Stuart 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇵🇸🇲🇾🇬🇱

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I kind of remembered that buzz today. I felt excited, guilty and 'confident' all at the same time. Stupid, I know. But it was fun. Such a beautiful and intelligent woman... wanting to talk to ME? First time I've been in that situation since 2005.

There are some fabulous rosé wines. Portugal produces some monsters.

If I were 'on the market' I'd be very keen, though.

Men who care are very frightened these days. Just a casual remark can lead to all sorts of trouble. So yes, I'm pathetic. I would never want any woman to think I was... you know what I'm saying. Anyway, I'm old and harmless. BUT...

One has to be careful these days.

I love red wine. It's both my downfall and raison d'être. But I NEVER mixed it with driving. Always was really strict with that. The wine bottle was for the end of the day.

Wine never gets the chance to 'age' in my world.

I genuinely enjoyed her company. And yes, was flattered. She actually invited me to sit with her? Said 'come over, I don't bite'. Am I pathetic? Probably. I've been wondering for hours now.

There is hope still in the world

I really felt like a horny 30-something when I was with the amazing S*** this afternoon. Nice to feel again, first time for decades. Pathetic, eh? Wrinkly old fart feels rejuvenated by gorgeous dark skinned temptress. Not like that, though, not a scammer, she's known here. And very funny to talk to.

In the forever immortal words of Edith Piaf - Je ne regrette fucking rien 🤣. And in mine: Putain, ça en valait la peine!

I lived. Big time. Learning is for losers...

All journeys begin with emptiness. It's up to the traveller to fill the void of expectation.

I'm somewhat broke at the moment too. So, much as I'd like to escape... joys of pensionhood etc.

Non si finisce mai d'imparare

One lives and learns, as they say.

Madly, we even discussed the melanin thing. And she knew about 'Cheddar Man'. It's like she's 'plugged in'. Would be creepy if she weren't so drop-dead GORGEOUS. Now I shall crawl back into my OAP hole where I belong. Why couldn't I meet her 30 years ago? Jah is taking de piss 🇯🇲

Last time I was there, I encountered a wonderful Arab family on the river promenade, we got talking after a few evenings (I love Guadiana sunset). It was Ramadan, and we swapped tales (my partner is Malay and Muslim). They ended up inviting me to iftar one evening. It was fantastic.

You know what my favourite things are by the Guadiana? Apart from the culture and food? It's the swifts swooping around in the evening, and watching flamingoes flying home to their nests. I am totally in love with that part of the world. Both sides of the river.

I would LOVE to live there. I don't 'do' the tourist thing, I just love to absorb/be absorbed by, other cultures. Extremadura, western Huelva, rural Algarve and Alentejo are the cultures I love most.

I am somewhat in love with the madness of Italy. Had a Pugliese gf for a while, dreamily beautiful to look at, but pure poison within. Jealous, possessive, stalker... she actually wondered why I asked her to FO. Another Italian told me that's normal for Puglia. Shame. She was stunning in many ways.

She's getting there, been back working for a week, many thanks for asking. Crucial day is Monday, when she'll get the results of the latest scan. Honestly, NG, these past 3 months have ground me down. Fuck knows what she's feeling. Asian, inscrutable, etc.

Last time I was in Llandudno (years ago) the 'sons of glyndwr' tried to blow up a tourist industry gathering at a conference centre on the seafront. 'Wales is not for sale', they were yelling. Who'd want to buy it, I was thinking. Cold, wet and unwelcoming. Welsh cakes are OK, though. Sometimes.

Ah, thank you. There's no HBO in Europe as far as I'm aware. There is Netflix and Amazon crap. I don't pay, most of it is rubbish. I just use a vpn and torrent client for anything worth watching. Naughty me. Hospitals depress me, I try to avoid them.

I learned the expression in Sicilia. Cracked me up, apparently it's used nicely there as well, among friends. But very rude when expressed aggressively. Italian men don't usually like being told to 'take it up the arse', it seems. Sort of hurts their masculine pride.

The whole point of sweary words, when used with feeling, is to accentuate said feeling. Too many people use them loosely in everyday speech, it demeans their purpose. I fucking love to swear, when I'm agitated. My favourite is and always will be 'Vaffanculo'. Many brits don't know it, even better!

She looks nice enough, but I'm sorry, never heard of the Pitt. Is it another Apple thing?

It even looks like neten-yahoo

Of course. Me too. The world would even worse without humour, eh?