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sereneHome sick (dizzy); doing this and some of my second-job stuff, and almost wishing I were at work making some easy money. Ah, well.
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firecat, kightp and others:
Age: 37
Where did you grow up (ages 5-15): All over (Navy brat), but much of my young childhood was spent in New England and Philadelphia, and my later childhood in California.
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Stream or creek
2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
cart or shopping cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
frying pan or skillet
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
couch when I was a child. sofa now.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
gutter or rainspout
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
porch or patio now. in my childhood, we sat on the stoop
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
grinder or hoagie when I was a child. sub sandwich now, because californians don't know what a grinder is.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
swimsuit
12. Shoes worn for sports?
tennis shoes or sneakers (the latter when I was a child)
13. Putting a room in order?
straightening
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
lightning bug when I was a child; firefly now
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
potato bug or roly-poly
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
teeter-totter when I was a child; see-saw now
17. How do you eat your pizza?
With my hands, point-first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
yard sale or garage sale
19. What's the evening meal?
dinner or supper
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
basement (when I lived in upstate new york, it was the cellar, but they kept potatoes and stuff there, and that felt more cellarish)
Extras:
An unusually heavy rain which does not last long.
Rain?
A window covering on rollers that pulls down.
shade
A new, limited access, multi-lane road.
freeway or highway
Heavy garments worn for work.
overalls
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firecat, kightp and others:Age: 37
Where did you grow up (ages 5-15): All over (Navy brat), but much of my young childhood was spent in New England and Philadelphia, and my later childhood in California.
WHAT DO YOU CALL:
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Stream or creek
2. The thing you push around the grocery store?
cart or shopping cart
3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Lunchbox
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
frying pan or skillet
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
couch when I was a child. sofa now.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
gutter or rainspout
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
porch or patio now. in my childhood, we sat on the stoop
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
soda
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
grinder or hoagie when I was a child. sub sandwich now, because californians don't know what a grinder is.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
swimsuit
12. Shoes worn for sports?
tennis shoes or sneakers (the latter when I was a child)
13. Putting a room in order?
straightening
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
lightning bug when I was a child; firefly now
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
potato bug or roly-poly
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
teeter-totter when I was a child; see-saw now
17. How do you eat your pizza?
With my hands, point-first.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
yard sale or garage sale
19. What's the evening meal?
dinner or supper
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
basement (when I lived in upstate new york, it was the cellar, but they kept potatoes and stuff there, and that felt more cellarish)
Extras:
An unusually heavy rain which does not last long.
Rain?
A window covering on rollers that pulls down.
shade
A new, limited access, multi-lane road.
freeway or highway
Heavy garments worn for work.
overalls