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Alain's bio
I live in the East Midlands. I am interested in most things.
I enjoy EDM and like to play it loud on my headphones, drink craft beer and wine while I chill out.
I do like other types of music as well except for Rap music which isnt really music but is just something performed by people with no actual talent.
Actually Im getting to be a good judge of wine and am now able to tell if its Red or White
Ive been married and divorced twice but have been alone for the last 10 years. I am trying to change from always worrying about what other people want from me to instead thinking what I want and need.
I have a list of things I want to do and places I want to go. -
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21st May 2021Alain commented on:
Morning from a silver-surfing Yorkshire lass who is spending too many days not speaking to anyone - but the walls.Hi. Yes, talking to other people. It's a thing we used to do in the olden days when we were allowed to go outside. I haven't been strong enough during the pandemic and sort of let everything go. Both physical and mental health. Self isolating for 14 months was awful. But things are getting better and its 4 weeks today since I had my second vaccine. I'm not self shielding any more but still wearing a mask outside. No thoughts of going in pubs or restaurants yet or even thinking of going abroad.ViewDate:
23rd Aug 2020Alain commented on:
Hello in the LockdownI started to self shield due to health issues on the 9th March. Ive been at home since then. Shopping and Medicines were ordered online and delivered fortunately for me, I havent been anywhere till last Friday 21st Aug when I went and fitted a new battery, delivered from Halfords, to my little old car. She started first time and after a bit of manuvering in the bungalows private carpark to make sure things were working properly I drove up the road to a local park. and sent messages to my family who live about an hours drive away that I planned to drive over to see them on Saturday afternoon. It did feel strange seeing people in the streets and also other cars on the roads. At the height of the lockdown it had been very quite in the area I live. I arrived at my Ex wife number 1 house and my daughter and my son also arrived with their partners and brought the dogs who I have really missed seeing as well. We all stayed in the garden with a reasonable distance between us and enjoyed being able to see each other again. We spent about 3 hours together chatting then all made our way home. Its really helped me getting out as I was starting to go very frightened of actually leaving the house so it has done me good and made me realise that there is still a world out there, as long as we are sensible and take precautions when we venture out there. AlainViewDate:
21st Aug 2020Alain commented on:
Hey silversurfersHi Kasha, Just saying hello. You have had a real string of horrible things to deal with. Ten years ago I had a similar thing. I broke up with my “soulmate” and lost my home, my job all in one day. I hope things work out for you in your new life.ViewDate:
20th Aug 2020Alain commented on:
Does Bad Luck Come In Threes?Hi Yodama. Thankyou for replying. I was warned that its difficult to get replies to your posts on this forum. I suppose I’m going on about my woes too much as people have far worse problems than I am having. The meter thing is just an inconvenience really probably more due to me not being able to fix it myself as I have done during my younger days. The rat fear is different though as it brings back memories of when I was young being in old cellars that ran under the big buildings around the Pier Head in Liverpool. They were tunnels with lots of separate rooms that had lots of old paper files, that ran off the main passageways. I was down there when suddenly there was a power cut and I was in total darkness. That’s when the rats that lived down there came out. I could hear them all around me. I felt them running around and over my feet. I was petrified. Its left scars in my mind hence my fear of rats. Thanks again for the reply. AlainViewDate:
19th Aug 2020Alain commented on:
I need to start a new diet - any ideas?I went on the Keto diet. I was losing weight and feeling good about myself. Eating absolute minimum carbs but eating set amounts of protein and fats, I also was walking for exercise. I was losing weight and felt good about myself. I fell off the wagon as I was using a table showing all different foods and their nett carb values. It worked but its so absolutely boring what you can eat. I don’t think I can ever face a Brussels sprout again for the rest of my life. AlainViewDate:
19th Aug 2020Alain commented on:
Does Bad Luck Come In Threes?Update, Its been two weeks now since I was told the drain camera people have been informed. Im getting really stressed out about this as I feel like my small garden is a no go area for me. Also surely its a health hazard for my neighbours and I. Im going to have to don a mask and gloves and start going out instead of waiting in listening to every noise and imagine its rats trying to get in the house. I cannot even allow my visiting children and their dogs in the garden as I worry that someone will get bitten or the puppys will find the poison the rat man has put down. Sorry I keep talking about this but its really getting me down. Does anyone know where I can contact the Pied Piper? AlainViewDate:
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18th Aug 2020Alain commented on:
Does Bad Luck Come In Threes?OMG. I ddnt realise I had written so much. Then again I was told it had been published at 9:30 am this morning and its taken me this long to find it. Im beginning to realise now how people complain they post items and no one replies also how the heck do I add the post to items I created?ViewDate:
18th Jul 2020Alain commented on:
Lonely and vulnerable and looking to chatErrrrmmm I need to find out how to start a thread as I started by replying to the opening post by KiaraR but somehow the thread has gone off topic. Sorry. Tomorrow I will find out about Thread starting and Posting photos, AlainViewDate:
18th Jul 2020Alain commented on:
Lonely and vulnerable and looking to chatHi Bees Wow. The Master. Some people think the Discworld books are childish nonsense, I love them. He created a whole world that is totally weird but wonderful. Pure escapism for me. I have read your latest chat and will reply soon as.ViewDate:
18th Jul 2020Alain commented on:
Lonely and vulnerable and looking to chatIt was caused by immense self doubt, totally misreading a situation. Being unused to the fact that there are some really genuine nice people out there and of course my own personal paranoia. All these things have come about through things that have happened in my life and my reactions to them. Isn’t it weird that if you look back, even as far back to when you were very young it is possible to see how your character was starting to be shaped even then? I have in conversations referred to my mind as a wooden cabinet with lots of drawers with thoughts and memories tucked away. Some small drawers, others deeper and harder to pull out to see what’s inside because when you closed them you hoped never to open them again. That’s of course if you want to look inside again. Some of those drawers when you open them make that terrible “skritching” noise like running your nails like a black board causing your teeth to go on edge as you remember the bad uncomfortable things.ViewDate:
18th Jul 2020Alain commented on:
Lonely and vulnerable and looking to chatIst post made in ages and I go and duplicate it Last week I was on a phone conversation and wanted to make a note of a number the caller had for me on my mobile. Marched around lounge, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom searching for mobile keeping up a running commentary with the caller about not finding my mobile and how important it is to me as it runs my life. Suddenly realised the mobile was next to my ear as I was using it to talk to the caller.ViewDate:
18th Jul 2020Alain commented on:
Lonely and vulnerable and looking to chatHi CarolB4 Yes Bees was absolutely right. I had left the forum but left rapidly after making a fool of myself. I had left so quickly that I had not even deleted things or cancelled my account. The only reason I came here today was after receiving notifications to my post. Plus Bees had sent me a Chat message which I was too frightened (cowardly) to read. If you chat with Bees she is very nice and caring but I didn’t realise it at the time. I’ve been in lockdown since 9 March. I did try going out in the communal garden but some of the other inmates that have homes here frighten me a little with their very loose idea of personal space. Coincidentally I too became ill at the beginning and really thought I had the virus. I think it was stress related unless all this is the afterlife and I’m really dead. Or even worse and I’m in Limbo which means I’m going to have to spend eternity dancing under a stick. (Terry Pratchett) Bye for now AlainViewDate:
18th Jul 2020Alain commented on:
Lonely and vulnerable and looking to chatHi CarolB4 Yes Bees was absolutely right. I had left the forum but left rapidly after making a fool of myself. I had left so quickly that I had not even deleted things or cancelled my account. The only reason I came here today was after receiving notifications to my post. Plus Bees had sent me a Chat message which I was too frightened (cowardly) to read. If you chat with Bees she is very nice and caring but I didn’t realise it at the time. Ive been in lockdown since 9 March. I did try going out in the communal garden but some of the other inmates that have homes here frighten me a little with their very loose idea of personal space. Coincidentally I too became ill at the beginning and really thought I had the virus. I think it was stress related unless all this is the afterlife and I’m really dead. Or even worse and I’m in Limbo which means I’m going to have to spend eternity dancing under a stick. (Terry Pratchett)ViewDate:
23rd May 2020Alain commented on:
Lonely and vulnerable and looking to chatHello the bees knees, I did cut my hair. I had to as it was so long I could have put it in a short pony tail or even more disturbingly bunches either side of my head. I feel a lot better with it shorter despite feeling colder in the neck region. I decided that I would poke my nose out of the front door yesterday. I’m lucky as my tiny bungalow is 1 of 9 in a little group. There is a large communal garden so at 6.30 am I slipped on a pair of shorts and Tee shirt and went for a few laps walking round the garden. There was no one about and it was sunny and warm. It did feel good to be in "Outside World" again. and because its a private garden I wasn’t breaking curfew I did meet one neighbour, and keeping a good distance apart, we discussed his plants in the garden as he said that "something" had been eating them. Note to self. Make set of very large wooden Bear feet to make footprints into soil around his plants.. I’ve spent far too much time curled up on the sofa, eating things not good for me and watching Netflix,. so I need to get back in shape or at least some sort of shape.ViewDate:
21st May 2020Alain commented on:
Lonely and vulnerable and looking to chatHi KiaraR. I hope you get this message as I have only just joined silversurfers and not sure if it works. It maybe that your neighbours are not ignoring you but are frightend of spreading the damn virus. It worries me a lot. I think a lot of people are feeling lonely and vulnerable now. I know I am. I too live alone and have been a prisoner in my tiny bungalow since 9th March. I miss having someone to talk to but I have lived alone for the last 9 years.so I am used to it mostly First things first, are you getting food delivered and any medication you need. Do you have a garden you can get out to. Today for the first time I went out and sat in the sun in my tiny little garden which is so overgrown. Its nice to see the weeds growing and the birds chirping. Wish I could help more Ive just come in as my hair is so long now Im going to use one of those electric hair shavers. Trouble is its a dog one with individual combs for dfferent hair lengths, Do you think I should go for a Spaniel look or Jack Russel. Do you read or like music. Ive just started reading again after a break of a couple of years or so. As for music I listen to my YouTube playlist and in my mind travel off to different places and times. -
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