The trouble is I am a writer and most writers are
nosey parkers.

You on the other hand - if you stop focusing on
other people's lives you'd have more time to fix
you own.

Foxy, I always find it infinitely fascinating and yet somehow sad that some people (whoever could I be thinking of?) can't find any joy in life or smell the roses, but rather concentrate on a futile battle to convince everyone else that they should be / must be just like them or else the world will end.

Hi Foxy,

The wife and I are not into those "reality" and "soaps" on TV, I can honestly say I've never purposely watch and episode of "Neighbours" or "Home And Away" or those "talent' shows they continually promote, who will be the next big star! SBS has a great cooking channel, ABC has the best news coverage. WE watch the 'Chase' some nights on Ch7, that's followed by two sad sacks with so called news, they would make a person want to puke! Oh! the wife enjoys "Outback Truckers", I think she can identify with some folks on it, not sure how, but says she does! We spend time on video calls catching up with family, that can be entertainment enough! family and friends visits are popular. There's nothing like a good book.

Dear Paul1405,

Woody Allen said, "Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."

I can't stand those "reality" shows, they are as heavily scripted as any of the dreadful soapies or even worse the "drama" shows favored by the ABC. 96 & 3 have all the best documentaries that used to be on the ABC before it went totally woke. Anything on it now is heavily loaded with the "MESSAGE", what ever the current greeny, lefty homosexual message might be.

I think Arranged marriages might be a good way actually, I believe we are programed to love those we sleep with. I noticed as a young bloke that most of my mates fell in love with, & married the first girl who took them to bed....nicely. most of those marriages worked well, the kids were young enough to survive knocking the rough edges off each other. And it was usually the girl leading the bloke, rather than being seduced. Those coming together later can have trouble with those rough edges.

Never drank, smoked, gambled, or romanced bad women, so only needed enough money for racing cars, yachts & show jumpers, so needed less money than most. I did like to own my own house, which helped against inflation.

Only bothered with ladies who really turned me on, so not all that many have been in my life. Met my lady in Gladstone while on a single handed trip from Rabaul to Sydney, a 5500 mile trip. She was crewing on a yacht with a couple of blokes so assumed, as you do, she was with one of them. There were a few yachts heading south, & we often met at different anchorages & towns. They crewed for me in a couple of races, & I danced with her a couple of times at various yacht clubs.

They were in Mooloolaba when I left for Sydney, when I got there she was there waiting for me & moved aboard. That was 46 years ago. I owned that yacht 19 years & this property 32, so when I fall in love I guess it's for keeps.

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Foxy,

I am not spilling my guts. I am not answering your questions like other posters, who apparently like talking about themselves as much as you do. My life and likes are none of your business.

And, you are not a writer. Like anyone else, you can say anything you like, make any wild claims about yourself, because you are just a name on a computer screen, and you don't have to come up with the goods. Nobody knows anything about you, nor you about them. The internet is all fantasy and horsefeathers. OK for a bit of fun, and an outlet for people without power and position to let off a bit of steam. And that's it. It's not real. Not to be taken seriously. Fake. People like you mistake it for real life.

We posters are just made up names on a computer screen. No personality. Nothing.t6