Suzy Shipman

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Friday’s Feast 190

Appetizer

When someone smiles at you, do you smile back?

Yes always

Soup

Describe the flooring in your home. Do you have carpet, hardwood, vinyl, a mix?

We have mainly carpet, with a bit of vinyl. I would love to have beautiful wooden floors if I could.

Salad

Write a sentence with only 5 words, but all of the words have to start with the first letter of your first name.

Suzy sings silly songs seriously.

Main Course

Do you know anyone whose life has been touched by adoption?

No I don’t know anyone personally who has adopted children or is adopted. Unless of course you include adoption of primates or pets! My sister has adopted a gibbon at Monkey World and I have adopted a chimp called Susie Our kitten Bobby was adopted as he was found in a diesel engine at the Corris Railway!

Dessert

Name 2 blue things.

My eyes, and my daughter’s eyes

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Thursday Thirteen - Gross

The theme for this week’s Thursday Thirteen is Gross - that’s because it’s T13#144 and 144 is apparently a gross. I didn’t know that!

Gross seems to have many meanings so my Thursday Thirteen is the many meanings of gross!

Twelve dozen (i.e. 144)
“The amount before any deductions” e.g. gross income as opposed to net income which is the amount you actually end up with!
“Megascopic” - which means visible to the naked eye and is used mainly in reference to rocks and anatomical features. I guess this is the opposite of microscopic.
“Lacking fine distinctions or detail” - so maybe you could take this to mean “a bit vague”?
“Repellently fat” - hmm not very nice that one
“Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible” e.g gross ineptitude, gross injustice, gross negligence
“Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent” - e.g. gross-out TV shows
A television show aired on childrens channel Discovery Channel (apparently … but I can’t find any info about it - there is however a programme on there called “Grossology“)
In Golf: “the actual number of strokes a player has taken before his handicap is deducted”
“The weight of the goods including packing, wrappers, or containers, both internal and external. The total weight as shipped.” - I remember seeing this use of gross when my Dad used to work for a haulage company years ago.
A slang term meaning “disgusting” or “grotesque”
A village in Nebraska - apparently a very tiny village - only 5 people lived there in 2000 according to the census - see info in wikipedia
I can’t find a thirteenth definition!!!

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Catty Ceasefire

Our cats fight … most of the time … but tonight for once, they actually chilled in a chair together! Admittedly I did put Bobby there myself, but he stayed there and they didn’t start attacking eachother but just snoozed Definitely an occasion to get the camera out!

Friday’s Feast 189

It’s been a while! I haven’t done one of these for quite some time, but I feel like giving it a go today …

Appetizer

What was your favorite cartoon when you were a child?

I used to love Ivor the Engine. Any non-UK readers won’t have a clue what I am on about! Ivor the Engine was a little Welsh steam engine who loved to sing in the choir

Soup

Pretend you are about to get a new pet. Which animal would you pick, and what would you name it?

Hmm … well I do love my cats, so I might have a really cute fluffy ginger kitten and call it Amber. But on the other hand if this is a flight of fancy and it could be any mad idea, I would have an African Grey Parrot and teach it to talk and solve problems and stuff! I don’t know what I’d call it - maybe I’d teach it to tell me what it wants to be called!

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how much do you enjoy getting all dressed up for a special occasion?

Well it depends on my mood, the time of the month, how tired I am etc etc, but as a general rule, if I have something lovely to wear then I love getting dressed up! So on a good day I’d say 8 out of 10. But quite often I find myself trying on 10 different outfits and thinking I look rubbish in all of them … and my make up goes funny (I only wear it when going out so I’m not very good at putting it on!!) … so on those occasions I’d put it nearer a 4 out of 10!!

Main Course

What kind of music do you listen to while you drive?

Mostly I listen to the radio - BBC Radio 2 is my station of choice. If I’m driving through the mountains and lose the radio signal or there’s too much boring talking on the radio I’ll flick to a CD. Ones in my car at the moment are by Take That, Third Day & Jars of Clay I think, as well as a Pop Junior CD the kids like!

Dessert

When was the last time you bought a clock? And in which room did you put it?

It was not long ago actually - I was shopping with my Mum & Dad in Aldi while visiting them over Easter, and there were little alarm clocks which looked kind of cool, and I bought one. As it was an alarm clock, it was to go in my bedroom! It plays a little tune to wake you up - it’s rather annoying, so it does the trick!

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