World, Writing, Wealth discussion

Found this thread in another group.Share ten random facts about yourself.

Very interesting,particularly 1,2 and 6.

1. I love music.
2.I like old Hollywood.
3. I power walk daily.
4. I drink three cups of coffee daily.
5.I never smoke.
6.I never drink.
7.I never use drugs.
8.I know five languages.
9.I've given up chocolate.
10.Blue is my favorite color.

Chocolate,regrettably,was not good for my teeth.I paid heavily for that indulgence.It was already too late,when I gave it up.

I've no skirt & I like to drink on weekends - to contribute to the conversation -:)

Ten things, Nik! I'm going for it . . .

1. I was a pretty woman and then I got old, which sucks
2. I like men who haven't given up on acting like men
3. Hardware stores make me happy
4. I think there are still a lot of good people in the world
5. I wouldn't take any amount of money for the tabletop Christmas tree I inherited from my grandmother
6. I not afraid of snakes, but spiders freak me out
7. As a teenager, I didn't know there was something I couldn't do until the retired air force guy at the airport told me that women couldn't be pilots
8. I couldn't run a mile if my life depended on it
9. I have my first grandchild, which I never expected, and I'm falling right into the stereotype, which I didn't expect, either.
10. I tried to resolve an Internet problem by speaking on the phone today with someone in another country who tried to help, but didn't help at all.

7 Is not true, at least not anymore for most places, USA incl.. Still a chance there, Scout :)

I of course know that. Man up, Nik, and give us ten random facts about yourself instead of critiquing the responses of others who have the guts to do it. It does take guts to reveal who you are. And is anyone else game?

1. I'm surprised I lived past 30 when I wanted to be a rock star. The Who were my guiding light.
2. I am constantly amazed that my wife has put up with me for 32 years and counting
3. I wish I had pursued my education - biggest regret but I wouldn't have my current life, wife or children
4. I am often appalled at my own selfishness
5. I am very proud of my adult children for which I thank my wife
6. I am deeply cynical and don't like very many other people
7. I get angry at too many silly things but I live Monty Python
8. I wish I had been a wildlife campaigner years ago
9. I am too risk adverse
10. I too can no longer run a mile (that's what cars are for.)

Scout wrote: "... critiquing the responses of others ..."

I'm rather relating :)

Scout wrote: "Ten things, Nik! I'm going for it . . .

2. I like men who haven't given up on acting like men..."

I've been finding myself watching old westerns more and more in the last few years, and they lead me to a conclusion that there's a disconnect between what it meant to being a man in the olden days and what millenials think it meant being a man in the olden days.

They seem to think being a man used to mean being a misogynist piece of crap, that if you didn't go around raping or otherwise sexually assaulting women, you weren't a man. But in all those old westerns - keep in mind this was Hollywood's ideal in the 50s and 60s - the protagonists were all honorable men.

Star Trek fans today dismiss the uncomfortable misogyny of The Original Series as "that's just how things were back then," but nowhere in TV prior to that am I aware of a male lead getting creepy-rapey every episode. Maybe gender roles were dated, and maybe you'd get an occasional comment that would seem odd by today's standards, I don't recall June Cleaver ever having a reason to tweet #metoo if the internet had been around. The Lone Ranger had a healthy respect for women. Even Herman Munster and Gomez Addams were nothing but loving and caring toward their wives.

This idea that manhood is lost in this age of the empowered woman is BS. The ideals of manhood from previous decades certainly need to be updated, but the core values that underlie Hollywood's portrays are timeless. It's just an excuse when millenials get called out for treating people like garbage because really that's the opposite of what it means to be a man.

Kudos, Philip. That reply took guts, as did mine. Anyone else willing to state 10 random facts about yourself?

1. I believe in UFOs and wanna become a Ufologist
2. I'm into Civil War history
3. I don't believe we went to the moon
4. Swallowed a quarter on my 13th birthday
5. Not ashamed to say I like Lana del Rey and Taylor Swift
6. I've never drank coffee
7. Never read or watched anything Harry Potter
8. I can write a poem on almost anything(within reason)
9. Hot dogs and Mac and cheese are my favorite foods
10. I didn't know how to tie my shoes till I was 12 and I made my own way of tying them.

As I've also exposed myself here, I hope it's okay to comment on your list. I've read a Harry Potter book because of my son's interest and suffered through one movie. I'd say you dodged a bullet by avoiding both. I recently saw Brad Paisley, a country singer, take suggestions from the audience and make up songs off the cuff. Can you do that with poetry? And I think I saw a UFO once from afar.

Yeah, I feel no guilt not reading or watching Harry Potter. I've never really had anyone ask me to write poetry on the spot but I suppose I could. Keep that UFO stuff to yourself, the government may be reading! :)

Yeah, I should probably keep more to myself :-)