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Hahaha, Friday Bin Laden, so funny, surely I wont want someone's rubbish, I got heaps enough for my own garbage bin-bucket, Imagine carrying all that extras, the tendency you want to run away and hide..I used to say, let the sleeping dog lie, but they don't - they wake up and bark, and bite you on the ar***s!... what a good laugh I have had....Thanks.

Posted by: birdsofparadise at February 17, 2009 8:32 AM

Hahaha, Friday Bin Laden, so funny, surely I wont want someone's rubbish, I got heaps enough for my own garbage bin-bucket, Imagine carrying all that extras, the tendency you want to run away and hide..I used to say, let the sleeping dog lie, but they don't - they wake up and bark, and bite you on the ar***s!... what a good laugh I have had....Thanks.

Posted by: birdsofparadise at February 17, 2009 8:24 AM

Benighted at 8.25am: mate you're already flying, first thing on Monday morning. Weekend must have done you good. Or whoever. Please keep it up.

Posted by: timewarp1 at February 17, 2009 1:00 AM

Okay Bin, sure you'll get some takers. Don't suppose you're related to Stockroute by any chance?

Posted by: wistfuldeb at February 16, 2009 2:50 PM

Please do not call me Tuesday. Call me Bin Night. Unrelated to Bin Laden. Bin Laden lives two doors down- he’s the one who always has a full bin and wanders down the road with garbage bags to see whose bin is half empty, which usually causes a neighbourhood ruckus, as no-one wants Bin Laden’s garbage in their bin. It is just not done.

I have to say those sort of things about Valentine’s Day as, when you are dating several ladies from the local Nursing Home, they all compare notes over their cuppas, and you cannot unduly favour one over the other.

Instead of calling me Bin Night, why not call me Friday. Come over with a bottle of wine, a DVD and your slippers.

Posted by: tuesisbinnight at February 16, 2009 8:25 AM

Tassie at 5.15pm: Would that be corrosion mate? I'm thinking use it or it goes rusty, like railway lines.

I'm feeling a bit rusty at the moment. After not feeling bright enough to drive 30km to a dance last night, I livened up by mid-evening while enjoying doing some interesting design for a new product range.

Finished up working all night, and when I looked outside at 8am, three young blokes were already shovelling dirt next door, so I went back to my work till lunchtime.

The Candyman live show this arvo was very good - I'd give it 4 out of 5 for a live stage musical. Dancing (4.5) better than the singing (3.5), which often slipped too far away from both the original Sammy Davis Jr tunes and syncopations to suit me.

6pm sushi near the theatre for dinner - ate a bit too much to suit my tummy or wallet, and then at tennis, the others ran out of steam again, 25 mins before we were due to finish, so I got only 2 hours play. And was back home at 11pm, Mexican time.

Big day tomorrow - 8 business calls spread over 45km, then an RSVP No. 3 date across town - coffee at her place about 3.30pm. Then I'll see another customer over there at sunset on the way home.

Only had an hour's sleep since 9am Sat, so now starting to feel that it's snore time for me, about midnight your time. Seeyez.

Posted by: timewarp1 at February 16, 2009 12:24 AM

wistfuldeb @ Feb 15, 3.11pm..

I believe I can guess who Tuesday is... the Andre Rieu dvds are the giveaway, hahaha!

Deco

Posted by: decoratress at February 15, 2009 10:04 PM

Posted by: ahappyending at February 14, 2009 11:59 PM

"men are like steel and girls are like water", Well I haven't heard that one before! Is that why guy's just end up rusting away into obscurity? :)))
Erosion? lol

Posted by: tassiedude1 at February 15, 2009 5:16 PM

Tues, are you for real?

Posted by: wistfuldeb at February 15, 2009 3:11 PM

Thank God that is over for another year.

The gifts, the flowers, dinner, the compulsory sex.

Oops!!!!!

Managed to get out of the latter. Couldn't remember how to do it!!!

Ain't life grand when you suffer from CRAFT!

Posted by: tuesisbinnight at February 15, 2009 9:22 AM

Wouldnt an eagle be more appropriate for your special man? I always thought a butterfly is more a symbol for a female. Well, anyway, it is my narrow-minded point of view. If you are a slim pretty girl, why would you want to act like a man? Wouldnt a strong man be fonder of a girl who is gentle? Like they say men are like steel and girls are like water. Be gentle to your special man, and that is my advice --- well, a blunt advice, or an advice of Stone Ages, anyway. And a blunt advice is not sugar coated but true and sincere.

Posted by: ahappyending at February 14, 2009 11:59 PM

Happy Valentines night to youall. Hope it 's a beaut night for some, and that the others don't drip too many lonely tears into their seventh beers.

Mine turned out to be a total fizzer. Well, it was me that was the fizzer, actually. No prospects even in sight at this moment, so I accepted an invitation from some Dabbler friends to join them at 6pm at the Cleveland RSL to eat and then dance/listen to a very good Elvis tribute bloke that we'd seen elsewhere a year or two ago.

I came home from work very tired at 4.30pm and badly needed at least an hour's sleep to recharge. So I asked a mate to hold me a seat if it was crowded and I'd be there well before we ate at 7pm. Then I crashed.

I knew something was wrong when my big heavy alarm went off and I picked it up, put it to my ear and said "Hello."

Because I usually say "Hello. Bill H......." So if it's a wrong number, they'll know immediately.

Decided after 5 minutes splashing my head and eating half an apple that 30km each way was too far to drive on a wet night to see a repeat, because I didn't feel like dancing, to get some useful exercise out of the outing. Didn't even want to shower and shave till I'd slept again.

Just then a neighbour came and told me I'd left my lights on, so I drove a k for a piece of crumbed fish instead. And the weekend Australian for tonight.

When I got home from work, my 80-something recently-widowed neighbour had been shoveling a load of good topsoil over the fence from her footpath into new shallow corrugated oval-tank garden beds just inside her side fence.

I'll get my missed exercise giving her a hand in the morning, then go alone to the last performance of Candyman after lunch.

And tennis at night if it's hot and dry again as promised, after the last few cool wet traditional Brisbane February days. Seeyez.

Posted by: timewarp1 at February 14, 2009 9:22 PM

Happy Valentines to my Beautiful Butterfly.

Posted by: birdsofparadise at February 14, 2009 4:45 AM

Happy Valentines to all RSVPERS

Love is the master Key that Opens the Gate of Happiness.

If You Can DREAM it - You Can DO it.

You Always Project on the Outside - How You Feel on the Inside.

Trust in Yourself.

All Obstacles Can Be OVERCOME.

Family is One Nature's Masterpieces.

Dream BIG and Dare to Fail.

Collaboration is the KEY TO SUCCESS.

STRETCH Your Wings.

Nurture Your Mind With Great Thoughts.

Courage is Being Scared to Death But Saddling UP Anyway.

Know When to Rest.

Ahhh.. MOTIVATED HUMAN......

Posted by: birdsofparadise at February 14, 2009 4:42 AM

ooh good one Deb - you've got the idea! Have fun :)

Posted by: willow29 at February 14, 2009 1:22 AM

:0) Happy Valentines Day and smile. :0)

A song that I love, and hope can bring you joy and hope, and fill your heart with bright sunshine and warmth ------ Too hot to handle on this Southern Hemisphere summer day? :0)

Somewhere Out There
(Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram)

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight

Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true

Smile on this Valentines Day! :0)

Posted by: ahappyending at February 14, 2009 12:54 AM

Willow, so sweet!

Damn slow mod, now i'm duplicating. Speaking of that, VDay date :) Expectation factor, low. Fun factor, high!

Posted by: wistfuldeb at February 13, 2009 8:40 PM

I would like to say a special Happy Valentine to my special man. So, Happy Valentine, Sweetheart.xx

Posted by: willow29 at February 13, 2009 8:24 PM

Thanks Willow. When you still have feelings for an ex moving forward can sometimes be difficult. Celebrating VDay with that one would be simply devine :))

Posted by: wistfuldeb at February 13, 2009 6:48 PM

Hay Bud.

Ok I will drop her a line.

And noooo I'm not getting hitched. What are you frigging mad..... Lol

As for any hints.....

You guys get any of those Woody gold cans up there? You know the 9% stuff they are trying to ban the kids from drinking.

Well down two or three of those just before you head out. That'll knock any nerves straight out of the nervous system BUT you got to remember only to drink h2wow after that otherwise you will crash and burn badly (bit like the old Cinderella rule, pumpkin at midnight and all that).

Bump into as many girls as you can early in the night. That way, three hours later, you can just walk straight up to them and say, "remember me from earlier on".

The rest is up to you. Good luck.

Oh and wear something nice plus some bling and don't forget to brush your teeth. Lol
Mints are always a good idea.

Have fun dude. :))))

Posted by: tassiedude1 at February 13, 2009 5:22 PM

Thanks Willow. When you still have feelings for an ex moving forward can sometimes be difficult. Celebrating VDay with that one would be simply devine :))

Posted by: wistfuldeb at February 13, 2009 1:16 PM

Conversation overheard:
"I won't be here for Valentines day so I got my girlfriend a dvd to watch while Im away"
"Thats a nice idea".
"Yeah I hope she returns it the next day though, its only an overnighter"

Happy Valentine's day to everyone. Keep your expectations low and you can only go up from there.

Posted by: willow29 at February 13, 2009 11:12 AM

Hey Tassie - mate what is the go?

Are you getting hitched?

Mate I can't meet all those girls needs on my own but will give it a good go for both of us.

A couple of my mates are getting dragged into going thanks to K and R.

The two girls said they would keep their eyes peeled for us from behind a tree.

You have to get here even to watch them fall from behind the tree and blow their own cover.

K said she has your jacket in a safe place and she is trying to remember where that safe place is. Nothing changes does it mate.

K said to email her with your address and contact details.

She lost her entire handbag which you know is a home office and lost everything.

So drop her a line and let her know where to send the jacket.

Mate I am worried about tomorrow night I remember the oaks and what a great night that was but this time I am going as a member.

Got any hints for me and the boys?

Hope to see your china plate soon.

Ron................Oi Oi.

Posted by: tradiebarry at February 13, 2009 7:47 AM

Hi Bazza. Nice to hear from you. Say good day to Karleene and Rodna for me. Unfortunately my jet-setting days are over, for the moment at least, so I'll leave all those single girls to you my friend. For now anyway :).

And don't you go getting up to too much mischief cause I know you will. Lol

Also, stick around and blog from time to time, your input would be worth while and greatly appreciated .

Catch you soon bud.

Cheers
Rod

P.s. Tell K I still want my god damn jacket. It gets cold down here don't cha know, Lol

Later.......

Posted by: tassiedude1 at February 12, 2009 5:59 PM

Hi Deb,
I for one would be unembarrassed and unashamed to celebrate V Day with the one I love with a card, gift and/or something a bit more personal....

Ex lovers - well - never look back, only forward.

Posted by: willow29 at February 12, 2009 5:49 PM

With Valentines Day approaching i have been pondering some issues. Many traditional advocates would say a man wanting to persue you would have no hesitation in sending you flowers or approaching you directly whereas a woman would be much more subtle, if at all. What's the best approach and would that differ between a former lover or a stranger? Just wondering, rather than studying :))

Posted by: wistfuldeb at February 12, 2009 4:12 PM

Hey Tassie Rod. It is your old mate Barry from NSW.
Those girls you know and stayed with on the north shore put their heads together and came up with this for me.

Karleene and Rodna both say hello and are helping me with this site and to say g'day to you.

I am going to go to the singles night at north Sydney if you want to take a flight out and catch up.

Rodna is thinking of going but Karleene has already made other plans.

It could be as good as the oaks mate so get a crack on it. Oi Oi mate!

Posted by: tradiebarry at February 12, 2009 10:49 AM

I wanted to say to Amber, that was SO funny....you are going to make one hell of an old lady!!!

Posted by: waterbomber at February 7, 2009 9:08 AM

Sir. I do not think you should disparage Andre Rieu and his music. He has provided much comfort and joy to those in their dying years, waiting to meet their Maker in the prisons that pass for nursing homes these days

Posted by: tuesisbinnight at February 6, 2009 8:19 PM

I answered zero so I guess that means I aint never gonna get hitched agin, oh dear poor me. says she lolling beside the pool with a glass of champers in hand planning a wonderful evening out tomorrow night and then thinking might just potter around in the garden on Sunday. no meals to cook, no shirts to wash, oh gosh life is so hard without a man!

Posted by: iaminperth at February 6, 2009 6:41 PM

Amber...tears rolling down my face...hilarious....you belong on the stage,and i don't mean the first one out of town!

Posted by: artizanne at February 6, 2009 6:19 PM

Dear Madam Amberlight,

You say you are in the SunnyDale Nursing Home.

Clearly your children followed the advice in the good book, aka The All in One Life Planner:

“At age … put your Mother in a Nursing Home:

Best for them:

Unencumbered weekends in Paris or other naughty weekends;
No more forced viewing of Andre Rieu DVDs
Romantic dinners for two at latest restaurants;
Plenty of room for post PMS sexual fulfillment
A life free of constant judgment
One visit a year.

Best for you:

A window to watch the possums from;
Medication delivered in handy paper cup;
Denture conscious mush in a variety of pleasing colours;
Unwanted advances from shifty Indian night staff employees;
The strong probability of being diagnosed by untrained imbeciles (who moonlight on rsvp with their diagnoses of everybody else but themselves);
Paper nappies
Arts and crafts every Thursday
One visit a year.”

Madam Amberlight, I think, when you got put in SunnyDale, you may have got the better bargain?

LD, do you want my copy of this book (for Valentine’s Day)? No54 has told me to GTH.

Posted by: stockroute99 at February 6, 2009 3:51 PM

amber at 11:30 AM: ROFLMBO. You are wasted here. Do standup comedy and make a fortune. (But you may have to practice the 80-something voice a bit.)

Thank you for making my day!

Posted by: timewarp1 at February 6, 2009 3:32 PM

Well SR based on those questions i've met the love of my life two, okay maybe three, times and none of them worked! Seriously not sure whether sacrificing your state of mind is ideal, lol. Someone said pragmatism comes from experience and i agree. Would much rather feel balanced and content than in a state of emotion turmoil, so 6/10 is fine by me. Hey, like Willow i'm over 37 too! :))

Posted by: wistfuldeb at February 6, 2009 12:48 PM

Dear Mr. Stockroute,
I am an 87 year old female and reside in SunnyDale Nursing Home. I stumbled across your quiz on whether you have met the "Love of Your Life" and I am simply not sure.
I know I haven't met the "Love of My Life" previously becase I have never felt ANY of those things with my previous husbands (all who have sadly pre-deceased me)

Perhaps you could give me some advice?

1. Does your heart beat faster every time you see him?

**Yes, But I thought it was just my AF kicking in again

2. Do your knees weaken when he touches you?

**Yes, but I thought it was just my low blood sugar levels

3. Is gazing into his eyes like gazing into infinity?

**No, but it does help me remember where I put my glasses

4. Does separation from him feel like torture?

**Not since we got our Medic Alert pendants untangled

5. Does your bottom lip wobble at the sight of him talking to someone else?

**Yes, but I thought it was just because I am still waiting for the technician to fix my bottom plate

6. Do you wish that embracing him would never end?

**No, not since the Medic Alert pendant thing; that was a bit scary

7. Do you always think of him as alone?

**Yes, since no one in the NH except me and the staff talk to him since he caused Nella to have a heart attack, raving on about some ethological theory

8. Could you spend all day simply breathing in the smell of his skin?

**Yes, but only after the staff has showered him though

9. Would you rather die a thousand deaths than live without him?

**No, I don't think I have that much time.

10. Do you worship the very ground he walks on?

**Yes, I probably would, but since his failed knee replacement he can't actually walk any more

11. Have you even been introduced to him yet?

**Yes, but he can't remember who I am

So as you can see, I'm only able to say "yes" to 7 of your 11 points. (which is a higher score than for any of my other husbands)
Obviously I'm over 37, (I was when I married my second and third husbands) so I suppose I can't be TOO fussy.

So thanks, don't worry about answering, I'll just take your above advice and marry him (who cares about that scungy son & daughter of his who never visit).
I'll just ask him, he says "yes" to everything anyway. (I hear he has quite a healthy share portflio and that combined with the money my poor departed darlings left me means I can probably afford that nice little townhouse with a second bedroom for the live-in nurse)

Hopefully we'll have a bit of time together before his terminal lung cancer affects him too much, poor darling.

Thank you Mr. Stockroute, you've helped me so much. I hope your quiz helps you in finding someone too!

Sincerely,
Eleanor

Posted by: amberlight58 at February 6, 2009 11:30 AM

Actually, I probably wouldnt prefer to die a thousand deaths....and worshiping the ground sounds a bit pointless. The wobbling bottom lip thing is out because he hates jealousy and when it comes down to the crunch, if he didnt like dogs, Im walking.
But 8/11 is pretty good eh? We are after all, over 37.

Posted by: willow29 at February 5, 2009 9:01 PM

Ahhh Stockroute, is that what this is? I thought I just had low blood pressure, but it seems that I have actually met the love of my life :)

Posted by: willow29 at February 5, 2009 8:55 PM

Gosh Uncle Stockroute I've been in a relationship for over a year and I can only answer yes to 4 of those questions...I'm rating my relationship at 35% as a result...what should I do?
yours
an agonised waterbomber

Posted by: waterbomber at February 5, 2009 7:47 PM

stockroute99 at February 5, 2009 10:36 AM

Well I aint gonna buy that one. Sounds like it sucks.

Cheers for the laugh though.

Posted by: tassiedude1 at February 5, 2009 6:37 PM

Excerpt from “Lose Weight; Get Laid; Find God”

“Meet the Love of Your Life:

1. Does your heart beat faster every time you see him?
2. Do your knees weaken when he touches you?
3. Is gazing into his eyes like gazing into infinity?
4. Does separation from him feel like torture?
5. Does your bottom lip wobble at the sight of him talking to someone else?
6. Do you wish that embracing him would never end?
7. Do you always think of him as alone?
8. Could you spend all day simply breathing in the smell of his skin?
9. Would you rather die a thousand deaths than live without him?
10. Do you worship the very ground he walks on?
11. Have you even been introduced to him yet?

If you have answered yes to more than 9 of these points, you have met the love of your life. Congratulations! Now get hitched.

If you answered no to more than 9 of these points, keeping looking, at least until the age of 37, when you may compromise your standards and marry anyone who’ll have you”

Now where is that female blogger I was going to send my copy to for Valentine’s Day.

Posted by: stockroute99 at February 5, 2009 10:36 AM

My current gsd is a girl. She is my fifth gsd I have owned in my lifetime this far and certainly won't be my last. I chose a female this time simply because she fitted our family situation at the moment in temperament. I will get another male puppy when I retire and have a lot more time to spend with him. My male gsd was always such a loving good natured huge dog and my youngest daughter learned to walk by hanging onto his fur and hoisting herself up. He would then just take tiny steps with her. I have many pictures of her falling asleep on him like a pillow. When my mother very old she used him like a walking stick at times and would put her hand on his back to steady herself. He chose this for his 'job' and it brought many oohs and aahs from people who knew him. I still miss him today. I will get another one one day but at this moment time is the killer. My neighbour has two white fluff balls and they had another dog of unknown breeding and they raced out one day and ripped my very elderly cat out of the tree and killed him. The old cat sort of wandered in years ago and all he ever did was hang in the tree outside our house and 'chat' to the neighbours or anyone who wanted to say hello. he chomped on a few biscuits during the day, never came in the house and just loved his big branch in the tree and the company and affection of anyone who took the time. The yappy white things ripped him to pieces, but no one ever hears about things like that do they.

Posted by: iaminperth at February 5, 2009 9:44 AM

Posted by: iaminperth at February 4, 2009 10:07 AM

The last gift I gave was a beautiful bottle of cognac and just tied a simple silver ribbon around the bottle. He was really appreciated, didn't cost the earth and it was what the guy really liked. We shared some of it as well which added to the ambience. How smikk is that !!!!

Works for me Perth but in my case make it Chivas :-)

BTW is you GSD a boy or girl?

Posted by: makeadifference1 at February 5, 2009 1:21 AM

stockroute99 at 3:18 PM: Wow mate, that would get nearly everybody hooked! Must have a look.

Posted by: timewarp1 at February 5, 2009 12:46 AM

A book for Valentine's Day?

What an excellent idea

"Lose Weight! Get Laid! Find God!"

by Ben Carey and Henrik Delehag.

Posted by: stockroute99 at February 4, 2009 3:18 PM

I think a romantic book is a nice valentines present. Its something you can keep and if theres an inscription inside the front cover...

Posted by: willow29 at February 4, 2009 10:54 AM

I agree Riversong. I think the whole thing is too false. If I want to give someone something I do when I want to. The last gift I gave was a beautiful bottle of cognac and just tied a simple silver ribbon around the bottle. He was really appreciated, didn't cost the earth and it was what the guy really liked. We shared some of it as well which added to the ambience. How smikk is that !!!!

Posted by: iaminperth at February 4, 2009 10:07 AM

Iaminperth (26 Jan):
I laughed so much at your post!!
"....and what happens if you get flowers from someone you can't stand, yikes, that's even worse! You can't actually give them back for them to return to the store like you could a gift. You are stuck with this almighty bunch of red flowers that says to you every day 'someone you can't stand put us here' and then they wilt and droop, probably like the bloke who gave them to you and you think, thank goodness for that, gone and I hope he does the same."
Ha ha ha! Very funny!

What I I dislike most are the "Hail Mary flowers" - you know, the ones given to repent for guilt (usually for doing something really uncaring!) YUK.

V-DaY: I like the idea of celebrating love and showing it to those one cares about. It doesn't have to be fancy or expensive - it's the thought that counts - showing that you're thinking of someone that's special to you. It's especially fun if it's a surprise from a secret admirer!

But it's not about the flowers - whether single or in a bunch, from the florist, Coles or the garden, it's where they come from - the heart - that counts.

Posted by: riversong01 at February 4, 2009 1:26 AM

asitis09 at 3:10 PM: Yes mate, and very well put. Welcome to the sand-pit, and I hope to hear more from you in future.

It's like the gramophone needle jumping back into the same groove again and again, because that record is damaged. I just pretend they're for real, and answer them honestly each time.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 29, 2009 8:59 PM

It's unfortunate that Valentines day is so commercial as I like the sentiment. As I said I do like receiving flowers and they don't have to be showy. An anonymous card... a little bit of intrigue to keep you guessing......that would be fun.

Posted by: aquamanda56 at January 29, 2009 7:52 PM

Seems to me that those who continually accuse others of lying are usually liars themselves so are unable to accept truth in others as being the truth. That's the sad thing I think and it gets a bit boring seeing the same people narking about the same people over and over.

Posted by: asitis09 at January 29, 2009 3:10 PM

Outbackdrifter, I think Jensens are rather plain, in BRG or otherwise.

Posted by: britishracinggreen at January 28, 2009 4:32 PM

iaminperth at January 27, 10:37 PM: Let's leave my engineering design prowess over in the 'love again' blog, shall we? With Val's day coming up, I'm wondering what I'm going to do this year. Probably nothing.

Last weekend's promised first date fizzled out - said at the last minute that she'd now met the previous bloke, and would give him a go. Only about one of my stamps in 20 doesn't lead to a meeting. That's very satisfactory statistics, I reckon.

Have another one lined up for this Sunday - lunch beside the Bay. And no, Perth - not into the 'hundreds' yet. She's in the 170s, and will be too new for a big production, only 2 weeks later. Though she's been emailing me daily for well over a week. That's attractive!

Two more kisses have come in in the last 2 days, but neither has yet put her stamp money where her pucker-up is.

I've found that three women aged over 65 out of four who kiss me, then expect me to send the first email.

Too old-fashioned for me - I'm an equal-opportunity feminist. If I send a kiss, I'll email if I'm invited to. So can they, as a sign that they're fair dinkum too. Because I'm looking for my match, especially in unselfishness.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 28, 2009 11:53 AM

I know what you mean WB, it's almost compulsory and the crowds are awful and a lot of people did look totally bored and and not enjoying themselves at all. I went out to dinner last week at a lovely waterfront restaurant here in Perth which had fresh seafood, extremely good service and was not crowded with gabbling loud people with red roses everyone and false laughter. Val Day almost comes across to me as a Red Halloween, where it's a kind of trick or treat, buy me an expensive meal and perform like a puppet or you will certainly get a trick and there will be no treat. horrible day, don't like it all, embarrassing, over the top and totally tacky !!! ps. just my opinion for all the people who have their own.

Posted by: iaminperth at January 27, 2009 10:49 PM

Fantasy from real life, like dating hundreds of women and designing highly priced precise instruments. Aah fantasy is so good, then you don't have to face any kind of reality.

Posted by: iaminperth at January 27, 2009 10:37 PM

waterbombe at 5:54 PM: No way - in real life. Hey, I originally said fantasy, loud and clear.

Like some of my short stories, written first person by real jerks. I see fantasy as an escape from real life. So it's gotta be pretty different, starting off with the cast.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 27, 2009 6:56 PM

I agree Perth. I'm in a relationship and we are not going out for a Valentine's dinner this year as it is so artificial. We went last year because we'd only known each other 2 months and the restaurants were full of couples staring into space. Some of them had probably just had a blue, others had the flu or whatever....it seemed a very odd atmosphere. The restaurants charge a fortune for "Special Valentine's Day Dinners"....it's such a con. The owner at the place we went to told us he makes a fortune that night. He'll only take couples because the guy will feel compelled to shell out for the "V" dinner. Marcus, don't tell us your interpretation of what the "V" dinner is. We can all read between the lines.

Posted by: waterbombe at January 27, 2009 6:07 PM

So the rose is a double-entendre prop. Signifying romantic but passionate love, and also the risk of some serious hickies. OK, WB?Posted by: timewarp1 at January 26, 2009 3:32 PM

Ok, ok, so it seems you are into a bit of S&M, have I got it right now?

Posted by: waterbombe at January 27, 2009 5:54 PM

That's a good thought Aqua, a single orchid would be lovely. Something that someone has to actually think about. I actually find heaps of red roses sometimes rather unattractive as their buds are so small and tight and they look almost fake. I have a beautiful Mr. Lincoln Standard in my backyard and climbing Don Juan, now they are beautiful red roses. I also have a very old single petal rose which I don't know the name of but the colour is absolutely magnificent and the flowers beautiful. When the sun shines thru the petals they almost glow.

Posted by: iaminperth at January 26, 2009 6:27 PM

I don't like Valentines Day at all, it all seems a little tacky to me. I feel terribly embarrassed at times if someone spends heaps on loads of roses and then it's so hot that time of year they have wilted the next day. Last year I received two lots at work and felt a real wally and had to get them home intact. Then I went out to dinner that night at a restaurant in Northbridge with a friend and there were people trying to sell them to you on the street as well. I just find the whole thing is too false and too forced and I think it's just really tacky plus those hot house grown roses are getting more ordinary each year. It's a bit like halloween, false and tacky. And what happens if you get flowers from someone you can't stand, yikes, that's even worse! You can't actually give them back for them to return to the store like you could a gift. You are stuck with this almighty bunch of red flowers that says to you every day 'someone you can't stand put us here' and then they wilt and droop, probably like the bloke who gave them to you and you think, thank goodness for that, gone and I hope he does the same.

Posted by: iaminperth at January 26, 2009 5:34 PM

waterbombe at 8:59 PM 23rd: I love it when you're norty!

No, actually. I've never related to horses much at all. Didn't even learn to ride till I was 12 - a disgrace for a 3rd-generation grazier's son, so I hid it carefully at boarding school.

But let's focus on the Valentines Day chick with the rose in her teeth. (Hey, any chick with a rose in her teeth.) Let's call her Carmen. She's not a horse, but you bet she'll bite, once the rose comes out of her gob. So the rose is a double-entendre prop. Signifying romantic but passionate love, and also the risk of some serious hickies. OK, WB?

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 26, 2009 3:32 PM

Do you have a horse fetish, TW?
"One of my odder fansasies is to come to collect my dearest for a Valentine's evening outing, and have her emerge with a short-stemmed red rose grasped transversely in her teeth like a bridle-bit".timewarp1 22/1 6:07 PM .

Posted by: waterbombe at January 23, 2009 8:59 PM

wistfuldeb at 12:43 PM: Well goodness me! I didn't have a clue that you were actually you. Good on you!

I can relate - my spastic brother had his birthday on Feb 13, so that was the big deal of that week in our family, till he died 20 years ago at 49.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 23, 2009 6:56 PM

Hmmm A lady with feline tastes :), A Jensen interceptor in BRG looks alot better :p

Posted by: outbackdrifter at January 23, 2009 5:42 PM

That love doesn't have to involve a partner.. we can choose to spread a little love to all those Special People in our lives on February 14th.

Posted by: decoratress at January 22, 2009 10:33 PM

Well said... I used to organise a girls night in for all my friends, we'd order pizza and watch chick flicks... and maybe have a heart shaped chocolate or two.

Valentines day would be a lot happier if it were all inclusive, not just for the paired up amongst us... I remember one place I used to work at where every Valentines day enormous flower arrangements were paraded through reception all day and if you didn't get one there was a lot of hand patting and 'poor dear' (although i'm almost completely convinced they were sending them to themselves and charging it to hubby's credit card)

My plan for this VDay since i'm having a big night on the thirteenth involve a nice glass of wine, a few DVD's and possibly my pajamas. Don't feel sorry for me, i'll be as happy as a clam...

May you all get what you desire this Valentines Day whether that be a dozen long stemmed roses, a delicious home cooked meal or the start of a beautiful relationship...

Posted by: moniquen at January 23, 2009 2:46 PM

If I was in relationship, a normal things to me and him to do are like dining in waterfront restaurant, nice gift i received, night-out. Sort like those stuff to be expected.

The most beautiful gift I've treasured on St. Valentine's day was my son came home with a single rose and kissed me. My girl break her piggy bank to treat me in cosy nice Thai restaurant. I was not on relationship at that time. We all dine together as happy family. Is that lovely? Yes..nothing I could ask more!.

Posted by: birdsofparadise at January 23, 2009 1:05 PM

My favourite sister (actually, my only sister) has her birthday on Feb 14 so there is always someone to think fondly of that day (well, most days really).

Posted by: wistfuldeb at January 23, 2009 12:43 PM

Hey Kenny ~ Lovely! Very pleased for you.

Cheers Jen

Posted by: jenniferhi at January 23, 2009 9:00 AM

thanks jen .... no Rose..for Kenny..Heather is the sweetest flower on the horizon.
J.L you had me in stitches with your VD comment

Posted by: tallerthantom at January 23, 2009 12:04 AM

.......And now, right on topic: If you haven't already got a well-established friendship or preferably a relationship, I suggest stay home on St Val's Day. Avoid the crowded venues and jacked-up prices.

But don't waste the night - send out half a dozen RSVP kisses instead, that evening.

A lot of people might be more likely than usual to welome your kiss and ask for your email, if they're home on that night.

And one of those kisses might lead to a very meaningful relationship by St Val's Day, next year, hey?

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 22, 2009 11:10 PM

istj54 at 7:39 PM: Oh I wish, J, I wish! I haven't done enough stirring lately, so tried that little one. Thanks for noticing.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 22, 2009 10:57 PM

This time last year I'd just been dumped with a 6-line email. My heart was trashed.

This year, I'm rationalising what I truly want in my life, & am confident that if I'm not fortunate enough to fall in love with a man who falls in love with me.... well.... it certainly won't be the end of my world!
Since my divorce 10yrs ago, I've made a life for myself which I'm inordinately grateful for. My home is beautiful & tranquil; I have friends who love me; a child who is healthy, happy & independent; & most of all I am living life as ME... not the person someone else wanted me to be.

I'm happy. With or without a partner.
Valentine's Day? ..it's about LOVE.

That love doesn't have to involve a partner.. we can choose to spread a little love to all those Special People in our lives on February 14th.

Posted by: decoratress at January 22, 2009 10:33 PM

Kenny ~ Is that a single lady named Rose you are after? Just checking. lol.

Good luck with that.

Jen

Posted by: jenniferhi at January 22, 2009 10:28 PM

I wonder if this site will have a spike on Valentine's Day....

Posted by: procrastinated at January 22, 2009 9:28 PM

Posted by: moniquen at January 22, 2009 10:30 AM:

"But I would be even more flattered to receive flowers from a man who hasn't been prompted by a multimillion dollar advertising campaign."

Well, I guess that would preclude them being given on Valentine's day. I guess for me, the nicest gestures I've been shown in life have had nothing to do with prescribed events like birthdays, Christmas, or Valentine's Day, where people seem forced to go through the motions because it is expected of them.

Not to say that there is anything wrong with giving people things on these dates, but personally, nothing that happened during them has been memorable, as compared with other things people have done for me when it was not prompted out of calendar-checking. I'd probably say the same for things I've done for other people as well.

Posted by: featherlessbiped at January 22, 2009 9:24 PM

I love to be given flowers...and it doesn't have to be on valentines. I don't mind what kind of flowers...though, a single rose is romantic.

A beautiful bunch of colourful flowers made up of the colours that I favour would really mean a lot, it would show thoughtfulness or a single beautiful orchid just for its shape and delicacy, a single dandilion or daisy picked just for me.......... to put in a book and treasure forever~~~~~

Posted by: aquamanda56 at January 22, 2009 8:01 PM

I'm going to treat myself this VD...no. not treat myself for VD...oops...anyways I'll ask a good friend out for dinner to a really lovely restaurant and have a wonnderful meal...great wine...laugh till we cry...exchange stories...and go home alone again...naturally...now that was a good song...n TW you have left yourself wide open for comment on your last paragraph...but not for me to say:))

Posted by: istj54 at January 22, 2009 7:39 PM

willow29 at 12:06 PM: One of my odder fansasies is to come to collect my dearest for a Valentine's evening outing, and have her emerge with a short-stemmed red rose grasped transversely in her teeth like a bridle-bit.

Just one rose.

Because if she tried it with our Latin Lover's 2 dozen, plus one white eye, I'd think she too was an excessively extravagant 1980s showoff, and I'd ask her how much she donates to worthier causes like charities.

Posted by: timewarp1 at January 22, 2009 6:07 PM

I've only got flowers once in my life and it was on Valentine's Day long before I married.

The door bell rang and there was the delivery girl with a big smirk.

It took me a whjile to realise that the flowers were for me. First reaction shock. Second reaction very pleased.

Trouble was she sent them anonymously and it took me ages to find out who.

So my tip is if you are going to do it make sure the recipient knows who they're from or you are wasting your money.

MAD

Posted by: makeadifference1 at January 22, 2009 3:16 PM

A valentines message that would mean the world to me would be a dozen long stemmed white roses (i don't like red) with a simple card that said, "Whenever you call me i'll be there; whenever you need me i'll be there, whenever you want me i'll be there, i'll be around!" Okay, i know i've been watching the Marley and Me promo too much, lol but still would be nice :))

Posted by: wistfuldeb at January 22, 2009 3:09 PM

A single rose would make my day....I live in hope.
Kenny

Posted by: tallerthantom at January 22, 2009 2:25 PM

Moniquen - speaking of simple - do you know the song "Daisy a Day"?. It always makes me cry. A singer sang it to me recently in public, knowing I loved it - I had to just keep smiling!

Ecce - a wonderful gift, yes, and anyone would be absolutely delighted to receive them, but unless you grow roses, its a bit costly. A single rose is lovely.

Drifter - I have presented a man with a rose. I dont know that I'll do it again, lol.

Posted by: willow29 at January 22, 2009 12:06 PM

Well I would be flattered to receive flowers on Valentines day (maybe not roses though, too showy and I don't think I have a vase big enough to hold them)

But I would be even more flattered to receive flowers from a man who hasn't been prompted by a multimillion dollar advertising campaign.

I would say keep it simple. Maybe i'm the only one, but I would rather have a small token that showed the giver had put real thought into picking something I would like, rather than the most expensive bauble that I don't want and won't use...

Posted by: moniquen at January 22, 2009 10:30 AM

Don't worry Jen. My wishes never come true.

In fact whenever I wish for something specific it almost definitely never happens.

So it's all good. I'm just using the old reverse psychology trick on myself.

Now I'm wishing I won't win lotto either :)))

Posted by: tassiedude1 at January 21, 2009 10:37 PM

A single rose ?

How mean !

(Two dozen red roses, with a single white rose in the center is way more romantic)

Posted by: eccehomoergo at January 21, 2009 10:31 PM

Here's one from the archives,a couple of decades ago,I sent a single rose to my then partner.He thought it was from his current squeeze on the side at work.Oh well,THAT was never repeated.....the gifting I mean.

Posted by: artizanne at January 21, 2009 10:12 PM

No self respecting male misses the opportunity to tell a girl on St Valentine�s day how much he appreciates her.

Actually I am thinking of popping the question.

Like: �would you like to run away with me and live in Sin.�

Trouble is, I can�t find Sin on a good atlas let alone on Google Earth.

And if she is reading this, don�t take it too seriously, mate. It is going to take me years to find out where Sin is.

Posted by: stockroute99 at January 21, 2009 8:54 PM

Im yet to meet a lady who is not melted by a gift of a single red rose ( not delivered but given face to face ) :))), what amazes me is amount of women that l have meet over the years that never had a rose given this way ??

Posted by: outbackdrifter at January 21, 2009 8:35 PM

Rod - Be careful what you wish for!

Jen

Posted by: jenniferhi at January 21, 2009 8:34 PM

britishracinggreen - lol. Or from the Petrol station! eeekkk.

Is that shallow? Well at least I'm not the only one saying it. lol.

Jen

Posted by: jenniferhi at January 21, 2009 8:33 PM

Ooooow . . . I ADORE flowers!!! And yes, it is not a good look if just grabbed from Coles as a last minute "guilt trip". It really is nice to be given a bunch of flowers meant with love and tenderness - from the heart - at anytime.

I love giving gifts not just on those special or commercial occassions, but just whenever - because it takes very little (such as a freddo frog chocolate on a Monday, on the way home from work) to say to someone you love "I thought of you". Combined with a big cuddle and a smooch when you get home . . . surely what could be better than that? . . . well mmmmmm, let me think now . . ??

; )) Beautiful evening Here. Have a nice night All.

Posted by: glitteringblue at January 21, 2009 7:43 PM

Posted by: ahappyending at January 21, 2009 1:07 PM

For the first time in my life I am seriously wishing that I will be alone this Valentines Day. Hopefully a lot longer. Somehow I think my wish will come true :) VBG

Posted by: tassiedude1 at January 21, 2009 5:35 PM

I agree with you again on this blog Willow. What woman doesn't love to receive flowers? Or lovely chocolates to share together.

Oh and it does work both ways. I will often bring a bottle of wine for that someone special. (And I'm not talking about sharing in this case because I don't even like red wines, but will often bring a bottle of red.)

Giving and sharing should just be part of life, and with that someone special all the more fulfilling surely.

procrastinated ~ totally agree with you. lol.

Jen

Posted by: jenniferhi at January 21, 2009 5:25 PM

Chocolate is welcome but only if it's of very good quality. Same with the flowers - they mustn't look as though they've been grabbed at the last minute from out the front of Coles.

Posted by: britishracinggreen at January 21, 2009 5:18 PM

A friend said to me that women don't like flowers and chocolates anymore. That it is an old fashioned concept. I so do NOT agree. Is that just me?

Posted by: willow29 at January 21, 2009 4:51 PM

The day is such a minefield for the newly dating. You're surrounded by "I love yous" and "red roses" and the fact is you're still testing the waters with the person.

Either you ignore it - and you look callous; Or you go for it and you seem too overly keen.

It'd be preferable if you first started dating in March :-)

Posted by: procrastinated at January 21, 2009 2:29 PM

I agree with the comment that V day is overcommercialised ( too plasticised) but I love the sentiment. I love all the really old fashioned traditions too. In Samuel Pepys diary, he sent trinkets (lace hankies etc) to many ladies, as well as his wife.

He also says that a woman is allowed to propose - on a leap year. If the man rejects her, he must present her with a pair of white gloves! How quaint!

As far as expressing your feelings - do it everyday!

Posted by: willow29 at January 21, 2009 2:01 PM

Posted by: iaminperth at January 21, 2009 11:43 AM
:0) That sounds so familiar. As my ex has said exactly the same and he is the same star sign. But anyway he is still a lovely person who is just practical and bought me presents that are practical. How I wish he were a romantic! How I envy those couples on the street who are hand in hand! But anyway, I am not keen on receiving roses, pricy and withering overnight. But still I like that fresh sweet rosy fragrance. Am I greedy and contradictive?! :0)

I spent my Valentines Day alone last year. And I will spend it with my family this year, as my mums birthday is exactly on that day. :0)

So, I am wishing all of you be lucky not to be alone on this Valentines Day! :0)

Posted by: ahappyending at January 21, 2009 1:07 PM

I don't particularly like Valentines Day, it's a bit like Halloween so far as I am concerned, all fake and phoney and too much red and pink for me. However, having said that a lot of people place great store on the whole process and I am glad if they enjoy it. It's all too commercial for me and the red roses soon wilt in the hot weather.

Posted by: iaminperth at January 21, 2009 11:43 AM