RSVP Blog

Hmmm.... I can't quite remember how Rob's 'matching' process went, but it was a bit like RSVP - there's a profile, pics etc. and of course, an arranged meeting so that the finer points of compatibility can be sorted. There might even have been a 'cooling off' period. Then, if both parties agree, the wedding can take place. In other words, I don't think you just 'pick one from a catalogue', sign on the dotted line, and "she'll be Jake". They have two beautiful children together, and things seem to have worked out fine. I'm sure there's horror stories out there too - but you can get that anywhere. Jerry Springer can attest to that LoL...

Posted by: heart2heart57 at September 14, 2008 10:06 AM

heart2heart57 at 6:46 PM : I'm with you, most of the way.

I think the first thing is to decide whether you will go outside your own culture and/or race. Back at breeding age I chose a chubby blue-eyed blonde like myself, and with a very similar Anglo high-culture background and interests.

Now as a recycled single I don't care at all about race - had an ethnic chinese girlfriend for some months about 11 years ago - but I still care a lot about a match of our culture as well as our ideals for interpersonal behaviour.

And specially that we should have a similar level of unselfishness and dedication to our partner, whoever it happens to be - or we're not a match at all.

Posted by: timewarp1 at September 13, 2008 10:08 PM

Ok... Ok...so... can we call a truce now? There's Asian Brides, Russian Brides, and all manner of 'Brides'. And millions of failed 'traditional' relationships in this country alone. Aren't most of us in the same boat? All looking for a better world, a better life. For ourselves, and/or our children, should they be present?

Some 'overseas brides' may be desperate - not difficult to understand sometimes if you take their current circumstances into consideration. And equally so for a prospective groom.

Does that mean that anyone should accept a partner in another country that beats them, treats them like dirt, or does other unspeakable things to them? Most certainly not. And why does going down the 'buy a bride' route make anyone less than perfect - a 'reject'? Because they have no luck at finding what they want in their own locale? Perhaps there are so many layers of crap to go through these days that they just want to keep things simple.

Both parties still have 'choice' you know - they can always so no. Unlike the hideous Indian (et al) system of betrothal to another at birth. What a disgusting and abhorrent system that is.

I'm not ignorant - I'm sure there are those that prey on overseas brides in as much the same way as the 'brides' may prey on the groom. Some are just after that citizenship, and then they're off. That's the risk those that try this avenue take. Both sides. But as far as said 'beatings' go etc, there are laws in this country that prohibit such behaviour, and they are enforced these days more than ever.

If one is sceptical of such 'arranged marriages', one does not have to participate. But I think it's rather harsh to denigrate relationships formed through this avenue.

Each to their own. If it works for them, who has any right to belittle their achievement? Is a lifetime spent of fruitless pursuit better, in any way or form, than an 'agreed' matrimony where both partners have benefited and can live a fruitful and meaningful life?

You might not agree with it. It might seem 'wrong' to you. That's your opinion, and you are entitled to it. But I can't help feeling it's somehow wrong to deny others from finding love, peace, and happiness just because it doesn't sit properly with our own ideals of how it all should work. Lord knows, the 'traditional' methods are failing in record numbers. Divorce is at an all-time high. Let's just assume for a moment that people who take the 'overseas' option are all actually 'rejects'. Who really cares? Is it hurting us?

Live and let live.

Now, back to the snow - a bumper season this year in all resorts...

Posted by: heart2heart57 at September 13, 2008 6:46 PM

Now I've found an even better site! "Russian Brides". They'd be used to the snow, yeh? They tell me Siberia is rather cosy in the winter. And they're 'white' - so they couldn't possibly be looking for rejects, could they now?

Posted by: heart2heart57 at September 12, 2008 12:10 AM

...and what better a place to chill out than in a Chalet in the snow...full of Asian Brides... :)

Posted by: heart2heart57 at September 9, 2008 8:57 PM

H2H.. Chill out .. go find some snow. Spring has sprung ... hasn't your "Young Man's fancy" .. turned to thoughts of love yet ??

Posted by: waternymph47 at September 9, 2008 5:23 PM

So when is the next meeting of 'Misandrists Anonomous' then...?

Posted by: heart2heart57 at September 7, 2008 6:27 PM

Not trying to generalise .. I think there is good and bad in every race & creed. . Seems this topic over powered the snowmen and heated up things enough to melt them away:-)

Posted by: waternymph47 at September 7, 2008 6:17 PM

I have a number of asian friends and they are lovely happy people. They are mostly highly educated and wouldn't be with an australian man if you paid them. They have referred to them as being fat, lazy, drink too much, loud and bad mannered and have no idea how to treat a woman. We have lots of good laughs together, usually as Kailis in Fremantle and looking around the wharf there on a Sunday afternoon I would have to agree with them sometimes.

Posted by: iaminperth at September 7, 2008 4:16 PM

It's OK TW, I think we both get where the other is coming from here .. but H2H took it unkindly and I may have offended aliane .. tho I had not intended to do so!
Somethings are bound to bring reaction... if you feel strongly about what you say !

Posted by: waternymph47 at September 7, 2008 1:53 PM

waternymph47 at 3:48 PM: Sorry my initial post was upsetting to you. I wasn't saying that all men who choose mail-order brides are rejects. But the ones in their late 50s at my Woollies appear to be so much more down-market than their 40-something wives, that it's obvious that some are.

I only know one filipina personally, a neighbour at Clayfield in the 80s. Kids at same school as ours, and she and Joan would often walk together to and from school.

Her husband was an elderly ex-dutchman. An OK man with no vices, she said, but he was no more than a mealticket for her and her 2 kids. Her first husband had been her real love,over there, and she had 2 unused Degrees.

My beloved double aunt/spare mum was aiming to be an exported war bride in 1946. She'd been 2IC of the 600 AMWA nursing aides at Concord military hospital, where she met a yank patient - so handsome and young - 25 to her 32.

Married him and he went back to the war, and then straight home. Soon got his sister to write to my aunt asking for a divorce, because he'd been warmly welcomed home by his less-formidable local prewar girlfriend.

Late next year my aunt married my mother's brother 16 years older, and they were blissfully happy till he died, nearly 30 years later.

Posted by: timewarp1 at September 6, 2008 9:59 PM

Hey... just thought of a great idea! Asian Brides in the Snow...!

Posted by: heart2heart57 at September 6, 2008 6:45 PM

OK so we got way off topic here... blaming you for that TW :-)
Am amazed that my last blogg did not bring a response ....
Just wanted to add .. that perhaps I'd be less concerened about my son's Vietnamese bride had he met her in Australia and they started off on a better footing.
My daughter is now a part of her partner's large Macedonian family here in NSW and what I love about them is they way they worked so hard to get a start in Australia and become part of their adopted country .. and the wonderful way the family are there for one another.
I also grew up with a lot of multicultural South Australians so .. I'm not racist ... just dislike attitudes that go with the idea of Imported Brides. Makes a woman a buyable option .. and I dont lke that any better than I like prostitution but it is after all one of the world's oldest professions.

Posted by: waternymph47 at September 6, 2008 3:48 PM

I guess I knew this would bring out the self righteous declarations here but I was not aiming at anyone in particular merely responding to TWs comment.
My son is married to a Vietnamese lady whom he met via the Vietnamese couple he worked for in Adelaide.
He loves her, he married her and is now working hard and saving and trying to get back to Australia.
Sadly the Vietnamese brother-in-law he worked for gyped him by not paying any tax for the full year my son worked for him despite the fact that son upgraded his business for him and put in more hours(many unpaid) than anyone.
Son is having difficulties getting himself and wife back here because of the Tax owing while bro-in-law is happily settled there still and now in another business and his Mother and Father in law.. make visits to Adelaide for regular holidays while my son is still struggling to get out of vietnam and get home.
I think my son was a sitting duck with his kind nature and strong work ethic!

I have also known male friends to go for the imported bride because they had nothing but their Australian citizenship to offer and of course they were happy to let the bride & her family fund their marriage and support them.
Cynical .. you bet I am!

Posted by: waternymph47 at September 6, 2008 1:18 PM

Needless to say, if an Australian Men conducting to import Asian bride, is their choices and happiness, mostly this men, came from broken relationship, horrified, seemingly shockable in ways of loss of love. And for good measures charged with their sensuality was soon, on the look-out for a new partner outside their parameters.
The links of finding a bride, obtaining through their colleague, friends, community in recorded, according to reliable source impression and observation.- ..from there, are enough to determined a second chance of happiness. A positive opportunity and discovers the truth of Asian Women are in closeness family orientated relationship.

All of us we looked for rosy brighter side of happiness and comfort-zone, it just a matter of individual choices and desire.

One woman was unfairly judged base on her observation, not an individual characteristic of each person and their lives, through of what she see, is enough of her belief, a remarkable traumatic revelation of wrong accusation.

Yes, I am filipina with European Blood ancestors, I am not trying to protect my territory but I am trying to expressed a right commentary, to dismissed unattractive declaration , to discontinue unnecessary, unfavourable striking and pawing on behalf of this Men marrying Asian woman. White Australian people is a part of my families, as my brother-in law is OZ a beautiful person and happily married with my sister for 22 years. and half of my beloved friends are Australian.
As of my personal choices in searched, I set my eyes of Australian men than any counterpart of ethnics origin, as I believed and see, the love and intimacy are well-managed and given in many good ways.

Posted by: aliane at September 6, 2008 9:51 AM

Well... I don't know where some of people get their info from, but a work colleague of mine decided to go the 'Asian Bride' route. Not to find some punching bag. Not to find a servant. To share his life with and just plain be happy, without all the un-necessary CRAP that goes with it. He married a lady a fair bit younger than him. She wanted kids, he had his vasectomy reversed and they have managed to have two kids together. Both of them are happy beyond belief. And I am happy for them.

Maybe some people just need to take off their pig-ignorant glasses for a change, and stop judging everyone by their own failed standards. Not everyone in this world is out to hurt or abuse someone else. Hells bells, give people a chance...

Posted by: heart2heart57 at September 5, 2008 8:45 PM

Here we go again.... C'mon Marcus, what are you trying to proved, these been issues for such long time an imported mail-order-bride since i joined the blogs, or lost in translation ...woe, win, chew, spit-out or swallow... Sweetie, I know what are you trying to say, but I am not naive...OK

Loveyoulongtimetoo....inmydreams/unfortunately. Alibaba

Posted by: aliane at September 5, 2008 12:00 PM

An ex GF's of mines GF had an older male friend, a bit of a knockabout roughnut who imported a tagalog speaking bride many years ago. She was fiesty this filipina woman, not docile and compliant, and gave him a hard time for bullshitting about how well off he was. It was a lonely life for her too with not a lot of suppport. He tired of her after a while and one day she just disappeared. There was great mystery and intrigue surrounding this all helped by some vague comment about her falling into a mine.
No one knows what became of her but he wasn't too worried and organised a new one from the same source pretty quickly.
Loveyoulongtime Marcus

Posted by: laughsandtalks at September 5, 2008 10:17 AM

waternymph47 at 10:30 AM: The prettier the imported wife, the harder the reject has to tread her down, to get some peck-order self esteem. And it's a tragedy for the women. But often a lifesaver for the kids they brought with them.

I'm moving this to the Lucky in Love blog because I have news.

Posted by: timewarp1 at September 4, 2008 8:06 PM

Waternymph, I don't think that's totally fair.I think a lot of men bring women over from some se asian countries because they believe that they have a feminity that they no longer believe they can find amongst their contemporaries in Oz. I know of two men who have Indonesian or Philipino brides and they cherish and adore them and their children. In return, they both have a younger (and perhaps more beautiful?) bride than they could have reasonably expected if they hadn't cast their net further than our shores.

Posted by: willow29 at September 4, 2008 10:40 AM

I feel like the filipenas who marry Australian women's rejects, just to give their kids a boost up.
Posted by: timewarp1 at September 3, 2008 10:23 PM
Really TW is that the category you want to put yourself in? These guys who import brides, do so thinking they can bully & abuse them in a way that no self respecting Australian Woman would tolerate.
To a sad extent some get away with it and Ive seen these men with their cringing woman, shopping in Woolies, waiting for the reduced price chooks at the meat counter! Poetic Justice comes when the imported bride takes him to the cleaners! Good on them I say !!

Posted by: waternymph47 at September 4, 2008 10:30 AM

waterbombe at August 29, 2008 9:42 AM : Thank you very much for thinking of me and my poverty-stricken ilk, even when on hols.

My older daughter loves to ski, and student-bussed from Bris each year while at Uni. Then as an accountant she couldn't get leave in our winter, so she and Tim-Finn-clone boyfriend skied in Japan two years running (a month in Jan there was cheaper from Bris than either Europe or America, and her japanese was fluent.)

They married in Nov. 94 and honeymooned along their way to his transfer to London for 5 years. A week at Hawaii then a week skiing at Banff then a week in the Bahamas. Tough life with massive thermal shocks, but someone's got to do it.

While in England they skied each winter in Austria. I'm proud of what we did for our kids, and my personal sacrifices then and now are well worth it. I feel like the filipenas who marry Australian women's rejects, just to give their kids a boost up.

Posted by: timewarp1 at September 3, 2008 10:23 PM

heart2heart57 at August 29, 2008 2:31 AM:

Just looked at this blog, and you should be paid to write. Best prose poem I've read for a long time. Hope nobody missed it.

Posted by: timewarp1 at September 3, 2008 10:01 PM

I've just spent 10 days on Mt Buller skiing and learning to snowboard. I can confirm there is no man drought on the mountain.

Posted by: enrepres at September 3, 2008 1:20 PM

2 years ago I spent white Xmas in Canada, ..went to snow resort but cant find attractive gents, they all having fun, skiing at Canadian Alps, unfortunately, I can't ski,..so I slide downhills,..ride on a "Toboggan"...I'm screaming down to slope frighten as I was rolled down the hills, It was shame, never done again...still kept all my snow gears might someone teach me how to ski....nice....

Posted by: aliane at September 2, 2008 10:54 PM

Posted by: softfeather at August 30, 2008 8:48 PM
Softfeather.... I am very certain it would not have been my ex Swiss husband stopping to see if you were OK much less using endearing terms like "Cherie". He'd have been to busy enjoying his fast trip down the Piste to even notice anyone ..altho maybe in the bar afterward...???
Send me a kiss at RSVP if you want to catch up for a chat . Will be closing my profile down soon as I keep getting kisses this last few days(Must be the Spring weather) and I think it only fair to those I'm already communicating with to back out for the time being and see how it goes. Besides I will be away for the latter half of September so would close it down at that time anyway. Looking forward to chatting with you! :-)

Posted by: waternymph47 at September 2, 2008 10:18 AM

Cold on your own ... isn't it?

Posted by: woodnwine at September 1, 2008 8:21 PM

Snow ... men .... not complimentary. Aargh!

Posted by: woodnwine at September 1, 2008 7:58 PM

welcome back, Terry - had a big weekend and feeling a bit brain dead, so not writing much today, but just thought I'd acknowledge your return :)

Posted by: malsie at September 1, 2008 6:11 PM

Hey WnW... Later today ok!!!!! Need time... Much to tell!!!! ....."G"

Posted by: amdoingit at September 1, 2008 2:35 PM

Hello amdoingit ...... hey, I'm waiting for my email.

Posted by: woodnwine at September 1, 2008 8:02 AM

Dateless?? What a surprise.. Thought you"d met your match and left us Terry??? Not so it seems.. So the class action obviously went well.. Good news.. Glad you've been enjoying your holidays... You take care old friend and yes.....TTFN and FRANCE.. Cheers.."G" (one of the original Southern Belles)

Posted by: amdoingit at September 1, 2008 12:08 AM

Good one Mals.. Broome is ok but not in the middle of summer. Was in Tom Price last Jan.. 46 degrees as plan descended into Parraburdoo and that was just after 6pm.. Spent my week in air con house (well almost).. Must confess though.. Place was full of men anytime I did venture out.. Too damn hot to stay out though.. Ski fields are a much more viable proposition and the cold gives us more reasons to want to sniggle in fron of fire, etc..
Look forward to your report too WB... Enjoy!!! Cheers...... "G"

Posted by: amdoingit at August 31, 2008 10:33 PM

I've skied Thredbo 3 out of the last 5 weeks and the only single females I met were still at school.

Posted by: faolan at August 31, 2008 4:01 PM

waternymph47.... I hope it wasn't the same man...OMG wouldn't that be something! & yes I think he was Swiss... :)
waterbombe's post August 28, 2008 6:07 PM rings true. My memories are from many years ago so maybe it's not acceptable now for children to be in adult territory. But even with a "little one" on hip I had the best fun on the beginner slopes....every one chatted & had fun. I was amazed how many hunks would offer to tow her sled up the slope.... :) yeah real men know the best slopes to ski... In those days I was so worried about my partner chasing the bunnies but now I look back & realise it was all fun. I'm blessed to have such happy memories of days gone by playing in the snow... :)

Posted by: softfeather at August 30, 2008 8:48 PM

softfeather at August 29, 2008 8:25 PM

Thank you so much for that lovely story! Aaaah but I envy you those memories of your Snow God, as my suffering was done mostly out of sight and mind of my hubby and he was even less sympathetic than your man... despite being a "foreign dirty bast#*d" himself(Swiss) Never once did he call me "Cherie" ... I should have noticed the coldness in his ice blue eyes! C'est la vis!!

Posted by: waternymph47 at August 30, 2008 2:10 PM

Hi Malsie After all that contemplating the depth and width of Australia now you've enraptured Queensland. Tried a post on the "ManDrought" to you, junebaby 57 and the Southern Belles but it crashed .. I think.Have been sidetracked completing my Class action - got enough money "to go away" so that explains the absenteeism from the blogs. Might be down your way October/November. Been just as cold up here in Logan City ( south of Brisbane) as down there. Loved NZ too but my dismay was running out of petrol just down from the top of Coronet Peak at Queenstown. Was downhill all the way BUT power steering and power brakes don't work without the engine runing !! What a descent beats sking or boarding but not ripples betweem the sheets. Had a great time at Thredbo a few years back. It was in October and the season was closed but got 30 inches of snow overnight. Funny thing about snow .. it's like something else...you never know how many inches you might get.. know what I mean? Pity was most of the snow bunnies had already had scurried back to civilisation leaving me to all the waitresses! Oh well thems the risks and braks in snow country TTFN Terry FRANCE Take care and be nice to each other.. we may not pass this way again

Posted by: datelessnotdesperat at August 30, 2008 4:02 AM

heart2heart57 at August 29, 2008 2:31 AM. Ahh natures palette is so breathe taking... Your description is beautiful.. just gets the juices flowing. .. As I sat in my sterile cubicle at work today I started to remember past adventures of playing in the snow. One particular weekend came to mind & goes something like this.. Of course the memory is a (little) embellished cause I'm a romantic :)

As I lay there I could feel the cold biting my cheek. Even though a great stillness had overcome me adrenaline was still pumping through my body. My heart was racing. My breathing was laboured. I didn't dare open my eyes as I was hoping it was a dream. I became conscious of another breath besides my own. Slowly I open my eyes. I look up to see branches of a ghost gum & the sky beyond. As I move my eyes I connect with the owner of the other breath. Yes it's a dream.. piercing blue eyes full of concern, a smile to melt my socks.. A "Snow God" & he asks. "Cherie, are you hurting?" I shut my eyes & think if this is hurting make the pain last. The adrenaline is changing to euphoria. Gentle hands move up my legs to disentangle them. Each touch sending shivers through my body. Again this Snow God speaks to me. "Cherie, let me help you to be comfortable." Oh God just let me lie here & live the moment. His hands move further up my body, oh bliss. But then my dream explodes as I hear a voice shout "Hey mate. WTF are ya doing with ya hands on me misses!!!!" My Snow God replies "She is hurt." My man retorts "Mate she might be the size of a pocket rocket but she's as tough as a pit-bull." The story goes rapidly downhill from this part on... The snow patrol chap "that foreign dirty bast#*d" was sent on his way. My dislocated shoulder was put back into place by concerned partners football mate. And the remainder of my weekend was spent resting up as I had to skipper home concerned partner & his mates. But for many years every time my partner talked about the great falls that year I quietly smiled & remembered "The Snow God" & my fall... :) Yeah life has it's falls & tumbles but it's how ya remember them that can make it bliss.... :)

Posted by: softfeather at August 29, 2008 8:25 PM

Give me the beach anytime.....even in winter, and yes l do walk my dogs there in winter.....not as often as in summer, but still...
Snow....BBBRRRRR ...................K

Posted by: auntykaz at August 29, 2008 7:53 PM

After 9 months of snow up to the eaves in 1 year in far North Canada, 4 yrs of white Xmas in USA and the later 8 years of living in Switzerland.. I dont care if I never see snow again. Had cracked ribs broken toe and more bruises and sprains, thanks to snow and ice, than I care to think about!

In my 20s in Canada I got out and played in it .. no hills worth a ski but snowmobiles were fun and romping with dogs and a girlfriend in the snow. Mostly spent time in the Craft workshop being creative to bypass the cabin fever!
Mid 20s in Maryland and partner didnt ski .. he was into Macho pursuits like shooting , karate and hunting.

Switzerland1981-89, should have been the place to ski but hubby had no patience to help me get started and I was left with the littlies dragging the sled around with them on the baby slopes while he slalomed down the Piste.He even got an unheard of pasting from his mother once for plonking his 6-7yr old daughter untrained on skis and expecting her to follow him down a very steep adult slope. She did it, in sheer terror all the way as he was nowhere to be seen most of the trip down the slope.
I got cross country(Langlauf) skis but never really mastered them either, despite my best efforts in the fields by the forrest near our home .. while child minding simultabneously.
Maybe with a little help and encouragement , me and the kids might have mastered it in time .. in which case I'd probably still be there!
Give me warm weather , lakes, beaches and rivers anytime!

Posted by: waternymph47 at August 29, 2008 11:23 AM

I love the beach too Jewels - it can't be beaten imho - but I have taken up skiing to keep my partner company. He is going to learn to swim (not in-mid winter Victoria though.. .I'm not quite that tough). Anyway why I posted early on this topic (apart from having a big mouth) is because I realised that standing on a ski field and falling over is a bloke-magnet. Here's what I know...we have been out on the trails a bit over the last couple of months and because my partner is an expert skiier he has taken off on his own occasionally, leaving me to practice falling over alone. Anyway each time he went off on one of the trails, I would be puddling along, looking like a raw beginner, and a bloke would come over to chat. Some really nice blokes came over, including a fair number of Europeans. Women come over to talk too...in fact, you meet HEAPS of people who are chatty and happy, and you all have the snow to talk about if you are a bit shy. I think skiiers see someone on their own who is clearly a beginner and they feel a bit sympathetic, so they come over and give you a bit of moral support. And my god the men look good...they are really fit...it's great eye candy...I mean that would be a pick-me-up in itself even if you don't particularly like skiing. If you go to Lake Mountain in Victoria there are thousands of people there on a Saturday...and on a Sunday you have to get there before 11am or you can't get in. It's a cheap day out...this is for you, Clones-of-Timewarp...it costs $35 max per car to get access to the mountain and $22 to hire skis for the day. NSW has pretty good skiing too. Think about it...it could definitely be worth a go...

Posted by: waterbombe at August 29, 2008 9:42 AM

H2H - that was very beautiful.

Posted by: willow29 at August 29, 2008 9:23 AM

snow!!!! noooooo to cold, though a roaring fire and drinking wine in front of said fire with a snowman does sound charming...but I love the beach...have a lovely friday all...jewels

Posted by: junebaby57 at August 29, 2008 7:27 AM

I'm not sure of the Stats mentioned here, but I am sure of one thing - the Snow has a certain magic about it. From being all rugged up and cozy inside - if you're lucky, in front of a roaring log fire - to being out on the piste, and the sharp cold bite of a snow-laden air.

Nature's own chandeliers hanging from each mystical twisted snow-gum that is yearning for the Spring thaw. Catch them through the right angle and the suns rays will dance through these dangling marvels - Gods own light show. Free. Every day. If the 'powder' is deep, it whispers a squeaky creak as you carve your edges in long and delicate bows. Plumes of white-breath rising, the deafening silence, and your heart pounding from a brisk down-hill run.

You stop for a moment to take it all in. Cast your gaze towards the majestic bluish distance. And there it is - peace and tranquillity etched on a backdrop of intangible terrain. The unique and dulcet tones of the 'mountain birds' - a frenetic yet peaceful symphony that troubadours you to remind you that "you're home". A small babbling stream struggles to percolate through its frozen canopy. Water so pure, so cold and thick, that you're compelled to take in a gulp of the pure elixir.

A patch of mist rolls by - soft, silky gossamer that gently brushes your shoulder as it swirls and twirls, then vanishes to allow the morning glow to reveal each ice crystal, each ancient pristine snowflake, to render itself as a carpet of a myriad of exquisite tiny diamonds glinting and sparkling back at you in a grandeur that lifts your soul. You take time out, rest your stocks in front of you to negate the relentless pull of gravity, and you stare in awe around you. Skiers and Snowboarders darting down-hill. New ones weaving towards you. Their vibrant fluoro's cutting through the white and green matte.

You cast an eye towards the Heavens, and wink. ThankYou for this fantastic day...

Posted by: heart2heart57 at August 29, 2008 2:31 AM

if its snowing men, then all us single, well mannered, good looking, financially stable ,(with future prospects)red wine loving, open fire sitting beside,cuddle and kissing experts,fit, healthy,..(refuse to insert anything about a certain movie here......)with the ability to cook, clean, housesit,and in touch with our emotions, able to laugh at ourselves, type of guys, should expect a phone call or a 100 within the next week???????????????????????????????????????????????

well maybe not and i guess it harkens back to my post re the MAN DROUGHT.......

Posted by: unknownauthor at August 28, 2008 11:47 PM

Right hand side both times:(

Posted by: tassiedude1 at August 28, 2008 11:21 PM

Dunno about the message, Tassie, was it the same side of your face each time?

Thanks for the good wishes guys. I am going cross country skiing where I believe there is less chance of plummeting down ravines....fingers crossed.

Posted by: waterbombe at August 28, 2008 11:01 PM

Same year doing the surfing trip around Australia. Got drunk and fell asleep on the beach and woke to find I had savagely sun burnt one side of my face. Needless to say that side of my face was blistered and peeling for quite some time and I looked like the black and white minstrel show. Is this some sort of message?

Posted by: tassiedude1 at August 28, 2008 10:32 PM

Have a great week WB,and don't damage anything! (VBG)

Posted by: kurli at August 28, 2008 10:29 PM

In 96 I spent a season up at Falls as a lift operator. All accommodation included in the job. In the first day or two I tried my hand at snowboarding (later becoming quite good). Well I hit a patch of ice, the board slipped from under me and I came crashing down on one side of my face, literally tearing away all the skin on that side. So whilst everyone else was meeting girls and making girl friends I was walking around looking like the elephant man. Story of my life. :(

Posted by: tassiedude1 at August 28, 2008 10:23 PM

willow29, there's been plenty of snow over here in Tassie recently - unfortunately unaccompanied by men - damn, I hate it when that happens...

The last time I went skiing, WB (in New Zealand) I was way too busy making sure I didn't catapult off the slopes into oblivion to notice any lurking males. But thanks for the tip... today I have considered the merits of Broome, contemplated the gorgeousness of men in Melbourne, and now turning my mind to snow fields. And the night is young....

Posted by: malsie at August 28, 2008 9:59 PM

Have a great time WB - there's Buckley's chance of it snowing here :)

Posted by: willow29 at August 28, 2008 9:25 PM

waterbombe .... go girl .... I look forward to hearing ya findings ... sincere blessings for fun runs, soft landings & good port to ward off the chills .. :) safe travels

Posted by: softfeather at August 28, 2008 9:21 PM

Well I certainly hope so (for the sake of womenkind, I mean) ...I am off for a week's skiing tomorrow..I will report back with bucketloads of data on my return. Actually, now I think of it, there are heaps of men out skiing. I've been skiing 3 of the last 6 weekends and there were stacks of guys, quite a few alone, on the slopes. And people are very chatty...it's so cold there is a conversation starter right at your fingertips. You don't have to actually be able to ski either ladies...the men LOVE to teach you something they know and you don't. I'd suggest any adventurous women get to a snowfield before the snow melts.

Posted by: waterbombe at August 28, 2008 6:07 PM