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How Wickline is still employed is a mystery. She should've been first to go. Silverman should've been second.

Sound advice. Expect no less from you.

I agree 100% and said so above. What he did was wrong and disrespectful. What Rosie did was worse. And then she tried to spin it when the media bashed her. IIRC Clay had just did an interview with Walters and his sexuality came up (she asked men 'if they wanted to address the gay rumors' often - including Ricky Martin). He deflected from the question. A few months later Rosie outs him on national TV - Walters' show of all places ? Geez, Rosie. This was a BIG win for Kelly Ripa, and from that day forward she has yet to speak to Rosie, and Rosie still talks about it - "I saw Kelly Ripa at the Broadway opening of XXX last night. I said 'Hey, Kel, how ya doin?' and she walked right by me. She sure can hold a grudge'. No Rosie - no grudge. Kelly just doesn't want to associate with you any more. Can't blame her.

I don't think it's right to 'out' anyone regarding any identity (sexual, political, religious, etc.). They will let the public know what they want the public to know about themselves. I think the biggest faux pas was when Rosie O'Donnell (of all people) outed Clay Aiken on 'The View'. If you all remember, during the 2006-07 season, Clay Aiken (who was not out) was a guest host with Kelly Ripa, subbing one day for Regis. He did quite a bit to annoy Kelly, including putting his hand over her mouth to shut her up in one interview they were doing. Kelly got mad and said "Don't ever do that again. I don't know where that hand has been." Rosie gets into the act the next day as she brings it up for 'Hot Topics' and blames Kelly for being a homophobe. "I think if it was a straight man who did that, she wouldn't have a problem with it." WOW! So Rosie just outed 'her close friend' Clay Aiken on national TV that morning. Kelly calls into the show and tells Rosie she had no idea if Aiken was straight or gay. All she knows is that he shook hands with everyone in the audience during the commercial breaks, and he put his hand over her mouth and nose to shut her up - which was disrespectful in itself. But to do it after shaking hands with everyone (and not washing right after) -- she didn't want any flu or cold germs spread to her and for her to take them home to her family (she had three little kids at the time). Kelly was right. ROSIE was so wrong, and was bashed in all the press for outing Aiken. Poor Clay.

Are you saying they dropped out because they found out you were gay ? (I hope not).

I think you should post more often on the Personal Finance forum and share more of your solid financial advice with us over there. You are a financial wiz.

I guess not everyone lives within a budget and has plenty of 'fun money' to spend. Unfortunately, at this time, I don't. I don't consider sticking within a budget a 'putting an obstacle in my path', I consider it being financially responsible. Last year when shopping for a new car, I had my 'dream car' in mind of what I wanted. Alas, after doing my research and visiting the dealership, the price of the dream car didn't match what I could afford, so I settled for something more practical and affordable for my monthly payments. I got over it.

More nonsense. Who cares if $350 is in the market for 'plenty of places' ? Doesn't concern me. $250-$300 is in the market for where he is now. You don't seem to understand the basic concepts of business. Why bother addressing the rest of your nonsense ?

This makes absolutely no sense. He's currently not in a 'bigger city', and as we've discussed in multiple threads over the years, the provider should be in line with the market he is visiting if he's serious about making money. Otherwise he prices himself out of the market. This is true with anyone in any business. Who said I wasn't 'serious enough to follow through' ? I DID follow through. I had a conversation with him this morning. I have a budget for what I can afford for this 'hobby' and he was not within budget - so I couldn't afford his services. As in any business transaction, we couldn't reach a deal. How do you take that as not being serious ? Again, this response makes no sense.

Car washes in my area are $12. But I was interested in having it detailed. As for his services, I guess $350 is the going rate in Florida, but not around here. If he can get it - good for him.

Actually, that did happen (sort of) as I finally met up with him today. Finally. After waiting to hear back from him all week. As I said earlier this week, I reached out to him via text (I ended up texting him twice) and heard nothing back all week. I left it at that - if he was interested in detailing my car, get back to me. I didn't hear from him, so I left it alone. I assumed he was busy or didn't want to do my car. No big deal. This morning I was outside and he came across to talk to me as he pulled up in front of his house. He apologized for not getting back to me, and said he was 'visiting friends out of state' so this past week wouldn't have worked. He's around the next few days and gave me a price of $150 for detailing, which (of course) he'd do right in my driveway. I was direct with him on that, and told him I would give it more thought as the price was a little more than I thought I'd need to spend on detailing (again, maybe I'm wrong but I was thinking more $100 plus tip.) He was fine with the answer, and seemed to understand. At that point, I figured before he turned around and went back home, I should ask him about RM - why not ? I considered all the responses here, and agreed with the fact that he's offering his services and I'm a customer looking for his services. It's called business. 'Before you go - I have one more thing to ask you...' So I told him I saw his ad, and I was interested in an appointment with him. He didn't have much of a reaction except the raised eyebrows, and just said, 'OK - Cool' I told him I didn't need a response now, and asked if he thought it would be awkward, and I told him I would understand if he said 'No'. He said, ' Awkward? Not at all.' He asked what I was looking for , I told him, and he said with a smile, 'I promise we'll have a good time. Let's do it! When were you thinking ?' But before we planned a day and time, I needed to know how much he charged and asked him. He quoted me $350 which (once again) was more than I was expecting or budgeted for these encounters (we all have our $ limits). I didn't ask him to lower the price, but I did tell him that was more than what I usually pay for 'this hobby'. He smiled and told me he was definitely worth it, and I assured him he probably was - but I couldn't do it at this time. He was understanding and told me if I changed my mind to give him a call and he'd be over. 'Nothing awkward' he assured me. He gave me his 'bro hug' and headed back to his house. It went well, overall. So to have him detail my car and have an hour appointment with him would set me back $500 minimum. As much as I'd love to employ him, I simply can't afford him at this time for both or either services. I may regret it in the future, but that's $500 I can spend on more important stuff right now, not a hobby or making my car sparkle. *sigh*

Seriously ? He had to officially come out ? By the reactions to his 'outing' and comments over the years, I doubt this was even a secret in his Mormon community. Anyhow, here's his story...and 'congratulations' to him... The Crumbl Cookies co-founder, a viral gay rumor and what we can learn in the aftermath WWW.USATODAY.COM Crumbl co-founder Sawyer Hemsley came out, though not the way he wanted. Keep in mind: The consequences of outing someone could be dire.

Just repeating / regurgitating with other customers have said on other message boards who frequent the place. You have your opinion, they have theirs - why say their opinion is 'wrong' ? They're not saying it as fact -just as personal opinions based on their experiences. Why bother ? It's called conversation. It would be a rather dull world if people didn't share opinions.

Yes! After eight seasons, Heidi Gardner will not be returning. Best news yet ! ‘SNL’: Heidi Gardner Leaving After Eight Years DEADLINE.COM Heidi Gardner is exiting Saturday Night Live. Gardner joined in Season 43 as a featured player and was promoted to the main cast in 2019.

Has Lorne been getting ideas from the current season of 'Big Brother' ??? That's the show where they got rid of all the hot hunks up front this summer (Adrian, Zae, Zack, Riley - though he's not my taste). Marcello better watch his sexy ass - he's the last of the 'hot young hunks' on the current season of SNL (in other words: Jost, Yang, Thompson and Che have nothing to worry about - they are neither young nor a hot hunk).