A Marlene Dietrich film I didn't enjoy

 Marlene Dietrich Selection

A Foreign Affair

The film A Foreign Affair was ruined for me, by the appearance of Jean Arthur. Her performance was so feeble, it was sickening, this could have been a good film about the black market in Germany after WW2, but it turned into a rom-com as soon as JA entered.

As you would expect Marlene Dietrich was in superb form as a nightclub singer having an affair with an American officer. Miss Arthut complained she kept being upstaged by Marlene, it would be hard NOT to upstage her, even if you didn't try.

Cartoons

 Old Cartoons

Top Cat

Carmen Sandiego

Of all things to chat about, last night Svitlana and I spent time talking about old school cartoons.

My favourite is Top Cat, or Yogi Bear. I enjoy King Julian, Bravestarr, and the original Carmen Sandiego series too. The new Carmen Sandiego series did little for me, the style of art I found unpleasant, nobody has a pointed chin

Brief Encounters

 Dating a Granny

What is my allure?

Sex with Alan

I have had offers of friendship, and even sex, with several older ladies. I have no issue with dating an older lady, within reason, the lady in my life now my wife has passed away is Svitlana from Ukraine, she lives in Didcot.

Svitlana

Svitlana is four years older than I am, and we got on well from our first online chat, she and I are dedicated to moving our friendship into a relationship, once she has got back from holiday, and I have cleared my overdraft issues. At the present, I am limited to chatting for about an hour each night, and sometimes, I have to go offline for a day or two 😢😢.

Though I had many offers, until Svitlana, none meant anything to me, mainly because I couldn't see me meeting a lady who lives either in Asia, the USA, or South America. In 2009, I did fly to Canada, twice to meet a friend, but she paid for the flights, one of the reasons for my trips was she needed help sorting her house out, she died that December

The wait is off

 The weight is off

Family Assistance

The Ongoing Scam

If there is a plus to the ongoing scam, it is the exercise has resulted in me losing weight.

I never expected the sister of the scammer, Pamela Olsted, to keep her promise to refund the loan I sent her sister. Yesterday, returning from Asda, Whitchurch, Bristol, I decided if she asked for another £20 to send the loan, I would tell her to forget it. With help from my family, I am managing to recover from my losses, the money I won't be sending will help me get out of my overdraft

The weight is off

 The wait is off

Family Assistance

Getting over Pamela Olsted

If there is a plus to the ongoing scam, it is the exercise has resulted in me losing weight.

I never expected the sister of the scammer, Pamela Olsted, to keep her promise to refund the loan I sent her sister. Yesterday, returning from Asda, Whitchurch, Bristol, I decided if she asked for another £20 to send the loan, I would tell her to forget it. With help from my family, I am managing to recover from my losses, the money I won't be sending will help me get out of my overdraft

The Mallory Park Mystery

 Dragon 

                                                            Motorcycles 

Two of my passions are dragons and motorcycles.

The Mallory Park mystery involves a tee-shirt I bought from a charity store on eBay three years ago. I bought the shirt as it had images of motorcycle racers I related to from the late 70's, and to help the charity.

The mystery is I can't find it. I washed it, and put it in my room, but I haven't seen it since then, I know I haven't seen it for three years, as I lost it the year before my wife passed away.

My Charity work

For several years I was involved in wriitng stories for children's charities in the USA. My most prolific work was for the group known as the Peacock Writers, I have stories in several of their books. I also have a story in the anthology written for the Sandy Hook massacre, the book is  called Angels Cried.

I have stories in other anhologies, and I was offered the opportunity to write in more, but the projects didn't materialise.

Family Assistance

 The Poor Relative

Svitlana's dedication

A Foreign Affair

I am grateful for the assistance my family have given me over the last three months, they are helping me both financially, and mentally get over a lady who took some money from me in a scam.

The main issue with my cash is I am struggling to get out of my overdraft, no sooner do I get my pension, than 1/3 goes to pay the overdraft, all I needed was a month without this situation, and I would be in the clear.

I haven't clarified the situation of my friend, Svitlana, for them. I know they wish me to be happy, and I am happy to be looking forward to a relationship with Svitlana. When I feel comfortable with how the friendship with Svitlana is going, I will tell them