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12. Do you like doing puzzles (crosswords, wordle, sudoku or something else)? Do you do something that tests your brain every day?
I like the puzzles known as Cross Sums (for a time also known as Kakuro). I was never a huge fan of crosswords or word search. I liked a puzzle type called Kriss Crosses, but I don't see them as often as I used to. I can do easy to medium sudoku. The hardest ones are a little beyond me. As I've gotten older, 'logic problems' have gotten more difficult for me. It's harder to juggle everything I read in my head, and get it all written down in the right places. I like another puzzle type, trigons, which is another puzzle of fitting numbers into a grid. I've never actually finished a trigon, but still like working on them!
13. Are there things you ate as a child that you would never eat now?
Yes. Plain bologna, beef liver and my mother's eggplant. The bologna because it's my money now and I'd rather have something less boring in sandwiches. Beef liver because I only ate it when I was a kid under duress. Not fond of chicken liver either, but I can't remember being forced to eat it. My mother did not know how to prepare eggplant so when she served it, it was horrible! After she passed away my brother learned how to prepare it correctly, so I no longer gag at the very thought of eggplant.
14. It’s Ada Lovelace Day - daughter of the poet Lord Byron, she worked with Charles Babbage to create the ‘Analytical Engine’. This is considered to be the first computer and she is considered the first computer programmer. Have you ever learned any computer code such as html to create programs?
Yes. I know BASIC and Forth, I've written programs in Fortran, and C, but I only know them at a minimal level. Before I retired, I often programed a particular piece of computer-controlled heavy machinery in the manufacturer's own language. The machine properly programmed then made metal parts for aircraft, experimental projects and test equipment.
15. Have you ever owned a leather coat or jacket? Do you still have it?
I never actually owned it, but I wore my father's World War II leather jacket for several years. It was warm and rugged. (It may have been a 'pilot's jacket,' but he wasn't a pilot till many years later. He was an officer in the war and may have bought it from someone else or from the PX.) The seams gave out eventually, and I don't know if any of it exists anymore.
16. Do you own many things that need to be recharged rather than having a battery you change when it’s stopped working?
A phone, and other things with rechargeable batteries that can be exchanged for others rather than sitting around waiting for them to recharge including an answering machine, a computer mouse, XBOX controllers and my TV remote.
I like the puzzles known as Cross Sums (for a time also known as Kakuro). I was never a huge fan of crosswords or word search. I liked a puzzle type called Kriss Crosses, but I don't see them as often as I used to. I can do easy to medium sudoku. The hardest ones are a little beyond me. As I've gotten older, 'logic problems' have gotten more difficult for me. It's harder to juggle everything I read in my head, and get it all written down in the right places. I like another puzzle type, trigons, which is another puzzle of fitting numbers into a grid. I've never actually finished a trigon, but still like working on them!
13. Are there things you ate as a child that you would never eat now?
Yes. Plain bologna, beef liver and my mother's eggplant. The bologna because it's my money now and I'd rather have something less boring in sandwiches. Beef liver because I only ate it when I was a kid under duress. Not fond of chicken liver either, but I can't remember being forced to eat it. My mother did not know how to prepare eggplant so when she served it, it was horrible! After she passed away my brother learned how to prepare it correctly, so I no longer gag at the very thought of eggplant.
14. It’s Ada Lovelace Day - daughter of the poet Lord Byron, she worked with Charles Babbage to create the ‘Analytical Engine’. This is considered to be the first computer and she is considered the first computer programmer. Have you ever learned any computer code such as html to create programs?
Yes. I know BASIC and Forth, I've written programs in Fortran, and C, but I only know them at a minimal level. Before I retired, I often programed a particular piece of computer-controlled heavy machinery in the manufacturer's own language. The machine properly programmed then made metal parts for aircraft, experimental projects and test equipment.
15. Have you ever owned a leather coat or jacket? Do you still have it?
I never actually owned it, but I wore my father's World War II leather jacket for several years. It was warm and rugged. (It may have been a 'pilot's jacket,' but he wasn't a pilot till many years later. He was an officer in the war and may have bought it from someone else or from the PX.) The seams gave out eventually, and I don't know if any of it exists anymore.
16. Do you own many things that need to be recharged rather than having a battery you change when it’s stopped working?
A phone, and other things with rechargeable batteries that can be exchanged for others rather than sitting around waiting for them to recharge including an answering machine, a computer mouse, XBOX controllers and my TV remote.
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