Meeting at the Town Hall steps
August 17th 2006 01:57
Hey, Big Cat, fancy seeing you here. Meeting someone?
G'day Lil Siss. Yep. But not for another half hour.
Why are you here so early?
Trains are running faster than I thought.
So who's the lucky girl?
Synchronicity.
Sounds exciting. So you're into sin then?
Not s-i-n, you smart arse.
Oh, you mean first name Cyn. Chronicity - is that a Greek family?
Still wrong. I mean syn as in s-y-n.
Shit, Big Cat, are you on a blind date?
Sort of, we met on the Internet.
So you took my advice, you joined a dating site.
Yep.
Which one, RSVP?
No, Match.com
Never heard of them.
According to Choice magazine, they are the biggest. Got the most members. More than half a million.
But RSVP's TV ads say they have more.
Yer, the Choice article is a bit out of date I think.
So how did you decide which site to go with?
I tried out four of them starting Good Friday. By Easter Sunday I decided to run with Match.com.
Why.
Simplest method of payment. You pay for a month which gets you as many contacts as you like.
Doesn't RSVP give you that too?
No, there you pay in advance for electronic stamps. You have to use up a stamp every time you want to make a contact. On the same amount as Match.com's monthly sum, you run out before the month's up.
What about the other two sites you tried?
One was Adultmatchmakers.
What's the story with that one. Many matches there for you?
No. I think it was because I didn't put anything down for size.
Wadda y'mean - size?
That's six fingers you're holding up, what does that mean?
If I tell you, you'll go "how gross".
Tell me anyway.
For you women they ask for cup size, for us it's...
How gross!
So you tried Adult Matchmakers first. Get any responses at all?
Nope. I think maybe size does matter.
Isn't it a very big site?
Something like 60,000. Good thing is you can see how many others are on line at the same time as you.
Cool.
Yep, you choose settings to show just the profiles of just the women on line and for the age group and anything else, like living distance from you.
So what happened when you did that?
For my settings there were only about six women on line.
Mostly it was the same six, on line all day by the looks.
Reckon your settings caused so few?
Nope. I think it's a gender imbalance.
Like, how did you figure that?
By changing the gender I saw about thirty guys were on line at any time.
As if I you were looking for guys?
As if.
You're meeting this Syn whatever in 20 minutes. Is she the first?
No, I met TrulyTruly this morning. There's Wendy6 and Jane2 tomorrow.
Wow, Big Cat, you're really packing them in!
That's only four. I've been emailing with 20.
Twenty! All at once?
Kind of. First there were 10 "winks", then another 10 during the week following.
That's on Match.com?
Yep. On RSVP you don't get "winks", you get "kisses".
So, a "wink" or "kiss" is when someone sees your profile and emails through the dating site to show that they're interested?
Yes. When you get one by email, you look up the site for the sender's profile, then send back one of six responses like "thanks but no thanks" or "thanks I'll email you a letter real soon".
That's "kisses" and "winks"?
Yep. Never did find out what they are call them on Adult Matchmakers.
Wanks maybe.
Lil Siss! How gross!!
Come on, Big Cat, you must have got at least one response to your profile. Maybe someone not concerned about size...
Well, actually there was one.
Who was she?
Not a she.
Oh.
Moving right along, Lil Siss - you could try internet dating too.
You'd go well. Just put up a profile with your photo.
Do photos on profiles make a difference?
Your's sure would. The sites say having no photo hampers the responses.
Did you put up a photo?
Yer.
I see.
What do you mean "I see".
Nothing.
Anyway. For my $50, Match.com gave me 19 "winks" to respond to.
Where was the 20th from?
I "winked" one from the list they email you which shows who's been looking at your profile.
Do all the sites let you see who's looking at your profile?
More do now that some started doing it.
Hey, what if I don't want people to know when I've been doing the looking?
You can tick an option so you can perve without being seen perving.
They don't say that!?
No, they say it a bit nicer than that.
Big Cat, how did you manage all that emailing at once?
You've got to keep notes on each one, or else..
Else what?
Else you find yourself telling Wendy6 about something that only Jane2 would know.
Did that happen to you?
No, but I got accused of it once.
Accused of what, exacty?
When I mentioned an old friend's name, she came back with "never heard that name before, don't you just love this internet experience".
She thought you'd goofed up. At least she was nice about it.
Not all of them are nice.
How come?
They suddenly stop emailing and you're left wondering why.
Did you just stop emailing anyone?
Only after saying something about why I think she and me might be a bit too different.
Get any arguments?
Yer, Sychonicity. Demanded to know if it was something she had said when we were on the phone.
So you get to talk on the phone, too. How does that work?
It depends on who gives out their phone number first. Using a mobile number is best. Plus mobiles let you zero in on each other, like here on the Town Hall steps.
There's your mobile going off now.. . Good luck, Big Cat. Let me know how it goes.
I'll give you an update next week.
Yer. Bet you'll have a girlfriend sorted by then.
Whatever.
G'day Lil Siss. Yep. But not for another half hour.
Why are you here so early?
Trains are running faster than I thought.
So who's the lucky girl?
Synchronicity.
Sounds exciting. So you're into sin then?
Not s-i-n, you smart arse.
Oh, you mean first name Cyn. Chronicity - is that a Greek family?
Still wrong. I mean syn as in s-y-n.
Shit, Big Cat, are you on a blind date?
Sort of, we met on the Internet.
So you took my advice, you joined a dating site.
Which one, RSVP?
No, Match.com
Never heard of them.
According to Choice magazine, they are the biggest. Got the most members. More than half a million.
But RSVP's TV ads say they have more.
Yer, the Choice article is a bit out of date I think.
So how did you decide which site to go with?
I tried out four of them starting Good Friday. By Easter Sunday I decided to run with Match.com.
Why.
Simplest method of payment. You pay for a month which gets you as many contacts as you like.
Doesn't RSVP give you that too?
No, there you pay in advance for electronic stamps. You have to use up a stamp every time you want to make a contact. On the same amount as Match.com's monthly sum, you run out before the month's up.
What about the other two sites you tried?
One was Adultmatchmakers.
What's the story with that one. Many matches there for you?
No. I think it was because I didn't put anything down for size.
Wadda y'mean - size?
That's six fingers you're holding up, what does that mean?
If I tell you, you'll go "how gross".
For you women they ask for cup size, for us it's...
How gross!
So you tried Adult Matchmakers first. Get any responses at all?
Nope. I think maybe size does matter.
Isn't it a very big site?
Something like 60,000. Good thing is you can see how many others are on line at the same time as you.
Cool.
Yep, you choose settings to show just the profiles of just the women on line and for the age group and anything else, like living distance from you.
So what happened when you did that?
For my settings there were only about six women on line.
Mostly it was the same six, on line all day by the looks.
Reckon your settings caused so few?
Nope. I think it's a gender imbalance.
Like, how did you figure that?
By changing the gender I saw about thirty guys were on line at any time.
As if I you were looking for guys?
As if.
You're meeting this Syn whatever in 20 minutes. Is she the first?
No, I met TrulyTruly this morning. There's Wendy6 and Jane2 tomorrow.
Wow, Big Cat, you're really packing them in!
That's only four. I've been emailing with 20.
Twenty! All at once?
Kind of. First there were 10 "winks", then another 10 during the week following.
That's on Match.com?
Yep. On RSVP you don't get "winks", you get "kisses".
So, a "wink" or "kiss" is when someone sees your profile and emails through the dating site to show that they're interested?
Yes. When you get one by email, you look up the site for the sender's profile, then send back one of six responses like "thanks but no thanks" or "thanks I'll email you a letter real soon".
That's "kisses" and "winks"?
Yep. Never did find out what they are call them on Adult Matchmakers.
Wanks maybe.
Lil Siss! How gross!!
Come on, Big Cat, you must have got at least one response to your profile. Maybe someone not concerned about size...
Well, actually there was one.
Who was she?
Not a she.
Oh.
Moving right along, Lil Siss - you could try internet dating too.
You'd go well. Just put up a profile with your photo.
Do photos on profiles make a difference?
Your's sure would. The sites say having no photo hampers the responses.
Did you put up a photo?
Yer.
I see.
What do you mean "I see".
Nothing.
Anyway. For my $50, Match.com gave me 19 "winks" to respond to.
Where was the 20th from?
I "winked" one from the list they email you which shows who's been looking at your profile.
Do all the sites let you see who's looking at your profile?
More do now that some started doing it.
Hey, what if I don't want people to know when I've been doing the looking?
You can tick an option so you can perve without being seen perving.
They don't say that!?
No, they say it a bit nicer than that.
Big Cat, how did you manage all that emailing at once?
You've got to keep notes on each one, or else..
Else what?
Else you find yourself telling Wendy6 about something that only Jane2 would know.
Did that happen to you?
No, but I got accused of it once.
Accused of what, exacty?
When I mentioned an old friend's name, she came back with "never heard that name before, don't you just love this internet experience".
She thought you'd goofed up. At least she was nice about it.
Not all of them are nice.
How come?
They suddenly stop emailing and you're left wondering why.
Did you just stop emailing anyone?
Only after saying something about why I think she and me might be a bit too different.
Get any arguments?
Yer, Sychonicity. Demanded to know if it was something she had said when we were on the phone.
So you get to talk on the phone, too. How does that work?
It depends on who gives out their phone number first. Using a mobile number is best. Plus mobiles let you zero in on each other, like here on the Town Hall steps.
There's your mobile going off now.. . Good luck, Big Cat. Let me know how it goes.
I'll give you an update next week.
Yer. Bet you'll have a girlfriend sorted by then.
Whatever.
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