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It was a beautiful day, and lots of people were at the park I went to with a friend. It has several abstract sculptures, some of which were being blown by the wind, a deliberate feature and interesting to see them spin around. It also has scenic views, which is what really draws the crowds.
 
I do not understand how I got into the position I am in. I joined the Latin dance circuit last September, expecting to not ever get that good at dancing and not really become accepted all that much as I don't really tend to socialize that easily. But I have been keeping an account of what has happened, especially when something momentous happened and someday I may write a book called "Tales from the Dance Floor" but nobody would believe what was in it. The circumstances are just too bizarre.

One of the things I did not like when I first started dancing was that you could ask a girl to dance and she would say no, she was tired and she was going to sit this one out and ten seconds after you moved on, the same girl would jump up and sprint to the floor with some other guy. At the Friday 15 Dec 2023 Christmas dance at the Capitol, I was literally ten seconds behind another guy who asked Tanya to dance and she refused. When I got there, I asked her and she jumped right up and sprinted to the floor with me. While we were dancing she said I was the best dancer on the floor that night. I thought that was nice although a thought running through the back of my mind said, ‘why do I always get the delusional ones?’

Sam, the guy who got me into this (mess?) claimed one day, the girls would be dragging me onto the dance floor. I figured i might take a year for me to get good enough but it happened on Monday, 08 Jan 2024 when I had just finished dancing with Connie, a Chinese girl who I was familiar with and this other girl, Olga, who I haven't seen before or since hooked me by the elbow and dragged me back onto the dance floor. She was pretty and moderately tall and slim in a black dress with a large cast gold ornament on it that looked like a glyph you would dial up on the stargate.

It keeps happening. In fact Sam was telling me that same thing again one light and as he was saying girls would drag me onto the dance floor, Cidalia, a Portuguese girl from the Canary Islands, dragged me onto the floor before he could finish the sentence. That left him stammering on the sidelines.

And now for the strange part. I now have a girlfriend that I acquired at one dance. At least she insists that she is my girlfriend. I don't mind all that much - it eliminates the necessity of hunting for a new girl to dance with at the end of each song. I was at one dance where I met this girl and she asked me to accompany her out to her car. I thought she was going to leave and just wanted a gentleman to escort her for safety. She asked me to get in and we talked for a bit. When I got back into the dance hall, the search party Sam had set up found me and I was congratulated for doing whatever with her in the car (in fact, we were just talking).

Now I have another two girls after me. Once you get one girlfriend, that more or less endorses you in the eyes of other girls and these two other girls have noticed me. One of them was at the dance at Soul2Soul, a neat venue in a strip mall just off Weston Road. I danced with her a number of times, but avoided any suggestion to change allegiances. This was one of the dances with the lowest age group of any I have been to and I met up with a few more young girls who were reasonably decent dancers. One guy who looked like a high-school nerd brought two hotties to the club and I danced with both of them. No way he was going to maintain exclusive control over them.

WTH is happening to me? I used to be a widower with little prospect of finding another woman. Now I can't keep the names straight. But I have lost seven pounds since I started dancing, so this could be an item for the exercise thread.
 
@Ethan Reigns can I just say your life is absolutely fascinating

Please do write a book someday. I’d read it
 
I just got back from the Miss Bachata and Miss Salsa event at the Legion in Port Credit. This was a great dance. Plenty of women and I danced most of the songs beginning with the ones from the bachata lesson that starts at 7 PM and goes to 8 PM and went non-stop to 10:30 PM to celebrate a birthday, then the dancing resumed. I was there until about 11:15 when another girl asked me to accompany her to her car. This time, I was not invited inside but she warned me to reject anyone who is after my money and it sounded to her like my new girlfriend was a moneygrubber. Maybe she's right. Things will play out in one form or another.
 
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I just got back from the Miss Bachata and Miss Salsa event at the Legion in Port Credit. This was a great dance. Plenty of women and I danced most of the songs beginning with the ones from the bachata lesson that starts at 7 PM and goes to 8 PM and went non-stop to 10:30 PM to celebrate a birthday, then the dancing resumed. I was there until about 11:15 when another girl asked me to accompany her to her car. This time, I was not invited inside but she warned me to reject anyone who is after my money and it sounded to her like my new girlfriend was a moneygrubber. Maybe she's right. Things will play out in one form or another.
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Yeah that was my thought too when I read it. I hoped it wasnt true for you though! There are a lot of women who are after a man with a house and retirement fund and will do anything to get one. My own mum keeps telling me to find a man my senior and marry them as a way out of poverty. There are SO many women in bad financial situations that my fat ass has no chance anyway lol.

Not just the men at risk though. The lady that left my town to move to Uganda still writes in the newsletter and that seems to be going poorly for her as well. They are trying to build a new house over there and shes getting ripped off left right and centre by builders as they keep adding things she hasn't asked for, milking her for money because shes a western white woman. Her kids disowned her when she married that man, but it really did seem suss from the start and its sad to see it play out like this.



Pack of dogs was roaming the streets here again. They attacked my dogs through the front fence again but luckily I got out there quick enough. They are all young dogs, I know who owns them. They scattered onto the road and almost got hit by a car. Lucky for them it was a car and not a truck! No point reporting it, just risk getting my own dogs poisoned if I did. Its bad enough trying to keep them away from all the chocolate thats been left behind at the park!

Otherwise a nice day, good walks and satisfying work in the yard.
 
Been a lovely day. I ordered some books recently after a very long period of not doing so. Finally getting back into my hobbies again, and I forgot how enjoyable it could be! 🙂

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Today has been ok. Sunday and Monday were tared by finding out my Dad has cancer 🙁 but we just got to wait for a scan now to say what stage and treatments can be done. He lives in Spain so that's a pain, going to have to find a way of getting there as my Step-Mum doesn't drive so I can't get a lift from Alicante airport to their place an hour inland. sigh.
Still waiting for Abbs biopsies results as well.
 
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Sorry to hear, hope all is well for Abbs results
Ethan Reigns said:
Sam, the guy who got me into this (mess?) claimed one day, the girls would be dragging me onto the dance floor. I figured i might take a year for me to get good enough but it happened on Monday, 08 Jan 2024 when I had just finished dancing with Connie, a Chinese girl who I was familiar with and this other girl, Olga, who I haven't seen before or since hooked me by the elbow and dragged me back onto the dance floor. She was pretty and moderately tall and slim in a black dress with a large cast gold ornament on it that looked like a glyph you would dial up on the stargate.

It keeps happening. In fact Sam was telling me that same thing again one light and as he was saying girls would drag me onto the dance floor, Cidalia, a Portuguese girl from the Canary Islands, dragged me onto the floor before he could finish the sentence. That left him stammering on the sidelines.

And now for the strange part. I now have a girlfriend that I acquired at one dance. At least she insists that she is my girlfriend. I don't mind all that much - it eliminates the necessity of hunting for a new girl to dance with at the end of each song. I was at one dance where I met this girl and she asked me to accompany her out to her car. I thought she was going to leave and just wanted a gentleman to escort her for safety. She asked me to get in and we talked for a bit. When I got back into the dance hall, the search party Sam had set up found me and I was congratulated for doing whatever with her in the car (in fact, we were just talking).

Now I have another two girls after me. Once you get one girlfriend, that more or less endorses you in the eyes of other girls and these two other girls have noticed me.
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It's wonderful that you've discovered this new interest, and are succeeding in more ways than one! Though popularity can have its downside:


Just don't let it go that far, and don't date any demons!😈
 
There was a massive power outage last night. Lasted for seven hours. Its so freaky when all of a sudden everything goes dark, especially at night. EVERYTHING was out, including street lights and traffic signals. Thank God I had battery powered lanterns and flashlights! It really makes you realise how much we rely upon electricity. This morning I dashed over to Target and stocked up on more batteries, just in case this happens again. 😳
 
Yeah its creepy when the power goes out. So cut off from everything.

I am browsing pool treadmills online. I was attempting to make concrete pebbles for a space out the back and got too hot in the sun. I decided a pool would go best there instead. I'm waiting for them to get mass produced and cheap. A water treadmill would mean the pool only needs to be small. Or maybe some of those pool jets that let you swim laps on the spot. I think that is more realistic than me ever being able to afford to live close to a public pool lol.

Uhoh dogs heard some one pull up in the drive way. I'm not expecting anyone but they are sure they are friends for them.
 
And so it begins…

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PC started giving me overheating issues the other day that have just progressively gotten worse and worse. From what I’ve researched and what I’ve experienced it’s an issue with the core component (CPU) and the cooling system (All-In-One, AIO) not working together properly. This is a recurring issue on computers from this particular company.

Posted in a tech support board to see if the recommended solution is just a re-application of what’s called thermal paste (a substance applied on the contact area between CPU and AIO that allows transference of heat out of the CPU) or if I need to completely replace the cooling system for a new one altogether. Luckily it looks like it won’t cost more than maybe $155 USD if that’s the fix, but it’s still irritating that a 6-7 month PC has these apparently widespread issues due to manufacturer incompetence.
 
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Ok now I am CONVINCED you are actually Ian from Quantum Leap with all this tech talk!
I had a fun time going to Harrods and Leicester Square with @Bop.

It was v expensive, so I didn't get anything. I was going to get a cat game that was only £12 but it didn't have a lot of cards in it. I got a free sample of a creamy delicious red velvet cake which I was happy about. The whole cake was £40 but it was handmade.
 
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♥ cake!
Ok day, slow day. Walkies feels so long ago. Too hot to do anything outside again.

The house shifted and now one of the doors gets stuck on the floor boards. I might spend the afternoon browsing flatpack houses online. Its one of those calming things, knowing if this house falls down, another might not be so difficult.

Thinking about making some mango jelly too. Havent had jelly in years but ordered some yesterday for fun.
 
I've never liked warm weather, but this is the second day where I actually felt ill because of it. Driving home from the market, I suddenly got dizzy. Also, I was only in the sun for about 30 minutes but my skin was nearly a shade darker by the time I got home. It's not even that hot. Weird.
 
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