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I know this is kind of personal, but you guys are my friends. I've found love again. You all remember that my beloved Kathy passed away last Sept after years of long illness, the last couple of which sapped her mind away a little at a time until it was like living with a ghost. I spent some months grieving and crying alone in front of her picture. I slowly began functioning again and started dating a little while ago.
Then, due totally to God's good providence and through no design of my own, I met a beautiful woman of my age. We nearly instantly was attracted to each other. Kissed on the second date and are progressing slowly with each other. We have just tonight professed our love for each other. She is a widow of 4 years herself. And just to make it interesting, she is black. (I know my friends on here will support us irregardless of color differences)
To say I am over the moon would be understating it. And I know that my Kathy, who is now a being of pure love with God, is happy for me. Just wanted my friends on here to know so that you can be here with us at the beginning of our journey. Peace out, my brothers.
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Good for you. whether it's good for her remains to be seen. 
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Glad to hear.. good luck to you both.
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Love is color blind, I wish you all the happiness in this world.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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Glad to hear this, Rich! I've been hoping something nice like this would come your way!  Now... Quote:
I know this is kind of personal, but you guys are my friends. I've found love again. You all remember that my beloved Kathy passed away last Sept after years of long illness, the last couple of which sapped her mind away a little at a time until it was like living with a ghost. I spent some months grieving and crying alone in front of her picture. I slowly began functioning again and started dating a little while ago.
Then, due totally to God's good providence and through no design of my own, I met a beautiful woman of my age. We nearly instantly was attracted to each other. Kissed on the second date and are progressing slowly with each other. We have just tonight professed our love for each other. She is a widow of 4 years herself. And just to make it interesting, she is black. (I know my friends on here will support us irregardless of color differences)
To say I am over the moon would be understating it. And I know that my Kathy, who is now a being of pure love with God, is happy for me. Just wanted my friends on here to know so that you can be here with us at the beginning of our journey. Peace out, my brothers.
...the ONLY thing I'm NOT going to "support" you on is your use of the word "irregardless" here!
And 'cause, THERE'S NO SUCH WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!! 
(...it's either "regardless" OR "irrespective", dude!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Good for you. whether it's good for her remains to be seen.
Thanks, Larry! 
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Just to give youse fellas a lil update. Like I was telling our friend Ian over on his thread, sometimes you gotta learn to "change with the times". Now, as anybody who has ever seen me knows, I don't know "shinola" about clothes. Just never cared one way or the other. But, it turns out, my new woman DOES! She is taking me shopping for new clothe for me on Friday and she is also insisting on paying! Gawd, SHOPPING! But, I going with the "program" cause like I said, ya gotta learn to "change with the times". And, it makes her happy. Clothes shopping?!! Pray for me. 
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Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Go for it, the only way you'll ever know.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good for you Rich.  Now I have two questions. 1) Does she like motorcycles? 2) If so, does she have a single sister? 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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She is taking me shopping for new clothe for me on Friday and she is also insisting on paying!
I'm happy for you but remember what Judy Garland said: "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." If yourself is comfortable in a tee shirt, jeans, and flipflops then don't be somebody else in a suit and tie. Three years after my wife past I met someone. She was a redneck girl from south GA who grew up working on shrimp boats out in the Atlantic. She didn't try to change my clothing style but she tried to change me by having me eat grits instead of hash browns. I wouldn't stand for it! 
'06 America, Raask foot controls, the bike use to be Graphite and Silver, now its Red and Black.
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I don't know if we have enough information yet to determine if she is perfect for you. Does she own a boat? Good for you bud!
I try to aggravate one person a day. Today may be your day.
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Good to hear Rich. All the best in this new relationship.
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Good for you Rich.
Now I have two questions. 1) Does she like motorcycles? 2) If so, does she have a single sister?
1., That's how we MET! I was at her mothers house to just give a friendly ride to her older Aunt, a client of mine. While I was there, she asked for a ride. REALLY NOW, I would NEVER pick a girl who didn't like bikes. She LOVES them! 2., Yes, but she is nearly 70 and lives in Pensylvania! Sorry!
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... She is taking me shopping for new clothe for me on Friday and she is also insisting on paying! Gawd, SHOPPING! But, I going with the "program" cause like I said, ya gotta learn to "change with the times". And, it makes her happy. Clothes shopping?!! Pray for me.
Well Rich, the sequence of events sounds just right to me.
First the lady undresses you and then she "dresses" you.
I liked the sound of a happy man.
Way to go!
Bedouin.
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I'm really pleased for you....sounds like it's just right for you.
When I was young I avoided girls who were into bikes...never knew if the girl liked me or my bike.
Nowadays I don't care...but if they don't like bikes, bye bye Baby.
I took the Road Less Travelled.
Now where the ****** am I?
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Just to give youse fellas a lil update. Like I was telling our friend Ian over on his thread, sometimes you gotta learn to "change with the times". Now, as anybody who has ever seen me knows, I don't know "shinola" about clothes. Just never cared one way or the other. But, it turns out, my new woman DOES! She is taking me shopping for new clothe for me on Friday and she is also insisting on paying! Gawd, SHOPPING! But, I going with the "program" cause like I said, ya gotta learn to "change with the times". And, it makes her happy. Clothes shopping?!! Pray for me.
Congrats on the new love. Just remember this every woman thinks they can change every man.
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First I am a red haired, blue eyed, freckled country boy from Indiana and my wife is of Mexican Indian decent from McAllen Texas. 30 years and still in love.
Second I was in Walmart one day with my son Chris. He was probably 4 or 5 years. Standing it the check out line this colored lady in front of me turned and gave me a mean look that startled me. I gave her my," what did I do!!" look.
Then we both looked down and Chris was feeling the panty hose on her leg. Then she smiled and commented on how cute he was. (A minute earlier I thought I was dead?)
Chris looked up at her and said,"are you chocolate?"
The lady rubbed his head and said,"why yes sweetie I am."
So see you new girl is Chocolate.
God Bless you both and remember Love conquers all.
Road Rash Heals. Freckles Grow Back. Ride
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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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Standing it the check out line this colored lady
Colored lady? is this 1960 again 
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Thank you, my friends. I'm gonna show Rosie this thread to make her feel happy about my friends here!
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Time is the only thing we give away that we cannot recover. I’ve been reading Seneca and even though it’s a dry translation from Latin this treatise has some very salient points: https://archive.org/stream/SenecaOnTheShortnessOfLife/Seneca+on+the+Shortness+of+Life_djvu.txtMake the most of it Rich, you’ll be glad you did.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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quote]Glad to hear this, Rich! I've been hoping something nice like this would come your way! Now... Quote:
I know this is kind of personal, but you guys are my friends. I've found love again. You all remember that my beloved Kathy passed away last Sept after years of long illness, the last couple of which sapped her mind away a little at a time until it was like living with a ghost. I spent some months grieving and crying alone in front of her picture. I slowly began functioning again and started dating a little while ago.
Then, due totally to God's good providence and through no design of my own, I met a beautiful woman of my age. We nearly instantly was attracted to each other. Kissed on the second date and are progressing slowly with each other. We have just tonight professed our love for each other. She is a widow of 4 years herself. And just to make it interesting, she is black. (I know my friends on here will support us irregardless of color differences)
To say I am over the moon would be understating it. And I know that my Kathy, who is now a being of pure love with God, is happy for me. Just wanted my friends on here to know so that you can be here with us at the beginning of our journey. Peace out, my brothers.
...the ONLY thing I'm NOT going to "support" you on is your use of the word "irregardless" here!
And 'cause, THERE'S NO SUCH WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!!
(...it's either "regardless" OR "irrespective", dude!)
I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us.
However to address to sentiment expressed; God's good providence is a correct statement indeed. May he also bless you with many wonderful years together.
Also correct is the persuasion that we dont regard color or race as a thing to cast disunion upon.
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Well Chad, and not to put too fine a point on Rich's use of the word "irregardless", but actually he DID spell the word correctly in his opening post. However, because the word is in effect a double-negative, and so................ (...oh, never mind...seems my little joke up there with the implication that Rich mentioning the color of his new girlfriend's skin pales in significance to even such a trivial matter as his misuse of a word, went over about as well as the proverbial fart in church anyway here, huh!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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First I am a red haired, blue eyed, freckled country boy from Indiana and my wife is of Mexican Indian decent from McAllen Texas. 30 years and still in love.
Second I was in Walmart one day with my son Chris. He was probably 4 or 5 years. Standing it the check out line this colored lady in front of me turned and gave me a mean look that startled me. I gave her my," what did I do!!" look.
Then we both looked down and Chris was feeling the panty hose on her leg. Then she smiled and commented on how cute he was. (A minute earlier I thought I was dead?)
Chris looked up at her and said,"are you chocolate?"
The lady rubbed his head and said,"why yes sweetie I am."
So see you new girl is Chocolate.
God Bless you both and remember Love conquers all.
Content of character...
Back when I was a knee high to a grasshopper, the two ladies across the street summoned me over and asked me what color they where. Well Ida May you are chocolate and (I forget the other's name) you are black. Those two ladies roared in laughter and only years later did I realize the lesson I learned that day.
Rich, congrats to you and your new girlfriend!
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Standing it the check out line this colored lady
Colored lady? is this 1960 again
Think about what the acronym NAACP stands for.
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quote]Glad to hear this, Rich! I've been hoping something nice like this would come your way!
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I know this is kind of personal, but you guys are my friends. I've found love again. You all remember that my beloved Kathy passed away last Sept after years of long illness, the last couple of which sapped her mind away a little at a time until it was like living with a ghost. I spent some months grieving and crying alone in front of her picture. I slowly began functioning again and started dating a little while ago.
Then, due totally to God's good providence and through no design of my own, I met a beautiful woman of my age. We nearly instantly was attracted to each other. Kissed on the second date and are progressing slowly with each other. We have just tonight professed our love for each other. She is a widow of 4 years herself. And just to make it interesting, she is black. (I know my friends on here will support us irregardless of color differences)
To say I am over the moon would be understating it. And I know that my Kathy, who is now a being of pure love with God, is happy for me. Just wanted my friends on here to know so that you can be here with us at the beginning of our journey. Peace out, my brothers.
...the ONLY thing I'm NOT going to "support" you on is your use of the word "irregardless" here!
And 'cause, THERE'S NO SUCH WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!!
(...it's either "regardless" OR "irrespective", dude!)
I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us.
However to address to sentiment expressed; God's good providence is a correct statement indeed. May he also bless you with many wonderful years together.
Also correct is the persuasion that we dont regard color or race as a thing to cast disunion upon.
I see poor English on here all the time and struggle to not correct it, my grandmother was an English major and my mom taught school so I had it drummed into my head. I refrain because it really doesn't matter in a setting such as this as long as you are able to get your point across.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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There are some very important things to ask:
1. Does she like proper motorcycles?
2. Does she like dogs?
3. What is the potential for getting involved in long unresolvable arguments over religion and politics?
4. Is there enough commonality in foods that are liked/tolerated that 'dining out' will not always involve 2 stops for 'take away'.
Any other differences are nothing that can't be worked out.
I give you blessings and wish you well.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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Different taste in music could be an issue if you dislike rap as much as I.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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There are some very important things to ask:
1. Does she like proper motorcycles?
2. Does she like dogs?
3. What is the potential for getting involved in long unresolvable arguments over religion and politics?
4. Is there enough commonality in foods that are liked/tolerated that 'dining out' will not always involve 2 stops for 'take away'.
Any other differences are nothing that can't be worked out.
I give you blessings and wish you well.
1. Yeah, she likes motorcycles. That is kinda how we met, as I was at her mother's house giving her older aunt (a friend and client) a short ride. 2.She's not crazy about dogs like I am. But she doen't dislike them. Gonna be some small friction there. 3. This is, of course, a "time will tell" kind of thing. We get along so well right now that it is alllllll good. But it is still early. In all likelyhood, my arguing "skills" will be the problem and something I will have to be careful with. 4. The food thing is no problem. She seems to like anything and we both are in the point in our lives that we like to experiment anyway. We actually went to a Greek resturaunt last week and loved it.
And as an update, we bought and exchanged "commitment" rings last week. Pretty cool looking "modern style" black titanium with blue coloration worked into it. We're going gangbusters, but we ARE aware of the newness, and talk about being careful with moving too fast. Thanks fella's. You're feedback on here means a lot to me!
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How about some photos of you in your new "outfits". Clothes like bikes reflect your personality.
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How about some photos of you in your new "outfits". Clothes like bikes reflect your personality.
Actually, there isn't much to my "wardrobe" change that anyone would go ga ga over. She is buying me jeans that fit, shoes and socks that match (who knew that there were at least 6 different kinds of socks?) A few polo shirts and new dress shoes are coming, I hear. I really don't mind. It makes her happy to be with a well dressed man occasionally and I have always been aware that I dress sloppily. Besides, for me, it's part of the adventure that comes with a new relationship. And I have always believed in personal growth. I'll try and post a picture of us as soon as I get back to my cousin, who took some pictures of us at the family reunion.
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Nothing wrong with looking good, nothing wrong with that at all, especially on date night. I’m pretty messy and I’ve learned to at least try a bit, I’m just not so sure I always succeed very much.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Duuude... Skinny jeans! Yeah baby! You go girl! Love again, good for you. As for the sister thang which i was gonna ask, PA ain't so far away, but i have not had luck with older women. You guys all banter here and don't know of each other's ethnicity, so shouldn't matter in person. Hope to meet ya's someday.
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