Saturday Six: Episode #27

Patrick, ne'er-do-well TV Producer and denizen of Tobacco Lane

 in Richmond (where they make Marlboros) offers the following

queries to tickle your fancy on this mid-October weekend. Go

ahead, click the banner and get your own copy of the questions.

You can answer them on your blog or over in the comments

at Patrick's Place.

1. What was your favorite Halloween candy to receive as a child?
Then and now, the miniature bags of M&M's.
2. Of cities you've visited (that you don't live in), which is your favorite and why?
Vancouver, British Columbia - it's on my favorite coast, amongst some really wonderful kayaking territory, it's cosmopolitan with a decidedly oriental flair these days, so one can find the best food in the world now on the North American continent, taxes are reasonable and the natives are far more tolerant than most "Americans."
3. What is the oldest appliance in your kitchen (and how old is it)?
I've got a cast iron waffle maker intended to fit into the hole over the firebox of a "Queen Atlantic" or similar model wood burning kitchen range that dates from the middle of the 18th century. There's also some cast iron corn bread pans of similar vintage.
4. How many broken bones have you suffered in your life time, and when was the most recent?
Probably around a dozen or so. I've broken most (but not all) of my toes at least once, a couple of ribs over time (most recent was from coughing last week), and a metacarpal bone in my hand when I was a child. Other than that, I escaped the broken bones my brothers seemed to accumulate as children.
5. Check your caller ID: who is the last person to have called you?
No can do -- no Caller ID. Last message on the answering machine was my wife.
6. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #26 from Nettie: What would you say is your biggest "character flaw?"
Procrastination is the biggest amongst many.