Well, you’ve done it again. You’ve wasted another perfectly good page reading OMFG. Our staff marine biologist is Luke N. Attwater, our ghostwriter is Sue Duhnym, our grief counselor is Rue DeDay, our senior web lackey is Ed “Sheep Boy” Zotti, and our executive producer, just back from the cold-pressed chicken breast, well-dressed, at your behest, Budapest dopefest, is Cecil Adams. We’ll see you again next week, and until then, don’t post like my brother.
And don’t post like my brother.
Chocolate chip is good, but I make an oatmeal-raisin that would curl your toes.
The MG would take a little work to get it running. It’s what they call “a good candidate for restoration.”
Green.
See if you can find a copy of “Rendezvous” someday. The director bolted a camera to the front bumper of a Ferrari and drove flat-out across Paris in nine minutes. Without permission. And that’s the whole movie.
As a matter of fact, that rumor is true. I started it, myself. It must be the last-minute microbrew dopefest thread that the rumor appeared in. Sorry, cutie, but it sounds like you have big news of your own.
White Ink, you’ve got mail.
Everyone else, apologies for my prolonged absence. I wish it were better timing as I would have loved to adress the most recent topic. (Well, the one before my hot date, anyway.) But, I need sleep. I hope tomorrow will be less hectic, but I doubt it. Carry on with your carrying on.
You know I meant no offense sensei, right? Sir?
I have this nasty habit… I go back and read my posts and people’s responses. Insecurity thing I guess… anyways… Psalex, you spelled humor as “humour.” Please tell me you don’t have an English accent too! Otherwise I am hopelessly in love! 
ROTFL!!! 
OMG!!! That was BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank you, Robot Arm!
I have a 914 that’s in the same situation. If that damn job of mine didn’t get in the way, I might just get to that car this year. 
I’ve seen it. A friend borrowed it from someone a few years back. Never seen the car chase in Bullitt, but if it is anywhere between the chase in Ronin and the journey in “Rendezvous” I’d be in heaven.
Going out on a limb here… TOTAL speculation, Yellow Journalism at it’s worst! I think Dave’s hot date IS Theresa! He posted a while ago (quick and dirty) and didn’t say who it was… If it was merely Harmony, he probably would have just said so. Wouldn’t take him much time to do that! But if it WAS Theresa, that would be a big, long, involved story that would take time to post. ("She finally answered my e-mail, I e-mailed back, she called, “Friday night? Sure you big window-steamer you!”) Like I said… love stories make me cry… I hope I’m right!
Or it could just be ANOTHER match.com girl, which would still be good news for our hero!
Agreed - I particularly like Psalex`s post.
Oh, don´t apologize! In fact, I am glad you decided to speak for me, as my eloquence was apparently completely drained away
Maybe I am biased, but I think you´re right with your assessment. I also think that a pinch of badassedness would do me good nevertheless.
As for my inquiry - after I sent it off, I noticed that the fontsize switched from 12 to 10 in a paragraph. I actually removed this mistake, but for some unknown reason the change never saved and so I sent off a flawed CV. sigh
I haven´t heard from dr. X yet, but Prof. Y told me that I should talk to him about the internship after the 25th of September, as he is currently busy.
Searching the net a bit more, I found out that the internship will most likely be in Ottawa - 1.2 million inhabitants, that´s something I can work with
Plus, the Canadian woman that broke my heart lives in Vancouver, afaik, so I cannot be accused of going to Canada just because of her.
FWIW, I am keeping my fingers crossed that you´re right
Oh and thanks for clearing up your username, I was thinking of 69 (or would that be 99 then?) as well, heh.
Trust me, it’s not the kind of news one celebrates…well, not the kind I celebrate anyway.
~J
None taken. I didn’t actually intend for that rumor to reach the board, though. It started because one of the guys on the mailing list for Boston area dopers asked if anyone wanted to get together Friday. I responded that I couldn’t, due to having a hot date that night. But, no, it’s not with Theresa. Or Harmony. Or even another Match babe. I haven’t been talking about it because I don’t want to jinx it, and I’m going to keep it that way. But, I will be away Friday and Saturday, so if you don’t hear from me, that means you aren’t hallucinating.
Sorry, cutie. I missed the fact that you were not “your usual bubbly self”. Too tired and ruxhed, I guess. {{{{Jaade}}}}
Okay I guess i will start here b/c this is about the point I left yesterday. When I wrote this yesterday I was referring particularly to my ex-husband. Our relationship crumbled particularly due to a chronic lack of intimacy. It truthfully started due to long absences because of his job in the military and we weren’t good at reconnecting when he came back. After so many times, we were living as strangers. He had NO desire to please me sexually with wood or any other way. Saw no point in it. If there was nothing in it for him - I wasn’t going to get any - Period. It was pretty lonely for me and got worse as the years went by.
I’m so glad you said this. A lot of women don’t get this. If you want to hang out in the pilot-pit, you won’t be treated like a princess…unless of course you smack them up-side their head every time your ass gets pinched and take them off privately to train them. I have a lot of different kinds of male friends and I am as comfortable hanging with the rough and rowdy crowds as the refined types. But it is a compeltely different approach too and you can’t expect the same thing - at least not publicly. Back in Italy when I was partying with a lot of Pilots - they are like over grown frat boys and will do absolutely ANYTHING you let them get away with. I saw a lot of younger girls…man they would take advantage of them. And the girls went for it. Put them on the table have them taking their shirt off, pouring beer on them…did they respect those girls? I don’t know…it’s not for me to judge. But I did have a pilot boyfriend…and I did NO table dancing and he most certainly treated me like a lady even though he was just as much a DOG as all the other party boys - I wasn’t about to let him get away with doing that to me. I would have walked…that was the choice he had to make. And Studmuffin is going to have to make a similar choice - his lifestyle or me.
My advice (and I am not too young to give advice) is to reserve your body for those that you love. The physical act of love can sometimes seem foolish and self-sacrificing, but so is a back rub, or washing someone else’s clothes, or any other favor you perform out of love for your partner. And if you are with a partner who is in love with you, simply stating: “ I will not have sex with you unless my body is inclined” would prevent a world of guilt and hurt feelings. But don’t be surprised or disappointed if that man should privately choose to take matters into his own hands; there is a physical drive there, an itch that likes to be scratched. Testosterone is a biological feature that influences both men and women- but the degree of importance varies widely from person to person. Differing levels of that hormone can create issues, but before the first encounter a discussion of each partners wants and expectations should be discussed. Simply put: don’t have sex until or unless each of you can clearly communicate your feelings My advice (and I am not too young to give advice) is to reserve your body for those that you love. The physical act of love can sometimes seem foolish and self-sacrificing, but so is a back rub, or washing someone else’s clothes, or any other favor you perform out of love for your partner. And if you are with a partner who is in love with you, simply stating: “ I will not have sex with you unless my body is inclined” would prevent a world of guilt and hurt feelings. But don’t be surprised or disappointed if that man should privately choose to take matters into his own hands; there is a physical drive there, an itch that likes to be scratched. Testosterone is a biological feature that influences both men and women- but the degree of importance varies widely from person to person. Differing levels of that hormone can create issues, but before the first encounter a discussion of each partners wants and expectations should be discussed. Simply put: don’t have sex until or unless each of you can clearly communicate your feelings.My advice (and I am not too young to give advice) is to reserve your body for those that you love. The physical act of love can sometimes seem foolish and self-sacrificing, but so is a back rub, or washing someone else’s clothes, or any other favor you perform out of love for your partner. And if you are with a partner who is in love with you, simply stating: “ I will not have sex with you unless my body is inclined” would prevent a world of guilt and hurt feelings. But don’t be surprised or disappointed if that man should privately choose to take matters into his own hands; there is a physical drive there, an itch that likes to be scratched. Testosterone is a biological feature that influences both men and women- but the degree of importance varies widely from person to person. Differing levels of that hormone can create issues, but before the first encounter a discussion of each partners wants and expectations should be discussed. Simply put: don’t have sex until or unless each of you can clearly communicate your feelings.
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Confession - for all of the hot sex I talk about with Studmuffin, one of our (his in particular) favorite things is a night of just pampering. When either of us is having a hard time at work, or just needs some special attention, or just for no reason, the other will pamper our partner. Cook dinner, draw a bath, give a massage, fetch drinks, watch what they want on TV…but not sex, just intimate sweet, relaxing cool stuff, it really makes me feel close to him when he does this for me.
I second that motion and if Studmuffin chooses to continue his wild player ways then I call first dibs on proposing to this one girls. He’s a keeper!
Just a random thought. We’ve talked a lot about what qualities men need to have to be attractive to women. They need to be respectful and confident and just the right amount of flirty and all the other things in the last 31 pages…
But the woman needs these things too. She needs to be confident of who she is and what she wants. She needs to be respectful both of herself, her body and her values and of him, his body and his values.
So a guy (or girl) is a player… don’t let them play you. The getting to know someone phase of a relationship varies according to the people involved. If one person presses the timetable too quickly they aren’t respecting the other’s boundaries and these people probably should not pursue things further!
Longterm relationships take effort from both partners to keep them happy and healthy. I’ve seen too many of my peer’s relationships disintegrate because they viewed themselves as in a competition instead of a partnership. People are constantly boggled by the closeness my husband and I share. This didn’t form overnight! I tried to learn from the mistakes of others and so we spend time discussing our relationship a lot. Sometimes seriously and sometimes jokingly. We also talk about what we want from eachother, the future and ourselves. How do you see yourselves in 50 years? Where do you want to retire? What kind of grandparent do you think you will be? Are you happy?
I also remind my friends that they shouldn’t tell me anything they don’t want him to know. I trust him completely and tell him everything and anything. He does the same. That’s one of the other benefits to our marriage… His secrets don’t get divulged to anyone though. That’s another benefit to our marriage.
I’m not of the opinion that love conquers all. We became best friends before we became lovers. That friendship is important because that is what sustains us day to day in a way that a purely sexual relationship never could. I love my husband very much and I also like him a lot. You really do need both to keep going. I know some people who love eachother but don’t like eachother and their marriages are miserable. They fight and have makeup sex and things simmer for a while … lather rinse repeat… Not the way I want to spend the next 50 years and not the example I want to set for my kids.
Not sure if any of that made any sense but I have a horrible cold today so I’m not at my most coherent but the posts overnight made me think of these things.
peritrochoid, I have test driven the same 914 about 7 times this summer. It has been living at our local German motors specialist. I am suspicious because I drive by the repair shop frequently to gawk at the patients, and I have seen her on the lift more than once. The owner of the shop assures me that she is in perfect health, but why does he put her on the lift so often, hmmmm? Maybe he just likes looking up her fender skirts, but I suspect she has issues.
Optihut, Canada?!? I am disappointed. I was hoping you were coming here- I promised you we Americans have a thing for accents and that everyone would find you charming. What if those Canadians point and laugh when you put the accent in the middle of a word? You had better rethink your internship. You must come here. And since you have the ability to butcher English this well: “badassedness” then I wish to kiss you full on the mouth.
Jaade, I am sending you peaceful thoughts.
Davebear, Davebear, Davebear. Alright, everyone out of the hot tub. We get to come back on Monday, right?
I am suuuuuuuure no one else at Davebear’s thought if6was9 was a sexual reference. Just me.
Everyone: please immediately go to BMWfilms.com and download Beat the Devil. Report back and we will discuss.
Robot Arm, you win the cookie! (and you not only got my CarTalk reference, you ran with it; so it is obvious that we are meant for one another)
Yes, the oft-passed Beetle is green, and makes me laugh and laugh- the driver is visibly white-knuckled through every scene. Of course, I would also be white knuckled if there were 2,500 pounds of flying, smoking steel looming in my rear view.
English accent? Only when I have had a couple of drinks. (embarrassing confession to follow; if any of you want to keep that Psexy Psalex image in your head; please, avert your eyes. Seriously. I am about to humiliate myself).
My father is an English teacher and great Hoarder of Books. I learned to read at 2, and quickly grew bored with children’s books. Dad used to bring home all of the books that were banned from the library, (As would be the habit of any New Yorker forced to serve time in the Bible Belt out of love for my mother, the Southern Belle) rather than discard them. He caught me reading Henry Miller at 8. He took it away from me, but didn’t notice a folded piece of paper that fell out. It was a list of forbidden books. I hid the list in my panty drawer and began to methodically work my way through the list, crossing each off as I completed it. I managed to get through 20 or so books before Mom discovered the naughty list while putting away my dainties.
“Jon!!!” she yelled at Daddy, wearing an appropriately shocked look on her face. I burst into tears, and begged her not to tell him I had been reading the banned books. I was very embarrassed. But not as embarrassed as I was when Daddy took the list, scanned it, and after a painful silence, explained that I had stashed in my undies drawer a copy of the recommended College Reading List.
I weaned myself on Shakespeare. That is why I sometimes chase “o’s” with redundant “u’s”
WHAAaat? What’d I do, now?
But, you guys don’t need to leave. Grassho…Senior Acolyte Wyatt has the keys to the liquor cabinet, and the pool maintenance guy will be around to adjust the chemistry in the hot tub.
On the subject of guys and sex, I just wanted to add to all the great advice and insight, by going way back to the original premise of guys only considering sex as important as shooting hoops. Yes, there are some guys like that. They, unfortunately, are the ones who set the tone for all young men, because of the competitive streak in most men. There are far more guys who really don’t feel that way, but feel they need to pretend to, as defensive camouflage and to project that confident image you ladies force us to adopt if we want to get your attention. It should also be noted that this crap does diminish as the guy matures and becomes more secure in who he really is (which is not the same as that confident image crap).
:eek: :: BLUSH ::
Thanks, mipiace!
I think you ladies have made me blush more in the last couple of days than I’ve ever blushed before! I get a little embarrassed whenever I find myself the center of attention like that.
I love the BMWFilms! Got the first season DVD from the BMW.WilliamsF1 merchandise trailer at the USGP a couple of years ago. I like Beat the Devil, but my personal favorite is The Follow from the first season. That song, Unicornio, is just SOOO awesome.
Oh, and Psalex, if you seriously consider a 914, give me a shout. 914’s are among my favorite cars. I’ll be happy to cover what to watch out for and give you some contacts for parts and restoration. You’ve got to look them over really carefully. I’ve owned a couple since '91 (though I sold one to my brother, and the other is garaged at mom and pop’s place, awaiting restoration). A solid 914-6 is my dream car!
PSalex? I find intellegence very sexy so so don’t hide that! I think that the fact that you are brainy is just as sexy as the fact that you are a wanton woman…who would want to any amount of time spend time with a bubble head? That would get boring quick!
Oh and Dave - Good luck this weekend! I forgot to add that in my last post! [blows a big kiss]
That isn’t exactly the confident image that I was talking about…when I meant confidence I was thinking more along the way a man carried himself. I think it has a lot more to do with knowing himself, who he is, being comfortable with himself, not insecure…not with his sexual conquests and competetiveness - that comes off more as arrogance and I DON’T like that at all…
Yep, D’Bear, best of luck to ya this weekend, bro!
I’m out for part of the weekend too, leaving tomorrow afternoon. Dave, have a fabulous weekend.
What´s wrong with Canada? I´ve been to the USA and Canada twice and have to say - oh, oh - that I like Canada a tad better, as it is a healthy mixture between European and US customs.
So for me, the culture shock wouldn´t be as severe there
As for butchering English: Isn´t “badassedness” a perfectly acceptable expression? :dubious:
And with this, I´ll sign off for a few days or perhaps even weeks: With access to the internet I hardly got any work done, so it´s time for me to leave. I´ll probably be back on sunday and will check the board then, but once I´ve completed the next exam on tuesday, I will leave for my hometown again.
See you later!
Sounds great to me. I like it!
Good luck with exams and with the internship!