Tuesday, February 19, 2008

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED FOR A SQUARE MEME

Square meme1. Link to the person that tagged you2. Post the rules on your blog3. Answer the square number of questions on your blog4. Tag a square number (i.e., 4, 9, 16, etc) people at the end of your post, and let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog


1. Do you have the squares of every number up to 12 memorized?
Yes

.2. If you take the square root of a number and square it, what do you get?
The same number that you started with

3. Think about the number of people in your immediate family (i.e., parents, grandparents, siblings, children). Is it a square number?
No

4. Is your bedroom a square or a rectangle?
Rectangle

5. Can you form a perfect square with your hands?
No

6. Name the nearest object to you that is a square:
Probably the closest thing to a square is the computer moniter, but it is not a perfect square. It is rectangular in shape. I changed my mind. There is a C.D. case that is square.

7. Is a square symmetrical?
Yes

8. Do you know how to draw a 3D square?
Yes

9. Which looks prettier to you -- a quilt with perfect squares or a crazy (strips of fabric of different shapes) quilt?
Squares

Miss Connie. I did the meme and anyone that put down a different answer than I got it wrong. Anyone that wants to do this meme is welcome to do so.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED TO DO THIS MEME

I was tagged by Buddy at http://budjonjakejess.blogspot.com to do this meme....so here it goes....: )Here are the rules for this meme:1. link to the person that tagged you.2. Post the rules on your blog.3. Share 6 non-important thing/habits/quirks/about yourself4. Tag 6 random people at the end of your post.5. Let each random person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Things about me:

01. I have had false teeth since I was nineteen years old.

02. I am deathly afraid of spiders. :0(

03. I have been a carpenter since I was a teenager working with my Dad.

04. I enjoyed drag racing as a teenager BUT I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT FOR MY GRANDCHILDRE OR ANYONE ELSE.

05. I love to tell and enjoy a good clean joke.

06. I love politics.

Now anyone else who wants to do this, you are tagged and besure and let me know if you deside to do so I can come read what you write. Jim

THE OLD TEXAS NAIL BENDER

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Freeport, Texas, United States
My name is Jim McEntire. I am 65 years old. I have been married to the same wonderful woman for almost 45 years. We have 5 children,19 grandkids,and 3 great grandkids. I am the second oldest of 5 kids. I was born in Malakoff,Tx. on March 8,1941. We have lived in Freeport,Tx. since 1967. I am a retired carpenter from Dow Chemical Co. We are charter members of Faith Baptist Church in Freeport (the best church in the world).