Survey Monday Feb 15

[The Gipper]

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

[Bob806]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

PBA, OLYMPICS, PEBBLE BEACH

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

I'm thinking Idaho or Utah....the south is too damn hot, and you've got tornados & hurricanes. That being said, if I did go south, probably Mississippi

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

No

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Only if they can keep Z...he deserves to stay a Cavalier (like when Art let Clay Matthews go, BS).

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

Cooked on the grill, nice lotion massage : )

[TheClevelandSound]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

NBA All Star Game

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

Outer Banks, North Carolina...but you better have a good retirement plan.

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

Yes, very crazy and trippy. A must see in my eyes. Also make sure you check out Alice in Wonderland 3D when it comes out.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Yes IF this keeps LeBron in Cleveland.

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

Well we are both hurting on $$$ so i wrote her a poem and got her flowers like a gentleman

[Browns]

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

College Basketball

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

Hawaii

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

No

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

If they can keep Z

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

nothing

[The Gipper]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

Primarily, I had to watch something else: my daughter's cheerleading competition. Other than that it was mostly Olympics. Though, when the figure skating was on, I switched to the NBA All Star Game. The exception was the very first couple from China who are the favorites, and who I would like to win if for no other reason than that they chose Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever" for their music. I did not watch the silly Nascar race, nor the golf, and just a few minutes of OSU basketball.

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

I am taking in your suggestions since I asked the question. (but one place I have threatened to retire to is southern Ireland. They have fairly mild weather there. They even have palm trees! And very friendly people. As a person with dual citizenship with Ireland I would have to right to go there. But of course my wife wants no part of it, and ultimately it may come down to being near to the kids.)

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

I have not. Only in regular. I should. That is why I asked.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Yes, if it keeps LeBron here, and improves the team and leads to a title. The problem is nothing is guaranteed no matter what you do.

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

As we had to drive to Columbus Saturday, and stay overnight, and go to these cheerleading events, and drive back home all tired out, my wife said not to bother to do anything for Valentine's Day.

But, of course, she was pissed off when I actually followed her wishes and did nothing.

[Big Chuck]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

Winter Olympics

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

Euene, Oreon. With climate change we no get Norrthern California's weather. No snow in the Willamette Valley.

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

Not seden it yet.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Yes, if it keeps LeBron in Cleveland.

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

A card, the rest is personal.

[Speedyd900rr]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

Supercross

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

My grandparents stay in Tampa from November to April. They love it.

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

If he helps them win it all

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

Took her to Florida 2 weeks ago and told her that was her gift but it was really my execuse to take my motorcycle down there to get some riding time in lol.

[DumAssWhiteGuy]

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

I watched OSU vs Illini and the Olympics.

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

There are lots of new communities opening up the restrict home buying to 55 +, you have to look for them but most are nice, not sure how old you are...No snow here in Jax, FL but it has been cold enough for it at least 12-15 days this winter.

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

Have not seen it in any format yet, not much into spending $50 for a movie/popcorn/soda when I have a great environment at the house to see a movie once out on DVD.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

I like it if it means everyone stays healthy and we play for the championship. I gotta admit though I've grown to like Hickson as he has shown dramitic improvement this year and big Z's presence on the team would be missed.

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

I'm fortunate (or unfortunate, however you want to look at it) in that my wife's B-day is a few days before V-Day so I got her a new car stereo for her birthday with an I-pod interface then got her an I-pod nano for V-day. She's now rocking out in her car to all her favorite flamenco/sevillana/Spanish music!

[blowe]

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

all star game, which was disappointing

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

Virgin Islands

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

I have not, but my mom saw it and she told me she was absolutely blown away with how amazing it looked. I may or may not see it...I'm not much of a movie person

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Yes. JJ is the future, Amare is the present. Trade the future for the present and make sure lebron reups with the cavs.

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

I don't have a girl this valentine's day. I worked 12 hours at my restaurant and we were on a wait for 9 hours (holy shit I'm still tired)

[jlowe]

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

Florida

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

no

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

I'm really undecided on this, i can see it working beautifully and it would cause lebron to resign and it would give cleveland a dynasty, and I can see it going horribly wrong.

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

I didnt have one, but i dont need tips from old-timers just messin

[Tim Couch Pulls Out]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

I watched Apollo Anton Ohno almost lose to three Koreans, until two of them fell down. Then I watched my boy Dustin Johnson represent Coastal Carolina University at Pebble Beach.

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Everybody else seems to retire here.

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

Yes, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Played out story, but the visuals were stunning.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Why not?

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

This is my first year without one, so I took my mom out to dinner. Then I got drunk, watched Inglorious Basterds, and punched my best friend in the face.

[miktoxic]

1. watch any ohio sports when telecast on national tv in the ny metro area

2. arizona

3. no and wondering is 3d a format that can be distributed on dvd?

4. no

5. nothing. was thinking about getting her a muzzle though.

[ballpeen]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

the 500 untill all thr delays

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

I have a home in Chattanooga...pretty good winter weather.....minus this year, and Venice, Fla. If you want to see a little snow every once in a while....like every 3-4 years on norm, choose Tn, if you never want to see it again, choose Venice.

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

No

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Not sure of the details

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

Some roses and a 12oz prime filet, cooked by the best steak chef in the world......me. Twice baked potato and asparagus as the side. Bearnaise for the steak of course

[The Gipper]

Some retorts on some of the things said so far:

1. Someone mentioned Supercross....is that the Olympic snowboard event? Or the thing in dirt with mopeds?

2. I am over 55, so any suggestions can take that into account.

3. Someone asked the same question that was on my mind: would they be able to produce some kind of 3D DVD or whatever for home viewing.

4. On the various suggestions for retirement, I think Florida would be OK only in winter. A summer there may in fact be worse than a winter here.

My father in law lives in South Carolina. But up near Columbia. SC is not high on my list. Same godawful hot summers as the Florida issue.

I have been to both Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, and they could be excellent choices except for 2 things: cost of living and distance from family. (Same problem I have with going to Ireland)

Arizona is a thought, but not the Phoenix area. If we went it would probably north of there. Around Prescott maybe. Sedona would be too rich for our blood, but some areas near Sedona might be more reasonable.

[calfoxwc]

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

Winter Olympics. I really love the downhill speed skiing. @@

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

A friend moved to Salisbury, NC - it's a quaint, lovable town. They LOVE it there.

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

Yes. It isn't the most intriguing plot, but the special effects are spectacular and worth admission. I'd love to see it a second time.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Probably. What would they have to trade? Maybe not.

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

We didn't get fancy. She got me a big chocolate Hershey's bar, GGG, and I got her a stuffed Valentine moose from our bank, and wrote her a full page love poem.

The best and last line was "When 'ere we're apart, I moose you like crazy"... LOL

[halfsane]

@miktoxic said:

3. no and wondering is 3d a format that can be distributed on dvd?

There are many facets to this, but the short answer is no.

[hoorta]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

Watched a little of the NBA All-Star game, got it taped, so I'll finish watching it today. I consider auto racing- of any flavor- monumentally boring. Spent Saturday night, and most of Sunday doing a Lord of the Rings marathon- all 11-1\2 hours worth (which ties in with #3).

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

Depends on how hot you want it in the summer, and if ANY cold weather is a no-no. Yeah, Tampa\Clearwater is great- November though April- but personally, it's way too damn hot in the summer. Wife's cousin got married there in October- and it was as bad as any Ohio summer day with the heat & humidity. Arizona's booming for that reason- I liked Tuscon when I was there on a business trip- but call me a little bit of an eco-freak in that regard- given the available water, the population growth is unsustainable.

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

Yes, and frankly, I was underwhelmed. The plot is pretty much borrowed from "Dances with Wolfs", and plenty of "The Matrix" got incorporated too, so it's hardly a ground breaking movie in that respect. I made the mistake of not wearing contacts to the show- and IMHO that's why 3D isn't going to really take off until they figure out a way (holographic projection) to dispense with the glasses (glasses on top of glasses sucks). I found the 3D to be annoyingly inconsistent- couple scenes- WOW! OTOH, 50%+ of the movie looked like it was straight flat screen to me. The only reason to see the movie is for the CGI (state of the art), much better than LOTR, and the 3D. & since someone asked- I try to keep up on cutting edge HD stuff- Panasonic is supposedly coming out with 3D capable, HDTVs this year. They may be real pricey.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Only if it doesn't involve JJ Hickson , who is looking more and more like the second coming of Carlos Boozer. And not Andy either. I hope Ferry is smart enough to not repeat the Ron Harper fiasco, and tear apart a team that can well win it all without doing anything. Really, why make a trade at all? You already beat the Lakers & Magic twice (once each without Mo Williams). WTF, you think Rashard Lewis or Rasheed Wallace is gonna be able to beat the Cavs by themselves? Sorry, don't think so.

Pluto agrees....

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

A nice card, and a nice dinner out.

[kshutchins]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

1. The Olympics and the finish at Daytona

2. Greenville, SC. No kidding. I sound like the Chamber of Commerce when I talk about it but it's really great.

3. Indeed. Judging by the trailers I had no desire AT ALL to see this movie but I loved it. It's visually beautiful and I'd definitely opt for 3-D. In a nutshell it's Dances with Wolves meets the Terminator with elements of nearly every other significant sci-fi movie of the last decade.

4. I have no idea.

5. I just sent cards to my loved ones.

[kshutchins]

@calfoxwc said:

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

A friend moved to Salisbury, NC - it's a quaint, lovable town. They LOVE it there.

That area of North Carolina is beautiful and is considered a retirement community but they get dumped on with snow. Greenville, SC has four seasons without the need for a snow shovel. The mountains (and all that snow) are just 30 minutes north. The beach is about 5 hours away. Atlanta and Charlotte are 2-2.5 hours in either direction.

[Westside Steve]

@the-gipper said:

1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.

Something else or nothing.

2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)

Venture Out in Cudjoe Key Fla.

3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.

Nope. It's a barely above average flick though I suppose the3D would be fun until it got boring. Thought about going to the Imax but....

4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?

Anybody but Kolb.

5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day?

Nude 8 x 10 of a prominent Norton Ohio attorney.

If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.

Just don't let your wife find out.

WSS