Things that Do NOT scare you.

hollydolly said:
I love Dogs..but there are some I'd be afraid of... equally there's some information I'd be afraid of too...
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My cousin had a huge German shepherd that was really scary. Those of us who were not my cousin thought the dog was Schizophrenic, literally. He once chased an insurance salesman up a tree. The salesman stayed there for 4 hours until my cousin got home. He'd lock the dog in the laundry room when guests came over because the dog would attack anyone. The dog spent the whole time barking and growling and ramming his body against the door. That was one terrifying dog. I would never keep a dog who was like that. A human-aggressive dog is just too dangerous.
 

horseless carriage said:
Scared is perhaps too strong a definition, but being alone in the company of the ladies has never intimidated me. Many fellows that I know have some sort of misconception that a group of women talk about babies and female ailments. What nonsense.
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When my kids were very young I took them to a play group. All the kids were still in diapers. All the women talked about was babies and toddlers - potty training, etc. OMG, I was so sick of actually potty training 4 kids at the same time, I didn't want to discuss that stuff. So we only attended the play group a few times. Otherwise I would have gone insane.

Other than that, I agree that it is nonsense. So is the idea that men just talk about sports, hunting, sexy women, etc.
 
horseless carriage said:
Told you I was useless, when we moved here, I thought the radiators were a house warming present.
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When my husband and I were looking for a place to live in Boston, the hotel we stayed at had radiators. We knew what they were, but we didn't know how to turn them on. The hotel staff was not helpful until we'd asked them to turn on the radiators (and show us how) several times. They thought it was funny.

We ended up renting a place that was heated with radiators *and* had actual storm windows that were put up over the regular windows in the winter. Thank heavens there was a caretaker who did that work. Otherwise my husband and I would have frozen to death. Coming from the South, we had no clue how to prepare for very cold, snowy winters.
 

feywon said:
Nature and animals don't scare me. Living without a man in residence doesn't scare me. DIY projects don't scare me. i am grateful to live in the country and it may sound crazy but i get a little charge when i see scat from various wild animals on my land, or the tracks in the snow in winter. The sightings of Deer, Raccoons and even the coyote feel like blessings. (Shoot even the little skunk waddling into the brush as i drove by tickled me.
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I loved that about living in the country, especially about identifying tracks and scat. My dog and I were walking in the woods once, and encountered a mother turkey and her 8 babies. The dog was more interested in the squirrel he saw, which was good. The turkey mom wasn't scared of us at all. One time, a parade of 14 deer came down the hill from the woods into our yard. That was amazing. If my dog hadn't come and gotten me, I never would have seen it. Living in the country was a never-ending adventure of discovery.
 
officerripley said:
but the few times I tried bringing up a different subject scornfully dismissed it; one time when I brought up science (don't remember exactly which branch), she literally waved it away, saying, "Oh science! Nobody's interested in science! Don't be silly!"
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I hear that a lot from my friends here. If I want to talk about books, they are reading bodice-rippers, which don't interest me. They, in turn, are not interested in the books I read. If I bring up various subjects, they say "oh you think you are so smart because you have a college degree". So now, I just go with the conversational flow, which isn't difficult because I am so curious about everything, including people.

I do not discuss IRL the subjects of politics, religion, or sex. They are too controversial, and one's sex life, I think, should remain private. I haven't met many people who discuss their sex lives, though. Just one memorable person who worked in my department ... she would announce everything she'd done the night before, in detail, in a loud voice. If I were her boss, I would have cautioned her to stop doing that, and if she didn't, I would have fired her.
 
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WheatenLover said:
When my husband and I were looking for a place to live in Boston, the hotel we stayed at had radiators. We knew what they were, but we didn't know how to turn them on. The hotel staff was not helpful until we'd asked them to turn on the radiators (and show us how) several times. They thought it was funny.

We ended up renting a place that was heated with radiators *and* had actual storm windows that were put up over the regular windows in the winter. Thank heavens there was a caretaker who did that work. Otherwise my husband and I would have frozen to death. Coming from the South, we had no clue how to prepare for very cold, snowy winters.
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In the Uk the south (here where I live ) is the hottest part of the country ( not Southern USA hot ) .... but despite that we have cold & snowy winters so we have to have radiators and central heating etc...
 
debodun said:
Things I am afraid of that most people aren't:
making phone calls
driving
babies and young children
going into a crowded or congested place
getting a letter in the mail from someone I don't know
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I am afraid of snakes, especially handling harmless ones (wouldn't think of handling a venomous snake). I used to be afraid of driving, but one day it just went away. I have never loved driving like some folks do, though. The letters I get in the mail from someone I don't know are, 100% of the time, junk mail.

Babies and young children can be scary if you aren't used to be around them. I understand that. I've spent most of my life around children, from babysitting starting at age 11 to having 4 kids of my own. So I am not afraid of them, but I can see that if I hadn't had that experience, I could be.
 
hollydolly said:
In the Uk the south (here where I live ) is the hottest part of the country ( not Southern USA hot ) .... but despite that we have cold & snowy winters so we have to have radiators and central heating etc...
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I like the weather in the Southern US. But I don't like the great increase in tornadoes over the last few decades.
 
WheatenLover said:
Kippers are cured herring (I looked it up, I knew they were fish). My husband and I were talking yesterday about places in Europe we'd like to visit. I said my choice were all food-based and I would have to lose weight so I looked like a twig, or I would return home looking like a whale. Kippers came up, and I told him I would have to research the foods generally eaten in kipper places, so I could make sure I'd get a breakfast I would like to eat. I do not like fish. My mother loved herring, but she never bothered to get her children to eat it while they were young enough to perhaps like it. I tried to get my kids to like liverwurst when they were young. Only succeeded with one of them.
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you want Kippers for breakfast go to Scotland.... or anywhere in the UK really.... but especially Scotland
 
Hi - I am not afraid of many things including flowers. I enjoy talking to my friends on the phone. I enjoy my 30-minute workout M-F - it destresses me and makes me more calm. I am finding I need this as much as food - I am a worrier so lately I don't watch much news - if my husband has it on maybe but when it gets bad I walk out of room. I like to eat my italian pasta. I am grateful for living in a nice house - even though my husband is a workaholic and of course get lonely a lot I don't have to worry about paying bills. I enjoy eating out - I don't enjoy cooking but still cook because I know it is healthier to eat not processed food. I believe in God but need to strengthen my faith and not be fearful but sometimes the future scares me living in the USA. I always loved my country but it is changing and the changes scare me for my children and grandchildren. Anyway, we need to think of things that make us happy when we are thinking negatively and there is always something - sometimes we focus too much on the negative (at least I do) but substituting positive thoughts will sure make us feel better. It is so nice to meet all of you and I see 3 responses on the bell above so this is fun too! God bless all of you!
 
hollydolly said:
In the Uk the south (here where I live ) is the hottest part of the country ( not Southern USA hot ) .... but despite that we have cold & snowy winters so we have to have radiators and central heating etc...
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I love radiators. My Gran taught me how to bleed them when I was little and I would "help" her every time she did the radiators. It was like a special treat! 🤗
 
kssf said:
Hi - I am not afraid of many things including flowers. I enjoy talking to my friends on the phone. I enjoy my 30-minute workout M-F - it destresses me and makes me more calm. I am finding I need this as much as food - I am a worrier so lately I don't watch much news - if my husband has it on maybe but when it gets bad I walk out of room. I like to eat my italian pasta. I am grateful for living in a nice house - even though my husband is a workaholic and of course get lonely a lot I don't have to worry about paying bills. I enjoy eating out - I don't enjoy cooking but still cook because I know it is healthier to eat not processed food. I believe in God but need to strengthen my faith and not be fearful but sometimes the future scares me living in the USA. I always loved my country but it is changing and the changes scare me for my children and grandchildren. Anyway, we need to think of things that make us happy when we are thinking negatively and there is always something - sometimes we focus too much on the negative (at least I do) but substituting positive thoughts will sure make us feel better. It is so nice to meet all of you and I see 3 responses on the bell above so this is fun too! God bless all of you!
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kssf said:
(Oops messed this up somehow), these are Grahamg's comments: "Can I just say a few more paragraphs might make your posts a bit easier to read for some of us poor souls, (I'm a fellow worrier btw, but not many would know that nowadays!)."
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Otherwise excellent post in my view! :)
 
Shero said:
Oh yes! Haggis!!
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One of my friends visited Scotland. He liked haggis and kippers! First thing I did was look it up, and it's not for me. I've never eaten anything made from a sheep. This reminds me of when some British friends of mine invited some of their American friends for dinner. It went well - roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes mixed with another mashed veg (maybe turnips). Then we were served steak and kidney pie, and that's when I found out that it wasn't kidney beans, but actual kidneys of some animal. I ate it of course, since there was no way I would offend our friends. They had gone to a lot of trouble to prepare an extravagant meal.
 
WheatenLover said:
One of my friends visited Scotland. He liked haggis and kippers! First thing I did was look it up, and it's not for me. I've never eaten anything made from a sheep. This reminds me of when some British friends of mine invited some of their American friends for dinner. It went well - roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes mixed with another mashed veg (maybe turnips). Then we were served steak and kidney pie, and that's when I found out that it wasn't kidney beans, but actual kidneys of some animal. I ate it of course, since there was no way I would offend our friends. They had gone to a lot of trouble to prepare an extravagant meal.
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Good for you to try it. I like steak and kidney pie and love Yorkshire pudding, athough I try to make it, have never been very successful. One taste of haggis and that was enough for me but I do love Dundee cake.
 
WheatenLover said:
One of my friends visited Scotland. He liked haggis and kippers! First thing I did was look it up, and it's not for me. I've never eaten anything made from a sheep. This reminds me of when some British friends of mine invited some of their American friends for dinner. It went well - roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, mashed potatoes mixed with another mashed veg (maybe turnips). Then we were served steak and kidney pie, and that's when I found out that it wasn't kidney beans, but actual kidneys of some animal. I ate it of course, since there was no way I would offend our friends. They had gone to a lot of trouble to prepare an extravagant meal.
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I'd have thought the same as you do about both haggis and kidneys (or offal, a term including liver and other organs).

However I am now totally sold on both of those two fine foods, both very good for you I'd say too! 🍽️🧉🥃🥬🥬🧅🧅🫕🫕🥮
 
Shero said:
Good for you to try it. I like steak and kidney pie and love Yorkshire pudding, athough I try to make it, have never been very successful. One taste of haggis and that was enough for me but I do love Dundee cake.
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There used to be a website called SlashFood. They had a great recipe for roast and Yorkshire pudding. The YP had meat drippings in it. Oh boy, was it good. My problem is I don't care about the roast at all, once I've got the YP in front of me.
 

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