True or False...

True on earthquakes. (I've never dealt with a tornado and would be happy to continue avoiding that particular experience. Glad your granddaughter is ok, @Sunny!)

My dining room and kitchen after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

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You've dealt with any kind of severe damage to your home from a natural disaster.
 

OMG ^^^^.. that's horrible...:eek:

True we had to deal with a roof that was blown off in the tornado.....and in the late 60's my aunts tenement flat was struck by lightening during a storm, she was killed instantly and the house was so seriously damaged it had to be demolished..


You have siblings with whom you're estranged
 
False. One grandmother died before I was born, the other when I was 1 year old. So all I have is a few old pictures. I don't see any resemblance to me.

StarSong, those pictures, good God! Were you at home at the time?

When you get a phone call from a number you do not recognize, do you usually just let it ring, or push the hang-up button right away?
 
No I have call blocking, so a new number will have to go through my blocker and announce who they are before my I accept or deny the call.. the caller never knows if I have refused the call ...

Your neighbours are loud !
 
Sunny said:
False. One grandmother died before I was born, the other when I was 1 year old. So all I have is a few old pictures. I don't see any resemblance to me.

StarSong, those pictures, good God! Were you at home at the time?

When you get a phone call from a number you do not recognize, do you usually just let it ring, or push the hang-up button right away?
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We were. It was pretty terrifying.

Every drawer in the house was shaken open, and many fell out completely, cabinets and shelves dumped their contents on counters and floors, toilets hopped away and had to be reseated, and virtually every dish in the house broke, including those in the dishwasher. One wing of our house jumped 1/2" from the rest of it and had to be tied back in with giant staples and other structural fixes. Every room was an absolute mess...

A typical bedroom. How our 10 year old daughter traversed the minefields (including a half-overturned upright piano that dug itself in the wall in her room) to get to her twin 8 year old brothers' rooms and haul them out of bed is unknown to all of us, including her. It was 4:31 AM in January, and less than 1/4 moon, so everything was pitch black. Power throughout the area was killed within 5 seconds of shaking. Indoors we could literally not see our hands in front of our faces. The master suite is on the other side of the house so it took DH and me 30 seconds or so to get to the kids. We couldn't walk - or even get out of bed - it was too violent.

Thank God we were insured. Most people were not.

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Moving on...
True: I don't answer the phone when it's a number I don't recognize. Sometimes I swipe to decline, other times I let it ring through. Not sure which is the better way to handle those calls.

Do you have any friends your own age who are suffering cognitive losses? (My BFF is, and it's breaking my heart.)
 
Oops - missed one.

False, my neighbors are reasonably quiet, but we're pretty tolerant of noise TBH.

Do you have any friends your own age who are suffering cognitive losses? (My BFF is, and it's breaking my heart.)
 
Good Lord...@Starsong, I had actual tears well up when I read your story of your 10 year old daughter rescuing her little brothers.. :cry:..is this the same house you're still in now ?

Question...answer...

No fortunately I don't have any friends who are suffering cognitive losses..( sorry your friend is going through this, is it Dementia ) ?

you always play music when you're in the shower
 
hollydolly said:
Good Lord...@Starsong, I had actual tears well up when I read your story of your 10 year old daughter rescuing her little brothers.. :cry:..is this the same house you're still in now ?
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Yes it is the same house. We cleaned it up, and had it fixed up and reinforced. Everything is secured to the walls now, which is why we only have the interior painted every ten years or so. It's getting to be that time now. When we repaint we also refloor. You can't imagine what a hassle it is to unscrew everything from the walls...

As you can imagine with siblings, the boys weren't apt to listen to their bossy sister under normal circumstances. Due to the layout of our house she was far closer to them. She went into one room, pulled the covers off her brother's head and told him to get out of bed and come with her. She led him by the hand to his brother's room and did the same there, then led them into the hall. When we arrived they were sitting in a cluster in the hallway, arms around each other, shell-shocked, and waiting for us.

We later asked the boys why they followed her instructions despite being terrified, both said a close variation of, "We knew she'd take care of us." Talk about a moment that puts a lump in a parent's throat.

hollydolly said:
sorry your friend is going through this, is it Dementia ) ?
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It seems to be. The question is whether she will recover any of these losses. This is the friend in the desert that I've been dropping everything in an effort to help sort her out.

hollydolly said:
you always play music when you're in the shower
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False. I do not because I'm usually awake 2-3 hours before my husband. Also I'm very quick in the shower - less than 5 minutes.

You've lived with severe water restrictions or rationing.
 
False

StarSong, what a hair-raising experience! I was living in WA state at that time and experienced a similar type of earthquake, I think it was a 6.4. But the damage your house experienced looks worse. Thank God you and your kids were OK.

You like to write with a pen rather than a pencil.
 
(basically) True - actually, it's a dull, mousy brown; but no grey (yet) so I don't have to color it...

you enjoy feeding the birds?
 
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