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[besleybean]

This is true.

[Arcadia]

I'll just go drown myself now, shall I? ;)

[Pseudonym]

Seems the only option... unless you want to hold out for the 100 year old scenario I described? All the bum pinching you could possibly want.  B)

[Van Buren Supernova]

I don't know about the rest of you, but when I get near someone I'm attracted to, admire, am in awe of, or whatever ... my mind goes blank. I need a wingman or I just bolt too. Embarrassment, I guess.

You are not alone, although for me I bolted when approached by someone (when I know their hidden intention, normally alerted by friends). I thought being a sprinter I only left cloud of dust and they didn't know what happened, well of course I was wrong. They know! Obviously. It's embarrassing. One who eventually becomes a functional friend questioned me about it why did you run like that that time? Did I look that ugly or scary?. Not ugly but scary, yes.

I guess there was (and still) no way to approach me without me running like weirdos unless it's required by settings (works, hobbies etc)

 

At least a hundred. Then you get away with tottering up to anyone you like, pinching their cheek (whichever cheek takes your fancy) and calling them laddie. No matter what nationality you may be ;)

Wait. Is it also applicable for man? Wouldn't it be creepy? 100 years old man pinching your cheek (whichever cheek) shakily in slow motion while maintaining eye contact and toothless grin.

 

P.S. I think I would still smack the hand of 100years old lady if one tried to pinch my cheek, unless it's her death wish bucket list.

 

P.P.S. Now I am thinking how many times and how many things a centenarian can get away by saying it's their bucket list. A LOT. :p

[Pseudonym]

Yep, to be honest I'd probably only accept it as a bucket list item too. :D

"What's that? It's on your bucket list?" *Deep sigh* "Oh, go on then."

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I don't know about the rest of you, but when I get near someone I'm attracted to, admire, am in awe of, or whatever ... my mind goes blank. I need a wingman or I just bolt too. Embarrassment, I guess.

There was a guy in my uni days that I was attracted to and having a wingman would have helped that awkward situation. Now nearly 20 years post uni, when we have seen each other, we can talk normally.

[J.P.]

Agh, maybe it's because I'm used to be around people I was attracted to - on daily basis and hiding it.

 

I remember my knees went weak once, when someone I saw for the first time in my life smiled. Not even at me.

He had this Heath Ledger kind of smile and the most beautiful waist long hair I ever seen on a man… actually a boy.

 

Erm... what were we talking about? <_<

[Pseudonym]

I just came back from a ghost tour. WoooooOooooOoooo *wiggly fingers*     

[Van Buren Supernova]

What is a ghost tour?

Halloween thingy?

Or actual visit to so-called haunted places?

Or meet a bunch of ghost writers?

Or the one in TAB, the glass house? That is definitely ghost tour.

[Pseudonym]

I went to an outdoors museum, I don't know if there's anywhere else like it really - they got old houses from all over Wales, disassembled them, and then reassembled them onto an estate just outside of Cardiff. The houses are all really, really old, and they are decorated in the manner they would have been hundreds of years ago, it's interesting but even if you go in the day it's a bit creepy. So we went on a late evening tour where you go into the houses and they tell you the things that have happened in there, the things that staff and visitors have experienced, along with a sprinkling of the history of the place and a bit of Welsh mythology from the area. Was really good, very creepy, especially because there is a forest surrounding it and the weather was really misty. 

 

I wouldn't like to go on a ghost hunting trip, where you wander around with an EMF asking if there's anything there because I'd feel ridiculous, but this was just one guy telling stories, not hamming it up too much, and I love the whole live storyteller aspect. He had a great voice for it

[Van Buren Supernova]

I was preparing to be disappointed with the answer, but actually it doesn't sound shabby at all!

In fact, it sounds interesting. But since I live alone, I try not to do those things (scary stories, scary movies etc)

Well, say that I have gone, heard and experienced some creepy stuffs in the past that I have enough respect to stay away.

[Pseudonym]

I live alone too, so I get what you mean - I'm always pretty iffy with watching horror films incase they freak me out and I end up sitting up all night terrified. 

[besleybean]

I don't watch horror, don't like it.

[Pseudonym]

I don't like slasher type stuff, but I do have an interest in the more supernatural type ones. I want to watch The Babadook, but from the reviews I've read I think it would freak me out. 

[Carol the Dabbler]

What's the name of that house museum? Might want to check it out, next time we're over.

[Pseudonym]

St Fagans National History Museum. https://museum.wales/stfagans/about/

 

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

It's been mentioned from time to time on this forum that there are several American actors who are well known for playing English characters on American television (e.g., Daniel Davis, John Hillerman, and Terrence Mann). I noted earlier that all three of those gentlemen are from the South (Texas/Arkansas, Texas, and Kentucky/Florida, respectively). I've speculated that the accent of that quadrant of the US might be in some ways compatible with the stuffy English accent adopted by the three actors.

 

Now I have a related question: What British-born-and-bred actors are known for playing American characters on British television, what part(s) of the UK are they from, and what sort(s) of American accents do they affect?

 

I can think of several British actors who have played Americans, but on American television. Surely there are some who specialize in playing Americans in the UK, where the real thing is harder to come by?

[Pseudonym]

You know I actually can't think of any :S

[besleybean]

Only Ian and Mark on stage!

[Carol the Dabbler]

Are they using American accents?

[besleybean]

Yes, I believe the play is  set in SF.

[Carol the Dabbler]

According to Wikipedia, the original play was set in New York, but I didn't know whether the current production maintains that setting, or if they had perhaps moved it to London.

[besleybean]

No, you're right.

Just knew it was a major U.S city...couldn't remember which!

[Fantasy Lover]

Does anyone has some knowledge about heating? I turn off the heat when I go to work, but my mom says that's bad because the pipes can freeze. But I don't want a ridiculous heating bill so Idk what to do

[besleybean]

Where do you live and what is your climate like?

I would only really worry about frozen pipes in winter.

Certainly at the moment we only have our heating on when we are in the house and we never have it on overnight.

Ours is quite a small, modern house though.