True.
TNP has confessed to a clergy member of some sort in their lifetime.
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True.
TNP has confessed to a clergy member of some sort in their lifetime.
True. More than once.
TNP thinks the "tags" feature in this post is pretty pointless.
False!...er... True!... - oh, I'll admit it; I don't even know what that means!
TNP has caught a fish with a rod.
True, but it's been close to 30 years.
TNP can do the loud, two-fingers-in-the-mouth whistle.
Nope, never got the hang of it.
TNP is considering repainting part of their house/apartment/flat.
(omg TNP thread, how i forgot about you)
True. This is always, always true for me.
TNP has been divorced
False - nobody will marry me, boo hoo!
TNP likes an occasional wager on sports events.
I haven't done anything more lucrative than an office pool on the NCAA Basketball Tournament in years.
TNP is getting out of town this weekend.
False.
I'm hoping to get a response to helping someone clean up post flood so I'll be around.
TNP watches the VH1 countdown once in a while.
False. I don't even have cable TV anymore. But when I did have it, I watched occasionally.
TNP has had some sort of plumbing trouble in the month of September.
False - I'm just lucky like that.
TNP is wearing an item of jewelry other than a ring.
True. A gold chain my wife gave me.
TNP is planning to eat out this weekend.
True
TNP is planning to watch Football this weekend.
False. Football really doesn't interest me.
TNP voted in November 2008.
False. I forgot to change my voter registration when I moved.
TNP keeps their house very clean and organized.
Not as much as I'd like, but I'd say yes.
TNP is happily married.
I am.
TNP gets bored easily.
False. I'll stick with boring things longer than I should (with books, up to 50 pages before flung aside in disgust).
TNP will be raking leaves this weekend.
False it is too wet and I have to move a boat today.
TNP will start a thread today.
True - and it will be inspired by you, Jim. I hope I can make you proud!
TNP will post in my new thread.
I just did in fact and I enjoyed trying to answer it.
TNP is going to grill tonight.
False. We had pasta with shrimp.
TNP doesn't use Facebook.
Kinda true. I signed up for it, but have no idea what I'm supposed to do with it.
TNP has more than one pen on their desk.
Oh god yes, I have at least 50. All the same kind too, Bic Round Stic Grip Fine in black. I like to have one always at hand, so they're strewn about festively too, not just stuck in a coffee cup or anything.
TNP owns socks with individual toes on them.
No. I've never considered those lovely socks for myself.
TNP will have sushi for lunch today.
False, I had lunch already and no sushi alas.
TNP is a hypochondriac.
False. Quite the opposite, in fact: I'm one of those people who will walk around in denial that there's anything wrong, until it gets ridiculous and I collapse in a puddle of blood or my ear falls off or something.
TNP usually types their emoticons in by hand (on this forum), rather than click the little menu.
No, I click. It's easy and I don't have to remember stuff, which is good for me.Quote:
Originally posted by OneCentStamp
TNP got drunk this weekend.
No :( I is poor.
TNP had chinese within the last 24 hours. (Man, I want chinese.)
Yeah, had it last night -- kid and wife wanted it, I'm not much a huge fan, at least of the delivery kind.
TNP keeps reading the "Ask the Telemark skiier" thread as "As the Telemarketer"
False. I didn't even know about the thread.
TNP has had coffee in the past three hours.
False. I'm not a big coffee drinker.
TNP has a pet dog.
True! Two of them.
TNP prefers Coke to Pepsi.
True, though I can't muster any huge passion about the matter.
TNP can't tell the difference.
True. I don't drink any kind of cola. If I drink any pop at all, it'll be root beer or ginger ale.
TNP has fired a gun.
True, if you count airsoft or pellet guns.
TNP has recently stubbed their toe.
Fortunately false.
TNP has a picture of a loved one within arm's reach while reading this.
True, if you include picking up my phone to look at the screen background, which is my sweetheart's picture in tasteful B&W.
TNP routinely eats while driving.
False. I'm a public transit rider.
TNP hasn't visited a theme park in years.
If you don't count Williamsburg (and I wouldn't), true.
TNP rarely uses emoticons.
False; I use them fairly regularly. :smug:
TNP has a visible corporate logo on his or her clothing right now.
No - I usually do on Casual Fridays.Quote:
Originally posted by OneCentStamp
TNP has an online crush on someone on this message board and they're going to tell us who it is.
False as to both points.
TNP is now wearing white socks.
False.
TNP will now guess the correct color.
FALSE. Unless the correct answer is blue. In which case, true.
TNP is not currently wearing deodorant.
True, though I promise I was wearing it earlier.
TNP will be dressing up for Halloween.
False. I'll let our three boys do that.
TNP will be seeing another Doper or Mellophantasm face to face within the next week.
True; I live with one.
TNP owns a functioning VCR.
False - I never had much luck with those tape rollers in my c90 cassette days, either. Glad to see the back of it.
TNP has a collecting hobby of some sort.
True. I collect campaign and historical pins.
TNP secretly would like to own a sword.
True. I may even by myself one, as part of severely constrained midlife crisis.
TNP gets knots in their back.
False; it's no secret, and I own several. :hist:
Crap. Anyway, true. I do get knots in my back.
TNP owns more than one functioning wristwatch.
Nope.Quote:
Originally posted by OneCentStamp
I haven't owned a watch since I've had a cell phone.
TNP is mildly annoyed at a good friend right now.
Fortunately false.
TNP was previously a denizen of the Straight Dope Message Board.
True, as with so may of us.
TNP isn't sure how many credit cards they have.
False. I know I have zero. :hist:
TNP likes a (wo)man in uniform.
Do stripper uniforms count? Otherwise, no not really. They're never flattering to a woman that I've ever seen.
TNP knows someone who can play the banjo.
True, one of my best friends and fellow counselors from Scout summer camp (many years ago) can. We still keep in touch now and then.
TNP has too many coffee mugs.
Nah, impossible.
TNP has something special they do every Friday.
I do.Quote:
Originally posted by Rube E. Tewesday
I go to my friend's band practice and play the congas as a reference for the drummer on Sympathy for the Devil and Black Magic Woman. I can't play well, but it helps him and I love hanging with the band.
TNP has eaten candy today.
True. I had some Icebreaker Sours that I nibbled after lunch.
TNP prefers tea to coffee.
False. Can't live without coffee, have absolutely no idea why people like tea.
TNP usually eats lunch at their desk.
True. I only go out to eat once in a while.
TNP has a deadline today that they are ignoring.
False. I'm dealing with it by tossing it to a junior.
TNP knows someone who's in the hospital right now.
True, my aunt is currently in the hospital for a shattered shoulder.
TNP is happy with their current job.
True, I am happy with my current job.
The next poster is not looking forward to Thanksgiving this year.
False, I love seeing my extended family.
TNP forgot about DLS time until after it already changed.
True, I was confused the next morning, wondering how I managed to sleep until almost 2 o'clock.
TNP has fun and exciting plans for the weekend.
True. Last night I hosted a get-together with the women I go trekking with and we had an insanely fun evening. Tonight my husband and I are going to the Marine Corps Ball .... nope, not inherently my idea of fun AT ALL, but a cool friend has to go because she's connected to the US Embassy, so she asked a bunch of us to go along. We will do our best imitation of grown-ups and get decently dressed, then go stare at everyone there, laugh, dance and drink.
TNP has been vaccinated against H1N1.
Not yet. Not in a "high priority group", and not a queue jumper.
TNP has never had a traffic ticket.
True, I've never had a driver's license either so that helps things.
TNP is going to cook dinner at home tomorrow and not go out to eat.
Half true, I will eat at home tomorrow. But we shall dine on leftovers - no cooking involved unless you count microwaving.
TNP does not speak a second language, and this troubles them.
On the contrary; I speak three languages and feel unaccountably smug about it, even though that's really only unusual or remarkable in light of the fact that I'm American.
TNP has been to a live music concert in the past month.
Nah, it's been a long time.
TNP owns more than two computers
True. I own four, two of which I regularly use. All of them are Macs.
TNP prefers Handel to Bach.
False, about the same for me.
TNP finds wine better than beer.
False, I guess. Like them both in their place.
TNP hasn't rented a DVD in more than a year.
True, we can't rent them here.
TNP once threw up in a spectacularly public place (restaurant, subway train...something like that).
True; the marble-floored foyer of a reception hall where one of my then-employees was celebrating her wedding.
Captain Morgan:my stomach::Captain Jack Sparrow:a jail cell :drunk:
TNP has peed or pooed themself in public since age 7.
True - if following through on a fart counts? Just the once, mind!Quote:
Originally posted by OneCentStamp
TNP will not let the above information lower me in their estimation.
True, if you get any lower you're going to have to start speaking mandarin. :DQuote:
Originally posted by ivan astikov
TNP has passed out in a public place before.
True. I guess it was only semi-public as it was a shuttle bus between MIT and Wellesley that I think one or both schools operated. But it was very crowded, and I went from standing to a very cozy relationship with the laps of the people in the seat closest to me. The only thing I was under the influence of was pot, so it's a bit surprising.
TNP has seen an object in the sky they were unable to explain.
Hell yes. There have been two separate instances where I have seen something flying in the sky that couldn't be explained. Once was during the day too.
TNP has been beaten up before.
No, thank goodness. Even when I was in a kid and got in the odd fistfight, I don't remember being beaten up.
TNP doesn't have to work on November 11.
False. I do have to work - it's not a holiday in Indonesia, nor is it a holiday for my employer now that I'm working for Australians.
TNP is kind of hungry right now.
True. I am feeling a bit peckish... perhaps it's time for a little Venezuelan beaver cheese?
TNP recognizes that reference.
OK, I'm thinking that's a big bunch of "Whatcha talkin' bout, Elendil?"
TNP has reached the age where they're thinking about adding more fibre to their diet.
True but irrelevant. I'm getting old, but I've had a pretty high fiber diet my whole life so no changes are needed. My only age-related lifestyle change is that I'm stricter than I used to be about getting lots of vigorous exercise - it's harder to keep flab at bay as you age.
TNP is having trouble thinking of a good "TNP..." statement.
False. They seem to pop into my head without too much trouble.
Rube E., for more on Venezuelan beaver cheese, see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0
TNP has seen that sketch at least twice before.
Bump.
Yes. Yes, I have.
TNP doesn't care much for Monty Python.
Sorta; I've seen the big classics (Holy Grail, Life of Brian) and been well entertained, but I've never felt the need to seek out more Monty Python.
TNP can remember being spanked as a child.
False. I suppose it mighta happened when I was little, but I don't remember it.
TNP can remember being spanked as an adult.;)
False - I've never misbehaved enough to warrant one.
TNP thinks kinky sex is doing it with the light on.
False, nothing kinky at all about leaving the lights on. For kinky, you have to ... oh, never mind.
TNP is idly speculating on the overall sexual habits of the Mellophant community right now.
Hmm...false, because after one of your sex posts, my speculation goes just a little past idle.
TNP couldn't say how many addresses they've had without having to stop and add them up.
True, and I've had so many that even after adding them up I might get the wrong total.
The next poster can't remember the last time they had a headache.
False. I had one last week, but it wasn't too bad. I sometimes get them when I skip lunch.
TNP never misses a lunch.
False. I like to eat, but when the pressure is on I skip lunch.
TNP has fasted for 24 hours, other than for medical reasons.
False, oh lord is it ever false. (swallows another pile of aspirin and tums)
TNP is going to be traveling for Thanksgiving.
True. Off to Vermont to visit with my wife's family.
TNP hates turkey.
False, I like turkey.
TNP usually cooks a tasty dish from scratch at least one or more times per week.
Makes, yes. Cooks, no. My skills in the kitchen are pretty much limited to sandwiches, crackers, cereal and the like.
TNP has a garage which needs to be cleaned out for the winter.
False - I haven't even got a shed to put my bike in.
TNP has a place for everything and everything in its place.
True, I am the queen of labeled drawers. This does not keep me from making a mess, though.
TNP has set foot in at least 3 countries.
False. I've stepped foot in two; USA and Canada.
The next person to post has attended at least 5 distinct theater shows.
Yes: The Mikado, Inherit the Wind, Pride and Prejudice, Fiddler on the Roof and 1776 in recent memory.
TNP can recite at least one poem from memory.
Yes - High Flight, by John Gillespie McGee, Jr.
TNP has not looked at the snackpit in at least a month.
No, I was actually just looking at it. They really amuse themselves, don't they.
TNP speaks more than two languages.
False - unless gobbledegook is classed as a language. ( Even then I'd fail, as you want 3 minimum.)
TNP is thinking about coffee at this moment.
True but boringly so ... just marijuana and hashish back in the 1970s.
TNP has gorged on a salty food to the point where their lips and/or mouth's mucous membranes felt weird.
True. I love BBQ and sour-cream-and-onion potato chips, and have snacked to excess a time or two.
TNP is reluctant to take most medicine.
True. I haven't been to a doctor, aside from dentists and eye doctors, in at least five years, and I rarely if ever take OTC medications.
TNP fancies him- or herself a pretty good singer.
False - I couldn't hold a note in a shopping basket.
TNP has appeared in a school play.
True, I remember playing the middle-aged housekeeper in a play during high school. Beats me what the name or plot were, thought.
TNP is considering changing their avatar.
Well, I don't have one and have considered adding one, so I'll say yes.
TNP is already annoyed by Christmas music on the radio.
Yes, well, not so much the radio as the piped-in muzak in all the stores. It's always the wimpiest versions - why of why does a song like "White Christmas" need to be further watered down by doing an all-strings version?! I feel as though I've been doing shots of Karo syrup.
TNP is already, by his or her own estimation, more than half done with holiday shopping.
Yes, I actually am just about done, which is quite unusual for me. I'm feeling pretty good about it all.
TNP is going to be traveling someplace fun for the holidays.
True...well, fun for me, anyway; we're going to Utah next weekend to go see my kiddos.
TNP has more than two brands of hot sauce in the house right now.
True...we have maybe 7-8, I'm guessing.
TNP has a Beanie Baby on their desk.
False. The closest I have to anything like that is a ceramic business card holder shaped to look like a couple of turtles.
At some point in their life, TNP has considered becoming a vegetarian.
Never! In the famous last words of David Carradine, you'll get my meat when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.
TNP has been in a car accident that consisted of more than just a fender bender.
True - once as a passenger and once while driving myself.
TNP will get up and dance in public stone cold sober. (There has to be music playing, otherwise you are just classed as a bit crazy!)
I'm not sure. If I'm in public with music playing, I'm not sober.
TNP lives with one or more cats.
True - and a very bossy flatmate she is too*!
TNP can play a musical instrument.
* Obligatory cat pic.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...P/IMGA0055.jpg
True, I play bari sax and tuba.
Next poster is a fan of barbecue.
True. I shouldn't be and it isn't something I ever ate as a kid, but I've grown quite fond of it.
TNP has never been married.
Hallelujah, it's true!
TNP puts up a tree for Christmas.
Yes, on behalf of my husband and son.
The next poster has never had a wart.
False - I have one on my left forefinger, which I keep to remind me that I'll never be perfect.
TNP will slip on ice some time during the winter, based on previous experience.
Very likely, although I've never been seriously hurt yet. :: crosses fingers ::
Nice one about David Carradine, beebs.:cool:
TNP drinks lots of ice water with meals.
True. I am a water addict, in fact.
TNP has never dumped anyone.
False. Most of the time I tried to be decent about it, but I was the dumper at least as often as I was the dumpee back in my dating days.
TNP is allergic to at least one thing.
Correct - dander, pollen and dust, in particular.
TNP sends out Christmas cards.
Incorrect, but due to geography and budget I may be doing it this year instead of giving people gifts.
TNP turns into a rockstar in the car when a good song comes on the radio.
True. But I tone it down at stoplights so I don't look like a freak.
TNP is currently drinking a carbonated beverage.
False. I drank some Pepsi last night, but I'm all out now. Also, Pepsi sucks.
TNP has a piercing somewhere other than the ears.
Nope. I'm too old - were I to get a body piercing, it would look like a pathetic attempt to recapture my lost youth.
TNP has been on a blind date that did not go well.
Several, actually. I'm not saying I'm the world's greatest catch or hottest guy, or anything like that, but I have been on several blind dates where I could tell I was a favor to the girl, not the other way around. Where it wasn't "Hey, I bet these two friends of mine would hit it off," but more a case of "Hey, OneCentStamp is pretty good-looking, and unfailingly polite; I bet he would give _______'s self esteem a nice boost." Awkward.
TNP is wearing more than two layers of fabric somewhere on their body (pockets don't count).
True. I have on a sweatshirt and a regular shirt and an undershirt and I'm about to get a damn blanket because I'm cold.
TNP has chewing gum within arm's reach (pockets totally count).
False. I'm too dumb to chew gum - if I start, I masticate like a lobotomized cow until I eventually bite the inside of my mouth. So it's best just not to go there.
TNP takes off their shoes to walk around inside their own house.
True. I cannot stand shoes and then there's the mud and slush factor up here. They're removed as soon as I get into the entryway. If it's cold, I'll wear slippers. No shoes!
TNP hates cold weather.
Really cold weather, true, since I live in a kinda drafty house. But I can always put on another sweater, and will take cold anytime over hot, humid summer stickiness.
TNP believed in Santa for an unusually long time as a child.
False. I think I was six-ish?
TNP has more than one pet at home (kids don't count)
Sorta true, if you count my parents' place as home. (Two cats.)
TNP doesn't have cable.
Sorta true, if you count my parents' place as home. (Two cats.)
TNP doesn't have cable.
False, we need it for CNN and BBC.
TNP has seen the movie "Fanboys."
False, we need it for CNN and BBC.
TNP has seen the movie "Fanboys."
False. (Why is everyone double posting all of the sudden? Was there a "How can we get Mellophant's post count up?" meeting that I missed? :sad:)
TNP is headed out of town for the holidays. (Let's say within the next month.)
Probably true, we hope to spend a few days in Bali after school lets out.
TNP has had a double post recently and doesn't know why.
False. I've had no problems with double posts.
TNP likes 1940s big band music.
False...I'm not a big fan. As a semi-interesting data point: My younger brother and his wife love it and go swing dancing all the time (they are pretty good at it, too!)
TNP loves snow.
True. I especially like to walk at night, with the moonlight glinting on the crisp upper crust of snow and my boots crunching away.
TNP has more than two coffee mugs within arm's reach right now.
False. I'm something of a clean freak. It would drive me batshit to have more than one in use (for me) at a time and I'm the only one here.
TNP has time off work scheduled between now and the end of the year
Yep, I'm taking this Friday and next Monday off and flying out for a long weekend with the kids.
TNP owns a cutting implement with a blade longer than 18".
False. Although if I get that replica sword I have my eye on for Christmas....
TNP has kids.
False. One day, I plan to have one or two. But that will be, ideally, after school, once I have a decent job under me, and once I have a great partner to raise them with. :-)
TNP has cats/dogs/turtles/sea monkeys in lieu of children.
False. I have cats, dogs, and fish IN ADDITION to a child. Quite the menagerie, and if it were up to me and my son, we'd add at least one or two more cats.
The next poster has in the past been at least 10 pounds heavier than they are right now.
True. I was huge, I lost 40 pounds, I gained half of it back. I'm under doctor's orders to lose it again, if not more.
TNP wanted to be a fire(wo)man when they grew up!
Well of course! Didn't every kid growing up in the 70s watching Emergency! want to be a firefighter? In some ways I can say I even achieved that: Everyone in the Navy is trained in firefighting techniques, and I even qualified for firefighting up through scene leader. I know I can do it, if I have to - but I also know, now, I'm not very good at it: I have a Hell of a time taking a moment to step back and see how or whether the problem can be tackled safely if there's anyone in direct hazard.
TNP eats a healthy breakfast at least 4 days a week.
False - you only need a healthy breakfast if you are a farmer or a shepherd, or you might not be able to grab another bite to eat for the rest of the day! IMNSHO.
TNP has bitten their fingernails at some time.
False, that's one habit I've managed to avoid.
TNP has at least one food item in the freezer that they know they're going to throw away uneaten.
Not in the freezer, but there's some weeks-old pizza in the fridge that I know is going in the trash soon.
TNP has a favorite country-music song, and will tell us what it is.
Johnny Cash, "Big River."
TNP knew how to breakdance, back in the day.
Couldn't be more false! :D Not among my range of talents in the least.
TNP's favorite color is blue.
False, it's green.
TNP wears contact lenses.
False. I've been told they don't make contacts for my particular eye problem.
TNP has been to more than three concerts this year.
False. I haven't been to a concert in the past three years.
TNP reads on the toilet.
True. Mostly magazines. About horses.
TNP does not like movie theatre popcorn.
True. It's either dry or has some kind of nasty, fake buttery-flavored oil on it. Gimme my homemade stuff, please.
TNP hasn't stepped inside of a church in the last year.
Very true. I'm not sure when was the last time I was in a church; the last time I remember was when my son was baptized by his paternal grandfather, a minister (for family reasons I endured the ceremony with as much grace as I could muster, although I do not believe that stuff). That would be more than a decade ago.
The next poster doesn't mind eating cold pizza for breakfast once in a while.
False. I don't mind cold pizza particularly, but have never had it for lunch, and don't care to start.
TNP has dropped a hint for a Christmas present in the past ten days.
True - doesn't everyone at some point in the run-up to Xmas?
TNP has already purchased all the presents they'll be giving people.
False-I am waaay behind on my Christmas shopping thanks in large part to Paypal sucking.
TNP prefers a holiday poultry other than turkey (would rather have goose or duck or pheasant or Macaw or something).
False; while I love duck and goose and would be open to trying just about anything else - I. Love. Turkey.
TNP has been roller skating/blading in the past year.
False - I've not been on roller-skates for 30 years. * sigh!* And besides, if The Creator had meant us to travel about on tiny wheels, we'd have castors instead of feet.
TNP can easily do a "bunny-hop" on a bicycle.
True, but only enough to hop on and off curbs.
TNP needs caffeine to function properly.
False. I've got a heart murmur and caffeine does funky things to me. I can only have small amounts every once in a while.
TNP hates broccoli with a passion.
False, I love broccoli and almost any other vegetable.
TNP is TFR You SOB
I don't understand that sentence, so I'll say "No."
TNP did understand it.
True, I understood that I meant the next poster would be TFR You SOB, who was on line at the time of my post and had recently posted in the thread.
TNP would rather have a beer than a glass of wine.
Oh you know me so well Hatshepsut ;) (also, how do you pronounce your user name?)
TNP likes to listen to their music as loud as possible.
No. Usually I have my music on 4 or 5, rather than 10.
TNP recognizes the phrase "But this goes to 11."
True - Nigel Tufnel is a legend in this household.
TNP still has no clue what is being referred to.
true.
TNP has a stalker.
False, although I had a proto-stalker in the 7th grade who must have grown up to be a real creep.
(Lupers, "this goes to 11" comes from the Rob Reiner film "This Is Spinal Tap," one of the funniest films ever made. And TFR, you may call me "Hattie." People usually pronounce the full name as "Hot Shep Soot" but I don't think anyone today knows for sure how the ancient Egyptians said it.)
TNP knows the differences between pool, billiards, and snooker.
true - snooker is a game for gentlemen while the other two are mere pretenders
TNP believes that christmas has the potential to bring out the child in everyone:D
(and thank you for the Reiner info, H)
True! That potential is in a LOT of things!
TNP lives someplace where there usually isn't snow.
True. I think it's snowed here once in my 24 years.
TNP is presently in danger of being snowed in.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,no. I actually have my AC on right now.
TNP plans on being hungover come New Years Day.
False. I've been hungover exactly once in my life, in college, after discovering screwdrivers at a cast party.
TNP was in at least one play or musical in college.
Not me, my theatre carreer ended in High School.
TNP has heard the song "Goody Two Shoes" by Adam Ant on the radio in the last month.
No. Not sure I ever have.
TNP has a single favorite Christmas song.
Tut! too slow!
True - it's between Fairy Tale Of New York and Stop The Cavalry, depending on my mood.
TNP preferred Duran Duran to Spandau Ballet.
Who didn't? I still like Duran Duran.
TNP skipped breakfast this morning.
False. These days I never skip breakfast.
TNP has watched (or will watch) a "holiday movie" this season.
False, oddly not yet.
TNP is amazed how long this thread has gone on.
Definitely true - but I'm happy about it!
TNP has a particular relative he or she dreads seeing during the holidays.
True. Part of why Thanksgiving this year was a trial.
TNP is looking forward to the holidays.
True. A mix of good and not-so-good events are scheduled but I think on balance it's positive.
TNP did not visit the ocean until they were at least 9 years old.
False-I was probably a toddler, but certainly before 9. I try and hit the beach at least twice a year, I love just walking the sand and enjoying the sounds.
TNP is presently frustrated about something.