PhileasFogg

It’s crazy! I retired several months ago. This month, after 6 months with no “income,” my score hit 850 on all three reporting company’s. But, because I now have no “income,” I bet I couldn’t even get a car loan despite having plenty of assets.

I have not, but we are planning another trip. I’m confident he will be back online soon.

It’s funny. It was suggested to me and I went to Whole Foods 🥴 and bought it in liquid. Very messy. So I got the “solid” and it’s awesome. So, I’m now using the liquid on my skin after the shower for hydration. Dogs suddenly won’t leave me alone 🫠

I’ve been introduced to coconut oil by a bottom and I’m shocked how much I prefer it.

Update: we have spent the weekend together at my house. This young man is 100% legitimate to his profile and a fine young man. Interesting to talk to, mature in his perspective, very hard working, and very attractive. He is in fact very busy and acknowledges that sometimes his follow up to texts can be a bit slow. However, I will say that within hours of his arrival, I rate him a 10+ on a scale of 1-10.

The point to me is whether I'm making a decision on current photos or photos from a long distant state of fitness. Just happened to me a couple weeks ago. Young, pornstar with vids as recent as several months ago, but completely let himself go in the fitness realm. Edited to add: having said that, I've never asked for pictures. But I have requested a clothed video call as that would tell me all I need to know.

So how does the guy accumulate 26 reviews in a small city?

I’ve heard that the vaccination leaves a scar, is this true?

They were roommates but I believe they’ve gone their separate ways. I’ve had several visits with Jackson in the last several months and enjoy my time with him thoroughly. When doing certain things, he has these puppy dog eyes that look up at you as if for approval.

Points off for (whether male or female): - big and bold tattoos (they’re a distraction to me and rarely an enhancement) - hodgepodge collections of tattoos here and there all over the body like Justin Bieber(seems a little unstable or unorganized to me) If a tattoo is art, it should be proportional to the “canvas” and “well placed.” So many think that the choice to get inked is the only decision to be made. In fact, it’s just the beginning when the tough choices of “what” and “where” should be deliberated. So few succeed in actually enhancing their appearance with impulsive or poorly planned choices Finally, “branding” matters. If you’re going for a bad boy brand, tattoos are warranted. If you’re going for a twink brand, they’re completely wrong. Personally though, I don’t think that the ideal forms of the human body are much improved with ink.

He’s a busy boy, but seems to have a level head. It took a couple of false starts to make the call happen, but it went well. My sense is that he’s honest in the profile. We kept it light and ultimately made plans for a weekend trip that’s coming up within the month at my home. Have you met him?

It’s interesting to see the number of guys billing themselves as twinks who have big and bold tattoos. Anything but “twinkish” to me. As I think one of the Karashians said “my body is a Bentley. Would you put a bumper sticker on a Bentley?”

seems to be working now

I was surprised by a number of things at Hanlan’s: 1) how many clothed folks were there 2) how many average nude folks were there 3) how many nude women were there 4) how many guys were boldly sneaking in to the woods for a quickie Young and hung was a clear minority. And, when I was there, it was 60/40 male/female but, a retreat like Harlan in a dense urban area is a great thing.

Would I? Yes, in fact, that’s what I’m doing. I’m seeking a 50/50 mix between financial assets and tangible assets (specifically income producing property with inflation resistant cash flow attributes) one makes money in real estate one of two ways - from either the cash flow, the appreciation, or a combination of both. I think farmland and low income housing have attributes attractive on both fronts. As a result, they offer attractive hedges against the inflation that plagues financial assets as I see it, tillable land area is shrinking due to population growth and development, and the demand for food through population growth is increasing. I don’t see this changing.

I don’t want to imply “catfished.” He’s clearly not as lean and toned as his pictures (not unusual in my limited experience) He was otherwise very sincere and honest. I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t see the difference between “now” and “then” appearance. Haha. No! I prefer boys who can take care of themselves when I travel

Probably not. Nice guy, pics didn’t match RM Profile and gold digging turns me off completely.

Yesterday, after a visit to my house, a guy offered to be my “good boy” This provider is 30+ yrs younger than me and was very impressed with my house, art, cars, etc I told him I didn’t know what that meant. His response was , “you know, ‘good boy’” 🤔 So, not wanting to double down on my ignorance, I left it lingering there in the car. so, end my ignorance please: - is this a submission thing? - is it an exclusive arrangement with me? - is it a generational thing? I’m so confused 😂

I met him. He was attentive, very nice and polite, but awkward because he struggles with English even after being her a couple years. His pictures are accurate and don't do him justice at all.

I'm with BSR. It was not the pandemic that caused inflation, it was a 40% increase in money supply. The text book cause of inflation is "too much money chasing too few goods." To be fair, supply disruptions contributed to too few goods, but not nearly as much as the 40% increase in money supply (linked so you can see it graphically) Inflation is coming down now because money supply is shrinking - something that rarely happens and almost always, when it does, results in a recession. I don't want to even skirt politics, but not all of the stimulus, in my view, was necessary and exacerbated the inflation. But since all stimulus resulted from bipartisan cooperation and/or compromise, it's not a political statement. The problem that remains in America is that deficit spending is inherently inflationary. In addition, the US can't reduce rates as fast as Canada because we have an epic deficit to fund and lowering rates too far will cause US Treasury securities to be unattractive to investors. So, "Rock" meet "Hard Place"

For the record, my comment was macro-oriented and is valid. And, I never said inflation was a good thing. I said it was "not a problem if..." As a retired person, there is no scenario where I see myself as maintaining a lifestyle if I rely exclusively on fixed income securities and "cash assets" - especially in a time of increasing rates.

PPS is a theoretical measure that means nothing. It is not supported by any other measure of size - the us remains the largest importer in the world and accounts for about 15% of china’s exports. Our exports are half the size of China’s. China (and the world) need our consumption of foreign goods. If that’s the measure you choose, let’s agree to disagree. t

Maybe he didn’t understand that, when he arrived, that you’d be glad to do the driving?

I’m with you. Sometimes we are attracted to what we are not…and I’m not lean like that anymore.

In defense of the fact that the US really is the world, I’d point out that the US represents 4.2% of the world population but about 25% of the world economy. While the 25% is down from 40%, the decline is because China grew - driven much by exports to the US - and not because the US shrank. By comparison, the provinces to the north of us have .5% of the world’s population and 1.2% of the world’s economy. If I’m mildly offensive, I apologize. But, at the core, a comment like “The US is not the world” is enabled by a certain deafness to Maslow’s Hierarchy and the overall lift to global prosperity and standard of living made possible by the US’s standing in the world. And all because a thread got moved?