Happy Sunday everyone!
No sun to be seen here, but one lives in hope, haha.
I'll let the inner sun shine a bit brighter :)

Good point! Thanks!
I never realised cameras were so important and creating the illusion you might have them is helpful.
I will just go for the light :)
And yes, it'll go on when there's an animal, including (my) cats. Maybe I'll put it up a little bit higher so it doesn't switch on for nothing that often.

Thinking... how long it will take to charge my phone from my new powerbank.
And how much it'll drain it.

So far 4% added to my phone, 1% from the power-bank.

Don't know, I'm not in America, not an American, so I don't know the show with naked people, haha.

I was born in '66, so I can't remember women in mini dresses as I was a baby & toddler myself. Just some photo I've seen and series like ST original etc.

I watched an episode of Hunted tonight. It is entirely different indeed, takes getting used to.
Then again it can be equally interesting to learn how you can get away, what to do and what not etc.
Cause of that I may watch a few episodes.
But I would've preferred if it has been like Mantracker: 1 or 2 people per episode.
Then you can also skip an episode if you don't like the people without missing anything.
And of course I miss watching that super hot man on a horse, haha.

A show with people dating nekkid?!?

I thought things would be different nowadays due to political correctness, sexual harassment and whatnot.
I figured people would start screaming bloody murder if women were portrayed as lust objects these days.
I guess not, haha.

Personally I'd not walk around in a minidress the length of the ones in the 60s. Just because you'd get hassled so much I really wouldn't feel safe.
I've often wondered about that one, if men in those days were maybe more respectful of women.

And yeah, almost a new topic, haha.
Although to get back to it... I have to say I'm having difficulty moving on from Mantracker.

But... I got Hunted ready to go on Tubi. Just not watching it, yet, haha.
Yes, the British reality show version.

Thank you, ladies!
I will get the Makita out one of these days and put the new light up on the garage so there's light there too :)

And yes, I'll keep it set to motion only, otherwise there isn't going to be much juice in them now it's winter.
And since it's a really bright light that shines for at least 15 meters it'll be quite the shock if it switches on out of the blue.

That area in front of the garage can be really dark. There are no houses next to me on that side either.
Once the street light across the street from me was broken. During that time the driveway was pitch black. There could've been 20 people standing there, I would not be able to see them.
Would be the same during a power outage.

I'll better get that light up soon!

Of late everyone in The Netherlands got a letter from government about a potential emergency situation, the need for having an emergency kit with food & candles and so on.

Right now big question I'm stuck with and would like your view on...

I got a real bright solar light at the back, one above the front-door and a new bright one that I have yet to put up.
It was meant for the driveway area in front of my garage as that area is quite dark.
All are set to go on when there's motion and off after 30 seconds.

But now I'm thinking...
Does having outdoor lights on attract hooligans and/or burglars and/or looters?
After all it does make it easier for them to see?
It's something I've been wondering about for some years.
Police says a well lit up house keeps burglars away, but would this really be true?

My girlie has the same thoughts and switches outdoor lights off at night for the same reason.
Like at my back door, because of the bright solar light, potential burglars can easily work to get inside with full light.
And no one will see them there, perfectly hidden from sight with good light to 'work'.

What is the smart thing to do? Certainly if there was to be a blackout as then it'll be pitch-black outside and a house with outdoor solar lights will stand out like a sore thumb.

I do not live in the sticks, but not in a town/city either. A village that's normally relatively safe, some 1500 people.

And if it would be a good thing, then maybe I should set them to burn non-stop, not just when there's motion? Although solar will burn out faster that way, certainly now during the gloomy winter days.

What do you guys think?

Depending on the state of the relationship I might want to consider a M M F.
But I don't think that's what most man will have in mind when they suggest a threesome.

I'd wanna know his reasons for wanting sex with another woman present. Generally a man cannot even fulfill one woman, so why want two?

Honestly, I think it's the death of a relationship, unless both feel very safe and secure with one another and have solid self-confidence etc.

For some it works, wouldn't be my cup of tea.

Oh yes, the Star Trek women, haha.
Not just Kirk's love interests but also the female crew.
As I remembered it they wore very shirt mini dresses, but when I watched it again at some point realised they weren't mini dresses but tunics with knickers/hot pants in the same colour.

I found myself thinking, wow you wouldn't get away with that kind of thing anymore!
But then you mention Baywatch, haha. Even more risqué.

I personally am not into BDSM either, but to play with the strong dynamics in writing is great! In a way it requires even more trust and respect and deep bond than a regular relationship.

In any case, time to find something else to watch. I watched Mantracker twice as I somehow missed a lot the first time round.
Maybe going to give Hunted a go.

My ex husband often said "ciao bella!" when he left for work.

In relationship with my 2nd partner I was called "Angel" by everyone, the first part of my name. I used to use that to sign my paintings.
If I answered the phone with my full name people thought they'd dialed the wrong number, haha.
But after some 10 years I got fed up with never being called by my full name.
If someone now calls me "Angel" I'm not amused.

Since some 8 years I also sign my paintings with with my full name. No more "Angel" for me!

Pretty danged good that I was able to help set up the Christmas tree for my mum.
She can't do it herself and I wanted her to have some Christmas cheer in the house since she's had a very difficult couple of months after falling, breaking her hip, surgery, recovery etc.
Then falling a 2nd time, thank goodness nothing broken that time but a good scare nonetheless.

So being able to do this for her, yup, made me happy and she's happy too!

It is indeed a shame they never brought it back but I guess they feel it's too much of a risk of it failing yet again?

Dr Who is different as according to the storyline he has to regenerate at some point. So everyone knows that eventually there's going to be a new Doctor.
I think Matt Smith had the hardest & riskiest part as he was David Tennant's replacement. And Tennant was -and still is to date- immensely popular. Again especially with the ladies, haha.
And trust me, looks and/or sex-appeal in a male character are very important to female audience. I know as I'm a woman, haha.
If it ain't attractive I'm not interested. Nothing you can do about it, I think it's primal instinct.
Had Cpt. Kirk (William Shatner) not been so incredibly good-looking & attractive the series wouldn't have stood a chance, hihi.
It's the same with Mantracker. Grant is insanely attractive and good-looking. He triggers every "gimme an Alpha male"-desire you have as a woman. That includes that death stare he had, lol. And often he had this almost shy & sweet side that showed, making him even more adorable.

In love novels revolving around BDSM masters they play with the exact same dynamics. I know as I'm an author of such novels myself.
Women love that stuff, me too.
You know, BDSM masters get into what's called top-space when they do a real good scene with a submissive.
I'm almost certain that the trackers had a similar experience when they won, which they referred to as "what a great adrenaline rush!!"
Chasing is also related to primal instinct, and can have a highly sexual aspect to it. Same with being chased. Not for nothing that in the past men raped women after they attacked a village or something. Related to a similar arousal that comes from a chase/fight (I think). Stems from our animal brain.
Fight flight freeze has another potential part to it that is sexual. Which is why some women orgasm when they get raped. It's not that they're truly aroused, it's sheer survival. An attempt to appease the attacker kind of thing so you don't get killed. (then they say, "but you enjoyed it!" No she didn't. She just didn't want to die.)

When you see the glint in Grant's eyes when he's captured someone... Sheer dominance, and who knows, when it's women maybe a bit more than just that. We'll never know, but wouldn't surprise me. Sex/orgasm helps release adrenaline. The human brain & body are wired that way.

In the same way it wouldn't surprise me if some prey needed therapy afterwards. You really are playing serious tricks with the fight flight freeze reflex. Most people aren't aware of that at all but it can be risky.
Dunno if you remember this one woman Michelle and her cousin Robbie? She completely freaked out. She had a severe reaction, screaming and shouting in the river with the two horsemen around her.
Grant kept his distance, waiting for her to calm down. But the sidekick wanted to move in and you can see Grant gesturing to him to back the F off.
Wouldn't surprise me if she needed help afterwards.

For that reason alone I'm not sure I'd want to participate. In a way it'd be interesting to find out how you'd react under such circumstances. But the risk that you wake up screaming for the rest of your life... haha.
It's not as far-fetched as that sounds though.
It's not for nothing special forces need intensive training to overcome the fight flight freeze reflex. And not everyone will be able to.

That whole psychological part makes this show so interesting to me.

Aside from all that, he was good at what he did, there was the thrill of the chase and so on.

I didn't know that the cameramen were armed. Good thing! You just never know.
I missed the cameraman with camera sliding down which doesn't surprise me as there are so many things you can focus on or it's all very fast.

BTW... court ruling something is illegal still doesn't mean it's going to be reverted and/or changed.

We had a similar thing here in The Netherlands during the pandemic.
Government/the idiot PM imposing curfews and chit, people going to court, judge ruling it was illegal, a direct violation of our constitution and constitutional rights.
Guess what.
Nothing changed.
He did it anyways, no one did a thing.
Who's going to stand up against government/a PM/a president?
The police?
The army?
Not going to happen.
And those MFers who do such things know that.

Totally agree with you.
And it affects US citizens who regularly bought items abroad as they now have to pay much more because of the Trump idiocy. Especially small businesses cannot afford to cough up the extra cost themselves so in the end it's the US buyer who suffers.
Trump's reasoning is -I suppose- to then purchase these items in the US. But guess what: not everything can be made/bought in the US! That's such arrogance and tunnel vision.

The whole fairy tale story that the US got ripped off, and had been for years, is delusional.
The ones who paid extra for goods out of the US were the buyers, not the sellers. Whether individuals or companies. And I know as I've been both. When I had my webshop I bought a lot in the US, and I was the one paying extra for it, not people in the US. They benefitted from it as sales & trade keep an economy strong & healthy.

Like you say, it has thrown the whole trade and business out of whack. When you believe you're the almighty and in the Nr1 position in the world you're going to fall flat on your face.
I think -and hope- most will give the US a big FU and purchase elsewhere. Plenty of other options.
If Americans suffer because of it I do feel for them. Not so much the ones who voted this pensioner into office, but the others sure as heck yes.

But die-hard Trump fans cannot see reason.

Apparently it twice came close to a lawsuit between Grant and the production comp. There was a dispute about what the new contract would be like and salary.
I didn't mean Cpt. Picard related to acting, but relating to a very strong lead character that's irreplaceable.
As for it not working with Savage... he generally wasn't liked by people.
He's not attractive, not in looks and not in behaviour. Just not likeable. Possibly different for men, but lot of the audience were women, hihi.
It's smart he used some other tricks to track. Apparently production comp made him do a tracking workshop for a couple of days so I guess he wasn't that good.

Another thing they effed up... using the "know your land, know your prey" phrase again. They should've come up with something else.
Again like Star Trek producers were smart enough to not let their different lead captains use the same warp catch phrase. They each had their own thing.

When you pay attention while watching you sometimes see a 3rd person running around through the woods in the background. I guess camera people?
There's one scene where Terry almost rode over a woman who'd hidden in de grass, she screams, Terry swears as he hadn't seen her, the horse jerks away. Somewhere in between they show a wounded camera man who had also hidden close to the woman. He'd gotten the hoof of the horse against his head, bleeding. Terry calling out for medical help for the guy.

It really must've been quite something to do. Two prey said in interview that the camera people were amazing. Running along with them all the time, yet never in the way, while carrying heavy cameras.

Also a miracle that no one ever got in a close encounter with a cougar or bear!
I mean, you got people running around in the woods, trying to be quiet. Not the best way to go about avoiding bear.

It is possible he had physical problems, don't know. When you pay attention, you notice he often doesn't do something or doesn't go places where his sidekick does go. So it is possibly he's fallen off and hurt himself one too many times.
Then again, the sidekicks are riding their own horse that they know very very well. Terry is riding one of their horses and prior to the show only had some 2 hours to get to know it a bit. I wouldn't do funky things on a horse I didn't know either. You just don't know what it'll do under certain circumstances. The horse doesn't know you well either, there's no bond, meaning you cannot rely on it 100%.
Age cannot have been it as he was only 52 in the last season.

In any case, it was a great show. Simply a crying shame there aren't a few more seasons!

8 years, but a better question would be:

How long have you been (emotionally) available for a relationship?

Then it would be about 3 years.

What I want is a meaningful message, something that makes clear a man is truly interested in me.
It has to be and feel genuine, not some default message.
If there hasn't been any contact prior I do not appreciate lengthy messages.
It's rather presumptuous as well since you don't know yet if the interest is mutual.
It's the same as telling a stranger in the supermarket your life story. You wouldn't do that either.

And if a woman sends you "hi", I'd seriously question dealing with a scammer.
I doubt a real woman with real interest would send "hi" and nothing more.
You could reply with a short message that does show interest/has an opening so you can see what comes from it.
But personally I feel a woman would send more than just "hi".

I can't either, but I'm not bothered by it. I don't want male friends. What's the point? There's always one who wants more than just friendship so best not go there.
I saw many young women be friends with men in AUS without a problem.
I gave it a try and ended up a hairbreadth away from getting raped. Frightening as heck!

Had another one 2 years back. We decided not to date because of the distance but being friends was fine. At some point we met up when he happened to be in the area. And in spite of agreeing to just being friends he still tried to kiss me and get more out of it when he left.

The last one was 2 months back. I'd made very clear I had no feelings whatsoever, he was okay with being friends. But then he asked if I wanted him to stay the night??

It just doesn't work for me.

Hahaha, you doing that one again?
I recall you leaving it to collect dust for a few years way back when, hihi.

I still haven't gotten mine up yet. I may do so tomorrow, not sure.
I cannot get in the mood this year. I think because summer in my area was crap and I kept hoping & waiting for summer to come in August, then September, then maybe a great October etc.
And now I gotta get the Christmas stuff downstairs while I still want my hotdanged summer, hahaha.

I did get a lot of new things last year, including the tree itself. So in that sense it would be lovely to set it up.

We don't need to go into space to prove life exists elsewhere.
All we need to do for that is look at what has visited our own planet.
That is proof life exists elsewhere otherwise they couldn't come here.
That proof goes way back, think of the Dogons in Africa, Roswell, the US government finally admitting Earth has been -and is- visited, allowing US military to speak up about what they've seen. Footage was made public as well.

So that's not a reason to go into space.
Exploring could be a reason. Or finding another planet where we could live. Although I strongly feel we shouldn't and hope we will not be able to do so for a long long time.
There's no reason to go to another planet if we treat the one we got with more respect and treat her well.
Going to another planet only means we F up another planet cause that's what mankind does: mess things up.