Does a RW need to speak good English, I think not.

[KenC]

I think that we are all learning and listening but like every advice in life we sometimes choose to buy into it or we choose to ignore it and then go our own way. We all choose our own path and method of travel. A failure or two is not a show stopper in the least. That is what the "trial and error' concept came from.

There are a host of knowledgeable guys here. I wonder what a married man knows about dating if he has not dated in a while. Times change and he is rusty at best. I am not going to pay a whole lot of attenion to a married who is handing out advice on dating but I am going to listen to a married guy when I too am married. It makes sense.

Peewee

How the hell do you think the married guys "got married"?  And if you "do marriage" the right way, you will continue to romance your wife even after marriage.  But no. Peewee, you are one of those that fall into the "have no clue, but don't want any advice either" category.  Good luck with that.
KenC

[PeeWee]

I have noticed the the advice is consistent across the OMB board.  Hopefully it won't get lost in these long ass threads lol.  

I think people that are oversensitive will have problems with women in general.  Especially in a online type of venue.   I for one am thankful for all of the advice.  

I believe it was said before that this is not for the faint of heart or for those with little experience with women. I too find the advice most helpful.

Peewee

[BC]

http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/study_aids/cybersquatting.htm

Peewee,

You are not a baron, you are a cybersquatter.

Sure, maybe technicalities may allow you to hold the domain but you really can't do anything productive with it.  OTOH they have .com .net .biz .it etc etc.  Considering that everyone and his brother from one end of the planet knows and will try .com first (even in HK) so there may not be true interest or need anyway.

At the most it's a no-win, no-win situation.

You may make a few bucks out of it but no one here really cares so why do you feel it is important or even relevant to mention your planes, domains, books, bucks, and whatever else out of the 'blue'?

Maybe we can all do a 'rah rah' for PeeWee to make you feel really good so that you can drop the bs and get with the program.

[PeeWee]

How the hell do you think the married guys "got married"?  And if you "do marriage" the right way, you will continue to romance your wife even after marriage.  But no. Peewee, you are one of those that fall into the "have no clue, but don't want any advice either" category.  Good luck with that.
KenC

Like I said, KC, times change, rules change, and those guys are rusty. I was married once but when I dated prior to that and when I date now it does seem different to me. One example is Internet dating. And that is what most of us are doing at the moment. If a man met his wife before the advent of the Internet or he did not meet her via the Internet then what is he going to offer to me about Internet dating? I am sure I will romance my wife as all men do, that was not the question at hand.

peewee

[PeeWee]

http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/study_aids/cybersquatting.htm

Peewee,

You are not a baron, you are a cybersquatter.

Sure, maybe technicalities may allow you to hold the domain but you really can't do anything productive with it.  OTOH they have .com .net .biz .it etc etc.  Considering that everyone and his brother from one end of the planet knows and will try .com first (even in HK) so there may not be true interest or need anyway.

At the most it's a no-win, no-win situation.

You may make a few bucks out of it but no one here really cares so why do you feel it is important or even relevant to mention your planes, domains, books, bucks, and whatever else out of the 'blue'?

Maybe we can all do a 'rah rah' for PeeWee to make you feel really good so that you can drop the bs and get with the program.

We could go to the ends of the earth over it, BC. Every domain has a value. Never discount it. They can be resold, used for websites, or parked. Parking if free and income is gained from advertisers who pay to advertise on the parked sites. It is nothing more than a business, as it the stock market, rental properties, and the like. So,  yes, many productive things than be done with domain names, otherwise I was a fool to buy up so many of them but that is my business isn't it? None of your concern to be sure.

Peewee

[tbelknap]

We could go to the ends of the earth over it, BC. Every domain has a value. Never discount it. They can be resold, used for websites, or parked. Parking if free and income is gained from advertisers who pay to advertise on the parked sites. It is nothing more than a business, as it the stock market, rental properties, and the like. So,  yes, many productive things than be done with domain names, otherwise I was a fool to buy up so many of them but that is my business isn't it? None of your concern to be sure.

Peewee

Peewee you are right that it is none of anyone's concern here how you run your business.  At least that is until you start bringing it up in a online forum. 

[KenC]

Like I said, KC, times change, rules change, and those guys are rusty. I was married once but when I dated prior to that and when I date now it does seem different to me. One example is Internet dating. And that is what most of us are doing at the moment. If a man met his wife before the advent of the Internet or he did not meet her via the Internet then what is he going to offer to me about Internet dating? I am sure I will romance my wife as all men do, that was not the question at hand.

peewee

Peewee,
Don't you ever get tired of losing debates?  Maybe you should listen more and post less?  As for your latest weak azz argument:
I am probably one of the the longest married to RW here at 7 years.  Prior to finding, meeting and successfully dating and marrying my Russian wife (all with the assistance of the Internet), I dated a ton of AW that I met via the Net.  Rusty? Hah!  I think not!  It is kind of like riding a bike, once you learn, you never really forget.  With your mentality that picking a woman is so very similar to picking a horse, it is no wonder that you are still single.  Not to mention your oversized ego. (For a guy that calls himeslf "Peewee" that in it's self is funny)
KenC

[andrewfi]

I think some Domain Name Barons (sic) have yet to learn the lessons taught at Cybersquatting 101. Hong Kong follows, in general principal, ICANN domain allocation and dispute resolution rules. In respect of trademark/name issues they follow to the letter. An offer to purchase is the first step in a procedure that almost always ends with a reallocation of the domain name to the trademark/name holder.

All good fun, eh?

[Turboguy]

Turbo,
You sensitive guys crack me up! If your tolerance level is so challenged by jb, how on earth are you going to be able to handle your Russian wife?  Oh, that's right, I forgot, you don't have one.  Ironic isn't it that there are so many sensitive men here that have yet to land a RW?  Maybe you sensitive types should look elsewhere?  Might I suggest to Chicago and pick up middle aged woman leaving the Oprah audience?
KenC

Damn, I make a quick trip to the mall to pick up a birthday present for my daughter and come back to 3 pages of new posts.

Ken, just for the record, it does not phase me a bit.  I enjoy arguing with you guys, particularly jb.   Any negative comments about me roll of my back like water off a duck.  Despite what some of you may think, I know what I am doing.  I know how I am doing it.  I know why I am doing it.   Don't think everything I have ever been told rolls off my back like the negative comments. 

It does bother me when I see attacks on others that did not deserve it.   I am not including PeeWee in this.  I think PeeWee is having fun and it is of his own creation.   If you go stirring up a bee's nest you had better be wearing a bee keeper suit.  Perhaps he is, I think both sides have made some points.

As far as domain names.  I own a few myself that may or may not amount to anything.  I have maybe 20 or so.   Some I use in my business.  Some point to one of my web sites that may be related.  (like I own www.treesprayer.com  (maybe with an s, I forget) and it points to my www.turfsprayers.com website.  I also own some with the more obscure endings.  For example since I am in the landscaping field.  I own www.lawns.ws  (maybe it is us)  I don't pay much attention to it and will be shocked if anyone ever came along offering me big money.   I can remember when the craze was to buy websites with company names.  I think what it boiled down to was that you had a web site you could not use without being sued.  I am sure it was easier for the person who owned the name to pay a little money to the person who owned the website but I think few got rich on it.   I would be surprised if PeeWee ever gets big money for his sites but he may show a profit of enough to be worth while.

[BC]

Peewee you are right that it is none of anyone's concern here how you run your business.  At least that is until you start bringing it up in a online forum. 

Ahhh... Another astute fellow who truly understands the gist of this warped thread.

Complements.. and welcome!

Apologize for the turn of events in this thread, it's not always like this but sometimes it can take a good storm to clear the air.

Look forward to your posts on a relevant topic.

[edit]  Think I'll hang out in chat for a while anyone interested?

[Bruno]

If you go stirring up a bee's nest you had better be wearing a bee keeper suit.

A bee keeper suit is not needed if you have some knowledge of bee... each year, i have swarm of bee who try to make new home in the garden... the methode used is always the same, use cold water for calm them down... after, you can put them with hand in a plastic bag and give them to a bee keeper...

Maybe a douche of cold water can calm down some here too 

Below, picture of bee after cold douche ( taking these year )

[tbelknap]

A bee keeper suit is not needed if you have some knowledge of bee... each year, i have swarm of bee who try to make new home in the garden... the methode used is always the same, use cold water for calm them down... after, you can put them with hand in a plastic bag and give them to a bee keeper...

Maybe a douche of cold water can calm down some here too 

Below, picture of bee after cold douche ( taking these year )

Do you recommend this when dealing with a irate RW woman.   

[tbelknap]

Ahhh... Another astute fellow who truly understands the gist of this warped thread.

Complements.. and welcome!

Apologize for the turn of events in this thread, it's not always like this but sometimes it can take a good storm to clear the air.

Look forward to your posts on a relevant topic.

[edit]  Think I'll hang out in chat for a while anyone interested?

Thanks for the welcome BC.  I have learned a lot already and look forward to learning more.

[Bruno]

Do you recommend this when dealing with a irate RW woman.   

Never argument with a RW... same if you are right, she will try to prove that you are wrong, until you give up... about iritate RW, the minimum safety distance is 100 meter... i don't think that she will be able trow something over these distance...

For thread like these, i think that Dan can add a new emoticon :

 

[BC]

Do you recommend this when dealing with a irate RW woman.   

Actually, if irate you're likely to get the silent treatment.  Just go about your business as usual and it passes within 24 hours. Right or wrong, flowers the next day will fix things up quite nicely.

With my wife a new day is a new day.. grudges aren't carried past sunrise.

Just my experience.

YMMV

[tim 360]

Boy,  the effulent is sure getting deep here.  PeeWee (Norm, Gucci, et al) your stunning wit and logic is blowing no one out of the water as you keep stating it is---except perhaps in your own mind.  Your braying has a negative affect upon an unbiased reader. The more stupid stuff you post the increasingly less credible you become.  I don't know why you persist?  And puhleeze enuf about your book and its Amazon rank.  Nobody in the publishing biz uses that for anything...it is worthless and changes 1000 times a week and is a nanosecond glimpse of their website sales traffic.  Most publishers use PW and NYT and their very own #'s to know the total sales minus returns of any book.  

Anyway,  best of luck with the empire.

[tbelknap]

Actually, if irate you're likely to get the silent treatment.  Just go about your business as usual and it passes within 24 hours. Right or wrong, flowers the next day will fix things up quite nicely.

With my wife a new day is a new day.. grudges aren't carried past sunrise.

Just my experience.

YMMV

I like what I hear BC.  I am the same way.  I would rather not talk and walk away to cool down before anyone said something they would regret.  Then fix anything that needs to be fixed or just go about business like it never happend.

I know a lot of women didn't like that approach and decided they want to talk about it right then.  Even after I tell them that is not the best approach for me. lol

[BC]

I like what I hear BC.  I am the same way.  I would rather not talk and walk away to cool down before anyone said something they would regret.  Then fix anything that needs to be fixed or just go about business like it never happend.

I know a lot of women didn't like that approach and decided they want to talk about it right then.  Even after I tell them that is not the best approach for me. lol

As mentioned way way way upthread even though english skills were quite good misunderstandings were frequent during the first 6 months or so.  We could be discussing some subject and she would get mad at me.  After the first few go-arounds I suggested we use a 'safe-phrase'. If one of us thought we were not on the same frequency just say: 'listen very carefully'..  this meant it was time to halt the discussion and attempt to clarify instead.  Worked quite well. 

[jb]

I agree with BC's assessment re arguments.  We don't go to bed with a fight raging across the bed.  Not too many marriages could survive that.

However, most of us OMBs would probably tell the newbie that by and large the Russian immigrant is far better at adaptation with language than others coming across our borders.  I'm personally so sick of making a call to some business and getting the voice message to: "Press 1 for English.  Press 2 for Spanish",, if it were my business I'd have a recording that said: "Press 1 for English.  Press 2 to call back when you learn English". 

Just my pet peeve.

[Turboguy]

Those are both good comments.  I am heading for my office now to change our voice mail to follow jb's suggestion.

May I ask a question of the OMB's  I am getting the impression that RW are not as big on keeping a grudge.   With an AW you can be married for 50 years and during every single arguement she will brink up the time when you were 18 and took a nap and did not wake up in time to keep your date or something like that.   Are Russian women the same or not?

[andrewfi]

Women are women. People are people. Some people remember old arguments and issues, others do not. If you want to find out what you got provoke an argument or two and see what happens.

[jb]

Oh, they remember everything~!  My wife has a memory to put an elephant to shame, she just doesn't keep a grudge.  I have been reminded of past transgressions on many occasions, usually it's within the framework of: "You didn't learn your lesson the last time you did this", said in an accusitory tone.  However, there have been very few arguements where I had to bypass the flowers and go directly to the jewelry store.

Russian women are, as Andrew said, still women.

[catzenmouse]

"You didn't learn your lesson the last time you did this", said in an accusitory tone.

LOL jb, I've heard that one, sometimes with slight variations, too! Dagnabbit that she's right too!

Ken (who does not learn his lessons very well... )

[BC]

May I ask a question of the OMB's  I am getting the impression that RW are not as big on keeping a grudge.   With an AW you can be married for 50 years and during every single arguement she will brink up the time when you were 18 and took a nap and did not wake up in time to keep your date or something like that.   Are Russian women the same or not?

Can't speak for them all but there just may be a slight hint of truth to your statement.  My thoughts are that it's not so much about being a woman but the mentality of a folk that may not be able to afford the dubious luxury of dwelling in the past.

[Jack]

I would also agree that most Russian women seem to remember everything, or at least a lot, but few hold a grudge.

I have seen AW women hold a grudge for years, for life! RW seem to understand and appreciate more that life is short, enjoy life, be happy, and as such few seem to hold a grudge more than a day or two.