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Author Topic: I have a date tonight... Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-13-2003 06:37 PM                     ...so now what do I do? Good ideas for a first date, please..? Dinner topics? After-dinner plans?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-13-2003 07:25 PM                     What is this, Love-Tech? It's been said before, but most people don't really listen to the words. Just be yourself...really, just be yourself. Plan a couple of nice things to do, nothing too lackluster like making it a Blockbuster night, but nothing too over the top either. Whatever you do don't put on a show. Your date will find out sooner or later what parts of that first date are fake. If your date doesn't like you from the get-go without you having to wear a personality, save yourself the time and move on to the next prospect who can appreciate your quirks and sense of humor. (I say this because IMHO if you are planning dinner topics, you don't sound like you will be too relaxed during the date.) Or to put it in a more non-PC sort of way, just don't put forth too much effort trying to impress and if it works, great, if not, it would've ended sooner or later anyway and save you the time. I'm going to refrain from actual first date suggestions on things to do, because that's a job for Chipper! (Daryl, do you have the Film-Tech Interlock dating service set up yet?)  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-13-2003 07:35 PM                        If being yourself doesn't impress your date, then put on a fake personality so that you can maybe get some. I can't imagine your real personality working very well (just kidding, Manny ). During the summer bike riding kicks ass. Not much room for conversation which is exactly what you want.  |  IP: Logged Mike Pennell Expert Film Handler Posts: 150 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 06-13-2003 09:05 PM                     The movies are always great for first dates. Not a lot of talking. And you can get a feel for the person, or you can feel the person  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 06-13-2003 09:09 PM                        If you like, you can say that you know me. That usually impresses the hell out of people. Of course, we never actually met, but I would back you up here to help you.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Mehocic Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 804 From: New Castle, PA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-13-2003 09:52 PM                     quote: During the summer bike riding kicks ass. What about during the winter months Joe?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-13-2003 10:29 PM                     Riding bicycles sucks! Bicyclists around here almost always come in the form of some iddiot that tries to hog the road....especially when they ride down the canyons out here at 60 mph! I've always wanted to see a bicyclists tire blow out at that speed going downhill.....hehehehehe One day last summer when I was on my Harley going up Big Cottonwood canyon two bicyclists tried to block the road...these guys were struggling uphill and not paying attention to what was going on or the line up that followed them for several miles so I blew(literally as I have straight pipes on my Harley) right between them with about a foot to spare on either side. Riding side by side like that is illegal! I can only hope they both peed in their monkey suits. No nifty suggestions to make a good first impression Manny....I suppose its important that you just don't be like Joe! Mark P.S. Out here in the winter we snowshoe, Ski(if ya know how to), and take in many artsy type things as well as all the ususl stuff.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 06-13-2003 11:03 PM                    in the winter we snowshoe Now I know what happened to my tennis rackets.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-13-2003 11:33 PM                     Thanks for the helpful replies...We are going to have to reschedule for another time so there will be no followup tonight. That's a lot of useful advice, though. Thanks again.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 06-13-2003 11:41 PM                        Mark, driving is a priviledge, not a right! Even if others make mistakes or violate traffic rules, we have no right to enforce them ourselves - however annoying they might behave. And the driver with the more powerful vehicle is directly responsible for others with less powerful vehicles.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 06-13-2003 11:52 PM                        quote: (Daryl, do you have the Film-Tech Interlock dating service set up yet?) Sorry, that was on Xenon. happens.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-14-2003 12:12 AM                     Quote: "Mark, driving is a priviledge, not a right! Even if others make mistakes or violate traffic rules, we have no right to enforce them ourselves - however annoying they might behave. And the driver with the more powerful vehicle is directly responsible for others with less powerful vehicles." _________________________________________________________________ I don't know of any law that says I couldn't split them......sort of like splitting lanes in California....... Anyway, it certainly woke them up!! Mark  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-14-2003 12:18 AM                     Well let me know when you get it running on Brain so we can get Michael Schaffer a date.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-14-2003 12:24 AM                     First date ideas? I usually do the "harmless" lunch date thing or meet up with some friends in a somewhat neutral setting to see if I click at all with the lady. If there isn't any fun or chemistry with her then I keep from wasting $100 on a restaurant, drinks, etc. It is a bad idea to go to a nightclub on a first date. That's just my opinion. But it is never fun to take a lady to a club and have some asshole cock-block you and leave the club with your date. There's too damned many cowboys and soldiers in my town for me to take that chance. So I'll usually take her dancing after a couple dates. If I have won her over with my personality by then (good luck on that one, hehe) she'll tell the steroid boys to f**k off when they try to lay their mack down. Sometimes I meet women when I go to a nightclub. I don't listen to much country music, but I am good at that two-stepping stuff. Waltzing is a big winner with the ladies since it has that gliding quality to it. The strategy is get her out on the floor, make her dizzy and bewildered with all that spinning. Weeeeee! Buy her a few drinks. Spin her some more. Then lay the mack down. If she resists, spin her some more. From all the motion and dizzyness, she might be receptive to the idea of being in a place that doesn't spin --even if it is your couch or bed. Just be sure it is a lady you can stand to have in your house! And that is perhaps why I think one night stands are a bad idea (or why a hotel room is necessary). I guess the dance-drink-spin-drink-plotz thingie would be my description of what to do on a third or fourth date.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 06-14-2003 01:02 AM                     quote: I'm going to refrain from actual first date suggestions on things to do, because that's a job for Chipper! And what the hell is that supposed to mean Brad???  |  IP: Logged

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