My List of the most untrustworthy or self serving:
In this order: 1) Lawyers, the only people I know that can bill clients for 48 hours in a day 2) Politicians of any kind, 3) Estate Agents 4) 46 year old women, they are all over 50 5) Investment Bankers 6) Corporate policies related to being " environmentally & socially friendly" 7) Insurance companies 8) Builders 9) People who say, "I don't normally do this" 10)Tax collectors who say, "good morning, I'm here to help you"
” DANG! Where`s MY money invitation? Howcome you get this and I don`t? Not fair!
I wait, in anxious trepidation, that I have not been overlooked.
Except, I`m not sharing any of my bounty with anyone. I`m gonna spend it all on myself!
Maybe I`ll even go for a nice holiday in Nigeria, visit some places of initerest there? And get to meet Ms Christine Lagarde of the IMF?
Smoky, I do apologise that I am the chosen one, however, you made me feel so guilty that I have responded to the email address and advised Ms Legarde that you should be included,no doubt she will contact you and then you can share in the riches, Regards, Chris.
He,he, not often that christine Lagarde writes to me!, this is what I call ambitious, Ms Legarde moves to Nigeria just to send me some money, very kind! Chris
Just received this in my email, lucky me!, the head of the IMF a lady based in Nigeria has written to me as below. apparently all Governmental and NGOs are 'Prostates', nice way of saying A*soles?, When I get this money, I will share with all CS memebers of course!.
( I.M.F ) Head Office #155 Gariki Road,Abuja/Nigeria P.O. Box 3031. International Monetary Fund. REF:-XVGNN82010
Dear Fund Beneficiary, This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long over due payment due to excessive demand for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which your fund remain unpaid to you. I am Ms Christine Lagarde, a First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondences on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies/ Diplomat across Europe to Africa and Asia /London Uk and we have decided to put a stop to that and that is why I was appointed to handle your transaction here in Nigeria. All Governmental and Non-Governmental prostates, NGOs, Finance Companies, Banks, Security Companies and Courier companies which have been in contact with you of late have been instructed to back up from your transaction and you have been advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the IMF is now directly in charge of your payment. You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions with respect to your transaction as your fund will be transferred to you directly from our source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrary to this instruction is at your own risk. Respond to this e-mail with immediate effect and we shall give you further details on how your fund will be released. Also call me as soon as you send the e-mail so that you will be given an immediate response:Direct Hotline:+234-7084393959 Furnish this office with the below information. 1,Your full name and address 2,Your telephone number and fax 3,Your Age and occupation Regards, Ms Christine Lagarde (I.M.F) First Deputy Managing Director
For some time now, I estimate what I would have spent on gifts both from my company to clients and personally to friends and relations. This money is then sent to a Childrens Hospice. With the government cuts and parents often short of money due to their childs illness, due to costs of travel and care etc, I think this in a small way just makes me gratefull for so many happy Christmas memories, something these children will not be having much longer.
Perhaps it is about finding middle ground,when in this situation you would like to be together but here are practical considerations, work, children,aged relatives, etc. However, maybe a little patience would allow you to work towards an answer?. A long holiday with your proposed partner, we know that you do not know a person unless you live with them for a while, at least a long holiday will provide some guidance.
I have lived and worked in many countries, made good friends and on my travels met some potential partners who did not live where I was based at the time, despite working for an airline where I travelled at no cost, it did get weary at some point, however much you like the person. These situations never worked out.Now I am based in one place it may be easier.
Time for an old man like myself to retire to the hills somewhere and watch the world destroy itself again. We learn nothing from our history, we just keep repeating the same old nonsense with the same results. of course we have to have a war, makes alot of money for the usual interests and kills off enough people to reduce world population and relieves food (in) security.
Then we can all say, "never again" start to rebuild the world economy and in a few decades have yet another financial crisis due to the imballance of the haves and have not's. The answer then is to have a war .......
Anyone who has lived in Africa will tell you that the main problem there is that after years of donations and aid programmes they have developed a "Doner Mentality", i.e."what are you going to give me today?", after 30 years of being provided with huge sums of money by the rest of Europe, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece have developed exactly the same mentality. Here in Portugal, the average "working" person makes no connection between work and getting a pay check, sick days, holidays, anyday they can avoid work they will.
The common element across all these countries is absolute refusal to take any kind of responsibility for anything,let alone for their own country. Some time ago in Spain, the local corrupt Mayor and local Government were is crisis, they had run up vast debts and stolen so much money that there was none left and large debts. The next election, saw a British man elected as Mayor and he employed some other nationalities to sort out the mess, (German, Dutch, French, etc), the result?, End of corruption, a surplus of public funds and a very happy community. Perhaps a German take over of the EU would be a very good thing.
Hi, Smoky, no problem,it is very kind of you to take the trouble, I still can't work out how to post pics. Well,as far as the cleaning up went, I cheated, vis the reccommendation of a friend, a lovely older Philipino Lady spent the day helping, clearing and cleaning as the day went,she is single and she had a really nice day and of course, she was well paid for it,she is saving to go back to the Philipines to see her Family, so all were happy!. The children were great and made the whole event,in one of the pics you see an older Portuguese Lady sitting on a chair chatting, she is a retired infant school teacher, now on her own, she (and the Kids)had a wonderful time.
The holding of an "Open house", proved to be a great success, singles,marrieds, couples from the whole apartment complex mixed very well, lovely atmosphere, we will deffinately do it again next year.
Ah that was nice Chris.... WHERE are the photos? (you promised)
Hi, Mariola, sorry to hear that you were not well, I had three young friends visiting for New Year from Finland and all three got sick, ended up with me playing nurse to three very large guys with serious man flu.
As for not smoking, you must have been ill, I am the same,one hour after a major operation in hospital, I sneaked out the building and had my cigarette.
The pictures are here but I have to admit that I have absolutely no idea how to post them!, I read the instructions but if you would like to volunteer, please let me have your e-mail address and I will send. Regards, Chris.
I think you are right but perhaps I would add that there may be different expectations dependent upon age, all of the above counts but in later years when finding a Partner, (hate that word,always sounds like a business deal!)you may not be looking to have children and maybe build a career.For me it's a true friendship first,there is time enough to develop but having somebody to go and have fun with, discuss the days events and fill in those gaps that us men naturally have. Yesterday, my housekeeper asked if she could re-arrange the apartment, "of course" said I, some hours later it looked so much better, along with many things, it's that female eye for beauty and colour that I miss.
Like some others, I am an old fashioned Man, have always paid, however, things have changed a great deal. Being taught to open doors for ladies, now you find that these "ladies" will rush through without a second glance and certainly there is no "thank you", so you just give up doing it. Giving up your seat on a bus/train etc for a Lady, last time I offered to do that the woman just gave me a nasty look and ignored me. Opening the car door for a Lady, never seen today, I believe that paying for dinner and/or drinks when taking a lady out was based upon the fact that women had no money of their own or certainly earned less than men, this is not true today, (amongst average people) I am genuinely interested in why a younger woman would expect to be paid for?, on what basis?.I am also interested as to how payment (or not) then impacts a mans dating credibility?.
As I write this, I have three young Finnish guys from Helsinki staying with me really nice Guys and they have been in Lisbon for a week. These guys have a had a great time,out every night enjoying Cascais, they seem to have clicked with the Brazilian Girls, fun,easy going and dance the night away. These Guys are in their early thirties and well travelled, however they have been to stay with me several times just because they like the local Brazilian ladies.
Hi, Phoenix, you are probably right, however wandering around buying the ingredients, the preparation and drinking some nice wine while listening to some good music and then the actual cooking is the fun, the result is a good topic of conversation and I would recommend it to you especially, since it is well known that many Nubiles are present for these cooking vacations.
I first started travelling at around 18 as a salesman covering quite a lot of England, alone and limited to cheap B&B's gave me a good grounding for later wider travels.
The next 30 years saw me travel all over the World on a daily basis, always alone and I had a wonderfull time!, some great stories and adventures and many friends made who I still chat with years later.
Now it is difficult to get me on a plane, I prefer to drive or go by boat, my travels would be better with somebody to share the adventure with but I now choose holidays with a purpose, this year it is travelling down the French Canals for ten days with several other people learning how to cook traditional French food.
Just had this procedure done in lisbon a month ago, the first eye was no problem but a week later the same doctor messed up the procedure, resulted in my having to go to another eye surgeon for advice, he then told me that the first doctor had broken the blood vessels behind the eye due to using too much pressue.
There were also issues regarding cost, the cheapest was in Turkey or India, london was average and then Lisbon reasonable but not cheap ,especially when I had to pay another Doctor to fix the problems of the first operation.
The benefits of having the surgery outweigh the potential problems, I will need glasses for driving but for computer work I now will not need them.
Yes, it does happen, it is an amazing experience however cynical you are,to have experienced it is to know a completely powerfull inner feeling.
It was on an Island, 40c and along climb up a mountain on my own, arriving at the top at exactly the same time came a Lady, we looked at each other and the next five hours went by in 5 minutes.
Oops!, sorry forgot about the Nubiles, we have plenty of them here, most are available for New Years Eve, however, they say that they would like your e-amil address so you can send them the air fare to France.
I am glad you asked that, young Matilde got hooked up with Thomas, however, Matilde had a small accident in her pants and Thomas decided this girl may not be for him, (Matilde is 8 months and Thomas is 10 months). Is that what you mean by "dirty bit's"?.
Some may remember my asking for recipes for my Xmas Day Brunch for my neighbours, I received so many good recipes and suggestions. Well I made most of them and a lot more besides, the day went wonderfully well. We had seven different Nationalities here, many children and all went really well, we were supposed to go from 12 O'Clock until 4pm, we actually went on until 1am!.
The idea was that as a single guy always looked after by my neighbours especially during a long illness this year,as a thank you I would cook and provide all the food to give the ladies a break from cooking on Christmas Day, however, they still brought food and drinks, it was a truly heart warming day, the children sang the songs they had learned at school for Xmas, the Ladies made new friends amongst the other mothers and the Guys were to be found in the kitchen discussing important matters such as, motor racing,football and rugby.
A big thank you to all who took the time to send me the recipes, Kind Regards, chris.
My girlfriend accused me of not being romantic enough, so I booked a table for friday night, when we got there I found out that she couldn't play Pool.
Hi, Smoky, of course, i will take some pictures, both of food and guests. Guest numbers are creeping up!, might be more like a Restaurant!. Kind Regards, Chris.
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