Well now it gets interesting and if she is looking to take this relationship farther than you are, then I think I get where she is coming from. Its not that you dont want to get married, you dont want to marry HER. So why would she hang around sharing what she see's as being a part of a commited relationship, when you arent willing to commit to HER? She isnt using sex as a bartering tool, she is protecting herself from someone who is marking time until someone better comes along.

a mate might be a lover who knocks your sox off every time you're with them; but do you want someone you're constantly banging the hell out of?

If nothing happens between you two after a period of time, a real man will give up and. at most, be friends. Did you show any interest in them (and subtle hints don't count). I mean stuff like asking them out, going in for a kiss, stuff like that. I'm dying to know :)

I have alopecia which means that my body hair has all fallen out and I do not feel at all like a sheep.

I prefer smooth and hairless to big bushes of death

So, if we live in an age where men and women are equal, then why aren't more women taking men out and doing the planning, and paying? This would eliminate the entire problem of men expecting sex after paying for a meal.. It would be nice to sit back, do nothing, be picked up and taken out all on you for a change.. Atl east try it once, get rejected, and see how you feel..

honestly most people care less about environment until it hits them in the wallet, and charging 10 times the value of omething just because its teaching the naughty consumer an environmental lesson, helps noone but the greedy parasite behind the cash register.

oh and geo thermal heating is hi up ront cost , approx 15 to $20 000

Gas should be two or three times it's current costs IMO. The money should be invested in research and alternative energy sources. The longer we wait, the more painful it will be.

Environmental issues? Such as what? What needs to be dealt with? Oil prices are negatively affected by ridiculous environmentalist like you who say NO to the nuclear option for energy, as well as opening up Alaska, the Rockies and the Gulf and off our coasts to tap into ALL OF ITS NATURAL RESOURCES (oil, coal, shale and natural gas)...and there are tons! Once that happens...the price of oil drops overnight.

I received a Cat scan in just over 2 weeks...

I can see a doctor at a walk-in clinic from 8 am to 9pm.. wait time is about, oh 45 minutes. I can see my own GP in a day or so. I have never had a problem getting surgery or care when I needed it, for me, or my daughter, or my father-in-law, who died of cancer at the age of 82, a few years back, after much wonderful care by his team of specialists ... including an oncologist, an internist, a heart doctor (he had had a triple bypass and also had a pacemaker), a GP, and a dietician.

I'm getting a cataract removed, no fee, in a few weeks..

Although I can see that in Ontario we don't have enough GP's, I have never had any reason to complain about the health system, in any of the provinces I have lived. B.C., Alberta and Ontario. I have always had the care I needed from competent physicians. I give credit the health system of my country for the fact that at almost 42 I am pretty darn healthy. In a country without universal health care I could have been a very ill person by now.

Understanding LED Technology
Apr 1, 2002 12:00 PM, By Joe Knisley, Senior Editorial Consultant

LEDs may be little, but new high-brightness models are producing a considerable amount of light.
First used as status and indicator lamps, and more recently in under-shelf illumination, accent lighting, and directional marking applications, high-brightness LEDs have emerged within the last six years. But only recently have they been seriously looked upon as a feasible option in general purpose lighting applications. Before you recommend or install this type of lighting system, you should understand the basic technology upon which these devices are based.
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are solid-state devices that convert electric energy directly into light of a single color. Because they employ “cold” light generation technology, in which most of the energy is delivered in the visible spectrum, LEDs don't waste energy in the form of non-light producing heat. In comparison, most of the energy in an incandescent lamp is in the infrared (or non-visible) portion of the spectrum. As a result, both fluorescent and HID lamps produce a great deal of heat. In addition to producing cold light, LEDs:
Can be powered from a portable battery pack or even a solar array.
Can be integrated into a control system.
Are small in size and resistant to vibration and shock.
Have a very fast “on-time” (60 nsec vs 10 msec for an incandescent lamp).
Have good color resolution and present low, or no, shock hazard.
The centerpiece of a typical LED is a diode that is chip-mounted in a reflector cup and held in place by a mild steel lead frame connected to a pair of electrical wires. The entire arrangement is then encapsulated in epoxy. The diode chip is generally about 0.25 mm square. When current flows across the junction of two different materials, light is produced from within the solid crystal chip. The shape, or width, of the emitted light beam is determined by a variety of factors: the shape of the reflector cup, the size of the LED chip, the shape of the epoxy lens and the distance between the LED chip and the epoxy lens. The composition of the materials determines the wavelength and color of light. In addition to visible wavelengths, LEDs are also available in infrared wavelengths, from 830 nm to 940 nm.
The definition of “life” varies from industry to industry. The useful life for a semiconductor is defined as the calculated time for the light level to decline to 50% of its original value. For the lighting industry, the average life of a particular lamp type is the point where 50% of the lamps in a representative group have burned out. The life of an LED depends on its packaging configuration, drive current, and operating environment. A high ambient temperature greatly shortens an LED's life.
Additionally, LEDs now cover the entire light spectrum, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and white. Although colored light is useful for more creative installations, white light remains the holy grail of LED technology. Until a true white is possible, researchers have developed three ways to deliver it:
Blend the beams. This technique involves mixing the light from multiple single-color devices. (Typically red, blue, and green.) Adjusting the beams' relative intensity yields the desired color.
Provide a phosphor coating. When energized photons from a blue LED strike a phosphor coating, it will emit light as a mixture of wavelengths to produce a white color.
Create a light sandwich. Blue light from one LED device elicits orange light from an adjacent layer of a different material. The complementary colors mix to produce white. Of the three methods, the phosphor approach appears to be the most promising technology.
Another shortcoming of early LED designs was light output, so researchers have been working on several methods for increasing lumens per watt. A new “doping” technique increases light output several times over compared to earlier generations of LEDs. Other methods under development include:
Producing larger semiconductors.
Passing larger currents with better heat extraction.
Designing a different shape for the device.
Improving light conversion efficiency.
Packaging several LEDs within a single epoxy dome.
One family of LEDs may already be closer to improved light output. Devices with enlarged chips produce more light while maintaining proper heat and current management. These advances allow the units to generate 10 times to 20 times more light than standard indicator lights, making them a practical illumination source for lighting fixtures.
Before LEDs can enter the general illumination market, designers and advocates of the technology must overcome several problems, including the usual obstacles to mainstream market adoption: Industry-accepted standards must be developed and costs must be reduced. But more specific issues remain. Things like lumen-per-watt efficacy and color consistency must be improved, and reliability and lumen maintenance should be addressed. Nevertheless, LEDs are well on their way to becoming a viable lighting alternative.

No, it is because those other sites have had great success. The people using them found a mate and no longer need to use an online dating service, while all of the hard cases who are impossible to match up eventually wind up here.