Hehe, it's not always great. I met this woman once in a big group of people and we just clicked massively. Our body language adjusted and we were pretty much facing each other, excluding the rest of the group. Soon people were commenting and making jokes about us. She was very, very pretty, a bit dippy, funny, clever, geeky, sciencey, self-effacing, loved animals, was a veggie, and wore loads of purple. There was what I can only describe as electricity. Sparks were flying off both of us. It was the kind of liaison people dream of. A once in a lifetime.
Then she told me which nights she wasn't working. I thought it was strange but I ignored it. 30 minutes later she told me again. I was really confused. When she told me yet again, I thought she had some kind of strange obsession with when she was off work and I went off her a bit. It was only much later that I realised she was hinting that I should ask her if she wanted to do something with me, like go for a meal, or to the pictures. She was hinting (quite broadly) that I should ask her on a date. And dimwitted dappled missed it completely. I saw her six months after. The electricity was there again, but she was with her new boyfriend. Then she moved to Canada.
Sorry to hear that, too bad she didn’t just ask you; personally I don’t think see anything wrong with the idea. I think there is this notion amongst women that it is a bit masculine to ask a man out and it may just intimidate. I suppose it is a little to do with fear of rejection, just as a man fears rejection under the same circumstances.
So women all over the world continue to twirl their hair and lean in with the hopes of sparking some sort of ...... well whatever they are seeking at the time lol.
Well, at least she moved to Canada, all the best women are there ;)
Have you ever been to Canada on Holiday?
Not yet (I don't fly) but I've earned enough green points over the last 14 months to sail to New York and I have cousins in Canada so it'd be good to see them while I'm there. Might even bump into some of these women who are the best. :P
My great granddad sailed to New York in 1912 and I love the idea of following in his footsteps exactly a century on. And the romance of seeing the Statue of Liberty appear in the distance and seeing so much that is familiar despite me never having been there.
As for green points, it's just a personal tally I keep. When I've done enough that isn't harmful, I get a treat. I've never driven, never flown, and haven't used any form of motorised transport for 15 months (walked absolutely everywhere). I think I've earned a ferry ride by now. I want to cross on the Queen Mary 2. Sailing into New York harbour on the flagship Cunard liner thrills me. And if I can wangle a full month off work, I get a week cruising there, two weeks in America, and a week cruising back. I just need to find the money!
Green points eh, hmmmm..... I like it.
I like to ride my bike to work, but in Canada there is a lot of space so to speak, so walking would take a long time. They are getting better with the transit system, but Europe is so much more advanced and environmentally conscious in that regard.
I would say that you have earned your free ride and some! Your plan sounds awesome, I can see that your really excited. Though I have never been to New York, everyone that has went says its pretty amazing, especially in the Summer and Fall. I think you should do it and blog about it, with pictures etc.
As for the money, well don’t buy a money tree.... it doesn’t work (I have one, and well..... very disappointing lol - looks pretty though). Maybe see if you can do an exchange, there is this thing that I heard of where people switch apartments from different cities - I don’t know the site off hand, nor if it is safe lol, but its something. Perhaps soon is the time with the economy the way it is, it may not be so expensive. Or you could couch surf......
What time is it there right now? It's 9:40am here.
It wouldn't have been possible to walk everywhere where I used to live and I know people would find it difficult if it was imposed on them suddenly but I made a deliberate choice of location when I moved. Twenty minutes walk from work (too close to justify a bus, and far enough away to give me 40 minutes of walking every day). I'm two minutes from shops, and 20 minutes from the city centre. It's possible to walk everywhere if you make it a consideration when you move house. I just got lucky that I got an amazing place (I live in a church) in the right location.
Hehe, did my excitement come across? I was trying to tone it down (I've been boring people with it) but I'm more excited about this than anything since I was kid. The crossings get in at 7am so I've got to do it at a time of year when it's light at 7am. I like the idea of it being just after dawn and seeing it all with fresh light.
I like the idea of a blog! I keep a blog anyway, but I'd like a special one just for this trip because it's probably going to be a "once in a lifetime" thing for me.
3:10pm here. I think I've got five hours on you, which sounds about right. And it's so windy and rainy, I'm watching a poor magpie struggling not to be blown off a building. :)
Yeah, she was. I know I joke often, but I think I'd have married her. I feel like I should be living with her right now. I can't blame anyone but myself, though.
Girls should make the first move ?
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Hehe, it's not always great. I met this woman once in a big group of people and we just clicked massively. Our body language adjusted and we were pretty much facing each other, excluding the rest of the group. Soon people were commenting and making jokes about us. She was very, very pretty, a bit dippy, funny, clever, geeky, sciencey, self-effacing, loved animals, was a veggie, and wore loads of purple. There was what I can only describe as electricity. Sparks were flying off both of us. It was the kind of liaison people dream of. A once in a lifetime.
Then she told me which nights she wasn't working. I thought it was strange but I ignored it. 30 minutes later she told me again. I was really confused. When she told me yet again, I thought she had some kind of strange obsession with when she was off work and I went off her a bit. It was only much later that I realised she was hinting that I should ask her if she wanted to do something with me, like go for a meal, or to the pictures. She was hinting (quite broadly) that I should ask her on a date. And dimwitted dappled missed it completely. I saw her six months after. The electricity was there again, but she was with her new boyfriend. Then she moved to Canada.
Sometimes I can be really stupid. :)
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Sorry to hear that, too bad she didn’t just ask you; personally I don’t think see anything wrong with the idea. I think there is this notion amongst women that it is a bit masculine to ask a man out and it may just intimidate. I suppose it is a little to do with fear of rejection, just as a man fears rejection under the same circumstances.
So women all over the world continue to twirl their hair and lean in with the hopes of sparking some sort of ...... well whatever they are seeking at the time lol.
Well, at least she moved to Canada, all the best women are there ;)
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Not yet (I don't fly) but I've earned enough green points over the last 14 months to sail to New York and I have cousins in Canada so it'd be good to see them while I'm there. Might even bump into some of these women who are the best. :P
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To SAIL to New York; that sounds amazing! Nevermind sounds, it is amazing!
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My great granddad sailed to New York in 1912 and I love the idea of following in his footsteps exactly a century on. And the romance of seeing the Statue of Liberty appear in the distance and seeing so much that is familiar despite me never having been there.
As for green points, it's just a personal tally I keep. When I've done enough that isn't harmful, I get a treat. I've never driven, never flown, and haven't used any form of motorised transport for 15 months (walked absolutely everywhere). I think I've earned a ferry ride by now. I want to cross on the Queen Mary 2. Sailing into New York harbour on the flagship Cunard liner thrills me. And if I can wangle a full month off work, I get a week cruising there, two weeks in America, and a week cruising back. I just need to find the money!
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Green points eh, hmmmm..... I like it.
I like to ride my bike to work, but in Canada there is a lot of space so to speak, so walking would take a long time. They are getting better with the transit system, but Europe is so much more advanced and environmentally conscious in that regard.
I would say that you have earned your free ride and some! Your plan sounds awesome, I can see that your really excited. Though I have never been to New York, everyone that has went says its pretty amazing, especially in the Summer and Fall. I think you should do it and blog about it, with pictures etc.
As for the money, well don’t buy a money tree.... it doesn’t work (I have one, and well..... very disappointing lol - looks pretty though). Maybe see if you can do an exchange, there is this thing that I heard of where people switch apartments from different cities - I don’t know the site off hand, nor if it is safe lol, but its something. Perhaps soon is the time with the economy the way it is, it may not be so expensive. Or you could couch surf......
What time is it there right now? It's 9:40am here.
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It wouldn't have been possible to walk everywhere where I used to live and I know people would find it difficult if it was imposed on them suddenly but I made a deliberate choice of location when I moved. Twenty minutes walk from work (too close to justify a bus, and far enough away to give me 40 minutes of walking every day). I'm two minutes from shops, and 20 minutes from the city centre. It's possible to walk everywhere if you make it a consideration when you move house. I just got lucky that I got an amazing place (I live in a church) in the right location.
Hehe, did my excitement come across? I was trying to tone it down (I've been boring people with it) but I'm more excited about this than anything since I was kid. The crossings get in at 7am so I've got to do it at a time of year when it's light at 7am. I like the idea of it being just after dawn and seeing it all with fresh light.
I like the idea of a blog! I keep a blog anyway, but I'd like a special one just for this trip because it's probably going to be a "once in a lifetime" thing for me.
3:10pm here. I think I've got five hours on you, which sounds about right. And it's so windy and rainy, I'm watching a poor magpie struggling not to be blown off a building. :)
Man that sucks. :P She seems like the perfect woman, to me at least.
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Yeah, she was. I know I joke often, but I think I'd have married her. I feel like I should be living with her right now. I can't blame anyone but myself, though.