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The best thing about using the London Underground is the escalators connecting hall with platform. For a minute or so, its like having a conveyor belt of people pass you by as they go in the other direction, and you get to 'check them out'. A bit like Yo Sushi but with women.
When I arrived in London in my mid-20s, on a good day and a long escalator (Angel for instance), I might of exchanged three or four protracted flirtive glances. This is you 'attractiveness index'.
Over the years the number has dropped and now I'm in my 40s, has settled to absolute zero. I still send out the pings, but there are no response packets. Perhaps I should direct the pings at the middle aged but it doesn't work like that.
So that's it, it's all over. I'm depressed. It's a cruel world. 
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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On the upside you've won that article competition, so you've got that going for you, which is nice. 
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Also, lower your expectations like the rest of us.
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Also, +1 for title.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Yes, there's always CodeProject. I will recalibrate my expectations accordingly.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Yes, I think it will be a great way to introduce yourself to a girl at the bar by saying that your article won the prize for the Best of the Month on Codeproject!
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I guess that depends where the bar is, the nearest bar to a coders convention may work (if there's any girls attending).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I get return pings on my Flirty Radar.
But then I am a silver-haired fox with a twinkle in my Irish eyes!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Pah!
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Moreover, you're an accountant.
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Bazinga! 
Software Zen: delete this;
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Dalek Dave wrote: with a twinkle in my Irish eyes
you should be more careful where you sleep when you are drunk
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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You owe me a keyboard! (and a mouthful of coffee).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Dalek Dave wrote: I get return pings on my Flirty Radar.
But then I am a silver-haired fox with a twinkle in my Irish eyes!
Homosexual pings are not to be discussed in the lounge. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Rob Philpott wrote: has settled to absolute zero. I still send out the pings, but there are no response packets
Be glad it's zero!
If your 'attractiveness index' is low enough, they send disgusted looks back (-1 to the index) or London Transport Police (-10 to the index) 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Ah yes, the 'stop looking at me you weirdo' expression. I don't use those in the scoring.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Sexual harassment has always been inversely proportional to the attactiveness index. 
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Its all known truth that the count of the returned responses is proportional to the money bills showing from your front pocket.
So its not about the looks, its about doing it right
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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I always find that one amusing in context, I hate jewellery and refuse to wear a wedding ring, son an older cauc looking reasonably affluent with no band or tan line, I do get some assessing looks in Singapore and more so in some other Asian countries.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I think there's some truth in this: Bernie Ecclestone. Expensive watches etc. don't do it for me I'm afraid (I don't even have a watch).
I'm coming to terms with it.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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And don't forget women are not into 6 packs, they are for alcoholics.
Clickety
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Rob Philpott wrote: the middle aged
are a totally neglected resource.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Have you tried pinging any of the men?
Chances are you've been missing hundreds of opportunities.
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Move to Wales.
Your opportunities improve a thousandfold.
There are a lot of sheep out there.
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Not that many escalators though 
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Carry a riding crop.
No, seriously.
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