Yes if your gas stove's flame is blue it is producing water vapor. A yellow flame is bad.

Definitely NOT "Playing games on GT"! That's not to pass time, it's a serious occupation

If your stove is producing CO, it's broken
.
In my opinion a broken electric stove is potentially more dangerous

Same with me.

Dislike gas stoves for this reason: carbon monoxide

I was thinking the same thing, Sea Dreams, except I don't like gas stoves, since I'm clumsy & would probably set myself on fire. But I did get covetous looking at that photo.

I want this stove!

Agree, plus add napping to the list

I chose other because there are many things on that list i do on a daily basis Wasn't fair to pick only one LOL

Here in the USA, we do have stoves that are equipped with a grill on top of the stove.
Technically Broil, and Grill, meant cooking close to the heat.

I still to set a temperature, whichever button I press

Looks like the hottest to the coolest temperature settings except that I would expect "broil" to be at the far left. "Proof" would be a warm temperature to use for letting yeast breads rise.

my oven here has:- bake, roast, broil, warm & proof. It also has a ring on the top called a warming zone that doesn't do much
no idea what most of them mean

That title is commonly used here as well maybe more by those in more southern states.

ok, I'd call that a griddle, completely different to a grill. They joys of British vs US English

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so what type of grill cooks from below and is used indoors?

I believe BBQ-ing is done outside on a grill.

Ok so what's the difference between broiling and BBQ-ing?

In UK, grilling is broiling, usually done in the grill (heat above) of your cooker

Yes broiling is grilling while using a heat source above the food.

I believe Broiling is done in the oven with the upper part that's called a broiler, and grilling is basically done on a BBQ. I might be wrong but I'm open for other opinions.

What's the difference between grilling and broiling?

Proper cooking kills any bacteria.
Sounds like the butchering skills in your area leave a lot to be desired, probably why US meat isn't allowed into Europe

Salmonella, Campylobacter and other harmful bacteria live on raw chicken. Washing or rinsing doesn't remove this risk, it worsens it by helping the bacteria spread. When you add water through washing or rinsing, you give these bacteria a way to travel throughout your kitchen.

When I buy a whole chicken I remove the kidneys and anything else left by the inferior butchering method used. I rinse it in running cold water then fill the sink with cold water & salt and clean it out well. It is now ready to roast and maybe stuff.
I frequently buy 10 pound bags of leg quarters as they're so cheap ($6 - $7 U.S. per bag) . If there is any backbone remaining on a quarter that gets removed along with the kidneys. I then wrap and freeze them individually. A leg quarter usually gets slow cooked in a pan for 2 - 3 hours with herbs & seasonings and maybe onion and / or garlic. After it cools I de-bone the quarter and the meat then goes into a recipe or on the dinner plate.

My favourite way is when someone else prepares it for me.

Basic chicken preparation. Total time: 5 - 10 minutes.
Go down the stairs
Turn right, then left.
Check if rotisserie has moved. Hasn't. Why should it?
Point to the bird with the deepest sun tan.
Pay, return home.

Note: Mrs Rabbit has far better recipes, but you asked for basic.

Thank you. My chickens are pets, not food.

With all the food polls, there ought to be an option "I don't eat_____".

I personally love to bbq my chicken breasts

Odd roast wasn't included.
I choose other as I normally add chicken to a dish rather than cooking on its own

I selected baked because:
1) an oven is usually easily/readily available
2) can give you a lot of different options (whole or pieces of chicken; can use different spices or sauces)
3) with maybe some exceptions of having to turn the chicken half way through cooking, most of the time you can "set it and forget it" (while you prepare your side dishes, etc )
4) you can add veggies (potatoes, carrots, etc ) to your dish and cook everything in one pan

hi there hi tanner from, pam

It does

How could you not smile looking at that cute little fur baby!

As the banner says
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I try to smile many times per day and I concentrate on it a lot. Even now I am smiling 😁

My Pomeranian dog, Tanner, always makes me laugh and smile … several times a day ♥️🐾🐾♥️

Yes Rabbitoid! Sherlock is the Grandmaster of all of the rest of them! There is hardly a day that goes by whether I am doing a simul or seeing who is up to mis chef at the local Post Office! Sherlock once said to Watson," many times the most obvious is the most obviously overlooked!!"

I thought Yard is the Brit institution of amateurs who never manage to do one better compared to Sherlock, Hercule and the rest of the pros?

Nine Square feet - One Square Yard.

My homeowners association

Yes that is what it means.

I presume the poll refers to what Brits would call a garden, as a yard tends to refer to a commercial premises or enclosed courtyard.
I'm therefore unsure exactly what yard work is. I guess it means gardening, mowing and general tidying?

Purple

I've been told pastels suit me

yup - no idea what I look good in, if anything

Other: I'm male and couldn't care less. Next question.

If the casual users are less likely than the serious users to answer polls, that could skew the results.

Another aspect of graphics here is whether or not you "Use Classic Design" in your preferences. I use Classic Design.

I love purple also Chrissy. It makes mike panic attacks fade away!

Green here

I 've switched to green. Nevertheless, the gold trim is still there. Pity that can't be greened as well...

I like variety, I rotate every month.

I like high contrast also

I have High Contrast, simply cos I find it hard to read the others. Maybe I need glasses?

I've got silver here and gold on beta, so I don't get confused

I'm a greenie.

Way too bright for me! Mine's purple.

I’ve tried them all and I like High Contrast the best

I have to say that the Guardians of The Galaxy movies are among the best. The soundtrack is possibly the best of all the superhero films I've seen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk&list=PLEijU2q67K_twQnJ06-3DnrvsAdEii_MQ

I am Groot!

Class Reunion (1982) -- The movie features a witch, a vampire, and an escaped mental patient.

Trick or Treat (1986)

Papillon dogs are awesome ‼️

Rewatch a movie where I know every word and joke? how much am I paid?

Surely the nightmare before Christmas is..... Well a Christmas movie

WEIMARANER of course!!! The most loving and loyal breed in the world. I've had this breed nearly 50 years. They're almost human.

How could you not have a Corgi as an option?

I would be a Labrador as loyal to there owners

Labradoodle is cross of Labrador and a poodle. Tends to have a curly coat and the loyalty of a Labrador.

Only "scary" to those who've never owned or worked with them

Thought it was different a Labrador, but just the full name.
I always thought a golden retriever was just a long haired lab
Yes surprising not on the list

I would be an Australian Shepard.

No it is not.

Isn't that the same as a golden retriever?

Great Dane for me too if I had a choice. If I were a dog most like myself I'd be a fat old cur.

It goes without saying. That breed is missing!!!

Never heard of a Labradoodle….???

Harvey, our beloved Dane cross

Travelling around in a psychedelic 70s transit van solving ghost mysteries and eating big sandwiches...

Hunter and protective

Papillon dog - Friendly, happy, and protective

I usually keep my viewing to 20th century movies! Far less ketchup and more plots that make for a fine show!

Jools - I agree with you 😊

I would also opt for neither. I would have voted for drama.
With so many options for types of movies I really can't believe that the poll was created with just 2 options to choose from.

IMHO, most so called "comedies" are a waste of time because they just aren't that funny. Horror movies have never appealed to me.
So, my answer to the poll would be "NEITHER"...oh wait, that wasn't an option.

I usually avoid ketchup movies so given only choice between those two I'll also pick comedies, but in the past few years I get my comedies mostly from shows, not movies.

It depends really, I like both.
I prefer suspense rather than gore in scary movies.
I also don't find a lot of supposed "comedy" particularly funny
So long as it's a good story and well produced, I like any genres

I just want the mail service to work.
I've received nothing to My gmail.com nor proton.me accounts

I have received emails from goldtoken.

Are you glad of the break? Or feeling neglected? Do you want to contact support?

It's bad lye fumes.

If it's good meth you should be on about 12

I have had to deal with considerable poisonous chemistry from my "neighbor's" meth lab recently. I have improved to a 1 this morning.

How the moderated should I know? or care?

I have never received an email from goldtoken at any of the email accounts that I have tried .. is this an issue for anybody else?

maybe we need a poll to ask if anyone has actually received emails from goldtoken in the last few months

if not, then maybe there is a problem with the email exchange server


cheers,
Steven

Like laura lee I too wish they were displayed on a separate page. They sometimes cause the Profile Page to load quite slowly.

I have always loved Profile tokens, right from the start. When I first joined GT, I wanted to have a large collection and happily, now I do. The ones gifted to me by other players, especially those who are no longer with us, are especially valued.

I'd like it that when I get one, the message telling me I've received it shows me what it looks like. I'd also like to be able to arrange them on my home page.

I'm addicted to them 👍

The more the merrier.
Always room for more

I agree, I like them, but I wish they were on a separate page with a link on my profile to see all I have.

Personally not interested at all. They seem to multiply like, uh, rabbits, lol.

I just wish there were a flag in the settings/profile section to permit displaying/viewing them or not.

That week long experiment has never worked for me yet either. I won't give up though...

I think it probably reflects the number of us who live alone.
I'm not surprised the cats object, they hate getting their paws wet
I've tried leaving the dishes all week to see if they get fed up of being dirty and wssh themselves, but that doesn't work either

sometimes me

should have

I've tried really hard to get the cats to do the dishes (and other housework), But they are way to lazy.

I'm not surprised that almost 1/2 said "Me"

I would say that it looks like the editor is on vacation but I remember what happened to my poll. This seems to be in line.

I KNOW what a BEAR crawl is! It is when my beloved Terrier does when he barks at a BEAR! Now I also know what a BEER crawl is! It is when you see beautiful gals and well-built guys crawling away from pink and blue lights that say "where your friends are!"

Excellent choices Stven S! Mine are walking swimming and a moveable jump rope!!

definitely .. My choices for exercise would have been walking, swimming and the stationary bicycle 🥳 cheers 😎🍻

I get more than enough exercise at my job, had used a pedometer one day, and I walked 12.5 miles at the end of the day!

maybe work on the comprehensions as well as the vocabulary, the discourse may well be more articulate then

Yes, I study English every day to develop a more extensive vocabulary so that will not sound like a dilapidated or pernicious 'Yo Yo. Invariably this works for me! The most fluent English that I study is the English Opening in Chess! I have won a few more games than I have learned from being outplayed and have much fewer defeats! And also, I speak fluent Japanese. Arigato to all and good luck to all!

Found out Im allergic to it

I use the YMCA exercise equipment.

Jumping to conclusions. :D

Swimming works great as an exercise for some people. I like to swim at a leisurely pace. Which means it isn't good exercise for me.

Yes I believe swimming may be the most healthy exercise. It's great cardio-vascular exercise with minimum stress on one's joints.

I think swimming should of been on the list .

Never heard of a bear crawl either and it doesn't look fun
I misread leg lift & stair climb as stair lift

I do take the dog for a 2-4 mile walk almost every day, but I’m a marathon and whitewater canoe racer, so canoeing is where I get my intensity.

OK, looked it up. Even after all these years English still surprises me sometimes.

LOL that is a question people will be asking grand parents in 20 years from now!!

I'd say that qualifies you at least for a beer crawl.

What on earth is bear crawl?

I get plenty of exercise at work, which works out my core muscles. But, I still have a beer gut despite only drinking 6 - 8 beer per week.

C'est la vie.

Mostly I use my debit card, but I still pay with cash for smaller purchases.

I set up my utilities thru my bank on my checking acct. , I go on my bank site the beginning of the month and put how much I want to pay each utility co. .. save postage and re-ordering checks.

Ah ok, yes the classic "the cheque is in the postx" still aplies, although I find direct bank transfer easier for places thaat don't accept cards

In France checks are almost history. I have one monthly payment which accepts only checks by mail or I have to go there to pay cash.
I use the card wherever I can, but many shops still have a lower limit on card payment so I still need to use currency.

Yes they do. I mail in utility bills. They charge convenience fee for charging to credit cards. Postage is about $1.50 less than the fee. I write about 3-5 personal checks a month.

places there still accept personal cheques?
I can't remember when I last wrote a cheque, must be about 8-10 years

Mostly credit cards, sometimes with a check (when they offer a discount for NOT using a credit card)(or charge extra for using a credit card), then a few purchases are made with cash. So I use credit cards, checks and cash.

lol, It's chatting, I did not spot I misspelled it.

How did agave not make it on this list?

or my bread or butter, unlike some countries do

Splenda (sucralose) is my favorite sweetener

No, I never put sugar in any form on my ice cream or in my beer.

Natural Cane Sugar or Raw Sugar.

Don't try. There is a limit to the length of a DB title, about 100 characters

a motivational seminar!

Sure he means chatting.😂

cheating?

I picked all. But the one things that stands out for me is, cheating with people from around the world as we play a game.

I do have diabetes.

I have found ways to get out and join others in social settings, mostly at the YMCA. They offer free Bingo with simple prizes, euchre club that only costs a dollar, free crafting projects, free lunch n' learn where I learn about the community, and more. I don't have to be a member (but I am), and I have met so many wonderful people, and had so much fun.

I had near perfect vision until my mid 40s, then started needing reading glasses that has got slowly worse over the past 10 years. However the past 6 months I no longer need reading glasses but my distance vision has got very bad.
It's worth getting yourself checked for diabetes as that often affects vision, my dad noticed his vision getting better and found he had developed diabetes.

It's funny you should mention that. It appears that my eyesight is correcting itself the last couple of years. I have worn glasses for near-sightedness since I was 8 years old and now they are changing to far-sightedness. I am in the middle of that change at the moment, so I don't even wear my specs currently. I know this won't last, but I am enjoying it for the time being.

My eyesight has got considerably worse over the past year.
I've been putting off a cataract operation, but went to the hospital yesterday to get it booked

Welcome to your thalamocortical loop.

I've woken up....

I suffer terribly in the hot weather, so summer is my least favorite season too! I do enjoy the long daylight hours, but
NOT the insufferable heat! Give me Fall ANY day!

This is going to be longer than the search for a prime minister for France

I am more important so I want to be on TOP

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Something tells me this is going to be a long war

I Hate everything about summer, Gimme snow year round ;)

Drat!

The responses were worth it.

At the advice of my late great friend Van Cliburn I "always try to be the very best that I can be." I have had fine results. Tennis, (Alternate Davis cup team.) Piano competitions, Japanese flips and flops and other moves. Chess, Camelot and Chivalry I am pleased. And to ALL always remember you do not to have to be perfect! No one else is either!

Come on let's twist again like we did last summer.

Ha!

By all means. Consider yourself officially admired.

Other: Girls in their summer dresses...thanks Boss.

I have nothing extra to add. I just want to be the top post so everyone can admire what I do.

I would like a "Several of the above" option.

Yes! what I like about summer is that eventually it goes away and leaves the place for something more exciting.
Of course, I feel the same way about all seasons, spring included.

Nothing really, older I get the hotter outside it seems to get, I dread going outside. I prefer Fall, Winter, Spring but not Summer...ugh

I prefer the relative "warmth" of winter here in 20s°C / 70s°F rather than the 50°C / 112°F we often experience in the summer.
I therefore put vacation, as a chance to escape the heat

Sitting outside, late, on warm nights--looking up at the stars

Same here!

More than one for me as well plus the lack of ice.

I chose other because there was more than one reason . Although the warmth has always been top on that list, it isn't the only thing i like best about Summer.

Maybe

. . the cream of the crop of replies!

hoof hearted I'll bet your'e healthier than most of us here.

I spent most of my time outside

A true classic!

Tempted to post this at the top, since attention is all I desire...

In a white room with black curtains in the station

It would be den/loft for me.

Me too. I checked work room. Playing on GoldToken can be hard work.

My Home Office/Reading Room which I guess in actuality is a spare bedroom with no bed.

I want a room like that!

Like rabbitoid my bedroom is also my computer room and the most used space.

I sleep about 6 hrs out of 24, and work about 9-10hrs,so not the bedroom.
Probably spend 6-7 hrs in living room

Maybe panic room is the room where you watch horror movies?

Good point, lol
In my case bedroom serves also as computer room.
What would be the difference between game room and play room?

2nd bedroom, which is also a storage room, computer work, work room (paying bills is work), play online room, and enjoying nature room. There are feeding and water stations outside the window, I get to watch birds, squirrels and racoons eat and drink.

If someone spends most of their time in a Panic Room, they’d better up their Xanax dosage

The answer for most would be bedroom unless it’s asking about waking hours.

Thank you, good idea.

Robyn, if your friends don't feel like hosting visit your neighborhood sports bar.

A well stocked bar and the game on a 90 inch screen.

my friend.

a waste of time, effort & resources better spent on more useful things.

self-confidence is a myth in that it should be the default position that every person is BORN with.

it's the "money-makers" that try to tell you that you DON'T have it, and "need to buy it".

I personally think it's disgusting and Hideous.. Why mess with how a person is created.

This one hit home! My Sister was diagnosed with Dementia, We had the chance to have her with us before we actually knew what was happening she was here from June until late September and then went back home to Arkansas! While here we all witnessed her memory loss and by the time she left she was repeating herself 2 or 3 times almost instantly after saying it, She never once realized what she was doing which gave us a clue but prayed we were wrong! 2 years later and her daughter told us she is at the last stages according to her doctor. SO please forgive me if i pass on this question. This one hurt!

hmmmm, I had to ponder that question for a bit. And as someone said "they'd rather forget the poll"..I almost did but then thought that is a very good question to ask one self....there maybe a time one will have to make that kind of decision. I voted "forget who everyone else was" but then after what Steve said I changed my mind. I rather forget who I was than friends and family.
A very tough question indeed.

I heartily AGREE with you Rabbitoid!

I played green in a four player Diagonal Duel. Maybe you meant four or more?

I would rather forget the poll, so pass.

Tricky one. But I think I agree with you

I am so sorry. But I love your attitude. I just found the poll kind of weird to answer.

That would be a good gamer name

That was a tough one. I almost didn't answer. Two years I was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia. I know what's coming ... my wife's younger brother died from it.
My answer to this poll was that I'd rather forget who I am. I'd prefer to know who my friends and relatives are. Not recognizing my family and close friends would be far worse than forgetting who I am. They will be my link to who I was.

Did you know you can put ddb or ddr or your color in semi-colons like the Goldie’s in your note box that will help?

When I play a 2-player senet variation I pick purple. Unless it's taken. Then I pick red and put in my Game notes "I am Erik the Red."

Once I got my game notes and messaging box confused and judging from the reply I got my opponent was amused I called myself that. Embarrassing.

Peacock coverage has been more varied

I like watching the track cycling, but the TV coverage this year has been terrible, just showing the finals. Which happen so quick I've missed most them

I wish Green was available to first 4 players .. in many games Green is only available when there are more than 4 players

Interesting to hear they now have ISO control. But what is the point. I always see everyone use them as a point and click. You hand someone a real camera and they will ask, How do I use it and then they learn something. That does not happen with a phone that has a camera. People have been trained, it does all the work for you and so they are used as a point and click and that is what they are. Actions show you what people truly think. This is why wisdom teaches. You listen to what they say, but you pay attention to what they do.
I do hope you are using the settings. There is more to taking a photo then pushing a button. It is a form of art and can be fun even when you mess up.

For those games where the colour is not attatched to first/second player I try to choose to maximise the contrast with the other player and the board. When I choose first I often peek at the other's recent choice of colour to choose mine.

My phone is fairly basic cost about $100,but does ISO, WB & exposure control.
It also fits in my pocket and is always with me.
So I no longer have the need for anything more complex or expensive

There is a list of things a mobile phone camera can't do. F-settings, ISO settings, Shutter Speed, Aperture Control, White Balance, Focus Modes, Exposure Compensation, Metering Modes, and Zoom Lenses. My Canon camera that is around 8 years old still has a way higher pixel rate then any phone. I can also plug it into my computer and download up-dates and other programs for it. A mobile phone camera is just a point and click and when the new phone is released, it now becomes a high price disposable camera and you have to buy another one. Because phone company's dumb down the older versions, when the new one comes out, to force people to buy the new one.

I bought a nice Nikon D5200 DSLR a few years ago. I still haven't learned to use it. Too bad it costs money to by and develop the 35mm film in my Pentax K-1000.

With mobile phone cameras so good and always having my phone on me I almost always use my phone nowadays.
I still have a 35mm camera (somewhere) that I've not used for over 20 years and the resolution of my digital cameras is now far less than my mobile phone.
About the only thing mobiles aren't much use for is long exposure tripod shots

As you will soon see in the Monthly Newsletter, in July, our suggestions were so low there was only one person that submitted a poll, that got used, that wasn't by the poll team. That person already won the Monthly Poll Token so we were unable to hand one out for July.

The poll currently up was recently submitted, thank you! But we need more submissions. Remember, to count as a proper submission for the tokens, you need to follow the rules above.

Thank you and Good Luck!

I'll guess it's because some do that one particular exercise and some do more than one.

And bike riding?

Why is running and exercise separate in the poll?

Yes Fatdaddy! Walking is the VERY BEST exercise! This is what I tell all of my patients to do! As The decades go on the tendons behind the knee are hampered more from running than walking. Remember to go at your pace for time and distance! Then make it fun to go further and faster! Good Luck!

There needs another category - Nothing, but I worry about it!!!

I try to do a few of them, but I tend to snack too much so don't loose much.

Walking is great exercise. I would walk regularly if not for being sick from the meth lab and other poisons. I don't and I am much more obese than I want to be.
Drinking plenty of water and a healthy diet also are both important for healthy weight.

Next thing you know Lester Holt will be out there doing a Triple Sowcow and saying, please take of YOURSELF and each other!!

I root for my country's teams but don't necessarily follow any of the games closely.

I agree with your complaint about the almost exclusive coverage of the US on NBC. The Olympics is about bringing athletes together. It's not a medal count of which country has the most gold medals. That being said, pros are now competing so it's not much different from the NBA or Premier League.

Never understood the idea of being "proud" of my country's water polo team that they beat Denmark. Whoo-hoo we're better than you are. Also absolutely hate the taped coverage in the US where in judged competitions they'll only show the American competitors and perhaps grudgingly a foreign winner. Count me out-I can't watch

And I wouldn't put up with anyone as annoying as me.

An EXCELLENT point fatdaddy! Myself? I go by the operandi spend some and save some! Seems to work for me!

I would never have to worry about money if I didn't waste my new found wealth.

Touch'

I would never have to post anything without a subject heading.

House repairs, clean & cook would be the 3 things at the top of my list.
I've always hated cooking, but now my back and legs limit the time of standing at a stove.
A friend comes in (for cheap pay) and does my mopping for me since that is another problem I have.... I scoot around on my desk chair to do the vacuuming. lol

All of the above

I identify with you fatdaddy! Let us CHERISH our wise choices and learn about others that had better ALTERNATIVES! And KEEP SMILING! And please remember! IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO GIVE YOURSELF A SECOND CHANCE!!!!!!!!!

There are so many things I wish I had done differently. Given a second chance I'm not sure there is much I could change.

You crack me up

You missed the most important! choose other lottery numbers, what (not just more) to invest in, etc

More then one on the list

When I was younger I would have benefited from seeking advice and listening to it.

I lost mine chasing a perp. on the Southside of Chicago! He hopped a 6 foot fence as if it was a 2 foot hurdle! I was running back to my car when his girlfriend came out and gave me my phone! She thanked me profusely!

I had a pay as you go phone, when it quit working a couple years ago I never replaced it since I rarely used it (had it only for emergency's).
So I don't have a cell phone.

I actually lost my phone at Seattle-Tacoma airport running to my next gate.

Stress all together.

Oh what a feeling it would be to be debt free again.

Living in LA...traffic.

Bills Bills Bills

It would be buying losing lottery tickets

I suppose so but I took it as a game you actually sit at a table and play the game with a playing board, like monopoly. How many of you have actually played cribbage with a cribbage board and cards. To me those are board games.

Yes--aren't computer games, board games?🖖 jus sayn

When one plays a serious Chess game he/she is playing with the best of both worlds! Since the person uses their mind they are playing with a computer! They are also facing their opponent on the 64 square board! Hence, they are playing a board game and a computer game (their own mind) at the same time!

I think I haven't played a serious chess game on a physical board since Covid.

I presume they mean a physical bard game.

replied on the wrong one below.

Computer games

What do you do here?

My late paternal grandfather had a humorous but slightly bawdy quip that he once related to me. Relative to talent he overheard a fellow schoolboy exclaim "I can fart, whistle and push a cart all at once".

A .22lr rifle is a great "plinking" gun. I can't imagine how many tons of lead were resurfaced onto the Earth's crust before the metal in the round was changed.

sounds good though I must admit I know nothing of guns

wicked sense of humor

in jest...I was once asked why did you choose this handle......MY reply was Doc and I have something in common...He was good with a gun and so am I !

Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked across your grave.

I am an excellent bench rest .22lr rifle competitor

I can play chess at master level and I take NO PRISONERS. However, I can't play Connect Six, but I love the game.

Some people may find this gross. It's definitely something I only do in certain company. Kids love it.

I can blow bubbles off of my tongue.

I believe summer begins 21 June for those of us who live north of the equator.

mid-summer? that's in June

It's the birth month of my brother and two cousins ... all Yankee Doddle Dandies. One of the cousins and my brother were even born in the same year.

Beginning of hurricanes in SW Florida.

Annual Family Reunion

Mine 2

… is my birthday 🎂 month AND too hot 🥵 😂

I gave my mom one and then my brother gave her one to replace mine...which was only a couple years old.

the Clock my son got me one Christmas, a Cuckoo Clock

My 100+ year old German Black Forest Cuckoo clock.

I have one of these and it's about 40 years old now and still works perfectly.

Any kind is fine with me. We have several different k8nds in our house.

I wear my clock on my ankle chain! I have to keep staring at 64 squares or 88 keys!

What about a watch? From Timex to Apple.

I don't really care, as long as I can see the time, which gets trickier as you age
Some great ones here Jools's Album titled Unusual Clocks

you know they make special slim clocks to wear on your wrist now!
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What happened to grandfather clock?

Cuckoo clock

That gift was very thoughtful of you!

Can hang on the wall, or free stand on a surface. It displays the day of the week, the date and the time. bought one for my (now late Mom) and my husband. Both had/has Alzheimer's dementia.

I like the clock I wear on my wrist, I watch it all the time

I like the tick tock of a wind up alarm clock, the chimes from a mantle clock and/or a grandfather clock but my favorite clock is an anniversary clock.
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...comes highly recommended by Dr. Ruth.

I think it works.

World of Warcraft works too

I use a healthy natural process to relieve stress but it sadly is considered taboo here to even mention it. Dr. Minnie Joycelyn Elders knows what it is.
I also enjoy walking to relieve stress

A dear friend here asked me why and I told them -
Brita doesn't remove enough pollutants. LifeStraw removes much more including microplastics and PTFEs and using Brita water makes the LifeStraw filters last longer.

Like so many of these polls I do several of the items listed plus maybe a few more.

Stress over Strain = a constant.

This may sound strange, but I wear a black lava rock bracelet and herbal patches, designed to relieve stress. For me, they seem to work. 🤗

Go, rabbit!!

I drink a lot of coffee, probably about five cups per day. But I drink even more milk and water.

I DRINK CARROT JUICE! It helps my 20/20 vision ace the bottom line Snellen at the DMV. #2 It helps me maintain a keener focus on the Rabbit that is in my backyard!!

I drink twice purified water.

I run tap water through a Brita pitcher then run that water through a LifeStraw pitcher.

I drink Hot Coffee, Iced coffee and also Ice Tea.. I'm basically an equal opportunity caffaholic.

Besides a thumbs up they should have a laugh icon for your post. I lost an entire mouthful of coffee 😂

Are you saying you eat skunks as well as carrot & terrier smoothies?

My ex had a pet (de-scented) skunk. It was cute when it tried to spray. If I remember correctly it bit as well. When it ate it's dry cat food it grunted. It loved bees and beer.

Oleic acid?! Wow if I had been with my Cheerleader girlfriend I would have reached into her purse for her Channel #5 spray. I would have dowsed the instigator with so much that the girls would have thought Sophia Loren had entered the room! What did your professor have to say about the incident? Yes, those good old High School Days!

and will never forget - rotten butter. Someone in a chemistry class made a mistake and for the rest of the day, any class that person entered made the whole room stink so bad that their fellow classmates gagged until they could leave that room. The class they were in just after the accident, some of their girl classmates had the bright idea to heavily spray the person who had the accident with perfume which just made the problem worse to the Nth degree. The person who had the accident had accidentally made oleíc acid.

Skunks! Why don't we all just talk about Skunks. They are beautiful little pals if they are "de-toxified!!"

Yes, hoof-hearted it is ridiculous. We must remember that some (not all) people have a miss guided attitude towards all of this!

I am horrified that I took the time to sound that out, as if I'd need to use it in conversation someday.

But what if there's a found that's even worse, the stinkiestesterest of all.

Simple. The most stinky food is the stinkiest. a food more stinky then this one is stinkiester, and the one most stinky of those would be the stinkiestest. At least, I thtink so.

What I don't understand is how there could be one stinkiest food but that people can choose more than one. That's ridiculous

Oh, OK--just food, then? Well I certainly hope no one does!

Those things are quite rank indeed but I don't think anybody eats them.

the Corpse Flower?

https://www.treehugger.com/corpse-flower-amorphophallus-titanum-5095935

never smelt most of them

I've never smelled it before but I'll bet it ranks well with the others here.

I suggest a carrot & terrier smoothie may get strange looks from dog lovers.
Also dinking that much beta-carotene is likely to make your complexion similar to Mr Trump's

I suggest that you don't want the diseases associated with a wild rabbit as a pet.

I have plants everywhere, especially in the windows of the spare room and in my kitchen,. Move a lot to front porch in summer and then bring in for winter. Love my plants

I have a bit of a thing with plants. They are ok in nature but I get a bit weird when plants are in places they wouldn't be 'naturally' so I won't allow them in the house. Cacti are ok, but nothing with leaves.

I grow plants on my balcony in the summer. During the winter, I keep the pepper plant, the amaryllis and the grapefruit tree indoors. Today, I bought a cactus.

I love plants in the home but with 7 dogs and 4 cats, they don't survive very well.

carrots count! Recently the little old lady at the DMV asked how I read the bottom line of the Snellen eye chart perfectly! I said that I still had 20/20 vision and that I drank a pint of carrot juice (along with my terrier) daily! She was amazed! I said that me and my terrier had a pet Rabbit in the yard and that sometimes we were able to snatch his carrot from him! (not too often though!") We want the Rabbit to be our friend and our pet! We still have not been able to catch the Rabbit but I will never say never!

I think so. They have a green top.

Do carrots count?

Cactus might work for you Jools. They are usually small and don't require much water. Some even flower.

I have way to many!!!

A simple "no" was missing.
Although I would like them, my apartment and the climate here isn't suitable for them

I live ~5 miles from the Redondo Pier in North Redondo.

I am letting my wife's prefrences dictate my near-future situation. She is a retired, vintage woman.

We live in a cold state (at least in winter) and will be putting the house on the market soon. And winding up in a suburban area of a warm state in a house with no stairs. Which we have not purchased yet so we will probably transition through a short term of apartment living while paying for a storage locker.

My adult stepdaughter will be coming with.

Pretty much where I am now, but with less heat.

Wherever the atmospheric concentration of O2 is at least 21%.

I used to ride my bike along the bike path from Venice Pier to Redondo Pier.

1 mile from the Redondo Pier

Several of them appeal to me.

a few of them, but a rural area with space and no near neighbours is a must

I've lived 2 miles from the Venice Pier in Southern California my whole life.

Too many to decide

Same... several of the above.

Most of the above... except hot weather, I like warm.

You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT Bengt! I was lottery exempt from WAR but served on the home front. I carried metal which I sold back after I left the force. So the word "service" can be interpreted in MANY ways! As is so often said, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder!"

I was not familiar with this, but here it is:

I Remember, I Remember
BY THOMAS HOOD
I remember, I remember,
The house where I was born,
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn;
He never came a wink too soon,
Nor brought too long a day,
But now, I often wish the night
Had borne my breath away!

I remember, I remember,
The roses, red and white,
The vi'lets, and the lily-cups,
Those flowers made of light!
The lilacs where the robin built,
And where my brother set
The laburnum on his birthday,—
The tree is living yet!

I remember, I remember,
Where I was used to swing,
And thought the air must rush as fresh
To swallows on the wing;
My spirit flew in feathers then,
That is so heavy now,
And summer pools could hardly cool
The fever on my brow!

I remember, I remember,
The fir trees dark and high;
I used to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky:
It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm farther off from heav'n
Than when I was a boy.

Well, it used to be that way anyway in the past, when we were younger. Now only 5% from each cohort of men and women are recruited for military training. But that may change in the future

Because every man have to do military service in Sweden, then thats a lot of relatives including me.

I found this poll confusing. My grandfather and my great uncle both fought in World War 1. I am Canadian; my grandfather and my great uncle were not Canadian.

I also had great uncles
Grand fathers who all served in WW2

Could also be Peace Corps, National Health Service Corps or other non-military services.

Generally here in the US when someone says they're going in the service or their in the service, it means the military.

son's, nephew's, uncles, x, cousin's, many friends

I quite agree, however the poll says "the service" and I'm unsure exactly what that means

My father was drafted during the Korean conflict. He was a CP in Okinawa and came home a PFC.
First cousins served in Army, Navy during Nam.
Uncles & Second cousins served during WWII, Korea.
etc

The term "service for your country" is usually used by people who suggest that you can only service your country by the use of weapons.

There are lots of way to make service for your country without using weapons, because "service" is not the same as "military service" with the purpose of going to war somewhere.
It is like distorting the language for political purposes.

Think of all the ways you can serve your country and make it better for all people!

My father, 4 uncles, 3 Aunts and my dear hubby, Navy, Marines, Army Air Force, Waves, and my husband was in the Army. They were all blessed with being able to come back home.

Wow!!

My husband was a Navy SEAL in the Vietnam War.
My father was in the Army in Europe during WW2.
My brother was in the US Navy.
My uncle was killed in action in Belgium in the Battle of the Bulge WW2.
I had 2 great grandfathers who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. (I can’t help it that my family is from the South).
Several of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution.

Thank you for your service.

My dad was a staff sergeant in the US Air Corp. He was a radio operator on board a paratrooper plane during WWII. He flew over battles like D-Day and Bastogne.
My husband worked as a clerk for a tank unit in Viet Nam.

Grandfather, Uncle.... But one I'm very proud of is my Grandson

Myself. United States Air Force.

2 grandfathers, 2 great uncles, 4 uncles, 5 cousins

Poll only requires two answers, neither of which are there "yes" & "no"

Father
Husband
2 Grandsons
Son-in-law

Should have listed more than one. I have Grandfather, Father, Uncle, Brother, Spouse. All served proudly. Army, Marine, Air Force!