31 Jan 2014, 5:55 pm
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31 Jan 2014, 9:21 pm
Aspie1 wrote:
I (male) used Geek 2 Geek back in 2010. It was horrible!! ! Way worse than mainstream dating sites. I had a lot of crap like one-line replies ("yea, me to" [sic]) to a well-written paragraph, nonsense replies, correspondences that went nowhere, phone number given but never picks up, and last-minute date cancellations. That was true even with genuinely geeky girls. I began to wonder whether "mean girls" types join that site strictly to mess with geeky guys they despise. The only site worse than that was Match.com (all I described, plus paying $50 a month). Geek 2 Geek is still around, but last time I checked it, it looked like a shadow of its former self.
By contrast, my good experiences were on OKCupid, and before it went downhill, on Plenty of Fish.
By contrast, my good experiences were on OKCupid, and before it went downhill, on Plenty of Fish.
*Le sigh*
POF (at least in my area) is almost nothing but rednecks. I tried Match and eHarmony a few years ago, and they had almost exactly the same people that were on POF, only I had to pay for the privilege of reading their crappy profiles. LOL
Maybe after I retire in 3 years I'll move to Silicon Valley.
31 Jan 2014, 9:29 pm
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31 Jan 2014, 11:14 pm
31 Jan 2014, 11:18 pm
loudzoo wrote:
Hell what do you need a site like that for? I know tons of people that love to discuss attainment of stoichiometry in the application of cylindrical PVC, WD-40, and garden vegetables.
...although most of them quit when I tried to bring in oxy/acetylene mixes, but oh how far that spud would have gone!
Sincerely,
a devout meat lover
...although most of them quit when I tried to bring in oxy/acetylene mixes, but oh how far that spud would have gone!
Sincerely,
a devout meat lover
Seriously? Send 'em my way - we can talk about my collection of tuber shooters and/or my trebuchet that has a 400-lb motorcycle engine/frame assembly as the counterweight! And grill up some rare bovine flesh while we're doing it!
I've never tried WD-40 as a propellant, BTW - only hair spray and starter fluid.....but I do have some (very distant past) experience with oxy/acetylene.
01 Feb 2014, 12:04 am
Starter fluid...ah....being a mechanic for several years means I took several trips a month to visit the ether bunny 
I want to hear more about this siege weapon, though. V-Twin?
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01 Feb 2014, 10:05 am
loudzoo wrote:
Starter fluid...ah....being a mechanic for several years means I took several trips a month to visit the ether bunny
I want to hear more about this siege weapon, though. V-Twin?
I want to hear more about this siege weapon, though. V-Twin?
Inline 4 out of a 1984 Yamaha Seca Turbo. It had been sitting in someone's pasture for 5 years or so and the cylinders were frozen, the turbo blown, and the wiring harnesses rotted. We stripped it down to frame and motor and used the rear axle as the pivot point to hang it as the counterweight. Hmm, I'm pretty sure I have a photo....
I do, but can't get it to post here....the image link just posts the text link, and doesn't show the photo (using Photobucket).
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01 Feb 2014, 2:05 pm
Eureka13 wrote:
Aspie1 wrote:
I (male) used Geek 2 Geek back in 2010. It was horrible!! ! Way worse than mainstream dating sites. I had a lot of crap like one-line replies ("yea, me to" [sic]) to a well-written paragraph, nonsense replies, correspondences that went nowhere, phone number given but never picks up, and last-minute date cancellations. That was true even with genuinely geeky girls. I began to wonder whether "mean girls" types join that site strictly to mess with geeky guys they despise. The only site worse than that was Match.com (all I described, plus paying $50 a month). Geek 2 Geek is still around, but last time I checked it, it looked like a shadow of its former self.
By contrast, my good experiences were on OKCupid, and before it went downhill, on Plenty of Fish.
By contrast, my good experiences were on OKCupid, and before it went downhill, on Plenty of Fish.
*Le sigh*
POF (at least in my area) is almost nothing but rednecks. I tried Match and eHarmony a few years ago, and they had almost exactly the same people that were on POF, only I had to pay for the privilege of reading their crappy profiles. LOL
Maybe after I retire in 3 years I'll move to Silicon Valley.
I was reading this blog of a serial single some time ago and one of the writers main points was that after a while it was pretty pointless.
Lets face it: We all know the free dating sites and whatnot so you are high likely to find a replica of the same profiles you didnt like in POF, okcupid... very few people stick to just one dating site hoping to find someone different and they tend to find the same profiles which is very discouraging(is there nobody else left?, am I doomed to be alone?...)
So in short changing your dating site wont is unlikely to change the people you meet.
You may try looking at nearby areas if you think that this redneck thing could be less of an issue(I knew redneck areas attract redneck areas but it wouldnt hurt to have a look)
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