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a_cornucopia

Joined: 5/21/2007

Msg: 66 (view)

Nests of Bunny Boilers Posted: 11/28/2009 7:41:28 AM
Her email was not read.. So how can you say: several mails from said female along the lines of 'Why haven't you contacted me?' awaited me on my return. with any accuracy? You must have read them for you to state what they contained. Or alternatively, for those devoid of intelligence... I received a series of mails whilst I'd been off line for 48 hours with headlines such as the following... "Not interested in talking to me?" "Still no response" "Why are you ignoring me?" It's about as polite to hound someone like that as it is for someone to make huge assumptions and query someones manners in a situation where they are not in possession of the full facts, and fail to comprehend those given. Besides which, it is a matter of choice not manners to respond to mails on a dating site: writing gives no right to a reply.

a_cornucopia

Joined: 5/21/2007

Msg: 63 (view)

Nests of Bunny Boilers Posted: 11/28/2009 3:51:52 AM
I went away and was offline for about 48 hours - several mails from said female along the lines of 'Why haven't you contacted me?' awaited me on my return. Having been bunnied before - I ignored them. It appears to have been a genuine enquiry, so I don't see why she didn't get a response when her email was read. Her email was not read... I can see that a very few people might find the response i received to this as 'normal' behaviour - including the woman and her friends who clearly saw it a 'genuine' 'normal' thing to contact me to berate and rant at me about my lack of response. Most people though would take the hint.

a_cornucopia

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What is Art?? Posted: 11/27/2009 3:32:05 AM
What is Art? I expect most people would be able to agree on the inclusion of Da Vinci, Renoir, Rembrant, Monet, Turner, Constable, Dante and a lot of people Klee, Kandinsky, Picasso etc. It's the extremities that cause the fuss - I saw Hirst's Chemist Shop at the Tate Modern and the message it gave was very strong and clever. Other bits of art at the extremities have left me cold - art should provoke thought and reaction and I suppose the more to the edge an artist goes, the less people will get that.

a_cornucopia

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Msg: 27 (view)

Lessons in life...........finally something useful to be taught... Posted: 11/26/2009 10:18:25 PM
The curriculum should reflect the needs of society and the needs of children who become adults in our society. And out society has changed loads in the last 40 years. 40 years ago the majority of people rented their homes. Now people own them an need to be able to work out what their mortgage will cost, what will happen to their mortgage costs if interest rates rise 2%, the effects and benefits of all sorts of complex (and sometimes slippery) loan offers to buy a car, depreciation on that car etc etc. Saying you want to teach your kids those skills is fine. But there are people around not capable of doing so. The financial stuff could be incorporated into a revised Math curriculum - every kid should be equipped to deal with life by the education system wherever feasible. It's all very well if you or your gran or I can calculate compound interest in our heads, but bright kids with thick or unmotivated parents will never get the best chance in life if it's left to those parents to teach them basic skills.

a_cornucopia

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Relations with your ex Posted: 11/26/2009 5:30:23 PM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's both lovely and realistic. Ex's I am on polite and cordial terms with my ex wife and on good terms with 3 of the 4 women I dated 'seriously' since then. One got married in September and I was so pleased for her - she is very, very happy!

a_cornucopia

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Baroness Ashton's appointment and female MPs Posted: 11/26/2009 5:27:00 PM
Baroness Ashton has a pedigree as a highly competent politician who gets things done queitly and efficiently and seeks consensus. Ex Leader of the House of Lords, EU Trade Commissioner and an architect ot the Treaty of Lisbon, her credentials for the role of EU Foreign Misister seem immpecable. Her appointment and that of Herman Van Rompuly have shown that Europe is appointing 'quiet' people who make things happen as opposed to spin driven self-publicists like Blair and Cameron. Is this a good thing and should English politics take a leaf out of the same book? The number of female MPs is still disproportionately small in relation to the female population. Should there be more 'quietly competent' women in parliament? And might this lead to more consensus politics?

a_cornucopia

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Nests of Bunny Boilers Posted: 11/26/2009 5:08:19 PM
I once got told of a certain older male sending an old friend on here messages, she politely declined and he became rather immature via the forums about her..Was very sad, he was an old grump.. That's terrible. I can't see why anyone would do that or what it would do for them, apart from make them look an immature ejit. Have just bee chatting to a mate on here and he has been bunnied by one of the same crew of boilers! He is now awaiting weird messages and insults from the backup team. Some of the original profiles have gone too - so smacks of a bit of game playing - ho hum. Little things and little minds...

a_cornucopia

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Blair loses out in European Presidency Posted: 11/26/2009 12:15:47 AM
It makes me weep. It really does. Has nobody heard of the concept of distance?? The EU is distant. Geographically, culturaly, and most important hierarchicaly? What utter tosh and completely off-topic. The English ruled Scotland and Ireland and about a quarter of the globe in the days before steam trains and the internal combustion engine. The distances involved in travelling between the geographical extremities and some of their capitals for a lot of nations (e.g. USA, India, Australia) is huge compared to the distance between Brussels (or Strasbourg) and England. Which brings things back on topic... we are part of Europe geographicaly and culturally - it was German pollution that killed Norwegian forests and its from Europe we import the most food and which comprises out biggest export market for 'visibles'. Mr Rumpy Pumpy's idea for a European-wide green tax and green policy which will put those taxes to use for green measures (as opposed to the usual Brit thing of throwing it in the Treasury slush fund to be squandered) is a great idea - and it can ONLY work on a European basis. Bring it on.

a_cornucopia

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Blair loses out in European Presidency Posted: 11/25/2009 4:38:06 PM
Meanwhile somewhere several miles away from the rabid thread hijacking...... Herman Van Rompuly... is it a good thing he got the Presidency? Would it have been better or worse if Blair had been given it? Ken Clarke - one of the best British Chancellors ever - the man who sorted out the Thatcher economic mess and who has a balanced, realistic and expert view on Europe seems to think it is the best sort of solution.... a 'nobody' type politician for a job that in his opinion should be low power - the power being invested in the representatives of the member states.

a_cornucopia

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when you reply just to be polite Posted: 11/25/2009 4:30:29 PM
We all have a choice on here to reply or not to. That's what I thought - but apparently not; it was the height of rudeness me not responding to 'Poor J***y' so I got bunnied by her mates. And what does it achieve? The same as the guys who send vile messages when they are ignored. So what do the Cherry B's do? Always useful to know about a new perversion... that way you have choice... before it's too late.

a_cornucopia

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Nests of Bunny Boilers Posted: 11/25/2009 4:24:41 PM
For about a week I kept getting constant abusive texts from various unknown numbers which I assume was her either borrowing mate's phones or getting mates to do it. That's the next stage on and scarier... do women 'gang up' on men? It seems more prevalent and I've not heard much of the converse happening. Anyway 'All quiet on the (POF) Western Front' for 24 hours - not had any strange first contacts... so maybe they have found someone else to harrass on here? Its a form of bullying by mentalists innit?

a_cornucopia

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when you reply just to be polite Posted: 11/24/2009 4:55:03 PM
I used to as it seemed only fair as they had made the effort in the first place but then the majority get abusive so now i don't bother. I am moving in that direction - after the bunny boiling by bunny and mates over the weekend it seems safer. I have stopped as of now writing back to people who have either not read or not 'got' my profile. It's difficult isn't it? The majority of women (it's a small number) I write to write back... so I feel obliged to reply to anyone who writes something coherent - and those with a fabulously pert SOH.

a_cornucopia

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Nests of Bunny Boilers Posted: 11/23/2009 7:40:56 PM
I have been bunnied before (and it's not nice whether its doe or buck bunnies is it). But this was a new experience... Someone contacted me last week and we exchanged a couple of emails - no more - all very dull and banale. I went away and was offline for about 48 hours - several mails from said female along the lines of 'Why haven't you contacted me?' awaited me on my return. Having been bunnied before - I ignored them. I was contacted by another woman (yeah it's novel, but hey) all mundaneish stuff - but she asked a few fairly personal questions early on. Next thing - she was having a go about me not replying to her friend. I replied and replied, politely, but she got more aggressive and I blocked her. Then wrote to the original woman - a polite, short 'Dear John'- 'you are not for me - good luck in your search for whatever you are looking for' type thing - polite. Got a reply read it. Got another message - blocked her. I was then contacted by another woman - all innocent stuff - started to chat and - bingo - part of the same crew. Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing? Obviously I can block each boiler as it reveals its bunny credentials. But is this new "The Curse of the Wereboilers"? - Or is it just new to me?

a_cornucopia

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Msg: 39 (view)

Doing it in the car/automobile - Do's, Don'ts, How to, etc. Posted: 11/23/2009 5:04:18 PM
Clearly you Americans need to be brought up to speed on this. Google 'Dogging'... like most things, invented in the UK.

a_cornucopia

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Buying women Lingerie Posted: 11/23/2009 12:22:12 PM
No other man has bought me underwear unfortunately. :( It's is of course, quite true that he would be lucky to get style and size right, but it wouldn't matter, if it was bought with the right thought I'd still be over the moon. Sort of had you down as La Sensa or Agent Provocatuer - but you are incredibly easy to please. Am popping out tomorrow and theres a Salvation Army shop near where I am going that has a box load of stuff they stick inconveniently under the books - I think they do house clearances when old ladies die - I'll pop something in the post to you.

a_cornucopia

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Photo or percentage? Posted: 11/22/2009 4:48:10 PM
So what's a good 'match' on percentages? 70% - 80% - 90% -99%? Is anything over 70% good? Must admit I look at the piccy and if its pleasant then read the whole profile, however if there's no information or a huge cliche count, I move on. If I like what I read maybe mail.

a_cornucopia

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All or nothing…. or just settle for a companion Posted: 11/22/2009 12:19:07 PM
Ummmm errrrrrr... in my little mind, and it is little, companionship is a part of 'all' . So, if I ever end up with someone in happy ever after, not only will there have to be lots of mutual fancying and rumpy pumpy and laughter, but she will have to be my bestest friend and the person I want to spend the most time with. And if anything then goes belly up for either of us on the health side and rumpy pumpy has to end - the friendship and companionship and love will sustain the relationship. I think that 'all' means that - all - and should enable you to do the 'happy ever after' - irrespective of what life throws at you both.

a_cornucopia

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Msg: 34 (view)

I think I've scared him big time, how to resolve this? Posted: 11/19/2009 4:16:55 PM
Is there a new series of the Catherine Tate Show starting? Was that a new character?

a_cornucopia

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Blair loses out in European Presidency Posted: 11/19/2009 3:10:58 PM
So Tony Blair didn't realise his political ambition to become President of Europe. What Europe got was Herman Van Rompuly a fairly low profile Belgian. Is this best for Europe? And are you relieved? Pleased? Or gutted?

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Michael Caine is Harry Brown Posted: 11/19/2009 8:19:38 AM
According to these descriptions, my interpretation would be it is a stupid shoot em up movie. So you've seen neither the Caine or the Clint Eastwood film? Gran Turino was far from a shoot em up movie - it was about racism and bigotry and reconciliation. I am looking forwards to Harry Brown if it is in Gran Turino league.

a_cornucopia

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Spontaneous,a romantic dream? Posted: 11/18/2009 3:11:11 PM
I have bought flowers for a girlfriend with no anniversary or agenda - just because I knew she'd like them and have been bought jeans and 'stuff' because she saw them on sale. And I have phoned and said pack your stuff lets go to X because it's going to be a lovely weekend. And have shared spontaneous moments that have been lovely and memorable. There's a difference between spontaneous and erratic and unreliable - a little spontaneity keeps things fresh - in my mind.

a_cornucopia

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one message then nothing Posted: 11/18/2009 2:26:14 PM
If people don't message then NOTHING happens. If aspiration is coloured with reality then things can happen. However I think most adults know the very basics of what they do and don't like and if they have established that - crossing those boundaries is a waste of time for both parties. So - it's about using the search facilities and actually reading what people write as much as looking at the pretty and not so pretty pictures. And being prepared that having done that and actually getting to the date, that the elusive chemistry may be errr - elusive? It's the reverse of the nigthclub/pub/bumping into each other at Lidl thing where you get the chemistry first and then maybe the personality dissapoints.

a_cornucopia

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Msg: 42 (view)

Buying women Lingerie Posted: 11/18/2009 1:38:30 PM
It would be wonderful to have a woman to buy lingerie for. But when a man buys a woman lingerie, who is the present really for? I think its much more appropriate to buy a woman lingerie to wear for my birthday than hers. Msgs 39 & 40. I find that sad.

a_cornucopia

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one message then nothing Posted: 11/17/2009 9:54:51 AM
^^^^^^^^^^ Can I have rumpy pumpy with you Sunday night please? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've had a dozen messages in as many days... but, unfortunately, none of them were from anyone I felt even slightly attracted towards Maybe if you chose a few poor photos of yourself - some that didn't make you look so ruggedly handsome - and then additionally toned your profile down a bit?. Clearly women perceive you as some sort of man-god and toning it all down a bit may encourage more to write from a broader spectrum if they didn't feel you were so out of their league? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In respect to one message, one response then zilch. People write for all sorts of reasons - from a deep cyber-crush to boredom combined with mild curiosity or as a cut and paste spray-mail jobber. Mail flows between people as long as they are both interested. So if it stops after one response then either - your reply wasn't interesting, they were overwhelmed with mail, haven't been on line or some adoniski has deigned to reply to them and they are trying desperately to get his snail mail addy to forward all their knickers to in the faint hope he might allow them to take him on a date. Or sumfink. It's not worth pondering too much on.

a_cornucopia

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Whatever Next Posted: 11/17/2009 8:33:53 AM
Mssg:5 That's alright if you want to feel sexy and / or want sex. A lot of women don't. I can't really see this taking off in the same way a Viagra It will be bought by men whose other halves have given up wearing sexy lingerie and taken up knitting comfy cardies.

a_cornucopia

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driving Posted: 11/17/2009 2:45:04 AM
OK, OK, this was a very long time ago, sometime in the early 70s... And technology has moved on, I am sure. Masively. BW automatic gearboxes of that time were prehistorically crude compared to those of today; even the mechanical design of them has changed - no more 'bands'. In the 1970s there were few sensors, no computers in gearboxes, no EMUs, no wheel sensors, no driving 'modes' etc etc. Some modern autos are better than manuals for car control - they can change down faster than a human being and the more sophisticated systems even manage the throttle - giving a 'blip' where required and work with braking sensors and traction control in an integrated manner. Autos of the 70s tended to be 3 speed. By the 90s 4 speeds with a 'lockup' direct drive 5th were common, now there are 8 speed autos. They are more efficient too - in some conditions in some cars they produce better fuel efficiency than manual gearboxes. If you are a manual driver try an emergency stop sometime when either travelling at speed or acting it out on your drive with the throttle half-depressed - you were presumably taught "when in doubt, both feet out"? I'd bet a pound to a penny your left foot on the clutch will reach the end of the pedal travel before your right foot on the brake. If your foot reaches the bottom of the travel on the brake pedal (even with the engine off and nothing happening with the servo) put the handbrake on, put the car in gear and lock it up; do not drive it. Call a mechanic - you have a serious problem with your brakes. Freeplay on most brake pedals is set at between 5 and 15mm - most drivers will be braking as they begin to depress the clutch pedal, which will have a much longer travel. Whilst I prefer manual gearboxes in general, if I lived in a city I'd have an auto and if a good modern motor came up that was automatic, I wouldn't baulk (scuse pun) at it even though I live in the sticks. Stick it in sports mode and use the shifter and you can have a bit of fun too. Autos also tend to be much easier to use when it gets icy - they have an ice/snow mode. I'd say if you can't drive a manual, autos really the only way to go isn't it? There is nothing sporty and sexy about an automatic! Wash your mouth out with soap! I want - no I NEED a new 911 Porsche with the new doppel -watsit-sturmfurher tiptronic automatic gearbox.

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How long will you stick with POF? Posted: 11/17/2009 12:44:52 AM
I'm sick of getting mail from the ugliest old cows on earth. One man's ugly old cow is another man's princess. If I was totally facile I'd have been off here a while ago; but I'm not. I'm just partially facile and know the sort of woman that I like and have a reasonable idea of the sort of woman who likes me. The rest is luck, or lack of it. Bit worrying that I might be on the Christmas card list here though....

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Have you found what your looking for.. Posted: 11/17/2009 12:29:57 AM
No. I can't find my electrical test meter either.

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Vanishing Users. Anyone Else Noticed? Posted: 11/16/2009 2:14:18 PM
They come on have a browse at the 'pretty people', find the "Check out who viewed you" feature, click on it, vomit, scream, get very frightened and get a mental block. It's a combination of 'survival of the species' and 'self preservation'.

a_cornucopia

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Msg: 65 (view)

Hold my hand Posted: 11/16/2009 6:20:37 AM
Exceptions can be made for dates that precede a work day, otherwise, if they don't want to play 'bury the sausage' at the end of date one it's a clear indication that they don't want date two.

a_cornucopia

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driving Posted: 11/15/2009 4:04:50 PM
Some autos are superb - particularly if they have Tiptronic or a similar system - which can give you full control of gearing - minus the clutch - when you want it or just let the car get on with it when you dont. Very small engined autos are rare - conventional systems usually start with slightly larger engines and there can be extra purchase and insurance costs. If you are not worried about these - go for a Porsche - their latest automatic system is wonderful.

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Sharing your bed again.. Posted: 11/15/2009 3:42:52 PM
There are few things nicer than waking up with someone who you want to be with, especially at weekends when you can spend time together. It's even lovelier if you cuddle in your sleep. I can sleep anywhere, I don't care how much bed they take up or how much noise they make in their sleep. Did I mention that I snore loudly? Funny thing about it is that those I have shared the love thing with have just curled up with me and it hasn't stopped them sleeping.

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expensive tv at poole hospital Posted: 11/14/2009 6:39:20 PM
But then i would rather that the chief administrators of hospitals were not paid extortionate wages either. Pay peanuts, get monkeys. The NHS is one of the biggest organisations in the world. Its budgets are huge. People moan about management within it, but one thing this government has got very right is the training it has provided that management. Getting healcare provision right is difficult, population profiles and geography vary significantly throughout the UK. It is not a perfect system and never will be, because technology and techniques in health provision are changing so fast. But it is generally well run and part of that is down to providing management with remuneration commensurate with that f the private sector or what they would get if they went to work overseas. The proof of the pudding (and yes it is not free - it is paid for through NI, personal and corporate taxation) is the per capita healthcare cost - far lower here than in the USA. And we provide a free service at the point of use to all. If this means that some places don't get free laundry, others charge high costs for TV etc etc how significant are these against subsidised prescription medication, 'free' diagnostics, surgery and care? Expensive TV needs to be put into perspective against these core services.

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expensive tv at poole hospital Posted: 11/14/2009 4:26:04 PM
The NHS IS free. It provides medical care and treatment free of charge. It has no remit or budget to provide free parking, free TV, free phone calls, free SKY, free visits by male & female prostitutes, a live cabaret each Saturday night, or free laundry. The NHS will provide a basic gown to patients and these (if not disposable) go into the laundry service. Its free healthcare not an hotel - if you want it to be like a hotel - take out BUPA. We have probably the best health system in the world and its free to use and compared to others (e.g. the USA) highly efficient. Some people will moan about anything.

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So, what's 'wrong' with The Daily Mail and those who read it? Posted: 11/14/2009 4:10:35 PM
Another dating site I have visited asks people which paper they read. It's quite possibly owned by Allergan or whatever its called, which is owned by the Daily Mail. If they ask as part of their questions: a) Do you think immigrants are 1)Bad 2) Very bad 3) Very very bad b) When the world ends do you want to 1) Look your best 2) Look your best in the latest fashion 3) Look your best in the latest fashion and make sure an immigrant ends before you c) Who do you think should be Prime Minister 1) david cameron 2) David Cameron 3) Maggie but as she's allegedly gone c 0 ckadoodledoo, David Cameron. It's probably one of those sites and will be sending you offers for money off the Daily Mail and one way tickets to Poland.

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When do we stop looking Posted: 11/14/2009 1:58:03 PM
christmas is soon..who wants a bloke..we will only have to buy them a christmas prezzie..and have them over boxing day....eating all the quailty street. That's true and all the Christmas parties and activities; maybe now's the time for a bit of a break from here? Come back in mid Jan when huge number of people have had big rows over Chrimble, broken up and are looking for a new victim?

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When do we stop looking Posted: 11/14/2009 11:23:53 AM
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Should a physical impediment end a relationship? Posted: 11/14/2009 7:23:51 AM
Physical impediments? Either you fancy each other or you don't and there's nothing wrong with fancying someone with a wonky eye. Mental impediments? Get too fussy about that on here and you really are going to seriously limit your dating potential, nutters abound.

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Shaving or trimming your privates at our age? Posted: 11/12/2009 9:55:00 PM
If you had a lawn and you were standing upstairs looking down and a man was trying to get to your front door, because he really wanted to ring your bell for you and had something superb to deliver, that was going to do wonderful things for your front passage, how would he find your front yard? Would it be neatly trimmed and nicely manicured? Would it be smooth clean and pavoired? Or would the poor guy be fighting his way through several feet of unkempt weed, tangling in the liana, waste a huge amount of effort and lose interest? Or worse, get completely lost and slip around the back?

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pre-marital sex? your thoughts Posted: 11/12/2009 2:55:36 PM
pre-marital sex? your thoughts Frequent.

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Brits are ugly and so say all of them............! Posted: 11/12/2009 1:56:21 PM
I got onto that site in 2005. It was a bet by a girlie friend. She got on because she's very good looking. 1st time I tried was with a set of t shirt piccies - I failed - second attempt suit - I got on. What a bunch of preening, vain, airhead a- holes; they were exceedingly boring and rated themselves highly. After 2 weeks we both abandoned it, but had a few laughs.

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Is there really a Santa Claus Posted: 11/12/2009 7:39:10 AM
Msg: 16 I have been asked, by the management committee in Lapland to pass on some very bad news. There is no Eric Clapton. It is in fact just a marketing entity owned by Cliff Richards. For the last 20 years at major appearances, the artist usually known as Eric Clapton has been played by Donny Osmond in a mask. What did you want for Christmas

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Is there really a Santa Claus Posted: 11/12/2009 6:05:38 AM
Of course he exists! Last night I sent him my note asking for something bright and witty and sassy in Christmas stockings.

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Polite replies/refusals Posted: 11/12/2009 2:16:12 AM
But, Women here are generally rude and do not grace you with a reply. Some women get huge amounts of mail each day. Is it reasonable to expect them to reply to them all? I don't think so. Is it reasonable to expect them to come on line every day, to devote hours of their life each week replying to "Hi hun u luk nise babe"? I don't think so. Some men cut and paste inane rubbish and 'broadcast' post it to women. It's like that big wad of junk mail fliers from fast food outlets - don't be surprised if the only one Big Fat Bertha reads is the one offering fresh salad. If someone doesn't reply then maybe they haven't been on line, maybe you haven't read their profile (and some are quote specific about mail), maybe you haven't written to specifically appeal to them , maybe they are too busy to respond or maybe they are not interested. Maybe they just come on line to reply to the poetic prose sent by Dave from Dudley, their hearts a flutter, their minds set on the aspiration that one day, he's going to ask them out... in which case mails from the rest of us are just an irritant. Lots of maybes. What's become clear in this thread is that when some women write a polite 'Thanks but no thanks', some idiots respond with abuse. So they learn that if they make the effort to write a polite response they get abused, if they don't reply the levels of abuse go down. Durrrrr. There is no 'divine right' to expect a reply. POF offers advice to that effect. There is no Santa Claus either and some guys need to get over both.

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Matchmaking Posted: 11/11/2009 8:43:46 AM
At its worse it is cringeworthy. Some well intentioned busy body woman invites you to dinner and sits you opposite the victim of the other sex. All the women in the room have been gossing it up for days and their ears are pricked and intent on your conversation. You and the other victim suss this - so conversation is guarded, limited and dull. It's horrible and usually you both can't wait to get away. At its best... you both get invitied to a bigish party and someone grabs one of you and introduces you to the other mentioning an interest you share... and lets you both get on with it.

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Msg: 10 (view)

Polite replies/refusals Posted: 11/11/2009 2:43:27 AM
1) "Tx fr ur illiterate txt spk mssg. Clrly u cant b rsd. Me 2." 2) "Thank you for writing. How do you like your NiN. Loud or very loud?" 3) "Thank you for writing. I'd love to, but I ran out of paper bags: whilst I might do the world a great service in putting a plastic bag over your head, they are not environmentally friendly." 4) "I am going an existentialist poetry revival and lute recital fetishist party friday night. Wanna put on your pvc basque and come?" 5) "I would love to date you but unfortunately if I did my kids would laugh at me almost as much as they'd laugh at you." 6) "Go away - back to your village they are missing your dribbling." 7) "Thank you for writing; unfortunately we have a huge chasm in taste for music/literature/art/theatre/interests. Yours are awful." 8) "I usually think plastic surgery is for the vain. But in your case I'd make an exception." 9) "What prompted you to write? Did one brain cell vere off course and crash into the other one?" as a last resort... 10) Thank you for writing. Having read your profile I don't think we are suited to each other. I wish you well in your search for a partner on here."

a_cornucopia

Joined: 5/21/2007

Msg: 10 (view)

iPhone Apps Posted: 11/10/2009 3:34:45 PM
Orange will be doing them soon, before christmas I'm told, so why not wait for the price war? Vodafone too. I thought of that. I also spoke to someone who travels the globe and has contacts everywhere. Prices on the handsets are pretty solid. The reason is that Apple have tightened up on quality control and cannot produce enough handsets to meet demand at current pricing. A price war is likely to be limited to what the mobile phone providers will squeeze on their call/text/data packages. As margins on these in the UK are lower than a lot of other places, don't expect major discounting. What I would encourage any prospective purchasers to do is look at the providers 3G data networks - O2 is one of the worst and ironically 3 the best - and 3 aint getting the iPhone currently. Forget Ofcon's merged 3G coverage map its a piece of political bull - look at the individual providers for where you live, work and frequently visit. iPhone needs 3G to deliver its best performance on the move. What more competition might do though is encourage a lot more UK App development. One of the great things we have is the BBCs free podcasting and some of the free stuff coming out of the OU. Would be great if other major UK institutions joined that and someone developed a few more UK focused Apps - one on traffic and holdups for example - that was UK based. OP - one of the Aps I refused to download was the one for your work organisation! Am I going to pay to download something thats sole function is to let me plan the route that will let me buy someone's product (train tickets)? The principle of paying for that would be the same as paying to download Tescos or Sainsburys online shopping App - no way.

a_cornucopia

Joined: 5/21/2007

Msg: 7 (view)

iPhone Apps Posted: 11/10/2009 2:29:49 PM
stop being sheep How arrogant do you want to be? I am a very heavy user of mobiles - have had MDA's, 910 series Sony Ericsons etc and did a full sweep of all the reviews before I made my purchase choice. The Apple is superb as a mobile communications device - it's the best by a long way. Which is why it still comes top in the reviews and is seen as the 'phone to beat'. At the end of your contract with your provider the worst case scenario is you'll be left with the superb iPod Touch with all its features and that's still going to be worth about £150 (based on what series 1 iPod Touches go for) and very useable - it's the best media player I've encountered and bung in a PAYG sim - even if you don't use the phone - and you'll be able to download podcasts music etc and use it as such - plus a backup phone. At the end of contract on anything else - you'd be lucky to get £40.

a_cornucopia

Joined: 5/21/2007

Msg: 5 (view)

iPhone Apps Posted: 11/10/2009 1:39:58 PM
Some belters out there and a wide choice. Just be aware Apple is a US company and lots of the stuff has a US bias. There are some belters though Dictionary.com is free as is the superb VW Scirocco race game. Sky News I find useful and App Box Pro was a useful purchase. Maps and Google Earth were freebies as was WeatherBug. I paid for pUniverse and it is truly fabulous if you want to star gaze - think it was the most expensive at about £5.50. The complete works of Shakespeare was free - there's FreeBooks too - downloadable copies of classic novels and works of philosophy all readable on your phone. Sheep Launcher (free) is errr.... free and very silly and entertaining. I paid about £1.50 for a guitar tuner ..... the list goes on. The biggest dissappointment was Skype. I downloaded it created a Skype Account on my PC paid a tenner for credit and then when I tried to use it on my iPhone got a message that it's only useable in the UK at wi-fi points due to 'licencing issues'. What a crock of sh** - they could have stated that in the blurb in the iTunes store and I'd have not downloaded and there was another opportunity to state that pre taking my tenner the thieving yank gits!

a_cornucopia

Joined: 5/21/2007

Msg: 10 (view)

New laws for men who pay for sex with vulnerable girls...is it enough? Posted: 11/10/2009 1:28:03 PM
Will these new laws prevent a reoccurrence of the tragedies of Ipswich? No - I can't see that they would. Will this new clause in the law be easy for the Police to police? No like most of the 3,000+ laws this government has passed it is not properly thought through. How do you prove/disprove that someone is working as a whore under duress etc etc... unless you have background knowledge? The only sensible proposal has been on this thread - for licenced brothels and registered prostitutes who will then receive some protection from the Police and civil authority.

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