09-14-2012, 05:18 AM | #181 | |
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But you're right. People don't have to come up with brilliant factoids. Often just something like, "That's pretty!" or "My mom taught me to knit, but I didn't really keep up with it, that looks cool!" can be pleasantly received and a good conversation starter. I often would find out that the commenter has cool hobbies of their own (woodturning on a lathe, pottery, weaving, etc), so it gets people to know each other a bit better. |
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09-14-2012, 12:24 PM | #182 | |
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She also produced a raft of smoky knitwear for her friends! |
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My wife was on a course about 6 months ago. During the break a 25ish year old male pulled out his knitting and had at it.
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09-14-2012, 01:18 PM | #184 |
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09-14-2012, 01:54 PM | #185 |
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From a one-night-stand to knitting. |
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09-14-2012, 01:55 PM | #186 |
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09-14-2012, 01:57 PM | #187 |
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09-16-2012, 12:13 AM | #188 |
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Agree 100%. Snobbery is a huge turn off for me.
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09-16-2012, 06:44 PM | #189 |
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Well, I just read through all 13 pages of this thread, and I don't think anyone stated the obvious: A lack of bookshelves and gadgets does not automatically mean the guy didn't read. He might have borrowed books from the library. He might have bought books and not kept them after reading. He might have read magazines. He might have had books and bookcases in another room, or stored in boxes. Why the automatic assumption that he was a nonreader?
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I don't deplore non-readers, only those who proudly proclaim that "I haven't read a book since I left school and I don't see the point in reading!" (or words to that effect). Of whom I've met a depressingly large number.
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09-16-2012, 07:46 PM | #191 | |
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After I explained what a Kindle is, his response was; "Oh, I don't read". |
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i know people who don't go much for traditional novels/fiction, but enjoy reading newspapers, magazines and books like reader's digest |
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09-17-2012, 01:53 AM | #193 |
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The whole idea about going home with a man 20 years my senior was my assumption that he would be more sophisticated, into intellectual pursuits, and perhaps not so hurried in dispensing corporal fluids as the normal crowd of 30+ers I encounter. Only the first point held true. Perhaps the pool of eligible bachelor's where I live is simply insufficient.
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Closest zoo is in a different country.
He does look daper though, even gives the impression of being a good listener. Quite the contrast to those that talk incessantly about themselves. Children of the curling parents, a bane for procreation. |
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