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Sold my van . . . farewell adventure. :(

They want me to switch on the central heating. Only 16 or 18 degrees C here over winter.

It's on its way ...

Sold my van . . . farewell adventure. :(

Mimi, you are EVIL, I look the size of a house. Do I really look like that, or only when I'm trying to persuade the stupid cat to stop playing in the road and get back in the van?

Sold my van . . . farewell adventure. :(

Usha, spot on. Boy with ball, and repeated to represent the team.

Lucky van, going on to adventure while I'm still stuck here but in fact I got a timely message reminding me I could hardly wait to move into the house, have a loo! of my own! and a shower! right there! so I'm not quite as depressed about it as I was

RE: "PHANTOM OF THE ERASER"

nothing at all

Sorry Nam. You had blogged about the phantom eraser, I commented on some comments in another blog being erased, you asked what I was talking about -

I'm a nutter, you know that.

Captain Kirk isn't dead

Grouchy, I'm devastated, but on the bright side now I don't need to titivate either - always a silver lining

Mimi, you do realize there's a real possibility Art will corrupt you instead and / or keep you so busy you forget all about that online stuff?

Boet, and NZ are even more welcoming and they've got glaciers But hey I'd back you to outlast pretty much anything, iron man.

RE: Football6

Hi, Dub, and I do understand how you can't copy and paste a year's worth of blogs onto one blog here.

Your link is slightly wrong, by the way. paulmcancer not palmcamcer.

Captain Kirk isn't dead

Rushin here and rushin there - I blame them too

Or aliens. They live among us, you know, and hatch their young at a terrifying rate those little reptiles are all digitally enhanced, born with built-in computers, keyboards on their webbed feet, and they're tap-tapping away even as the shell breaks ...

How you doin', Non?

Captain Kirk isn't dead

Grouchy, you're a man after my own heart and if you weren't so far away I'd invite you round for a drink. Just as soon as they invent a teleporter that works, maybe we could pencil that in.

I promise to tidy my hair and scrub off all the splots of paint, so long as you shave and change your shirt?

Captain Kirk isn't dead

Grouchy, I went to your profile to check your age after that comment, still laughing at your description of yourself

Captain Kirk isn't dead

Z, it's becoming the majority now, not the minority, every type of social media is crammed with those trying to manipulate others, can we even keep blaming the Russians?

I do think social media became a real threat, with carefully-hidden stories breaking free in every direction, and the response is being to muddy the waters so much, with so many scandals and false alarms and spurts of fake news, that no-one will believe anything any more?

Captain Kirk isn't dead

Eks I was completely convinced I would never see the year 2000. I was driving past a street party in the dying moments of 1999 up Louis Botha avenue and a guy stepped out the crowd and fired his gun at my car

First thought - so THAT's how I die!
Second thought - hang on, I'm still alive?

Been on borrowed time ever since and trying now to make every day a good one - one foot in front of the other, and ducking convulsively when I am fired at out of the blue although it is always too late to duck.

RE: Of great concern

Mine are too. I don't think we are controversial enough

RE: THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION.

It's actually a question asked quite often nowadays in corporate situations, or at least in the UK. Complain about some facet of office life, or a business difficulty, and someone for sure will round on you and tell you not to be part of the problem, instead write down suggestions to be part of the solution.

Slightly different, but more or less the same message and always worth remembering, so a good subject for a blog!

RE: "LAST MALE WHITE RHINO"..("SUDAN")

On the bright side, there are still several thousand white and black rhinos in Africa, and the battle against poachers continues every day with both men and, recently, women being armed as rangers.

But yes, for every person who battles to save the balance of nature, there is another who feels it is the human right to reach out and take.

Acres of palm trees are mowed down to extract cheap palm oil - sometimes the wildlife living among them can't out of the way in time. Next time you eat peanut butter, see if you can taste the orangutan blood.

Or we'll just wait for the blog announcing the last orangutan

RE: OMG. Have you ever done this?

Molly

Yes - I pulled up a contact's email address for a mutual friend, but warned her he was much changed since his illness and she should allow for that. I then sent it before I deleted his address - sending it to them both.

CRINGE. (He took it well)

My buddy was running 2 text conversations on skype, one with me. She messaged saying 'ooh yes want to chat, just have to get rid of my brother-in-law. He's a nice guy but as thrilling as damp cardboard'. Pity she sent it to him, not me, really. (He took it well)

RE: To Love Or Not To Love

Copy and paste is part of homework research in schools, Stargazer, are you old enough to be on this website? Or were you home-schooled?

It is very easy to do, I'm sure you can master it.

RE: WE NEED A COMMITTEE

Molly, I am 100% right all the time

RE: To Love Or Not To Love

What is this love of which you speak?

I still like the men I have been involved with - 2 exceptions - and am still on at least casual friendship terms with all but the 2 exceptions.

Well, I say friendship - with one or two there's been no contact for years, but there'd be no awkwardness if we met unexpectedly at a social gathering. We'd even enjoy catching up, probably not make any follow-up arrangements to stay in touch. I've made some crashing mistakes, sure, but there was always a basic undercurrent of real liking - except for the 2 exceptions, where I let myself be talked into trouble.

Even those had their good times, and I learned a lot, and experience is cheap at any price, right?

Good decisions come from experience.
Experience comes from bad decisions.

RE: WE NEED A COMMITTEE

Phew, I don't qualify.

And don't even THINK of bringing in any kind of jury duty

RE: For you, Molly!!!

Molly, TMI

RE: For you, Molly!!!

My absolute favourite is 'tiny grass is dreaming'

RE: A shocking reveal from a female regarding dating sites.

Johnny, begs the question - why are your female friends not hooking you up with their single friends?

And yup, not all people, male or female, on a dating website are earnestly and honestly looking for a lovely person to go off into the sunset with.

RE: Blogs announcement.

Call me Biff, nearly everyone else does. And I love being inspirational

RE: Blogs announcement.

Heavens Harbal now I'm imagining that too - you have a way with words

RE: Is it appropriate, if yes then at what stage is it justified to …

JMO but it's probably never appropriate to be suspiciously judgmental?

Stage 1 - definitely not
Stage 2 - you can ask if everything's okay, because they didn't log in, but only showing friendly concern, not 'where have you been, why didn't you log in?' accusing way
Stage 3 - 5 - contact them by phone if concerned. If they don't answer, or cut you off short, problem in their lives or with you, not much you can do about that. Let it go until they contact you. If they don't, let it go.
Stage 6 - 8 I would wonder why they WERE logging in, not why they weren't! It's a singles website and you two are no longer singles looking for someone?

If it is an LDR and being on CS is the only way you can share a social life when not together, that's different. In that case you have the right to ask, wth concern - but to be suspiciously judgmental implies insecurities, jealousy, problems.

RE: The subject of age

Is this blog about age or pizza

Some people get stuck on age. Knew a guy in his 20s who liked women in their early 30s. When he was in his 30s, still liked women in their early 30s. Now he is in his fifties - still likes 'em in their early 30s.

Tough on someone who likes 19 year olds, for example, as he gets older and older they become few and far between, and harder to pull.



Them as can't adjust will be more unhappy as time passes. I can't say I found men in their 60s particularly attractive 20 years ago - in fact I barely noticed them unless they were film stars (Sean Connery springs to mind )

Now I can look at a handsome guy in his 60s and think hmm, tasty. Just have to hope that he isn't stuck on women in their 30s

RE: The theme song of most CS members

Surely that's the theme song for those who give up and leave

Anyway, it isn't mine. I don't expect starry eyes and hearts bonding to beat as one to happen, but I'm certainly not saying bye bye love, bye bye happiness, and doubt I ever will.

Hey Tatami

RE: Angry, I am angry

Good grief, that's manslaughter, pure and simple

RE: Bridge collapse in Miami

Agree with BA

An online friendship wasn't ever anything more than potential anyway.

RE: Looking at faces – making choices

I tend to avoid redheads - a sort of tribal instinct dating back to when we were probably either related or members of rival clans. However I'd have coffee with Miclee (here on the blogs) in a heartbeat because he's fabulously goofy.

The problem with browsing faces on a dating website is that most of the photos are, to put it at its kindest, flattering. My own is a classic example.

The trick is to put up a photo engaging enough to get someone to read your profile - but for those not triggered by looks / age it is the profile which creates (or kills) interest - and the first couple of messages which press buttons.

I looked at your profile (see, your blog worked) and see you are planning the Grand Tour, if you make it to the Costa Tropical in Spain do get in touch, I'm outside your age preferences but we have enough in common, I think, to enjoy a cup of coffee and a blether.