Sunday, April 24, 2022

The Sunday Five: Around You

1: Where are you reading / responding to this? 

2: How far are you from a phone? 

3: Is it daylight or dark? 

4: What can you hear? 

5: If there is anything to drink within reach, what is it? 

My Answers,

1: Where are you reading / responding to this?  At the desk in my bedroom 

2: How far are you from a phone? Both the house phone and my cell on are on the desk. 

3: Is it daylight or dark? daylight, later afternoon. 

4: What can you hear? A freight train about 1.5 miles away.

5: If there is anything to drink within reach, what is it? A glass of water 

Please share your answers in the comments 

24 comments:

  1. Anonymous4/24/2022

    1. At home using a desktop.
    2. My phone is within reach.
    3. Mid afternoon and it is very bright.
    4. Refrigerator in my right ear, the air-conditioning fan in my left ear, a helicopter and the occasional noisy motorcycle in the street.
    5. A water bottle filled with tap water.

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    1. Living this close to DC, if we hear a helicopter, it is either the coast guard, or military, the presidential helicopters are based not far away

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  2. 1. Bedroom desk.
    2. On said desk.
    3. After nine p.m. so, dark.
    4. Balder Half cutting his toenails. Whoopty freakin' do!
    5. Glass of water, guaranteed to induce several pee trips through the night.

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    1. My sweet bear goes for regular pedicures

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  3. 1. My desk in the den.
    2. On the other end of the house. No phone in den.
    3. Dawn, the sun is just coming up, but it's cloudy.
    4. TV morning show in the LR.
    5. A little grape juice in water.

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    1. And hours later it is dawn on this side of the pond

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  4. 1: Where are you reading / responding to this? At my desk in my home office.
    2: How far are you from a phone? Arm’s reach
    3: Is it daylight or dark? Daylight
    4: What can you hear? At the moment, nothing but my fingers on the keyboard.
    5: If there is anything to drink within reach, what is it? Big mug of English Breakfast tea with milk.

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    1. I can hear a jet setting up for landing at DCA

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  5. Where are you reading this? At my desk in my home office (thanks Mitchell)
    How far are you from a phone? Arms reach also (hi Andrew)
    Is it daylight or dark? Dark (early evening)
    What can you hear? The news on TV in the lounge room (thanks WCS). My husband likes it, me not so much.
    Is there anything to drink within reach? No, too late in the evening (see Deedles, above) but I have just finished two squares of excellent dark chocolate as an after dinner treat.

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    1. chocolate sounds like a great idea

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  6. 1. My laptop.
    2. My phone is on my bedside table, which is in another room.
    3. It's just past dawn and light.
    4. Window is open, so I hear birds singing, a train and my husband's allergies.
    5. Nothing within reach. But I will need to drink something. Tea, perhaps?

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    1. We are of an age that we don't have a panic attack if the phone is not within reach

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  7. 1 - my bedroom
    2 - about 5'
    3 - day, 8am (or just plain 8 for you Euro-types)
    4 - very very soft hum of a circulation fan
    5 - coffee, right in front of me

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  8. 1: Where are you reading / responding to this? Home office.

    2: How far are you from a phone? About a foot, and don't laugh ... it's a landline.

    3: Is it daylight or dark? Daylight.

    4: What can you hear? Cats meowing and Carlos futzing in the kitchen.

    5: If there is anything to drink within reach, what is it? There is not. Where IS my coffee?

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    1. Carlos is working on the coffee, or the cats drank it.

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  9. 1: Where are you reading / responding to this? Hotel room in Chicago
    2: How far are you from a phone? 10 Feet
    3: Is it daylight or dark? Daylight
    4: What can you hear? Sirens, horns and other traffic noise, voices in the hallway, the AC kicking off and on.
    5: If there is anything to drink within reach, what is it? Yes, a big glass of water.

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  10. 1. Where? My computer/library room/den.
    2. My cell phone is in the kitchen, a short distance away.
    3. Early morning, nice and light out.
    4. I can hear the local news on the TV in the living room.
    5. My morning cup o' joe!

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    1. Coffee to jump start our personality

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  11. 1: Where are you reading / responding to this? At my desk in the little office room.
    2: How far are you from a phone? My cell phone is right next to me and the house phone in the living room right next to this room.

    3: Is it daylight or dark? Daylight

    4: What can you hear? The occasional honking of the geese who hang out around here.

    5: If there is anything to drink within reach, what is it? Water infused with lime and cucumber.

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  12. 1: Where are you reading / responding to this? I am reading your blog of course.
    2: How far are you from a phone? it is right next to me, playing music.
    3: Is it daylight or dark? high noon and quite sunny.
    4: What can you hear? the phone is playing 'time after time' by Mr. Sinatra
    5: If there is anything to drink within reach, what is it? no and that's exceptional. I usually always have a glass of something or other with me.

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