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[Breaking Babylon]

Pretty simple rules. Ask the person above you a question. Don't ask anything inappropriate, and every poster has the right to pass the question if they don't wish to answer. :)

[Akathist]

What was the favorite present you gave to someone this Christmas and why?

[Breaking Babylon]

I got my brother this game for PS2 that he had really been wanting, and he gave me a hug and a CD in return. Imagine that, a hug from a 16 year old brother. :)

How has sidearm training been going? You should be a snapshot by now!

[Akathist]

I am doing very well with my training. I am not a "snapshot" (do you mean "sharpshooter"?) yet. I am working on drawing and moving right now.

The competitions I start in April involve a course of shooting where you first run to a spot behind "cover" (cardboard), shoot at a specific set of targets, move and shoot at one or two more to new "cover" then go for another set of targets. Sometimes you have to get down low and shoot through an opening in the "cover".

Then in some situations they have cardboard mazes to go through. It is not just how accurate it is also how fast.

So I am working on getting my cardio fitness up, and learning how to quickly draw and get aim, then move. I struggle with my speed in reloading and that is often part of the drill in a competition too.

It is so cold that I will not be doing much training over the winter and only one indoor place I know will let me train as I need to. It is very convenient to my church so I could practice on Saturday afternoon before vespers. But it is very inconvenient for my trainer to meet me there.

Question to SS: Of all the household chores you do, which one do you most dislike doing?

So now, who has a question to ask me?

[Breaking Babylon]

The chore I dislike most is probably vacuuming. It's not that it's hard, but the noise annoys me. I like washing dishes believe it or not.

How long will it take before people join this thread? :P

[Chocolatesa]

SS: what does your username mean?

[Breaking Babylon]

It means Sacred Silence, and the monk in my avatar is a reflection of that name. Saint Isaac the Syrian said that "words are a tool of this world, but silence is a mystery of the age to come." He also said, roughly, that holy wisdom dwells in a heart that's silent, as the dolphin stirs in the calm sea, so divine wisdom stirs in a silent heart.

I like to remember silence. The name helps. :)

Where did Chocolatesa come from? What's the inspiration for that?

[Chocolatesa]

Ah, thought that's what it meant. I stuck chocolate onto the first two letters of my first name cause I used to work in a chocolate shop and I love chocolate.

[ThePosterFormerlyKnownAs]

What is your favorite kind of chocolate?

[Akathist]

How long will it take before people join this thread? :P
Answer: This place gets busy after DL on Sundays so lots more will join us then.

Question to posterformlyknownas:

What kinds of pets do you like and do you have any? (yes, two questions in one!)

[-Kyriaki-]

question to anyone:

What's your favourite kind of pasta sauce

[nestoj]

Carbonara.....mmmmmmmmm.

nestoj
God helps

[Nichole]

nestoj.................Do you currently live in Serbia?

[nestoj]

Yes I do, I'm kind of attached to hills, mountains and forests. Americans usually say that it reminds them of Montana.

Are you of Turkish origin as our Bushmaster...or not.

God helps

[Nichole]

NO..............I was born and raised in South Dakota---lived 30 miles from Mt. Rushmore (very near Montana :) )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hills and mountains are very beautiful to be surrounded by!

Have you ever been to America nestoj?

[ThePosterFormerlyKnownAs]

Answer: This place gets busy after DL on Sundays so lots more will join us then.

Question to posterformlyknownas:

What kinds of pets do you like and do you have any? (yes, two questions in one!)

I love dogs and can get along with cats. We currently have 2 dogs and a cat.

[Chocolatesa]

What is your favorite kind of chocolate?
Dark chocolate.

When was the last time you went camping? how was it?

[ThePosterFormerlyKnownAs]

Dark chocolate.

When was the last time you went camping? how was it?

About 7 years ago. It was fun but hot.

[HisKid1973]

Bushmasters wife.....I see BMW all the time. Is that the car you drive?

[Nichole]

Bushmasters wife.....I see BMW all the time. Is that the car you drive?
NO..............I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) We drive Honda currently! Do you live where the Hershey factory is? :drool: :drool: :)

[SeraphimSarov]

Just checking in...

[namericanboy]

NO..............I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) We drive Honda currently! Do you live where the Hershey factory is? :drool: :drool: :)

CHOCOLATE.....Have you tried the new mint milky way..

[HisKid1973]

NO..............I wish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) We drive Honda currently! Do you live where the Hershey factory is? :drool: :drool: :)

We have a small nissan pick up...We live about a mile from the factory..I worked there for over 23 years..Sometimes before it rains we smell milk chocolate...You could eat all you want but lose your job if you tried to smuggle it out.... Reese peanut buttercup factory is at the other end of town with the sewer treatment plant in the middle...Hershey has a lot of smells..blessings in Christ..Kim

[Nichole]

CHOCOLATE.....Have you tried the new mint milky way..
No, I have not tried that. I am not a big mint fan!!!!!!!! :(

[Nichole]

We have a small nissan pick up...We live about a mile from the factory..I worked there for over 23 years..Sometimes before it rains we smell milk chocolate...You could eat all you want but lose your job if you tried to smuggle it out.... Reese peanut buttercup factory is at the other end of town with the sewer treatment plant in the middle...Hershey has a lot of smells..blessings in Christ..Kim
That is soooooooooooooooo awesome! Do you happen to get benefits yet from Hershey company? Like...........lifetime of free chocolate? :D ^_^

[inGodsfootsteps]

Ok, i will chime in;

Question to anybody;

Is there anyone in here that likes playing computer games?

[Dorothea]

No, can't say that I like playing computer games, but once in a while, like every few months, I'll play a Mario Brothers game. :D

To anyone:

What are you allergic to, if anyting?

[ThePosterFormerlyKnownAs]

Ok, i will chime in;

Question to anybody;

Is there anyone in here that likes playing computer games?

I'm really deep into Bioshock at the moment and I also play Oblivion, Titan Quest Gold and Warcraft III on PC. I don't own any consoles right now but I do have a DS and I'm loving Final Fantasy III and Age of Empires while I'm learning Spanish with My Spanish Coach.

[inGodsfootsteps]

posterformerlyknownas: Very cool, I have yet to try bioshock but everyone keeps telling me it is awesome. At the moment I am on my second run through on a game called dungeon siege 2 which is really really cool, it an rpg style game kind of like diablo but better. I am also playing battlefield 2 and wishing I had a computer that could play supreme commander and the expansion.

What is your favourite genre of computer game?

[Nichole]

No, can't say that I like playing computer games, but once in a while, like every few months, I'll play a Mario Brothers game. :D

To anyone:

What are you allergic to, if anyting?
Allergic to living in the South! ^_^

[ThePosterFormerlyKnownAs]

RPG, hands down. I also have DS2 but haven't played in a while.

What is your favorite game of all time?

[Dorothea]

Allergic to living in the South! ^_^
:D

[Dorothea]

Anybody have any phobias?

[ThePosterFormerlyKnownAs]

Anybody have any phobias?

Acrophobia but only at dangerous heights.

[Nichole]

Anybody have any phobias?
Cockroaches count?! ^_^

[-Kyriaki-]

Anyone else like Doctor Who?

[inGodsfootsteps]

Posterformerlyknownas: RTS is my favourite genre by far and my favourite game by far is supreme commander although DS 2 is starting to rank right up there.

[Nichole]

Anyone else like Doctor Who?
Never heard of it!!!!!!!!!!

[Protoevangel]

Anyone else like Doctor Who?
I love Dr Who!

Tom Baker (1974–1981) was by far the best, but the new Doctor, David Tennant, is ok, too. Christopher Eccleston was OK too.

Did you watch the old episodes too? What do you think of the current series? I think they pulled it off magnificently.

[AxionEsti]

I won't buy Hershey chocolate anymore. They closed down the factory here, and put many people out of work. They opened a factory in South America, I think.

I'll buy Ghirradelli chocolate, or any european chocolate, or perhaps Sees.

[SeraphimSarov]

What are you allergic to, if anyting?

Penicillin, cephalosporins, sulfas... I was known as the kid allergic to everything when I was little. They found out the very hard way that I'm allergic, I might add. :P

[flod logic]

What's your favorite book?

[AJB4]

What's your favorite book?
Harry Potter? ^_^

What age was your first kiss? :P

[flod logic]

Hasn't happened yet. :sorry:

If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

[ThePosterFormerlyKnownAs]

I'd like to live within 50 miles of an Orthodox monastery. Other than that, preferable with a mild summer climate and light snow in the winter.

Where would your dream vacation be?

[-Kyriaki-]

Somewhere nice and quiet in the mountains with lots of food and no people except the ones I took with me.

As far as the Doctor Who questions - love watching the old series, especially to laugh at the sets and special effects. My sister is a mad Doctor Who geek (like...seriously....it's scary...) so I know more trivia than is good for me. We have daleks and tardis-es (tardisii?) all through our house, and pictures of John Simm and David Tennant all over her walls. Occasionally they creep out into our space, but we fight them back into her room again.

Her boyfriend learned to knit primarily for the purpose of knitting a Doctor Who scarf. Which he did. I'm now trying to get him to knit a dalek, like I did (fun project)

[Nichole]

Does anyone here like Starbucks?

[Breaking Babylon]

I've never had Starbucks before.

What's a moving quote from the Saints that stands out for you right now?

[fuerein]

Does anyone here like Starbucks?
About the only I thing I really care for from Starbucks are the coffee based Frappacinos, as long as they break up the ice well and I'm not stuck with huge chunks of ice. Other than that I don't really care one way or the other about them. I don't go there often though just because I cannot justify to myself to frequently buy drinks from them for their prices.

[AxionEsti]

Does anyone here like Starbucks?
Some of the coffees I like, not all. It's a once-a-year treat for me, though. I'd rather make my own frappacinos, and such, but my machine broke. :(


What are your favorite flavors of ice cream? Anyone like the ice cream that Rite Aid sells? That used to be Thrifty's ice cream, and the best in the world when I was a kid. :yum:

[fuerein]

Some of the coffees I like, not all. It's a once-a-year treat for me, though. I'd rather make my own frappacinos, and such, but my machine broke. :(


What are your favorite flavors of ice cream? Anyone like the ice cream that Rite Aid sells? That used to be Thrifty's ice cream, and the best in the world when I was a kid. :yum:
Ice cream... Mmm, I'm trying to severly reduce how much of that I eat. But anything with peanut butter. Ben and Jerry's peanut butter cup in peanut butter ice cream is just heavenly. But any peanut butter ice cream is a fav. of mine, followed by cookies and cream and/or choc. chip cookie dough (only certain brands though are a favorite for both of those)

[Dorothea]

Cockroaches count?! ^_^
^_^ Yeah, because that's one of my phobias. :P ^_^

[Dorothea]

Penicillin, cephalosporins, sulfas... I was known as the kid allergic to everything when I was little. They found out the very hard way that I'm allergic, I might add. :P
lol Aww, poor thing! Must've been tough as a kid with all those allergies, and having the bad reactions to them!!!

[Dorothea]

Hasn't happened yet. :sorry:

If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
Where I am right now!! LOL Colorado Springs, CO. :D

[Dorothea]

Does anyone here like Starbucks?
No. I don't like it, it's too strong. tastes burnt to me.

[Dorothea]

Name all the places you've lived and visited. :P

[Nichole]

Hasn't happened yet. :sorry:

If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
Washington state!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:P

[Nichole]

Name all the places you've lived and visited. :P
Born and raised in South Dakota. Lived there for 31.5 years. Live in Georgia for 1.5 years now ( :( ).

Visited..................Canada, South Korea, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Washington D.C., New York City, Newark, Orlando (woot woot............Disney World or is it Disney Land......LOL), Atlanta, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. Hummm..........I think that is it! My next destination (big wishes) is Turkey, the Netherlands, Germany, and Las Vegas. LOL!

[JuvenalyMartinka]

*sniff sniff* I miss CO Springs... Dorothea is lucky.

[AJB4]

You're a singer Juvenaly?! (according to your myspace). PM me and tell me more.

[Breaking Babylon]

I'm a singer!

... In my shower... while I'm alone... trying to pretend I'm good at it...

[Nichole]

I'm a singer!

... In my shower... while I'm alone... trying to pretend I'm good at it...
What tune do you belt out the best? ^_^

[Knowledge3]

What is a thing?

[Breaking Babylon]

What tune do you belt out the best? ^_^
Well one time, I sang "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain to my girlfriend, and she cried. Could be because it was romantic(according to her), but I'm leaning more towards the fact that my voice sounds so much like a dying emu it made her upset.

What is a thing?
It's anything that can be described as an "it".

What's your favorite word in the English dictionary?

[Nichole]

What is a thing?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing

[Knowledge3]

What's your favorite word in the English dictionary?

word

[Chocolatesa]

Knowledge: where were you born?

[SeraphimSarov]

What tune do you belt out the best? ^_^
The resurrectional evlogitaria! :)

[-Kyriaki-]

Salvatore, you crack me up.

What's everyone's favourite Church feast? (and no fair saying Pascha :P That's a given)

[Philothei]

I like Theophany service :) lots, the Supplication of Theotokos... and many more....

What cross are you wearing? Describe it please...

[-Kyriaki-]

My protestant baptismal cross - it doesn't count as a baptismal cross, really ;) but that's what it was given to me as. It was given to me by my grandparents, my sister has an identical one.

It's gold and about an inch long, and flat, quite thin, with engraving on it. In the centre where the arms cross over is a five petalled rose (a variation on Luther's rose, for the five wounds of Christ), and then from there out to the ends of each of the lengths is a vine for Christ the true vine.

It's very pretty and I like it a lot, I'll miss it when I get baptised for real and get a new one - though I'm sure I'll like the new one too. I keep toying with the idea of 'giving' it to my godfather so he can 'give' it back :P

[Philothei]

Oh... you can do that ... You can give it to your God parent to give it to you on your baptism. I know some that did that....it is no problem it does not have to be new. I had my grantmother's cross when I got baptized (and still do) as a baby. She was my God mother.


Do you like to chant along during Liturgy? are you in the choir... or just participate in the service without chanting.... but praying silently?

[SeraphimSarov]

What's everyone's favourite Church feast? (and no fair saying Pascha :P That's a given)

That's like asking which is my favorite child. :P

[SeraphimSarov]

Do you like to chant along during Liturgy? are you in the choir... or just participate in the service without chanting.... but praying silently?

I usually chant Great Vespers on Saturday and sometimes Sunday matins. As such, I usually chant along during the liturgy. Everyone at my parish is encouraged to do so as well.