Ask a forumer anything...

[Prophet42 1,502]

Don't really like pranks.  I'm an engineer so I don't like suprises.

 

Would you say your personality is neat and orderly or slightly chaotic.

[Dazzyls 576]

I think both of them.

 

Which language you haven't learnt or are learning yet would you like to learn?

[philforhockey51 4,211]

So many, so little time,  Need to finish learning how to write in Portuguese, need to finish the French lessons I never got through. Would like to have a better grasp of Italian, and am curious to learn Japanese but I have trouble yelling the ending at people. A friend started teaching me, his is a great story. Born in Peru to a Japanese father and Peruvian mother, he learned both Spanish and Japanese, came to the USA at 18 so learned English, married a Polish woman and learned that language as well. He can cook meals from each of the countries, yet most people will look at him and think ohh he's just a construction worker...

 

Have you ever slept in a tent? Where and why?

[Prophet42 1,502]

Yes, lots of times.  Usually camping or backpacking.

 

What is the highest mountain you have climbed?

[RipRap 4,400]

Highest mountain I climbed is a 2100 metre mountain in the Philippines.

What was the scariest animal that you have ever seen?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

The giant Japanese hornet.  Three inches of buzzing, poison-filled, black and yellow death.  They are so cool-looking, too.

 

Have you ever been stung by a bee?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

No, and I don't wanna be. <cringe>

 

You do realise that, zoologically speaking, insects are considered animals too, right?

[Dazzyls 576]

Who says they aren't?

 

Are you addicted to agar.io? 

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

I have no idea what that is.

 

Do you think professional athletes can/should be role models?  Why?

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Could they be? Yes. Should they be? Perhaps. Most of the time, are they? Not really. Being good at sports does not make you a good person worthy of emulation. And many elite athletes have been given a level of immunity for their conduct us mere mortals can never enjoy.

 

Your thoughts on parents pushing their children to become elite athletes above anything else?

[RipRap 4,400]

They need to understand the goals of the kids, not on what the parents want. I found that the hard way, and I am fixing it right now.

Do you like bubble tea?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

What is that? (My answer is also the next question, GO!!)

[Dazzyls 576]

According to Wikipedia:

 

That is function word used in the English language for several grammatical purposes.

These include:

• as a complementizer/subordinating conjunction. ("He asked that she go.")
• to introduce a restrictive relative clause ("The test that she took was hard.") In this role that may be analyzed either as a relative pronoun or as a conjunction as in the first case; see English relative clauses: That a relativizer instead of relative pronoun.
• as a demonstrative pronoun ("That was hard.") (plural: those)
• as a demonstrative adjective ("That test was hard.") (plural: those)
• as an adverb ("The test wasn't that bad.")

In the first two uses the word is usually pronounced weakly, as /ðət/, whereas in the other uses it is pronounced /ðæt/.

In the Old English language that was spelled þæt. It was also abbreviated as a letter Thorn, þ, with the ascender crossed, ꝥ (  ). In Middle English the letter Ash, æ, was replaced with the letter a, so that that was spelled þat, or sometimes þet. The ascender of the þ was reduced (making it similar to the Old English letter Wynn, ƿ), which necessitated writing a small t above the letter to abbreviate the word that (  ). In later Middle English and Early Modern English the þ evolved into a y shape, so that the word was spelled yat (although the spelling with a th replacing the þ was starting to become more popular) and the abbreviation for that was a y with a small t above it (  ). This abbreviation can still be seen in reprints of the 1611 edition of the King James Version of the Bible in places such as 2 Corinthians 13:7.

That is often omitted when used to introduce a subordinate clause—"He told me that it is a good read." could just as easily be "He told me it is a good read." Historically, "that" usually followed a comma: "He told me, that it is a good read." Middle Modern English grammarian Joseph Robertson recommended in On Punctuation that a comma be used with a conjunction. However, if the subordinate, conjunctional ellipse, null complement, or syntactic pleonasm of "that" is punctuated with a comma, then, in the English grammar, stylistically speaking, it is a comma splice, especially in formal writing. Instead, a semicolon should be used to be grammatically correct: He told me; it is a good read. In grammar, the usage of "that" constitutes a that-clause while its absence constitutes a bare clause.

 

Do you use Soundcloud?

[philforhockey51 4,211]

No I don't

 

Which is your favorite MMP?

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

MMP14 sounds interesting 

 

What was the Wiki page you have viewed most recently and why 

[timmie 988]

Haha. Busted! The Wikipedia page 'Ankle'. Because I was looking for a word beginning with 'Ank' for the Word Chain-thread on this website

 

How tall are you?

[jmsepe 2,039]

5'10'', I believe or an inch or two shorter than that. I did not even reach 6 ft. 

 

What is your favorite dish for breakfast?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

I don't have a particular favourite. I'll say pancakes. And bacon.

 

Pancakes or waffles?

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Err, waffles maybe.

 

Chocolate? Favourite flavor?

[Terring 6,473]

Chocolate with hazelnuts.

 

What's your favorite Internet browser?

[piercing_arrow 76]

Firefox, because Chrome doesn't exactly work on my computer and Internet Explorer is awfully slow in comparison.

Do you like the new forum look?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

I find that to be a "wait and see" matter, as well as an "I wonder how many bugs can be found and squashed within a decent amount of time" and "I'm gonna need to acclimate to the new layout" matter. Other than that, I can't say for sure.

Square peg through a circle hole?

[timmie 988]

I'm not sure if that's a proper question.

Blur or Oasis?

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Wrong game? Anyway, Oasis...

How do you like the new ST

[RipRap 4,400]

It looks nice and easy to navigate it. Howeer, it is too early to tell. I don't even know if my journal survived the upgrade

What do you think of sports?

[philforhockey51 4,211]

This reply could be long I have many different thoughts of sports in general and specific sports, and they are just starting up the site so I'll say, I love hockey.

In general Sports are a great thing for humans.

How many times did you check on the site before it was back up?

 

[Prophet42 1,502]

Probably about 5.  I was away in Mexico for most of the time, so it would have been more if I had been home.

 

Have you ever been to Mexico?

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

Nah, not really

Have you ever been to Asia (if not from Asia)

[RipRap 4,400]

I'm from Asia

Have you tried oil painting? Did you like the end result?

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

I have, during an art lesson in fourth grade. It was a giant stick figure with a machine gun fighting of hoards of tiny enemy tanks. I was very pleased indeed. 

Raw American Muscle, top-of-the-line European Engineering, or a Plastic Rocket from Japan?