December meme, Days 21 to 31
I did so badly at posting during the last half of this year, I'm not sure I'll do this meme again. But on the other hand, these questions have been the only posts I've made this year.
I need to think about this.
However, for now I'll finish off the year.
21. Do you have memories from preschool?
Yes. I have a lot of early memories. I always feel kind of sorry for the people who say that their first day at school is their earliest memory, because it makes me think that the event was so traumatic for them that it became somehow dominant and overwhelmed anything earlier.
22. Is there anything about technology that scares you?
By technology I suppose the question is referring to the various manifestations of IT? In that case, loss of privacy.
If the question is referring to electrical and electronic technology in generally, it's the fact that 'things' nowadays can't be mended. When I was younger every high street had a television and household machine repair shop.
23. What’s a word/phrase that’s commonly heard in your region, but not anywhere else?
The dialect of this part of the North East of England is called Geordie and is heavily influenced by both Eastern Scots and Norse, but obviously they're not exactly the same as the words used in those places.
There's a whole list here. But a particular phrase I heard a long time ago and still love was the question asked of me as a child, new to the area, when I tore my coat at school. A friend asked me. "Will yer mam play war wi yer?" (Trans for those who need it: Will your Mum play war with you?)
24. Do you bite on straws, lollipop handles, or ice cream sticks?
No, nor pencils.
25. Do your parents still live in the same house they raised you in?
No, my parents moved house when the children all left home and they retired.
26. What’s your favourite flavour of soda, pop or whatever else you call it?
I like ginger beer. And I like Sicilian lemonade. But I don't drink fizzy drinks very much... except tonic with gin in.
27. What time do you usually have dinner?
I eat early, because I don't like going to bed with a full stomach, so not later than five or six, by preference.
28. Do you keep the cabinets in your kitchen and bathroom organized?
I think the best I can say is that I try.
29. What do you wish you’d spent more time doing five years ago?
I try not to have regrets. It's bad for my piece of mind.
30. How often do you light candles?
Only when suffering from a power cut at night.
31. What are you looking forward to in the next year?
Summer! *g*
I need to think about this.
However, for now I'll finish off the year.
21. Do you have memories from preschool?
Yes. I have a lot of early memories. I always feel kind of sorry for the people who say that their first day at school is their earliest memory, because it makes me think that the event was so traumatic for them that it became somehow dominant and overwhelmed anything earlier.
22. Is there anything about technology that scares you?
By technology I suppose the question is referring to the various manifestations of IT? In that case, loss of privacy.
If the question is referring to electrical and electronic technology in generally, it's the fact that 'things' nowadays can't be mended. When I was younger every high street had a television and household machine repair shop.
23. What’s a word/phrase that’s commonly heard in your region, but not anywhere else?
The dialect of this part of the North East of England is called Geordie and is heavily influenced by both Eastern Scots and Norse, but obviously they're not exactly the same as the words used in those places.
There's a whole list here. But a particular phrase I heard a long time ago and still love was the question asked of me as a child, new to the area, when I tore my coat at school. A friend asked me. "Will yer mam play war wi yer?" (Trans for those who need it: Will your Mum play war with you?)
24. Do you bite on straws, lollipop handles, or ice cream sticks?
No, nor pencils.
25. Do your parents still live in the same house they raised you in?
No, my parents moved house when the children all left home and they retired.
26. What’s your favourite flavour of soda, pop or whatever else you call it?
I like ginger beer. And I like Sicilian lemonade. But I don't drink fizzy drinks very much... except tonic with gin in.
27. What time do you usually have dinner?
I eat early, because I don't like going to bed with a full stomach, so not later than five or six, by preference.
28. Do you keep the cabinets in your kitchen and bathroom organized?
I think the best I can say is that I try.
29. What do you wish you’d spent more time doing five years ago?
I try not to have regrets. It's bad for my piece of mind.
30. How often do you light candles?
Only when suffering from a power cut at night.
31. What are you looking forward to in the next year?
Summer! *g*