WORK:

I am a mariner. The last job I worked was a tender to a master diver in the Gulf. I am an able seaman. There is very little on deck I cannot do. If you have something on deck I cannot handle, you are probably pure out of luck.

LOCATION:

I spend most of my time off on a dock in Golden Meadow, LA. I do a lot of fishing here. I have a boat here I take out on Bayou LaFourche. I also have a house in West Texas but I have only been there twice in the last year. It is way out in the Mesquite trees and prickly pear cactus. I do have a little space there, though, a workshop where I can turn things on the lathe and whatnot.

LIKES:


fishing , boats, hiking, backpacking, cats, conversation, fishing, working with tools, math and sciences, aquaria, sunsets, stars, nature generally, reading, flowering plants, your latest cute outfit, music from Chopin to Dire Straits. Did I mention fishing?

LOOKING FOR:

Looks: I like slender women physically. Don't care what color your hair is.
This is not a beauty pagent. I am just looking for someone kinda cute.

Personality: Nice. Ethical. Hopefully you can act like a lady. I can treat
you like one.

Intelligence: I like women who think. You don't need to worry about being too
smart around me. The more books you have read, the better.

EDUCATION: A.S Physics, B.A Philosophy, Doctor of Jurisprudence (law degree). Yes, I was a lawyer, but it's all right if you don't like lawyers because I don't like lawyers either.

ROMANTIC STUFF: I like all that cuddling type stuff. Walking on the beach in the moonlight, sure. Nobody does it, but it sounds fun...

WEIGHT: I am working on it, and it is working. Mid Jan down to 240# and losing about 10 a month.

Perhaps a first date is really getting ahead of ourselves. I think:

FIRST:

One sends the other a little note about "I liked your profile." Then the other comes back and says "I liked yours, too." and makes some comments or asks some questions, and you message for a while.

SECOND:

It gets to the point where someone puts up a phone number. Normally, the other will not call. This is what I call the pulling away game. Having been offered a serious chance at what you want, you pull away and avoid the chance of embarrasment, rejection, whatever. But if the other has the courage to call, then you talk voice once or twice and get acquainted.

THIRD:

You meet somewhere for coffee. If it isn't working out, someone can just say "Well, I'd better be going." and end it pretty easily. If it is working out, then you can do the whole exchanging contact info thing, and whatever else, plan a first date, whatever is appropriate.


FOURTH:

Now we get to the first date. Dinner and a movie is pretty tried and true. These days, though, you can buy the movie for what it costs for two people to go to one, and you can make better popcorn or maybe even something healty to eat. You could go out to eat and then if that is working out, go rent a movie.

Dancing is ok so long as you understand I am no Fred Astaire. I would feel silly doing it without a few beers in me, but that is not generally a problem.

Maybe I would ask you to just come over and drink a few beers and fish off the dock. Or take you out on the bayou in the boat. I can cook dinner myself. Or maybe you want to do it. I don't come into this with hard and fast ideas. I can think of something to do, or you can. I'm not even afraid to let you drive.