The Meet a Single Doper thread

[blasphmer]

Lets start a thread where everyone who is single posts their approx. age, sex, state and see what happens.


I'll start
Age: early twenties
Sex: Oral:o err I mean Male:rolleyes:
State: Michigan

[percypercy]

Ooh, an A/S/L check, haven't done one of these since I was a teenybopper :duck:
Ah, what the hey.
Age: 22
Sex: Of the female variety
State: TN
-Lil

[Lobsang]

Approx age 24 years 4 months 12 days(ish).

Approx sex Male(ish)

State: Tired and bored.

[if6was9]

41, male, single women seem to hate me! :( Fuck 'em! I'm happy being alone!

[bouv]

There was a long, multi-paged thread about this a couple weeks ago, I'm not sure if it'd be better to just dig that up, or start a new one. But, in the event of a new one, I'll put my stuff here as well.

Age: 20
Sex: Male
State: NY

(looking for females, BTW.)

[Ludovic]

Age: 30
Sex: Male, I'm told.
Location: Ratville (Orlando)
most single women seem to hate me, too, and the others I don't realize otherwise till months later :smack:

[MaxTheVool]

Age: 29
Gender: Male
Location: The Best Place on Earth. Which is how we residents of the San Francisco Bay Area like to refer to it.
Level of Desparation: moderate :)

[Sarcastic Fringehead]

OMG A/S/L ??/!!! u r AOLr LOLOL!!!1

...I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me.


I'll bite, as fringeheads do.

Age: Too young for a mortgage, too old to get away with minor crimes.
Sex: Male.
State: Mostly colloidal liquid, with some solid materials.

[lel]

Age: perfection
Sex: honey, I'm tired!
State: confusion

Well, that's what I used to say in my days of wandering about chat lines with people who kept saying "A/S/L d00dz! A/S/L, ****er!"

Now if I wanted to find a potential mate, I'd be a bit more creative and talk about other things.

Likes: moonlight walks, vegemite, shopping for bargains, sitting around stark naked and browsing the boards, cute fluffy stuff, health food stores, electronic gadgets, sappy 80s love songs, travel, mauve nail polish, discernment, sarcasm, solitude, silence, smiley faces.

Wants: Someone down-to-earth who fits no model of perfection, but is imbued with wisdom and discernment. Is okay with change, but doesn't need to change everything all the time. Can tolerate a night just sitting around reading or listening to music.

Other: I am capable of typing in complete sentences; however, I simply wanted to express my ideas above.

What will happen: We will all meet the loves of our lives right here in this thread, after it gets more posts than the thread about LOTR and more than a million views!

[Khadaji]

What the heck:

41
Male
York PA

[cherry]

30
female
location: sometimes no cal, sometimes toronto

[RotorHead]

Age: 31
Sex: male
Location: roaming the skies in a helicopter: as often as possible. usually Chesapeake, VA. Sometimes Chapel Hill, NC. Or possibly South Dakota. Soon to be Titusville, FL, or possibly Concord, CA.

[verbenabeast]

Age(d to perfection)... 34
Sex yes, please... Male
Location... Sweet Home Alabama

[ultrafilter]

23, male, northern Virginia

[paulberserker]

26,
male, evidently
state: drunk


or london if you prefer. but thats not really a state per se

[luluBahrain]

25 and 3 weeks
(let me check)...ok, female
state Northern California

[Meros]

Might as well.

20
Male
South Joisey

[Morgyn]

39
Female, looking for male
Central Jersey, but I'm looking to Get Out, preferrably to PA (still looking for a job)

I Like: to read, geek, play with computers, square dance, sing, cuddle, pet my cats, go off on tangents, explore new places (especially used book stores), Pennsic (haven't been for years, but still love it), outer space, how and why things work, history, and a number of other things . . . .

I want: someone with a broad range of interests who knows lots about at least a few things so they can tell ME about 'em, is willing to or likes to dance, likes to museum crawl, understands a bookaholic even if he isn't one, and is willing to do the dishes when I cook (I love to cook, hate to clean)

[Baker]

Age: 48
Gender: Female
State: Kansas

[pestie]

While I'm familiar with the concept of A/S/L as it applies to chat rooms, I'm apparently old enough that, back when I did chat online (on multi-line BBS's - no internet for me back then) nobody ever ran around asking "A/S/L?" Kids these days!

Age: 31
Sex: Male
Location: Hernando County, FL

[yojimbo]

Age: 32 and I've still got all mt teeth.
Sex: Male
Location: Dublin, Ireland

Hobbies: Spending too much money on DVD's and Guinness.

I have a beard and I'm not getting rid. Never .... well maybe.... ok but only if the lady lets me shave them ;)

[Quartz]

Oh what the hell...

36, male, Luton UK.

[twickster]

48, female, Philadelphia

[Master Wang-Ka]

38.

Male.

South central Texas.

[Sunspace]

Age: 40.
Sex: Male.
Location: Tronna.

Hobbies: The SDMB. Writing and programming (no wait, that's work). Cartooning. Editing video and making DVDs. Reading. Web pages. Esperanto. World travel.

Morgyn said:
I Like: to read, geek, play with computers, square dance, sing, cuddle, pet my cats, go off on tangents, explore new places (especially used book stores), Pennsic (haven't been for years, but still love it), outer space, how and why things work, history, and a number of other things . . . .

I want: someone with a broad range of interests who knows lots about at least a few things so they can tell ME about 'em, is willing to or likes to dance, likes to museum crawl, understands a bookaholic even if he isn't one, and is willing to do the dishes when I cook (I love to cook, hate to clean) So, Morgyn, how's it goin', eh? Wanna visit Toronto and hit Bakka Books, the World's Biggest Bookstore, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, and/or the Bata Shoe Museum? :D

[Morgyn]

Originally posted by Sunspace So, Morgyn, how's it goin', eh? Wanna visit Toronto and hit Bakka Books, the World's Biggest Bookstore, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, and/or the Bata Shoe Museum? :D

I'm not sure about the Shoe Museum, but the others sound like fun. Especially the bookstore! (Yes, I have a lot of my money invested in books.)

Guess I'd better get moving on getting that posspart . . . errr, passport. Thing, you know?

[av8rmike]

Doesn't matter, bouv, flirt/personal ad/picture threads pop up every few weeks on here. Eventually we'll just have our own SDMB Dating forum and be done with it. In the meantime:

26, Male. Look to the left for location. Look in the "Me" thread for picture.

Likes: Music, theater, aviation (of course), reading, history, science, and the occasional hanging about with friends.

Wants: More time to experience all the above, someone charming & intelligent to share it with.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be off picturing lel browsing the boards in the buff. ;)

[Stage Manager]

Oh, what the hell.

Age: (almost) 40 -- Lordy, lordy.

State: California (sorry...)

Sex: Yes, please. (Male -- but females need not apply...)

[Gangster Octopus]

35, Southern California, newly returned to the single guy pool

[BethCro]

Age: 38
Sex: Female
Location: Tulsa OK or London UK

[presidebt]

32

female

KY/IN border--Louisville

Cute, short, blonde...with higher than average intellectual development, but by no means a genius. ;)

[Medea's Child]

22, girl like in several aspects, straight (regrettably), dual resident of PA and MI. (Mostly PA. For these purposes, Pittsburgh or area limited.)

I like: interesting thoughts, most forms of music, table top role playing, and animals. I don't really have many hobbies, I either don't have time (dual degree student, Chemical Engineering and Philosophy, plus job) or I have figured out how to make my interests into something productive (note the majors...Platonic Philosophy, Alternative Fuel/Sustainable Manufacturing Engineering)

[Stage Manager]

So, Gangster Octupus, how you doin'? :D

[Bippy the Beardless]

33
Male
Santa Clara, CA

Tall, Dark, and some hands.

[sunfish]

Sure, I'll play too.

37 (and never married, so you know there's something wrong with me (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207894) ;) )
Female
NYC

Currently on a Bollywood movie kick but I like movies in general. Also enjoy traveling and learning about other places/cultures. As a geologist, I fully admit to being a science geek. Still in the process of making myself multi-dimensional again after years of single-mindedness in grad school.

[spogga]

What the Hell I'll play as well

45 ish
male (other males need not apply)
<<<- )over there look!
very rich and a pathological liar
hobbies...see profile

Observations......every other bugger is younger than me on this site!!!

[MindWanderer]

Hmm

25
Male

From Denver Colorado but with connections in michigan

I'm also very short and most people guess my age as 13.

[sirtonyh]

33
Male
Used to live in CA, now wandering aimlessly around Europe in a Winnebago. It has a really, really comfortable double bed in the back for all the female dopers with a sense of wanderlust (I'm also a terrific chef and about 80% housetrained) :D

[Plankspanker]

oh well...

age: 19
gender (sorry, the jokes are too bad!): guy(ish)
location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK

[Quartz]

That's some split, Bethcro

[Incubus]

Age:22
Gender: Male
Location: San Jose, CA

I'm a college student still trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. I'm a full-time student with two jobs trying my darndest to get out on my own.

[Lsura]

Ok, fine

Age: 29 years, 355 days.
Sex: female
Location: TN, but only for another 9 months or so.

[Horrifying Howler Monkey]

Oo, I wanna play too.

Sex: Gal
Age: 24
Location: Ontario Canada (But I love the idead of travelling, having never actually been anywhere interesting)

Even though you didn't ask, I do tech support for a living, and am thinking of going back to school to take a police foundations course, I would like to eventually become a police officer (maybe I'm too old, who knows, I'm fit anyway)

[Sunspace]

Morgyn said:
Guess I'd better get moving on getting that posspart . . . errr, passport. Thing, you know?Hey, at least you can still smile on yours! :)<-- illegal expression Bakka Books is a famous science-fiction bookstore. What's Pennsic?

Hi, bethcro! Tulsa or the UK? :eek: travelling for school/work?

Hi, sunfish! Did you see Bollywood, Hollywood?

[Billdo]

Originally posted by sunfish
Sure, I'll play too.

37 (and never married, so you know there's something wrong with me (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207894) ;) )
Female
NYC

Hey, as another New York Doper, why don't you come down to manhattan's mod retirement party (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=206177) this Thursday where you can meet other single New York dopers like, um, me.

My stats:

Male
36 (and never married either)
New York City

[Billdo]

Originally posted by sunfish
Sure, I'll play too.

37 (and never married, so you know there's something wrong with me (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=207894) ;) )
Female
NYC

Hey, as another New York Doper, why don't you come down to manhattan's mod retirement party (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=206177) this Thursday where you can meet other single New York dopers like, um, me.

My stats:

Male
36 (and never married either)
New York City

[Angel Heart]

Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 22
Location: Maryland (1/2 way between DC and Annapolis)
Occupation: Full-time student , hoping to be State Department Intern next summer
Hobbies: Reading, listening to music, hanging out with friends, attending festivals, movies, watching sports
Favorite Genre(Literature): Fantasy
Favorite Genre (Music) Modern Rock and Neo-Soul

Looks: Light brown skin, brown hair, brown eyes, petite, looks young for age.

Scottish, Irish, English or Spanish accent a plus, as well as being a player or watcher of lacrosse or soccer.
Ultraconservatives, vegetarian bashers and suburban thugs (aka sheep in wolves clothing) need not apply

[Angel Heart]

Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 22
Location: Maryland (1/2 way between DC and Annapolis)
Occupation: Full-time student , hoping to be State Department Intern next summer
Hobbies: Reading, listening to music, hanging out with friends, attending festivals, movies, watching sports
Favorite Genre(Literature): Fantasy
Favorite Genre (Music) Modern Rock and Neo-Soul

Looks: Light brown skin, brown hair, brown eyes, petite, looks young for age.

Scottish, Irish, English or Spanish accent a plus, as well as being a player or watcher of lacrosse or soccer.
Ultraconservatives, vegetarian bashers and suburban thugs (aka sheep in wolves clothing) need not apply

[Cosmopolitan]

Age: 24, hurtling toward 25

Sex: Female

State: Look at my location, sweetness.

[green_dragon]

Age: 20
Sex: Male
Location: UK, west midlands for the next year or so

I'm a student at Warwick university, my interests are dancing and martial arts (I teach both), meeting new people...reading and looking at the stars and music.

As far as looks go I'm not bad I guess, I maybe look a little younger than my age, I'm medium height and build, obviously in shape from all the exercise, light skin and brown hair with hazel eyes.

I'm willing to give anyone a fair chance, but I would love to meet a girl who was into the martial arts or dancing and especially into keeping fit as I find that a very attractive quality in a person.

[BethCro]

Originally posted by qts
That's some split, Bethcro

Yep, and it's played merry hell with the accent. ;)

I'm American, raised in Tulsa, but I've lived in London UK for the past 17 years.

I've spent much of the past year in Tulsa, due to family illness. I'm going back to London on 23 Sept.

I'll either be staying in the UK (if I find work again), moving to Oklahoma to look after my dad, or moving to Amsterdam.

Decisions, decisions.

[caveman]

eh, what the heck...

Born: Feb 27 1978 (do the math...c'mon...)
Gender: Dude
Locale: (south) Austin, Texas

[TheFunkySpaceCowboy]

I'm lonely and desperate so what the hell...

Age: 25
Gender: Male
Location: Houston, TX formerly Anchorage, AK.
State: Dazed and Confused.

See the "me" thread or my website for pictures.

Ladies I'm employed, I have more hair on my head than my back and I'm only 5'6" so you're in no danger of getting beaten up if we go out. Call now, operators are standing by. :D

[sunfish]

Hi, Sunspace! I haven't seen Bollywood, Hollywood yet, but it IS in my Netflix queue. So far I've seen more of the "blockbusters" from the 80s and 90s, along with some older films starring Amitabh Bachchan (what a voice! *swoon*).

Hey Billdo, I would love to come to Manny's retirement party and meet some of my fellow single Dopers (like, um, you ;) ), especially since I missed the Woodlawn Cemetary tour. But my dad is having some outpatient surgery done that day, and I'll need to be around to pick him up and make sure things are okay once he's home. Some one of these days, though, I'll make it to a Doper gathering, I swear!

[Billdo]

OK, sunfish, I'll accept that excuse this time, but next time . . .

Hope your dad is OK.

Oh, and beware what happened to the last single, female geologist who started going to Doper gatherings . . . circumstances caused her to leave her home and be exiled to Florida.

Of course, those circumstances were Geobabe's meeting and marrying UncleBill, so it wasn't all awful.

[sunfish]

Okay, okay, Billdo, I promise you won't have to serve me with a subpoena or something to make me come to a Doper gathering. ;) Just seems that lately I need to figure out how to get the planets properly aligned, etc. before I can make social plans that stick.

Oh, and beware what happened to the last single, female geologist who started going to Doper gatherings . . .

Ahh, a whiff of danger in the air ... just the thing I need to spice up my life a little! :D

BTW, my dad will be fine, thanks for asking. It's a routine procedure; it's just that he's expected to be groggy and pretty uncomfortable after.

[Einmon]

Oooh, I'll play, too.

Age: 30
Gender: Female
Location: Munich

Now excuse me while I watch the tumbleweeds blowing in the general direction of Germany..

Well, I still can foster the hope ofsirtonyh setting up shop in my back yard with his camper. If I had a back yard that is :D

[ParentalAdvisory]

Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Age: 23
Location: Chicago, IL

Occupation: Business Analyst. (translation: Application support for mainframe apps.)

Hobbies: Playing guitar, keyboarding, making beats, cars, racing, hangin' wit da homies.

Types of music I like: Rock, hip-hop, rap - anything really, as long as it sounds good, and is unique.

What do I look like: Light skinned, Auburn hair, Brown eyes, average looking.


"Sometimes I feel like 50 cent trapped in the body of Adam Corolla."

:smack:

Contrary to what I say in my posts, I'd be an excellent catch. :)

[Muffin]

Straight male
42
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Telemarker, paddler, lawyer
http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/

[Landshark]

Age: 44
Sex: Male (Looking for female)
Location: San Diego

My first entry in the "Me" thread has a link to a recent photo.

I work in IT (or, as my firm calls it, IS - Information Services) essentially doing scheduling, set up, and problem remediation coordination for batch processing.

[Sunspace]

sunfish, Bollywood, Hollywood was filmed in Toronto. There's a strong South Asian community here. It was neat to recognise many of the locations. Unfortunately, I don't know much about Indian cinema, so I probably missed most of the humour and in-jokes. I did see it at the theatre in the mall, alongside a mostly-South Asian audience, so seeing how they reacted was actually quite helpful.
Can you point me to some beginner's info? :)

[jaykr]

I'll join in.


Age:30

Gender: All girl

Location: Quad Cities, Illinois


Interests: reading, music, independent, sci-fi and fantasy films. I also have a weak spot for tasteless/dirty jokes..

[ataraxy22]

Hmm.

Age: 29 (better hurry and get married before I'm 30, and thus have problems ;) )

Gender: male
Interests: none
Skills: none
Abilities: none

[hightechburrito]

Straight male, 22, Campbell CA

Still in college, at San Jose State University, Mechanical Engineering major.

So, any of you ladies looking for someone with very little money and even less free time, I'm you man!

[heimarkj]

29
male
denver

[KeithT]

Age: 580 fortnights
Sex: XY seeking XX
Location: Northern IL / Southern WI

Interest: 2.9% APR.

[sunfish]

Sunspace, this relatively recent thread (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194430&highlight=bollywood) in CS hit some of the highlights of Bollywood cinema if you'd like ideas about what other movies to rent. But definitely take a look at the newcomer's guide at http://www.bollywhat.com/ - very helpful in figuring out some of the things you'll see! The more you watch the more you be sucked in, um, the more you'll pick up naturally. ;) As something of a neophyte myself I have lots to learn yet, but I'm enjoying the journey - hope you'll find it fun too.

[Scribble]

Oh, why not. I'll play, too.

Age: 29, turning 30 in January.

Sex: XX, interested in meeting people with at least 1 Y chromosome.

Location: Columbus, Ohio.

Interest: Pretty low these days, thanks to the Fed.

[Pammipoo]

Ooh, my turn!

21.
female.
Boston.

I like pina colatas, and getting caught in the rain....

[Really Not All That Bright]

Sex: Male
Age: 21
State: Childish Innocence, which is in Central Florida

[Really Not All That Bright]

Oh.. I'm straight, and I like girls with somewhat morally casually attitudes toward being smeared in whipped cream an... er, long walks on the beach, I mean.

[Incubus]

Originally posted by hightechburrito
Straight male, 22, Campbell CA

Still in college, at San Jose State University, Mechanical Engineering major.

So, any of you ladies looking for someone with very little money and even less free time, I'm you man!

You go to SJSU also? Wow, I bet we've crossed paths before. In a literal sense, that is, since we have different majors.

I'm the guy who plays the piano in the Student Union...badly :(

[SlickRoenick]

Age: old enough to drink but i don't (no i'm not Mormon)
Gender: same as Cecil
Location: Westminster, MD

[sirtonyh]

Originally posted by Einmon
Oooh, I'll play, too.

Age: 30
Gender: Female
Location: Munich

Now excuse me while I watch the tumbleweeds blowing in the general direction of Germany..

Well, I still can foster the hope ofsirtonyh setting up shop in my back yard with his camper. If I had a back yard that is :D

I'm planning on going to Germany sometime early next year. I'm currently in Portuagal and will then go through Spain, France, Italy and then up to Scandanavia via Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

So, you have until about March to buy a nice large house with a back yard, heated indoor swimming pool and jacuzzi for me to set up shop in :D

One more thing, when is the beer festival?

[Edward The Head]

Originally posted by presidebt
32

female

KY/IN border--Louisville

Cute, short, blonde...with higher than average intellectual development, but by no means a genius. ;)

Lsura

Age: 29 years, 355 days.
Sex: female
Location: TN, but only for another 9 months or so.


Scribble
Age: 29, turning 30 in January.

Sex: XX, interested in meeting people with at least 1 Y chromosome.

Location: Columbus, Ohio.


Guys, here we have three young women in their prime and no one is flirting with them? Well then I guess it's all up to me then.

So presidebt How you doing? Hope all is well in your little corner of the world.

And Lsura how about you, you well? So tell me where you plan on heading in nine months?

Scribble How was the rest of that food? I hope it tasted ok the next day.

And now me I guess
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Location: Just outside of DC.

[AnnaLucretia]

OK, I'll play.

Female
turning 30 on Thanksgiving Day (in VEGAS, baby)
Washington DC

Short hair, discreetly tatooed, divorced, and not abnormally insane. Likes: books, dive bars, people who laugh. Dislikes: eggplant, foot fetishists and NAMBLA.

[Plankspanker]

NAMBLA???

[AnnaLucretia]

Really, don't ask. They're gross (though it was a fairly tongue-in-cheek list of dislikes).

DO NOT do a google search either. National Man Boy Love Association. 'Nuff said.

[Medea's Child]

Originally posted by hightechburrito
Straight male, 22, Campbell CA

Still in college, at San Jose State University, Mechanical Engineering major.

So, any of you ladies looking for someone with very little money and even less free time, I'm you man!

Bah! I scoff at your MechE! You have free time, you probably use it to sleep or something. That is just like the wastrels in the MechE department here.

I don't think my last boyfriend really understood when I explained that I was in school or working all of the time. And yet, he knew I was a very literal person.

[av8rmike]

What's wrong with Martin Brando Look-Alikes?

[Squirebob]

Oh my turn!

Age; 21 (had an easy paper round)

Sex; Male (Straight)

Location; The Mega-Metropolis That is Sunderland, UK.

ASL can't really say much, so here is a little blurb about me...

I'm a failed business student, soon to be a history student, gonna actually try this time :smack: I like music and reading. I also enjoy football (soccer) I work in a pub, it lots of fun, it's gay friendly so we get lots of amusing incidents...

At the moment i'm writing two books the first is an action adventure, the other is a kids book...

Ermmm... single at the moment last girlf friend was from Norway, had no luck lately:(

Anyway thats me :dubious:

[mipiace]

Okay....here goes...

Age: 36

Sex: female - bi

Location: South TX

Okay what can I say. I am divcorced and just looking for a casual friend and if it develops into more then that's good but I take things kind of slow. I like animals and tend to party a lot. I like doing things out of doors, have a great sense of humor and like to laugh. I love to travel and have spent a lot of time abroad. Having an open mind is a must, I don't do well with controlling or closed minded people b/c I am kind of a free thinker myself. Guess that's it.

[AnnaLucretia]

Well shux - all these nice guys and gals are all "from away", as they say in Maine.

Bummer.

[Duke]

Well, I'll bite because e-harmony is running thin these days.

Age: 30 and a few days
Gender: Male
Orientation: looking for female
Location: north of Niagara Falls, NY, one mile from the Canadian border

Brief story: divorced, doctoral degree from Jesus College Oxford nearly in the bag, recently moved here from Torrance, CA. Likes: James Ellroy novels, cricket, foreign films, Vegas, black hats. Dislikes: neat freaks, the dishonest, and the hypocritical.

And let me be the first to extend a "How are you doin' ;) " to AnnaLucretia.

[Edward The Head]

Originally posted by AnnaLucretia
Well shux - all these nice guys and gals are all "from away", as they say in Maine.

Bummer.

Umm hello!! I'm near DC, just up 270. Oh well I'll just have to look other places for a date.

[AnnaLucretia]

Well, hello back Duke! Don't ask me why, but every time I see your name I think of Uncle Duke from the old Doonesbury comics - you know, the crazy guy who sits under his desk killing bats with a ruler? I always liked that guy. Also, is there really a "Jesus College"? The Gen Eds must be brutal.

And Edward the Head...my profuse apologies for overlooking your post. In fact, I think I met you at Jonathan_Chance's, yes? Tall guy, Iron Butt? If not, well, another howyadoin', and damn glad to meet you.

Anna

[Edward The Head]

Originally posted by AnnaLucretia
And Edward the Head...my profuse apologies for overlooking your post. In fact, I think I met you at Jonathan_Chance's, yes? Tall guy, Iron Butt? If not, well, another howyadoin', and damn glad to meet you.

Anna

Yes that would have been me. I thought your name sounded familar but for the life of me, which is normal BTW, I can't place a name with a face. You are showing up for the Halloween bash right?

[MissTake]

Why the heck not...
Age: 34
Sex: Vague memor... oh.. Female
Location: The balmy wonderland of Minnesota

Interests: Manatee toejam collecting, scaring little children, vanity searches, and finding Waldo
Dislikes: Complacency, normalacy, thinking in black & white

[AnnaLucretia]

Uhhh...I dunno, am I invited? Ehh, I'll crash if not. When is it?

Yes, I was the one with the camoflage pants and the hot sister (don't get me started on how many people identified me that way either. grrrr.) Photos are on Opal's page, which I can't locate for the life of me.

[Edward The Head]

JC's party is the weekend before Halloween. Unless you made a real ass of yourself I'm sure he'll let you back in. And I can't seem to find Opal's pics either. I'll have to ask her where she put them.

[av8rmike]

In the spirit of moving the flirting along, try here (http://fff.fathom.org/photorama/index.cgi?mode=album&album=/Parties%20and%20Gatherings/2003-0628%20-%20MAD%20(Jonathan%20Chance)).

[AnnaLucretia]

Oooh, Mike's here too! Hi Mike!

(ok, fine, we'll go there instead. Sheesh.)

[AnnaLucretia]

(oops, that was the photo page. Duh. Clearly, I'm too dumb to date).

[TheInterruptingCow]

Just turned 47. Male. Chicago suburbs. Tall and dark. Pix in the "Me..." thread...

[Duke]

Originally posted by AnnaLucretia
(oops, that was the photo page. Duh. Clearly, I'm too dumb to date). So.....which one are you then? :)

[fizzygoodmakefeelnice]

Ooh, I'll play:

Age: 18
Sex: I'm a girl
Location: Upside down on the floor of a pub toilet. (England at the mo', soon to be in the Land of the Welsh.)

I like ice pops and cheese and building things out of boxes and dancing about a bit.

I dislike it when spiders die and curl up.

[Horrifying Howler Monkey]

Dern Muffin, I'd never read the link in your sig before. That is a perfect date.

I read your site, very nice photos (but my gawd, what did you do to that cat to get him to stay there? :) ) I would love to learn to kayak, especially white water.

Do you dog sled? Sounds like your area would be perfect for it.

[Squirebob]

Hey fizz where in sunny England are ya from??

[Max_Castle]

I'm a 31 year old straight male living in Los Angeles. I work as a Software Engineer and enjoy outdoorsy stuff like hiking and mountain biking. For pics and more info click on my weblink below.

[danceswithcats]

Age: 46
Sex: Not as often as I'd like. Otherwise Male
Location: South Central PA. 1½ hours from Camden Yards, 2½ hours from Vet Stadium. Triangulate, triangulate, dance to the music.

Surrounded by fuzzy kitties, because that's how it should be.

[Rabid_Squirrel]

Meeh...

Age: 24
Sex: Yes please. Hahaha... <sigh>... Male
Location: <====[Look left]

[Sunspace]

Hi, mipiace! What was your favourite place while traveling?

Hi, MissTake! The balmy wonderland of Minnesota? You mean South Saskatchewan? :)

[OpalCat]

Originally posted by AnnaLucretia
Uhhh...I dunno, am I invited? Ehh, I'll crash if not. When is it?

Yes, I was the one with the camoflage pants and the hot sister (don't get me started on how many people identified me that way either. grrrr.) Photos are on Opal's page, which I can't locate for the life of me.

Here is the Dopefest album (http://fff.fathom.org/photorama/index.cgi?mode=album&album=./Parties%20and%20Gatherings). You can see the albums of all of the dopefests that have been submitted (If you have pics of a dopefest that is in there or one that isn't in there yet, just send them to me at opalcat@fathom.org and I'll add them. The goal is for this to be one-stop-shopping to see all/most of the fests!)

If you go to www.teemingmillions.com there is a menu item on the left "Dopefests" under the subheading "Galleries" -- I've recently made the menu more useful :)

(here are the Harry Potters from JC's Halloween party! (http://tinyurl.com/m616))

[RedFury]

Here goes nothing:

Age: Barely breathing. 47

Sex: Between breaths only. See above.

Location: Prone. But wil turn on occasion. See above.

[RedFury]

Here's an extra "L"...do with it as you will

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to gulp some air.

[LindyHopper]

OK, I'll bite...:)

Age: 34

Sex: Male

Location (and here is the sticking point): Montana


See, it's the location that gets me every time. The closest woman in this thread is MissTake (and how you doin'?), in Minnesota. I grew up in Tulsa (hi, sunfish!), so I have connections there, but it's still many many miles away.

Oh, well. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?

[fizzygoodmakefeelnice]

Squirebob I'm down in Kent, though it's not so sunny at the moment. Yourself?

[Jane D'oh!]

One more, here goes....

Age: 41 (Yikes!! it doesn't feel like 41)

Sex: Female

Location: Chicago for now. Every family function I get asked at least twice, "So how much longer are you staying in Chicago?" I was just born without roots, I guess.

[mipiace]

Originally posted by Sunspace
Hi, mipiace! What was your favourite place while traveling?

Hi, MissTake! The balmy wonderland of Minnesota? You mean South Saskatchewan? :)

Oh a favorite is tough. I adored LIVING in Italy. The lifestyle just suits me.

I love Paris, Prague is a beautiful city and I liked kicking around the beaches and partying with my pals in Croatia.

The Amalfi coast in southern Italy was amazing, as was a group of islands called Cinque Terre a little further north.


Have y ou ever been to Europe? Do you like to travel?

[Sunspace]

Hi mipiace[/i]!

I keep thinking your username is [i]miapace, which means something else entirely...

Have things stabilised enough in Croatia for tourism? Or am I just assuming that, because it's next to Bosnia, Serbia, etc, it still has troubles?

In 2000 I went to Europe, starting in Scandinavia and across to England. Loved it in Scandinavia. I only saw a very small amount of Paris (basically overnight and change trains on the way to London). I've always wanted to see Prague and Berlin... Italy... Slovenia*... Australia... New Zealand... Japan...

People keep telling me how beautiful Italy is. Of course, many of them are Italian. :) Ever since studying the Coliseum in architecture school, and seeing Moebius's strange yet luminously-beautiful artwork that references Naples, I've wanted to see it.

I like to travel, but these days my dreams outstrip my budget (paying off debt, you know...). I'm planning to go to a conference in Lithuania in 2005, with maybe some additional travel and cheap Pasporta Servo hospitality-exchange lodging on the way there.

*Why Slovenia? I don't know anyone there or anything; it just looks like a cool out-of-the-way place to go.

[Sunspace]

Oops. Gotta preview...

[vanilla]

female soon to be 45
one child
christian celibate til marriage
Cleveland area unfortunately

[mipiace]

Originally posted by Sunspace
Hi mipiace[/i]!

I keep thinking your username is [i]miapace, which means something else entirely...

Have things stabilised enough in Croatia for tourism? Or am I just assuming that, because it's next to Bosnia, Serbia, etc, it still has troubles?

In 2000 I went to Europe, starting in Scandinavia and across to England. Loved it in Scandinavia. I only saw a very small amount of Paris (basically overnight and change trains on the way to London). I've always wanted to see Prague and Berlin... Italy... Slovenia*... Australia... New Zealand... Japan...

People keep telling me how beautiful Italy is. Of course, many of them are Italian. :) Ever since studying the Coliseum in architecture school, and seeing Moebius's strange yet luminously-beautiful artwork that references Naples, I've wanted to see it.

I like to travel, but these days my dreams outstrip my budget (paying off debt, you know...). I'm planning to go to a conference in Lithuania in 2005, with maybe some additional travel and cheap Pasporta Servo hospitality-exchange lodging on the way there.

*Why Slovenia? I don't know anyone there or anything; it just looks like a cool out-of-the-way place to go.

Slovenia rocks!! Where I lived in Italy was in the north about an hour from the Slovenian border. IT's beautiful in Slovenia and not expensive either. They have a lot fo casinos if you like to gamble and what I liked to do was visit the spas. They cost about 1/4 of the price that they do here in the US so you could go and get the full Euro treatment and stay over night for a couple of hundred bucks. The people usually speak several languages (German, English, Italian, Slavic) and there are a lot of good deals on goods like crystal, lace and pottery.

There is an awesome place there I liked to go in the autumn called Lake Bled. http://www.globtour-bled.com/en/bled-intro.html (http://) That is really beautiful. Slovenia is totally under rated.

Croatia is kind of the same. I think a lot of people are afraid to go becuase they got a bad rep with the Balkan wars but there hasn't been civil unrest there in 10 years. When I first went there in 98, it was a little strange being an American there. I found myself one time in a bar with a Bosnian and two Croats. When they found out I was American and not Italian, the subject turned to war and the Bosnian man told me how MY PLANES killed his sister who had been a nun in a convent.....mmmm a little uncomfortable. I explained that I didn't own the planes and fortunately I am a chick with a big smile.....(and able to bullshit the devil if I need to) since then things have changed a lot and pretty much no one talks abotu war and no one cares. More people are interested in you spending money than anything. It's a gorgeous place for flat rocky beaches and a GREAT place to dive and they have these really cool discos out on the beach where you can dance right on the beach. You can rent a full apartment for about $25 a night and like Slovenia they speak about every language in Europe. Croatia is another undiscovered gem. http://www.villamarija.com/eng/rv.html (http://http://www.villamarija.com/eng/rv.html)

[MissTake]

Hi, MissTake! The balmy wonderland of Minnesota? You mean South Saskatchewan?
No, I mean the wonderfully bland state of Minnesota (pronounced Min-nee-soh-tah, not Min-ah-soh-tah, tyvm ;) ). I truly do like it here as we edge into fall- cool nights warm days. I love the fact that we have four distinct seasons. I love knowing I can drive 40 minutes 1 way to be in prairie land, 40 minutes the other to be in hilly forest land.
South Saskatchewan, indeed!

The closest woman in this thread is MissTake (and how you doin'?), in Minnesota.
I'm doin'... how YOU doin'? :)
I've been to Montana. Once. MANY moons ago. Youth camp. Beautiful country, if I may say so...
I agree distance sucks, BUT if you find a connection with someone, there has to be a way to accomodate for it.

[Squirebob]

Ah Kent... I'm from Sunderland far up north... there be monsters here! Strange though it may seem it is rather sunny here, global warming has its good points.

So why are you moving to the land of the Welsh? university or cravings for a new accent?

[sunfish]

Hey there LindyHopper, what's doing? Sorry I can't help much on the distance thing - I'm in NYC, it's BethCro that's from Tulsa/London - but that's no barrier for the electrons at least, now is it? ;)

I've never been to Montana myself, although I've always thought it would be a beautiful place to see. What brought you there from Tulsa?

[LindyHopper]

Originally posted by sunfish
Hey there LindyHopper, what's doing? Sorry I can't help much on the distance thing - I'm in NYC, it's BethCro that's from Tulsa/London - but that's no barrier for the electrons at least, now is it? ;)Duh. :smack: That's what I get for trying to remember things instead of writing them down. Feelin' kinda stupid right about now; sorry, BethCro...

Originally posted by sunfish
I've never been to Montana myself, although I've always thought it would be a beautiful place to see. What brought you there from Tulsa? It's a great place; I love it here. How I got here from Tulsa is kind of roundabout; school in Ohio, then down to Houston for grad school, then up here because my (now ex-)wife got a job here.

And MissTake, you're right about distance and accommodating for it. It still kind of sucks. :)

[Sunspace]

I'm sorry, MissTake, after I posted that I remembered that the South Saskatchewan thing was about North Dakota. My apologies.

A few years ago some friends and I drove out west along US. 2 to (ultimately) Edmonton, and we passed through Minnesota. Unfortunately, driving in shifts, we passed through Duluth around 11 PM and Minnesota in the middle of the night, and we didn't get a real sense of what it was like. I suspect that Minnestota shares its beauty with northwestern Ontario. What I remember is how my friend, driving, was able to see all kinds of deer and other animals along the road, when I couldn't see anything.

I'd like to go back in the daytime. :)

After looking at your links, mipiace, now I really want to go to Slovenia and Croatia. :) maybe I can make a trip out of it in '05. I wonder whether our word "euphemism" has anything to do with St. Euphemia, whose cathedral is in Rovinj.

Although perhaps the main page of the Bled site souldn't say, "What is really wonderful about Slovenia is that no matter where you are it is never boring." After all, you could say the same thing about Iraq these days.

mipiace, you lived in Italy? Do you have the right to Italian residenciy or was it for university? Is it true that they take art more seriously there, in the sense of recognising it as a fundamental part of life, rather than as a frill to be jetisonned when not profitable? (Can you tell that that's one thing that bugs me about Ontario?)

BTW, if the real name of Croatia is Hrvatska, how the heck did we end up calling it Croatia?

[Lsura]

Originally posted by Edward The Head

And Lsura how about you, you well? So tell me where you plan on heading in nine months?



Depends on where I get a job, now doesn't it? I'll be finishing library school in May...I really want to get back to New England - New Hampshire, Vermont or Maine, but I'm willing to go just about anywhere.

As long as I don't end up back in Atlanta, I'll be fine.

[Idle Thoughts]

Age: 24
Sex: Male.
Location: Hell, or so it feels like it in Phoenix, AZ.

[j_sum1]

Originally posted by Sunspace
Hi mipiace!

I keep thinking your username is miapace, which means something else entirely...



And Here's me reading miplace which is different again.

35
Male
New Zealand. I've been scanning for other kiwis but haven't spotted many.

[mipiace]

Sunspace they call everything something different. In Italy, it's Italia and Croatia is Histrovia, the US is Stati Uniti....of course, Germans call their country Deutschland...so I don't know why everyone calls every place a different name, even city names are called something different. Venice, is Venizia etc...reading a map is really interesting too! :-)

Art is looked at completly differently in Italy. Beginning in preschool they teach art and music appreciation. Art is a big part of Italian culture and they honestly appreciate the beauty in life. So yes, Art is HUGE. Churchs are in every small village and are usually lush with art. Larger cities have great cathedrals and galleries.

I was in Italy for work which is different still. :-)

Mi Piace is pretty much "I like"

[amarinth]

Age: 29 (never married... something will be wrong with me in 6 months)
Sex: Female
Location: Seattle

More information can be provided upon request.

[Sunspace]

mipiace said:
Art is looked at completly differently in Italy. Beginning in preschool they teach art and music appreciation. Art is a big part of Italian culture and they honestly appreciate the beauty in life. So yes, Art is HUGE.**sigh**
I hate living in a land run by neo-conservatives who think, "If it doesn't generate a profit in the next quarter, it has to go." A friend of mine, who is a brilliant artist, had enough of Ontario and bailed, heading for the west coast. I'm thinking of doing something similar...

[mipiace]

Wow, that is sad...have you thought of Europe?

[poiema]

yojimbo, have you ever been to the wicklow lighthouse? it's on my list of must see places.

qts, i seriously thought the only thing in luton was the airport! :)

[Sunspace]

mipiace, I think of Europe every day. :) Actually getting there is another issue.
Maybe I should work on that UK right-to-abode thing. Or meet a European woman and do the 'fall in love, get married' thing. <glances around the boards>

[Idle Thoughts]

I feel very young on this board.

[Lizochka]

23
Female
New York, NY

I feel very young too, Idle Thoughts.

[lel]

Originally posted by Idle Thoughts
I feel very young on this board.

You might want to go look for "high schoolers -- what grade are you in/what's your schedule?" type threads. I like reading them when I want to feel old myself, although why I want to feel old is a mystery to me!

Y'all aren't that young on this board -- there's a number of people here who are younger than 24, including a good number who have posted to this thread.

[mipiace]

Originally posted by Sunspace
mipiace, I think of Europe every day. :) Actually getting there is another issue.
Maybe I should work on that UK right-to-abode thing. Or meet a European woman and do the 'fall in love, get married' thing. <glances around the boards>

Well I guess you have a point there....student visa? Italians go to college until they are like 38!! LOL It takes forever to get through college there.

[Sunspace]

[b]mipiace[/i], I thought the 'older college/university student' think was mostly North American. I remember reading articles that said that going to school in your thirties or later (after you'd been living on your own, working, or raising a family, etc), was fairly unusual outside Canada and the USA...

[Sunspace]

Er, 'thing'... *sigh*

[mipiace]

Well actually it is....but people live with their parents for a lot longer there. The whole culture is just different. Some people live with their parent and go to college well into their 30s. It is pretty unusual for Italians to marry before they are in their mid to late 30s and they don't typically leave home before they get married either.

[horowitz]

Male

Northern Indiana

37

I enjoy candlelit dinners, long walks on the beach, sitting in front of the fire, and cudgeling with my favorite gal.

[mipiace]

HEy Sunspace, what about a work visa, ever tried getting a job with a foreign company that has branch offices over seas? I work for the US Dept of Defense and move around country to country fairly easily.

[Sunspace]

"Cudgeling"? :eek: Is that something you want to admit on the boards? :)(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
cudgel noun [C]
a short heavy stick used for hitting people

cudgel verb [T] -ll- US USUALLY -l-
to hit someone with a cudgel

[Sunspace]

Hi mipiace, I work for the largest division of a British-based company. This division, however, is based in Toronto, and is enough larger than the rest of the company that the tail is wagging the dog, so to speak. The division is a formerly-independent company that was bought near the peak of the tech boom. Unfortunately, while I had dreams of being transferred to Merrie Old England, what actually happened is that, after a reorganisation, the Englanders came here.

I guess there just isn't the need for tech writers to actually move around. Unless they change jobs.

Hence the constant learning and new skills. Web pages. Web-services programming. Video editing. 3D modelling. Cartooning. Eventually something's got to click...

[twickster]

Sunspace, I think you just got whooshed on the cudgeling thing. Not to beat that joke into the ground or anything.

[Sunspace]

twickster, I just thought it was another case of Unintentionally-Comic Bad Spelling. The chef at the caf at my work is notorious for this: his errors are so bad that I often think he means something else entirely.

[Ms Macphisto]

Don't feel too lonely Idle Thoughts:

24 (soon to be 25)
Female
Vancouver

Just finished grad school (M.Sc. woohoo!), about to go spend a month in Europe. I enjoy reading, primarily fantasy, going to concerts when I can afford to, hanging out here, and trying not to let my pool shark skills get too rusty.

[Grelby]

18
Male
Central Massachusetts.

Though I'm actually doing this single thing. It rocks. We can talk when I get to Burlington VT next year ;).

[Corixidae]

31
Male
Seattle metro for the last 18 months, but I spent my first 30 years in Utah and survived non-LDS and unmarried. Go figure.

[Daowajan]

ok, sure, why not.

20
female
Madison for now. I'm dreaming of moving out of the midwest once I graduate.

other girls for me, please.

[Lisa-go-Blind]

18
fuhmahlee
Louisiana

Likes: standing in lines, completing standardized tests, mopping

Dislikes: numbers, animals, movies with Catherine Keener

[mipiace]

Originally posted by Sunspace
Hi mipiace, I work for the largest division of a British-based company. This division, however, is based in Toronto, and is enough larger than the rest of the company that the tail is wagging the dog, so to speak. The division is a formerly-independent company that was bought near the peak of the tech boom. Unfortunately, while I had dreams of being transferred to Merrie Old England, what actually happened is that, after a reorganisation, the Englanders came here.

I guess there just isn't the need for tech writers to actually move around. Unless they change jobs.

Hence the constant learning and new skills. Web pages. Web-services programming. Video editing. 3D modelling. Cartooning. Eventually something's got to click...

Wow, that happened to a lot of people and a lot of companies. Unfortuantely with rapidly changing technology and a globaly fragile economy, things like that happen. Tech stocks are paticularly fragile (just ask my stock broker - and my portfolio is a prime example sine it is worth a bout 1/4 what it was about 4 years ago)

I'm not sure what to offer, to accomplish your goal and stay marketable. But perhaps working for a Bristish based company could be a plus. Could it help you get your foot in the door of other British based companies? Unfortuantely I think the cost of living is pretty high in the UK (not compltely sure but I'm betting some UK dopers could elaborate here) and that is going to affect your move unless a company is willing to pay your moving expenses.....pretty glum huh?

[vivalostwages]

turning 38 in a few days
F, hetero
CA.
Doing all right.

[whistlepig]

Originally posted by LindyHopper
OK, I'll bite...:)

Age: 34

Sex: Male

Location (and here is the sticking point): Montana


See, it's the location that gets me every time. The closest woman in this thread is MissTake (and how you doin'?), in Minnesota. I grew up in Tulsa (hi, sunfish!), so I have connections there, but it's still many many miles away.

Oh, well. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?

Well, I vouch that LindyHopper is a
great guy, having met him at the one and only Montana Dopefest (all four of us). He's worth traveling to Montana for, I'm sure.

Me?

41 years old
straight male
Mensa, dogs that weigh more than 40 pounds, rafting, skiing, etc,

And I wish that this thread did me and LindyHopper some good in meeting a great gal who lives (or wants to live) in Montana.

Whistlepig

[whiterabbit]

What the hey.

27 years old
Female (straight)
New Orleans, LA
Geeky stuff -- science fiction (B5 is the best ever!), fantasy, and in a non-geeky vein, I love animals of almost any description

[Salem]

Psst, Redfury, here ya go: llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Just in case you drop another one.
No need to thank me, what the l, it's just a letter, there's at least 25 more.

[Morgyn]

Originally posted by whistlepig
And I wish that this thread did me and LindyHopper some good in meeting a great gal who lives (or wants to live) in Montana.
Whistlepig
I don't suppose either of you would be willing to relocate? Say, somewhere near the eastern edge of PA, since I'm hoping to get a job and move there in the nearish future? I don't have anything against Montana, per se (well, cold weather and shorter daylight time, but other than that . . .), but I'd have a hell of a time finding a job there. Plus it puts me thousands of miles away from both friends AND family.

Dang it, here I am, great gal and all, and I know no single males of an appropriate age within a hundred miles.

Well, ok, one. But he thinks we're both too messy to live happily ever after together. Feh.

[LucysLogic101]

didnt we do this already? (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=196391)

but for the record [my post from that thread]

female
18
location: lansdale, PA...yeah, you probably haven't heard of it, it's another one of those insignificant little suburbs outside of Philly.
occupation: full time student; lifeguard, depending on pool-availability
127 lbs, 5' 3", bobbed unnaturally red hair (so sue me), blue/green eyes (depending...they do change)
Me: outgoing, very affectionate, loud...oh bother, i dont know... oh, i will say one thing though - though i'm not a vegetarian, i am quite the tree hugger.
currently: a freshman, commuting to university in my area
likes: old movies (1930-1960), foreign films, boho/hippie fashions, trees, writing, reading, ee cummings, art (creating and admiring), swing dancing (i havent taken lessons...lets just say i learn by watching), drum corps, Queer Eye, Classic Rock (Hendrix, Boston, etc), Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, ska, alternative rock, the beach, mountains, walking barefoot.....look, i'm easy to please, okay?

dislikes: smoking, closed minds with open mouths, alcohol (personally - can't stand the stuff...others? drink if you like, i just won't drive you home at night)

looking for: well...i wasn't really looking....i just felt like sharing =D but if i sound interesting (?es possible?), go right ahead....it's not like any of you are in my area anyway

[ems]

Mmmmmm............what the hey!

Sex: Female
Age: 26
State: Well I am currently "between continents". I am English and have worked in Norway for almost 2 years but the corporate big bosses decided I was getting settled there with friends and a life so they decided to ship me off elsewhere. I am back at my parents in the UK waiting for my US working visa which arrived a couple of days ago. So another few days vacation and next week I am jetting off to live in Wyoming.

Sorry trying and failing to make myself sound interesting..............but it is all true

[qwanderer]

What the hell. The guy I have my eye on doesn't seem to be biting. Heeeere, fishy, fishy, fishy!

Age: 20 1/2 (physically), 45 (mentally), 15 (emotionally).
Sex: female
Location/State: Bryn Athyn (figure it out, it makes sense to me) but I wish I were in London

Let's see. I'm quite tall (cursed Swedish blood,) and not exactly slender (cursed Italian blood,) but not too bad looking, all things considered. I own over thirty bandannas. I give really good backrubs. I have an incredible tolerance for people that other people consider annoying. I don't eat dairy products. I like watching action movies, but have not seen an incredible number of them.

Important to know: In accordance with the fact that four years ago my emotional age was about six, and I had not yet been introduced to the concept of other people, my dating experience is null.

Maybe I'd better stick to my little hometown.