5 Questions to end the week...

[yvr girl]

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

Best bruises

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

When I was 11 I went on an adventure day with my best friend, Erica. We actually left our homes with lunches tied up in cloth which we carried over our shoulders suspended on a stick (Just to be retro) We had so much fun.

3. Do you like your name?

Not really. It's not horrible, but it isn't something I would pick. I'm glad it's not Jennifer, Lisa or Susan though, as I went to school with a zillion of those.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

I found myself plummeting toward the side of a mountain in a small aircraft. It only lasted a few seconds, but they were LONNNG seconds. Word to the wise, don't fly too close to a glacier at the top of a mountain.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

Yesterday I bought a scented salt scrub.

[billyskank]

1. Hi yivver!

:hi: :hug:

[yvr girl]

2. Where are your answers?

:spank:

I guess you don't know how to play well with others.

[billyskank]

15. I can't think of answers for all of them

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

When I was a kid I was (one of 50) runner(s) up in a Blue Peter competition. That is a kid's TV show. I got a Blue Peter badge for it. This was serious shit. :D

3. Do you like your name?

Yes. I think Richard is a strong name.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

Probably this monitor I am looking at, which I bought in December.

[MissMillie]

3. I'll play

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

"Most Pickable" Apparently in high school I was a good sport about being picked on.

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

7/4/76.... family picnic at a lake. Good time.

3. Do you like your name?

Very much. It's an old-fashioned name, and not many people have it, but it's pleasant. It's a family name

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

having to have a thyroid biopsy

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

I just ordered the first and second seasons of All in the Family on DVD

[AllegroRondo]

4. why not? here goes

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?
High school band camp, I got the "best burp" award.


2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?
There was a time me and my brothers decided to ride the city bike trail to see how far it went. We ended up in Milwaukee and had to call home for a ride at dusk.

3. Do you like your name?
Eh. Could be worse.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?
Flying on a Blackhawk helicopter in Korea. It lost the tail rotor and we had to crash land in a rice paddy.


5. What was your last frivolous purchase?
A case of strawberries. :)

[Burma Jones]

5. Always fun to oblige.....

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

The Golden Screw

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

Seven Years Old, wandering around the UNC Chapel Hill campus, looked in on Dean Smith running practice, swam in the indoor pool, ate in a dining hall, played Basketball and War with friends. I remember that day pretty well.....

3. Do you like your name?

Sure, I've made it what it is, and I have a good reputation.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

Nearly Drowning shooting rapids in the New River Gorge - not on a guided raft trip, just a bunch of drunk rowdies that thought they knew what they were doing......

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

The "Super" car wash this morning.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. ..

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

"Most Likely to Trip on a Line."

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

Either the day I lost my virginity, or the time I watched a bully harass a minority girl and didn't do anything.

3. Do you like your name?

Not particularly, although I'm honored for the family member I'm named after.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

Either the drive to the hospital when that damn kid got stung by a bee and her neck swelled up like a balloon, or years later when she ran away from home for a few days.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

A PS3

[Tikki]

7. These:

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?
Some guy I knew told me I had ‘big balls’. Gutsy, I believe, is what he meant.

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?
Standing by the backyard fence (I was 4 years old) in San Diego watching the kids in the school playground and realizing I desperately wanted to go to school.

3. Do you like your name?
I have a really cute name....first two names from my folks...I married into a last name that was amazingly perfect.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?
Wandering around a mountain lake by myself the little shore below my feet gave way and the only way was into the deep water or up a straight embankment. I scrambled up the cliff by pulling on tree roots and a rocky outcrop. It was an horrifying few minutes.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?
Booked a couple nights in Vegas..baby...coming up soon.



Tikki

[querelle]

8. Here We Go........

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

I won a drinking contest once. I was the last person standing among two dozen or so participants. Ah youth......

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

The day I lost my virginity. But if I were to relive it, I'd be much better at it than I was then!

3. Do you like your name?

Yes. It's unique. How many people do you know named Egon?

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

Landing at Logan airport in Boston during a really bad storm. The electrical system on the plane was knocked out and we were being tossed around like we were on a carnival ride. I really thought I was going to die that night.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

A tube of Biotherm face cream for $55.00. I spend a disproportionate amount of my income on crap like that, hoping that it will make me look 25 again. Sigh.......When will I learn?

Q

[fudge stripe cookays]

9. Hmmm...

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?
"Most obnoxious" by a bunch of assholes in my old college dorm. I had recently had a bad breakup with my boyfriend and tried to OD. Rub it in, dickheads.

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?
4th of July picnic in Chicago when I was almost 9. It was the last time my dad's whole family was together. By September, we had lost my uncle Bum from a heart attack, and not even a month after that, my cousin Chris from an accidental electrocution.

3. Do you like your name?
Love it. It's exotic and unusual, even if it is hard to pronounce. There aren't many of me out there.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?
The night before I was conclusively diagnosed with MS, I had what the doctor now thinks was a "cramp" in my spinal cord. We thought for sure I was having a stroke. My whole left side went hot then numb, then my left arm pulled up in a claw next to my body. I was terrified. Fortunately, I had already had the MRI and we knew that's probably what it was. We also ended up scaring the EMTs with all our Halloween props, so had a good laugh, even in the mdst of adversity.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?
Some upholstered boxes for old photos and letters to dress up my office instead of using ugly cardboard boxes.

[ricochetastroman]

13. I can identify, plus...

I'll never forget the day I thought I had a numb toe and the Dr. told ME that I had MS... then, his eyes proceeded to roll back in his head as his false teeth rotated around in his mouth.

I guess his name must have been Dali. Twas unreal! :rofl:

[RetroLounge]

10. Answers for you

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

Voted Most likely to die of Alcohol Poisoning by people who knew me in my early 20's

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

First sexual experience. I'd like to go back and have a do-over with today's knowledge...

3. Do you like your name?

Never really thought about it... It's fairly common. It's one syllable. It's easy to spell. Yeah, it's okay.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

My daughter was in the ICU for a week when she was a newborn with a high fever and almost didn't make it and they never could tell us what was wrong. MrsRetro and I Sat next to her crib 24-7 until she was better.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

Would buying 32,000 books be considered frivolous? :D

RL

[Little Wing]

11. My turn

1: Longest keg-stand

2: no idea

3: Could be worse

4: It was driving

5: TotalFark

[QMPMom]

12. Here are mine:

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

"Most interesting life since high school graduation."

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

The day I spent outdoors all day reading as I lay on this wide ledge of a brick flower bed at our house. (I did find the book I was reading that day on e-Bay and purchased it a few years ago.)

3. Do you like your name?

Very much.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

They day we took our DD to the ER and they had to do exploratory surgery because they didn't know what was wrong. We thought it was the end but she recovered well.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

Two gorgeous Swarovski Crystals that I am going to make into earrings.

[Broken_Hero]

14. Okay,

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

hmm, my tender foot badge!

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be? Not sure, to be honest...I always enjoyed our family road trips, especially when we went to waterslide parks...


3. Do you like your name?Yep, I sure do


4. What was the biggest scare in your life?Hard to say...usually asking girls/women out, had me in scared....:D



5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

I'm embarassed to say, so I wont' say...









Superman comforter set/w sheets...

my wife now official hates me...:D

[Random_Australian]

16. Random_Australian!

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

Dux of my shool would be more dubious than that award given to me by my state, so I guess that one.

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

I don't remember things like that, I'm afraid. My memory is.... unusual.

3. Do you like your name?

Yes. All of them.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

Has to come down to one of three incidents:

A) Trying to work out if I was hallucinating this one time;
B) When I nearly broke my neck at school;
C) One time I calculated the greatest possible difference between a real memory and a false one in terms of how 'real' it feels.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

I don't buy anything more than the things I need; thus I don't believe I have purchased anything frivolous in the last couple of years. :) Combined with not buying anything before a few years ago, I think I may have never bought something frivolous. Scary, huh?

[femmocrat]

17. 5 answers...

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received? Can't think of any.


2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be? My wedding.


3. Do you like your name? No, it is boring, and I always have to spell it out.


4. What was the biggest scare in your life? When my son was in a bad car/truck accident.


5. What was your last frivolous purchase? Four leather handbags. But I sold them at a nice profit on e-Bay!

[Ptah]

18. OK

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?
Best tuba player at the state music festival

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?
The day my father let me take the harvested wheat to the grainery.

3. Do you like your name?
Yes

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?
motorcyle ride with the mother of my children, Oak Creek Canyon

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?
Hornitos

[Redstone]

19. Since it's only five questions:

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?
I got a medal, once. I did not deserve it because, well, I was just THERE and didn't have any choice but to do what I did.

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?
That would be the day I rode the skid. I wouldn't, if I knew then what I know now.

3. Do you like your name?
My given name? I despise it, actually. But I'm comfortable being Redstone.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?
I don't have one, having been diagnosed by a shrink as having "a pathological lack of fear." It's not any fun, believe me.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?
A cheesesteak hoagie for lunch today. My arteries did NOT need it, but I got it anyway. And damn, did it taste good.

Redstone

[philosophie_en_rose]

20. Okay

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

President's Physical Fitness Award - I think the teacher miscounted or made a big mistake, because avoiding P.E. was my childhood ambition.

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

Shopping with my mom overseas.

3. Do you like your name?

Yes. I didn't when I was little, but it's actually a very nice name.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

I almost didn't graduate, because a professor lost my final paper. But then she found it. :crazy:

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

Kraft dinner. I never buy milk, so it was kind of pointless.

[BlueStorm]

21. ok...

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

MEAP awards in reading and math. Math? I could hardly do it anyways, how I got a reward in it I will never know.

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

When I was eight and my dad took me and my sister to an amusement park that is now called "Michigan's Adventure." We had so much fun then.


3. Do you like your name?

No, not really. Karla is such a boring and prissy name. I would prefer something unique such as Weather or Democracy.

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

My encounter with a bat in my room as well as with one that flew right into my face. My trip with my dad and sister and going on Castle Rock. I am very afraid of heights and when I was up there I actually was crawling on the "floor" the whole time my dad was laughing at me. }:(


5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

Some natural shampoo for my hair, some brown bottles for my Florida water and some reusable tea bags.

[Deja Q]

22. Dokey okey

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

No comment.

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?

The morning mum woke me up to take me to the Ice Palace in 1986. I'm still grateful to this day.

3. Do you like your name?

It's not bad...

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?

No comment

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?

Stairstepper exercise equipment

[qwertyMike]

23. Here they are

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?
200 metre/yards Irish - age 16

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?
The day i won the Latin prize at high school


3. Do you like your name?
Yes, Michael


4. What was the biggest scare in your life?
Alcohol


5. What was your last frivolous purchase?
Socks

[Shell Beau]

24. Here ya go!

1. What is the most dubious honour/award you have ever received?

Class fave! I thought it was silly! All those types of awards are silly really. But was I really everyone's fave? I think not!

2. If you could revisit one day of your youth, what day would it be?
Any of those summer days at the ball field while my brother played baseball! My friends and I would play kiss chase with all of the cute boys there! Those were the days

3. Do you like your name?
Not really! I get why my mom and dad liked it I guess, but is Shelley really THAT great of a name?

4. What was the biggest scare in your life?
No question! The day my brother died. And being with my mom when we both got the news. The scariest most awful day EVER. The shock was bad enough for me, but to see my mom go through hearing the news that her 24 year old son died in a car accident was beyond horrifying. I still relive that day often. I remember every detail.

5. What was your last frivolous purchase?
Shoes and clothes! Always shoes and clothes!