Sloth, for obvious reasons.

I always though it rounded the votes up so it didn't show zero if someone had voted

I'm the .28.

They really are, aren't they! My sister-in-law used to work at a zoo and I was lucky enough to help her feed them a couple of times.

My spirit animal is Dolphin

Since (at current count) there have been 228 votes, that would mean that there would need to be 2.28 people who voted for cow. That makes you "one of a kind".

Mine is definitely the cow and I voted for it but it still says 0%.

Mine was a hawk.......watch out for my talons..lol

Lol mine is Dolphin also but I answered the pollwith Wolf lol

Well I never caught a rabbit and I ain't no friend of yours, so I guess I'm a ...

Woof!

I took the test. It said dolphin.

After reading over the test, I'm still sticking with NONE.

Interesting test. I really wanted "none of the above" for several and had no idea what some of the answers meant, so it said my animal is a bear, which I don't think really suits me.
If I had to choose one I would go for deer or alpaca.

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-to-find-your-spirit-animal

I dunno either

What in the world is a spirit animal, and how do you know what you are supposed to be?

Mine is a Red Panda. They are so adorably cute.

I couldn't see mine up there, but I'm a turtle

I’m not sure what a spirit animal is, but if I have one, it’s my calico cat, but that’s not one of the choices, so I had to vote for Other.

I'm sighed up to 4. I find them fun and interesting. Plus you can win tokens on then. I've won some really cool ones from the boards.
Hard to believe more then 50% are missing out on the fun. Maybe the Banner Boulevard should be used to promote them more often.

I am subscribed to way too many I don't have time to put them all up

You only get subscribed to this (or any) board if you post here or tick the box. You get the polls on your gamesheet and can vote in them whether or not you subscribe.
I am surprised over half don't subscribe to any boards

laura lee, I am with YOU 100%! As Yul Brenner once said in "The King Of Siam." "Tis a puzzlement"!

I only do the polls. So I assumed that none was my answer. The poll master had both no and 1 as an answer. Why would (no) be a selected option if I'm already on this discussion board to even receive the poll?

I am not sure, if you display the poll on your home page are you also automatically subscribed to this board? I am thinking you might not be.

How could so many say "NO" ? If they got a notice to come to this poll board then they are subscribe to at least this board (so that would make 'one')

To see if your subscribed to any boards, go to Discussion boards link above (top of page), click, go down the list of Discussion boards, if you see a red check mark in the box, your subscribes.

I enjoy the many discussion boards I've subscribed to because it's interesting to read what people have posted and also gives me a chance to voice my opinion also..

i love everyone i love dogs and baby's from, pam

Rabbitoid ~ that’s funny 😊
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We first have to classify the people we talk to! #1-rational-You have about a 50/50 chance of making your point. #2 irrational- little more difficult. They will definitely annoy you! #3 the self effacing -self vindictive person. If they are in the self effacing mode they might give you a hug, where as far as the self vindictive mode, you could bank on an argument! This 3rd' class would be in the area of Neurosis! Then at last we have the poor soul in the manic-depressive Bipolar mode! This would be the 4th.class of people! Psychosis. Do not try to avoid arguing with them and do not tell them to see a Psych. Doctor because then you would get some nasty feedback from them! Bottom Line? Look for some people who are SENSIBLE! There still are some of those folks around! AMEN!!

You just answered your own question

Is it not possible to get on with people and also argue?

It's not the CO2 that cows produce that's the problem, they also produce methane which is 10 times worse.
Paddy fields for growing rice also do, wheras growing it in "normal" fields doesn't and saves massive amounts of water.
I've cut down on my beef consumption by simply buying mince that contains an amount of soya protein, it's cheaper too

bookfox, you are brilliant! I agree with EVERYTHING you have said! I could talk to you with 10 paragraphs! However I will keep it brief! As for diet I simply avoid Fat and refined white sugar! (basically anything refined!) I have told most of my patients about this and they love me! You can lose 5 lbs. a week! 20lbs. in a month or 200 lbs. in 10 months!! Talk is cheap, so give this a try!! As for the global population, well, too much carbon monoxide out there and that is only the tip of the "iceberg!" A decrease of the general population would definitely help! The ways are bad news though! Those terrible airborn viruses? OUCH!! And worse yet those two men! Take it easy adminstraitors! I am not sheading any names or countries! One is bald and the other one has Goldie Lockes! God and the Lady in Venus help us. Well, best of luck and skill to you book fox!! You have definitely given us a CLEAR PICTURE! THANK YOU!!

Astonished by the denial and ignorance in people's responses. Ben Franklin knew that humans were affecting the climate more than 200 years ago when his testing showed that air temperature was higher in cities than the countryside. What do you think that the Industrial Revolution has done since then? Do people really think all of the pollution and chemicals has had no effect on the planet?
I think part of people's denial is because they don't want to do anything about it.If they pretend that it isn't happening, they they won't have to change their behavior or make an effort to improve. It's selfishness and greediness and will be the destruction of humanity and a lot of other creatures too.
There is a massive amount of science that shows what we are doing to the planet and how it is affecting weather patterns, wildfires & floods and food production. We ignore this at our own peril.
In the Bible, God tells us to be "stewards of the earth". Wine stewards & ship's stewards take care of their assignment(wine or the ship), doing everything they can to make sure it's safe and no harm comes to it. That is what we are commanded to do with the Earth. So whether from a Biblical or scientific standpoint, we are supposed to do better. A lot better.

It won't be long, I can see it happening, once we've finished eating all the cockroaches

Go for soylent green.

You don't have hills there? Sorry just here a lot of our grazing land seems to be quite hilly. We have a lot of forest areas too although it won't be long before were knocking trees down and ploughing over our grazing land to build more houses. Making way for the new comers to our green and pleasant land.

BTW if anyone thinks I'm joking about eating insects in Europe, here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_WBrOKchs&ab_channel=DWNews

Indeed fear does, but it did leave me wondering where is all our food coming from and is it really fit for consumption? Afterall population has risen dramatically since the 1960s and where we had small farms (in the UK) we now have housing and industrial estates. Fish mongers and butchers that were once a common place on our high streets are now taken over by fast food and supermarkets. Climate is changing, but it makes me wonder if they're using it, for their benefit? After all would they have passed the law in Europe for eating insects in process foods if they hadn't used climate change?

He raises some interesting points but doesn't go in to them which is a shame. And then he goes off a sort of rant at various ill defined targets which is also a shame as he is an intelligent man and could use the time to educate rather than alarm. But then he is a journalist and fear sells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqjV_X6gqY8&ab_channel=GBNews

Makes you wonder though, I mean what we use to eat back in the 60s and 70s we were told was bad for us, but is what were eating now really more healthy? Also, what will they have us eat in the future "to preserve the environment"??

You make grazing land through deforestation.

how does having less land for grazing help the environment?

I disagree on some of your points. Cutting down on meat does help the environment as it reduces the amount of land being given over to grazing land. Electric cars can take their power from any form of electricity going in to the grid so can be powered by wind and solar amongst others, rather than being reliant on petrol. I agree there are still issues surrounding electric cars but I agree that humanity has the ability to overcome these issues. Just look at the modern internal combustion engine compared that of fifty or sixty years ago.

I bought an electric car so I don't have to buy gas anymore; it's that simple really.

I agree that the climate is changing AND that it is cyclical.

I'm old enough to remember the same hysterical groups about a "new ice age" in the 1970s.

But "fake news"? Yes and No...

The wild accusations that we only have 20 years left to make radical changes to save the planet is completely fake news (and is only being used to push an agenda).

Cattle have been around for thousands of years, but we are told that we must abandon eating beef so as to "save the planet!" -- totally fake.

Everyone must drive electric cars or the planet is doomed -- fake. (In truth, electric cars aren't all that "green" - the carbon footprint for making them, and the batteries, and to make the electricity they run on adds up to nearly the same as gasoline powered cars).

So, yes the climate is changing, but no, the planet is not doomed, and no, humans don't need to live like primitives to fight it.

Reason helps too.

thank you, quite thoughtful. Big problems and little, they all need compassion and thoughtfulness and goodwill.

It isn't a choice of one or the other. We can strive for a better world on many issues and will see progress on some before others.

In the bigger scheme of global issues, climate change won’t mean a thing if we can’t fix or stop the wars going on around us. It’s great to focus on the smaller issues around the world. But don't ignore the elephant in the room.

People often use the argument "This other thing is even worse. Since we aren't doing anything about that, why do anything about this smaller problem." That doesn't make sense to me. Many things can at least be improved or slowed by solving many smaller problems. Each one may help and they can build up to a big effect. That would be like saying "more children are killed by disease than by guns, so let's not do anything about school shootings." I don't think that argument will make any parent whose child died in a school shooting feel any better.

Are computer accounting for all the bombs and missiles detonating in Israel and Ukraine? How much heat and Co2 is produced every time a bomb or missile is fired? Having an electric car seems meaningless compared to the damage being done by mankind’s inability to get along.

More people need to get themselves sterilized so they don't reproduce.

Scale down the population? Maybe I misunderstood. How do you propose they do that?

thank you, something sane and rational!

There is overwhelming evidence that mankind's many activities are making for a rapid rise in global temperature. The rise in atmospheric CO2 is measurable, as well as calculable from all of the combustion that we do (oil, gas, coal, wood). Actual measured temperature increases, for the most part, fall right in line with predicted changes. The models (in computers) have gotten more and more comprehensive, with more and more of the parameters being measured over a period of decades, and factors (which alter the exact value of parameters to calculate
) being known more and more accurately. Modest rises in sea level are real. Potential rises in sea level are catastrophic! It's already bad, and it's going to get worse. Yes, events outside of human control will factor in: a massive volcano, for example, could help chill the planet for some time. But meanwhile, is the frequency and strength of heat-driven storms (ie hurricanes and the like) not apparent? And yes, we could have a saving cooling cycle, like the one that occure3d around the 1300's (so much for the Vikings in Greenland and Newfoundland); but, overall, we aren't far away from the previous IceAge; if anything, natural cycles might be helping to warn=m the planet!

I agree with you Steve 111! Many times I saw the mirage of water in the Nevada desert when my parents were taking me across the highways! A mirage? OF COURSE it was. This is not anything to do with the FAKE NEWS being spouted out by the somewhat phony "news" "stations!!!

Will, I agree with you 100%!! Question is how do we trim down or scale down the surplus population! I would suggest that government makes mini aqua lungs that are rechargeable! Then good bye to the CO and CO2 problem!! As for electric cars?? Well, they are recalling just a "few" of them!!!!

Yes, we’ve had ice ages and dinosaurs (cycles), but the climate has never changed this fast. And that’s because of the vast amounts of carbon dioxide humans are disposing of in the atmosphere.

With all the genius that have satellites orbiting around VENUS maybe we should spend some bucks on our OWN CLIMATE!

I'd be concerned if the climate wasn't changing, like on the moon. If the climated wasn't changing it would still be the ice age.

Stay in your bubble, and believe what you want.

Absolutely...

Totally fake - I mean look at Dubai floods today, just a mirage. That's what it is when you think you see water in the desert.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68831408

Oh yes, butter pecan syrup is the best!!

Because they want to tax us on it so when we say it's not true they say it has to be fake so that they can tax us on it.

An overused term, in my opinion.
Listen...I totally believe in climate change. It's hard to deny it when we see it all around us. However, I also believe that it's a cyclic event...that it happens (and has happened) numerous times throughout the history of this planet, and for that matter, all planets in the universe. Mother earth is in control and if we think that mankind can do anything about climate change then we give ourselves far too much credit. Climate change will happen, regardless of our efforts to curb it.
As for fake news, it's not fake. It's happening, so how is it fake?

Just put it on the bug board and let Mecir handle it.

Really enjoy good butter pecan syrup!

Butter and butter pecan syrup

It has to be real maple syrup from the northeast US or Canada. Just a tiny bit of syrup, and yes I rarely have waffles (freshly made and not from the freezer) but that is surely a great treat!

"It depends"
Sometimes it's the tried and true butter and maple syrup. Sometimes it's light amount of maple syrup with whipped cream and strawberries or bananas or chocolate chips. -OR-...Never combined!

It all depends on my mood..

Rarely have them, but like either chocolate sauce or honey

Nah. No thanks.

I love 2 of them warm with vanilla bean ice cream between them. It is the only way i love waffles.

Same here!

Butter and syrup

We have two zoos in my area! That is where I LOVE to see my Bears!

I concur with foster007. It depends on the particular bear and your particular situation.

I'd take a hard look at what I had been smoking.

We don’t have bears except in zoos

I totally agree with you as seeing a bear anywhere near a desert, is an unbearable thought. LOLOL

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, and it might be embearrassing but none of these are bearlievable options.

I would what my Uncle told me to do, reach around behind my back and grab a hand full of poop and throw it in its face. trust me, the poop will be there.

Is it DEFENSIVE?
The bear is feeding, protecting its young and/or surprised by your presence. It sees you as a threat. The bear will appear stressed or agitated and may vocalize.

Try to appear non-threatening.
Talk in a calm voice.
When the bear stops advancing, start slowly moving away.
If it keeps coming closer, stand your ground, keep talking, and use your bear spray.
If the bear makes contact, fall on the ground and play dead. Lie still and wait for the bear to leave.
Is it NON-DEFENSIVE?
A bear may be curious, after your food, or testing its dominance. In the rarest case, it might be predatory–seeing you as potential prey. All of these non-defensive behaviours can appear similar and should not be confused with defensive behaviours.

The bear will be intent on you with head and ears up.

Talk in a firm voice.
Move out of the bear’s path.
If it follows you, stop and stand your ground.
Shout and act aggressively.
Try to intimidate the bear.
If it approaches closely, use your bear spray.

If you SEE a bear
Stop and remain calm. Get ready to use your bear spray. Do not run away.

Is the bear UNAWARE of your presence?
Move away quietly without getting its attention.

Is the bear AWARE of your presence?
Bears may bluff their way out of an encounter by charging and then turning away at the last second. Bears may also react defensively by woofing, growling, snapping their jaws and laying their ears back.

Stay calm. Your calm behaviour can reassure the bear. Screams or sudden movements may trigger an attack.
Speak to the bear. Talk calmly and firmly. This lets the bear know you are human and not a prey animal. If a bear rears on its hind legs and waves its nose about, it is trying to identify you.
Back away slowly. Never run! Running may trigger a pursuit.
Make yourself appear BIG. Pick up small children and stay in a group.
Do not drop your pack. It can provide protection.
If you must proceed, make a wide detour around a bear or wait at a safe distance for it to move on.

If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white, say goodnight.

I took this one in Alaska.

First I would toss him a GIANT piece of red meat with a good portion of fat on it! Then I would take a photo of him eating it! No BEAR spray would be needed!

I tried to spot the comet during totality with binoculars. It was between Jupiter and the sun, but the sky was too hazy to see it where I was at.

I'd take a photo and leave it alone. I'm surprized some people would shoot it; how cold is that? Bear spray wasn't mentioned either.

I would wonder where on earth I was as there are neither woods nor bears here

The key factor in which option to pick is the starting distance between the survey respondent and Mr. or Mrs. Bear, which is not specified in the question.

IF true, someone should develop a more detailed flat earth cosmology with the sun and moon being on similar but distinct axises, so they can ecclipse each other.

yeah but flat earthers say the sun and moon both circle around the earth diagonally opposite, so one can't eclipse the other
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didn't know about the comet, it won't be at it's nearest until 21 April, so not sure if it actually made an appearance for the eclipse
https://www.space.com/horned-comet-visible-total-solar-eclipse

I was quite happy to see it. I yelled "I see the corona!"
I couldn't find the monopod for my 20X80 binoculars so I chose the binoculars over the camera on the tripod. I saw nice glass solar filters for $140 each but I opted for the $7.50 4X4 square poly solar filters. I glued them to peanut can lids that I removed most of the centers of with a knife. They fit the binoculars well. I got to see the slow progression of the eclipse then looked with my naked eyes after the thin crescent vanished.
I broke the tripod mount but it seems to have taken well to the epoxy and two dots of super glue.

Did anyone hear anything about the Comet that was supposed to pass around the same time.. Seems it hadn't been past earth for 71 years.

Location is everything, to view a total solar eclipse one must be in the right location. Where I'm located I was able to see the total solar eclipse, it got almost as dark as night around 3 pm EST for 5 minutes or so.

Just because the earth is flat it doesn't follow that the moon is flat. Green cheese is round, as everyone knows.

We live in Central north central Arkansas, USA. We enjoyed watching the solar eclipse yesterday sitting in lawn chairs on our front lawn. Totality was just awesome. It lasted 3.5 minutes. We could see a red dot at the bottom of the sun during totality. I found out it was a solar flare. It was neat to get to watch from home, but I would never travel to see it.

I wonder how flat earther explain an eclipse?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GKkeSS7XEAAR4DS.jpg

Ah dinnae ken.

Ah, you've been to Glasgow as well? LOL

It's all a hoax. I don't believe there really is a sun.

you were too early, didn't get to its best until 15:20 in Toronto

Past right over me. I got a couple pic's,

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It did get dark as night for a couple of minutes, then started to lighten up just like morning.

I had heard that there would be a solar eclipse yesterday afternoon, starting just after 2. So, at 2, I looked out the window and waited. As far as I know, the sky did not get any darker. This was a real disappointment.

I remember, however, a solar eclipse from about 48 years ago. At that time, I was a student in high school. During the eclipse, I spent a short time outside the school. It was dark and rather spooky. Later, I returned to school. In my opinion, that eclipse was more impressive than yesterday's.

Maybe not exactly the comment You're looking for, but...
It was buttered grits served with salmon and sauteed veggies!

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Restaurant here named Low Country Backyard has a dish called Shrimp and Grits

If you care to take a look at that dish click on the link scroll down where you see Order On Line...and there is a picture of their Shrimp and Grits.
https://alowcountrybackyard.com/

Their Shrimp and Grits are made with cheddar cheese and apple smoked bacon and andouille sausage garnished with scallions. They are known for this dish. It's the best Shrimp and Grits I have ever had.

morrisjd....you could make the bowl at home. I think it is a scrambled egg on the bottom of the bowl, then grits, and crumbled bacon and shredded cheese on top.

Maize isn't such a big crop in the UK as in the US, our climate isn't quite right for it.
We have porridge instead.
Polenta isn't really that popular an Italian dish either, we prefer pasta.

Whafflet sent you a PM message

Hmm I'll try find it the next time I go shopping. It just seems strange that we seem to have everything from coconut oil to kimchi and maize snacks, yet no grits. You would think in a diverse society that is now the UK, there would be grits, Afterall we have
Primark, MacDonalds, KFC, Burger king, Starbucks etc.

Will keep checking the stores

ty Laura

not sure exactly, but from what I can understand of the dish, Its made in a pan with either hot water or milk, like you would with oats in porridge, only instead of oats its ground corn?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong please

Does England have "Cream of Wheat" cereal??? Grits are close to that.
Grits are a type of porridge made from coarsely ground dried maize or hominy.

I was hoping someone here would clear it up... nope. I stand by my vote. What are grits?
And should I care?

See My Cousin Vinny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWC0sKCS5oA

Grits in England & Scotland is what you put on the road in winter to melt the ice, from what I've heard it probably tastes better too

If you can get Island Sun Corn Grits 10x500G in England, please could you tell me which store sells it? Just want to see if maybe I can try here in Scotland. Without going on Ebay.

Not seen Grits in Scotland, so I was wondering if you can get it in England? Especially since I've found it on Ebay (shipped from London).

Yes--Now that a restaurant I would frequent as that's the way I enjoy my grits! Unfortunately that option was not offered----Have a bowl on me Watson!!----Cheers!

Butter and syrup is the only way to go😋

Grits are finely ground corn. Very good for you and very good tasty.

It is VERY GOOD!

That does sound good

Restaurant nearby serves a Grit Bowl. 1 egg on the bottom, then grits, topped with bacon and cheese. Delicious!

Nope, nope, nope😂😂😂😂

me too

Oh me too yum

I have a bowl of grits sometimes for a afternoon snack, butter, salt and pepper....good stuff

Several of the choices, it varies according to what I have on hand.

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I pour coffee on my hairdresser because I'm rich.

I take my hairdresser a coffee

We Generally Don't Tip At All In Australia unless you are rich.

I have developed a hairdresser phobia so I cut my own. I wouldn't tip if I did have a hairdresser though.

Generally, I tip 10% - 15% of the price of the haircut.

I do my own as well. I cut 2 inches off the tail each Spring.

Thanks. I have repeatedly to no avail.

Can't go cashless in the UK, more and more people are going off grid (canal boats, Caravans and unique small out of the way accommodations etc) and for that you need cash.

France is fast becoming cashless, tips are more and more rare. Restaurants, yes, especially if you speak non-French.

I tip if I have cash, which isn't often

I cut my own hair with my electic trimmer. The results are--amusing.

I live in England, we have pounds, but I tip about 6.31 dollars depending on hairdresser.

Rising early in the morning, We proceed to light the fire.

Enjoying life with my husband. Nothing better than that.

This is meant for Robyn Hode.

Are you really 335 yrs old?? Robyn Hode

That makes you 335 yrs old.

All my life I've been over the top
I don't know what I'm doing
All I know is I don't wanna stop
All fired up, I'm gonna go till I drop
You're either in or in the way
Don't make me, I don't wanna stop

You should report it. I'm sorry you have to deal with that.

The highlight of my day is the whole day when I am not sneezing, coughing, choking or vomiting courtesy of the meth lab below me.

Playing on GoldToken, which I have been since 1789.

I guess mine would be playing with my pets, although my pets are pretty dang big for being pets

Same.

I voted other because there are several listed that are highlights of my day!

With your permission I'll vote Other, even though the Other I have in mind belongs to an earlier decade

now until I have to print up some more.

Well, let's see. hmm. no mine lasts for about 1 hour after I wake up on the first. than I am broke until the next month on the first..

until my wife sees it

For as long as I don't answer snooping polls.

22.5 yrs is a very good life. It's hard losing a companion of so many years

Yes oldog, you are 100% correct! A year ago I lost my Baby Doberman Bigboy 1 to his 95 (human years.) He passed painlessly with his eyes still open! A fellow cop had just lost his Shepard the same way. HE said to me, "Mourne you pal as if he was a human for 7-10 days and then get yourself a NEW dog!" I did just that and rescued a little terrier from the pound and I named him Bigboy 2. It gave me a brand new lease on the situation and a lot of comfort along with that!

Being the animal lover that I am, I have lost numerous dogs and cats to illnesses over the years, and it never gets any easier. It's so heart breaking whether it's a 4 mo. old kitten or an old, gray-faced, 15 year old dog. Some people have a hard time getting a new pet after losing one, because they don't want to go through that grief again, but I always have to rush out and get another pet because I have such a void and a young one is a good distraction and gets me laughing again.

Yes, it is...

We have a neutered male cat. We got him when he was about 8 months old. He is an indoor/outdoor cat. We live in the country. During his younger years, he would take off for days at a time. The longest time was 15 days. I thought he was gone for good that time. Now he is old, about 14 years. He no longer roams about the countryside, he stays home. The only other pets I have lost is to old age death and it's always dreadful, sorrowful, time.

I have lost many pets over the decades. Most of the time I had at least one (or more) other pets at the time. But recently, I lost my only pet (a dog) this past Labor Day holiday weekend. She was the only pet I had at the time, and it was the first time in my adult life that I lost a pet and didn't have another one to help lessen the pain. I was all alone with no pets for the first time. It's been just horrible!!

This is a very hurtful subject, I have lost hundreds of pets in my time and can remember a lot of their names. I have one at this time but she is not much comfort because I'm still missing my last ones. I have always had 4 at a time. Cats and dogs, 1 Guinea pig, 1 mouse, and a ferret.

In my 84 years I have lost many pets,the most memorable one was a 22.5 year old Italian greyhound called Rusty, she was gorgeous.

Last November. Elderly (15) small yippy dog. We think she grew up on a puppy mill and was poorly socialized to people and other dog, but we loved her and she loved us.

I've stopped automatically setting aside portions on my plate to give her after I eat.

This is a depressing thread.

In which case in would be impossible not to "lose" them eventually.

I do agree it is pooly worded though. I'm sure everyone has had a pet "go absent" for a short or indeed long period. I would therefore interpret it as to be lost and not recovered

I read this not as "misplaced", but as the euphemism for one who has gone to The Rainbow Bridge.

What country is that?

man that chucky doll used to scare the crap outta me, one time we went to a relatives house for a few days and they had one of those dolls The only tim ei slept on that vacation was when we were in that car. I find it funny now i actually like those movies LOL

Big dark waves crashing down on me.

A war starting in my country.

Me? I love the adrenaline rush I get when I have girls flip over me and when I sweep guys off of their feet! In competitions of course!

I love the adrenaline heights give me

I refused to swim in the ocean because I had my younger brother with me when we had a riptide pulling us out to the deep end and he was laughing and having fun and I was totally frightened because the fear didn't allow me to yell out to the lifeguards. So spent the rest of my swimming in a lake.

I thought it would be the sound of an alarm clock coming from the inside of a crocodile.

The fantasy is usually better than the reality.

My worst fear as a child was bad dreams.

I'd love to be marooned on a deserted island.

As a child I use to love the water till one day I was tossed into the deep part of a lake. (my eyes were open as I went down). After that I feared swimming in any water where I couldn't see the bottom (clear water pools from then on).
Now my biggest fear are stairs (even escalators), due to the weakness in my legs. (fear of falling).

Yes, heights can be the death of ALL FEARS! I could give you tips on how to wade into this stuff slowly, but I am not going to do that! If you fear heights, then stay away from the "elevated situation" PEROID! If you must go up to an appointment select a friend to hold your hand while you go to your destination! You will do fine!

Embarisment, good one. I agree.

Afraid of heights and still am.

Either being marooned on a deserted island or being forced to walk the plank!

I said deep water as I couldn't swim, but it wasn't really a fear as I just avoided it
I was also wasn't scared of the dark, but more what might be hiding there!

Good one

Embarrassment.

Forget about the egg. He/she is either gender confused and needs to seek a psychologist or is a natural phenomenon that scientists would want to pull apart and then cook up and devour.

Ha Ha Ha.... rooster?

How to make a horse cry?

Which side of roof does the egg fall.

I have seen 2 sunsets were 7nexpected at the end of the day. Not begin my day.. But to see sunset end of day i felt calmness.

I add diced pineapple to my cold cereal and skip the sugar.

I don't like the taste.

Canadian bacon and pineapple ... good combination.
Not my favorite, but I like it occasionally.

I'm with Ginny. But how come that whenever there's a poll about pizza I always read "yuck, Hawaiian"?

Oh so many ways that I LOVE pineapple, on Pizza, juice, salads, plain ole eating it out of the can, fresh.. Oh dear Just love love pineapple

I like it many ways. In fruit salad, in a fluffy salad, pineapple rings on a ham, piña coladas, pineapple juice, pineapple juice in punch...

Fresh pineapple on vanilla bean ice cream. The best !!!!

I put other. My favourite way is to eat as is. But, I enjoy it, also, in fruit cocktail or in a salad.

Chess back in 2002. We've had some great players and a lively Chess DB. chrismiles, Grimsweeper, didi, bilbo, rabbitoid, khaymann FragileKitty and George1955 to name a few. We were the elite of GT. I'll always remember that time.

My ex-wife taught me to play backgammon in 1981. I hadn't played it since 1984 and was attracted to this site via its inclusion of the game.

I was looking for an online backgammon game after learning it as a game on my Nokia phone

Go-Moku

My sister invited me to play Grabble here with her. I miss playing games with her.

October 2001, Zero G four in a row, against alexlee who brought me over from itsyourturn. I lost

Cribbage.

I am so glad that a dog was mentioned. That kept me from wandering away.

I will look forward to King Arthur! I just looked back at one of my favorites from the l950's. The LONE RANGER! Clayton Moore fired his pistol once into the clouds and said, "hi ho Silver!" Yes, those were the days!

I’m looking forward to that one also

Oops meant Imaginary Friends, sorry still waking up lol

Well maybe it's the child within me, but I'm really looking forward to seeing "IF" (Invisible Friends) for those who haven't seen the trailer and yes Ryan Reynolds is in the movie, but actually playing a person rather than a CGI voice over. Which makes a nice change. Yes I know Deadpool 3 is also coming out, but I'm really tired of Marvel, even though is character is unique, the plots for me are tired.

I'm North of England too. I was brought up with breakfast, dinner and tea; but now I say breakfast, lunch and tea (tea is usually a cooked dinner) althugh as a child the midday meal was usually the cooked dinner.

That's how long it will take for George RR Martin to finish Game of Thrones. Probably not happening.

I really enjoyed inside out, so looking forward to the 2nd movie. Didn't know they were making a sequel to beetlejuice and wish the original cast. Been so long sine I've sen the original I've forgotten the plot

yessss excellent points.. way to saturated with all those overdone movie types,, bring back decent dramas and mysteries and slice of life and well written movies... cider house rules, good will hunting, the prestige, the illutionist, shawshank,, forest gump, etc

Lying under oath in a courtroom IS a crime called perjury.

I would say The Lord of the Rings, but I have made up my mind a while ago to boycott multilogies until all the parts are available and not massacred by critics. If that means dying of old age without having watched parts 1, 2,... N-1 then so be it.

Not included among the poll choices, but in March I am looking forward to "Arthur the King".
An honest to goodness original movie for a change! For once something NEW, and not a sequel. Not about vampires or action-heros.
Not a horror movie or blow 'em up action....
but an exciting adventure film with a dog as the central character.

Been in Girl Scouting for eons and never had they been priced with 99 cents in the cents place.. They were always even dollars.. Is that 99 cents going straight to California?

Just bought some lemon Girl Scout cookies for $6.99 yesterday.

Nation wide 2024 poll gives "Tag a Longs" #1 spot.

Those are do si dos which they changed last year and are no longer my fav.....not a good change!

That’s the Do Si Do I believe.
Girl Scout cookies have gotten so expensive. Plus you can get some pretty decent substitutes at Aldi‘s.😋

Here it is breakfast, lunch and dinner in that order

what happened to the "other" choice? my choice is peanut sandwich cookies.....

Oh my I love those too.

Yep pretty much the same for me on most days, although on the days the baker's delivery I often had an extra tea

It's perfectly simple. When I was a kid, there was breakfast, lunch and dinner. Except at weekends when it was breakfast, lunch and tea. Unless it was Sunday, in which case it was breakfast, dinner and tea.

Where I am (in the North of England) it is breakfast, dinner and tea 😁

I just call it TIME TO EAT!

bettwen was better

I'm from the United States, and I'm sure a lot of Americans might disagree with me, but.... I was raised to call the 3 daily meals: breakfast, dinner, and supper. The evening meal at home was always called "supper" regardless of whether it was a small meal or a large meal. If we had only a very small mid-day meal, (for example, just a sandwich) then it was called "lunch". A full mid-day meal was called "dinner".

Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies (once called "Savannahs") have always been my faves followed by the shortbread cookies (once called "Scot-Teas").

As I was coming out of Walmart the other night there was a table set up with Girl Scout cookies on it, one of the Girl Scouts ask me if I wanted to buy some cookies. I told her that I only buy my cookies from Boy Scouts, she really didn't know what to say. Actually I bake my own cookies, in fact I'm baking a batch right now.
RECIPE: 1 cup of oats (blended), 1/2 cup of cranberries, 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts, 1 tsp cinnamon (mix in bowl); blend 1 sliced apple, 1 peeled banana, 3 pitted dates, add to other ingredients along with 1/3 cup of whole oats. Form into balls, place on cookie sheet, bake at 360 degrees for 20-25 minutes and enjoy!
I've also used apricots instead of dates in the recipe.

I'm with you there, some are self explanatory, but no idea on most.
"we don't have" seems to be the top choice so far, but that may simply be because it's still early for our friends across the pond

I think it's the first poll where I have no idea what any of the choices is. So the vote goes to "we don't have".

As people have said, "dinner" is usually the evening meal. But with the vast bulk of British working class people — although changing now — "dinner" was usually the midday meal. "Lunch" has been in increasing usage over the last half century. Although I knew of the word as youngster — probably from TV — I recall hearing it for the first time from a scout leader. I was sufficiently astonished by its usage to remember it even now.

The midday meal school supervisory staff are called "dinner ladies", although I presume "inclusiveness" has changed that. The evening meal in ordinary parlance is often confusingly referred to as "tea"...

I regard calling the evening meal “dinner” as something of a middleclass affectation, and so simply refer to my last main meal as my “evening meal”…

ok thanks

Along with addresses to order supper, restaurants for dinner, dinner jackets, accessories, etc, etc. You may even find your answer, but don't hold your breath.

It really depends where you live and when you eat.
Dinner was historically the main meal of the day, whether eating at lunchtime or in the evening. Nowadays dinner tends to refer the an evening meal.
Supper is often a lighter evening meal, and derives from the word soup.

You could easily eat all of the following throughout the day
Breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon/high tea, dinner, supper. With of course snacks in between

Type that exact question into Google and you will have your answer

BETWEEN, sorry

Dinner was the big family meal. Historically it was lunch but switched to supper. Hence the extra term still in the language.

I'm not a native English talker.
What is the difference bettwen Dinner and Super ?

Agree, the question should be what, not when

The one that I'm eating right then.

is just about anything I prepare.

The mansion or their original home in the sticks?

STARS! As Elbert E. said, "everything is relative." On this sight, relatively speaking, I would define a star as any guy or gal who makes it to the top rung of ANY ladder! Good luck to everyone!!

it is;
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I chose Beverly Hillbillies. I mean come on now. What fun would that be and being rich and not knowing it but still, live that simple life....LOL

Of course they want to see you seeing them, that's how they earn their bread and butter and private jets.

They wouldn't want to see me, so why would I want to see them...

I thought it was a new type of lighting

Led Zeppelin? Is that a new group?

I'm not saying I'm old but I saw Led Zeppelin in concert.

...as are so many of the members here. Lol

A bit dated.

The Jupiter II from LInS...its layout always seemed cozy and functional.....

I chose the Brady Bunch. My third choice would be the Keatons (Family Ties). My real first choice, though, would be the Tanners. That way, I would get to live with Alf!

Which one would you be?

The Double Deckers. Always fancied living in a bus.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066669/
Just realised I still know the tune

brady Bunch for me

winnie the pooh here

Lol

Goodnight Lady Butterfly... Goodnight John Boy....

Considering that the poll was supposed to be about TV homes, i was surprised to see Notting Hill, Bridget Jones and Shakespeare in Love included on the list.

U. S. S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D) [Star Trek The Next Generation with Picard in command]

I'd pick the Waltons also.. Good nite Lil Red..

I wanna live with the Robinsons in the Jupiter II! I'll have to do something about Major West though.
Uh ... Don, I think you need to check the grablfwabilators. They're right over there...

I have always enjoyed Charlie Sheens movies. My favorite FICTIONAL movie was The Final Countdown with Charlie as an inspector on a warship commanded by Kirk Douglas and the CEO Mr. Oneal. Well, it had to do with Some nasty fighter jets headed to a place called PEARL! Well, it all turned out to be a FICTIONAL NIGHTMARE! The jets were an illusion and everything turned out O.K.

Same with me, the Waltons home too.

Since apparently Goldtoken is paying, I'd like Charlie Sheen's house in Two and a Half Men, great view, right on the beach

I chose “none of the above” because if I could choose to live in a fictional tv home, I’d like to live in The Waltons home, and it wasn’t one of the options.

No, I wear a long flannel, luxuriously soft light blue & white long nightgown. In fact, three of them different colors for these cold winter nights.

In early colonial America if one did not comply with the court, they would take you outside, stake you to the ground and pile stones on you until you either relented or were crushed to death - could you respect such a law? Should anyone respect such a law?

Is there a difference between affirming and 'solemnly affirming'?

it does seem a bit outdated.
"I do solemnly affirm that the evidence I will give, to the best of my ability, will be the truth" would be better

I will neither swear or affirm, as I am a mere fallible human being I am unable to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. "Truth" as we perceive it, is filtered through our individual life experiences.

I am unable to swear an oath, I therefore always opt to make an affirmation. Lying under either is perjury.

I believe raising the hand shows respect for the law

Continuing elsewhere.

Thirty years ago the judge wanted me to raise my right hand, I ask why. He said, I need you to raise your right hand and swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (and invoke the name of a certain deity). I replied that as a mere fallible human being I could not take such an oath. And I didn't.

Is any human being actually capable of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (regardless of invoking the name of some deity)? Does raising one's right hand make their statements more truthful? Wouldn't the left hand work just as well? What if the person doesn't have a right hand, are they incapable of telling the truth?

A ritual is important. Other than under the ritual, lying is not a crime.

Why do human beings go through these rituals, simply tell the truth, or not!

Does placing one's hand on the heart actually prevent them from 'fibbing'? Does one raising their right hand and swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help them some deity actually prevent lying?
If one had placed their hand on the heart and then fibbed, would there be any consequences? If one raised their right hand, swore to tell the truth and invoked the name of some deity, then lied, would there be any consequences other than possible perjury charges?

Glad everyone likes this poll, it's mine! I thought it would be funny to see what the results will be!!

I think the last time I wore them was when I was in hospital at age 20

I gave up pyjamas years before I gave up flares. Heck, I've never owned them as an adult...

I totally agree, bookfox. Even my wife laughed when I showed her this poll.

This is one of the best Polls ever. The options are so funny and the whole thing is so relatable.

If I don’t plan on going out in the evening, I typically get into my pyjamas right after finishing supper. It’s always PJ pants with a t-shirt.

I wish I could do that, but I don't feel truly awake unless I'm up and dressed for the day and it feels weird doing house work in my pjs lol

If I’m at home, I’m in my nightgown

Housecoat

I don't have any

Same here, rabbitoid. I prefer surfing the internet (and playing on GT) on my desktop computer. Since the picture screen is so much larger than that of a cell phone, I get a much better view of the website pages. My cell phone is only used for occasional phone calls.

It's how we run our business. 24/7.

iPhone gives you a weekly rundown of how you used your phone and for what. Music, social, etc.

Mostly never.

I guess I stayed one step behind. I'm almost always on my computer. I find surfing the internet on the phone a real pain.

"How Many Hours A Day Do You Use Your Cell Phone?"
Kind of an odd question as I "use" my cell phone 24/7. It is always "ON".
As to how often I actually use it, not much. But it is in constant use, monitoring security cameras, receiving email, Text, SPAM, unsolicited calls, etc.

In this day and age you use your mobile phone 📱 a lot for the internet to stream for apps and a lot of other things to it's easier all in one place

Cruising on the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean, or the Mediterranean Sea.

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What about "Not having to go to work" and "A good day at work", a bit contradictory. And "Shopping all day", serious? (shudder)

Surely it should be "which is best"?
Several can be better, but there can only be one superlative. Better also requires a comparative, better than what?

All the above. I am retired and widower.

I'm relying on someone from England to tell me. There's too many words I know but can't pronounce correctly. Even after decades of reading English novels.

Ask someone from Worcester. Maybe Mr Lea or Mr Perrins

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/En-Worcester_sauce.ogg/En-Worcester_sauce.ogg.mp3

War-Chester-sauce lol

That might depend where you live.

No it's not,
it's woo-stir-sher - 3 syllables not 4

it's sher not shire

Gentlemen! I have grown up on this sauce and I LOVE it! So, the CORRECT pronuciation is---- WOR(as in worst.) CES as in cesspool, TER as in MisTER, and SHIRE as in Landshire sandwiches! AND THERE YOU HAVE IT! ELEMENTERY GENTLEMEN!

Life is a beautiful thing!

I don't know yet, I haven't had them all

You only have one "birthday", the day you were born. However each year you're still living, you have a birthday anniversary.

nice

I got married on the 13th, so my anniversary is often Friday 13th

My Dad's 2nd marriage was on Halloween.

One year I gave them cupcakes and a puzzle for their anniversery. The puzzle was an undersea scene. and we put it together (I helped) over a week. THe more they put together the more they noticed the picture on the box didn't seem to match. Because I bought two diffrent puzzles of undersea scenes and switched all the pieces.

With any other two puzzles they would have figured it out quickly, but two diffrent undersea pictures both are pretty watery.

After we finished I gave them the other box and pieces and told them I'd given them a trick and a treat for their anniversery.

or at least that's the plan - if there's anyone willing :D

Flag day was our fathers birthday. For years when we were little he had us thinking that the flags were for him😂

on Flag Day.

Lemon meringue pie, especially when I make it myself because I put extra lemon juice in it. MMMM MMMM MMM

I quite like the one I drive through to work daily

Except when there is a sandstorm

Ice Cream!

Lemon Pudding Cake is amazing because the pudding makes it extra moist. So good! Plus, lemon rocks!

Mushroom goes in a bar. Walks up to a beautiful woman. Says, "Wanna go on a date with me?" Woman says, "Go on a date with you!?! You're a mushroom!" "C'mon! I'm a fungi!"

Well, I am enjoying these chats. I think I get the drift on most all of them! The only TEMPEST that I know is Beethoven's 17th. Piano sonata. It is one of my specialties and I have performed the work a couple of dozen times. And yes, I do credit BEETHOVEN with having assigned it with the name TEMPEST! So, I did something right here! Yes, I always give credit where credit is due!

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken

--Robyn

It isn't plagiarism if you credit who said it, plagiarism is claiming it as your own

You should probably sorce where that was copy pasted from. I would think plagiarism isn't allowed on GT. It wasn't hard to find the source https://www.bestfoodfacts.org/is-the-mushroom-a-vegetable-2/

I have been a big fan of mushrooms for as long as can remember. My mom made stuffed mushrooms that were fantastic! I used to love them raw until a friend of mine informed me they need to be rendered down in order to be digestible. I have found an airfryer recipe with olive oil, garlic and onion powder and worcestershire(don't ask me to pronounce)sauce that is really tasty.

i love mushrooms no matter if they are a veggie or fungi, and love them raw also. Dipping them into ranch dressing. Yum Yum Yum

I "feel" like they are a mixture of both for me! I eat them on anything. Hamburgers, hot dogs, e.t.c. I even take a few along before I compete in Major Chess tournaments in Chicago! My rating has boosted up 75 pts. I think the mushrooms had something to do with it! Good luck to you with it all!

Thanks Ginny. I just love those mushrooms, whatever they are classified as!

That was very interesting, thanks GinnyB..

You’ve probably heard before that mushrooms are fungi, but does that mean it’s not a vegetable? Or is it both?

To clear this up, we reached out to Alice Henneman, MS, RD, Extension Educator of Nutrition, Food Safety, and Cooking at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The short answer. Henneman explained that mushrooms are scientifically classified as fungi. Because they have no leaves, roots or seeds and don’t need light to grow, they are not a true vegetable.

However, in terms of nutrition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture considers mushrooms to be vegetables because they provide many of the same nutritional attributes of vegetables. According to this study published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, mushrooms provide nutrients that bridge across core food groups. Nutrients that can be found in produce, meat and grains can also be found in mushrooms, and they are a good source of niacin, pantothenic acid, selenium and copper providing at least 10% to 19% of the daily value. They are also an excellent source of riboflavin providing almost 20% of the daily value. Mushrooms are also a source of potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D and calcium, four nutrients considered under-consumed by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

I'm not really sure if a mushroom is a veggie or fungus... Maybe both??

Depends on your definition of a vegetable, as there is no fixed definition. In its broadest definition it's any part of a plant that is edible.

I enjoy most of those listed, but depends on what I'm eating them with and how they are prepared

I don't think I've ever thought to cook lettuce, just use it raw as salad. Now I've looked it up: yes, why not. 70+, live and learn, lol

Lettuce is grown as a leaf vegetable. 😂

Since forever in my house.

I like many of them and I like to variate, so no favourite. Since when is lettuce counted as a vegetable?

A smoothie leaves me cold, lol

Beans as they are a musical fruit.. LOLOL

and I like this poll much better than the last one. I'm quite surprised that a selection contained the political idea of conspiracy theory.

or just scrap the e at the end as well

Wustershire is how you say it

or at least its how I say it lol

Woe-chest-ter-shire isn't it

Well apparently there's a RIGHT way, but a non odd way? I can't think of one.

I've found it's fun just to pronounce it in an odd way, to make people think.

I've never been able to figure out what France has to do with it...

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I am a non brit, and your right, for me anyway.
I never was good at that. So that was the one I picked.

No way a non-Brit can get it right on first try. Me, I have stopped trying a long time ago.

I am the conspiracy theory friend

Yes

Does falling off a surf board count?

I was thinking of skydiving again what I did years ago. I want to go on a 3 day whitewater camping trip in Colorado or we're there is class 5 places next year. A Nature and adventure trip. I guess when you get older you take less risks and adventures. Life is too short to sit in front of TV and being bored. Lol happy new year!

Well that's one sport that went past the planning stage, thank you

Extreme sport FLIPS!! Well, Rabbitoid, I cannot say I do all of them but I love TWO of them! One is having the gals flip over me! That is ipon seoinaga and morota seoi naga! The other is sweeping the guys off of their feet! De ashi harai! it is a lot of fun and, of course, is done over mats in competitions. What is this in ENGLISH? One arm shoulder throw and two arm shoulder on the gals and double ankle sweep on the guys! Of course I could do either or both on gals and guys! The sport is JUDO!!

If it can't be described here, it's probably similar to what I did by accident once when playing paintball.

The only extreme sport I have participated in cannot be listed here.
It involves ... no, I can't even tell you that...

I rode a cow once 🐄 It was pretty extreme 🤣

I voted for rafting, which I’ve also done, but it’s tame compared to whitewater canoeing, because rafts can’t sink.

Surfing and motorcycle racing in California Desert.

LOL!--I tried more than one Rabbitoid -----In my youth!

Made almost 100 dives over 15 years. Not an extreme sport but very relaxing and exhilarating.

I tried surfing in Hawaii, managed to stand on the board for half a second. Parasailed over the Gulf of Mexico, from Panama City Beach. Our teenage daughter and I were tethered together and pulled by a ski boat. It was amazing, we passed over some hammerhead sharks. We took off standing on the beach and landed on the beach.

All of them, but it never went past the planning stage.

The paintball field I'm used to is known as an 'adrenaline factory.' My favorite brand of paintball gear is Empire.

Thanks!!!

There was no category for “none of the above.”

...specifically Earl Grey

I can't have one without the other!

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Callie, this is for you

That's all? You didn't get any chocolate?

I got really excited about this poll. That's all.

Strawberries dipped in smooth milk chocolate leaving just a little of the top without.... ummmmm yummy

My favorite, raspberry, was not included in the list. But as far as I'm concerned the best chocolate cakes have raspberry somewhere. Did you know that Russia produces 22% of the world's raspberries? I still like them anyway.

I also add half and half cream after cook oatmeal add cream while hot and stir to blend nice and smooth no chocolate. Or add chocolate without cream.

MMMMmmmmmmm

I don't believe milk has been left out as chocolate is cocoa, sugar and milk.
Of course more milk is good...

I chose other: There were so man good choices.
And you can have pie with your chocolate and chocolate with your chocolate.
If you have a chocolate pie yum.