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Sat 07/04/26 02:25 AM
Witness - 1985
With Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis.

It was quite nice watching this again!
Just that I recalled it ending differently. I suppose being a sucker for happy endings makes you remember things in a way they weren't?

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Sat 07/04/26 02:22 AM
Vanessa van Edwards, a behaviorial researcher, talked about using AI to find out if you're more competent or warm.
You can have it check your dating site profile but also do the same with important emails you wrote for your business.

That gave me the idea to do the following:
I had pulled 3 Tarot cards that represented me. I asked AI a question based on those cards and the info was spot on.

I also asked what kind of man would be a perfect match for me based on those cards.
The reply was exactly what I'm looking for, what I need in a man.

Couple days later it dawned on me I could also ask AI to write a profile text for a dating site based on those Tarot cards.
The profile it came up with was great!
It said it could also make it more playful, I asked it to do that, and wow!!

The good thing of this is that AI doesn't add ego things into the mix so in that sense it becomes a much cleaner profile text.
And it has easy access to a ton of info so if you tell it to write it so it is appealing to men it knows how to phrase things.

If you want to do that as well you do have to 'feed' it core qualities and stuff about who you are deep down.
The better and more accurate that info is, the better the outcome.


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Fri 07/03/26 06:16 AM
Feeling... hot after doing some heavier work in the garden, phew!
Pulled a ton of grass & weed out by hand as it was too tall and partly too flat to use the strimmer.
And can't use the grass cutting tool -which is much easier- when my cat Nila is outdoors as she then thinks it's playtime! She tends to jump right on top of it so too risky to use.

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Thu 07/02/26 04:38 PM



Hey ....in case no one noticed.... Canada made it thru to the next round , and play Morroco on Saturday.....will this be as far as they will go.....

Too sad Netherlands and Germany lost on penalties !!!

Indeed sad we're out :( Certainly on penalties. I never like that however thrilling it may be to watch.

Good you're still in the game!
If the match is at a doable time for me I may watch it :)
Personally I don't see why you wouldn't/couldn't win from Morocco.
Everyone was yapping how much better and stronger their team was compared to the Dutch. And yet they couldn't win by making it 2-1, had to rely on penalties for that. (I always regard penalties a bit as pot luck, hihi)
Then me's thinking, "Not so much stronger then, huh?!"


Canada plays at 1pm ET Saturday....it will be a tuff game ...Morroco are used to the heat....and we are having a heat wave at this moment..
Just like England had a hard time against Congo...but settled down and won ... Only to set up in Mexico against Mexico...worse playing conditions...

Go Canada Go...!!!!

Ah, 1PM ET is 19.00 here (7PM) so that is certainly a good time to watch it :)
Hopefully the heat is going to be bearable. Certainly won't help... They didn't really choose great places to play, did they?!

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Thu 07/02/26 02:28 PM
Feeling... happy all my 3 cats are indoors again for the night :D
Little Meggie was the last one just now :)

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Thu 07/02/26 02:23 PM
This is my new painting "Where We Belong".
Finished it this afternoon :D
And I'm very happy with it!
No horse this time, I felt like doing a romantic scene. And somehow it also called for another cowboy.

40x50cm acrylics.


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Thu 07/02/26 07:19 AM
Edited by SparklingCrystal 💖💎 on Thu 07/02/26 07:20 AM

Hey ....in case no one noticed.... Canada made it thru to the next round , and play Morroco on Saturday.....will this be as far as they will go.....

Too sad Netherlands and Germany lost on penalties !!!

Indeed sad we're out :( Certainly on penalties. I never like that however thrilling it may be to watch.

Good you're still in the game!
If the match is at a doable time for me I may watch it :)
Personally I don't see why you wouldn't/couldn't win from Morocco.
Everyone was yapping how much better and stronger their team was compared to the Dutch. And yet they couldn't win by making it 2-1, had to rely on penalties for that. (I always regard penalties a bit as pot luck, hihi)
Then me's thinking, "Not so much stronger then, huh?!"

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Thu 07/02/26 03:12 AM
USA GOV site says the exact thing GRB says:
6 branches and the marines & navy are separate branches.

One would think the US government itself knows its own military setup tongue2

Second point... why is everyone calling the male OP 'beautiful'?

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Wed 07/01/26 01:48 PM
Thinking... time to get up and close the curtains. Almost dark and not even 23.00 yet.
So silly that the days start to get shorter once summer begins. Feels counter-intuitive.

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Wed 07/01/26 01:47 PM

"I will Find you"

Just saw it recently, it's soo Good and the plot twist will blow your mind!

Nice, I will check that one out, don't think I've seen it yet :)

OT -- watching Attila with a still very young and extremely hunky Gerard Butler.

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Wed 07/01/26 03:56 AM
Thinking... why is my PC making so much noise? What on earth is it doing?

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Tue 06/30/26 02:21 AM
Thinking... today's appointment is one I'd really prefer to skip.

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Mon 06/29/26 09:17 AM
It may not be extreme where you live, where I live it is. If you like facts: that's a fact! As I said, each country -or area even- is different :)
And you saying that it isn't, far from that, IS dissing someone else's experiences and that what is factual in other areas/countries.
Texas isn't the gauge ya know. It is for where you live maybe, not for where the rest of the world lives.

Thinking... Glad dinner is over! Wasn't in the mood for cooking but one has to eat.

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Mon 06/29/26 09:02 AM
Django Unchained - 2013
IMDb rating 8,5
My rating: a solid 10!

I'd forgotten just how good this movie is.

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Mon 06/29/26 02:21 AM
Feeling... happy with how my painting is coming along :D

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Sat 06/27/26 12:42 PM
Well, every country has its own so called normal and extremes :)
No need to diss someone else's experiences because yours are different.
It's not a competition, ya know!


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Sat 06/27/26 11:05 AM
Edited by SparklingCrystal 💖💎 on Sat 06/27/26 11:07 AM
Thinking... what an afternoon?!
A cool start after more than a week of extremely high temps, then we got loads of rain, really bad thunder again & again during the entire afternoon.
And once the rain turned to hail of 2-2,5cm Ø !!
THAT was frightening.
I knew it could occur, never had it happen. The noise alone! And I feared the roofing of my extension wouldn't be able to withstand that onslaught. I already had buckets out in case of leakage.
Thank goodness it held!
But the noise, on the flat roof and against the windows...

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Sat 06/27/26 03:03 AM
Spectre
Going through Craig's Bond movies :)
I never really liked Spectre a lot but I guess it was very difficult to come back after something as good as Skyfall.

I don't feel the chemistry between Bond and the woman either although in interviews both have said they do have it.

Nevertheless it's a good movie. Daniel Craig still in shape and still a sight for sore eyes :)

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Sat 06/27/26 02:36 AM
Thinking... it was good we had a shower just now! The garden needs it!
And first time in days that the temp indoors dropped below 27,5C. For now.
It's been 30C and 30,5C for more days than I like. I'm going to save up for an AC for sure!

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Sat 06/27/26 02:34 AM

Going to have my breakfast.. what did u guys had today?

Hiya, and welcome here!
There is a subforum on food lower down on the board :)
There's one on dinner, but you can also start one for breakfast of course.
Could be interesting to see what people eat in the morning.

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