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[shamycooler]

Since it's so slow around here, i thought I'd post some fun questions, just to (hopefully) get the board moving a little. 

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? 

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? 

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? 

4. What is the last thing you googled? 

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

[bearfootzcontinued]

Feb 6, 2024 11:36:33 GMT -6 shamycooler said:

Since it's so slow around here, i thought I'd post some fun questions, just to (hopefully) get the board moving a little. 

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? 

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? 

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? 

4. What is the last thing you googled? 

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

1. Throat clearing, smacking while chewing
2. Chicken Dance
3. I don't know, maybe - but I think even being soulmates takes work sometimes
4. Excel functions to compare two columns when date formatting is off because why do I not know this yet???
5. Make healthier choices, save more money, hug your siblings
6. If I can't cheer for the Packers then I'm cheering for Taylor's boyfriend.  

[shamycooler]

Feb 6, 2024 11:36:33 GMT -6 shamycooler said:

Since it's so slow around here, i thought I'd post some fun questions, just to (hopefully) get the board moving a little. 

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? 

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? 

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? 

4. What is the last thing you googled? 

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? it's probably tied between two: H scrapping his teeth on his silverware as he eats (i want to murder him) and lateness (which is a huge issue with DD and her ADHD). 


2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? The Devil Went Down to Georgia. My whole family has always done a big to do with this song and played our air fiddles. 


3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? Hmmm...not for me, but i think it's possible for others. I know my parents fell in love at first sight and have been happily married for 52 years and are each others' soul mates. I don't feel like it's something i'm too realistic and cynical for. 


4. What is the last thing you googled? Based on the Grammy thread, it's boygenius. I thought it was a singular genius male. i realize i was wrong lol. 


5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them? 10 years ago was very shortly after my separation and divorce. i was in a pretty dark place emotionally, drinking heavily. I would tell her "things will be better than you ever thought possible. you and DD will have an amazing H and dad figure, and life is happy again."


And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ? Bang, Bang NINER GANG!!!!! 

[bobyn]

shamycooler, I hope you'll give boygenius a listen. I love them!

[agm04]

1. Chewing noises/smacking. I cannot.

2. Oh so many. Get Low? I went to a 90s/2000s dance party recently and it was the most fun I've had in years.

3. No. I think there are people it's easier to make it work with, but you still have to decide to choose your partner over and over, and I think it's always work.

4. a specific art camp in Houston.

5. Everything is a phase. The highest highs and the lowest lows will all pass.

6. One of many diehard Swifties rooting for the Chiefs.

[wasabi]

1. Do you have any pet peeves?
Slow drivers in the left lane forever and ever amen.

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor?
There’s not a song on this earth that could get me to dance these days lol

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates?
Not really either one.

4. What is the last thing you googled?
I googled what’s the difference between twin flame and soulmate 😅


5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?
Buy bitcoin. Lol. On a more serious note, I’d give myself a few tips on what not to do as DD got a little older.


And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!)?

[leahcar]

1. Slurping (like when eating soup). Sniffling. Allergy season breaks me.

2. 90s and early 00s stuff in general. I always will dance for old school Britney or Luda.

3. I believe in lust at first sight, but not love. Undecided on soulmates.

4. HTML codes for font sizes and colors

5. Spend more time with your mother. Have a hysterectomy instead of a tubal. Go to therapy!

6. I guess the Chiefs because I'm enjoying the right wing meltdown over T.S. I'm basically in for the snacks and the commercials.

[trueblue]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they?
Currently windows/microsoft’s/my employers shitty dictation feature in Word. I am tired of typing and I WAH so the only ones I bother are the dogs.

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor?
Toss up between our wedding song (at last/etta james) or the chicken dance. It’s ridiculous and embarrassing but I own it.

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates?
Love at first sight: yes (but also that staying in love is a conscious decision almost every day); soul mates: also yes, across both romantic and platonic relationships.

4. What is the last thing you googled?
Beagle ear anatomy so I could make sure I am getting the medicine where it needs to be (ear canal) and not just in all the outer ear nooks and crannies.

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?
That multi state move H is pushing for, that you are so anxious and torn up about, will be one of the best things you do for your family and your relationship. Also, even though it will be hard financially after the move, set aside travel funds and the PTO to go back home for the weddings you didn’t think you could manage. A decade later you still regret not going.


And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

I am firmly team Super Bowl snacks/commercials so the actual game part is not important to me.

[sweptaway]

1. When people ask dumb questions on Facebook that they could easily find the answer to themselves without waiting for someone to tell them. (Example: is today a half day? Is this restaurant open today? When is the next xyz meeting?)
2. My wedding song- At Last
3. Nah
4. How to change my default font in outlook
5. Don't buy a house. (or, don't buy THAT house).
6. I literally could not care less.

[newspapers]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they?
Lately, when people make assumptions about something on buy nothing and then don't want the item after they've arranged a pickup because it's THEN that they ask questions!

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? Really no song.

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? Nope.

4. What is the last thing you googled? stuff about standardized tests

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them? get medicated NOW.

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ? I don't football.

[Rusty Red]

Feb 6, 2024 11:36:33 GMT -6 shamycooler said:

Since it's so slow around here, i thought I'd post some fun questions, just to (hopefully) get the board moving a little. 

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? 

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? 

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? 

4. What is the last thing you googled? 

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

1. More of a misophonia thing, but coughing drives me up the wall, even my own. True pet peeves, setting a meeting with me and then being late is a huge one.
2. Cha Cha Slide. Still love it.
3. Ehhhhhhhh. Not sure about love at first sight but I don't think there is a determined amount of time. I do think there are people in this world we are more drawn to.
4. Best love songs
5. Don't worry so much about screwing up here and there, you'll learn a lot from it.
6. I don't follow sports but love hearing the morning battles on the radio.

[jaygee]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they?

Lots but my biggest is around people who operate like there are no other people in the world. Specifically the people who push to get on to elevators, buses, trains, etc when people haven’t gotten off yet. Also the people who line up too early for boarding a plane.

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor?

Return of the Mack, welcome to Atlanta, any hit by Tupac

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates?

No to love at first sight.
Yes to soulmates but I don’t think there is only one. I think people can have multiple soulmates.

4. What is the last thing you googled?

I went on a deep dive about Las Vegas hotels and casinos when I couldn’t sleep last night. So lots of stuff about that.

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?

Ugh. I don’t know. Just be in the moment and do as much as you can with people you love because none of this lasts.

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

Do it for the bay! Bang bang.

I truly don’t care because I’m not a fan but I want my people to be happy. I still remember being at a Super Bowl party in 2013 when DS was 1 month old and the niners lost and everyone was so depressed. So I’d like to not repeat that.

[pearbear]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? So many. One of my biggest is incessant throat clearing. I also hate loud chewing and people always being late. Oh! I also have a very hard time with extreme pessimism or constant negativity.

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? Pretty much anything with a good beat. I love both music and dancing.

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? No and No

4. What is the last thing you googled? NJ tubes (not because I need one, it was in a book I’m reading)

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them? Use more sunscreen and start taking that SSRI now because it will change your life!

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ? I’m rooting for Tay-Tay’s boyfriend all the way 😉

[AmyG]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? hmmm...right now it's dh trying to learn morse code and there's too much noise but overall it's dh with the tv on the radio on and some other noise all at the same time. pushes all my buttons and makes my brain angry.

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? I used to like to dance, and it didn't matter the song. Now it's more just 1 slow dance for short time. so now not really dancing.

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? I believe that sometimes you are in the right place at the right time and find someone you just click with super well. Dh and I it was pretty much love at first sight. But it's taken lots of work to maintain that for um, 38 years together 36 years married.
Youngest son and his gf seems so much soulmates how they fit together.
but finding a soulmate is not really something you can search for.

4. What is the last thing you googled? asteroid as big as 8 taylor swifts lol

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?
10 years ago me? I'd advise oldest to search out more than one university to go to. I'd advise youngest to take more physics in community college so he'd be a whole year closer to his phd. I'd advise dh to go to the dr to have his heart looked at more closely to avoid a heart attack. I'd advise myself to find a new primary doc instead of waiting for an emergency--but I did find the best doc in the emergency and he's just moved here so maybe not.
call and talk to my sister more often.

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?
super bowl food without the super bowl?!

[angelashly]

Feb 6, 2024 11:36:33 GMT -6 shamycooler said:

Since it's so slow around here, i thought I'd post some fun questions, just to (hopefully) get the board moving a little. 

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? 

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? 

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? 

4. What is the last thing you googled? 

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

1. So many I’ll have to think
2. I want to dance with somebody if I have to pick one
3. Not really love at first site but I do believe there are soulmates but not just for spouses I think your friend could be your soulmate
4. What to serve with chili lime chicken
5. Take every opportunity to learn the skills you want and how to apply them to a career so you can be successful and happy career wise instead of just comfortable

Neither! I’m rooting for Usher

[shamycooler]

We need some more Niner fans around here! lol

[sudsy]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? Everything that people do these days.

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? Tequila. No specific song, just lots of tequila.

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? Men suck.

4. What is the last thing you googled? Current treatment options for dogs with cutaneous lymphoma.

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them? RUN

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ? Team food. My team is never getting to the Super Bowl.

[lucilleaustero]

Feb 6, 2024 11:36:33 GMT -6 shamycooler said:

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they?

People that talk with their hands a lot.

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? 

Honestly, so many. I love dancing and will dance to just about anything, but 90s hip hop will make me run to the dance floor.

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? 

No and no

4. What is the last thing you googled?

One of the contestants from Traitors UK

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?

Dont start cross stitching, you are going to get bad nerve damage from it.

6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

I dont care. I truly dont care. If I had to pick one it woukd be SF just cause I have been there a few times and like the city

[cnf]

1. When my students get as close to my face as humanly possible to tell me when they're sick. Take all the steps back then go to the nurse!

2. Electric slide!

3. Love at first sight, not really. Not true love at least. Soul mates, maybe? Some couples just exude that undying love for each other from day one until the end and it's lovely but definitely not true for all (most?) Couples. I like romantic ideals, but I do believe love is something that is built.

4. Nikki Glazer tickets! I bought some for H and I for Valentine's Day.

5. I'd rather go back 20 years and tell myself to stop being a fucking ho bag.

NINERS!

[fb]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they?
People who cruise in the passing lane (looking at you, Maryland drivers)
Lateness, especially when seen as a cute personality trait.
Couples who post at each other on social media constantly.

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor?
Disturbing

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates?
No to love at first sight. Yes to soul mates - moreso regarding friendships.

4. What is the last thing you googled?
Lisk sister murders.

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them? Stop sweating the small stuff. Quit drinking (almost a year sober!!!) and take the leap to have weight loss surgery (currently recovering from skin removal surgery after 120lb weight loss). I’m the happiest I’ve ever been now.


And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) I just hope both teams have fun.

[toebeans]

Feb 6, 2024 11:36:33 GMT -6 shamycooler said:

Since it's so slow around here, i thought I'd post some fun questions, just to (hopefully) get the board moving a little. 

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? 

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? 

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? 

4. What is the last thing you googled? 

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

1.) so many pet peeves but my top two right now are loud/open mouth chewing and people who won’t put their headlights on at dawn/dusk or during inclement weather
2.)Love Shack
3.) No and No
4.) normal range of motion for the finger and thumb joints
5.) Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing, follow your own path
6.) Niners. I’m tired of the chiefs (lol because as a new englander, I now get the Pats hate for all those years) but I really thought it was going to be the Lions year and I’m bummed. I’ve been low key rooting for them for quite a while now.

[laurie]

1. Pet Peeve: Ice breakers at meetings/conferences

2. Song: Danza Kuduro

3. Love at first sight? No. Soul mates? No, but I believe in soul ties.

4. Last Google search: Protein rich foods to feed chickens.

5. Advice: It’s not that serious

6. Neither, I don’t football

[Yogurt]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they?
People asking for things they could do/get themselves. Like in that episode of Curb your enthusiasm where the mom(?) is like "Somebody get a sponge!" And he is like "You! You get a sponge!"

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor?
90s poppy punk like Fat Wreck Chords stuff

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates?
No, no.
I mean sometimes someone is hot and then it works out in other ways too, but that initial feeling wasn't "love", in my opinion

4. What is the last thing you googled?
An old scandal about a teacher at the high school I work at

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?
But the house now. Save money.

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?
No curr. I guess niners because I live in California

[cabbagecabbage]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? I have so many pet peeves. I hate when people don’t use their turn signals. I hate the word gifted as a verb.  

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? I like to dance so it doesn’t take much.  My college friends and I had a joke about Rusted Root and I can’t not dance to Send Me On My Way.

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? Not real love but lust, sure, I believe that I knew my husband was my person on our first date which sounds like I’m negating myself but I’m not. I believed and still do that I fell for his character and values and our mutual synchronicity (after finding him hot and wanting to go out with him) and that we weren’t destined to be but we clicked and it was a good fit. I believe we decided to become each other’s partners and grew into soulmates by choice.

4. What is the last thing you googled? I was googling the band Placebo because my sister and I were discussing a show we saw 25 years ago and trying to remember the venue (the Metro in Chicago) and the headliner (still no clue)

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them? You will figure out a career. It’s okay. Don’t freak out.

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ? I just hope both teams have fun

[mathrun]

1. People that come to me to ask a question they know I can’t answer and then want me to go talk to the person who knows the answer and get back to them. No sir, I am not paid to be your go between so that you don’t have to talk to people.

2. No song could cause that.
3. Not really. Lust that grows to love. Sure.
4. How the constitution changes informally. (My kiddo is taking AP Government and I was trying to help him answer a homework question.)
5. It’s OK to fail. Be patient with yourself. You do not have to be everything to everybody. Figure out the one or two things you want to be at home, work, etc. and focus on that.
6. Go Taylor.

[roselab]

1. It drives me nuts when people answer questions online (on fb, on here, on Amazon answers) with something that is not at all helpful. I recently asked on Amazon if a brand of yarn is similar in thickness/weight to a specific brand of yarn that dd started a project with from Michaels, but couldn't find a color she needed. I've already gotten 10 (ten!) responses of 'I've never used the Amazon brand, so I can't help.' I'm sure it's mostly older women responding who got the 'someone asked a question about a product you ordered' email from Amazon and they don't realize they don't HAVE to answer, but it's still infuriating to get a response and have it be that.

2. None. Some PEOPLE, i.e. my college roommates, might get me on the dance floor to any song, but mostly I don't dance, even at weddings. Dh has accepted this about me, which I am grateful for.

3. I believe in attraction at 1st sight that could grow into love. I don't believe in soulmates at all.

4. I googled which day of the week new episodes of True Detective come out. Before now I had been behind and they were all there, but I finished an episode and there were no more, and I wanted to know how long I had to wait for the next one (it's Sunday FYI, except for the Superbowl weekend when it will be Friday).

5. I have plenty of advice for me of 20+ years ago, mainly about my major and my career path, but not so much anything for me of 10 years ago.

6. Don't care...will watch for the commercials and play online during the game. I'm not even excited for the halftime show this year.

[newspapers]

Feb 6, 2024 13:45:57 GMT -6 trueblue said:

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they?
Currently windows/microsoft’s/my employers shitty dictation feature in Word. I am tired of typing and I WAH so the only ones I bother are the dogs.

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor?
Toss up between our wedding song (at last/etta james) or the chicken dance. It’s ridiculous and embarrassing but I own it.

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates?
Love at first sight: yes (but also that staying in love is a conscious decision almost every day); soul mates: also yes, across both romantic and platonic relationships.

4. What is the last thing you googled?
Beagle ear anatomy so I could make sure I am getting the medicine where it needs to be (ear canal) and not just in all the outer ear nooks and crannies.

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?
That multi state move H is pushing for, that you are so anxious and torn up about, will be one of the best things you do for your family and your relationship. Also, even though it will be hard financially after the move, set aside travel funds and the PTO to go back home for the weddings you didn’t think you could manage. A decade later you still regret not going.


And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

I am firmly team Super Bowl snacks/commercials so the actual game part is not important to me.

This is the only part of the whole enterprise I am into. Well, and the Puppy Bowl.

[kittyriot]

1) I hate when my family leaves all the lights on in the house. We have a big front window and the other day I woke up at 1 am and found the whole house lit up because H fell asleep playing video games in the basement.

2) Dancing? Love it. But it’s gotta have a good beat. So the first that gets me on the dance floor is 90’s hip hop.

3) Lust at first sight, yes absolutely. But no love at first sight. I think love is an action - something you work at, and do, and deepen over time.

4) Last thing I googled? The name of Lewis Hamilton’s dog (which I should have known)..,it’s Roscoe and I’ve heard it a million times watching races but couldn’t remember.

5) I was right around post partum hell. I would have told myself, get yourself checked out ASAP. You don’t have to feel this way. And hopefully I could be on a better path with my anxiety earlier.

6) Absolutely do not care one iota about football. I live in and around Detroit so sooooooo many Lion’s fans in my area. Still don’t care!

[sewf]

Feb 6, 2024 11:36:33 GMT -6 shamycooler said:

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1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? 

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? 

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? 

4. What is the last thing you googled? 

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them?

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ?

1) Getting cut off when I am talking. I have had to train DS out of this. He just gets so excited by what is going on in his head and then he will have to talk to H about Pokemon RIGHT THIS SECOND!

2) Not really a dancer. I like Irish dance music, but that’s a lot of jumping. I have zero rhythm, so the Irish music doesn’t really demand that from me.

3) I believe in like at first sight. I feel like love has to develop and grow. I feel like soul mates can happen, but usually it’s friendship and common ground that keeps people together. I also feel like there can be many soul mates, even at the same time. Best friends, parents, siblings, significant others. It’s just a depth of a bond.

4) Probably a menu. I like to plan my meals in advance if we go out.

5) Trust the signs, keep your eyes open, communicate.

6) CHIEFS! I get the hate. I hated the Pats for a LONG time, but damn this feels nice after so many bad years. I lived through the 2-14 seasons, this is nice. I was kind of rooting for the Lions when they were in it. I completely understand the need for a comeback.

[MelanieCarmichael]

1. Do you have any pet peeves? If so, what are they? People who try to talk to me when I'm on the phone or when they are on the phone, people who can't put their phones down at dinner, 

2. What song will always get you out onto the dance floor? Pretty much anything as I love to dance 

3. Do you believe in love at first sight? What about soulmates? Lust maybe but not love. I'm not sold on soulmates either although MH and I were in the same restaurant roughly 7 years before we met (he was traveling for work and I was still in highschool LOL) so hmmm...

4. What is the last thing you googled? Things to do in Door County, WI. That's where we're going for our summer vacation. 

5. What advice would you give 10 years ago you, if you could talk to them? Stop caring so much what other people think and appreciate your body more.

And finally...6. Chiefs or NINERS (!!!!) ? Can the Lions be subbed in for one of them? Otherwise, Team Usher.