worn out the slippers I had, though I don't remember what happen to them. I'd wear them in winter. It's too hot here to wear even slippers in the summer.
14. International Day of Action for Rivers – a day to ensure rivers are clean and available to all. Are there any rivers or streams near where you live?
I grew up within a few miles of the two longest rivers in the country (the Missouri and the Mississippi), but here in southern Arizona flowing rivers are only a temporary thing. There is a true story about a German prisoner of war in World War Two, who managed to escape from a camp in Phoenix, only to discover the nearby (on his prized escape map) Gila River which he hoped to float down in a stolen boat was dry as a bone. In Tucson there's nothing even called a river. No doubt we had some water in the nearby Pantano Arroyo in the last few days. It rained this week for the first time in months!
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