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My brother, sister-in-law, their kids, and I used to go to a choo-choo train sushi restaurant. (The kids we little when we started going, so "choo-choo" stuck). We ate there for years until the food quality went downhill and the novelty of the train was not enough to bring us in.

I don't mind escorts contacting me. To me it is not a sign of desperation, it is a sign that someone thinks we might be a match.

Being very myopic, I wear contacts when having sex so I can see without the bother of glasses getting in the way. However, at very close range it is almost painful to try focusing my eyes, so I often close them. In fact, even folks who don't require corrective lenses can find it hard to focus at close range.

A colleague recently pointed out that autocorrect sometimes inserts an apostrophe before the "s" when a word is pluralized. :eek:

Sure, but.I was thinking "the 5," "the 805," "the 91," or

It is the Chicago equivalent of "driving on the [insert highway number here]"

True that! My family never said "Jewels" or "Jewel's" We said "Jewel."

The two of you took the words right out of my keyboard. IMO, ugly stereotypes are ugly stereotypes regardless the ethnicity, gender, or orientation. Central and Southern Illinois are not all that far (distance-wise) from Chicago. However, like our friend the thug from the other post, there are plenty of poseurs to go around.

The wikipedia article leaves out a few minor details, such as Osco was a relatively small chain until it was purchased by The Jewel Companies in the 1960s. Jewel took their supermarkets and paired them with Osco drug stores and created some of the first (if not first) combination food and drug stores, called Jewel-Osco. (Skaggs-Alpha Beta stores sprung up in the 1970's after Skaggs ended its partnership with Alberstons.). Most stores constructed after the mid-1960's were Jewel-Osco combo stores and I can't think of any Jewels built after 1970 that weren't. Meanwhile, Acme and California Alpha-Betas were typical supermarkets. Jewel bough SavOn in 1980 Skaggs' American Stores Company (the name of Acme's and Alpha-Beta's parent, which Skaggs adopted after buying those two chains) wanted Osco back and Jewel would not sell it. So, a friendly merger was launched. Then, the merger turned into a hostile takeover. In the end. American Stores acquired Jewel and along with it Osco, SavOn, Eisner (downstate Illinois and Indiana), Buttrrey (Mountain states), StarMarket (Massachusetts), and JewelT (similar to an Aldi). To pay down the massive debt taken on to do the deal, Buttrey, Star, and non-Illinois Eisner stores were all sold. Skaggs and SavOn were re-named Osco. Ultimately, SavOn was changed back because Osco did not resonate with Californians. Ask the ex-pat Chicagoan, indeed.

Hmm...I like a guy who is all sweaty and pumped from the gym. Checks flights to Dallas.

Two popular phrases one hears almost exclusively in Chicago are "come with" and "go with." Used in a sentence: "Hey, kids, I'm going to Jewel's. You want to come with?" "He left already." "Dammit, I wanted to go with."

Well, that changes everything.

From one Leo to another:

So he give good sexy!

I get called "sir" a lot, including at work. Not surprisingly, folks also call me "direct." Several employees of our main vendor call me "he who says what needs to be said." One of my favorite nicknames is "bullet," 'cuz I talk in bullet points.

"Available for: Boyfriend experience." Yup, just like the boyfriends who were quarreling loudly the other night at Safeway. We pay so we don't have to experience that. Time to move on.

I saw Nate several times and used to recommend him, but after my last experience with him I would no longer do so. However, I CAN recommend Rod Hagen, MaverickRay, and MikeyHawk for a boyfriend experience. I recently hired RussBarker and had a great time, but while he delivered MY idea of a boyfriend experience he might not deliver everyone else's idea of a boyfriend experience.

Who wants buttered and who wants plain popcorn? Salt or salt-free? (Sorry, I can't help but be an asshole sometimes) I'm sorry to hear about your mom's illness, but glad she has a son who uprooted his life, moved cross-country, and is taking care of her. You're a good man. That sounds perfectly reasonable to me. In fact, when an escort comes to my place for the first time I typically meet them at the entrance to my apartment complex. There are three reasons for this: Parking is complicated and I don't want them to get ticketed or towed The building is easy to find but the elevator lobby can be a challenge to locate for first-timers I'd rather not give my apartment number to a stranger. Yup, you can and you should. Just like clients can and should do the same. Sidebar: If memory serves correctly, there was a thread a long time ago where a prospective client complained that the escort was a flake because he would not give his address before the meeting. the prospective client wanted to Google Maps the place and drive there so he wouldn't get lost the day of the appointment. His complaint was not well-received by the Forum denizens. A couple of things about this. First, where else do you intend to advertise for escort services? Second, it seems that escorting attracts a higher proportion of flakes than does massage therapy. That's probably because sex work is still considered by some to be illicit and tawdry, which to them justifies messing with sex workers. It is very nice of you to take the high road and consider these people to have gotten cold feet. Unfortunately, your message is probably being delivered to the wrong audience Many, if not most, of the members would not behave in that way. I see their point, but then again they don't want you to come to their place at all Funny? That's insane. Would he suddenly be OK with you meeting him in the lobby if you gave him a free hour? That's just crazy. Bad move. Make that "very bad move." Here's why: There are perfectly legitimate prospective clients who want to use the RM messaging service. There are various reasons for this, including guys not wanting to hand their number out to a stranger, guys who can't always stop what they are doing to reply to a text, and guys who just feel more comfortable using email. (Granted, RM's messaging service isn't "real" email) A guy who wants to jerk you around will do so no matter what communication method you use to communicate with him. RM does not accept reviews from clients who did not contact the escort via the RM messaging service. To many Forum members, no RM reviews is a red flag (even though the reviews' reliability is dubious) and refusing to book clients from the RM messaging service will appear to be an attempt to avoid getting reviewed. I'd suggest that you accept messages via the RM service and switch to text before booking. If that's your intent, your statement did not convey that. To me, private vs public photos is not a big deal. What is a big deal is when a provider advertises, ahem, "characteristics" and is afraid to show them. It sends a signal that the advertiser does not possess quite the "characteristics" he is portraying in his ad. It sounds like you are pissed off (rightfully so), are blowing off steam , and in the process might not be making carefully-considered decisions. You might want to keep your ad as-is for right this very minute and revisit this tomorrow or the next day.

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