Friday, September 26, 2025

Friday 5 for September 26: 52.6641°N 8.6288°W

 

Photo: The Limerick Museum in Limerick, Ireland supposedly at coordinates 52.6641°N 8.6288°W.  (Wikipedia)

Friday 5 for September 26: 
52.6641°N  8.6288°W

Welcome to this week’s Friday 5 Answers. These questions come from the Friday 5 website which this links to.

1. What is your water flask like? 

I have several of them, but I hardly use them. I usually drink my water out of a bottle or pitcher poured into a glass or cup.

2. When did you last hold a mic?

This past week I was looking for missing microphones among my collection of electronic stuff. May need them to record some videos later this month. I found a big one that I used to plug into my Radio Shack Mixer, but the 1/4 plugs are too big for the small jack on my camera. I know I have a couple of smaller mics around.

3. Of whom are you jealous?

No one. I am satisfied with who I am.

4. For what are you zealous?

I don't get too enthusiastic about anything. Most things cost way too much money and I tend to avoid them as much as possible. Nope, can't think of anything that excites me enough to be "zealous".

5. And when might you go on a hike?

I've always wanted to do a photowalk up at Lyon Arboretum or on the other side of the island at Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden. Never been to Lyon and the last time I went to Hoomaluhia was way back in the 1980s. At my age challenging hikes are off the table, though I did a few way back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Gravity can be cruel to hikers. 


Friday, September 19, 2025

Friday 5 for September 19: Mononymously yours


 

Friday 5 for September 19: Mononymously yours

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

1. What’s your favorite Elvis song?

I have a lot favorite Elvis songs, but if I go according to my list of songs for every year since my birth, then my go to Elvis track is "Jailhouse Rock". The songs catches the essence of early rock n roll, and Elvis was at his peak in his early years.

Top 5 Elvis songs (revised September 2025)

  1. Jailhouse Rock
  2. Blue Suede Shoes
  3. I Gotta Know
  4. Ku'uipo
  5. It's Now of Never 

2. When did you last wear something Pink?

I'm a guy and I don't wear any Pink. If I did it probably is very long ago and I don't remember it.

3. What’s the most intereSting thing you learned last week?

Charlie Kirk made contingency plans for his succession long before he was brutally shot and killed.  His organization Turning Point USA will continue and his message will spread. News of his death was a total Sting for me. So young. He could have been elected President of the U.S. as early as the mid 2030s.

4. When did you last treat someone awFlea (or when were you last treated awFlea)?

It was a while back, but the people at the UPS store had gawd awful service at the Makaloa Street location. I vow never to go back there ever. Now if I need to deal with UPS I go to the Downtown location.AFLEA.... hmmm...

5. Which notable people do you Cher a name or birthday with?

If I told you this I would have to reveal my birthday which I prefer to keep confidential.  However I will say one of the cast members of the old ABC TV series China Beach has the same birthday as me.

  • ELVIS - Jailhouse Rock
  • PINK - Get The Party Started
  • STING - Fields of Gold
  • FLEA - Give It Away, Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  • CHER - Half Breed

I don't know if we had to figure something out with these words. So I just matched it up with my favorite songs by these people.