Tom Crayder’s Comments (group member since Oct 13, 2011)

Tom Crayder’s comments from the Ask Tom Crayder group.

What was the sport, Sarah?

Glad you were able to handle the situation without violence. :)

Tom

I love that attitude in women...

Tom

Fut can sparkle lol

Tom

You know, we need a MATURE Werewolf program on TV. There is plenty of story material.

Do the Teen Wolf werewolves sparkle?

:)

Tom

Cambria wrote: "What does Tom think of Chick Flicks? Does he take his wife to see them?"

I am not going to admit to liking any chick flicks, but I will say that if you want to get your wife into a certain mood, watching one with her is a good idea. Where it's the movie itself or the fact that you sat there with her through the whole damned thing, it works somehow.

I will NOT watch Lifetime movies, however. I can sum up every Lifetime movie in one sentence: A man treated me bad and I want my children back.

I mean, c'mon. They could mix it up a bit.

Sorry to hear about the kiddo, Sarah! Wrists take a while, too. Seriously, tell her to get well soon. If she is into reading, a Kindle might be a good start (but not my stories, of course...).

If you need to get serious with the people involved, I might have some suggestions.... :)

Tom

A 180 is maybe 8:1 on a good day. Maybe :). Feels like a lot less unless you are somewhere in the Midwest with huge cornfields and long, straight roads.

We don't see a lot of gliders on the Us East coast. I think it is important to note that a lot of the BEST WWII fighter pilots were trained before the war on gliders. I think there is probably a special "feel" that glider pilots get for flying. All of that conservation of energy and such.

Still, I miss enough approaches that I like having an prop out there. Hmmmmm....maybe Splitter should consider some sort of glider for the next book....

Tom

Phil: If it doesn't have an engine, I find it suspect. Don't get me wrong, I respect glider pilots and have been told that they make excellent pilots in powered aircraft, but I just can't get past the "no prop" thing. I mean, what happens if you miss an approach? What if there are no thermals?

I have seen a new species of glider with a small engine. That makes a little more sense to me. I also once watch a glider get pulled intot he air by a winch. Wow. You guys are crazy! I may need a lose a little weight before I ever tried gliding.

Jenn, The Kindred was AWESOME if it's the one from the Clinton era. I think it was just a little too far ahead of its time.

There are two series that caught my interest: Once Upon a time and Grimm. The problem is, I avoid series until they get picked up for a second season. I have been burned too many times by good series that get cancelled anyway.

It is perfectly acceptable to check your hair in a rest room. You can even make sure you don't have anything caught in your teeth. But a man should NEVER get caught doing that "turn around and look over his shoulder" to check out his butt.

Splitter will only do that in fun house mirrors...

Tom

Cambria, I tried. I promise, I tried.

I like True Blood...violence, gore, nudity, and some truly nasty vampires do it for me! I also used to watch "Forever Knight," which no one remembers, but I think was probably the first show that tried to do "good" vampires.

Siegfried and Roy's tiger did not go crazy...he went tiger. I want my vampires to go vampire sometimes and rip out someone's spine. If they don't, then what's the point of being a vampire?

I must say, however, that I like "Being Human."

Splitter should have made me a vampire. He could have, you know. Someone even recently told him he should have. I'm still a little hurt that he made me so--ordinary.

Tom

Have you seen Brazilian bikinis? Or lack of thereof? lol

I simply call it, "party time!"

Someone should turn Lorena on to a good salon...

Tom

I just figured out how old Jenn was a few days ago lol.

The main character in "Justified" is a modern day, gunslinging US Marshal and a real cowboy (not from TX though, sorry). Jenny says he is super hot but he has to be mid-forties and that's a big age gap, Jenn :).

I';m not sayi9ng it couldn't work though. Bless the women that like older men, I say!

You are right, Phil. "Old" is a state of mind. "Experienced" is the better term :). It reminds me of the story of the two bulls, one young and one old, standing on the hill watching the cows.

I agree with the older bull :).

Tom

See? And women criticized ME for noticing Lorena's grooming!

I think most of us practice some sort of "manscaping" over here. No one likes an inadvertent sneeze.

No waxing for men though. That's just wrong.

I had to shave my legs when I played football in highschool. Back then, we used adhesive tape to tape our ankles and, one way or the other, the hair is coming off.

Tom

I can't wait until Splitter gets here! He is a clean freak and this stuff will set his brain on fire. He doesn't even believe in sharing a bathroom with his wife!

Thongs: Phil is exactly right. Thongs are sandle-like contraptions worn on the feet where men are concerned. After all, crack kills.

Sarah, there is more wrong with the French set up than I can even begin to explain. I don't want the guy next to me turning to check out women walking past while he is doing his thing.

Frank, I have to admit that I haven't made a bed since Jenny and I were dating. I made my bed then because I wanted her to think I was civilized.

Why make a bed? You are only going to get into it that night and mess it up again. Hopefully, you can REALLY mess it up with the right woman :).

I'm not sure exactly what a "duvet" is, but Jenny says it's that puffy bed spread she bought us and I think that actually could come in handy for a single guy too! Like...what if you, as a single guy, thought you might get lucky that night but it was no guarantee. Should you take the time to make your bed? Hell no!

But...if you could throw a duvet over it and make it LOOK like you made your bed, that might suffice to fool the woman into thinking you do make your bed. She'll think you have class. Then if you get lucky...well, by that time she probably shouldn't be thinking about the bed covers, should she?

That's what I do when Jenny goes away overnight on business. I toss the duvet over the bed in the morning when I get up. That way, if she comes home, she won't immediately gripe at me for not making the bed. By the time she figures it out, it's time for bed and not even she would make up a bed just to get into it to sleep.

You can thank me later. :)

Tom

It's actually a very well thought out series. There seems to be a different "revenge" every week. they don't always die, but people get ruined in well thought out ways.

You would love Justified. Your kind of guy...too old for you though.

Person of Interest is good but the guy keeps shooting people in the leg. I hate that.

Tom

Jenn aka Texas Long Hair wrote: "And I'm not walking around holding a chicks hand either."

There goes that dream....

I MUST know what he tried on! Seriously. There is psychoanalysis to do here. Not that there is anything wrong with wearing women's clothes, of course. A wife should probably know that going in though. If their were heels or a thong, we have struck gold.

And, Phil, you are SO right! Just like toilet seats. You're a big girl, you can learn how to put them down, too, ya know.

Tom

http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/last-man...
Tim Allen without the grunting, ah, ah, arrrrrrr! Still good though and I could myself like that in twenty years.

http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/origi...
Because sometimes, bad guys need to get shot.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/flying-wi...
My dream job. The dad flies a C-180 like mine too!

http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/origi...
Jake turned me on to Sons of Anarchy. He says it's fake but still good. Gemma now tops my list of oldest women I would do.

http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.s...-
Dexter. a loveable serial killer. Yeah, right.

http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men
MadMen. Dude is so living a lie.

http://www.tv.com/shows/person-of-int...
Person of Interest. Splitter says I should point out that "The Reluctant" was published long before this series came out. I wish we had a computer like that...

http://www.nbc.com/prime-suspect/
Lorena LOVES this one, I have no idea why...

http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/revenge
Revenge. she gal in this goes after those who wronged her in the past. she is pretty hardcore about it. Worth a watch.

So that's what is keeping me busy these days in the TV department. And the Food Network, of course.

Tom

"Hey, Frank, you going to the bathroom? Ok, I'll come with you."

Never, ever, should happen. Just NO. Women can, men can't. As a matter of fact, we'll wait until the first guy comes back before we will go to avoid all appearances of bathroom buddies.

Tom

I'm not a cowboy but I think every real guy wanted to be one at some point! I do know someone who fancied himself a cowboy and he was tough enough to pull it off even though he was in the north. I have also watched a LOT of cowboy movies in my life so I think I am qualified to answer this without referring to Splitter.

My thought is, a cowboy is a cowboy no matter what hat he wears. It's about more than the hat. Even if he didn't wear a hat, George Strait is still a cowboy.

No matter what hat he put on, Prince could never be a cowboy.

When a cowboy dresses up, he should probably wear a felt hat and a pressed shirt. If he is out in everyday life, he'll probably wear a straw hat when it gets really hot. Whenever the temperatures allow, he'll wear a felt hat.

Rhinestone cowboys? I'll put it this way: if you want to wear a loud rhinestone belt, you better be able to pull it off. It's like a guy carrying a Lady Smith pistol...real men can pull it off.

A real cowboy probably could wear a rhinestone belt if he was dressed up but it's out there just a little. A nice, big, belt buckle is probably the way to go.

I spent a little time in Houston recently with a group of friends. You could tell the real cowboys from the wannabes. I was trying to blend in so I wore a Stetson and I think I looked pretty good in it!

I shuolda been a cowboy...

Tom

All I know is that Splitter had women calling him in the middle of the night and leaving messages like, "Don't you dare ignore me..." Very "Fatal Attraction" kinds of things.

The one book Splitter should write would be about his dating history. If they were crazy, he could find them.

Thank goodness I have been with Jenny since we were both pretty young and didn't have to deal with that sort of thing.

As to why men give each other a hard time, it's just "guy speak." We bag on each other to make sure the other guy is strong enough to take it the right way. If he gets upset, we know we can't count on him.

"Guy speak" is something we pick up at an early age and involves much grunting, pointing, and posturing.

It's like urinal etiquette. There are some really stringent rules:
1) Eyes to the front!
2) Talking is strongly discouraged unless the guy next to you is a friend.
3) Positioning. This one is hard to explain but every guy knows the rules.

If you walk into a bathroom and no one is present, you take the urinal at one end or the other (preferably furthest from the sink).

If one is occupied at one end, you DO NOT go all the way to the other end and make the guy feel strange. You take the one NEXT to the empty end so you are not encroaching on his space OR shunning him.

Always, always, always leave one urinal open between you and the next guy if there is a moderate crowd. You NEVER sidle up right next to another guy unless that is the only choice left.

If there IS only one urinal open, you take it. Waiting would look weird.

There is no handshaking in a bathroom even if you see your best friend from highschool for the first time in 20 years and you both are drying your hands after washing them thoroughly. You just don't shake hands under any circumstances. Reunions are for the beer line.

If it is REALLY crowded, like at a stadium, the line for each facility starts at least four feet behind the guy presently using the facility. Any closer is just too much pressure.

While talking at the urinal is discouraged, talking in line is encouraged but one should NEVER complain about the time anyone is taking to do their thing. Again, too much pressure and such complaints will just delay the process. Anyone may shout something like "Go Steelers!" at any time whether they are using the facilities or merely waiting. The key to such shouts is that they should ALWAYS refer to the home team and NEVER a hated rival.

Shouting "Go Hated Rival!" may result in expulsion from the bathroom.

And you all thought being a guy was easy....

Tom

I am adding Sarah to my list of people who are not allowed to play with my wife lol.

Tough lady!

Splitter has some cool stories about stalker women. We have no idea why because, trust me, he's not worth it. Just ask his ex-wife!

Tom

Lies that every parent should memorize:

"That noise? Mommy and Daddy were just wrestling..."

"Mommy won three times, Daddy won once. That's why Mommy is in such a good mood this morning..."

"Because the ToothFairy is allergic to paper money..."

"Goldfish DO sleep on their backs sometimes..." (Note: a covert trip to the pet shop will be necessary to really sell this one.)

"You'll go blind..."

Tom