Raysrunt

@Raysrunt (72)

United States • Age 82

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If you could bring back any group................

mrpippo @mrpippo (756) • United States 19 Apr 08

if you could bring back any music group that is now split up or dead ,which one would it be and why?????????

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Raysrunt It would have to be the Beach Boys, the way they were back in the day. I loved just about every song they sang. Whenever I hear them it brings back some very good memories. They would have to sing the same type of songs, of course.

22 Apr 08

Do you question the way you raised your children?

wrongway @wrongway (277) • United States 30 Jan 08

When your children make a wrong decision, whether they are still kids or grown, do you feel you could have or should have done things differently and maybe they would not have made the choices they did? I am very happy that my...

family problems

kids

raising kids

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Raysrunt It's so hard to know how different our children would be if we had not raised them the way we did. Our children were raised on a farm, with chores to do and not many frills. I often wondered how they would turn out, but I guess I would have to say I would do...

19 Apr 08

Another day in the office

benjosh @benjosh (44) • Italy 11 Apr 08

What are the first things (let say 3 o 4 o 5) that you do when you arrive in the office? For example: 1)Turn on my Computer; 2)Reading email (job and not); 3)Reading some e-news (e.g.times, bbc etc...) 4)View my bank account...

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Raysrunt The first thing I do when I reach the office is to turn on my computer, of course. Then I go get a cup of tea while I wait for it to boot up, which can sometimes take as much as 5 or 6 minutes. I usually don't get time to read my e-mail (work only) until the...

11 Apr 08

My Great Buys

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 10 Apr 08

Well all, I love auctions and go as often as we can afford to buy things. In the past we have bought a living room set which is a love seat and sofa, we've bought a lazy boy chair in the past, cars also in the past, many old...

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Raysrunt My husband is an auction nut. When we were setting up housekeeping, we bought a bedroom set, dining room set rocking chair and mantle clock at an auction. Since then, now that my husband is retired, I guess you could say his work is attending auctions. It's...

11 Apr 08

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How many clock do you have in your house?

ciades @ciades (1623) • Philippines 25 Mar 08

Well, we have six wall clocks and two alarm clocks. So, how about you?

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Raysrunt My husband is a collector, so I couldn't tell you how many clocks we have. In this room alone, we have two grandfather clocks and three wall clocks and six other clocks. He has to have them all working. It's absolutely true, if you have one clock you always...

29 Mar 08

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what is your favorite pasta dish

mrpippo @mrpippo (756) • United States 9 Mar 08

to all the pasta eaters out there what would you say is your favorite pasta?? and what is your favorite pasta dish??? for me its rigatoni ,and vodka rigatoni is my favorite pasta dish ,how about you?????????????

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Raysrunt For my family, the favorite seems to be my Johnny Marzetti, although that name seems to be used for all kinds of recipes. Ours is pretty basic, but includes hamburger, tomato sauce, onion, elbow macaroni, Worchestershire and lots of cheese. Of course, our tuna...

29 Mar 08

If you could , where would you go ????????

mrpippo @mrpippo (756) • United States 28 Mar 08

If you could snap your fingers and go to anywhere in the world to live ,where would you go? and why??

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Raysrunt I would find myself in one of those little picturesque villages like St Mary Mead that you read about in my favorite mysteries. Of course, it would be better if it was in the 1940s. Still it would be nice to be able to tour the countryside or maybe live on a...

29 Mar 08

The Lottery.... and taking jobs from others.

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17798) • United States 27 Mar 08

If you won a huge lottery jackpot - would you go back to work? That question is always asked and we all say we wouldn't and then think those that do are stupid. Why? You got all you need? Today I saw a Yahoo news video...

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Raysrunt I agree with you that they are taking jobs from people who need it. I've always said that if I won the lottery, I would stay on my job only long enough for my employers to find someone to take my place. I would never leave them in the lurch. Some people say...

27 Mar 08

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playing the piano

Ramsey1 @Ramsey1 (5) • Philippines 3 Oct 07

Hi is there anyone there who plays the piano? I used the play the instrument myself and I'm looking forward to go back to it. My favorite composer has and has always been Johann Sebastian Bach because of the rich polyphonic music...

playing the piano

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Raysrunt I love to play the piano, although I am not great. We have always been musicians in my family and I started young, having been taught basics by my mother and grandmother. I learned to play by position, not by note. It serves me well, but I will probably never...

25 Mar 08

chocolaholic

bgerig @bgerig (1258) • United States 15 Mar 07

Ok, I admit it...I am a chocolaholic (Spelling?). I probably should start a 12-step program but instead will ask you what is your favorite chocolate dish? And what is your strangest moment eating chocolate?

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Raysrunt When I was a kid, (eons ago!) my grandmother made fudge for us. This wasn't just any fudge, but then, I might be prejudiced. LOL. Anyway, other than the usual fudge spread out on a plate and then cut into pieces, she would make a batch of popcorn, make the...

25 Mar 08

the perfect candidate

bgerig @bgerig (1258) • United States 14 Oct 07

What qualities would you like to see in the perfect US President candidate? I am so mixed up....there are many qualities I like in Hillary Clinton (she is smart, she is politically savvy, her stand on some issues), and there are...

politics

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Raysrunt You know, it is so hard deciding who to vote for in a presidential election. It is almost like flipping a coin. Can we really believe anything they say? I've begun to think that anyone in politics today has a hidden agenda and no matter how much we read about...

25 Mar 08

what would you like to learn

bgerig @bgerig (1258) • United States 25 Feb 08

If you were to go back to school now....whether that be elementary, high school, trade school, college / university, what would you like to learn that the schooling you did get did not prepare you for?

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Raysrunt This might not be what you had in mind, but I have always regretted that I didn't get to learn a musical instrument. I think I would like to have been in the band and maybe have gone on to play in a classical orchestra. Other than that, I would like to have...

25 Mar 08

Lucille Ball memories

bgerig @bgerig (1258) • United States 15 Mar 07

What are your greatest Lucy moments? from which show or movie? Do you still watch I Love Lucy? Are any of today's comedies in the same class of I Love Lucy?

i love lucy

lucille ball

tv shows

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Raysrunt My favorite of Lucy's perfomances, would have to be the movie "The Long, Long Trailer." At least I think that is its name. Lucy and Desi played newlyweds on their honeymoon in a really long trailer. I will never forget the phrase "Trailer brakes first, trailer...

25 Mar 08

new song - enjoy the humor!

bgerig @bgerig (1258) • United States 17 Mar 08

Sing this to the tune of Julie Andrews' "My Favorite Things" from 'Sound of Music': "Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting. Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings. Bundles of magazines tied up in...

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Raysrunt I was giggling so hard I could hardly sing it, but made it clear through. I had never heard those lyrics before and must have missed Julie doing it. How cute is that, and how true! As I get older, most of that becomes, if not my favorite things, at least the...

25 Mar 08

what is the best suspense movie?

Erica23 @Erica23 (31) • United States 21 Mar 08

well im so obsessed with suspense movies...my favorite of all is fracture,dragon fly, stir of echoes and the new one.sixth sense and so on. if you could give me some ideas of some more cause im starting to run out of the suspense...

entertainment

movies

suspense

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Raysrunt I would like to add a couple I enjoyed, Identity and The Others. They kept you guessing and that's a good thing where I'm concerned. I love ployt twists and surprise endings. All of Shamalans are great, too.

23 Mar 08

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Everything is So Expensive.

wondericequeen @wondericequeen (7876) • Hong Kong 21 Mar 08

What do you think? Do you notice the price changes? Do you live in a country where everything is getting ridiculously expensive within the recent 2 years? I was reading magazines during weekend and I was surprised to find that...

living standard

shopping

skin care

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Raysrunt Hold onto as much of your money as you can now, because when you get to my age and retire, it will only be worse, at least here in the states. Living on a "fixed" income is pretty hard and as you get older, your health gets worse, too and you get more medical...

22 Mar 08

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How many times have you read the same book?

Ruth Belena @paid2write (5201) 18 Mar 08

Are there any books you have read over and over, or more than once? I find when I have read the same book at different times of my life I have reacted differently. I have re-read most of Jane Austin and Thomas Hardy, the...

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Raysrunt I don't try to keep a book unless I like it well enough to reread. I have an extensive collection of mystery books by Christie, Francis, Braun and others and I reread them often. I am now reading through the Christies again. I have other books like "Thin Air"...

18 Mar 08

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chicken

hallmarkjl @hallmarkjl (500) • United States 7 Mar 08

Do you belive the chicken or the egg came first? I'm being serious people. I honestly think about this a lot. It is so amusing to me.

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Raysrunt Ok, I've had this discussion before. If you believe in the Bible, the chicken came first, because God put all the animals on the earth and Adam named them. However, if you believe in evolution, it's a little more complicated. If the chicken evolved from...

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Do you play?

bgerig @bgerig (1258) • United States 23 Apr 07

What kind of solitaire do you play? And do you play the old fashioned way with a deck of cards or do you play on the computer or other electronic means? Which way is more fun?

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Raysrunt I like solitaire and have played both with cards and on my computer. I've played about four different versions and recently found spider solitaire on my computer at work. We don't have much free time anymore, but I tried it. I'm still on one suit, and probably...

8 Mar 08

What is it that makes you like a certain writer.

wrongway @wrongway (277) • United States 13 Jan 08

I am an avid reader and I love reading books written by authors who use the same characters in every book. To me it is like getting to know the characters as if they were real people because you find out more about them as you...

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Raysrunt I understand your love of favorite characters in books. Other than my favorite Agatha Christie, of course, I have recently come to enjoy the books of Dana Stabenow. Her character, Kate Shugak, a native Alaskan, are quite good. I always love to read Dorothy...

8 Mar 08