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  1. As purplekow said, it is appalling how cruel some people can be. Thank God that man smelled the fire and checked it out. Someone ought to find whoever set the next on fire and set THEM on fire.
  2. With all these polls you will need to change your name to Harris Nielson.
  3. +1 Ultimately, I cast my vote for '90's Jake Andrews. I like his face better than the millennial version.
  4. He also has an ad on Masseurfinder.
  5. That's right! It was the entire bridge over the 60 freeway. The freeway melting was a different accident. Can you believe we've had more than one accident that resulted in a melting? Personally, I would rather see you without the outfit, but that's just me. We really need to get together again, sans melted freeway.
  6. I believe Tristan can snap his fingers and teleport himself to wherever he wants to go. He developed that skill after he was late to an appointment (with me) due to a fuel tanker accident in which the resulting fire melted a freeway. (No, I'm not making this up.) If he could only prevent fuel tanker accidents...
  7. Phonebook? What's that???
  8. rvwnsd

    Manus Fortus

    They look invisible to me. But seriously, you might want to post a link.
  9. The ad also states "...IM HERE TO DEAL WITH ALL OF YOU IN THE BEST WAY YOU DESERVE !..." I suspect he is not a native English speaker and used a translation program to write his ad.
  10. I also hired him a few years ago in San Diego and had a great time. Very nice guy and sexy as hell.
  11. The first one is from a Sean Cody vid called "Ollie and Tanner Bareback."
  12. "Anniversary Song," "Miles From Our Home," and a cover of "Sweet Jane" by Cowboy Junkies "Rock Lobster" and "Roam" by the B52s "Perform This Way" and "Word Crimes" by Weird Al Yankovic and, alas, "The Ladies Who Lunch" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" by Sondheim There are more, but it is early here.
  13. "Virtual Teller" technology ("kiosks" in industry parlance) is a relatively new thing in the US and is similar to, but not the same as, an ATM. With branch traffic waaaaaay down (and teller-line traffic declining at a faster rate than banker-desk traffic) the kiosks are a good way to deliver teller services when they are needed without having tellers standing around doing nothing most of the day waiting for a customer to walk up or having customers wait around while the lone teller or busy banker can help them. I'm not familiar with BofA's deployment, but the kiosks I'm familiar with have a video link to employees sitting in a central site who can service multiple locations. It does not surprise me that BofA is piloting the "virtual tellers" in Florida, as one of their predecessor institutions (the venerable Barnett Bank) had "Mall Merchant" locations back in the 1990's. They were automated kiosks that allowed the merchant to make deposits and place change/currency orders for next-day pickup. Let me tell you, this saved my then-employer a boatload in armored courier fees at stores located in a center that had a Mall Merchant. Just before NationsBank swallowed them up, Barnett was planning to take the "mall Merchant" to the next level by dispensing coin and currency orders on demand, a la a branch. Sadly, the evil NationsBank put the kibash on the program. I'm eager for the "Virtual Teller" to be piloted in Southern California.
  14. I am looking at the Bank of America app and it lists Bank of America ATMs, not third-party ATMs. Every BofA ATM I've used dispenses twenty dollar bills. In fact, I've used ATMs owned by BofA, Citi, Chase, USBank, and HSBC and they have all dispensed twenty dollar bills. Some 7-Eleven ATMs dispense a mix of twenty- and one hundred dollar bills when the transaction is $300 or greater. I've noticed that the 7-Eleven ATMs that offer prepaid cards, check-cashing, and other services tend to issue $100's while the smaller machines issue $20's. Note that in many markets 7-Eleven ATMs are free of charge to Citibank customers. However, 7-Eleven ATMs have a maximum limit of $400, regardless the limit you and/or your financial institution has set on your account. Regarding the exchange of smaller bills for larger bills, most banks I know of will not execute that type of transaction for a non-customer. (more on why in a minute) The "IRS reporting" cited in an earlier thread is actually Currency Transaction Reporting (CTR) and is not an IRS report. It is a report sent to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which is administered by the Department of the Treasury. In short, it is a report of cash transactions in excess of $10,000. Virtually all financial institutions handle them electronically and aggregate transactions made through various channels (tellers at multiple branches, ATMs, cash vault, etc). The type of transaction alluded to in the thread is called "structuring" and refers to breaking a large transaction into small chunks to avoid CTR filing. Aggregation is one of the ways financial institutions detect structuring. Exchanging $500 in twenty dollar bills for five one hundred dollar bills will probably not raise any red flags unless you execute multiple transactions that approach $10,000. Most financial institutions do not allow non-customers to exchange currency because they do not wish to collect the information required to complete a CTR and would likely not be able to aggregate transactions for CTR purposes if that non-customer was structuring transactions. Safe finances are as important as safe sex, so here are a few links to information about CTRs and FinCEN: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_transaction_report http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Crimes_Enforcement_Network One last thing about CTRs and FinCEN: They were created back in the 1980's and 1990's at the height of the drug wars to combat the laundering of drug money. The laws have evolved over the years in the wake of the rise of terrorism financing. All that being said, I am fine with paying for a session using a credit card via Square.
  15. I just paid $3.19 for regular unleaded at Valero and Chevron is $3.29 in mid-city San Diego. Down the hill in Mission Valley, it costs $3.69.
  16. You point out an important concept that often gets lost in the zeal to avoid low-fat foods. Processed foods that claim to be low-fat are typically candidates for avoidance. However, there is nothing wrong with eating lean meat instead of a more fatty variety. I did that years ago, too. I've now gone one better: brown rice based pasta (more fiber, fewer "empty carbs") and spaghetti squash.
  17. I don't think he is Trey Walker. There is a resemblance, but they look like different guys to me. However, if you like hairy, muscular men I'd advise hopping on a plane for LA and schedule some time with Colin.
  18. I saw Colin today. Wow! Best time I've had in a long time. Review will be forthcoming.
  19. Hey, thanks. I've been deciding whether to set up some time with him. I think I will, based on your recommendation.
  20. Apparently, she was tired of hiking the Appalachian Trail.
  21. I wonder if the weird voice is due to the purse that is stuck in his throat and won't fall out when he talks?
  22. I'll preface this by saying 1) I have no first-hand experience with Dick/Habib/Tom/Thanos; 2) over the years he has piqued my curiosity but my Spidey sense has told me to look elsewhere; and 3) I typically don't subscribe to the view that massagem4m reviews can't be trusted. However, something does not sit right with his reviews. "Dick" originally advertised as "Rugged Thanos." His ads played up his being a rugby player, being of Greek/Arab descent, and his masculinity (at one point his ad copy referenced that a purse would not fall out of his mouth when he talked). Wouldn't you know it, many of his reviews talk about his Greek/Arab dick, his masculinity, and one from 2010 mentioned how a purse would fall out of the mouth of another masseur. However, none of his reviews discuss his massage techniques or the massage itself. Well, that's not entirely true. The negative reviews do mention his technique, which seems to be more of a rub than a massage. In addition, his reviews dating back to 2007 refer to him as "Dick" when at that point he was advertising as "Thanos." As recently as May, 2014, he was known as "Tom." How could reviews written when he was "Thanos" or "Tom" now reference "Dick?" Were they changed? If so, what else was changed? I wish I could provide some first-hand information, but I can't. Maybe we can take up a collection and you can be our guinea pig.
  23. Looking at the label of my organic creamy peanut butter I see 200 calories, 16 grams of fat (4 of which are saturated), 85 mg of sodium, 6 grams of carbs, 2 grams of sugars, and 2 grams of dietary fiber. As you can see, not much difference. Processed food is processed food, whether you buy it at Whole Foods Market or Safeway. You can always throw a cup of almonds (or peanuts) into a food processor and make your own almond butter. It is delicious. In fact, after the latest recall of jarred almond butter, I think I will whip up a batch tomorrow morning.
  24. In a city of 2.7 million people (9.5 million in the metro area) there are bound to be two or three.
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