Redhead74

Just stumbled upon these gorgeous little Swedish sandals. I think I want them, but there's no point in buying them because I'd have to wait 4-5 months to wear them.

I see disrespectful little cunts everywhere these days...shit like at a bus stop or public place and forming pools of spit where they sit, swearing in front of old ladies etc and if somebody gets into them about it they are the ones likely to be on the wrong end of the law.

This. My general attitude to punishment is non violent but disrespectful behaviour sometimes just needs to be countered with an equivalent form of punishment.

We are going around in circles here.

90% of them are in bars every weekend looking to hook up.

McCoy avoids bars. Which is weird, even for a non-drinker.

I just feel very awkward and uncomfortable in bars, and I'm not going to show up alone at one even if I did decide to venture to one. That's high on the creeper scale.

Why do you feel uncomfortable in bars? Who said anything about going to a bar alone? Have you no guy friends, no wingmen?

My closest guy friends live two hours away. One is married and the other is pretty much in the same situation that I am.

Wow, yet another easy solution: Make more male friends?

Pretty much all of my male coworkers (as in, all but one), are much older than I am.

My friends that I see on a regular basis are aged between 24 and 56. I have a great time with all of them doing all different kinds of things based on our personal interests. I think once you become an adult and behave like one age means nothing. It's just one human being interacting with another for the benefit and enjoyment of both.

Stop putting people in 'boxes' and deciding for them on their behalf what they would or would not like. Be open to people as individuals and let them show you who and what they are. You might be surprised with what you find.

Got to love a woman wearing high heels.

For some reason women here in Ireland seem to be unable to wear high heels that actually fit them, so they have this awful gap at the back of the shoe or you see too much of their toes at the front. Ghastly.

Lol Facekicker! I can barely see the shoes in any of these pics except the first one!

And it appears they all went out and forgot to put pants on, except the third one, she's just walking around the house in her underwear which is totally fine. Hahaha!!!

Red, you do know that's not Keith Urban's wife...right?

Um, yes I do know that. I didn't say it was. Separate paragraph, you know.

I have always loved shoes, but I have nowhere near as many as P4A and Red The last years, I mostly stick to one brand, Nero Giardini, although I have bought two pairs of Tommy Hilfigers last year. I have very sensitive skin and often get blisters, so especially in summer, I have to be careful with what I wear, and when I find a brand that doesn't give me too much hassle, I stick to it. I already have sandals for this summer and am contemplating buying these shoes:

I always wear high heels, but these moght be slightly too high for me, as I am quite tall.

They're GORGEOUS Lio! The heels look pretty solid and it's not that high. I love the toe shape and the cut out panelling is a great detail. I wouldn't need much convincing but I have zero willpower with shoes.

Unfortunately I have expensive taste and combined with little willpower means the only thing that stops me buying more is my bank account. Haha! Although I did recently acknowledge that I'm probably reaching the limit of what I can reasonably wear with my wardrobe.

My current favourites. The first black pair being my all time favourite. Ever. Salvatore Ferragamo, the best women's shoemaker to ever walk the planet.

Thank God I'm not a fuckin' girl, imagine tryna walk in that. It'd be a bastard when you're pissed eh?

I couldn't walk in them straight sober. Sometimes I'll go out to the car and not want to put my shoes on all the way, so I stick my toes in an old pair of sneakers with my heel hanging out the back. Well, if I ever disappear it's probably because I broke my neck on some stairs trying to walk on my toes. I don't know how they do it, I don't know why they do it, but I'm glad they do it because a well dressed beautiful woman is about the most breathtaking sight in creation. Thank God for them. And thank God we don't have to be one of them is exactly right.

Aaaah, that's a nice thing to say. Even though we wear these shoes mostly for ourselves, it's a joy to know that the opposite sex appreciate them as well.

Those shoes are an absolute joy to walk in, one of the most comfortable pair of heels I've ever owned. The first time I wore them was to the races last year. I was standing in them from 10 in the morning until 6 that night and was just starting to get a bit of soreness in the ball of my feet because of the steepness of the wedge. And they smell nice.

atleast they have the mcdonalds arches on them

Hahaha! That's what I thought too!

That's a girls version of the 'Golden Arches'.

I have 47 pairs of shoes/boots that I wear regularly season dependant. And a case with shoes from years ago that I don't really wear anymore. I don't know how many pairs are in there but I'll keep them for when the trends recycle around and they'll possibly be wearable again in the future.

Too many pairs to post pics of. I love them all.

So why don't you make one thread about yourself for all of us to enjoy? It went so well last time you tried

So, ARQ tomorrow, right?

Actually it did. The outcome of that is that one of my strongest enemies at the time is now what I consider a good friend. We have Skype chats from time to time and have both come to realise that we are actually good people who were completely misunderstanding each other at the time. I actually learnt a lot from him.

You know, it is actually possible for the same thing to be happening here. Although when it involves women it naturally becomes a lot bitchier than when men are involved. I have no interest in having a Skype chat with you, but I'm happy to let bygones be bygones and go back to ignoring you at the very least, so that the forum can exist without our incessant banter backwards and forwards.

Like you said the mods probably DONT appreciate this bullshit, but really, dont insult everyone here by suggesting that its all ME. Every time you reply to me or join in someone elses Red hate banter, YOU participate as well.

I'm happy to extend the olive branch of peace for the sake of everyone else here.

The choice is yours to accept. I don't care either way what you do.

I concur, ban. Seriously man, Keith Urban? An American Idol judge? Christ, he should be publicly executed in the town square for crimes to music, he's LITERALLY the length and breadth of lame-ness. Then again Steven Tylers one of them isn't he and he's cool as a fuck at times. But thats not the point Keith Urban sucks, the sooner you alter your life and choose to accept this stone cold fact of mother nature your life will never fulfil its true potential of complete enrichment, it'll always be that little bit short

Christ imagine trying to pull a bird and she see's Keith Urban in your CD collection, you might as well save the bus fare and have a wank. But seriously, try this, meet someone and let go of the Keith Urban and cowboy boots and just do the rest as normal and see what happens. And don't say anything uptight sounding, try to keep it fun, remember, it's a date, you're kinda advertising yourself so 'i don't enjoy going out and getting wasted like the little people!' miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight arse your chances up so, as a sort of social experiment, just drop that bit and allow the night to unfold a little.

Don't create this paradigm and then turn up in cowboy boots doing your lasso trick, it'll put her off young man.

I'm pretty certain McCoy doesn't walk around town in a Stetson, checked shirt tucked into jeans with a massive metal belt buckle depicting a horses head surrounded by a rope lasso, and said jeans tucked into his beloved cowboy boots.

Although having said that, if he sorts his emotional issues out he might end up finding a girl kind of like this:

McCoy, wear whatever the fuck you want, listen to whatever you want. It's not your clothes or the music you listen to stopping you from finding the right girl. I don't like Keith Urban's music myself, but take one look at his wife and all the guys on here bagging him for how crap he is can suck his balls. Actually, I think he'd prefer his wife to do that for him. She's much more attractive than they are.

Job searching is the fucking worst. I fucking hate everything about it.

Actually scratch that. Interviewing is the fucking worst.

My first three interviews after college were eight hours long. Just hope you don't have to do that.

A friend of mine got a job as regional sales manager for IKEA last year and had 8 interviews with them. Each interview got longer and more heavy duty, where in the end the final interview was with one of the big head honchos from Sweden. She said she's never been that stressed or under pressure in her life, but she got the job. She was jumping out of her skin when she got the call that they had selected her.

Job interviews (for pretty unglamorous jobs) are starting to become as hard as auditions for the leading role in a Hollywood blockbuster by the sounds of things.

Applied for a couple of jobs in Scotland...unfortunately got a reply from the one I liked best already to say they've done a round of interviews already and are likely to pick someone from those they've seen, but they'll let me know either way ASAP.

Nice of them to get in touch at least

Don't be surprised if you apply to a lot of jobs and don't hear anything back. It's becoming pretty common now for employers to only respond to those who have succeeded in making it through to the next round. It sounds rude and inconsiderate but my partner and his sister both run businesses in the hospitality industry and when they've run ads for a position available they have at times had in excess of 400 applications for ONE job. My sister in law even had almost 600 applications for one job a few years ago. As much as they understand that it's polite to reply to every person that applies they have a business to run and just don't have time to reply to everyone. And the same thing happens in all sorts of industries. I hear the same complaint from people I know who work in marketing/advertising and it appears that Grace is having a similar experience with her Graphic Designer job hunting.

I got a 9 yr old niece who was telling me about this thing they do in school called 'peer mediation' which basically is a way to deal with issues that two parties may have, in the interest of resolving them. You talk to both parties, get their side of the story and reach a compromise between them like 'Timmy, if you promise to stop pulling Annies hair then she'll stop kicking over your Tonka truck, OK?' If you like Red and P4A, i can call my niece in, she's qualified and everything, she has this little badge that reads 'Peer Mediator' and everything

Or I could be Mygnr's peer mediator But i want a badge to that effect.

Sounds good Len. But just for clarification lets emphasise that your solution here is 'Peer MEDIATION'. Not 'Peer MEDICATION'.

And you will be Mygnr's MEDIATOR, not Mygnr's MEDICATOR.

(See McCoys style thread if you have no idea what I'm talking about. )

I'm not mocking fashion. Dont worry, Red. I'm not even opposed to guys into it. I am to a certain degree. Its good to have pride with your appearance, but if you're gonna sit around discussing the aroma a certain part of a shoe gives off I'm going to make some comments and judgements. I think its pretty fuckin funny!

Just to clarify something about smelling new shoes I think there's a distinct difference between men and women here. Plenty of people I know, friends and customers alike, have often commented on how lovely it is to buy new shoes and when you open the box the smell of quality leather is one of the things that makes them so appealing. And it's not just leather shoes either. I own a pair of Melissa 'jelly' shoes which is a Brazilian shoe company, been around since 1979 and sells all over the world with the likes of designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Vivienne Westwood doing one off collections for them. The thing about Melissa that everyone loves is not just the fact they're super comfortable and very stylish but the rubber is infused with a fruity, bubblegum type scent.

Go into a Melissa store (there's hundreds around the world) and you will see every girl in there sniffing the shoes. It's amazing and really cute! I've had mine since October last year and they still have the delicious smell. And it's so strong that my room has the faint scent in the air at all times. Several girls at work have them and we all know when someone or several of us are wearing them, you can smell the bubblegum smell from under the lunch table in the kitchen.

http://www.stylehunter.com/featured/melissa-do-you-remember-those-jelly-shoes/

My Melissa shoes:

No, I meant what I wrote, not what you think I should have written. And offering advice on changing a few things is not the same as telling McCoy not to be himself. That's advice I would offer to you. Nothing worse than artifice? Funny coming from you, hypocritical twit.

Ouch!

Oh dear P4A, you're really having a hard time aren't you? So much bitterness, so much venom. Doesn't it get you down after a while?

Might I suggest a bit of meditation. It does wonders for pent up hostility and aggression.

redhead, you've got it all wrong. Don't worry, no one is surprised. I don't respond to you the way I do out of bitterness, I do it because it amuses me. Like in a - I think you're a joke - kind of way. The only problem I have is that it's way too easy. I've gone head to head with the best here, I couldn't be any less challenged by you if I was replying to one of your posts while lying in a coma.

If you want to keep quoting me and instigating fights then bring it. You know, if I can be sincere for a moment, I always thought your need for attention here was quite pathetic, but the fact that you've set your sights now on the females of the forum makes it pathetic AND creepy. Let's see, Tuesday was my turn, yesterday was ARQ's turn, today was my turn again........do you want to give ARQ a heads up about tomorrow or should I? Not sure what I'm doing about the weekend yet, we'll have to try and coordinate.

As for your meds suggestion, no thanks. Despite the fact you think they help, it's obvious they don't. You may want to contact your doctor and have him up your dosage.

Meds? What ARE you talking about? I said MEDITATION, not MEDICATION. Oh my god, and you have the audacity to call me a twit!

And seriously, "I've gone head to head with the best here,". This is why YOU amuse ME so much. I hate to break it to you but this is a Guns n Roses forum, not the International Debating Society. I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to enter in any kind of 'head to head' with you (uuuugh, the thought makes me shudder), I come here for fun, and muck about with some generally really cool people, not to engage in any form of 'debate' (lol, that word being used in any seriousness on a forum for a washed up 80s rock band) relating to some some generally pretty useless threads. This forum is not a competition, you dimwit, it's for FUN!!!! It's like a sitcom, not a National Geographic documentary.

The irony about this whole situation is that for several months towards the end of last year I ignored every little jab you made at me (and you made them incessantly in referring to how annoying I was). I had several people PM me and laugh about how much I appeared to have gotten under your skin so it wasn't just me that noticed it. So for fucks sake, don't even go there in suggesting that Tuesday was your turn, Wednesday was ARQs turn and now it's back to your turn. You've been doing it since the moment I ever became aware of your presence. It's just that now I choose to respond to you instead of letting it slide. And I will continue to do so at every inference, insult, moronic statement you make.

Yours Sincereley,

Redhead74

Do you actually get a caffeine buzz still, Red? Like I said 4 doubles (or doppio, if you prefer) just does nothing for me anymore.

Yes, I do. But I'm really sensitive to caffeine. Always have been. I can't actually drink a cup of tea past 4 in the afternoon on a weekday or I won't be able to sleep properly at 10 or 11 at night. I have 2 coffees a day, one in the car on my way to work and the other around 10am at work, and after my second I'm feeling pretty buzzed.

OMG! Tell me about it! My own sister in law, who is normally the most 'fuss free' person I've ever met, started off planning her wedding with complete simplicity and what I would call moderation. It was all going fine, exactly according to plan. Then all of a sudden everything changed, SHE changed! On the day she had a lovely ceremony, but she had one of her friends reading out a poem while another released a box of butterflies into the air (a bloody expensive box of butterflies too) at the same time! There were other little 'details' in addition which I won't go into here as it would most certainly bore everyone to tears. It would have bored me too if it wasn't so freaking weird.

Afterwards she went back to normal of course, but at the time I was looking at her thinking "I don't know this person anymore". Basically she entered 'weddingland'. Now she is in 'babyland', that's another story altogether.

sit on your face

How's that?

Never sat on your own face?

Lets let P4A show us how.

No need. We can just look at your picture and imagine it.

But I'm not sitting on my face. That makes no sense at all.

No, I meant what I wrote, not what you think I should have written. And offering advice on changing a few things is not the same as telling McCoy not to be himself. That's advice I would offer to you. Nothing worse than artifice? Funny coming from you, hypocritical twit.

Ouch!

Oh dear P4A, you're really having a hard time aren't you? So much bitterness, so much venom. Doesn't it get you down after a while?

Might I suggest a bit of meditation. It does wonders for pent up hostility and aggression.

Tag team wrestling. Arnold and P4A vs. McCoy and Red.

Arnold knows I love him, that cutey-pie, so I can't lose.

Did you buy any boots yet McCoy? These are my cowboy boots, I've had them for years, in fact they were the boots i bought back in the days of AFD. So they're more than 25 years old. I forgot about them for many years but my Mum kept them and gave them back to me when I returned from living overseas and it was like being re-aquainted with an old friend. I still wear them and am surprised how well they have held up over the years. They're great boots though and are a testament to buying quality. The brand inside says Berman's, which were mostly produced in the 70s and 80s. Don't think they exist any more today, but my point is quality will serve you well and they might seem expensive initially but in the long run they're better value than cheap/low quality. As long as its an item you're planning on wearing for years to come.

sit on your face

How's that?

Never sat on your own face?

Lets let P4A show us how.

Cowboy boots do not look like regular boots. Nah, I can spot them and shudder a mile away.

I honestly don't know what girl is wearing them these days north of the Mason Dixon line, except for horse girl maybe. And I guarantee you she didn't wear them to the casino. So yeah, I'm pretty sure we've solved the problem. Cowboy boots.

My honest thoughts? When you meet someone you've spoken to online, you've already formed an image of them in your head. So, if I met up with a guy who said he was a country music DJ, and he shows for the date wearing cowboy boots, it would seem.... stereotypical? Like he may be more concerned with trying to cultivate some sort of image, and he's less concerned with being genuine. Because no matter how much you wish it, they are not in style. It would be like meeting a classic rock DJ and he shows up with a mullet. I'm not saying that's you, and maybe when people get to know you they understand it's not just a role play thing, but it still would make a strong first impression, and not in a positive way. Show up on a date NOT looking like a country music DJ. That would be unexpected, in a nice way.

I think you mean cowboy boots are not in 'fashion'? Because STYLE is timeless, it's not about 'in' or 'out'.

McCoy don't worry about 'image', don't worry about 'stereotypical', don't worry about 'role play things' (whatever that means), just be yourself. Because if the girl likes you in some constructed look she sure as fuck is going to wonder what's going on when you take her home and she sees 4 pairs of cowboy boots in the cupboard.

Wear it and own it. Theres nothing worse than artifice.

I'm even forgiving you for having no lace

Lace is beautiful, but the good stuff is very expensive. And it's just as well, I have a behind the size of a small African nation, which wouldn't look good in white lace.

I'm gonna have trouble when my time comes, I know what I want my dress to be like and it includes a LOT of lace

Try and make friends with someone in the bridal industry or fabric stores/suppliers. Wholesale rate is half the retail. I'm not kidding here either. Wholesale here where I buy my fabrics is 15 metres minimum (I've made individual dresses with way more yardage than that ) but lace is often sold in 3-5 metre lengths. That still qualifies for wholesale because of the limited lengths.

There's a huge fabric store in the city centre here that would probably be a good bet, it's where I've always gone to get fabrics for dance costumes. Fortunately I also know a few people who are dressmakers/costumers etc, so I've got connections

Plus, the boy has been well warned and he knows that there's a lot of wedding stuff I can seriously do without, thereby saving money that can go into an awesome dress!

When it comes to lace though, Grace is right. There's a huge difference between the good and the bad. Chinese lace is essentially crap, the really beautiful stuff comes from France and Belgium and sometimes Italy. You can easily pay in the range of 100 euro per metre (wholesale) for a beautiful French chantilly lace. The most expensive lace I ever worked with was 450 euro per metre wholesale which was beaded and had feathers embroidered into it. It was Swiss. It was exquisite. There's no doubt that getting wholesale rates makes a beautiful dress a whole lot more affordable.