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Trivia Time?

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  1. vesper
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    So, this was mentioned a while ago in a meeting, and maybe it would be a good time to start, since it's summer season and people are bored (I'm joking, never a boring day at SUMO, from what I have experienced so far ;D).

    I'm pretty sure SUMO contributors are one of the most colourful and interesting bunches of people on this planet, coming from so many cultures, places, and backgrounds. I'm curious about the most unusual facts that make each and every one of us stand out from the others. For example, I would love to know...

    • Do we have any SUMO contributors living above 4000 meters of altitude?
    • Do we have anyone who can reach the beach from their home in less than 20 seconds?
    • Do we have anyone singing in a band?
    • Do we have someone who shook hands with a real astronaut?
    • Has anyone here ever built a house with their own hands?
    • Do we have any sports people who compete regularly in their favourite sport?
    • Do we have anyone living on an island that's small enough to be walked around in about a day?

    If you have any questions of that kind, drop them here! Let's find people who can say "yes" to some of them :-)

    So, this was mentioned a while ago in a meeting, and maybe it would be a good time to start, since it's summer season and people are bored (I'm joking, never a boring day at SUMO, from what I have experienced so far ;D). I'm pretty sure SUMO contributors are one of the most colourful and interesting bunches of people on this planet, coming from so many cultures, places, and backgrounds. I'm curious about the most unusual facts that make each and every one of us stand out from the others. For example, I would love to know... * Do we have any SUMO contributors living above 4000 meters of altitude? * Do we have anyone who can reach the beach from their home in less than 20 seconds? * Do we have anyone singing in a band? * Do we have someone who shook hands with a real astronaut? * Has anyone here ever built a house with their own hands? * Do we have any sports people who compete regularly in their favourite sport? * Do we have anyone living on an island that's small enough to be walked around in about a day? If you have any questions of that kind, drop them here! Let's find people who can say "yes" to some of them :-)
  2. Paul
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    Hi

    I cannot remember if I have ever shook hands with any of them, but I have met a fair few astronauts and cosmonauts.

    Whether they took part in projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo (including Skylab) or the Russian space programme, they are a special group of people who have literally "seen it all", but at the same time viewed it as a job that they trained for and saw friends and colleagues pass away during the course of.

    Whilst their experiences are unique, when I was talking to them (often about quite mundane everyday things, not space fan stuff), they struck me as not being too dissimilar to former members of the emergency services, law enforcement and the military. These are people who have been trained to do a job, and have done it well, but in the course of doing so did things well outside of what they signed up for. We owe them a debt of gratitude for what they have done.

    On a lighter note, one of the real highlights was buying a can of Coca Cola for Cosmonaut Alexy Leonov. His English is not great, but if a twice awarded Hero of the Soviet Union wants a Coke, I am more than happy to help. Having got him the requested beverage, he proceeded to drink it straight from the can. Putting aside the juxtaposition of a Soviet Cosmonaut drinking that most Western of soft drinks, if the first human to pop a capsule door to float in space wants to drink out of a can at an expensive event, I think he is fully entitled to do so.

    Hi I cannot remember if I have ever shook hands with any of them, but I have met a fair few astronauts and cosmonauts. Whether they took part in projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo (including Skylab) or the Russian space programme, they are a special group of people who have literally "seen it all", but at the same time viewed it as a job that they trained for and saw friends and colleagues pass away during the course of. Whilst their experiences are unique, when I was talking to them (often about quite mundane everyday things, not space fan stuff), they struck me as not being too dissimilar to former members of the emergency services, law enforcement and the military. These are people who have been trained to do a job, and have done it well, but in the course of doing so did things well outside of what they signed up for. We owe them a debt of gratitude for what they have done. On a lighter note, one of the real highlights was buying a can of Coca Cola for Cosmonaut Alexy Leonov. His English is not great, but if a twice awarded Hero of the Soviet Union wants a Coke, I am more than happy to help. Having got him the requested beverage, he proceeded to drink it straight from the can. Putting aside the juxtaposition of a Soviet Cosmonaut drinking that most Western of soft drinks, if the first human to pop a capsule door to float in space wants to drink out of a can at an expensive event, I think he is fully entitled to do so.
  3. vesper
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    Now THAT'S some serious great memory material right there :-)

    I definitely agree that we owe a debt of gratitude to those people, simply as a species inhabiting this planet.

    Thank you for sharing, Seburo!

    Now THAT'S some serious great memory material right there :-) I definitely agree that we owe a debt of gratitude to those people, simply as a species inhabiting this planet. Thank you for sharing, Seburo!
  4. Madasan
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    Oh wow Seburo that's soooo exciting! Alexey Leonov, are you joking?

    On the same note (I'm asking the easier ones):

    • Do we have anyone who owns a dog?
    • Do we have anyone who does not like tomatoes?
    • Do we have anyone who can fly a plane?
    • Has anyone here done any bungee or skyjumping?
    Oh wow Seburo that's soooo exciting! Alexey Leonov, are you joking? On the same note (I'm asking the easier ones): * Do we have anyone who owns a dog? * Do we have anyone who does not like tomatoes? * Do we have anyone who can fly a plane? * Has anyone here done any bungee or skyjumping?
  5. Lan
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    Madasan said

    • Do we have anyone who owns a dog?

    I don't own a dog, but I've got a corn snake. You can see it on my avatar :)

    ''Madasan [[#post-66582|said]]'' <blockquote> * Do we have anyone who owns a dog? </blockquote> I don't own a dog, but I've got a corn snake. You can see it on my avatar :)