Trollheart

1. Do you bite, clip or cut your fingernails?

I'm a biter. And the horrible thing is, you know (those of you who do as I do) when you realise that you've just bitten down too far and now you're either going to have to strip the fingernail down to the skin and it's really gonna hurt, or else leave a half-chewed nail hanging on by a string, which is going to be just as bad? Shudder. But I can't stand long fingernails, don't use clippers and it's all but impossible to cut your own with a nail scissors (though I have to do this for Karen, and file them too - cheers).

2. If you see someone being pursued by the law (and assuming it’s nothing to do with you) what is your first thought/reaction?

My day just got a little exciting. Also, stay the hell out of the way.

3. Name one thing that could have turned a “good” president (historically speaking - Lincoln, JFK, Clinton, Washington etc) into a bad one, and vice versa. In other words, in case you don’t get the concept, the single event or deed that could have defined their legacy in the exact opposite way it did.

Despite the fact that I hate him, and after all he did, I truly believe that if Trump had embraced the Pandemic, worked on a bipartisan response, mandated or "advised" mask wearing, social distancing and, later, vaccine uptake in red states, he could have been remembered as the president who saved America, instead of the ignorant, selfish ****wit who callously allowed over a million to die needlessly.

In terms of other presidents legacies:

Kennedy: Legacy is he tried to stop an assassin's bullet with his head. Did not work.

Clinton: Should have kept it in his pants.

Dubya: Wasted the world's sympathy after 9/11 and became instead most hated president, until Trump came along.

Carter: Failed to defeat American greed and selfishness and also failed to get the hostages back from Iran.

Bush Snr: Read his lips

Nixon: Crook-in-chief





4. If you were/are in the market for a new pet, how would you go about it? Shelter? Ad in the paper? Online? Pedigree purchase? Friends?

Shelter or friends, or possibly just wait for a stray to wander into my back garden. I'm friends with two cats now, but both have an owner (the same one I think) so it's almost the best of both worlds. I sort of have a pet, but don't have to feed, clean up after it or take it to the vet. Or spend any money on food, flea drops, litter etc. Oh yeah: and I don't have to clean out a litter tray. That was always fun.

5. You move to a new town. Driving or walking by a house, you see the word PAEDO daubed in red on the door. What’s your reaction?

At least someone knows how to spell!
In reality, dunno. I think I'd feel a bit creeped out, and try to find out who lived there after I firebombed I mean after some anonymous person firebombed the house...

Really though seriously: you can't take paint daubed on a house as proof of anything. The person who put it there might just have a grudge against the occupant. I've been called a paedo, and I HATE kids.

6. If you buy something relatively cheap, either online or in a shop, and it doesn’t work as it should, do you usually send/bring it back or just shrug and say it was only a few dollars, I couldn’t be bothered?

Chances are I'd say **** it and just grump about it. It's usually more hassle than it's worth. I did send a CD boombox back though; cost about 40 Euro and the radio - for which I bought it - was totally ****.

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Scarlett O'Hara

Do you bite, clip or cut your fingernails? My nails are always acrylic so none of the above; however, I clip my toenails.

2. If you see someone being pursued by the law (and assuming it’s nothing to do with you) what is your first thought/reaction? Film it most likely in case it goes sideways or the person is being arrested for no real reason.

3. Name one thing that could have turned a “good” president (historically speaking - Lincoln, JFK, Clinton, Washington etc) into a bad one, and vice versa. In other words, in case you don’t get the concept, the single event or deed that could have defined their legacy in the exact opposite way it did. Betraying the public and misspending tax payer money.

4. If you were/are in the market for a new pet, how would you go about it? Shelter? Ad in the paper? Online? Pedigree purchase? Friends? I would like a British Short Hair but would only adopt one in a shelter.

5. You move to a new town. Driving or walking by a house, you see the word PAEDO daubed in red on the door. What’s your reaction? No reaction, I'd carry on walking.

6. If you buy something relatively cheap, either online or in a shop, and it doesn’t work as it should, do you usually send/bring it back or just shrug and say it was only a few dollars, I couldn’t be bothered? The latter as I buy my clothes at thrift shops anyway so would just donate it back to them.

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rubber soul

Ha, ha. But can you imagine the scrutiny he would have been under in the 90's? His womanizing made Clinton look like a schoolboy

Among other things.

Trump saved Bush's legacy. Who ever though I'd be yearning for the good ol days of Bush,

Good people don't make good Presidents sad to say.

And they even move.

But he's not a crook. Just ask him.







They actually have laws in the US (depending on the jurisdiction) where houses are more or less marked saying a pedophile lives there. Imagine a middle class neighborhood getting all riled up with torches like thay want to murder Frankenstein.

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GD

1. Do you bite, clip or cut your fingernails?
I cut them but frequently forget to do so

2. If you see someone being pursued by the law (and assuming it’s nothing to do with you) what is your first thought/reaction?
Impossible to generalise here, but in most cases I would just try to not get involved

3. Name one thing that could have turned a “good” president (historically speaking - Lincoln, JFK, Clinton, Washington etc) into a bad one, and vice versa. In other words, in case you don’t get the concept, the single event or deed that could have defined their legacy in the exact opposite way it did.
I guess I'm sorta glad JFK did manage to resolve the Cuba crisis, at least if you believe he should get the primary credit for that

4. If you were/are in the market for a new pet, how would you go about it? Shelter? Ad in the paper? Online? Pedigree purchase? Friends?
I'd try a shelter first but exercise enough caution to not end up with a pet that would relentlessly **** and piss all over my house

5. You move to a new town. Driving or walking by a house, you see the word PAEDO daubed in red on the door. What’s your reaction?
Can't say I would react strongly one way or another but admit I'd think twice before ringing their doorbell

6. If you buy something relatively cheap, either online or in a shop, and it doesn’t work as it should, do you usually send/bring it back or just shrug and say it was only a few dollars, I couldn’t be bothered?
The latter, but I've been burned by shoddy online purchases enough times by now to not buy anything unless I can be fairly sure of the item matching the description

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jwb

is this you?

Trollheart

Not skinny enough. Or ugly enough. And where's the Marillion t-shirt? It's like you don't even know who I am any more.

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jwb

I just meant do you get bullied by the neighborhood kids like that

I've never seen you pal i took you for the anonymous type

Pet_Sounds

1. Do you bite, clip or cut your fingernails?

I bite the left hand and clip the right.

2. If you see someone being pursued by the law (and assuming it’s nothing to do with you) what is your first thought/reaction?

Depends on the actions of the person being pursued. Generally I'd try to stay out of the way in case they're a threat to me.

3. Name one thing that could have turned a “good” president (historically speaking - Lincoln, JFK, Clinton, Washington etc) into a bad one, and vice versa. In other words, in case you don’t get the concept, the single event or deed that could have defined their legacy in the exact opposite way it did.

I don't really know my US history all that well, so I'll go for some low-hanging and not particularly insightful fruit. If Lincoln had allowed the South to secede and/or the North lost the Civil War we would remember him quite differently.

4. If you were/are in the market for a new pet, how would you go about it? Shelter? Ad in the paper? Online? Pedigree purchase? Friends?

Probably a shelter.

5. You move to a new town. Driving or walking by a house, you see the word PAEDO daubed in red on the door. What’s your reaction?

Keep going but be weirded out enough not to take that route again.

6. If you buy something relatively cheap, either online or in a shop, and it doesn’t work as it should, do you usually send/bring it back or just shrug and say it was only a few dollars, I couldn’t be bothered?

Usually the latter. I'd rather have the hour that I'd spend returning it than the few dollars. An exception would be if I'm going to need a new one anyway.

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Trollheart

Holy ****! Pet's back! Welcome, son! Welcome!

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Trollheart

I did, kind of, yes. I'm skinny and pale, wear glasses and surely exude that attitude of head-down-don't-make-eye-contact, and yes, I used to have a real problem with the local thugs. We had our window smashed, door kicked, all that sort of thing. Comes with the territory I guess, or did. I used literally to stay at work late so I could avoid having to go home and face running the gauntlet.

That was a long time ago though. Things have settled down now.

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