this is nothing more than an observation but I think you are very nice looking.

I didn't know that. I always looked at this as a doomed to fail experiment. It is not much different than England making artificial countries like Iraq, Iran etc. There are long standing and remembered animosities. I had a good friend who remembers the Blitz over London. Thinks that, even though we won WWII the Germans won the peace. There are language and culture differences that go back millenniums. You might as well try to get cats to coexist with fish. With Brexit and the economic failure in Greece and the economic problems in Italy it seems that Germany is the first among "equals". They also remember WWI and WWII.

I am not Catholic and live in a predominately Catholic country (Mexico). I have never understood why Catholics are the ones who make that distinction. It makes you wonder what kind of rhetoric is coming from The Vatican. I get the impression that the crucifixion is more important than the resurrection. Strange?????

This is just advice and like belly buttons, everyone has one. A picture onyou profile of you alone and smiling. Avoid "ask me later responses". I always skip those. No picture no click.

A picture would be nice, and avoid the "I'll tell you later."

I have to agree with buutonsandbows. Long distance dati g is an oxymoron. You can write anything, but there are too many things that need closeness. Smell is a big one. Eating habits, I could go on and on. With long long distance who pays for the first meet? What with travel and hotel and meals we could be talking thousands of dollars. Keep it close. You are young and pretty. Remember one thing, "unless you are perfect, the perfect mate will not match with you." Goucho Marx said it best, "I would never join a club that would admit me.?


you'll have to Google Groucho Marx or The Marx Brothers

Wouldn't think about it. Being unevenly yoked is a recipe for disaster. Regardless of your non-belief He stll loves you.

forgot Schindler's List, Shawshank Redemption and Mr and Mrs Smith.

Princess Bride
A Knight's Tale
Burlesque
Divergent
Hunger Games
All the Avengers
Plan B. (always laugh)
The Web (scary)
Maid in Manhattan
Two Weeks Notice
Maleficent
The Tourist
Checkmate
Ender's Game
Maze Runner (even though it doesn't resemble the books at all)
All Harry Potter
Mama Mia
The Proposal (love Betty White of course Sandra Bulock is great)


One of the perks of being retired. I can ready and watch movies a lot. Of course movies are best with a sweetie cuddled next to me.

I don't know if men do this, but a lot of women do. I don't bother going any further and skip or say know. Regardless of looks or eyes (important to me). Any of you ladies care to explain? I understand the idea of mystery, but secrecy where you have to know the password, fuggedaboudit.

You are correct. Religion is pernicious with its rules and shall nots. A relationship with God is different. Yes there is a God. To believe that this whole thing was a chance happening would equate with believing a tornado in a junk yard might produce a working 777. Leaving out that tower of intellect Stephen Hawkins saying that because of the law of Gravity the universe needed to be created therefor it created itself. Sounds like a used car salesman trying to sell and old Pinto as a classic, because it is old and should be a classic and therefor is. I believe that is called "circular reasoning".

I usually agree with you but...... The thought that in the end there is nothingness scared me senseless in my younger days. If I though about my own mortality and that when I died I was nothing really kept me up nights. It took until I was in my early 30's to realize that there is a God. I came to that conclusion by using logic. Then He spoke to me and now I am not religious and understand I am forgiven and loved and responsible for my actions and that there are consequences for those actions. Check out this website www.churchwithoutreligion.com

In a way I agree. I think the difference is that the holocaust was recent. I know folks who survived Auschwitz, my father took pictures of a liberated Bergen-Belsen. The Crusades were a long long time ago and there are no pictures. I am not saying that it is right it just is.

Closer to home there is no remembrance for the people that Stalin had killed or Pol Pot. Maybe it is because the problem during WWII was so wide spread with anti semitism across the world from GB to the US to Europe and still is. I don't understand why Christians (Luther was the first among many) can be antisemitic. We worship a Jew.

God is a loving God and He does live. He loves us enough to give us free will. Unfortunately (for us) that means that bad people also have free will. At my age I have seen may friend and others die. It is curious that those that believe in God and know Him die peacefully and expectantly while those that don't die fearfully. True that is anecdotal evidence. Let's change to som facts. Stephen Hawkins, arguably the most brilliant man on the planet" is an atheist. Let's examine a statement he made about the creation of the universe. "Becaue gravity exists the universe needed to be created so it created itself." That is partially paraphrased. Looking at this statement, anyone with an IQ over 100 can see that it is circular reasoning. To believe that all tat we see was a large accident you woud have to believe that a tornado going through a junk yard could produce a fully functional Boeing 777.

Yes bad things happen to apparently good people. Of course there are no "good" people. "for all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God, but God who is merciful and just will forgive those who believe.

I have seen God work miracles, in my life and the lives of others. He does answer prayer and many times the answer is "NO". If you have children ad love them you say no lots of times and you also discipline them when they deliberately disobey or do something wrong. The difference is that we are imperfect and God is perfect therefor those mistakes that we made as parents he never made.

I don't expect yu to all of a sudden just believe because of what I have said bu, if you are honest try investigating. Read the book by Josh Mcdowell trying to prove that God does not exist.

Will the Android app work with kindle fire?

Re-reading the original John Jakes series "Kent Family Chronicles." I read them about 20+ years ago. He followed with North and South which wound up as a mini-series.

Gone With the Wind. Tried twice and couldn't get into it. For TV it would have to be Dallas.

After reading many of the replies and thinking on them I realize that being online is "safe" to a point. Online you can be who you think/what you are but not who you really are. When you meet someone face to face it is hard to cover up the real you. Every profile reads the same , "cheerful, ambitious, kind, thoughtful, honest, faithful yadayadayada." I gt potential matches from ladies 1/3 my age 9,000 miles away. I got one from someone close by and upon meeting realized that the picture was 20 years old. All the hype about activity and adventurousness was hogwash. A walker does not lend itself to hiking in the mountains. My own picture is 2 years old and should be updated. I have, maybe 5 pictures of me since HS, most of those were when I was a Submarine Sailor.

The current day form of communication has gotten absurd. When I was working I would get an email from the person in the office next to mine asking if I wanted to go to a certain place for lunch, I replied by email. Looking back I am amazed and shocked. What has happened to face to face in person other than facebook, twitter, wassup and twaddle?

Walk along any street in any country and a large portion of the people are so busy texting that they never see a live person.

I don't remember when I joined here, it's been a few years and I have posted my share of ideas. Mostly I have read others. Sorry but a computer does not hold your hand or give you a hug or a cup of tea when you have a cold, or are just in a funk. I am thankful for my dogs (3) that do most of that (except for the tea, they can't seem to get it strong enough).

It would be difficult for me to have a fire since my home is 100% brick and concrete. That said, my 3 dogs. They have been with me through good and bad, have loved me warts and all. They are 11,11,4. They have not lied, cheated, or walked out on me. Right now my Boxer B any is curled up next to me because it is where she wants to be. My 4yr old Akita is the clown and protector. The lab/chow is my little curmudgeon.

Everyone could and should take lessons from dogs. No grudges, no getting even or ahead. Daddy is daddy and he loves us and we love having m. Even in the morning before he coffee. They don't want things, they want you.

Actually the same seems to be true with men. I get more replies from youngsters that are my kids ages. The profile goes below my age to equal. Many of the women I have spoken with nearer my age are in poor health. I am not. My BP is 122/65. Pulse 66. My own teeth and what is left of my hair. I can do a 7km walk without keeling over. Most 70 yr old women I know can't do half of that.

With that said, I am uncomfortable dating someone 1/2 my age. It feels like pedophilia.

I am looking for a partner, not a project. I want to see the Butterflies in Moralia, it is 5k walk in and then back out. I enjoying repelling and riding my quad in the mountains and in the lake. So a partner needs to be able to keep up. I would like to be prodded into new things that I never considered.

Spook it's not just women looking for younger men, maybe it is women who are healthy and active and are Leary of old farts being a burden.