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 :)

That definitely is a movie to watch more than once!
The acting alone is so powerful, the dynamic between Sean Connery & Nicolas Cage is truly great.
I happen to have watched it again myself not that long ago. No matter how often you've seen it (me = a lot) it still has you on the edge of your seat.

The End of Oak Street - 2026
With Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway

It currently has a surprising 6,7 IMdB rating.
I feel it's more of a 4, tops.
I suspect with a bit of time the IMdB rating will go down (movie is still in theatres).

I had high hopes for this movie considering the storyline but it is quite disappointing. The acting isn't really up to par, the dinosaurs aren't well done, and a number of things they do just is idiotic.
For instance something very upsetting happening (I won't tell what) that should deeply affect the entire family, yet no one talks about it, cries over it. It's as if they forget about it right away. Really weird.

I watched the whole thing regardless, I'm a sucker for dino movies. But really it's like a 60s or 70s attempt to make an impressive dino movie.

It didn't help that it was set in 1982, -nor did I understand why they chose to do so. It made the whole vibe of the movie 'old'.
It would've helped the movie if they'd chosen to have it occur in 2026.

A mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports a neighborhood to someplace unknown. The Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

Thinking... I spent a couple of hours sketching a building but in the end having to admit that I do not remember the theory well enough to continue.
I'll have to re-educate myself, dangit! I so want to get on with it but I want to get the perspective right so I'll simply have to look into it.

This is what's happening now that the tariffs have been judged illegal:


The U.S. Customs Service opened a special department where companies can file claims. As of July 31, more than 252,000 applications had been received from all over the world.
These account for 129 billion dollars in refunds, which are currently being processed or have already been paid out.

..................

Philips was the first Dutch company to publicly report receiving 186 million euros. Those millions are the beginning of a larger flow.
It is estimated that the ten largest Dutch exporters to the United States could collectively receive more than 1 billion euros back.

And that's just the Dutch. Go figure how much the US will have to cough up in total!

As someone said, Trump is an imbecile.
And now he has come up with a new thing since July 24 to continue charging EU countries 10%-12%.

And clearly some Americans still don't get that they are the ones who pay for this as things will be more expensive for them.

Plus all the billions that have to be refunded... AND the costs of getting that sorted alone will have to be paid by the American people, the taxpayers.
How the hell you people voted him into office, twice, is beyond me.

The Impossible - 2013
With Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts.
IMdB rating 7,5
My rating 10

Movie on the 2004 Asian tsunami. Based on a true story. A family, hubby & wife & 3 sons, are on holiday in Thailand when they get taken by surprise when the tsunami hits.

It's an accurate representation of what happened to them as the movie was monitored closely by the woman of said family.

I must admit I had no idea what it was like. The footage I saw at the time made it look like rather low waves that came far inland.
But here you see a huge wave hit out of the blue and instantly wreak tremendous havoc.
The family was right near the beach and thus got the full whack of the wave, and another one after that.

The woman required 16 surgeries afterwards?!?! Unfreaking-believable!

Definitely worth the watch!

Feeling... happy I have no serious damage to my knee! Went to the GP yesterday to have it checked out as I wasn't certain and felt something took too long to heal. It's almost 3 weeks since I badly injured my knee.
But I can expect it to fully heal :D

Hihi, thank goodness nothing that bad!

Feeling... Quite content :) Been a good day, done a lot!
Got everything ready for my new painting so tomorrow I can begin if I want.
Done my arm exercises as well, took care of some other stuff.
All things considered a really good day!