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Edited by
OldCoot
on
Wed 03/18/26 09:06 AM
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The death knell for me seems to be the 500 character limit.
If I try to explain something complex (emotions are extremely complex in widowerhood) I hit that 500 character limit 5 times and end up with a half-finished thought, which I can only imagine how that looks on the other end - ("WTF, this goof just stopped in the middle of a thought train & then nothing?") - especially since most folks know nothing about those limits on messaging. It's ALMOST enough to actually take one of the scammers up on their offer to join Wazzapp or some other text service. There's no really good reason for either limit since you are allowed to block annoying messengers anyway. |
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Topic:
Zee's Pub! - part 7
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Sun 03/15/26 08:01 PM
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Make mine a "La Fin du Monde", Mo.
Stirred, not shaken. 
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Topic:
If an Ex ....
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Mon 03/09/26 09:19 PM
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Invite the Ex in & offer a shoulder.
They were an Ex for a reason, because before they were an Ex they were "somebody special". How much courtesy you extend beyond that depends on whether or not there is a current not-Ex in the picture. If you are not currently involved there should be no reason you cannot offer an extension of kindness to someone who once meant a lot to you - even to the point of extending their shelter for more than just one night (which an Ex is such desperate condition PROBABLY needs more than just 1 night to resolve). Just how long an extension likely hinges on if your Ex is also currently involved, in which case the 1 night issue may resolve itself quickly - or not, but that raises a whole 'nuther sack-O-nuts that could prove deleterious to your well-being if you become more entangled - thus the need for offering that shoulder to cry on. |
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Topic:
Ban on Public Prayers
Edited by
OldCoot
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Sun 03/08/26 05:20 PM
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India is the largest demoracy in the world !! One more term & he'll have slammed the door on democracy in India for good. Banning Muslim public worship is just the next step in branding Muslims as the "Others" so he can "justify" pacifying the streets. Same autocratic playbook. They all follow it because it works - until it doesn't - then comes the violent repression. |
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Edited by
OldCoot
on
Thu 03/05/26 01:34 PM
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Sad but unfortunately very real;
"Splendor in the Grass" with Warren Beatty & Natalie Wood (1961). It was my late wife's favorite movie. As for my own, the love story in "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992) between Daniel Day-Lewis & Madeleine Stowe is one which makes my eyes water every time. I Will Find You (Clannad) I can't hear the haunting vocals of Máire Philomena & Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin in that song without my soul ripping right out of my chest in anguish. The scene where Hawkeye, Uncas, & Chingachgook go tearing off up the water-worn smooth rock side of the river accompanied by the song "Promentory" (Clannad) appears in my brain every time I close my eyes & think about that movie. I can feel Hawkeye's desperation so intensely in that scene. Having died once in 2006 I am not a believer in life after death, but if there is ANY chance of it being so, I WILL find her there when my time comes as well. |
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Topic:
why is love not equal?
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Tue 02/24/26 11:19 AM
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Hooray for the man who gets what masculinity is all about! Don't get tooooo carried away. I do sometimes kinda expect a little "sumpin sumpin" from the woman I love, from time to time. (3 times a day if she's up for it )
and hope to hell what I give back in those moments is greater than what I received. |
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Topic:
Crystal Painting Gallery
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Tue 02/24/26 11:12 AM
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First of all OldCoot Wow.. just wow.. So now you're and expert with Art/Drawing/Painting too, who would have thought. If you were as educated, as you try to put out there..You would not Dissect a Painting like you have... that someone has posted to show their Final Painting results..That is beyond rude~~~ If and when one ask for suggestions is one thing.. To totally take their work apart once it is finished is truly something beyond your expertise~~~ My Oldest grand daughter is totally into Art. She has been drawing/Painting since she was little. Now at 23 she has become a Tattoo Artist. No way would I have ever dissected her Painting or Drawings.. Hell I'm proud to have her Art hanging in my house.. As far as the way the dust is, have you ever went down hill on a horse at some speed? Where the path is well rode. The dust will still be stirred up as you reach the bottom? If one took a picture at that moment you would see the dust.. I have taken plenty of Pictures through the years of horses in action. I had horses for 17 years.. As far as the back cinch they are not tight they are snug but never tight. And the Cinch Strap is not what keeps the saddle in place it is the Girth which is the one towards the front legs under the horse & the Breast Collar that goes on the outside front of the horse.. The Cinch helps keep the back of the saddle down in place.. on western saddles... Well, since you asked, yes, I HAVE ridden horses downhill at speed, in a grassy woodland/pastureland landscape owned by the ranch running a trail riding business, the riding academy I first learn to ride at (river bottom pastureland with completely sand hillsides down to the Chippewa River) and in the neighbor's rich earth harvested cornfield across from my parents house which is kinda steep in sections as it drops maybe a couple hundred feet away from the roadside - though not as steep as Crystal depicted. (My sister boarded her horse with them.) Even in the fall, with rich bare dirt as dry as bone after harvesting the corn & stalks for silage, there was never THAT much dust being thrown up. And, unless I completely misunderstood, Crystal DID ask, which is the ONLY reason I even bothered to answer. Would you prefer I put my decades of art appreciation gained in galleries across all of the USA and from my mother's and son's decades of artistic expression in various mediums to work & started comparing her work to those who's specialty is painting horses & ONLY horses? No, I did NOT do that, and never intended for my comments to be a reflection on her talent or her work. But, as you wimmins tend to do, you jumped into a discussion to back up yer galpal Crystal from what YOU perceived as an "attack" on her work by a man. It was NOT! It was some "observations" about physical reality, NOT her interpretation of it. Observations that make one's sense of realism raise the odd eyebrow at the way the artist presents it - which is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT reaction to criticizing or "tearing apart" a work of art. I too, would be proud to display Crystal's work on my walls. She's very good at what she does, a hella lot better than some of the rotated every month crap I saw displayed for stupid prices ($1,500 for a little tiny "I dunnoe wot" in a cheap frame from WalMart) on the walls of the hallway that led to my wife's transplant clinic at UW Hospitals & Clinics. What BOTH of you ladies need to understand, a person can offer up conversations ABOUT something without it being meant as an attack of any sort. It is just one person's view of what they see, open to being corrected or more fully explained so they better "get it" as to the artist's vision. Stop taking everything said so negatively. EDIT: My youngest, the artistic one, just came upstairs so I asked him about my observations. He agreed completely and was also wondering why everybody's so upset about it. He said when it comes to art just shut up and buy it & tell the artist "blah, blah, blah, so good, blah, blah, blah" 
So, I learned something today. "Very good Crystal, blah, blah, blah." 
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Topic:
Crystal Painting Gallery
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So to me it seems all you're trying to do is to knock my work. Maybe do some research first before you criticise as all you come up with is based on nothing, otherwise called "BS". And maybe refrain from replying if you don't like me and/or my work. Don't get all touchy again Crystal. You've been like that since the first time we met in the "review me" thread. 
A.) I am DEFINITELY not "knocking" your work. I stated that those were observations based on real world experience - which can differ from individual to individual - but dust is dust, no matter where in the world you stir it up. Here is a more suitable photo to demonstrate a horse throwing up dust on a loose DIRT covered rodeo grounds, which is considerably dustier than any wilderness hillside. Keep in mind, it's at speeeed, so more dust is being kicked up - but even there, you can see the earth thrown up within the dust cloud. https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/cowboy-rides-fast-horse-kicking-up-dust-arena-rodeo-event-dusk-rural-setting-skillfully-maneuvers-403697799.jpg?w=1400 Notice the clods of earth being ejected sideways as well. Here is a 2nd photo showing an entire herd of horses kicking up dust. https://media.gettyimages.com/id/108175187/photo/horses-cowboys-and-wranglers-series-3.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=CWQ5HP_0SMwBVbTq0NqpeDOGmdsGcLO5Pa64gLCB9lI= Even a whole herd on more sparsely vegetated land displaces less dust than your painting shows on a grassy hillside. But again, I EMPHASIZE, these were OBSERVATIONS, NOT A CRITIQUE of your vision of what you wanted to present. Think more of a discussion about what a battle in space would really look like - the STAR WARS version with fantastical explosions and loud booms or a silent but deadly destruction of metal with little of the attendant color visuals shooting out as though the explosions were happening in atmosphere that could sustain flames and such. Art is art, the ARTIST gets to decide how it looks, but realism is also realism & no artist gets to decide the laws of physics, no matter how talented. C.) A rear cinch, DEFINITELY should not be loose, otherwise why even have one? In the 6-7 years I went trail riding with my aunt I never even saw a saddle with a rear cinch, but I DO know they are sometimes used on working horses. How do I know it's geared for working? The pulling collar, of course, not a slimmer breast collar. Neck breast plates &/or pulling collars aren't even necessary tack if you are just going for an easy jaunt in a flat pasture - or guided trail riding. (Did I forget to mention my sister barrel raced a 1/2 American Saddlebred-1/2 Quarter Horse, for a decade?) Yeah, horses kinda run in my family, though not so much in MY personal living, so what I've picked up is mostly via osmosis. But hey, don't take my word for it, GOOGLE it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5epJDEsep1U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXoGCoWssIA (I've saved you some effort and done it for you.) As for the knees issue, again, it's my IMPRESSION that such was IMPLIED, but potato/po-tah-to. My son is a fairly talented artist & we argue a lot, but he at least takes my comments about his artwork with a lot more acceptance of a learning experience & doesn't perceive that critique to be a personal attack on his artistic work. If you are an artist you have to deal with the fact that some people will not like your work & might criticize it - which I was DEFINITELY NOT trying to do here. If this is how you react to ANY "comments" on your work, I'd hate to see you going off on somebody actually "knocking" it. 
With sincere affection, yours truly; Bob Hyatt 
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Topic:
Crystal Painting Gallery
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Tue 02/24/26 02:56 AM
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Who am I to critique another's artwork?
But, some observations drawn from real life; 1.) Horses are non-gaited, unless you are riding a "quadridextrous" Paso Fino (I have an aunt who raises Paso Fino horses) - non-gaited meaning the legs on the same side move in opposite directions (rear coming forward while the front is moving backward). Your rear legs are completely out of sync, more standing stock still or possibly sliding because the are pushing backward against the forward momentum imparted by gravity - but if sliding they would still be angled forward, not like the horse was standing in a pasture somewhere. AND, a horse's rear knees bend opposite the front knees, so the rear legs shouldn't give the impression it's knees are actually projecting forward & the cannons are angling back away from the knee - specifically the closer rear one, but both rear legs appear that way. 2.) A lot of dust, almost too much dust, and it obscures more of what's behind it far more than it would in reality on a vegetation-covered hillside. There would also be chunks/clods of grass & dirt thrown off on arcing tangents coming out of the dust cloud & the farther back it is the more transparent it becomes as the particles fall out of suspension in the air. In any event, there SHOULD be more hazy vegetation visible THROUGH the dust cloud the further behind horse & rider you look. Dust is actually kinda transparent unless there's a lot more of it concentrated than any animal's hooves are capable of throwing up - like when cars do burnouts+drifting in very dry earth, you'll see a denser amount directly ejected from the spinning drive wheels, but it dissipates almost immediately even then - except in a certain type of sand that has a very high silt:sand ratio. (I actually have some experience moving that type of high silt-laden sand, with earth-moving equipment from my General Contracting days, & even that dust cloud would be less dense than that depicted, which is absolutely more dirt-packed than any desert/beach sand with a high silt ratio.) 3.) I've seen plenty of your work now. I KNOW you are capable of finer detail, especially that of the horse's face & mane. It sheds an aura of "I'm tired of working on this piece". 4.) The cinch strap is LOOSE! That rider and saddle would turn sideways and toss that rider to the ground on flat earth, let alone charging down a steep hillside. Cinch straps are ALWAAAAAYS pulled up tight to the horse's belly, to the point that sometimes it's necessary to slap a tricky horse's belly to make it stop trying to keep the cinch strap from being cinched up tight. 5.) I gotta say, I LOVE that dude's hat. BRAVO! 
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Topic:
why is love not equal?
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Call the Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhmbulance!
Love as sacrifice? Most preposterous thing I might ever have heard. Clearly your idea of love differs enormously from mine. Love is a gift, freely given. If you give a gift do you expect one in return? IMHO, if you love someone life becomes prioritized around that person, their existence gives yours meaning. The things you do in service to that love are NOT "burdens", they are JOYS! Wonderful, beautiful, joys that make your life richer, fuller, & more meaningful because you GIVE them. If it feels like sacrifice, if it feel like a burden, then that is not love. I don't know exactly what it is (possession, maybe?), but it sure isn't like any love I've ever experienced. |
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Edited by
OldCoot
on
Sun 02/22/26 02:09 PM
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Even though it was originally a Nine Inch Nails song, Johnny Cash's verion of "Hurt".
Trent Reznor praised Cash's interpretation of the song for its "sincerity and meaning", going so far as to say "that song isn't mine anymore". The related music video is also considered one of the greatest of all time. |
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Topic:
Scotland
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Sun 02/22/26 01:51 PM
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I spent a great deal of time socializing online with a woman from down western Fife way, from about 15 years ago to maybe 7 or 8 years ago.
(Which my wife was well aware of - I never tried to hide it from her.) I had to put an end to it because I realized I had started to develop feelings toward her that would be detrimental to my marriage. (Something my wife was NOT well aware of, because I didn't tell her why I stopped hanging out online with the Scottish woman. It would only have hurt her feelings.) She & I were a fantastic fit personality-wise & she was almost a direct opposite of my wife, which I assume is why I had fun hanging out with her & started to feel the way I did. Very much like my wife though, she was also incredibly beautiful & looked far younger than her actual age. I have lately had thoughts about trying to go back in time & pick up the relationship now that I have been widowered for 38 months but you really can't recreate the past - that's a fool's errand. <sigh> |
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Topic:
CAN I EVER FIND LOVE ❤️💘
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Sun 02/22/26 01:24 PM
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My best friend's sister met a guy online who claimed he was in the military.
After she died recently, my friend found out she had shoveled over $400,000 into that online romance. She likely was drunk as she was an alcoholic that was twice widowed - the first time to another military guy she served concurrently with, which made her a bit more susceptible to the "I'm in the military" approach, one supposes - but nearly half a million bux in smaller increments? 
That scammer must have engaged her for months with promises he never intended to keep. Very likely his success is an institutional case-lesson taught at "Scammer U" to incentivize all the scammers we field here on Mingle2. |
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Topic:
Why do men do this?
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Sat 02/21/26 06:08 PM
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ooh.. I get it.. Combustable TxsGal 
I resemble that remark
when I see a good looking man I tend to  then trip over my own feet and fall down 
yup.. a real clown act 
Oh, the subtle seduction, eh? Hottie man appears. Woman falls down, legs & skirt akimbo. Gentleman (it's a test) does what? Why, he offers to help her up and dust the dirt off her "clothing", yeah?
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Topic:
Zee's Pub! - part 7
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Sat 02/21/26 06:00 PM
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Do you believe in magic? https://youtu.be/JnbfuAcCqpY?si=NJFxWpMbPJHZJk6G] Seriously wondering what possessed you to add the entire lyrics to the song here
peeps obviously got the idea from the line I wrote..
mansplainin agin... I hate repeating myself and why I end up shutting up'n walking away 
'Cuz I always loved that song & put it on U-Tube when I saw the line? Probably at least half the members on Mingle2 weren't even born yet in 1965, when it came out. |
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Topic:
note to self
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Fri 02/20/26 10:35 PM
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nts:
ALWAYS, every single day, tell those you love that you DO love them. You never know when it'll be the last time & you don't want your loved ones wondering if you did or not. I would give up everything I own just to have heard it one last time before they wheeled my late wife into a surgery she would never return from. |
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Topic:
Zee's Pub! - part 7
Edited by
OldCoot
on
Fri 02/20/26 10:28 PM
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Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart?
How the music can free her, whenever it starts And it's magic, if the music is groovy It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie I'll tell you about the magic, and it'll free your soul But it's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock and roll If you believe in magic don't bother to choose If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues Just go and listen it'll start with a smile It won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try Your feet start tapping and you can't seem to find How you got there, so just blow your mind If you believe in magic, come along with me We'll dance until morning 'til there's just you and me And maybe, if the music is right I'll meet you tomorrow, sort of late at night And we'll go dancing, baby, then you'll see How the magic's in the music and the music's in me Yeah, do you believe in magic? Yeah, believe in the magic of a young girl's soul Believe in the magic of rock and roll Believe in the magic that can set you free Ohh, talking 'bout magic Do you believe like I believe? (Do you believe in magic?) Do you believe like I believe? (Do you believe? Believer) Do you believe like I believe? (Do you believe in magic?) Do you believe in magic? https://youtu.be/JnbfuAcCqpY?si=NJFxWpMbPJHZJk6G] |
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Topic:
No Games, Just Intentions.
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Hi everyone, I'm new here and excited to meet someone who knows what they want. I'm big on loyalty, effort, and respect. If you're ready for something real and not just passing time, let's have a conversation. 41 words I got 37 (42, if you count the title), what you including that I'm not, Don? |
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Topic:
Why do men do this?
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Yep, Crystal is definitely in her masculine mode - she's gifting you flowers, Zee.
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Edited by
OldCoot
on
Thu 02/19/26 10:42 AM
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Not exactly.
There are 2 women I've communicated in messages here with that sparked something in me that doesn't spark often, but I still have yet to talk to them on the phone so I don't even know yet if they are actually women or just really practiced scammers. 1 seems a little desperate but only contacts me at sporadic intervals. I Suppose she could be having issues that need taking care of & I'm just another one. The other seems very guarded & definitely not as interested as I am - which is a bad sign. If she isn't interested then f/f/s woman, TELL ME SO. She leaves hanging just enough to make me come back to the trough wanting another drink, then doesn't answer for long periods (well, seems like a long time to a guy who's trying to find the next love in his life). In both instances the women DID say up-front that they aren't on Mingle2 very often, so I could be implying something that's only in my own head. Color me not only green (pun intended), but as my late wife knocked into my head "Bob, sometimes you think too much". |
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