Enjoy your weekend!

OT --- Feeling okay but a bit sad that summer has gone. Back to crap weather for another 9-10 months or so before we get improvement again.
So weird that the seasons when we used to have good weather -spring & summer- have gotten so short.

Thinking... hope he can get my car fixed today! Windscreen washer wasn't working anymore, and yes, there was liquid in it :p
It wasn't the pump, there's no electricity going to it so the mechanic has to figure out where the problem is located. Fingers crossed he finds it quickly and it's not costing me a fortune in labour wages.

Thinking... dangit, Meggie & Roosje are still outdoors and it's raining and we got lots of thunder :(
Nila was already indoors and is hiding behind the laundry basket in the kitchen.
Thunder should be gone in about 10 mins. Hopefully I can get Meggie & Roosje in then as it will keep on raining for hours to come.

I remember watching some movies with her in them way back when that I enjoyed.
I hope she made a good transition.

Mutiny - 2026
Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallis

Latest Jason Statham movie. Damn, I LOVE it!
IMdB is only 5,7
I'm rating it a solid 10

I just love a good Jason Statham movie with good fight scenes.

Framed for the murder of his billionaire boss, a vengeful man uncovers an international conspiracy as he battles a gang of thugs aboard a cargo ship.

Feeling... restless. Anesthetic from dentist has almost worn off. That point when you get these terrible itchings of nerve endings that come back to life that happens while the area is still numb so you cannot scratch it.
The tooth needed a lot of anesthetic, the max of what she could give so it is taking a long time.
My lower lip and right side of my chin are all that's left to get back to normal.
Prolly take another hour for it to go 100%.
Gotta bear and grin it.

Thank you!
And good luck with the renovation of your son's room!

It's again almost sleepy time for me but I'll give it another 45 mins or so :)

Green Zone - 2010
With Matt Damon
IMdB rating 6,8
I rate it 8

Good movie, fast paced. You gotta pay attention otherwise you lose track of what's going on.
But certainly worth the watch!

Fictional action thriller, but it is inspired by real historical events and a non-fiction book
The Main Character: Matt Damon’s character, Roy Miller, is a fictionalized version of a real-life U.S. Army Mobile Exploitation Team leader named Richard "Monty" Gonzales, who helped advise the film.

Agent Roy Miller is assigned to find weapons of mass destruction during the Iraqi War. As he dives deep into the investigation, he discovers a sinister truth behind his mission.

Never replied anymore, hihi, it's been a while.
I guess life got busy.
I think most Americans that didn't grown up in cities can ride?
Over here it is rather expensive to learn and do. I so wanted to as a little girlie but my mother didn't allow me to. Broke my heart!
Somehow I always ended up around horses and/or people who did ride, incl. partners.
And it's why I made damned sure both my kids got to learn to ride (they wanted to).

In any case, a while back I watched one episode with that weird tracker dude, the 2nd one. I think the episode in which he got bucked off his horse. (idiot!). Personally I think they only left that in to create sympathy for him so the audience -many of them female- would accept him.

But then he did something in the end that disgusted and shocked me: he went after a female prey on foot?!?!?!?! I think because he didn't trust that horse anymore and didn't want to be thrown off again.
But the thing is... being chased by someone on a horse is scary as hell, even for male prey, unless they had special forces training or were army.
For women being chased by a man is a collective primal fear. The impact can be enormous, not just mentally, also physically.
Now being chased by a man on foot is even more frightening than one on a horse!
Terry knew this and had also asked all the women after the chase if it had triggered this fear in them. They all said "yes"!
Some literally felt they were going to get killed, even some men btw, which is why so many said "I feels like you're running for your life!"
I think this is why Terry never gave chase on foot, apart from the fact he didn't like walking or running that much.
He always kept his distance, made sure the horse never got too close. His first rule was to keep the prey safe, and the horses. He instructed his side-kicks with this rule as well.

But this stupid idiot did chase on foot AND he even put his hands on the woman when he got to her????
What moron does that?
I doubt he would've done that had it been a bloke. He likely would've gotten his lights punched out.
It shocked & disgusted me, and that's the last I ever wanted to see of this man. You can't have a bloke on a tv show who has so little respect for women.

I think 'fight flight freeze' works at different levels, also with how the body reacts and what chemicals are produced by the brain.
Being chased by someone on a horse where you participate in it likely only triggers "flight" in most.
But being chased by a man on foot easily shifts into "freeze" for women. And "freeze" is a far deeper, far scarier level of fear. It shuts down the brain and the body.
I've once been there and you literally cannot move your legs anymore. It feels as if you're kind of paralysed from the lower back down. It's awful!

Thinking... that I have my Word problem sorted! Somehow the setup changed a few weeks back and it didn't work the way it used to. Options were (re)moved.
I hate when they do that! But I think I got it fixed :D

The Gray Man - 2025
With Ryan Gosling
IMdB rating 6,5
I'm giving it a 7

Movie started out good, then a mid section that was full up with fights that are way over the top, total nonsense/totally unbelievable. What I call pointless fights. I'm not keen on those which is why my rating is reasonably low.
End is okay again.

When the CIA's top asset -- his identity known to no one -- uncovers agency secrets, he triggers a global hunt by assassins set loose by his ex-colleague.

Yesterday I had peas with rhubarb (yum!) and beef minced.

Welcome!
The site can work, any dating site can work, but you don't know upfront if it will or not nor how fast.
Much depends on how you present yourself and the action you take.
But it does happen for sure!
Good luck!

Thinking... how amazing it is that things work out the way I want them to.
Didn't want my cleaning lady to come as I had things I wanted to do... she cancelled.
Didn't feel like going to my physio... appointment got cancelled.
Both were things that could wait so it's nice that my agenda unexpected freed up just as I wanted it to :)

Feeling... very sleepy all of a sudden so I'm going to bed in a min. It's late so not really a surprise.

Star Trek Strange New worlds came out recently.
So far 5 episodes.
First one was good, really made you think about time. Second one was kind creepy but also good.
Third ep is one of these odd ones they sometimes do but still okayish.

In any case, happy it's back on!

Really not that difficult to work out: the way women get treated and are regarded in Muslim culture/countries/religions does not gel with Western ways.

No offense, but that implies you're looking for a partner of another ethnicity than your own.
That begs the question, why?
Are people of your own ethnicity not good enough or are you actually looking for something else and not love?
If you're looking for love you'd not exclude people from your own ethnicity.

What a coincidence!
Like Slim, I recently watched the movies and yesterday I started watching Reacher season 4.
I had stopped watching it during season 2 as he had physically changed so much. Bit too much steroids, and it all seemed so different from the first season which had been great.
So far I do like this season.

Wow it wasn't personal and in no way a judgement of you! We all have our own taste and what we like.
I was just happy that your suggestion made me think of something else with a similar theme so I ended up watching a movie I did appreciate in the end :) And I'm always open to suggestions as other people find different movie than I do.
That's why I'm happy with threads like this :)