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Old 10-25-2009, 04:23 PM   #21 (permalink)
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OK, I can consider myself honored with this intercontinentall slam

Lets see:


1. Why did you choose your screen name? What is your real name? (optional).............................My real name is Ante (like Tony) and I live in Croatian costal region Dalmatia (U all know the dalmatian dogs ,ha?). We have lot of olive oil and I produce olive oil soaps in traditional way as souvenirs. That was my first forum name in one soapmaking forum .

2. Why did you join IBS?......Touched this site once while googleing bananas and im still glued to it.

3. What's your favorite banana plant?........Dont know, many of them. If U can only imagine how hard is to get banana plants here than U will understand why I cant have favourite ONE.

4. One thing people don't know about me is............that I have the "green soul"

5. My hobbies are.....soapmaking, liqers and grappas production,...

6. Show a peek of yourself as a child (optional)....some next time

7. My favorite food is......all Meditterannean food with lot of pasta

8. My zodiac sign is................Taurus ( U never know )

9. One thing I really hate is............closed society

10. One of my surprising talents is.......how to raise a familly with only one pay check

11. One thing I do everyday is......kiss my wife and kids before I went to work

12. If I had a million dollars, I'd......buy Euros for them!

13. One place I'd love to go is.......anywere tropical, US, Japan

14. One thing I would want people to say about me when I am 6 feet under is......Amen

15. Two things I really love are.......my familly and gardening

16. One book I enjoyed was.......nothing U might know, few local titles




I choose to put in the spotlight next..........Island cassie!
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Eric, gimme a break, I'm at the beach, I'm having a surfing vacation.

1. Why did you choose your screen name? What is your real name? (optional)............................. I chose my screen name because I actually do speak for trees. My real name is Beth, as most of you already know.

2. Why did you join IBS?................................ I moved to Ecuador and encountered my first ever fruiting bananas, in the yard of the place I rented. There were close to 300 of them. I was clueless.

3. What's your favorite banana plant?................................... Maqueño Original (original strain Gros Michel) hands down.

4. One thing people don't know about me is................................. I can sing the Frank Sinatra catalog like Alvin of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

5. My hobbies are..... Surfing, bodyboard, kayaking, whitewater rafting, hiking, and pretty much anything else that allows me to go faster than 20 kph without the use of a motor.

6. Show a peek of yourself as a child (optional)........................... nope, not a chance.

7. My favorite food is................................... difficult to pick one - it varies depending on where I am. Currently, Shrimp Encocado.

8. My zodiac sign is.......................................... Gemini

9. One thing I really hate is..................................... Incorrect grammar.

10. One of my surprising talents is......................................... I can yodel.

11. One thing I do everyday is............................................ list the birds I can see in the first hour of the day.

12. If I had a million dollars, I'd........................................ purchase several thousand hectares of virgin rainforest and convert it into a preserve.

13. One place I'd love to go is.......................................... New Zealand

14. One thing I would want people to say about me when I am 6 feet under is............................. She survived.

15. Two things I really love are.......................................... My cat and the forest

16. One book I enjoyed was..................................... Well, the obvious answer is ''Who Lifted the Lorax'' but I'm going to go with ''Making It, or How I Made Multimillionares out of Common Street Thugs, Became Rich and Famous, and Almost Got the Girl''




I choose to put in the spotlight next............................................... Damaclese
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Old 10-25-2009, 07:19 PM   #23 (permalink)
 
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Oh this is so entertaining. Loving all the answers. Looks like you're up, Island Cassie and Damaclese...



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Eric, gimme a break, I'm at the beach, I'm having a surfing vacation.
Wow! Amazing what losing 10,000 feet altitude can do to someone ! From eruptions to waves & aroids to bikinis.... Bikinis !! Forget the baby pics, got any.... Sorry, lost my head again (or will)!!
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Now, now, don't be chicken about posting up your childhood pics, folks!



I would think it would be easier than posting a current pic. Bob asked what happened. I am wondering myself.


How did I go from this...




to this?!!!...




My parents are very proud of how I turned out!


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As of this evening, the IBS (Bananas.org) has 4751 members, about 1,000 of which have been active in the last year.



Now at the rate this game is going, we should cover most of the "active" members in 18 months time. I hope no one feels left out while waiting to be chosen!

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No one is going to be left out - so not to worry. We'll work it out later. For now just keep it rolling...

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After just a few more people to answer this, peoples names should start to be accidentally put in the spotlight for a second time! I can see it now... lol.
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OK here y'all go

1. Why did you choose your screen name? What is your real name? (optional
Really name is Paul i picked Damaclese really spelled Damocles because of its historic significants to how i feel about life: The story
The Damocles of the anecdote was an obsequious courtier in the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse, a fourth century BCE tyrant of Syracuse. Damocles exclaimed that, as a great man of power and authority, Dionysius was truly fortunate. Dionysius offered to switch places with him for a day, so he could taste first hand that fortune. In the evening a banquet was held where Damocles very much enjoyed being waited upon like a king. Only at the end of the meal did he look up and notice a sharpened sword hanging directly above his head by a single horse-hair. Immediately, he lost all taste for the fine foods and beautiful boys and asked leave of the tyrant, saying he no longer wanted to be so fortunate.[1][4]

Dionysius had successfully conveyed a sense of the constant fear in which the great man lives. Cicero uses this story as the last in a series of contrasting examples for reaching the conclusion he had been moving toward in this fifth Disputation, in which the theme is that virtue is sufficient for living a happy life.[5] Cicero asks

"Does not Dionysius seem to have made it sufficiently clear that there can be nothing happy for the person over whom some fear always looms?"[6]

citation: wikipedia


2. Why did you join IBS?................................ got a Williams hybrid from Stokes tropicals there culture sheets were horrible so went to the web to find better info and found IBS in a search

3. What's your favorite banana plant?................................... Enset Ventracosum Murellii big beautiful and heat tolerant dos int mind low humidity

4. One thing people don't know about me is.................................i play the Piano and Pipe organ and am a published Composer of contemporary Classical music currently working on a symphony entitled Exotic Travails in #D min

5. My hobbies are..... any thing out side I'm an avid cyclist hiker and armature body builder i build and fly R.C. Planes reading and home remodeling Cooking and music theirs more but i don't want to look like I'm bragging

6. Show a peek of yourself as a child (optional)...........................i Have no pictures of my self as a young person

7. My favorite food is................................... being a chef this is tough Fish Tacos and Pennsylvania Dutch as well as German cooking

8. My zodiac sign is.......................................... Gemini

9. One thing I really hate is..................................... ego driven people that use ambiguous language to hide behind so that they can inflict hurt on less powerful people all the wile they delude them selfs in to thinking they are just being helpful or informative

10. One of my surprising talents is......................................... I can Tailor clothing as well as sew.

11. One thing I do everyday is............................................ creative visualization

12. If I had a million dollars, I'd........................................ues it to bring joy and comfort to my Life partner of 18 year Wesley as well as the many others i love


13. One place I'd love to go is..........................................Peru

14. One thing I would want people to say about me when I am 6 feet under is............................. I Loved him and i know he loved me

15. Two things I really love are.......................................... By Boy Friend Wesley and are two dogs Patrick and Cesar

16. One book I enjoyed was..................................... "The Children of Morrow" this book pretty much shaped the way i think about what a society should be i read it when i was 9 years old heres a Small synopsis:
Tia and Rabbit are considered odd by their primitive post-apocalyptic community. They share the same dreams of a far more civilized community and wish to escape their home, where Tia is considered a blasphemous witch. Several hundred miles away, Ashira and Varas reside, their telepathic powers receiving Tia and Rabbit's thoughts and wondering where they are. After Rabbit accidentally kills the head cook, they have to run. Guided by Ashira and Varas, they must make their way to the sea and safety. this book is an excellent analysis of the juckst of position between A Utopian technologically driven race and a Autocratic warrior race driving by power and the persuit of domains over weaker peoples



I choose to put in the spotlight next............................................... chong
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Old 10-26-2009, 11:34 PM   #31 (permalink)
 
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1. Why did you choose your screen name? What is your real name? (optional)............................. Real name Carol - Screen name - always liked Cassie and I live on an island

2. Why did you join IBS?................................ found it by chance and loved it

3. What's your favorite banana plant?................................... tall Orinoco

4. One thing people don't know about me is................................. I used to race ferarris

5. My hobbies are..... gardening, social networking, animal and child charity work

6. Show a peek of yourself as a child (optional)........................... nope, not a chance.

7. My favorite food is................................... shrimp

8. My zodiac sign is.......................................... Pisces

9. One thing I really hate is..................................... Incorrect grammar and spelling.

10. One of my surprising talents is.........................................make theatre costumes

11. One thing I do everyday is............................................ check my raingauge

12. If I had a million dollars, I'd........................................ have hand made shoes

13. One place I'd love to go is.......................................... been to them

14. One thing I would want people to say about me when I am 6 feet under is............................. what a way to go!

15. Two things I really love are.......................................... the smell of rain, an animal cuddling up to me

16. One book I enjoyed was..................................... Lord of the Rings



I'll go with Chong as well - keep the thread to 1 person

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Old 10-27-2009, 06:28 PM   #32 (permalink)
 
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Great answers, guys! Very entertaining to read people's replies, and get to know more than just a screen name.


Well, Chong, looks like you're up!


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Thanks again for those seeds, eh? I am going to be sowing some very soon.


Looking forward to your answers...


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Old 10-28-2009, 07:36 AM   #33 (permalink)
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what a gtreat thread!
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Old 10-28-2009, 09:08 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Did anyone have any opinions on the obligatory PM to the person you recommend sending them a link and letting them know to respond? I think that would keep this thread moving and prevent stagnancy.
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Good idea
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Ok yes, I addressed this issue in the 1st post...


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Someone may have to notify the next chosen person, if they don't realize they are in the spotlight.

Thanks for bringing it up again though, LilRaverBoi. The person who is in the spotlight must notify the person they choose next.


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Love the avatar Joan!!
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Thanks, if all goes well I took tomorow off and am going to try to get on here and post some pics., Halloween of course. If I have trouble I will be calling out for Help!
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Well, so where's Chong???


Like to see those pics too, Joan...


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