ghost007 Forum Posts (885)

RE: Does the weather affect you?

yeah wind is my least favourite weather and we get that too here also laiden with red sand from the dessert ///you should see the cars in the morning.......last monday here were gale winds if you were out you risked being wizzed off to OZ .............

RE: C H A T

yeah IM does tend to be a bit intrusive primarily cos you dont know who is IMing you they need tochange the facility so they inform you of the person when they first get in touch ..advance warning lol

RE: Does the weather affect you?

nah //i like all sorts of weather rain...sleet snow ..cold...heat .......the weather reminds you you are alive ...........

RE: Irish castaway.......you gotta laugh

Good one Jacko ...... but i have to admit first place today goes to p sec for his joke entitled sleeping arrangments - its priceless.. have a nice evening

RE: need to travel

I need to travel all the time not only through space.... in terms of geography ...........but also in terms of hypothetical time ....to leave ones own universe and enter another..............to be able to break the confines of the mind.........and go beyond it ...to leave all the petty...small......deficiencies that are you and that constrain you and reduce you .......to move outside of them.......

RE: mankinds greatist invention

The ability to emphatise................

RE: banned..if you could ban one item from this world what would it be

i would ban all types of dishonesty .................

A BEDTIME STORY FOR THOSE WHO FIND IT HARD TO SLEEP

hey great one manolito ...how about this one as less scarey and no monsters or ghosts ,,,lol


Day is done,
Gone the sun,
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh

RE: European Survey Concening the "brits"

An extremely flawed survey ...so the behaviour of an entire nation was predicated on what 12 nationals ......what sort of findings can you deduce from that........in the second place popularity rating are based on what ..how well some people peform in a crowd..............

A BEDTIME STORY FOR THOSE WHO FIND IT HARD TO SLEEP

THERE ARE NO MONSTERS UNDER THE BED.................................


Andy, Andy, don't be afraid,
Why is your face wet with tears?
Why do you cry, why do you fret,
Why are you shaking with fear?

(Mama, there's a monster there.
He said he would grab my hair,
And pull me underneath the bed...
And chew on me 'til I was dead!)

Andy, Andy, don't be afraid,
There are no monsters here.
Where did you hear a thing like that?
Oh, I see...your brother dear.

(But Mama! What can I do?
I want that old monster subdued!!
I don't want to have more nightmares,
Will you help me to say my prayers?)

Andy, Andy, don't be afraid,
There are no monsters here.
Look. There's nothing under the bed,
Don't believe everything you hear!

RE: Sleep..............or lack of

Hi Jacko the best nights sleep normally comes when one is exhuasted and happy...then you usually flop into bed and sleep ......the sleep of the dead...........however if you cant sleep best options are ...a good movie.......a good book........or someone to chat to for a couple of hours....co susually you need to relax and unwind.......and these options usually help you with that ...try them ........
however must say surprised that Maltese TV did not send you straight to sleep

RE: Are there any normal men out there

and of course food can be more satisfying ......you know what you are getting .............

HOW SUCCESSFUL IS INTERNET DATING

HOW SUCCESSFUL IS INTERNET DATING

Wel dragonfly never say die .....i guess is the moral:

HOW SUCCESSFUL IS INTERNET DATING

Good morning everyone ...thought you might find this interesting ......something to mull over as you drink your coffee...before you have to head out for work sigh........

Internet dating is proving a much more successful way to find long-term romance and friendship for thousands of people than was previously thought, new research shows.

A new study of online dating site members has found that when couples who had built up a significant relationship by e-mailing or chatting online met for the first time, 94 per cent went on to see each other again.

Perhaps surprisingly, the study, by Dr Jeff Gavin, of the University of Bath, also found that men were more emotionally dependent on their 'e-partners' than women, and more committed to the relationship.

Old-fashioned romance isn't dead, however: among the survey's findings were that exchanging gifts was the best way to ensure commitment in the relationship.

Dr Gavin's research comes at a time when the numbers using internet dating agencies have steadily increased: around six million Britons are now believed to have signed up.

Dr Gavin, with Dr Adrian Scott of the University of Bath and Dr Jill Duffield of the University of the West of England, carried out an online survey of 229 people, aged 18 to 65, who have used UK internet dating sites, asking them about their main relationship that they had had online. Dr Gavin's paper will be read at an international psychology conference next month.

The research showed that:

# 94 per cent of those surveyed saw their 'e-partner' again after first meeting them, and the relationships lasted for an average of at least seven months, with 18 per cent of them lasting over a year.

# men online were significantly more likely to be committed to the relationship than women and were more dependent on their 'e-partner'.

# the more the couple engaged in simultaneous online chat before meeting rather than simply e-mailing one another, the more they were found to depend on one another emotionally and the more they understood one another.

# those who exchanged gifts before meeting had a more committed and deeper relationship.

# the more the couple talked on the telephone before they met, the deeper the relationship.

Dr Gavin, of the University of Bath's Psychology Department, and his co-authors, found that people using the internet rarely used webcams, which allow computer users to see one another, because they preferred the greater anonymity of writing and using the telephone.

"This study shows that online dating can work for many people, leading to a successful meeting for almost everyone we surveyed," said Dr Gavin.

"Given that the most successful relationships lasted at least seven months, and in some case over a year, it seems that these relationships have a similar level of success as ones formed in more conventional ways.

"We found that men tend to be more committed to the online relationships than women, possibly because the anonymity of writing gives them a chance to express their emotions more readily than in real life.

"We also found that people are shying away from using webcams because they feel it's important not see their partners for some time there is something special about text-based relationships."

Dr Gavin believes that the reason that using the telephone and online chatting indicates a deeper relationship is that these are methods of simultaneous communication, whereas e-mails are more formal.

Of the relationships, 39 per cent were still going on at the time of the survey, and of these 24 per cent had been going for at least a year, and eight per cent for at least two years. Of the relationships that had already ended at the time of the survey, 14 per cent had lasted over a year, and four per cent had lasted over two years.

RE: Gold Digger the Ad

how astute awesome i am impressed..

RE: Gold Digger the Ad

oh come on at least you were reading the treads :: come on admit we are irrisistable ........how about if we promise to be nice to you

RE: Gold Digger the Ad

wow seems like lagoona really meant it shall we put on a show to get him back or maybe take advantage of the break

RE: Gold Digger the Ad

dear me torre if you want to meet someone interesting my recommendation is to move out of this forum immediately ...........................................

RE: What a beautiful day!

hi rusty -hey thats an idea ....we should resurrect turner ..........bring him back in a time machine fly his to south africa and then start on maltese skies and seas - do you think he could teach lagoona a thng a two about painting

RE: What a beautiful day!

i dont think you are alone here in loving the impressionists .......after all they lead the way in breaking all the stupid conventional boring conventions in art and as you pointed out they took the artist outside where he should be if he is painting scenerey ....and for a painter of seas and skies you cant have a better model than turner .....wow imagine having one of his works on your wall....what would be really interesting would be to use their techniques and then juxtapose more modern methods ......the cubists ..picasso and so on .......but sadly i know too little on the subject ...to really come up with ideas for reinvention......maybe you will when painting malta in a storm.........

RE: What a beautiful day!

i love the impressionists and their use of colour and light painting out of doors.....but goya was a model for many of them and his wild, subversive, passionate and romantic style has produced amazing and unsurpassed paintings of scenery ..esp skies and seas ...........

RE: What a beautiful day!

you should look at goya's work then ...his skies are amazing you could trying recreating his colossus using Maltese skies as the background...

RE: Fair weather friends

you know if she is a long term friend cut her some slack after all you dont know what she was going through in those three weeks and if she fell short well, we all do, and one just hope that when we do our friends will also cut us some slack.....

RE: Next CS Meet

good morning Jacko will drink to all you guys health from Bratislava.

RE: Next CS Meet

Hi Guys I hope you all have a great time would have liked to meet you all but as i said earlier in the thread will be away that week..............

RE: C H A T

Yeah i agree i like th forums its a very unique way of being able to chat and communicate with many people across space and time ( in the later case i am referring to the different ages of the people here ) its a pretty healthy method of participating in the virtual world

RE: Next CS Meet

good morning jacko 16th is fine for me and thanks for the info on the walkaton greatly appreciated - can also pick up phaidros if he wants - have a nice day

RE: Next CS Meet

will try and be there tomorrow at 8.00 but did not know about the donation who do i pay it to and how much is it was i supposed to fill in some form

RE: Next CS Meet

hi chersic what time is the walkaton?