tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post5203633751586360292..comments2024-02-07T09:39:13.250-10:00Comments on Over the Hill: the Books and Stuff: Men and the travelling woman.JOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-51058252260151231112014-10-02T22:05:05.223-10:002014-10-02T22:05:05.223-10:00Oh do go again!! Maybe we should stand at opposite...Oh do go again!! Maybe we should stand at opposite ends of an Irish bar and watch the other in action!!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-9643939655447590792014-10-02T22:04:11.509-10:002014-10-02T22:04:11.509-10:00Oh I'll be back, I'm sure of that!!Oh I'll be back, I'm sure of that!! JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-61228487590100256572014-10-02T19:11:12.739-10:002014-10-02T19:11:12.739-10:00So there you go, Jo, well done! I went to Ireland ...So there you go, Jo, well done! I went to Ireland when I was 20, landed up in Dungarvan (quite literally because I spun around in circles in front of a map in the tourist office in Dublin and wherever my finger landed when I stopped is where my girlfriend and I went) and had no one chat me up. Not a soul. Quite the contrary, they looked at us like we had horns. I should have ditched my friend, I guess. Maybe I'll wait a few years, go back on my own and try again. I hope my husband doesn't read this. Laura Zerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118495046083744345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-65985902436302815932014-10-02T10:07:55.063-10:002014-10-02T10:07:55.063-10:00It's a nice feeling that of being chatted up, ...It's a nice feeling that of being chatted up, which you can either laugh it off or take it to the next level. I remember many years ago travelling on the overground to Gospel Oak with my two childre. They were very young at the time and I was taking them to a playgroup. A couple of young Colombian women sat opposite whilst I had my daughter on my lap and my son by my side and held the pram with the other free hand. First there was the eye contact and then the chatter. Of course they didn't know I spoke Spanish. I must say that they were quite "explicit" (let's not go there) That's why they both went beetroot red when I got up and said "Gracias, but I'm old enough to be your (young) dad".<br /><br />If you have it, you have it Jo. Sometimes one doesn't know one has it. But it's there, the essence, the spark, the core, the thing that atrract another person to you.<br /><br />Now, when are you returning to Ireland? :-)<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-4844464368464341752014-10-01T22:18:20.916-10:002014-10-01T22:18:20.916-10:00It was so unexpected, Val - but it won't stop ...It was so unexpected, Val - but it won't stop me going back. Forewarned, next time.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-82963801549577112712014-10-01T22:17:49.505-10:002014-10-01T22:17:49.505-10:00They were certainly looking for something!! And I&...They were certainly looking for something!! And I'm not sure it was just someone to enjoy the craic with!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-36262269009322262422014-10-01T11:15:07.073-10:002014-10-01T11:15:07.073-10:00Now I shall know where to go to find a bit of flat...Now I shall know where to go to find a bit of flattery…or O'Flattery if it comes to it. Actually, I would have enjoyed seeing that, Jo, and I can just see you dealing with the chat-up lines with lovely good humour. Beeriness apart, I expect it was rather jolly really…and maybe you aren't as invisible as you thought!Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-49801881064198117592014-10-01T01:54:13.648-10:002014-10-01T01:54:13.648-10:00Maybe you accidentally strayed in to that place in...Maybe you accidentally strayed in to that place in Ireland where all the farmers come looking for wives. :) Or it could just be that all the travelling has been better for you than you realise! Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-22588838052397095372014-09-30T21:39:27.703-10:002014-09-30T21:39:27.703-10:00I'm not above a little light flirting, Susan. ...I'm not above a little light flirting, Susan. But you probably guessed that.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-8877352228705730172014-09-30T21:38:48.404-10:002014-09-30T21:38:48.404-10:00It was such a surprise - and I realised how very o...It was such a surprise - and I realised how very out of practice I am at the chatting-up-game.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-91699754640897901672014-09-30T21:37:54.874-10:002014-09-30T21:37:54.874-10:00You might surprise yourself, Miriam. Even the beer...You might surprise yourself, Miriam. Even the beery men have their funny side!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-16738967634086535812014-09-30T18:38:42.886-10:002014-09-30T18:38:42.886-10:00It'd be a whole other kind of adventure for yo...It'd be a whole other kind of adventure for you to allow yourself to enjoy the attentive flirting of a boy toy, as long as he isn't TOO beery... (He'd be more than lucky to have YOUR attention, too, ya know!)<br /><br />Cheers and beers!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-82883194371573832002014-09-30T03:39:57.733-10:002014-09-30T03:39:57.733-10:00Ooooh, Jo, I was reading faster and faster to get ...Ooooh, Jo, I was reading faster and faster to get to the juicy bits! I know what you mean about anonymity but you must have got a bit f a buzz from that attention even if the blokes were beery!Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-40295181474317673312014-09-29T22:57:32.954-10:002014-09-29T22:57:32.954-10:00I don't think I'll be going to Ireland on ...I don't think I'll be going to Ireland on my own. Years ago, I couldn't sit and read outside because some guy would inevitably start chatting me up - even after the wedding ring appeared. Oh, the joys of being... mature (nice word, Carol).Miriam Drorihttp://miriamdrori.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-67944610294301338482014-09-29T22:37:23.009-10:002014-09-29T22:37:23.009-10:00Sláinte, Denise!!Sláinte, Denise!!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-60515924290913578582014-09-29T12:48:51.272-10:002014-09-29T12:48:51.272-10:00Hi Jo. Like Italian men, Irish men feel they have ...Hi Jo. Like Italian men, Irish men feel they have to chat you up. They are the friendliest men I've ever met, but many women prefer to leave the men alone to their drinking. And they certainly know how to drink. But the picture of you and the prospective suitors and the Guinness is a cheery picture! Those Irish know how to live! I can say that as I have Irish roots and adore visiting Ireland.<br /><br />Blogging once a week is heaps. I only do more when I have people knocking at my door wanting to be interviewed or whatever or if I take part in a blogfest. Once a week allows me to be more thoughtful about what I post.<br /><br />Cheers...or should I say beers...to you!<br /><br />DeniseDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-37031392085818494132014-09-29T07:08:09.318-10:002014-09-29T07:08:09.318-10:00It would have been more fun if they'd not been...It would have been more fun if they'd not been quite so beery!!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-74169472321434763862014-09-29T06:25:02.868-10:002014-09-29T06:25:02.868-10:00shame!! I's have liked to see you and a toy bo...shame!! I's have liked to see you and a toy boy!! Hahaha. Seriously though... sometimes it is quite nice to be flirted with ...and let's face it, we mature ladies have so much more to offer than the flighty youngsters!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-70833198817224422962014-09-29T02:52:53.716-10:002014-09-29T02:52:53.716-10:00I did see some of the poverty in rural Ireland - I...I did see some of the poverty in rural Ireland - I had a car so drove away the usual tourist traps. So glad your lovely nieces enjoy their evenings without beery blokes. And I do take your point about being in Killarney, with is Costa del Ireland (without the sun). <br /><br />But maybe I should go loitering in rural Connemara ... now that would frighten the daughters ...JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-14367903507731379382014-09-29T02:49:37.346-10:002014-09-29T02:49:37.346-10:00Suspect it has much more to do with lack of availa...Suspect it has much more to do with lack of available women than with my appeal - but hey ho, maybe I shall reframe it and be flattered.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-86861621068050313372014-09-28T22:40:07.510-10:002014-09-28T22:40:07.510-10:00My clever Irish nieces in the lovely 20s and 30s w...My clever Irish nieces in the lovely 20s and 30s would not set a foot in a pub with craic and the slightes tourist whiff. They go out in large groups of equally lovely women, late at night, mostly clubs these days where they meet other clever and lovely young men and women. There is quite a gap between a certain type of Irish men - beery blokes, middle aged - and the new generation, especially the women who tend to be way smarter, determined and sophisticated. But this is based on my Dublin crowd. Also remember, you were in THE tourist hotspot, move further into the country, the pubs are closing, the still poor rural Ireland is going silent in front of the internet screens.<br /><br />But then, I was picked up by my Irish toy boy 35 years ago in very rural Connemara and no regrets to this day.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-19613767485797312092014-09-28T21:01:52.392-10:002014-09-28T21:01:52.392-10:00I had to laugh at this post this morning, after wa...I had to laugh at this post this morning, after watching "I married the waiter" last night on TV....thank goodness you have more common sense than coming home with a toy boy from the Far East! But it's nice to know that you've still got it in Ireland Jo...even if you're not interested!Thinking of the dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369739724991129358noreply@blogger.com