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Didn't he used to offer 4 hand with a partner? Did they split up or did he retire/pass?

I know somieine who had a single outbreak of Herpes 1, tested positive for it, never had anither outbreak and a later test was negative. Does that mean they actually cleared the virus or can you test negative when it's dormant? If the latter then yeah everybody likely has it.

He was only 78?

Remember if you live long enough, eventually you almost certainly will find yourself in a position where someone needs to take charge of your care. Possibly for a very long time. Moving far away from all relatives generally isn't a great idea for that reason, unless you really have "f you" levels of wealth and trusted advisors to manage your affairs...which probably insulates you from most of what you fear about election outcomes anyway. As an example of what could go wrong, if you're NOT rich, what happens if you move overseas and they decide Social Security is only payable to US residents? Everything is gonna be on the table in a way people have been assuming it won't in 10 years or so.

He's still around and still in shape. Shane Rollins(who IIRC was only in the business for a year or two) was fun, as was Tony Cummings.

If it's blank I take that as a sign that erotic might not be an option. Similarly I would take "Negative, on PreP' as an indication that, um, full-service probably IS an option.

There are guys who like to watch their women get massaged or more. I think that's his audience. He can't come right out and say he won't deal with a solo man so he has to beat around the bush.

The ad pretty much screams between the lines that he's not on here for masage and not here for "unaccompanied men," so of course nobody is trying him. I doubt if you're a single male he'll even book you. Maybe one of our married-to-a-woman posters could book with their wife and report back.

He danced at the Gaiety pre-2000....he's def not 39...

Eh, while there aren't levels of kosher, members of certain Jewish communities will want to know exactly who did the certifying.. And I had a Jewish coworker who when she got married told her husband basically, she'd observe most of the rules, but she wasn't going to do the whole two sets of silverware thing and then "have to throw a spoon out because I used the wrong one for ice cream accidentally."

"Don't shit where you eat" is generally good advice. Take it.

Given he mentions he's on PreP in the health status item, I'd guess there's a shot. But given he doesn't check "Erotic" it's probably a YMMV situation.

Go on...

I've never actually been to Palm Springs, though I go to Vegas several times a year. I considered moving there, but I think they overdeveloped and have concerns about the water situation taking an ugly turn just as I'm too old to manage a move myself...

The top 1% have pitted the next 9% against the bottom 90. And it's getting ugly.

It's not just about the gap between the super-rich and everyone else. It's about the gap between the top 10-20% and everyone else, buying up real estate, walling themselves off in towns with no non-wealthy people, being able to float their kids as they take unpaid internships, etc. I maintain that it's markedly harder today for people who are of average ability but reasonably hardworking to get by and/or ahead. I'm doing okay, but I'm doing okay in a game that is rigged, and more than I care to admit of my financial success was due to being in the right place at the right time.

Um, they were saying that abiut weed 30-40 years ago when they were putting the "Just Say No" campaigns into schools. I doubt it's 100x more potent now than it was in the 60s.

I do think the current era is very quantifiably different in that median income and median housing costs have pretty much decoupled. This board skews older and has already climbed the ladder. But rents havs climbed far beyond what people making average money can pay and still do things like save. Whether that's due to houseflippers, AirBNB, or venture capital is another question. But I look at what my nieces and nephews are making now vs when I was starting out. Their pay is less than double and rents for equivalent housing is well over triple. And they have a higher loan burden than I did. We collectively pulled up the ladder behind us, consciously or not. As for these smash and grabs, I will say I work in insurance and while burglary is up it's still not that high as a percentage of claims on a countrywide basis. I think it's a very localized phenomenon that gets more publicity because everyone has a camera and the ability to broadcast now. Items being locked up is partly so the store doesn't have to pay a couple of security guards. Every business is reducing headcount and if these stores were staffed like they were 25 years ago that alone would deter a lot of petty theft. Crimes are crimes of opportunity. SF is an outlier because it's a small area that the wealthy really just completely took over and the surrounding areas are just as wealthy so the poor couldn't just shuffle over a bit

Pre-pandemic, I had increased my tipping to regularly something like 25% because food prices had lagged inflation considerably. But lately restaurant food has gone up more than everything else, so I'm back at 18-20% now. They're still making more than before.

Much like the "resort fee" in Vegas doesn't go to the housekeepers, the "service fee" doesn't go to the servers. I don't even fully trust that credit card tips always get to the server unless it's a large chain that likely has software for it. As for the concern about tax, there is an assumed tip percentage that tax is calculated on and comes out of the servers' paycheck for the checks where the tip wasn't reported. Waiters can and do get audited and slapped with fines for assumed underreporting and the IRS does not have the burden of proof, they just have to show that you served a certain dollar amount.

I think this selling the land under the building is what's killing the Vegas experience. It will take longer to play out because of the gambling money, but I think the next financial crisis will hit them hard

Do the bars "hire" dancers or charge them a fee to dance? Club 20 used to have this one dancer who was totally out of place, late 40s and looked older, not actually good-looking IMO, it seemed more like he was living out his fantasy onstage than that amyome cared to see him. Never saw him with a customer.

My experience has been that for actual fun, bi guys are the best of the three. They often have a gf/wife so time with guys is strictly playtime and/or they are better able to view it as a job and fake it relatively convincingly . Totally straight guys(more specifically the Kinsey Scale 0.5s and less who "round down") tend to be cold fish unless they happen to have a fetish for my body type). But I think phone sex is something that is likely to be extremely hit or miss. A lot of people are more self consciious about verbalizing than doing.

They look like they're about the same age. I think the handle is how they roleplay.

I've been thinking about getting an E-bike but these fires stories are giving me pause.