More than likely they ate something that was a bit 'off' for lunch ...
Happened to me and my lad on a coach trip ... of course neither he nor I were former double agents so we just puked into a paper bag for a few hours and got absolutely no press coverage at all!
But, the yanks have their hands up the asses of many Brit politicians and they control the noises that come out of their mouths!
Why, just recently Defence Secretary Gavin Wiliamson claimed that " Moscow could cause “thousands and thousands and thousands” of deaths in Britain with an attack that would cripple the UK's infrastructure and energy supply. In an interview with the Telegraph, Gavin Williamson said Russia has been researching the UK’s critical national infrastructure and how it connects to continental power supplies with a view to creating "panic" and "chaos". Delivering his assessment of the threat from what he calls an increasingly assertive Kremlin, he said it was willing to take action “that any other nation would see as completely unacceptable”. "
Seeing the energy crisis that the UK is facing due to horrible weather, The Demonic Mr Putin was seen to press home his advantage by sending tankers filled with supplies Russian Liquified Natural Gas to the UK.
I suppose anyone's sponge cakes or yorkshire puddings don;t rise properly (while using this gas) that too will be an attempt to destroy British Culture ?
Or, maybe a sinister sttempt to de-stabilise the UK - USA special relationship ?
That's the one where the US says JUMP and the Brits ask How HIGH Sir, before dropping their pants and bending over to be screwed from behind !
I'm surprised you need to ask for two reasons ... 1) do phones in Indonesia not have a BLOCK NUMBER function ? 2) This is not a 'teen magazine forum' it's for grown ups !
The English ( and I am, though I also have Irish and Scot in my 'recent' heritage) tend to have a drier sense of humour and we just shrug it off when the ruffians (inc the Welsh, perhaps especially the Welsh) get agitated and blame us for ... well, pretty much everything really!
Whereas the English will tend towards 'OK, negotiated a settlement ... next' the neighbours tend to be more 'Klingonish' to ancient hurts !
Ultimatums are easily dealt with / defused ... just ask
" OK, what's brought this on, now? "
And LISTEN CAREFULLY to the answer eh!
Often it's down to frustration having built up on the other person's part and them just 'not having the interpersonal skills' to manage the situation in any other way.
Would I place an ultimatum on another?
Probably not.
The 'one exception that might come to mind' might be if I really valued the relationship, wanted to it continue and grow BUT the woman steadfastly refused to discuss 'XYZ' topic that was important to my self.
So, that would be in the context of 'We need to sort this out, I can see you're having trouble with XYZ ... if we can't manage between the pair of us I'd like to organise something with a counsellor to help us both by facilitating that conversation. "
I'd NOT be saying 'Counselling or it's over ...'
If the answer was still no, I'd just call it a day and quit the relationship ... but I'm thinking this is more a case of me setting a boundary rather then making an ultimatum.
Time limited forums / blogs ... say from the time a person first taps on a forum or blog topic it sets the clock running for an hour?
If they log out it would 'stop the clock' and when they login again it would restart ?
That would NOT interfere with people who've formed friendships from using the email section for that purpose ... nor would the 24 hours period rely on GMT or other time zone as it would be timed on use?
What was that native North American Indian saying ?
Something about 'Only when the last blade of grass is gone from the land, and the last fish from the water will the White Man realise this his mighty dollar has no real value...'
The site has many 'local variants' as well as the overall international net ...
I suspect though that many join because they're having no success 'nearer to home' and think that 'foreigners' are going to make a better catch ...
Sadly, many bring their anger and angst with them .., which is as useful as putting a beercan on a hook and trying to catch a fish?
There's many also, like that dude from Yorkshire and others, who have stated plainly that they have no interest in dating anyone from anywhere ... they just hang out wherever there's a free forum?
But dating Site models rely upon the number of members whose email address they can use for net-marketing, theres not any measure of 'achieving successful dating outcomes' nor even any incentive to achieve that.
The site 'is what it is' and it's really a nonsense, on your part, to try to limit the discussion ... 'freedoms of speech' is a right and the site topics arise out of that.
In other words people are always going to talk about (set up as topics) whatever they choose (because they have the freedom to do so) and rightly so.
So far as conflicts that arise ... well, 'The Written Word' is the finest form of communication IF the writer is skilled in the use of language AND the reader is equally skilled in understanding the subtle nuances ... and that 'not just writing in english' ... it just happens that English is the language adopted by the site, the statement is just as true in any other langauge.
But TWW used in a community of mixed language ability people is absolutely the WORST form of communication ... and, when you combine that with the various prejudices that exists you'll find antagonism and 'instant triggering' ... I can think of a couple of Noddies who'll see this and will either be thinking or will post ... too long, hot air and etc.
Instead of 'banning topics' to avoid conflict it would be great if people would spend some time learning how to discuss and debate reasonably, how to self moderate, how to de-escalate and other skills!
One or two Muppets will by now pulling faces and muttering 'The irony of this post...' :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: well, the reality is that, over the years, I learned that it's best to fight fire with fire ...
But the post length has already exceeded the attention of many ... so we'll leave that for another day!
Yeah right so using that fluffylogic of yours that you so love, you'd have no choice but to also agree that 'It's Working' in every other school that NOT armed teachers and has not had a shooting ?
And no one's telling me where it is in the training manual that a single officer is expected to head in and do John Wayne ...
I recall having a similar conversation with Aries (is he still about, not seen him ??? and that daft Mike bloke )
They both said same 'Problem with that idea is that their dolly would have deflated by the time got back and neither would have the wind to inflate her again !!!'
Nope ... better to have lost in love than never to have loved at all !
Take time to regroup (how long depends probably on length of relationship and how deep one felt about the other)
A long relationship can leave a person with as much grief as a bereavement and typically 'grief and recovery can be two years with a 'coming right' in year three ...
Too may people seem to think the best way to get over the last one is to get under the next one ... which may well be why there's so many shallow people and relationships have become more or less disposable ???
RE: What´s happened to Lookin?
Is that like a Losa Looking Post ?