May 23, 2008
Four For Friday -- The Early Edition
Q1 - Breakfast: If you could have had anything other than what you ate for breakfast this morning, what would you have ordered up?
Q2 - Opinions: A friend of mine recently decided to try online dating, and one site asked the following question: "Imagine that your friends had to choose the best four descriptions of you from the items listed below. Click next to the four items that they would be most likely to pick." My guess is that hardly anyone ever asks his or her friends to supply the answer. If you are/were single, would you [ask a friend to supply the answer]?
Q3 - Trading In: According to a recent CNN.com poll, approximately 50% of Americans say they are seriously thinking of trading in one or more of their cars for a vehicle offering better fuel economy. How about you?
Q4 - Possessions: If you could own one item that a friend of yours currently owns, what possession of his or hers would you make yours?
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1. Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage links, and toast with strawberry jelly.
2. Since I'm the one that asked of course my answer is yes. My rationale, I wanted to go straight to the source and see what a friend had to say (no better way to get an accurate/honest answer). Have many other people on the site done that, probably not (though I hope some have). Sure I could have guessed what I thought a friend might say, but I wanted to know what one would really pick. I think my approach worked well.
3. I've been giving some thought to it, but I put less than 10K miles a year on my car so if I really sit down and do the math it doesn't add up to a ton of difference.
4. MacBook (just because I won't splurge and buy one myself).
1- Biscuits and Gravy and a Denver omelette.
2- Nope, I have to assume that based on the phrasing of the question, they don't really care what your friends think, they must be interested in how you interpret your friends. Kind of like one of those I know you know I know kind of arguments.
3- I bought the car I know drive with fuel economy in mind, so I don't feel like I need to trade up in that regard. My wife and I have considered a second car, and decided we either need to get something like a Prius or keep getting by on one car.
4- 60" plasma 1080p TV.
Q1 - Breakfast: McDonald's sausage McMuffin (without egg) and an OJ and 3 of their hashbrowns. Best breakfast IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!
Q2 - Opinions: Yeah, I'd ask my friends what they really thought.
Q3 - Trading In: Definitely, our V8 Ford Explorer isn't the easiest at the gas pump. Our MINI Cooper however gets like 35 mpg, maybe that evens us out.
Q4 - Possessions: My buddy Phil's Land Rover Defender 90. That's a bad machine.
1) Ham and cheese omelette with lots of hashbrowns and a delicious fruit smoothie.
2) I would not ask my friends for the answer because the question said to imagine, so I would put my imagination to work and come up with the answers myself.
3) My cars get good gas mileage so I wouldn't trade them in. I prefer to just drive less when the gas prices are out of control. Damn the man!
4) Envy is a fickle mistress my friend. I am happy with what I have.
q1: crap I forgot to have breakfast! I'll have some instant oatmeal once I'm done with this.
q2: nope...waste of both our time.
q3: both mine average about 30 mpg right now, so no. I have however been riding my bike to work instead of just driving...that's much easier on the gas pump.
q4: hmmm. I have a friend that just got a new Specialized FSR Expert mountain bike...I'd like that.
Q1- Breakfast: I had a Gatorade and a Bahama Mama (polish dog from Maverick)...I wish I would have had an Arizona Watermelon Beverage, with 3 churros from Del Taco.
Q2- Opinions: No, I could make something up.
Q3- Trading In: Na, I get about 30mpg with my current car.
Q4- Possessions: My buddy has a Harley Davidson 1200 Nightster that I wouldn't mind rollin on.
Q1 - Eggs Benedict w/Asparagus and dill hollandaise. mmmmmmmm.......
Q2 - Nope. My ego is too fragile to handle the truth.
Q3 - My car gets great gas mileage right now. I'll definitely get rid of it when/if they ever build out the train line to Utah County. My patience is getting thin.
Q4 - My buddy just renewed his Jazz Season tickets.... 7th row, center court. What I wouldn't give...
Q1 - French Toast with the thick Texas slices
Q2 - I'd ask a friend or two and then cherry pick the best comments.
Q3 - need a machine that can move some bodies around and those usually aren't the most efficient.
Q4 - High Def TV
Q1. I never eat breakfast.
Q2. Yes I would ask my friends because I believe they have a better opinion of me than I do.
Q3. Has it crossed my mind as I've paid over $100 to fill up my Tahoe, absolutely.
Q4. I'd take Delgrosso's finished basement. I have 2000 sq ft of unfinished basement, and Delgrosso's basement is a place of pure tranquility.
Q1 - Hamburger Steak with Scrambled eggs and Hash Browns.
Q2 - No, I would just guess.
Q3 - YES! ugh gas... I want an all electric car, or maybe just a bike.
Q4- Honda Odyssey. OH YEAH!
Q1. I haven't had breakfast yet, but I would love a cheeseburger with everything & the onions grilled.
Q2. I would ask my friends, for some reason they seem to know me better than I do.
Q3. Nope. My next car will be a mercedes. I figure everyone should own one at least once in their life. I've been practical my whole life; I'm done.
Q4. My best friend's porsche carrera.
1) I would have Eggs Benedict at Hoovers here in town.
2) I would ask a friend. Maybe a friend that I secretly admired. Then when she answered, she would see what a great guy I am and we could just skip the dating site and go out from there.
3) Already got rid of my second car when gas hit $2.25 per gallon. There are very few times I've regretted it.
4) The question confused me a little. Do I actually take possession of my friend's property? Or do I get to own one just like my friend?
If I have to take it from my friend, I can't think of anything. If I can own an item that my friend currently owns, I'm going for the HD Flatscreen TV, with HD DVR and all that - including fresh batteries for the remote.
Q1 - I had breakfast with my Dad - I got a spinach omlette. He convinced me to have feta cheese in it - if I were doing it over, I would have fore-gone the feta - it was good, but tooo rich.
Q2 - I would ask multiple friends and go with the 4 I liked the best.
Q3 - Nah, I will keep my minivan for now until my kids are a bit bigger - it holds all of their junk. Plus, with cost of living increases overall being what they are, and given my van is paid off, it would not make financial sense to increase my expenses in not only gas but by starting up with car payments again.
Q4 - Hmmmm,,,I would like the better elliptical machine........
Q1 - Breakfast: A big bowl of coffee beans…with condensed milk poured generously over them.
Q2 - Opinions: Yes, because I can’t stand telling people how awesome I am. Even though I am amazing at almost everything I do, and I’m not half bad looking when I weigh below 185lbs. Oh, and by amazing, I mean unbelievably astonishing and by half bad I mean better looking than Jake Black. PS Grammar and Spelling is not one of those traits.
Q3 - Trading In: I ride a bike, for the most part…I guess I could trade it in for something that makes clean fuel but I haven’t heard of that yet.
Q4 - Possessions: HVX200 its an HD camera…or any house would be nice to have.
Q1 - Breakfast: Chicken Fried Steak and Eggs, with homestyle fries, country gravy from bacon / sausage grease, grits, and some biscuits.
Q2 - Opinions: No comment.
Q3 - Trading In: YEP! Waiting for the Natural Gas cars to show up in Utah. 32 cents a gallon and filling up at my own house. Sweet.
Q4 - Possessions: Big screen TV or their projector system.
1. BREAKFAST - Bagel and lox. Can't really get it around here. I miss it.
2. OPINIONS: I would NOT ask my friends, but, I think, I, like many of us, could guess fairly accurately, how our friends would describe us.
3. TRADING IN: I don't own or drive a car at present; I am relatively content with this decision, especially as the price of gas continues to rise sharply. I've thought of purchasing a ca that has excellent gas mileage, though.
4. POSSESSIONS: I'd guess I'd like my friend's midtown Manhattan condo; it's spacious, modern, and rather valuable.
1- I would have had an omelet with tomatoes and avacados. YUM!
2- Nope, I wouldn't ask my friends.
3- I am not seriously considering this right now. Maybe one day down the road.
4- I want Jayni's new digital SLR! :)
1. My favorite breakfast is Health Nut bread toasted with butter and blackberry jelly fresh from the Texas Hill country, along with a couple slices of black label bacon, one egg hardly cooked and sometimes I make that whole mess into a sandwich, couple that with coffee and juice and I am living large.
2. No.
3. No. The order in which I use my traveling devices are: 1. feet, 2. bike, 3. Honda Helix scooter (65 mpg), 4. 1985 Toyota Convertible. I believe that there is an inverse relationship between the size of one's vehicle and their intelligence and or wisdom.
4. Do not covet what your neighbor has. Isn't that in the bible or something? I don't know, I guess I wouldn't mind owning one of my friend's apartment complexes with lots of cash flow.
1. Ham and cheese omelette and hash browns
2. I'd be like Marjorie and ask multiple friends, if at all
3. My Saturn gets 40-41 mpg on the highway and is paid for, so as much as I'd love a hybrid, I'd have to say no.
4. There's lots of stuff I'd like to have, but nothing that I really need. I guess I'd have to say nothing.
1. French toast with maple syrup, butter, and strawberries. Some really good green tea. More fresh fruit. Hash browns.
2. Although I am quite reluctant to use an online dating service (for various reasons), I would ask a friend for their answers to the question because sometimes you get a better or more accurate response from your friends.
3. No, my car gets good gas mileage. If I could afford it, I might go for the Prius, though. I hear they get great gas mileage.
4. A house. Several of my friends have homes, and while I wouldn't necessarily want their exact house, I'd like a house. It would be a very good thing if I had one.
Q1 - Breakfast: Well, I think I had a few M&M's for a late breakfast this morning. So, as long as we're talking ANYTHING... I'll take a million dollars cash to go. But if I have to eat it, maybe some beef tenderloins and mashed taters.
Q2 - Opinions: The problem is that they would probably not bother ever getting back with me. So I would just pretend to know them well enough to know what they would say about me while assuming they have no desire to offend me and would therefore say nothing but the most awesome things about me.
Q3 - Trading In: Nah. I'm upside down in my current car, so trading it in would only make things much worse.
Q4 - Possessions: A 4,000+ square foot home, which I wouldn't have a hope in hades of being able to afford the utilities on, so I would just sell it once it was said and done. Now, if we are talking bosses that you pretend to be friendly to (and no, I NEVER did that to you ;) then I'll take the Las Vegas mansion.
1. Chunky cinnamon french toast from Kneaders, Killers from Callie's Cafe, some pancakes from the original pancake house, and a Bacon, Egg, and Cheese McGriddle from McDonalds. Hey, as long as it's a "wish breakfast" I'm going all out.
2. No, I'd probably just put what I thought my friends think...no, actually I'd just put something I thought would make me look good.
3. No. My scooter is doing just fine at 90 mpg and my Escape is paid for. I'd rather have no car payment than a lower gas payment. However, when it comes time to get a new car I'll definitely get one that gets better mileage.
4. Since I don't know anyone who owns the new Nissan GTR, I think I would take Jer's office computer (Mac Pro including 30-inch Apple cinema display).
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