| Curiousity is killing this cat
Posted: 6/10/2008 6:19:39 PM | Like all the rest of the guys, I'm curious to see what people think of my little profile except the area of the height requirement, which begging my french, has to be included as some people can't seem to fathom how many problems are created by dating people significantly shorter just because of their dreams/fantasies of dating a tall guy.
Oh, after reading some other "reviews"  maybe I need to ask for a "Constructive Criticism Review" as there are plenty of deconstructive and heavily flamed reviews here too, "Yur piktures suk!" is not a productive review... | |
|
| Curiousity is killing this cat
Posted: 6/10/2008 6:26:39 PM | So just out of curiosity, where did you locate a "Yur piktures suk!" review? If you've done so much reading on the forum, that that means you've seen lots of the good advice doled out by the regulars. Which advice of course, based on what's still present in your profile, you've ignored. Did you look at the profile writing tips and ignore that too?
The reviews here (and the reviewers) simply are what they are. Do you want one or not?
- T | |
|
| Curiousity is killing this cat
Posted: 6/10/2008 6:29:32 PM | Why are you randomly capitalizing some words in your headline and your profile?
Pics are not good. Main is B&W and should be color, closeup of your face. And your friend in pic is not 61. She is much younger looking than that.
Interests are a bit too few, and too generic. It is good to have them searchable, so can't make them too unusual - but add some of ones that make you seem different from other people.
Text is a bit rambling, and it is a wall of text (albeit small one). You need to break it into paragraph, and go with three standard themes for each - your interests, your personality and your match.
Also, proofread the text. I figure you passed it through spelling check - now pass it through grammar check. Paste it into MS Word and see what it tells you is wrong word usage. | |
|
| Curiousity is killing this cat
Posted: 6/10/2008 6:46:54 PM | I have spent my last 10 years in the Air Force, stationed in Virginia (until April 08), have a Truck (H3 4x4) and enjoy traveling the country side whenever I'm away from work.
>>>Put all that in your INTEREST list, except for the Air Force stuff.>>>
I'm a dog person, a romantic, chivalrous guy with a 90's attitude and enough soul to be able to dance, and dance well!
>>>Put *Dogs* in your Interest list, and remove it from this sentence.>>>
Some of my friends are Goths, Geeks and Rugby players, although my best friend has set the bar high for relationships after 15yrs of marriage and 9 kids (same woman)>>>HUH?????? WHA?????......>>>
I carry honesty first above all else and would rather die than see someone else hurt because of my actions and expect the same in others.
>>> EXPLAIN THIS. It's disturbing.>>>
I think I need to mention this, my ideal woman should be tall, at least 5'10" to 6' if you wanted to reach my shoulders as I'm almost 7' tall in shoes.
>>>THAT"S *all* you want in a woman? That she be very tall? You need a more expanded description there.>>> | |
|
| Curiousity is killing this cat
Posted: 6/10/2008 6:49:16 PM | There are VERY few that are going to buy the 61 year old friend. I do think I will pass on this one, OP sounds a little ungreatful already.
Best wishes
OFCB | |
|
| Curiousity is killing this cat
Posted: 6/10/2008 7:05:18 PM | Body type: average. I would suggest adding some pictures that represent that, since the one I'm looking at doesn't. JMO Also the main should be a close~up of your smiling face. Better not to go with a B/W for that.
I'd add to the interest section as these come up in searches, it is to your benefit. Try to include somethings that women may also find interesting as well.
The about me section should include some standard information. The ladies need to know more about 'who' you are as an individual. We like to go with the regular set up of 3 paragraphs as mentioned.
1) Tell us who you are; what are your strengths, personality and character traits.
2) Let us know what you like to do with your free time; goals/aspirations. Write about the military here as well, don't leave that out. It's a good thing to include.
3) Describe the 'type' of lady you're interested in finding. What are some of the qualities and attributes you are attracted to. Yes, also put your height preference here as well. That is important to you as I understand it.
The first date section didn't work for me. There were too many ideas all thrown in there to make it interesting. Try to be creative with at least one, possibly two nice scenarios that will gain a woman's attention here so she wants to go on that date with you. Otherwise she exits the profile and goes on to the next one.
Good luck | |
|
| Trust the computer geek on this one.
Posted: 6/10/2008 9:10:26 PM |
There are VERY few that are going to buy the 61 year old friend.
I'm fairly sure that the picture is supposed to be a friend who is 6'1" (six foot, one inch tall), not a friend who is 61 years old. The idea is to demonstrate that the original poster is, indeed, one inch shy of seven feet tall.
The problem is that when captioning pictures, stuff like apostrophes and double-quotes automatically gets stripped out by the POF profile/image software, because these symbols can be used as part of injection attacks. (Security breaches by hackers) The way to fix this is to use the HTML codes for these symbols instead.
To do this, remove all the spaces from the line below and substitute it into the caption:
6&# 146 ;1&# 148 ;
(you need all the funky characters on that line, including the ; marks.)
Once you save the caption, the software will translate this into 6'1" in the caption. (If that doesn't work for some reason, then you'll need to spell it out explicitly as "six foot one".) | |
|
| Trust the computer geek on this one.
Posted: 6/10/2008 9:14:33 PM | Bookie, you're a funny guy, but I'm pretty sure they were all joking about the friend being 61 years of age and not 6'1".
OP, I'll tell you the same thing I would a BBW woman -- you're too focused on your size. Mention it, show it, but don't keep on harping about it. As for your height requirement for women, well I could see a woman of 5'1" being a disadvantage for you, but honestly, even someone 5'10" will still be more than a foot shorter than you. You'll have to stoop, crane your neck, etc. So why rule out women of more average height, such as 5'7" through 5'9"?
Also, you're looking for "long term." Why does your headline say you want a "gal pal"?
Just my thoughts. | |
|
| Trust the computer geek on this one.
Posted: 6/10/2008 9:18:22 PM | Bookie, you're a funny guy, but I'm pretty sure they were all joking about the friend being 61 years of age and not 6'1". Could be that Yev and OFCB were joking, Sue ... but the problem of not being able to use ' or " marks in picture captions is real, and unsolveable by someone who doesn't have a sniff what HTML is or what an injection attack is.
I was guessing that the OP fell into the latter category (which is not a fault; there's tons of things that I am clueless about... computers happens to be a forté of mine), and was just providing a solution for him. | |
|
| Curiousity is killing this cat
Posted: 6/16/2008 5:38:49 AM |
Pics are not good. Main is B&W and should be color, closeup of your face. And your friend in pic is not 61. She is much younger looking than that.
My B/W photo was a professional picture scanned in and dumbed down from a bmp to a 100x100 jpg to fit using MS OPM, I wish the POF typeset engine allowed the use of ' and " in picture descriptions to help out!  My friend is 6'1" tall or 73" and as I'm 6'11" tall I needed a visual clue to stop the e-harmony logic bomb of "height doesn't matter in love". In the photo she was 27 and I'm 35 (last November).
Lets see, headline-fixable, break up the rambling text, good suggestion...didn't think about interests too much, thought profile would cover that...I'll think about it.
For the record, the text passed grammar and spelling check of MS Word before being inserted, of course even its logic engine fails sometimes! It told me to change your sentence from "...see what it tells you is wrong word.." to "...tells you are wrong..."
I'll take these constructive critiques and update my profile, thanks! | |
|
| Trust the computer geek on this one.
Posted: 6/16/2008 5:55:20 AM |
To do this, remove all the spaces from the line below and substitute it into the caption: 6&# 146 ;1&# 148 ;
(you need all the funky characters on that line, including the ; marks.)
Once you save the caption, the software will translate this into 6'1" in the caption. (If that doesn't work for some reason, then you'll need to spell it out explicitly as "six foot one".)
Ha ha...sometimes its the simplest things that trip you up...and after trying the html code version (it printed all the codes instead) I had to go with "six foot one" to get it to work.
Thanks so much, after reading the other two replies...I was thinking not only were they serious about her age but they were offended!!  | |
|
| Curiousity is killing this cat
Posted: 6/16/2008 6:50:46 AM | OP until you've updated your profile there's no sense in any more reviews really. You are as unique as dominatrix or a mowawk-sporting rocker dude with a billion piercings and tattoos who's into comedy clubs and candy. At nearly 7' and not pulling seven-figures on a basketball contract you are likely going to strike out FAR more than you hit the ball here as that is a daunting number. A guy who's 6'4" is generally considered a tad intimidating. Imagine what seven more inches does, not to mention the sheer physical roadblocks that you've mentioned and those you've not. It is what it is so you just need to make the best of it. Take messages 6, 3, and 4, in that order, and tweak your profile. Then post it back here for some finesse coaching.
By the way, your pictures suck there laddie. ;-) | |
|
|
Home
login 
