A Good Thriller discussion

Thanks for sharing, Amber: would love to be in AZ, now. Are you on insulin, and if so, does that create hypoglycemia?

I was very young when I learned to read, too.

Yeah I am and yes it can. But sometimes so will Metformin as well and I'm on that too..as well as Actos.

Do have sugar tabs or Karo Syrup when you get dizzy?

Skye wrote: "I don't know the meaning, Vy, but I am familiar with it and the culture, people, etc. I don't know, however, if you speak French and Vietnamese or just Vietnamese, and whether or not your family c..."

Skye, I am Việt Kiều (Overseas Vietnamese). My heart filled with warmth when you referred to my place of birth as Sài Gòn. I immigrated to Canada when I was a child. I believe it's mostly the older generation that speak French fluently. My grandparents generation.

Where does your interest in the Vietnamese culture come from? Have you visited Vietnam?

Thanks for your list, Amber. I thought you lived in Tennessee for some reason. Maybe that was Groovy? What kind of dog was Buttercup? I had a little Irish Setter named Chloe from age 4 to 14. I still see her clear as day in my dreams about once a year.

Yes Amber, I am on Metformin and exercise, three a day, but have more problems which them going too low.

Questions answered:
1. I don't like Karo brand syrup. I use glucose tabs when I have them. If I don't, I use plain old sugar packets, if I have them. When I don't, I use hard candy if I have that. If I don't have hard candy, I use regular soda. If I don't have that, then I'm screwed into going to the hospital or asking the library staff for a can of soda from their lounge in the library basement, Skye.

2. Buttercup was a Cockerpoo, Christine.

3. This week alone, I've had hypoglycemic incidents on 60, 55 and 50 units of my Humulin 70/30, Sean, so I decided to try 45 units today.

Amber, you have to keep Karo on hand whether you like it or not.

Why Karo brand in particular?

Vy wrote: "Skye wrote: "I don't know the meaning, Vy, but I am familiar with it and the culture, people, etc. I don't know, however, if you speak French and Vietnamese or just Vietnamese, and whether or not ..."
Dear Vy: I will never think of Saigon as Ho Chi Minh City. I had no idea you were born in Vietnam. You look like a lotus flower, dear Child; I am more than very familiar with this culture and the warm people---generous people.

Amber wrote: "Why Karo brand in particular?"

Amber; if there is any other of brand of corn syrup, then get that. PLEASE

I'm NOT putting GMO corn syrup in my body, especially since NONE of my doctors recommends corn syrup for hypoglycemia!

Oh, Amber, I am so sorry; you need to listen to your doctors, of course, and no one else.

Yeah. They all recommend plain fruit juice or 4 oz. regular soda.

Unfortunately, how much of that regular soda is STILL sweetened with REAL cane sugar and not HFCS, GMO or not? And even with the soda still sweetened with cane sugar, how much of that cane sugar is non-GMO?

Where is everybody ?

Probably busy, Sean. It IS summer, after all.

Or they're probably all on chit-chat or Wimbledon thread:)

A bunch of us are on the White is the Coldest Colour thread with author John Nicholl. We are having a very lively fantastic discussion!!

LOL Groovy !!

I know Christine, I read ALL of them !

Yes I know Amber, I m not on as much, just back now from late tennis match, and off to bed to read !

LOL, Sean.

Allergic to velvet?

What kind of books does your sister write? Like Amber said--Allergic to velvet? I suffer from panic and anxiety attacks. If you knew how I grew up, and what I've had to deal with, you'd understand why:)

Yeah, I'd never heard of that kind of fabric allergy before.

1. I don’t eat fish (I don’t like it).
2. I am half-blooded: half Scottish, half Italian.
3. I hate summer.
4. I love children but I don’t have any, by choice.
5. A few years ago I had the greatest job I could dream of, but I left it and sold anything I owned to live in the woods, because that's what I wanted and I believe in change.
6. My first job (I was 13) was taking care of my neighbour's garden during the summer. I offered myself for the job, full of good intentions, but after the summer all the plants were dead because I gave them too much water. I felt so miserable I gave the money back. The following year I beg to do it again, my neighbour agreed (bless him) and I did a great job. Epic fail/win!
7. I don’t wear jewellery, it makes me feel chained and I don’t know why.
8. I am the worst reviewer ever. Here’s why I just rate and carefully don’t write reviews. They would be full of “amazing!” “that was great!”, “Woah!”, “Tally-ho!”. So very technical -_- .
9. Most of the time I pretend I don't hear phone calls even though I hear them perfectly but I just don't want to answer.
10. I’m an atheist.

Hey rokovoko, #5 is in my plans. I dream of it sometimes.
#9, I'm with ya. As much as the phone is in my hands, I rarely actually talk on it if I can help it.
Great random facts =}

:D down with phones!

My 2c
1)I left school at fifteen, home at sixteen and England when I was twenty-two.
2)At twenty-three I was running safaris in Kenya.
3)I spent a very unpleasant night in a Sudanese jail.
4)I wanted to explore the Antarctic, so built a boat and sailed there.
5)I’ve weighed exactly 70 kg for the past 35 years.
6)I’ve visited more countries than I can remember, and lived in at least eight.
7)I now live in a forest in Germany with an Icelandic horse, two Mexican dogs, six French hens (and a rooster), and a mermaid I found on a deserted beach on the north coast of Bequia.
8)The only thing I hate is golf.
9)I wrote my first novel, Heather, whilst sailing singlehanded across the Pacific Ocean.
10)I dream vividly every night, and sometimes cannot wait to sleep and enter that other world.

Wow, A.J., you are one impressive dude!!

The mermaid is better than a partridge in a pear tree, I guess. And how can you stay exactly the same weight for 35 years? The travel and adventure is incredible, especially building your own boat too.

Thanks, Christine :-)
@ Jean, you're right about the mermaid, and I'm as perplexed as anyone about the constant weight as I eat like two horses. I guess I was lucky on both counts.

Uh, A.J. I think horses eat a lot of fiber. (I am NOT saying that makes you full of BS!) maybe you eat good,i.e., healthy food? And burn a lot of calories! Anyway, welcome to our group. It's a good way to build name recognition if you're an author and we always like chatting up new peple as well as discovering new favorite writers.

10 random facts about me:

1. I am an only child. As is my husband.
2. I am an orphan.
3. I live "Yours, Mine and NOT ours" with 8 children. (meaning we never created one between us but we share 8 beautiful gifts)
4. I have 11 grandchildren, 12 in January.
5. I am a lifetime writer.
6. I am a chef turned Dining Director for a school district.
7. I love dark techno, heavy metal and big band.
8. I have no tolerance for ignorant people.
9. I feel a home is not complete unless you share it with a furry friend. We have 2 kitties and 1 rottweiler and 1 boxer.
10. Would like to buy the world a coke and live in peace and harmony. (Hippie at heart)

What an interesting list, DL. I love how you and your hubby went from very small to nice big family!! And you are so right about furry members of the family.

That's quite a list!I love #10!It's the real thing!

Thanks for your list Darkslyric, bring back to life one if my favourite threads !

Loved the list and the mix of heavy metal and big band. Eclectic music taste is the best!

Alright...I will give this a go :)

1. I am an only child and I am NOT spoiled, contrary to what people often believe

2. My husband and I got married by Elvis in Vegas

3. I can cry at the drop of a dime

4. I have a soft spot for dance movies (ie Step Up, Footloose, Dirty Dancing)

5. I am a Whovian

6. I am not homesick, even though my parents live 3 provinces away

7. I really do enjoy my job

8. I love writing good old fashioned letters, using pen & paper.

9. I could eat pizza anyday, all day and every day

10. I have a slight obsession with Diet Coke, in that I drink it all the time.

Well, that was easier than I thought!

1. I am an identical twin.
2. I LOVE horror & thrillers, fantasy too!
3. I needle felt :D
4. I have a dog and a cat.
5. I've been to Disneyland twice.
6. I wear glasses,
7. I was born with FOP.
8. I collect celeb autographs & memorabillia.
9. I love animals!
10. I love to read, and adore my Kindle Voyage,

Very interesting. Great lists!

Wolfrott

have a look at my website, I have over 5,000 signed photographs

www.thestarsphotos.com

Sorry Sean, I only buy from registered dealers and recs from my contacts.

I am not selling !!

It is my photos, my home page,my web site, my list of books, movies, holidays.

Only sell duplicates, which I have always verified by registered dealers or signed in person.

Most top dealers I work very closely too, as I verify signatures.

I know who signatures are well known as fake

Valued at 50,000 to 75,000 pounds for my collection and for insurance.

1- I'm left-handed
2- I have 2 brothers and 1 sister.
3- I play video games (mostly JRPGs and visual novels)
4- I go to the movies in the morning (Alone T-T).
5- My favorite food is macaroni with cheese.
6- I hate crowded places.
7- Green is my favorite color.
8- I'm not interested in politics.
9- I've been reading books since high school.
10- I'm currently in Malaysia studying PhD in civil engineering.

This used to be one of our most popular posts, what's happened people !

Sean wrote: "This used to be one of our most popular posts, what's happened people !"

Everybody who cared to comment did?

Maybe we can jumpstart things if someone (like me?) lists 10 more random facts.

1/ I love cold weather, hate heat and humidity.
2/ If I had to live anywhere other than here (Northeast PA), I'd chose Arizona.
3/ I drink close to 2 pots of coffee every day.
4/ If both my hands aren't busy with something, I have a book in the free one.
5/ I'm a bit (okay, a lot) vain when it comes to my hair - I hate it when the wind messes it up.
6/ I'm compulsive about keeping some things (like the tools in my tool chest) neat but a first class slob about most everything else.
7/ My wife has to nag me into buying new clothes.
8/ I find science fiction and fantasy totally unbelievable.
9/ I'd rather spend the 3 hottest days of the year working on my cars than 1 hour doing yardwork on the perfect day.
10/ Most TV commercial annoy me to the point where I refuse to patronize the store or buy the product.

Let's see if that gets things moving again, Sean

Here's another 10 of mine:

1. I can't stand a badly-made cup of tea (best is Yorkshire, strong, milk with 1 sugar)
2. I've recently taken up running
3. Ive spent a large portion of the last couple of days secretly worrying about the wildfire currently raging through Canada because someone I'm close to works in the area
4. I am going on my first holiday in 6 years this weekend
5. I'm very good at mimicking accents
6. The last film I saw at the cinema was Zootropolis
7. I am the eldest of 3 children
8. As a child I used to suffer severe nosebleeds and had to have the blood vessels in my nose cauterised - other than childbirth it is the only hospital procedure I have ever had
9. I love the idea of wearing high heels but in reality am terrible at walking in them
10. At school, as a joke, I convinced a girl in my class that I had a bionic arm and had super strength (I was really into the show The Bionic Woman at the time). She actually believed me for months haha

OK, let's help this thread regain momentum. . .

1. In two weeks my wife and I will celebrate our 26th anniversary.
2. I just returned from a 5 day, 110 mile backpacking trip along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)
3. I plan to hike the entire length of the PCT (2650 miles from Mexico to Canada) in the next 10-12 years
4. I have six really awesome kids ranging in age from 8 to 24
5. My dog loves to get out and roam the neighborhood and has made many new friends, human and canine
6. I used to facilitate conference calls at midnight my time with my Korean customers (early morning for them) and Scottish engineers (late afternoon). Those were fun times.
7. The horse I was riding once slipped at high speed and landed on me. After it rolled off me, I expected to be paralyzed, but I stood up and discovered all was well, so I got back on and kept riding.
8. I love to scuba dive.
9. I've been within 100 feet of a Blue whale in the ocean while riding a jet ski.
10. My oldest daughter walked up to pet a huge rattle snake under our Jeep when she was two. That was scarier than being up close to the blue whale.

These are great! :)

Okay, I am going to work on my ten random facts...my third !

Give me time...LOL

Thanks

FYI - these are 10 random facts just off the top of my head - no thought involved!
1. I'm left-handed.
2. My husband tells me I recite song lyrics in my sleep.
3. I am most at peace when my house is full of the people I love most in the world.
4. I have been blessed with a daughter who is beautiful, sweet, intelligent and my best friend.
5. Once as a teenager, my best friend and I went to California (We lived in NY) for four days without telling anyone, Her mom called the authorities. My parents didn't even know I was gone.
6. I have three orange tabby cats that I call my boys.
7. I love my job and the people I work with. It's an honor and a pleasure to be with these wonderful people everyday.
8. I love art and photography.
9. My favorite food is Indian food.
10. I like to clean my house while old fav movies are playing in the background. They help me keep pace and on track.