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Once you convert, you'll be glad that you did...

Robinson Crusoe On Mars...

I've watched a lot of "Zombie" movies and some of the 'Walking Dead' and have had some observations such as the shoe-laces on their shoes or even running shoes are always done up properly...I've always found that weird...also there are never Zombie children as such(or even pets) except in that hilarious movie "Fido". Love that crazy movie!

I looked up what songs were popular and # 1 songs for the year that I was born in; God, what unmitigated garbage! I'm thankful that I never had to hear them back then.
My father had a lot of old early Jazz and Blues records and I enjoyed those. My fist R&R song that I recall was Wake Up Little Susie by the Everly Brothers and from that point on I started actually listening to the radio programs for music other than the horror, crime, western and mystery programs that later became TV shows. Around the late 50's we had an apt. building across from our house full of "Beatniks" playing bongo drums, flutes etc. creating a new style of Jazz. They were 'cool' for sure and fun to listen to and talk with.

Given the definition, as in the majority of dictionaries, I'm not quite comfortable in ascribing it to those , especially those in any military that I have admired and have tried to emulate. They all have earned their medals for valour and bravery under enemy fire by either legal and recognized armies and some by the commanding officers of mercenary armies in long forgotten 'bush wars' throuout the third world. "Heroes" sort of implies a form of worship that I have never ascribed to. These were people with all the traits or ordinary men and certainly most of the normal human failings at sometime or another. They were not as the ancient 'gods' of mythology nor did they think of themselves as such. Their deeds however, far surpassed those who as their jobs was as in regular forces do if they can but if not retreat and fight another day or die trying. Simple. Those that fight because of ideals for peoples that for all purposes God has abandoned, to me, and try to save them, putting themselves in harms way simply for the cause because it is the proverbial 'right thing to do' if you truly believe in the moral of their fight, then that goes far beyond those who are shipped out to fight for people that they really couldn't give a damn about and have to simply fight for their own lives because they have been put there by orders.
My CO during the Biafran war was one such man; ex Foreign Legion and later leader of the rebel forces in the southern Sudan fighting the govt. forces in Khartoum; Rolf Steiner. Another was Mike Hoare who led the mercenary forces in the chaotic bloodbath known as the Congo wars in the early 60's rescuing hundreds of trapped missionaries, town's peoples etc. and then led another force during the Biafran war and some missions during the wars in Angola and Rhodesia. With his attempted coup in the Comoros Islands he was retired back to South Africa limiting his activities to his international Wild Geese club of like minded mercenary soldiers. "Pay us in money or bullets, preferably both", as our saying went.
There were many others and most of us tried our best to live up to what we thought would be their expectations of us.Those men were real men; real warriors in the old classical sense complete with all the normal human frailties that we all struggle to overcome everyday of our own lives. For most of us, their 'causes' were our causes, but not always and it was nice to survive and have a reunion
and all get drunk together while we could.

Observations on Dating: Dating is when you pretend you're someone you're not, to impress someone you don't even know.
Fellow employees often make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they are usually tax-deductible.
There is someone out there for nearly everyone, even if you need a machete, a compass and night-vision goggles to find them.
Dating could lead to courtship; it's that period of time during which the woman decides whether or not she can do better...and remember that courtship to marriage,is a very witty prologue, usually, to a very dull play once she shares your bank accounts.
You know your date is too old if you find out that her recreationa vehicle is a Lazy Boy recliner.
Many of us go on so many blind dates that we should qualify for a free dog (four legged ones)
As you get older, the 'pickings' get slimmer, but the people don't...
My favourite type of woman was always the one that would go out with me at least twice and if not, I'd rather sit home all alone than go out with some woman that sells her underwear on the internet.
Finding a woman to date is like finding a job; it is easier to find one when you already have one. I have very little if any luck with women. I once went on a date and asked the woman if she brought any protection. She pulled a gun on me...
There are many types of 'bad dates' one is when her multiple personalities begin arguing over splitting the cheque; after four beers or two martinis she starts calling you "daddy"... or after every pace that you suggest for dinner, she says,'Nahhh, there might be cops there'
I know one elderly couple that are dating; she is 87 and he is 93. They never argue, They can't hear each other...I went out with one several years older. She asked me if I'd like to meet her parents...she took me to the cemetery. All cannot be hopeless...
(Can it????)

If she is a prostitute and she solicits you for business, ask for the clergyman's rate...

Years ago, one of the female officers asked me if I was waiting for someone in the academy and I told her not really but that I was looking for a navel engagement. She thought that perhaps I wanted to enlist. I told her, no , I meant n-a-v-e-l- engagement. She looked puzzled for a second or two then she laughed and said that she'd have to remember that one...she laughed a bit more when I said it would be great if we could practice some navel warfare games...

Good luck!

If you're going to reach for a star, reach for the lowest one...

Complaining that the world hasn't ended isn't going to change it. Rest easy. By to-nite every one will be safely back in his or her beer stained, flea infested, duct-taped recliner, adjusting his or her underwear with one hand and cheering on Jean-Claude Van Damn or Arnie with the other. All tucked away in their own little trailer version of Heaven...

Perhaps you should change this name to The Ladies Room.
There are usually hordes of them in any 'Ladies Room' talking away...

Well, you could always hang around the front gate of the Naval Academy and whistle at all those gorgeous women officers and cadets coming and going; same for the docks where all the yachts are...

Wears Lauren Hutton's old Playboy Bunny costume

Some years are worse than others, but it is somewhat hilarious if you happen to be there and see it for yourself...
One would think though, that this Koro would have made its way to North America by now...geez, is ever going to get here?! Can't someone import it!?

Most conversation are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses and a dialogue is a good monologue spoiled by somebody else talking. Conversation with women usually follow a pattern:, if you talk about yourself, she'll think you're boring. If you talk about others,she'll think you're a gossip. If you talk about her,she'll think you're a brilliant conversationalist. Best find other topics that do not involve fashions or shopping however.If at any public gathering, remember that the intelligence of any discussion diminishes with the square of the number of participants. Try observing it some evening. Polite conversation is rarely either.
Most women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a lot of men speak only when driven to speech by something outside of himself, like for instance, he can't find the remote...(just an observation! )
It's fine to have conversations but one should let go of it once in-a-while.
Remember the (in)famous words of Oscar Wilde about conversations:
"I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying!"

I would love to see a Assault The Government With Weapons Day wherein everyone who has an assault weapon or even wants one all meet on Capital Hill one fine day and with bandoliers for the MAG's and extra large ammo clips for all the automatic weapons shoot your way into the House and Senate chambers and just hose them all down til no one is left moving. Then have a party. Hell, why not, it's what many really want to do anyway....

Changing one's way they think as opposed to changing a mode of behavior can't be compared. How someone thinks is at the core of their being as perhaps what their beliefs are.
Yet look that the thousands of Arabs and Jews that have intermarried out of love; a form of love that transformed them from mere passersby in a great challenge of all their respective thinking as well as many of their forms of behavior. With the right demeanor, motivation and a very special type of Love it does indeed seem perfectly natural to bend a bit and to change and adjust, We adapt to what is best for us and for those we love as they do for us. It makes Life more livable in harmony for all concerned...imho

Excellent; there is no such thing as "internet chemistry" can't be; it's like an oxymoron. The old term "Fool's gold" from the old Gold rush days is still a good term and people who have chased fool's gold' always ended up the fool, be it in mining for real gold or the gold of someone's heart.