PhileasFogg

To me, he's complaining about getting "bumped" when he made himself an undesirable engagement. If there were better options, I'd have taken it too. Disrespect doesn't breed good experience - and now he's blaming the object of his disrespect and playing victim!

Fine. Give a review on your experience....but don't treat the guy like a dolphin jumping for a $120 fish!

I can see the pressure he might have felt and why he might have prioritized other opportunities. Do you think these guys are circus animals responding on command?? @Alex_Twink, good for you!

So what would you offer in response?

I’d go for it

My head went first to “Spitzer” too But, what a terrible screen name!

The tone has equal sense of both arrogance and tone deaf ignorance. his issue will be a very narrow niche.

You mean back when all federal tax was paid by less than 2,000 people and the lion’s share was paid by Rockefeller?

Sound investments rarely eat, drink, or require protection from moisture and humidity 😉

Collectibles - particularly stamps and coins - are a potential hedge against inflation…BUT, it’s usually the highly sought after items that perform best. i prefer art. And judging by a recent art buying trip trying to add works from my favorite living artists, I need to double the insurance on my collection vs the amount I chose just five years ago.

😝

yohimbine...but it has side effects

@AngusStevensxxx, I look forward to our next trip together. You’re smart and a lot of fun

I highly recommend you spend some time with him and see what a good guy he is.

Unbelievable. @Admin, is it pizza time?

Maybe you can guess why my comment is gone. 🤐

I check mine regularly. Clean as a whistle. I guess that’s because I treat humans like I’d like to be treated.

I use it. I learned of it here. It also blocks known spam calls. interesting that you say providerS, right?

Honestly, I don’t believe you. But it doesn’t matter. I’m done engaging with you. I’m blocking you lest I get angry and say what I really think. i sincerely wish you the best. good night.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s EXACTLY what Mr Number is for. To protect providers and clients from exactly this!

Here’s a question for you: How did Angus find out about this thread? Seems to me like you played with the wind and reaped the whirlwind. You picked the fight thinking you’d harm him and now you claim victimhood. That absolutely is gaslighting.

It really infuriates me when one human treats another like chattel with threats and hissy fits when they don’t get their way

@AngusStevensxxx Such a shame you had to deal with this to the broader forum group, I’ll repeat what I’ve already said. Angus is a class act and good at what he does…and he cares about his reputation. if he was the guy who was described above, I would not - after a FaceTime “interview” - have invited him into my home for three days. Although that was our only in person contact, I’ve kept in touch (and he with me) as I expect I will invite him as a travel companion at a future date. He is refined, intelligent, caring, not selfish or narcissistic, and attentive My only complaint is that he got me hooked on the NYT Connections puzzle - which we did laying side by side in bed - and now I can’t start my day without doing it!

So wait! He’s bottoming for you while his husband is in the other room before you finish and then chat it up with hubby? If that’s the case, I’m not sure it matters who tells whom (or is it whom tells who?)

Be careful, you are crossing into the realm of libel. He is a public persona, with pictures and contact information, running a business and you are an anonymous acronym casting dispersion. Maybe there’s more to the story from his perspective or maybe there’s not. But the fact that you’re casting unsubstantiated dispersions with a clear intent of hurting his business puts this forum at risk and the privacy of the members at risk if Angus were to pursue you on this matter. If you had a bad experience, say you had a bad experience. But don’t call someone crazy. No, I’m not an attorney. But public figures deserve the benefit of the doubt in an anonymous forum where we participants can say anything we want with a false presumption of anonymity and an ability to harm them. In support of my position on this, I refer to to Guideline #3 on the forum rules.