Don't abbreviate your city name...
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Posted:Jun 22, 2014 6:14 am
Last Updated:Jun 22, 2014 8:58 pm 29974 Views
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I have this pet peeve about women who abbreviate their city name.
不要缩写你的城市名称。
市 city
Okay... here's some help so you can correctly spell your city name and not abbreviate it.
上海, Shanghai SH
杭州, Hangzhou HZ
深圳, Shenzhen SZ
广州, Guangzhou GZ
南宁, Nanning NN
宁波, Ningbo NB
南京, Nanjing NJ
北京, Beijing BJ
武汉, Wuhan WH
沉阳, Shenyang SY
天津, Tianjing TJ
成都, Chengdu CD
重庆, Chongqing CQ
福州, Fuzhou FZ
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Do NOT Call List...
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Posted:Jun 21, 2014 9:32 pm
Last Updated:Jun 24, 2014 7:26 am 28603 Views
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It's been a few years since I had my phones listed on the 'National do not call registry' and I read some recent article saying to do so. OK... I did.
I really wasn't bothered by many calls... probably one or two a month, but hey! The article said it was the right thing to do.
Big mistake... !!
Now... I'm getting two or three calls a week.
Them: "Hi, we're conducting a survey"
Me: Good, but not at this phone number... (click)
Them: "You can have a wireless security system installed absolutely free"
Me: (click)
Them: "We'd like your support in voting for ______ who is running for ______"
Me: (click)
Them: "This call is in response to a recent survey you took"
Me: (click)
Them: "Hello, I'm ______ on behalf of the Florida Sheriff's Department and I'd..."
Me: (click)
Them: "I'm _____ on behalf of _____ and we're authorized to beat any mortgage rate you currently have. What are you currently paying?"
Me: Zero... wanna pay me to hold my mortgage? (click)
Maybe listing my numbers was an open invitation for non-solicitation solicitation.
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Colour age and distance are not a problem...
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Posted:Jun 21, 2014 6:34 am
Last Updated:Jun 22, 2014 11:32 am 29324 Views
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Maybe to them because they are trying to get into your wallet. This blog is advice to recognize a Romance Scammer.
I'm a member at another dating site that offers free e-mail. It's easy to create a profile and in a few minutes you can be reading profiles and sending (up to 100 per day) messages. The bad thing about it is the amount of spam messages the members get. If you notice, many of the African scammers speak a dialect of 'The Queen's English' that is VERY different than the American dialect of English.
Here's my short-list guide to recognizing scammer profiles:
Overly friendly right in the beginning.
30+ years younger than you.
Madly in love with your profile and what you have to say in it. (even if your introduction is vague)
They introduce themselves with first and last name, followed by "...by name" For example: "Hello, am Agatha Jones by name"
Excessive use of "Am" instead of "I am" "Am looking for a long term relationship"
Hurt in a previous relationship and now want the stability of an older man.
Claiming to be American and using British spelling... colour, humour, etc.
Their mother is referred to as: mum
Ending their message with a (what I call the disclaimer) statement: Colour age and distance are not a problem.
Are you serious?
I guess they are because it's a business and someone must be sending them money to perpetuate their fraudulent activity. Scamming pays off, otherwise they would find another occupation.
That's a start... be safe and avoid suspicious e-mail asking you to correspond on their personal address where they can exchange photos. Don't do it!
(edited for clarity)
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The perfect age difference for a man and his wife...
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Posted:Jun 19, 2014 4:28 pm
Last Updated:Jun 21, 2014 3:29 pm 29518 Views
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For Americans in my parents age group it was 3 to 5 years difference for a man and his younger wife. In some Asian cultures, the age difference is often larger as much as 10 to 15 years. In my generation, American men who are married to American women, the man is typically 5 to 7 years older. But I've seen many successful American men marrying Asian women who are 15 to 20 years younger.
Here's the extreme difference in Successful Asian women in America... it's just the opposite where the Asian woman is looking to marry a man 15 to 25 years younger. Here is 'the catch' as it's what they are looking for and many have been looking for 5 to 10 years. I know this because I see some of the same faces (and old photos) I did when I first joined Asia FriendFinder, left for a few years and recently returned.
Are older Asian women really marrying younger Caucasian men or is it just wishful thinking on their part?
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Blocking my BETAs...
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Posted:Jun 18, 2014 4:04 pm
Last Updated:Jun 19, 2014 8:11 pm 29043 Views
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High blood pressure (hypertension) is a silent killer... so they say. Sometimes, hypertension symptoms go undetected so you need to check your pressure often, especially if you are a man over 40. You could feel great and have hypertension. I know. Some days my pressure is very high and I have no idea until I check it.
BETA blockers are a type of hypertension medicine. Oh... you have hypertension? There are many factors that can cause high blood pressure. Heredity, lifestyle, diet, exercise, weight all have an effect on a persons blood pressure.
From experience, doctors will tell you the contributing factors, then prescribe medicine to lower blood pressure. Sometimes... more than one medicine is required.
There are a whole range of hypertension medicines available and... they don't all work the same. I know of 2 different families of hypertension medicines. BETA blockers and Calcium Channel Blockers. Sometimes lower doses of two different families is better than a large dose of one.
Supplemental medicines are often required to help with hypertension medicines. For example, some can regulate heart rate allowing the heart to slow down, some increase urination and that helps rid the body of sodium... Water retainage is also a factor in blood pressure.
On the weekends, especially If I'm working in the yard, I'll cut back on blood pressure medicine as the high exercise, reduced stress lowers my pressure without medicine. That said... if I were a fitness instructor, I'd probably do away with hypertension medicine entirely.
Something to consider.
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Burger King Spatula Door Handles...
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Posted:Jun 17, 2014 10:00 pm
Last Updated:Jun 18, 2014 1:08 pm 28766 Views
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A few years ago, Burger King started replacing their tubular door handles with ones shaped like large spatulas. I read the story behind this and an award was given to a young engineering student for the design.
My first thought was... the handles were too big and close for safety and represented a liability. Some of them disappeared and the tubular ones were reinstalled. I see the spatula handles have come back now, attached to makeshift metal spacers to give more clearance.
Public buildings are designed with outswing doors. In the event of panic, people can (safely) push their way out of a building.
The Spatulas haven't changed from the original size/design but they were intended to fit over the location of the original 3/4" tubular handles. By doing this, the handles went past the edge of the door and were less than 1/2" from striking each other.
Potential problem. There wasn't enough safety margin between them. If you started pulling one door open and someone quickly opened the other door, there was a chance you could crush or possibly loose a finger.
I'm happy to see they worked around the spatula problem. It's not perfect, but much better than before.
However, the biggest question in my mind is... what's the significance of the spatulas? Their product is flame-broiled on a conveyor system. They take the burgers off the grill with tongs. Maybe the handles should have been flames. I'm serious saying this. Spatulas don't come into the picture with flame-broiled hamburgers. Someone in the corporate office had to approve this. High ranking officers and marketing professionals decided they needed to replace (perfectly good) tubular handles with spatulas.
I didn't tell you about the time I walked in to Arby's one night. A young was slicing meat and talking to a coworker. Apparently not paying attention, he cut off a finger and fainted to the floor. The other worker stood there in shock. I turned to my friends and suggested we go to another restaurant.
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CHINA THEME PARK
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Posted:Jun 17, 2014 4:53 am
Last Updated:Jun 21, 2014 11:31 am 26384 Views
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My parents left New York when I was a and we traveled around the country for an extended vacation. We tried relocating in California where my father had some Navy buddies. I recall just a little and one memory I retained was The Matterhorn at Disneyland a replica modeled after the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Swiss Alps. I put my hand on the concrete structure and felt it vibrate from the roller coaster machinery inside. Inquisitive I was, even at the age of 6.
For years I've known about a theme park in China called "Window of the World" with replicas of famous sites from around the world. It's located in Shenzhen, a large seaport city along the coast of the Southeast part of mainland China visible from Hong Kong.
Thousands of tourists visit Shenzhen each year to see scale replicas of the Eiffel Tower, lower Manhattan, the canals of Venice, the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Pretty cool if you ask me as many Chinese cannot afford travel nor are they able to obtain visas. The solution? Replicas in the form of a theme park. Just like Disneyland.
Last week, I read a news story about China. A full-size replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza in Donggou village in Northern China. The news story reads they are tearing the structure down. Why? An Egyptian ministry complained about the structure. A Chinese official with a cultural park was quoted saying the imitation would serve only as a temporary scene for shooting movies and television dramas. "We are very respectful to world cultural heritage and express our apologies for any misunderstanding,"
Seriously, Egypt, you need to get over this. Otherwise, who knows... What's next? I say we disassemble The Matterhorn... don't stop there... let's force Hollywood to dismantle EVERY prop and authentic sound stage recreation. From now on, if you want to shoot a movie, pack your things and film it 100% on location... no more fake scenes allowed.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Fatty foods taste better! 高脂肪的食物有更好的口味！
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Posted:Jun 16, 2014 9:13 pm
Last Updated:Aug 11, 2014 8:13 pm 29398 Views
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我喜欢的食物煮熟猪油。尤其是，含糖糕点的东西。我越来越陶醉思考它！芝士蛋糕是我的最爱。烤牛排和充足的脂肪比瘦牛排更有味道。
I love foods cooked in lard. Especially, sugary pastry things. I'm getting intoxicated thinking about it! Cheesecake is my favorite. Grilled steak with ample fat has more flavor than lean steak.
 Mmmm...
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Body parts and other non-face photos...
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Posted:Jun 16, 2014 3:46 am
Last Updated:Jun 16, 2014 5:01 pm 29259 Views
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Most dating sites I've been to have strict rules for your primary profile photo. It MUST be a face shot. It cannot be pets, farm animals, sunsets, sports cars, high-heeled shoes, etc.unless you can clearly see a face in the photo. I haven't read the rules here in a while but I think they follow the same format.
Once, I tried to show a primary photo of me with my granddaughter and it wasn't allowed. That said, every time I see photos of tattoos... and only tattoos or that woman with the thick ankles and only her foot showing off spike heels, I have to wonder.. who let the dogs in?
Trying to lure me in because you have a cool tattoo or wear high fashion clothing doesn't work. I need more than that.
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Blog Participation...
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Posted:Jun 15, 2014 3:49 pm
Last Updated:Jun 22, 2014 7:29 pm 30423 Views
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We have a very small group of people blogging.
Either you like blogging or you don't but I'm wondering if it would be possible to bring more people here, hopefully they will like self expression and join us. Any suggestions?
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