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 Author Thread: The most important virtue over 60...for women and men.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 58 (view)
 
The most important virtue over 60...for women and men.
Posted: 8/15/2009 11:09:51 AM
Well, I'm not quite in my 60's yet, but to me, the most important virtue at any age is compassion.

That word has a very broad meaning, and includes things such as understanding the people around you, and reacting in a way that does not demean them. It also includes doing things you really have no interest in, just because your actions make the other feel good about themselves. It includes being a friend when your friend is in the dumps, accepting that the other person has value, and most of all, total acceptance of whatever (within the realm of being legal and ethical) the other human being beside you has for faults. Heck yes, we all have faults, that make being friends/lovers sometimes difficult. Compassion is so important in dealing with your everyday sanity, and that of the ones around you.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 204 (view)
 
Tim Hortons / POF Alliance
Posted: 8/12/2009 7:28:20 PM

I have been living in Canada for decades. I have never watched a hockey game. My late husband didn't watch hockey games. Our friends didn't watch hockey games. My friends now never play or watch hockey. Yes, we skate. The same goes for scoccer, football, basketball, baseball etc. Many people don't watch sports on tv or in real life.

Why is it people can only see other people as being just like they are. No wonder Canadians can agree on an identy.

Just like Horton's many Canadians pass on things others try to convince the world is totally Canadian.


I have been living in Canada for almost 6 decades (in fact, born here), and still refuse to watch professional hockey on TV. I will, however, get up at 4AM to travel and watch the little ones play their favourite game on ice. I will also pay for a ticket to a Junior A game, where the players are on ice for the love of the sport, and not the ungodly amount that the NHL pays the players. Moraima, please get over yourself. You have lost the fight, and are spouting your venom at people who no longer care what your opinions are. Hockey, basketball, lacross, and Timmies are Canadian, and we love them, and praise them.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 186 (view)
 
Tim Hortons / POF Alliance
Posted: 8/4/2009 6:19:13 PM
Molsons? Yuck! Gotta go for a Blue. Oops! Timmies doesn't serve Blue with the Timbits, Molsons Ex, either. If'n I could get a hot chocolate for myself, and whatever my date is having for her.....hot tea? OK, we'll have that for her. We'd much appreciate a Dutchie and a couple of apple fritters..........Oh, and just maybe, one or two of those honey glazed for dessert. Thank you. Oh, yes, that will be for here, as we need to chat for a while, and listen to all the inane and a$$anine arguements being carried on outside at the moment.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 155 (view)
 
Tim Hortons / POF Alliance
Posted: 8/3/2009 3:31:07 PM

Tim Hoton's markets itself as quintessentially Canadian but it is an American subsidiary of Wendy's. And it's horrible coffee. And who would go there for a date for even a meet and greet? I take my 70 yr. old father there for the soup. Wouldn't a locally owned spot with ambiance and its own flair be much more interesting? Comfy chairs, soft music in the background (as opposed to Muzak), homemade cookies.

National treasure my a**!



Isn't is amazing that a month before you posted that, Timmies had announced their return to Canada!!


Toronto Star Newspapers

The Canadian Press

Considering that many Canadians practically bleed Tim Hortons coffee on any given workday, it may come as a surprise to some that the much-beloved chain is once again returning its home base to Canada.

Didn't know Tims has actually been registered in the United States for years? That's easy to forgive, considering just how deeply ingrained the brand has become in the Canadian consciousness.

But it is true that the house built on the doughnut and double-double was for nearly 15 years -- a result of its purchase by U.S. burger chain Wendy's -- registered in Delaware.

Parent company Tim Hortons Inc. announced yesterday it has filed documents in the United States that would shift its corporate ownership back to Oakville. The company says the move will save on taxes and make international expansion easier...... .....
Tim Hortons, founded in the mid-'60s by Hamilton-born hockey legend Tim Horton, became part of Wendy's in 1995. After Wendy's founder Dave Thomas died in 2002, the two companies started to drift apart, with the doughnut chain choosing to focus on sandwiches and other breakfast and lunch options. The concept clashed with offerings from the Wendy's brand.

In 2006, the company was spun off into its own U.S. entity, though its corporate headquarters remained in Oakville.

Since then, the chain has struggled to boost sales in the United States despite thriving in Canada.


Tim Hortons headquarters will be back in Oakville, Ontario as soon as the legal red tape is taken care of.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 88 (view)
 
Bad experience with pets
Posted: 7/4/2009 5:16:15 PM

I took some advice from the other posts and invested in a bag of carrots. I asked for big carrots and when I told the cashier, I was taking them on my date, for some reason, she found it very funny.


 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 81 (view)
 
Bad experience with pets
Posted: 7/4/2009 12:02:30 PM

.... ...expert people have taught me that certain humans will never get it. Probably because they simply don't want to get it.


Ouch! Burn!
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 15 (view)
 
Is flirting the right thing to do?
Posted: 7/4/2009 11:53:59 AM
MsIntrepid, you are absolutely gorgeous, and you seem to have a brilliant mind. Would that infer that a little flirtation leads to the bedroom? Of couse not! I use flirtation all the time in real life situations as it let's the woman know that she is desireable, and I find her attractive, and it should be construed as a compliment, not as a come-on.

Of course, on the other hand, I find that most of the male gender will reveal their true nature when flirted with. If you are not using the bedroom eyes, nor handing him the keys to your apartment, an honest, upright man will see flirting as a compliment and enjoy the moment without thinking that the horizontal mambo is the next step.

Now, how do you feel about an over the hill gent that would like to make whoopie with you?
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 14 (view)
 
Being picked up at work
Posted: 7/4/2009 11:35:01 AM
A decade ago, I was propositioned at work, by a co-worker, and although it took me a day or two to let that sink in, I hesitantly accepted the challenge. OK, 4 1/2 years later, it all sank into my little pea brain. It cost us both our jobs, and then went to crap after that.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 103 (view)
 
Any other grammar nazis around these parts?
Posted: 7/4/2009 11:20:00 AM
I have ceased being a Grammar Nazi. Now, I just skip over the textspeak in posts and profiles, disregard messages with inconprehensible language, and ignore the urge to correct laziness. I found that attempting to decypher the gibberish was making me way too cranky.

If those who cannot use their native language properly wish to make an impression on me, they must try some other method. I did say native language, of course. If I detect the hint of foreign influence in a message, I will try my best to respond in Spanish, French or Cree, all of which I have some limited knowledge.

Otherwise, good luck to the poster, mailer or caller. So sorry, delete!
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 77 (view)
 
Bad experience with pets
Posted: 7/3/2009 10:13:47 AM

So who is training the human? The Dog?...... ......But if you believe your dog trained you, I wont argue with you.


Sorry to beat a dead off topic post to death.

You can change dog to dogs (plural), and yes! Over the last 50+ years, each and every canine companion I have had the pleasure of being guardian to, has taught me just a little more. They taught me how to interpret the silent and sometimes vocal language of the species, and what is expected of the guardian. The vicious ones taught me compassion for how they had been raised by a previous owner. The skittish ones taught me how to adjust my own attitude and approach, based on their fears. The ones that were afraid of lightning and thunder taught me how to understand those fears, and overcome that. The ones that had a killer instinct if a chicken decided to fly, taught me about ingrained instincts, and how to work on creating an environment that was less in tune with those primordial instincts.


I trained my dog, and I'm quite sure he has not trained me to do any tricks yet.


If you believe that you have not been trained to do any tricks, try to forget to feed your dog, or neglect to take it for the daily walk. Does your dog tell you when the water bowl is empty? Does it tell you when it needs to go outside for natural purposes? Do you respond in a positive manner? Guess what? You have been trained to slight degree, even if you don't realize it.

OK, so on topic, just so I don't get chastized by the mods yet again (conditioning ), the OP should aproach the stallions as he does anything else unknown to him. Allow yourself to be introduced, and then offer a peace token. A slice of apple works very well, as you can place it in an open palm, face up. A carrot offered in the tips of your fingers is an invitation to have your fingers shortened. Any gesture through the bars of the fence could result in having a wrist or arm broken, so make sure your peace offering is on your side of the fence, or at a minimum, over the top rail.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 3 (view)
 
Places to go
Posted: 7/3/2009 6:46:39 AM
I'll second the promo for Yanni's! It's a great place, and good atmosphere.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 68 (view)
 
Bad experience with pets
Posted: 7/2/2009 6:16:23 PM

The human is not the one who needs obedience in dog training.


Quite wrong, as you so eloquently stated in your next post.


Positive reinforcement that produces repetition of behavior.....


If the pet owner is not capable, or unwilling, to continue the process of positive reinforcement, then any third party training is going out the window in short time. If the owner is unwilling or too dim witted to realize the process of positive reinforcement, then training has not yet begun.

It all begins with a responsible adult trainer/owner/human who has learned how to become the best friend of the pet. That means that the human is required to be more trained than the animal.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 37 (view)
 
Bad experience with pets
Posted: 6/30/2009 7:19:58 PM

It is sad but some people use their pets to be sumissively agressive with the social relationships they have. While they might not directly tell you that you are on the bottom of the food chain it is crystal clear. They have elevated pets to being superior to themselves .......


Not exactly the words I would have used, but so true!
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 64 (view)
 
She seems independent, but around her dogs she is the low woman on the totem pole.
Posted: 6/30/2009 7:13:11 PM

A great deal would be fixed if humans were licensed instead of dogs.


How about we just "fix" the humans instead?
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 63 (view)
 
She seems independent, but around her dogs she is the low woman on the totem pole.
Posted: 6/30/2009 7:09:58 PM

Pet people probably do better with other like-minds as it may seem OTT to some, it is a lifestyle of choice to us.


janetforever, it is certainly a lifestyle choice for pet people. However, even pet people have disagreements on how the pet is handled. My dogs would never get on a human bed, as that is how they were trained from day 1. I won't go to the whole dog training routine, as that has been thoroughly covered in this thread and a couple of others. It seems the OP is not comfortable with how this person is dominated by the dogs, and that would indicate an immediate retreat to a neutral corner, or finding someone who is not an animal lover to date. JMHO
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
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Bad experience with pets
Posted: 6/30/2009 10:22:50 AM
I'm seeing a pattern here, be it a short pattern. The pets are male, and they have already determined that they are alpha male in the household, and here you come, invading their territory. Believe it or not, pets have a way of knowing when the alpha male position is threatened, and can deal with that on their own level. If you are going to continue dating ladies that have pets, become more aware of animal behaviour, and learn what you can or cannot do to minimise the effect of your charms in front of the MALE of the house. I would not like to be around when you confront the stallions, and show your alpha status in front of them. It could get pretty ugly.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 39 (view)
 
Which date left you laughing
Posted: 6/27/2009 3:09:49 PM

I couldn’t be romantically involved with a man called Kim!
So, you know my (male) cousin Kim?
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 15 (view)
 
Which date left you laughing
Posted: 6/18/2009 3:10:31 PM
OK, the most hilarious was many, many years ago. My high school sweetheart invited me to the cottage (complete with her parents, and younger brother and sister). To get away, we took a canoe up the lake, and proceeded to get nekkid and crawl under the thwart for a little rendez-vous in a canoe. It was just then, a small twister crossed the lake, and the canoe started spinning crazy, and tossing about. We were trapped under the thwart, so couldn't even look up to see if it was safe or not. Needless to say, the idea of sex was cut short, and we paddled back to the cottage in a hurry, all flustered.

When we got back to the dock, there were her father, mother, sister, and brother, asking why we had ducked below eyesight just before the twister hit. We both insisted that it was because we saw it coming, but laughed our azzes off for the next weeks about this deception.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 102 (view)
 
Who pays for a cancelled LD trip?
Posted: 6/17/2009 2:30:37 PM
I have just spent an entire half hour cruising this thread, and that was time well wasted, reading the input of some real mental midgets. I have learned that my good friend HD, whom I know to be as honest and straighforward as JC himself, has posed a moral question, and been mainly understood for nearly 5 pages. I also know that some cranially challenged posters have misread the OP, chastized the intent of the OP, or totally ignored the intent of the thread.
I'm not about to start listing names, and the comprehensivly challenged individuals will not recognize themselves by this post, so I suppose it's all in vain. I saw pictures of Miss Texas during her visit to PA, and she appeared so comfortable, at ease, and happy. She spent her donation to the LTR, and had no regrets, as far as was visible by the images. So, what went wrong? Only HD, and Miss Texas will ever know. We have been asked for an opinion about what is right and wrong, morally. Double refund (or 1 1/2times) seems so wrong to me! The reunion was cancelled before time ran out, Miss Texas has all the cash or credit, and she would be morally bankrupt, if she kept the whole windfall.

As HD has explained, the money is not the issue, but trust and honesty is! I know the OP, and his outlook on life will not be altered by this turn of events. He will suck it up, and move on, as he had proven in the past to his friends.

Please do not ask me to repeat this post in pigden english, or textspeak, so the mental midgets can understand. That's available on translate dot com, or something stupid like that.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 40 (view)
 
She seems independent, but around her dogs she is the low woman on the totem pole.
Posted: 6/13/2009 5:05:40 PM

I fought the dogs and the....dogs won ...


Yup! Been there, done that, got the bites, and moved on to someone with a little more self esteem. If a person has not learned to be a dog handler/owner, that person may require a little more care than the dogs. OK, that is assuming that you know a little about pet ownership yourself. It's not the dogs that need training, but the owner. Are you willing to take the time and energy?
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 131 (view)
 
Folding Fitted Sheets--Help????
Posted: 6/1/2009 3:37:51 PM
Well, last night was the true test of all the great advice offered here. I decided to switch sets. The current one was getting a little ratty, after all the wash, dry and force back onto the mattress so many times. This of course, due to the various educated responses here . I dug out the set that prompted this thread, which had been dutifully wrapped around my forearm, sat on, stomped upon and forcefully shoved into the limited space of the closet.

Nobody warned me that the repatriation manouver should not be attempted a mere 5 minutes before beddy bye time! It took about 15 minutes to untangle the knots, and figure which one had the elastic sewn into the edges. That's not to mention the next 5 minutes spent wrenching the pillow cases out of the static filled bundle of cloth! OK, I finally had the flat sheet thrown onto the floor, along with the blankets,pillow cases, pillows, and comforter. The queen size bed fills most of the bedroom space, so I was doing some more stomping on the stuff left for the next task.

Now that I had the fitted sheet unfurled, and did the traditional flip in the air to spread it out so I could find the corners, I found the first corner easily. Then the second. Darn! upside down, and cross corner! Back to the flip in the air, turn it a quarter turn, and try again..................................
I slept on the couch last night.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 29 (view)
 
Risky behavior at 45+
Posted: 5/31/2009 12:22:07 PM
I was always into taking risks, unless it was something related to claustrophobia! I became an advanced diver, then rescue diver, then divemaster, just because of the fact that I was told "not to". However, even in my 30's, I took a cautious approach to this, and survived! There's only one way to be risky, and that is to analyze each move first, and cover your safety bases, one by one. Then, give it all you got! Heck, I might even get married again, if the right person happened to come along, before I get way to senile.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 36 (view)
 
Too far away from everywhere
Posted: 5/29/2009 3:44:54 PM

Location is just another sorter.


Ms Wooby, you are living proof!
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 49 (view)
 
People that say very little about themselves ...
Posted: 5/29/2009 3:41:07 PM
Hmm, apparently the OP has never had a message from me! I could fix that.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 15 (view)
 
Meeting in real life
Posted: 5/29/2009 3:17:33 PM
You are absolutely correct in your first assumption! Both of you are gun shy, and need training in confronting your fears. You would not believe the number of times opportunity has hammered on your door, and you were afraid to even open the peep hole to see what or who was there.

Next time at the gym, finish up your regimen, just as he is leaving his station,look him in the eye and clearly state that you need a refreshing iced tea, or water, or something reasonable. That would be his opening to respond. If he does nothing but turn and walk away, it's time to drop a barbell on his head! He's more chicken than you are.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 56 (view)
 
boomers and gender role resentments.
Posted: 5/29/2009 3:04:03 PM
I have to admit, I have not read all the responses, beyond the first page. However, I felt a compulsion to reply to this thread. I was raised in the 50's-early 60's by a stay at home mom, who was adamantly against the gender role, even back then. We 3 boys were first born, and the 3 girls were the babies. That meant that oldest does the chores, and babies learn as they were able. At the age of 7, I was changing diapers, supervising bath time, and preparing formula. Did I ever regret the learning or the challenge? Not on your life! At the age of 14, I was supervising family trips to the public swimming pool, making sure that the girls had their school lunches packed, or actually doing that for them, and escorting the younger ones to birthday parties, etc. Do I regret that? Heck, no! I learned how to keep house, cook, bake, iron, change diapers, and clean up puke, among the other "women's" work that was necessary. I played dolls and tea time with my sisters all the time, until they lost that part of their lives.

When my kids were born, all that learning became just another thing that I knew, and could help with, or teach, as necessary.

My belief is that the young'uns of today are way more pampered and gender oriented than we ever were, at least as far as my upbringing tells me. Today's boys get the ATV, the BB gun, and the World Warrior, or whatever video game is in vogue, and the girls of the last 20 years get the pink i-phone, the mandatory lessons in "don't talk to strangers", and the convertible Mustang on graduation. Not only that, but graduation? Have you seen the cost of a graduation dress these days? If'n the girl doesn't have a limo ride and a $400 dress, she won't even go!!!

So, are the boomers feeling regret? Are the boomers feeling left out? Heck, NO! What we regret is not feeling the basic humanity education we were taught being passed on to todays generation of ingrates.

JMHO
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 33 (view)
 
Too far away from everywhere
Posted: 5/16/2009 12:17:43 PM
OP, I spent some time in Tofino, but unfortunately, that was in 1980, on my honeymoon. OK, that only lasted 18 years, but I would love to make the trip again, just to spend some more time experiencing the left coast and retire there with someone who is native to the area. I now live in Northern Ontario, in the middle of buttf**k nowhere, and the prospects are the same as yours, but I keep looking on the pond and in real life.

Somewhere, sometime, the right person will grab the hook and will be caught. Small town life is difficult at times, but ever so satisfying in the long run.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 33 (view)
 
Is a name too much information?
Posted: 5/16/2009 12:03:22 PM
In this day of cyber sleuthing, a name, as well as a phone # can bring so much information to your fingertips, that it is scary! If you have a home phone#, you can even find out how much the guy owes in debts, without ever asking what his first name is.

The guy is being secretive, and may be so because of personal information he does not want you to know, which means it's time to delete, and move on. I always sign with first name, and after a few e-mails, move on to offering the phone# with no strings attached. If you want to do some investigation before using the # and leaving yours on the call display, feel free, as I have nothing to hide. Some guy or gals may feel differently, due to paranoia in you actually discovering what they are in truth hiding.

Just my 2¢ Cdn, or 1 1/2 ¢ USD
Roger
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 154 (view)
 
Love Making for Seniors
Posted: 5/16/2009 11:50:41 AM

My high school track coach once said I ran hurdles like old people "have sex".


Hmm, more like taking your time and being positive where you land each time? It's all in the preparation and execution, more than being gung ho and making the less than perfect score.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 124 (view)
 
Folding Fitted Sheets--Help????
Posted: 5/9/2009 2:51:51 PM

I no longer suck people up with my vacuum cleaner and I've completely distracted myself from the need to have all the pot handles turned the same way in my cupboard.


Silken,would you like to spend some time here to relieve my OCD about having the pot handles turned the right way around? Oh, sorry, it's only on the gas stove, not in the cupboard. That has nothing to do with storage and folding, unless you would like to fold pot handles in the linen closet. Give me some tips on folding the handles while not sucking them up with my visitors?
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 123 (view)
 
Folding Fitted Sheets--Help????
Posted: 5/9/2009 2:38:38 PM

I just give one end of the fitted sheets to the dog, and play 'tug of war'...that gets all the wrinkles out...and the bed now has the nice smell of 'puppy breath'.

No need to thank me...I'm just glad I could help...


Thanks, Miss DC. I have to take today's laundry out and play "tug-o-war" with the Newfies now to see if this works. I'll be back with the results if and when I can get the sheets away from Teddy and Spirit.


Darn! Now, I have 20,000 yards of cotton thread. So much for that idea!
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 113 (view)
 
Folding Fitted Sheets--Help????
Posted: 5/8/2009 3:20:06 PM
Now it's got to ironing?


I agree! I never asked about ironing. Darn!! I have two of those stupid things, and each one had been bought by some darn woman who thought I should be ironing things (such as sheets). I gave up all that silly ironing stuff after being forced to starch and iron my jockey shorts whilst in the army. Do you really think I want to experience that again??

Besides, trailgirl, I live in a 48 foot trailer home, so storage is almost as much a shortage as the cottage size you have.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 73 (view)
 
Folding Fitted Sheets--Help????
Posted: 5/6/2009 6:21:59 PM

So, OP, are you keeping secrets from your friends now? Hey, what happened to the spanking icon? Oh, sorry, wrong site.


Sorry, Miss Twisted, no secrets, and no spanking icon. You can still come by and wrinkle my sheets, then show me how to fix them, any time you like.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 54 (view)
 
Folding Fitted Sheets--Help????
Posted: 5/5/2009 6:48:52 PM
Ms Wooby, let's not get all tied up trying to fold the darn towels just yet. First we gotta get the towels wet, then go wrinkle some sheets.

Oh, oh, now you got me thinking.................first I need a woman to help me wrinkle some sheets.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 16 (view)
 
Folding Fitted Sheets--Help????
Posted: 5/4/2009 8:05:07 PM
Oh, Gawd! I posted this as a joke, after struggling with trying to fold today's laundry I totally expected this thread to get 7/7 delete votes in the first 5 minutes.

So happy that so many peeps are having fun with this one. OK, seriously, I learned in the army how to do the hospital corners, and all that crap, but the ball on top of the closet gave me a chance to have a little fun. Thanks, guys and gals.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 32 (view)
 
Do pictures really justify the person
Posted: 5/4/2009 6:26:38 PM
Everyone has a good side in pictures. It's a matter of finding that particular angle, and a good photographer with an open mind to move you toward that one picture. The result may not be what others see at first glance, but will at least be one you can be proud to show.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 1 (view)
 
Folding Fitted Sheets--Help????
Posted: 5/4/2009 6:19:19 PM
Throughout my married life, the other half always insisted that the bottom, fitted sheet be folded, and pressed "just so" and I let her have her way. Since I have been on my own, it's a matter of getting the darn thing compacted enough to store it in the closet until the next linen change, and that works just fine for a single guy. Heck, if it stretches out, fits over the mattress, and hasn't shrunk, it goes on the bed.

Every once in a while, some female friend may stop by when I'm doing the household thingy, and look at me like I am crazy for having creases in the sheets. OK, after this many years of sleeping on clean, but creased sheets, is it really important? How can a life experienced, but naive in this respect old guy learn how to properly fold the bottom sheet, straight out of the dryer, or off the clothes line? Is there some secret that you have been withholding?

Oh, BTW, does this really matter, if and when, I get a date as far as the boudoir?
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 299 (view)
 
How many people have actually went on a date using this site?
Posted: 4/18/2009 12:31:48 PM

Been here for years......still waiting for the date


Beaches, you are just too far away, or I would have invited you out.

OK, I have had quite a few dates from this site. I met some great new friends, and some not so great people, but I keep coming back.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 17 (view)
 
Work Out Partners?
Posted: 4/18/2009 12:20:51 PM
Woo Hoo! 80 pound loss is an amazing accomplishment. Kudos to you, and you are correct. You shouldn't worry what those people think that see you doing a dance in public.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 30 (view)
 
When to worry about a girls recent lack of interest in sex
Posted: 4/18/2009 12:16:24 PM

.....snip.....I did sit down and write him a letter to tell him what he's in for, and the timeline in which things ouccured. I was professional and civil, and told him anytime he wanted to drink a free beer and find out what he had ahold of, to call me day or night. I really did do it for him, as it's what I would have wanted someone to do for me 2.5 years ago. If it happens to cause her trouble, well that's just a bonus. Good riddance, but it still hurts. I aint raising another one.


Congratulations! You have just proven that you are as big an a** as all the women originally thought, throughout this thread. But, I digress, this is a whole 'nother thread to be considered. At at a minimum, you learned why her sex drive changed, and that was the answer you were seeking in the OP.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 5 (view)
 
Impossible but Delicious IRISH BRACK, a quick bread
Posted: 4/10/2009 7:04:23 AM
Note to self: Put dried fruit on the shopping list.
Thanks, I am going to try this one.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 47 (view)
 
cooking for one - motivation
Posted: 3/29/2009 6:24:04 AM

My motivation nowadays to cook and eat in is price. It is much cheaper to eat something at home than get it from a restaurant.


What a great time to state that, with all the unemployment and job loss in the last few months.

I am starting to get motivated again, looking at the black earth showing from under the snow on the garden. I am already looking forward to summer, so I can have some fresh roasted veggies, or corn on the cob, grown right here at home. Now, if I can only find someone to sit around a fire late at night and share some of the proceeds, life would be grand.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 12 (view)
 
your thoughts on the young offenders act when it comes to murder
Posted: 3/29/2009 6:06:28 AM
This is a very delicate balance that the courts and parliament should spend more time on, and it still will not be anything near a perfect solution either way. IMHO, every case should be considered on it's own merits, depending on extensive psychiatric evaluations of each young offender. Consider today's world, where kids as young as 10 are being lured into the gang mentality, and graduate to being the worst bad a$$ on the block. Is it right to lock up a 10 or 15 year old murderer for the rest of their lives, or is it more educational to lock up the gang leaders that lured and coerced the younger ones into committing the crimes?

An 18 year old gang leader can convince a much younger, easily manipulated kid into committing a crime. Who is really to blame?
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 3 (view)
 
Work Out Partners?
Posted: 3/24/2009 7:00:09 AM
I don't go to a gym, but love hiking for exercise. Most times, I actually go hiking with an ex, as she is just as into hiking, and it's much nicer to have someone else along. Going alone is boring and that tends to shorten the hike, but having a friend along to chat with makes the time pass much easier.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 7 (view)
 
acceptable question on first meeting
Posted: 3/24/2009 6:55:04 AM
This is a very interesting topic, and it's great to see the differing points of view. However, any subject is open on a first meet provided that both parties are in agreement. I want to know how another person thinks, long before it gets as far as an actual date. I find it quite easy to simply say "Thanks, but that particular subject offends me.", or "I would prefer to not discuss that at this particular time." If you put immediate restrictions on what another is allowed to bring up in a conversation, you are denying yourself the chance to understand that person. If you allow them to say what is on their mind, or at a minimum, bring up a subject, you are much closer to knowing whether this person is one worth knowing better.

Many times, I have eliminated the thoughts of a second meet with a potential date, just by listening the first time around. Just my 2¢ Cdn, (or a nickel US).
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 39 (view)
 
Telemarketers with a new twist!!!
Posted: 2/28/2009 8:41:26 AM

Another thing I noticed more of lately is if you don't answer the call, they stay just long enough to go to your voice mail, and then you have to go on and delete the dead air they leave.


How about the ones that have a dial tone the very second you pick them up, or the answering machine picks up? No message, no dead air, just a dial tone.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 25 (view)
 
Telemarketers with a new twist!!!
Posted: 2/26/2009 8:37:44 AM
English, there is a new twist on the DNC registration list. Since telemarketing companies have full access to the list, they are using, or selling the numbers outside the country.

For instance, if the telemarketer is based overseas, as many are, there is no recourse when they call a banned number. How many times have you had a telemarketer call with such a thick accent that you couldn't understand them? I am getting more calls now, than I ever got before registering home and cell numbers on the DNC.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 4 (view)
 
Will You Be Recycling your OLDe Resolutions before Ingnoring the NEW 2009 ONES
Posted: 1/8/2009 6:54:21 PM
Nope! I've been quite adept at ignoring resolutions for the past 40 some odd years, so why would I change with 2009?
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 2 (view)
 
need advice
Posted: 1/8/2009 6:39:26 PM
Why not just come out and tell the truth? It usually works better for all concerned.
 The Magician
Joined: 6/11/2006
Msg: 26 (view)
 
POF GEOCACHING
Posted: 1/7/2009 12:04:56 PM
I've been trying to set up a POF/geocaching event, but so far the interest hasn't been there. If anyone wants help with an event, and it's within my power, I can sure help out. I am the Parry Sound district rep for Ontario Geocaching, and have formed two different forum sites, Northeast Ontario Geocachers, and North Bay Geocachers. If you are on GC or ontgeocaching, look up Mag Magician, and send me a message.
 
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