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1. Do you like blue cheese?
I didn't like it when I was a little kid, but I grew into it. By the time I was in my mid teens I liked it. I like it in salad dressing and on burgers.
3. What is your favorite garden plant or flower?
Far away from my old cactus garden, I have tea roses in back, and a big saguaro and frequent purple sage flowers in front. The roses are nice two or more times a year, but the big white saguaro flowers are my favorite.
4.. Is arthritis common in your family (do you have any affected joints?)
Yes, I think my sister did not have it, but my mother had twisted fingers and so do I.
5. Do you complete any puzzles to train your brain every day?
Maybe not everyday, but frequently I do Cross Sums(also known as Kakuro).
6. It's Thanksgiving Day in Canada today - reflecting on your childhood, what were you thankful for?
I had a good childhood and wasn't spoiled rotten.
7. Do you still wash your hands as regularly as you did during the pandemic?
No. But I still do it more thoroughly than before the pandemic.
8. It’s World Spine Day - how flexible are you?
Reasonably for my age, but I recently messed my back up bending over and doing three jigsaw puzzles consecutively, and have been suffering since.
9. What’s your favorite type of pasta shape, or do you find the perfect shape to suit the sauce you've made?
All I can say is that perhaps elbow macaroni is my least favorite shape, and I like it well enough.
10. In 1957 Elvis starred in the movie Jailhouse Rock - have you seen it?
Yes, but I don't find it very memorable.
11. It’s National Album Day - do you own any vinyl albums?
Honestly I'm not sure. I not sure I brought them with my move to Tucson. I haven't had a record player in a long time.
12. Did you ever own a black and white TV? When did you first watch a color TV?
Yes. I grew up with black and white. I probably watched a show in color in the late 50s at a friend of my parent's house. The father of that family worked selling professional TV equipment. So I saw myself on TV (closed-circuit color TV) for the first time there. My father was going to buy a color set some time in the mid 1960s. We went to the store and found we could get a tiny color set with a crummy picture or a giant black and white set with a sharp picture for less money. My dad chose the b & w and no one complained. In the mid 1970s color TVs got much better, and I bought one for myself while I was in grad school.
13. What’s your favorite apple variety (to eat or to bake with)?
Jonathan apples. We had a tree in our front yard. They made great pies and were good fresh as well.
14. How’s the weather - warmer or cooler than it should be at this time of year?
It's been very warm here. Record warm much of the month. But it's supposed to turn normal this week.
15. Has anyone in your family had a 50th wedding anniversary?
No.
16. How often do you get your vision tested?
It used to be once a year. Since I got my cataracts removed, I haven't felt the need.
17. It’s World Opera Day - are you a fan?
No. Sorry, but bellowing in tune isn't my favorite kind of singing.
18. National Pumpkin Day - what’s your favorite type of pumpkin to eat?
Who knows pumpkin types?
I like our standard big orange pumpkin for pies, and as a vegetable, but pumpkins are so large, I never have it except from a can usually in pie.
shadowkat1. Do you like blue cheese?
I didn't like it when I was a little kid, but I grew into it. By the time I was in my mid teens I liked it. I like it in salad dressing and on burgers.
3. What is your favorite garden plant or flower?
Far away from my old cactus garden, I have tea roses in back, and a big saguaro and frequent purple sage flowers in front. The roses are nice two or more times a year, but the big white saguaro flowers are my favorite.
4.. Is arthritis common in your family (do you have any affected joints?)
Yes, I think my sister did not have it, but my mother had twisted fingers and so do I.
5. Do you complete any puzzles to train your brain every day?
Maybe not everyday, but frequently I do Cross Sums(also known as Kakuro).
6. It's Thanksgiving Day in Canada today - reflecting on your childhood, what were you thankful for?
I had a good childhood and wasn't spoiled rotten.
7. Do you still wash your hands as regularly as you did during the pandemic?
No. But I still do it more thoroughly than before the pandemic.
8. It’s World Spine Day - how flexible are you?
Reasonably for my age, but I recently messed my back up bending over and doing three jigsaw puzzles consecutively, and have been suffering since.
9. What’s your favorite type of pasta shape, or do you find the perfect shape to suit the sauce you've made?
All I can say is that perhaps elbow macaroni is my least favorite shape, and I like it well enough.
10. In 1957 Elvis starred in the movie Jailhouse Rock - have you seen it?
Yes, but I don't find it very memorable.
11. It’s National Album Day - do you own any vinyl albums?
Honestly I'm not sure. I not sure I brought them with my move to Tucson. I haven't had a record player in a long time.
12. Did you ever own a black and white TV? When did you first watch a color TV?
Yes. I grew up with black and white. I probably watched a show in color in the late 50s at a friend of my parent's house. The father of that family worked selling professional TV equipment. So I saw myself on TV (closed-circuit color TV) for the first time there. My father was going to buy a color set some time in the mid 1960s. We went to the store and found we could get a tiny color set with a crummy picture or a giant black and white set with a sharp picture for less money. My dad chose the b & w and no one complained. In the mid 1970s color TVs got much better, and I bought one for myself while I was in grad school.
13. What’s your favorite apple variety (to eat or to bake with)?
Jonathan apples. We had a tree in our front yard. They made great pies and were good fresh as well.
14. How’s the weather - warmer or cooler than it should be at this time of year?
It's been very warm here. Record warm much of the month. But it's supposed to turn normal this week.
15. Has anyone in your family had a 50th wedding anniversary?
No.
16. How often do you get your vision tested?
It used to be once a year. Since I got my cataracts removed, I haven't felt the need.
17. It’s World Opera Day - are you a fan?
No. Sorry, but bellowing in tune isn't my favorite kind of singing.
18. National Pumpkin Day - what’s your favorite type of pumpkin to eat?
Who knows pumpkin types?
I like our standard big orange pumpkin for pies, and as a vegetable, but pumpkins are so large, I never have it except from a can usually in pie.
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The Pumpkin one is entertaining in that apparently a lot of folks from the UK think its synonymous with the word squash, and were stating butternut squash or spaghetti squash in response. LOL!
I'm thinking that around 1976 onwards, most folks owned color televisions? That it became more about how large the television was not whether it was in color at that point? I know one of my close friends at the time had a huge one - and we'd go to her house to watch, because it was huge. That was in West Chester, PA. In Johnson County, Kansas - friends of my parents had a projection television that is about as big as the 55 inch I have now. Although the picture wasn't quite as good. They worked in audio-visual equipment. I watched Battle Star Galatica v. 1 on that television when I stayed with them. It was cool on that screen. (They got it for sports though).
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Found it! 10 Things You Probably Didn't Know about Pumpkins
* The word “pumpkin” originates from “peopon,” which means “large melon” in Greek. It then evolved to “pompon” in French and “pumpion” in Britain. The Americans later changed it to “pumpkin,” the name we still use today.
* Scientists believe that pumpkins originated in North America about 9000 years ago. The oldest pumpkin seeds have been found in Mexico and date back to somewhere between 7000-5550 B.C..
Pumpkins (along with other forms of squash) were a historically important food staple among Native Americans. They would grow the squash along river banks next to maize and beans, a planting technique that was called the “Three Sisters Method,” which allowed the three crops to sustain each other. Corn served as the trellis upon which the beans could climb; beans were nourished by the sunlight and kept the corn stalks stable on windy days, while also nourishing their soil; and pumpkins sheltered the corn’s shallow roots and prevented weeds from taking hold.
* The practice of carving Jack-O’-Lanterns was brought to America by Irish immigrants. In their homeland, the Irish used to carve Jack-O’-Lanterns out of potatoes or turnips, but upon arrival in America, they began to use pumpkins instead because they were far easier to carve. The tradition of the “Jack-O’-Lantern” stems from an Irish legend about a man named Stingy Jack who was a somewhat unpleasant character famous for playing tricks on people.