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    • CommentAuthorbriegull*
    • CommentTimeJan 16th 2009
     
    Which I filled in for myself; you might want to do the same here.

    Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular
    order. The directions are at the end.

    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. librarian in Houston
    2. Secretary
    3. Webmaster
    4. Editor

    2. Movies I've watched more than once:
    1. Wizard of Oz

    2. Best in Show

    3. Gone with the Wind

    4. anything with Jimmy Stewart

    Four places I have lived:
    1. Houston, TX

    2. Berkeley CA

    3. Claremont, CA

    4. Barrington, RI

    People who have emailed me:

    1. Monhegan people
    2. Family
    3. Brown people
    4. People I’ve met travelling


    Four favorite foods:
    1. Lobster

    2. chocolate

    3. wine & sherry (isn’t that food?)

    4. sourdough bread

    Four friends I think will respond
    1. the Kabal
    2. Uncle Paul & Joanie

    3. Margot

    4. Nina

    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:


    1. Watching the Inauguration !

    2 Going to Monhegan

    3. Going to Monhegan

    4. Time ALONE


    Shows that I watch:

    1. Local news

    2. Masterpiece (sometimes))

    3. Washington Week

    4. Rachel Maddow



    RETURN DIRECTIONS:
    Now, here's what you're supposed to do....and please do not spoil the fun. Hit reply, delete my answers and type in your answers. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little known facts about those who know you. Remember to send it back to the person who sent it to you.
    • CommentAuthorCharlotte
    • CommentTimeJan 16th 2009
     
    Which I filled in for myself; you might want to do the same here.

    Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular
    order. The directions are at the end.

    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. Bookkeeper
    2. Built 4 cylinder outboard motors
    3. Motel Desk Clerk
    4. Co-owned print shop

    2. Movies I've watched more than once:

    1. Westerns with John Wayne,Kirk Douglas,Jimmy Stewart,Alan Ladd, etc.

    2. Sound of Music

    3. Cheaper By the Dozen - original and remake

    4. Westerns

    Four places I have lived:

    1. Sherwood, OR

    2. Londonderry, NH

    3. Seattle, WA

    4. Omak, WA

    People who have emailed me:

    1. Judy
    2. Family
    3. Friends met while RVing
    4. Liz


    Four favorite foods:
    1. Chocolate

    2. Tacos/Mexican

    3. Costco's multi grain bread

    4. Oatmeal Bars

    Four friends I think will respond - omit since posting here only


    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:


    1. Sunshine

    2 A job

    3. Traveling

    4. Time ALONE


    Shows that I watch:

    1. CSI - original, Miami, NCIS

    2. Monk

    3. House

    4. Little House on the Prairie
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    Which I filled in for myself; you might want to do the same here.

    Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular
    order. The directions are at the end.

    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. co-own fast-food rest.
    2. co-own Insurance Agency
    3. co-own Tire Store
    4. co-own True Value Store

    Movies I have watched more than once:
    1. Sound of Music
    2. The Promise (Danielle Steele)

    Four places I have lived:

    1. Palestine, WV
    2. McArthur, Ohio
    3. Huntington, WV
    4. Mineral Wells, WV

    Four favorite foods:
    1. Filet Mignon
    2. Lobster
    3. Mc Vanilla Iced Coffee
    4. Fried chicken

    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:

    1. Spring
    2 DH not getting worse
    3. Losing weight
    4. The economy improving

    Shows that I watch:

    1. The Andy Griffin Show
    2. The Cosby Show
    3. The Ophra Show
    4. Ellen
    • CommentAuthorJanet
    • CommentTimeJan 16th 2009
     
    Which I filled in for myself; you might want to do the same here.

    Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular
    order. The directions are at the end.

    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. waitress
    2. junior high/senior high math teacher
    3. mathematics lecturer
    4. mathematics education professor

    Movies I have watched more than once:
    1. Sound of Music
    2. Sleepless in Seattle
    3. Gone with the Wind
    4. Young at Heart (wonderful, if you haven't seen it)

    Four places I have lived:

    1. Illinois - Decatur (1944 - 1967), Bloomington (2001 - present)
    2. Indiana - Bloomington (1967 -1971), West Lafayette (1996 - 2001)
    3. Missouri - Warrensburg (1971 - 1973)
    4. Wisconsin - Platteville (1973 -1996)

    Four favorite foods:
    1. Filet Mignon
    2. Pizza
    3. my homemade vegetable beef soup
    4. cheesecake


    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:

    1. trip to Costa Rica - January, 26th - February, 7th (soon!)
    2. trip to DC to see older son and daughter-in-law
    3. sister getting better
    4. husband staying the same


    Shows that I watch:

    1. CNN news shows
    2. PBS on Friday night
    3. Masterpiece Theater (sometimes)
    4. Daily Show
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      CommentAuthordeb112958
    • CommentTimeJan 16th 2009
     
    Which I filled in for myself; you might want to do the same here.

    Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular
    order. The directions are at the end.

    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. HR administrative assistant
    2. executive secretary
    3. mailroom clerk
    4. waitress

    Movies I have watched more than once:
    1. Sound of Music
    2. The Bishop's Wife
    3. Any Harry Potter Movie
    4. Practical Magic

    Four places I have lived:

    1. Bridgeview, IL
    2. Justice, IL
    3. Lyons, IL
    4. Chicago, IL

    Four favorite foods:
    1. Chinese Food
    2. Pizza
    3. Shrimp
    4. Cream of Potato Soup


    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:

    1. My son's college graduation
    2. husband staying the same
    3. Summer
    4. possibly a trip to Arizona to visit friends


    Shows that I watch:

    1. NCIS
    2. Monk
    3. Psych
    4. The Closer
    • CommentAuthorSusanB
    • CommentTimeJan 16th 2009
     
    Which I filled in for myself; you might want to do the same here.

    Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular
    order. The directions are at the end.

    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1.pharmacy salesperson
    2. school social worker
    3. clinic social worker
    4. camp counselor

    2. Movies I've watched more than once:
    1. The Man Who Would be King
    2. Guys and Dolls
    3. Harry Potter movies
    4. Wall-E :-)

    Four places I have lived:
    1. Long Island, New York
    2. Buffalo New York
    3. Brooklyn, New York
    4. Long Island, New York

    People who have emailed me:

    1.Family
    2. Iris
    3.Rabbi
    4.Co-Workers

    Four favorite foods:
    1.Lasagna
    2. Milk Chocolate
    3. Greek Yogurt
    4.Pretzels

    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:


    1. Moving

    2. The New President

    3. Having positve results from the Elan study for DH

    4. Time with friends, old and new!


    Shows that I watch:

    1. Numbers

    2.Rachel Maddow

    3. re-runs of Gilmore Girls

    4. NCIS
    • CommentAuthorRk
    • CommentTimeJan 16th 2009
     
    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. A radio station (just out of high school)
    2. Hairstylist
    3. Educational Consultant (for Hair Care Manufacture)
    4. Resort Owner

    2. Movies I've watched more than once:
    1. Wizard of Oz
    2. Grease
    3. Son in-law (too funny)
    4. Anything Shirley Temple

    Four places I have lived:
    1. Ojai, CA
    2. Denver CO
    3.Glenwood Springs CO
    4. West Glacier Mt

    Four favorite foods:
    1. Lobster
    2. Mexican (any)
    3. Baked Potato Soup
    4. A nice thick New York Steak, Oh geezzzzzzzzzz what am I thinking, I LOVE almost any food!

    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
    1. Picking up the new truck I bought tonight, tomorrow
    2 A girl friend trip which is just being planned.
    3. Rv trip to Texas
    4. God granting me patience

    Shows that I watch:

    1.NCIS
    2. American Idol
    3. CSI
    4. and most anything on HGTV
    • CommentAuthordivvi*
    • CommentTimeJan 16th 2009
     
    4Jobs-
    secretary
    CEO/owner major cosmetics corp
    Elementary teacher ESL
    CEO/owner property/investments corp.

    4movies
    Last of the Mohicans..DanieldayLewis-drool..:)
    Pride & Prejudice//All of Jane Austen
    movies
    Gone with the Wind
    Titanic

    4places lived
    houston tx
    Central America
    Central Tx

    4 email persons
    brother
    sister
    Lucy/international friend
    ex daughter in law

    4foods
    texmex cheese enchiladas
    diet coke w/cheetos :)
    bluebelle homeade vanilla
    shrimp etoufee

    4things looking forward
    DH stabilized with myoclonous jerking
    respite- vacation at some point w/grandaughters
    getting back into shape
    sons new medical practice doing well

    4 shows
    TCM
    Masterpiece theater
    Fox news
    Dancing with the Stars


    i couldnt find a reply button!!
    Divvi
    • CommentAuthorbriegull*
    • CommentTimeJan 17th 2009
     
    you done great, Divvi - I think you can't cut and paste, right?

    HOW could I have forgotten MEXICAN food! I call it my soul food.
    • CommentAuthordivvi*
    • CommentTimeJan 17th 2009 edited
     
    right BG. cant cut and paste on this darn thing but i make do..yes, how couldyou forget mex food?? i would go into seizures myself without my constant doses:) ask my midriff..its been profiting lately from the 'chiladas..Divvi
    • CommentAuthorSunshyne
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009 edited
     
    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. Owner/CEO biotech company
    2. Division manager, engineering company
    3. Program manager, research institute
    4. Research scientist, university

    Movies I've watched more than once:
    1. West Side Story
    2. To Kill a Mockingbird
    3. Steel Magnolias
    4. Anything with Sean Connery! (esp Hunt for Red October)
    5. Anything with Katherine Hepburn (briegull didn't limit this to four!)

    Four places I have lived:
    1. San Diego, CA
    2. Iowa City, IA
    3. Kansas City, MO
    4. Fort Dodge, IA

    Four favorite foods:
    1. Moussaka (anything with eggplant, anything Greek, put them together and you get...)
    2. Anything with potatoes (comfort food!)
    3. Wine (forget the sherry, though)
    4. Almost anything Szechwan (there are limits)

    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
    1. Getting husband into a clinical trial
    2. Walking by the lake
    3. Playing with my kittens (gotta say that -- they're watching what I'm typing!)
    4. Finding a new job

    Shows that I watch:
    1. CNN news
    2. Animal Planet (almost anything on this channel)
    3. Law and Order
    4. Forensic Files
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    Four jobs I have had:
    1. Physician - primary care and pulmonary, retired
    2. Field assistant to geologist
    3. Lab assistant - cleaning animal cages
    4. ?
    (#s 2,3, and 4 were summer jobs while in school)

    Four movies I have watched more than once:
    None, we seldom go to the movies

    Four places we have lived:
    1. New Brunswick, NJ
    2. Philadelphia, PA
    3. Hartford, CT
    4. Maine - Bangor, Surry, Blue Hill

    Favorite Foods:
    1. Steak
    2. Lobster
    3. Lamb Chops
    4. Anything someone else cooks

    Four things I am looking forward to:
    1. Visit from daughters
    2. Hearing from our son (dreamer!)
    3. Being able to care for DW
    4. Looking at view of Acadia National Park from our house

    Four shows I watch:
    1. Jepardy
    2. Nature
    3. CNN
    4. Football, particularly if Patriots are in the play-offs.
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    Marsh-I grew up in Philly-graduated from Albert Einstein Medical Center. Daughter graduated from Cook College (Rutgers) in New Brunswick
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    Four jobs I have had:
    1. Electronic technician -- US Navy 1946 - 1948
    2. Radio repair shop -- summer job before Ga Tech
    3. Electronics Engineer with aerospace firm
    4. Owner/"wizard" of ill-fated RV rental firm for 3 years before resuming engineering career

    Four movies I have watched more than once:
    1. To Kill A Mockinbird
    2. God's Little Acre
    3. Bagdad Cafe (Frances's favorite)
    4. Harvey

    Four places we have lived:
    1. Newton, MS -- birthplace of both
    2. Atlanta, GA --attending college
    3. Evansville, IN -- highest paying job offer out of college
    4. Florida's Space Coast -- Melbourne, Indialantic, Grant for 56 years total

    Favorite Foods:
    1. Frances's chili
    2. Pizza
    3. Banana pudding
    4. Kellogs corn flakes (they must be favorites -- I've eaten them every morning for 60 years!)

    Four things I am looking forward to:
    1. Very little in the short term
    2. Visit from Frances's younger sister, and the opportunity to shoot some good video of them singing together
    3. Late afternoon walks around our property
    4. Resumption of RV travel "out west" in the longer term
    5. A meal at Sunshyne's house!

    Four shows I watch:
    1. ABC Evening News
    2. How Things Work
    3. Survivorman
    4. College football, particularly if Florida teams are playing.
    • CommentAuthorSunshyne
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    You do a few repairs around the house, I'll do the cooking, Gourdchipper.
    • CommentAuthordking*
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    Four jobs I have had:
    1. Computer Consultant
    2. Logistics/Material management consultant
    3. Paper box factory (summer job in college)
    4. United States Marine

    Four movies I have watched more than once:
    1. High Noon (all couples should be required to watch before marriage)
    2. Battle Cry
    3. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
    4. West Side Story

    Four places we have lived:
    1. Corpus Christi, TX
    2. Coronado, CA
    3. St. Louis, MO
    4. LZ412, near Duc Ky about 12 miles southwest of Danang

    Favorite Foods:
    1. Steak, medium rare
    2. Pizza
    3. Apple salad
    4. everything else not cucumbers

    Four things I am looking forward to:
    1. Ability to plan anything more than 10 minutes from now
    2. Learning to speak Alzheimerese
    3. Rest. Where you go to sleep with confidence that nothing bad will happen while you are not on guard.
    4. Spring. I am always comforted seeing the first Robin of the year.
    5. A meal at Sunshyne's house!

    Four shows I watch:
    1. Antique Roadshow
    2. History Detectives
    3. local news
    4. NFL (still watch, sad that it doesn't seem to matter anymore)
    • CommentAuthorSunshyne
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    Hey!!! I'm going to get ALL of the repair jobs on my list done! Woo-hoo!!!!
    • CommentAuthordivvi*
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    "Little Miss Sunshyne" surely fits today...:) divvi
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      CommentAuthorNew Realm*
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009 edited
     
    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. Micky D's (teens)
    2. CNA at Nursing home, Acute care hosp (teens)
    3. Mens Shoe store sales assoc.
    4. Licensed Nurse

    Movies I've watched more than once:
    1. Miracle on 34th St.
    2. Sound of Music
    3. Dances with wolves
    4. Sleepless in Seattle
    5. Far too many to list, but I hate "shoot 'em up" "Alien" or "Abuse to women" types

    Four places I have lived:
    1. Garden Grove, CA
    2. Santa Barbara, CA
    3. Minot, ND
    4. Kalama, WA

    Four favorite foods:
    1. Shell Fish
    2. Baked Potato
    3. almost anything Asian food
    4. Pizza

    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
    1. birth of 2nd grandchild in July
    2. hopefully selling our rental home.
    3. gaining more independence from DH and his AD needs
    4. one of my kids getting their drivers license

    Shows that I watch:
    1. FOX news channel
    2. too many sitcom reruns to mention
    3. Suze Orman show on weekends
    4. My local news
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    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. Bartering Associate
    2. Executive Recruiting
    3. Legal Assistant/Paralegal
    4. Owner/Title Ins. Co.

    Movies I've watched more than once:
    1. Miracle on 34th St.
    2. Gone With the Wind
    3. To Kill a Mockingbird
    4. Casa Blanca

    Four places I have lived:
    1. Miami, FL
    2. Singer Island FL
    3. Cleveland OH
    4. Somerset KY

    Four favorite foods:
    1. Shell Fish
    2. BBQ
    3. Anything chocolate
    4. Anything Italian

    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
    1. My son's pancreas and kidney transplant (hopefully this year!)
    2. Husband to maintain where he is
    3. Spring
    4. Summer

    Shows that I watch:
    1. CSI-Miami
    2. Law & Order
    3. CNN
    4. HGTV
    • CommentAuthorcarosi*
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    Four jobs:
    1. Telemarketer--several different Co.s
    2. Accounting Clerk
    3. Library clerk
    4. Librarian

    Four movies:
    1. Many Sean Connery
    2. Several Mel Gibson
    3. Forrest Gump
    4. Independence Day

    Four places I've lived:
    1. Grand Rapids, MI
    2. Jenison, MI
    3. Kalamazoo, MI
    4. Fort Worth,TX--2 weeks.

    Four favorite foods:

    1. turkey sandwiches
    2. Egg rolls
    3. orange sherbet with chocolate sauce on top
    4. homemade cream puffs

    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:

    1. Spring
    2. Family gathering at end July or beg. Aug.
    3. getting out of the house (winteritis)
    4. getting tax returns back

    Four Shows I watch:
    • CommentAuthorcarosi*
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    Four shows I watch:

    1. CSI--and CSI Miami
    2. Mentalist
    3. Murder She Wrote
    4. local news

    I HATE DYSLEXIC FINGERS!
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    4 jobs I've had
    summer typist (and I couldn't type)
    RN: peds
    ortho
    neurologically impaired kits
    home health
    Where have I lived:
    Philadelphia, Pa
    Cinci, Oh.
    Leominster, Ma.
    Port Saint Lucie, Fl
    I've never seen a movie twice
    People who email me
    My three kids
    Most of my friends
    my bank
    out of the area relatives
    Favorite food
    chocolate
    shell fish
    cheese
    wine
    Looking forward to
    Family cruise
    getting my splint off
    weight loss
    our new president
    Shows I watch
    House
    CSI
    food network
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    Which I filled in for myself; you might want to do the same here.

    Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular
    order. The directions are at the end.

    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. Secretary/Bookkeeper
    2. Administrative Asst.
    3. Bakery/Deli Manager
    4. Grocery Asst. Manager


    2. Movies I've watched more than once:
    1. Gone with the Wind

    2. Miracle on 34th Street

    3. It’s a Wonderful Life

    4. “Old” westerns

    Three places I have lived:
    1. Seattle, WA (birthplace)

    2. Sulphur, OK

    3. Arlington, TX (current)

    People who have emailed me:

    1. Sisters
    2. Best Friend
    3. Internet pals
    4. School friends




    Four favorite foods:
    1. Cheese

    2. chocolate

    3. Medium rare steak

    4. Good breads


    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:


    1. Warm weather

    2. Sleep!!!

    3. Weight loss???

    4. Time ALONE


    Shows that I watch:

    1. Local & national news

    2. Some HGTV shows
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    Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular
    order.

    Four jobs I have had in my life:
    1. Registered Rep for Insurance company
    2. Administrative Asst. and paralegal for attorney
    3. Manager of oil company in Houston
    4. Den mother, Girl Scout Leader, Sunday School teacher


    2. Movies I've watched more than once:
    1. Harry Potter series
    2. James Bond films
    3. John Wayne movies
    4. Star Trek/Star Wars movies
    (since my husband's AD, add 100 more!)

    Three places I have lived:
    1. Houston, TX
    2. Williamsburg, VA
    3. Mannheim, Germany

    People who have emailed me:

    1. Friends
    2. High School classmates
    3. Family
    4. Some friends from Joan's place


    Four favorite foods:
    1. Cheese
    2. chocolate
    3. Filet Mignon with mushrooms and a baked potato
    4. Any Mexican food and any Italian food!

    Four things I'm looking forward to this year:

    1. Our caregive cruise in three weeks!
    2. Sleep!!!
    3. Weight loss (said hopefully!)
    4. Living


    Shows that I watch:

    1. Devine Design
    2. NCIS, CSI
    3. Two and a Half Men
    4. House

    I MISS BOSTON LEGAL!!
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      CommentAuthorBama* 2/12
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    Four JobsI have had in my life
    1 Clerk in a store
    2 Sewing in a factory
    3 Bookkeeper in the poutry business and a home building company
    4 At home MOM

    Movies I have watched more than once
    1 Sound of Music
    2 Gone with the Wind
    3 Forrest Gump
    4 September Song

    Four places I have lived
    1 Tarrant City, Al
    2 Cullman, Al
    3 Gulf Shores, Al
    4 Milton, Fl

    People who have e-mailed me
    1 Family
    2 Friends

    Four favorite foods

    1 Fried Chicken
    2 Seafood
    3 Strawberry Shortcake
    4 Baby Ruths

    Four things I am looking forward to this year
    1 Spring
    2 Visits from out of town children
    3 Finding time for ME
    4 Learning how to cut and paste

    Shows that I watch

    1 News
    2 HGTV
    3 What Not To Wear ( I want Nick to cut my hair and Stacy and Clinton to tell me what an ole lady should wear)
    4 American Idol

    Bama
    • CommentAuthorThenneck *
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009 edited
     
    Four Jobs
    1. Manufacturing division GM/caregiver 2. Project Engineer
    3. Machine control programmer 4. Mechanic

    Movies more than once
    1. Midnight Express 2. Austin Powers
    3. Italian Job 4. Forrest Gump

    Where I have lived
    1. Kalispell, MT 2. Polson, MT
    3. Sunnyvale, CA 4. Phoenix, AZ

    Favorite Foods:
    1. My son’s spicy chicken pasta 2. Ribeye, med rare
    3. Tacos 4. Southwestern meatloaf

    I’m looking forward to:
    1. Obama doing something with this golden opportunity 2. Surviving this ordeal with my wife
    3. My wife remembering how to use the toilet (just dreaming) 4.Golf season


    Shows I watch:
    1. CNN/ESPN in morning 2. Jeopordy
    3. Sienfeld 4. NFL network

    Thenneck
    • CommentAuthorbriegull*
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    I've glanced through this - it's really fun to see the variety - and have found NO ONE, i don't think, who likes these darned reality shows. Two who watch American Idol, but otherwise NOTHING. WHo DOES watch those things that have robbed us of decent TV?
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    The 15 - 35 year olds........

    Which is why I end up on HGTV or Hallmark station watching old "Murder She Wrote", "Matlock" and "Perry Mason"!!!!!!!!!
    • CommentAuthorSunshyne
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    ...maybe some do, but won't admit it?

    (The only reality show I've ever seen was a few episodes of the one they had on Animal Planet. I did like that, learned a lot.)

    briegull, this is delightful. Thanks.
    • CommentAuthorCharlotte
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2009
     
    We like 'dancing with the stars', 'Deal, no Deal', 'Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader', and use to love 'Fear Factor'. My hb never use to like the game shows, but now he loves to watch and try to answer the questions. So we watch GSN a lot and House Hunter and Property Virgins (likes to guess which house they will choose)He actually does pretty good.

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