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July questions 20-23
Not exactly a riveting crop, and there's another weird personal grooming question.
20. If you could marry any celebrity today who would it be?
Um, what? None of them. I don't know them, I've already got Greg who is also my best friend, and of course none of them would marry me anyway. Besides, I loathe celebrity culture.
21. Do you own anything that's an antique?
I'm not sure what counts as antique. I have my Spanish great-great-grandmother's tortoiseshell stand-up-comb thingy that would have been pushed into the top of an updo. I wish I also had the oil painting of her, but another relative got it.
I still have some of the second-hand furniture of unknown age I bought when I first went flatting. It's good solid-wood stuff, but I think it only counts as antique if it has some recognisable style. Does a 1950s tea set with asymmetrical saucers allowing space for an accompanying piece of cake count yet? I know, the rimu (native wood) china cabinet with leadlight glass which we bought at an estate auction. I'd say it's 1920s, like our house.
22. Do you let your hair air dry or do you blow dry it?
If I left my chin-length hair to dry, it would look as if I'd been dragged through a hedge backwards. I blast it dry with the hairdryer, which scares it into submission, then use a straightener on any bits still sticking out.
23. How long does it take for you to fall asleep at night?
Anything from a few minutes to a couple of hours, and this depends on whether my legs also go to sleep. I have restless leg syndrome which I can sometimes treat by lying on a small massage ball, but if that doesn't do it, I have to get up, go downstairs, and play some computer games till my brain gives up with the twitching.
20. If you could marry any celebrity today who would it be?
Um, what? None of them. I don't know them, I've already got Greg who is also my best friend, and of course none of them would marry me anyway. Besides, I loathe celebrity culture.
21. Do you own anything that's an antique?
I'm not sure what counts as antique. I have my Spanish great-great-grandmother's tortoiseshell stand-up-comb thingy that would have been pushed into the top of an updo. I wish I also had the oil painting of her, but another relative got it.
I still have some of the second-hand furniture of unknown age I bought when I first went flatting. It's good solid-wood stuff, but I think it only counts as antique if it has some recognisable style. Does a 1950s tea set with asymmetrical saucers allowing space for an accompanying piece of cake count yet? I know, the rimu (native wood) china cabinet with leadlight glass which we bought at an estate auction. I'd say it's 1920s, like our house.
22. Do you let your hair air dry or do you blow dry it?
If I left my chin-length hair to dry, it would look as if I'd been dragged through a hedge backwards. I blast it dry with the hairdryer, which scares it into submission, then use a straightener on any bits still sticking out.
23. How long does it take for you to fall asleep at night?
Anything from a few minutes to a couple of hours, and this depends on whether my legs also go to sleep. I have restless leg syndrome which I can sometimes treat by lying on a small massage ball, but if that doesn't do it, I have to get up, go downstairs, and play some computer games till my brain gives up with the twitching.
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One of the reasons for getting the china cabinet was to get a few things off shelves - and somewhere where they're safer. I'm trying not to buy more but now and then I do see something I can't resist.
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>I'm trying not to buy more but now and then I do see something I can't resist.
Oh, I empathise as I'm the same. Some things I just see and know I have to have it :)
This was my old Edwardian display cabinet (with the glass doors open). I couldn't bear to have all this scattered around the home! The grandchildren love looking in it :)
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