Timsbud

YES! In another thread awhile back I brought up hand holding. I see that being a BFE.

The vagueness of the term certainly leads to as many different interpretations as there are clients and providers.
However, I think a general impression can be culled from our individual ones: That BFE is just as much (if not more so) about compassionate mental-emotional affection and interaction as it is about whatever else may take place.
 
For me, it means that we spend time together and there's a general ebb and flow with our physical interaction as opposed to having a laundry list of physical acts to take place. A fair amount of time could be spent hand holding, cuddling, talking about the great mysteries of life, etc --- generally behaviors one may expect in an established relationship versus what behavior one may expect from picking someone up at a bar.

While applying for a Page job at NBC in Burbank, took a tour - and the sets for the nightly talk shows (Jay Leno, etc.) really do look much smaller in person than on TV. The distance between the couch and desk setup and the band are merely steps away - on TV, it looks like a long hike.
Went to a taping of Jeopardy at the Sony Studios - not much fun for the audience since we were warned not only not to call out answers, but not to react in any way, except when the Applause signs were on.
Attended a taping of a new, not-yet-broadcast situation comedy (Good Morning, Miami?) - as the actors were presenting their lines, if the studio audience, up on bleachers, did not react strongly to a punch line, they would stop, the writers would come out onto the set and converse with the actors, changing lines, and then, we were asked to pretend we had not already seen this setup, and react as if we heard the lines for the first time. Sometimes, the "rewrites" for a particular scene were done multiple times. Took over 2 hours to finish what would become a little more than 20 minutes (without commercials) of TV time. It's a tough business - even for the "live" audience.

Fascinating! Thank-you!

Heat wave exposes ancient structures across the UK
By James Rogers, Fox News
 

Crop marks of a large prehistoric enclosure in the Vale of Glamorgan, with the faint footings of a probable Roman villa within.
 
The current heat wave in the British Isles has revealed a host of long-hidden historical sites that have suddenly become visible through the parched earth.
 
In Wales, for example, a number of archaeological sites have suddenly appeared in fields of ripening crops and rain-starved grassland. Viewed from the air, prehistoric enclosures, Roman buildings and ancient cemeteries have become visible across the country.
 
“This is an exceptional drought, the like of which Wales hasn’t seen for 40 years,” Dr. Toby Driver, senior aerial investigator for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, told Fox News via email. “In a normal summer hunting for cropmarks from a light aircraft, different regions of Wales show more marks than others. In 2018, the entire country from north to south is showing incredible new archaeological sites.”
 
Experts, however, have to work quickly. “The urgent work is now: taking the air photos before the rain washes away the drought,” Driver explained. “The most important discoveries are then circulated quickly to experts in Wales for their opinion, while the new photographs are carefully organized and permanently archived.”
 
The eerie outlines of long-vanished structures and monuments are showing up across the British Isles. In Lancashire in northern England, for example, a “ghost garden” has appeared in the grounds of Gawthorpe Hall, which dates back to the 17th century.
 

Lancashire County Council
✔@LancashireCC
Amazing ghost garden revealed at #Gawthorpe Hall . Visit before it rains! http://fal.cn/ylkU
 
 
As a result of the drought, and various types of soil drying at different rates, the layout of an Italianate-style garden has emerged at the front of the hall, which has been dubbed the “Downton of the North.”
 
The garden, redesigned in the 1850s, was removed in 1946, according to the Lancashire County Council. “The recent hot weather has certainly unveiled an historic gem,” Lancashire County Councillor Peter Buckley said in a statement.
 
Other sites visible in England include a “phantom mansion” in Nottinghamshire and the outline of a World War II airfield in Hampshire, the BBC reports.
 
In Ireland, aerial footage taken by a drone showed the remains of a previously unknown “henge” or enclosure, at Brú Na Bóinne, a World Heritage site in County Meath.
 
The find was described as “simply unparalleled” by Irish Government Minister Josepha Madigan, the Irish Times reports. In another project at Brú Na Bóinne, archaeologists recently discovered an incredible 5,500-year-old tomb.

Years ago I was in Texas in August. I had checked into the motel; the a/c was on. After dark I decided to go out for dinner. When I opened the door I was struck blind! I'm near-sighted and wear glasses. My glasses had immediately fogged up because of the humidity.

LA wasn't much better. 112 on Friday and the temperature was still 102 around 9:30 at night. Of coarse if you lived near the coast you suffered through none of that.

On Friday, it was 119 here in Palm Springs. At night, long after dark, it was still 106. When I took the dog out to do his business, he looked around, said no thanks, and went back inside. During the day, I have to carry him to a neighbor's beautiful lawn and put him down on the grass in the shade of a tree to get him to do anything, then carry him home again.
 
This morning I started playing tennis at 7:30; we normally play till 9:30, but at 8:50 the temperature on court was 101, so we decided to quit. We had reservations for dinner this evening on the outside patio of a local restaurant, but I called and asked them to change the reservation to a table indoors, because the temperature at dinnertime is supposed to be 108.

Get into a lukewarm shower, then gradually increase the cold water so your system isn't shocked by a rush of cold water, and keep increasing it slowly until it gets as cold as you can take. After the shower, let yourself air-dry. You'll feel much cooler & it lasts a while.

So far, fingers crossed, we arent having horrific heat in Northern California this summer. So far. It'll be 98-100° today here in the inland burbs, the highest of the week. We frequently top 100 during summer
 
The microclimates of the San Francisco Bay Area still fascinate me... 25+ years after moving here. 21 miles away, towards the Pacific, SF will be 72°.
 
In my years in CA, fire season seems to come earlier every year. In my first decade in CA, fire season was a few months, end of Summer, until rains. Sept & Oct. The West is burning right now. Fire season is almost all year round.
 
There's a big fire burning about 1 hour north of the Bay Area. A little more than a week-old, its 48% contained. There's a bizarre disbelief when you step outside and cars are covered in ash carried that far. The smell of smoke is pervasive. Skies were orange for a few days. The cycle will continue for the next several months.
 
Good thoughts to @Epigonos and other members in SoCal... where current conditions and fires look particularly brutal.

I beg to differ. I live in New Jersey and am a frequent Vegas visitor. The humidity makes a huge difference 90 in Vegas is no problem. 90 in Jersey is like 105+ in Vegas. When it's humid your sweat doesn't evaporate so it doesn't cool you.

Whether there can actually be a contract formed or not was just a tangent that, I'll admit, I took part in.
 
Whether there is a contract or not, there is an agreement, and I don't think anyone disagrees with you that cutting the appointment short is not good for business. I would never rehire an escort who did such a thing. The "cum-and-done" guys are just too mercenary for my taste.
 
And despite what one of the most negative posters on the Forum says, there are plenty of ways to ensure the escort enjoys the appointment even though you are not a hot 25 year old muscle boy yourself. The escort's enjoyment of a session is not usually about the sex (they get tons of that) it's generally much more about the client's attitude and the way they are treated.

With my current regular, I now always book two hours, with dinner (off the clock) after. So, if after an interesting time discussing world affairs and current events in our own lives, when we do get down to "business", and we sometimes finish early, or sometimes a little past the two hours I've paid for his time, it's not of concern to either of us. Once we get cleaned up and head out to dinner, it all balances out. Possibly the fact that we are regulars, and on a multi-hour appointment where dinner is an "add-on", removes the concern, for both of us, in "watching the clock". If it were a one hour session with a new service provider who I might not plan to see again and had no off-the-clock plans immediately following, I might feel differently if I got the impression he was trying to get me out the door as soon as possible, even before the agreed upon time. It may also be a factor that my regular does not do this as his only "job", and therefore does not have another client that same night he has to get ready for, and also seems to actually enjoy the time we spend together conversing, as well as "playing", so it's more of a friendly get-together, not just something to endure as part of his "business".

I think all escorts are different. I have had very few watch the clock. To be honest, I have had a few where I wanted to cum asap so I could leave. You could say I wanted to cum and go.

I always spend the full time with my clients, and usually allow at least an extra 10-15 minutes. My sessions only end early if it's the desire of the client. Some guys are ready to dress and go as soon as they've cum. I had a client yesterday with whom we made out, he fucked me, came and was out the door in 15 minutes. He remarked that it was exactly what he needed and had an amazing time. I was gonna offer to give him massage for the rest of the time, but he was happy with exactly how things were.