Gary over at Potter’s Blog came up with an original meme. I don’t generally do memes, and I certainly do not respond to or hand out ‘tags’, but this one looked fun, and turned out to be just that. Just remember that it was 1944 for me…
1) What was your favorite snack when you were 5?
There wasn’t much in the way of snacks back then–there was a war on. I’d beg steal or borrow any kind of fruit, though.
What is it now?
Fruit, with a rare pig-out on sweet biscuits (cookies).
2) What was your favourite cartoon when you were 5?
Mickey Mouse, with Donald Duck running a close second.
What do you like to watch now?
Current fav. is “Ladies of Letters” (view it and weep) but I have a passion for Stargate SG-1, too.
3) What did you like to do after school when you were five?
Go out and play with my mates. We didn’t wander far, though, for fear of a daylight bombing run.
How about in your free time now?
I still like to go out and play with my mates. I don’t wander far, though, for fear of a knee collapse.
4) What scared you most when you were 5?
Being alone. A lot of bad things went on back then but a kid of 5 was safe when there were people around.
What scares you most now?
Poverty. Been there, done that, and worked my rocks off all my life to be free of it in my old age. Seems these days that other people have other views about the security of pension savings.
5) What do you remember most clearly from when you were 5?
Going to school for the first time, clutching a large book and protesting that I could read already.
How about in the last year?
Moving house. Never again.
Good answers. Thank you. They stir my imagination and memory.
I love Ladies of letters and SG-1 too.
Ha! I did the same thing. I remember being dragged bodily into the kindergarten by my embarrassed mother, loudly protesting that I could already read, I didn’t need to go to school.
Followed by weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth and profuse promises that I would be good, *please* don’t leave me here!
I never kept those promises to be good though. I was too mischievous and easily bored.
Edward comment is pretty funny.
John, my goodness, the more you write, the more I want to know about you!