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I would take Gianna Rolandi over Dessay or Damrau any day ... and I heard all three of them sing live on many occasions. Rolandi took over the Beverly Sills roles at NY City Opera once Ruth Welting and June Anderson had left the company.  Sadly, Miss Rolandi ran into vocal problems while still in her 30's, at a time when singers are usually hitting their prime.
On a side note, the day after the "Lucia di Lammermoor" telecast I was running around my house performing the flute cadenza. :)

For me a PBS telecast of "Lucia di Lammermoor" from the New York City Opera made me an opera fanatic.  The year was 1982 and Gianna Rolandi sang the title role.  The drama, the coloratura high notes, the dark atmosphere did it for me

I would take Gianna Rolandi over Dessay or Damrau any day ... and I heard all three of them sing live on many occasions. Rolandi took over the Beverly Sills roles at NY City Opera once Ruth Welting and June Anderson had left the company.  Sadly, Miss Rolandi ran into vocal problems while still in her 30's, at a time when singers are usually hitting their prime.
On a side note, the day after the "Lucia di Lammermoor" telecast I was running around my house performing the flute cadenza. :)

For me a PBS telecast of "Lucia di Lammermoor" from the New York City Opera made me an opera fanatic.  The year was 1982 and Gianna Rolandi sang the title role.  The drama, the coloratura high notes, the dark atmosphere did it for me

Yes, indeed. I never heard Callas sing live but I was lucky enough to hear Sutherland on 5 occasions - all memorable

Yes, 10+ years ago.  I met him once - a nice personality, masculine, and hot body

Yes, 10+ years ago.  I met him once - a nice personality, masculine, and hot body

Two of his videos, for those who are interested:
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My bank just dropped their 1 year cd from 4.35% to 3.50%! Never seen such a big shift at one time. I think possibly a lot of people were buying cd's with the way the stock market is going and the bank had to react pretty drastically.

My credit union has a promotional CD rate of 4.30% APY, 13 months.  Based on news about the Fed, I plan to grab that rate.
Since my prior post, CD rates on those various Websites have ticked back down slightly.

Hi Gentlemen,
I have just returned from Amsterdam and London and here is what happened when I visited the gay brothels in those cities-
Boys Club 21 (Amsterdam) - I went to the location at Spuistraat 21.  The last I heard was this club opened at 4pm Thursdays thru Sundays only.  Unfortunately, on the door was a sign that said "By appointment only in February" and there was a phone number on the sign.  I did not call.  This brothel's web site has not been functioning for some time and its Facebook page hasn't had any recent updates
Villa Giani (London) - this place is located in the basement of a residential building and I've been there before, most recently in 2019.  There is no signage outside.  When you ring the doorbell the working boys run into a back room in which they stand behind a glass window.  The 'madame' lets you in and you view the boys through the window and make a selection.  They boys are generally Latinos in their early 20s.  You are then given a room with a double bed, atmospheric lighting, and background music.  The place closes at 8pm so 7pm is the last time to pay £130 for an hour-long session.  My visit there on a Friday afternoon was not a success.  I was shown 3 average-looking Brazilians.  The madame told me that another Brazilian and an Irish guy were with clients and he showed me their photos; I left.  I returned the next day and there was only 1 guy working at 4pm - a Brazilian.  He was cute with a nice personality and we had a good time together.  You are given wet towels to clean up at the end of your session.

He’s no Carl Hubay. 😉

I do enjoy that feeling. Its exciting to be able to enjoy the frontal penetration position with a masculine presenting trans person. I dont have any clear preferences between sex with biological men or women but it is nice to be able to face my partner during intecourse.

I'm amazed Derek Atlas is still alive.

Definitely on my bucket list next time I’m in New York. 

yes, it a Fricking museum. It's the counterpart to the Frack museum  

For a brief moment I thought of the famous Mario Lopez working as a male escort .... my heart jumped!

For a brief moment I thought of the famous Mario Lopez working as a male escort .... my heart jumped!

For a brief moment I thought of the famous Mario Lopez working as a male escort .... my heart jumped!

For a brief moment I thought of the famous Mario Lopez working as a male escort .... my heart jumped!

yes, it a Fricking museum. It's the counterpart to the Frack museum  

Any info on Jason Luna?  He's done some hot porn videos, and Asians are top on my list.
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Any info on Jason Luna?  He's done some hot porn videos, and Asians are top on my list.
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This month's issue of the AAII Journal (American Association of Individual Investors) has a good article for those of us with gray hair.  It is important to keep some assets in a safe place (CDs, short-term Treasuries) so when the market turns bad one will draw on these funds for everyday living expenses.  One won't sell equities for everyday living expenses during this down period and take a loss.  The biggest risk for us long-term investors is not achieving rates of return about the inflation rate.

Maybe we should take bets on whether it will hit 40,000 or 30,000 first. 🫣