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I mostly agree with Truereviews comments. I get to Twist fairly frequently on trips to South Florida. Drag queens only MC the gogo show on Sunday and Monday nights. The rest of the nights there is a gay male "DJ" in the cabana go-go bar. Most of the dancers are Latino although there are always a few Europeans and maybe a white or black American guy. Most of the guys are str8 but many are gay-4-pay outside of the club.

I can't imagine there would be any basis for a lawsuit. Airlines change the value of Frequent Flyer Miles all the time by upping the mileage required to get awards without lawsuits occurring. I'm sure the T&C's of all these programs include disclaimers saying the company may change or alter the Frequent Flyer/Guest Program at any time at the company's discretion with no recourse for account holders.

I for one am very unhappy with this merger. SPG Lifetime Platinum here that still stays at least 50 nights per year in Starwood properties. I keep away from Marriott properties as much as possible due to their Church of LDS connections. I don't like the idea of my patronage of a business benefiting the LDS church in any way. So disappointed here. I guess I'll be staying more with Hilton now.

Last time I was at the Horseshoe was some years ago so may not reflect the scene today. Complete waste of time....at least for me. Just a few street twinks were dancing. Some of them looked like they needed a shower.....and a meal. Really depressing that this was the best strip/gogo show that Chicago had to offer. Maybe it is better today.

There seem to be four active theories on what happened: 1. Mechanical/Electrical malfunction or on-board fire causing the plane to crash. As more information comes out that the plane may have continued flying for 4-5 hours after "disappearing", the likelihood of this theory being accurate is diminished. 2. Suicidal pilot(s). Its happened before. An EgyptAir plane was flown into the Atlantic once by one of the pilots killing all. However, as someone mentioned above, why in the Malaysian case would a suicidal pilot keep flying in a secretive fashion for 4-5 hours if his goal was simply a mass murder/suicide. He could just crash the plane immediately after disabling the other pilot. Why keep flying for so long? 3. A high-jacking gone wrong. Some evil person(s) gain access to the cockpit and take control of the plane for some other purpose but then crash it into the ocean. 4. A much bigger plan at play here that involves using a stolen aircraft for some future terrorist action. For instance, filling it with nukes or biological weapons and crashing it in (pick a target). Seems very Dr Evil-ish but there have been suggestions that the plane might have landed somewhere, refueled, and departed again to another location to be fitted out for its intended purpose. At this point, I suspect Theory 2 is what happened and they just haven't found the plane yet. At this point, it is anyone's guess.

Now reports the plane may have made an emergency landing somewhere in China. Still unconfirmed.

Breaking News: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/07/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing/index.html?c=homepage-t

Naked and Afraid is a Discovery Channel series. I saw an episode last week and was in awe of one of the naked contestants....Billy Berger. Wow. What a hunk. A real out-doors man's man. Rocks a killer bod for his 39 years. Has anyone seen un-blurred full frontal shots? If so, please post. Meanwhile, enjoy these R rated pics: http://www.everyjoe.com/2013/07/28/entertainment/billy-berger-photos-naked-and-afraid/

And the Dreamliner nightmare continues for Boeing. An Ethiopian Airlines 787 caught fire at Heathrow today. No casualties....but a real headache for Boeing. Its not yet clear if this fire was the result of a faulty battery or something else. Boeing shares dropped significantly during the day. Any bets on when the Dreamliner will be grounded again? http://www.cnbc.com/id/100883050?__source=yahoo%7Cfinance%7Cheadline%7Cheadline%7Cstory&par=yahoo&doc=100883050%7CDreamliner%20Fire%20Sends%20Boe

Just returned from the ABC porn theatre/strip show. It is mostly a porn theatre with four different screen rooms showing a variety of str8 and gay porn movies. Most of the patrons are ghastly which is odd for Buenos Aires. Anyway, they have strip shows many nights of the week......which is the reason I went. Some nights it is female strippers only. Other nights it is couples (including live str8 sex on stage). Thursdays and Sundays it is a male strip show which was what was on the menu for tonight. Four guys doing individual strip shows. All hunky muscle guys. Two of the guys were exceptional....one of whom had a huge body builder physique and an enormous fat cock. I would guess 9 inches at least and beer can thick. He was stunning. Jet black hair and Italian features. WOW. The last guy to perform did a number and then allowed one of the audience members suck his cock for all to see. We don't see that at Stock or Swinging Richards! Whist the vast majority of the patrons are not of any interest, it is fun to see the strip show. Apparently some of the strippers can be available some of the time. As with everything in Argentina, it's complicated. Depends on the day of the week, how they are feeling, who wants to do the hiring, if their girlfriend is around, etc, etc, etc. I tried to get one of the exceptional ones after the show but it didn't work out. I spoke with him and I think he would have done it if the g/f was not in tow. Shame.

I'm sure everyone is aware that the Dreamliner has been cleared to fly once each of the airframes have received the battery fix. UA is the only US carrier that currently has 787 aircraft. They have just released the 787 re-introduction schedule which is as follows: 5/20 IAH-ORD until 6/9 5/21 IAH-DEN X4 Daily (Then one daily on 6/10) 5/24 IAH-LAX until 6/9 6/10 IAH-LHR until 7/31 6/10 DEN-NRT 8/1 IAH-LOS 8/2 LAX-PVG Dates shown indicate start dates. Seems they will start with domestic runs before expanding to international flights on June 10. Make your bookings now!!

The Dreamliner issues are so far beyond "teething problems" its not funny. A grounding of this type is unprecedented.....at least in my lifetime. If the final fix remains to be only a more robust casing (with nothing to address the root cause of the battery fires), I think the 787 program in total could find itself in serious trouble as airlines and the flying public lose confidence in the aircraft. I still think Boeing can rescue things if a true solution can be found quickly........but yes....time is ticking. Anyone suggesting the Dreamliner issues are "teething problems" is simply clueless.

Seemingly not so easy to fix. Dreamliners are still grounded and most airlines that operated them have completely removed them from their forward schedules until August at the earliest......for planning purposes. Boeing have also started laying off people from the 787 production line. First Dreamliner test flight by Boeing was last week and the aircraft included the "fix" to the battery. My understanding of the "fix" is that it is a much more substantial casing around the lithium battery so that when the battery catches fire it will be well-contained within the casing. I understand that they have not yet diagnosed the root problem of why the battery is prone to catching fire and how to prevent that from happening.....although I am willing to be corrected on that statement if someone else has other information. It's also worth noting that Airbus has decided it will not utilize the lithium battery in the A350 as it had previously planned. At this point, Boeing seems to still be commited to the battery type for thee 787. Will that change with time?? Who knows? No clear view on when the FAA will re-certify the plane and under what circumstances. Some suggest that the the FAA could re-certify the aircraft but greatly reducing the ETOPS profile......meaning no long over-water flights. That would seriously undermine the value proposition of the aircraft for the airlines that have or are purchasing them. This story gets uglier by the week. Lastly, BVB asked me on another thread if I would go on the Dreamliner again once it is up and flying. My answer would be that yes I would do a domestic flight on one in the lower 48 as its pretty easy to find a diversion airstrip to land on quickly in the event of an emergency. On the other hand, I don't think I would be doing any long-haul overwater flights on a 787 for the next few years until Boeing's current or future battery "fix" is truly proven out.

I love rimming and being rimmed but find I almost never rim anymore. Too afraid of hepatitis and other nasty bugs.

Looks like the 787 Dreamliner grounding is going to continue for quite a bit longer. My interpretation is that the current battery arrangement will be de-certified and an alternative will need to be developed. Who knows how long it will take Boeing and its suppliers to develop a more reliable and safer battery. http://news.yahoo.com/ntsb-studying-certification-batteries-boeings-787-162918663--sector.html?.tsrc=yahoo

....well we are a week on from the ANA 787 incident. Focus is clearly on the lithium battery. A quick investigation indicates the ANA 787 battery in the last incident had not been "over-charged" thereby ruling out a charging error. It is starting to look like this issue could take months to resolve as the use of highly flammable lithium batteries on the 787 is now under scrutiny. In addition to the unprecedented FAA grounding and investigation, the French and Japanese have investigations underway as well. As I predicted, this may get very ugly. If Boeing is smart, they are well into planning a non-lithium battery alternative....Which will be challenging given the amout of electric power a 787 requires.

I'm quite happy to leave the flying to you. Business management assessments & decisions for an airline or aircraft manufacturer? No way.

Wrong again. It is indeed the first time in many many years that the FAA has issued a directive effectively grounding an entire aircraft model. The situations you describe often related to a single airline due to issues related to that airline....... or the groundings related to a subset of a aircraft model. It's interesting how some techincal types (think engineers, pilots, etc) often think they are capable at making accurate business assessments of a situation. In my experience,good at they are in their technical field, those folks make awful businesspeople. I faced those sorts of folks endlessly in the corporation. Leave the business strategy, evalution, and tactics to the professionals please.

Here is a thoughful article on the troubled history of the 787 development program and its certification......and the problems continue now with the FAA grounding (first grounding by the FAA in 39 years BTW). No doubt that Boeing can get to the bottom of the problems and ultimately fix them. The question is how long will this take? If it takes more than a few months and the planes stay grounded, look for consumer and airline loss of confidence in the aircraft and serious financial consequences for Boeing. If they can get it diagnosed and sorted in circa 30 days, the situation can still be rescued. At what point do the airlines start filing lawsuits against Boeing? ANA now has 17 of these aircraft grounded and, no doubt, it is really affecting the airline's ability to operate at full schedule. As an aside, I was transiting NRT yesterday and saw a bunch of ANA 787 aircraft at a remote parking spot. Sad.....really sad. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-18/boeing-787-plane-of-future-struggles-to-overcome-past.html

.......oh yes......and thanks to Glutes for having the foresight to start this threat to begin with. He was always spot-on with his intuition.

The A380 was never grounded by the FAA if I recall correctly. Singapore Airlines and Qantas inidividually decided to ground the aircraft. In my view, the FAA issuing instructions to ground the US fleet (albeit a very small one) of the 787 takes this beyond what has happened with the A380. This is yet another problem on top of many problems and delays with the dreamliner. If Boeing can't get to the crux of the issue pretty quickly, this could have devastating affects on the company. Two potential lithium battery fires in the cargo hold of the 787 is no small matter. Luckily one happened on the ground in Boston and the other on a very short domestic Japanese flight where the aircraft was able to return to an airport very quickly. It's appropriate for these aircraft to be grounded until the battery issue and fuel leak issue can be dealt with. That could take days/weeks/months. If you think that cannot be very very problematic to Boeing, you're fooling yourself. I don't see anyone on this board "freaking out"......but concern is a normal reaction. I have been on the UA Dreamliner twice. I would go on one again for a domestic trip (where a quick emergency landing is possible) but, at this point, I would not take one on a transoceanic flight. I guess its all moot anyway since most of the worlds fleet of this aircraft are now grounded and rightly so.

Channing Tatum Jamie Foxx (sorry but the cock is too big to ignore.....even if he is an asshole). Gerard Butler

It's funny I have never given Foxx a second thought when I have seen pictures of him clothed. However his bod is very hot once stripped down to his birthday suit. I am now a fan. BTW, pic #1 has been around on the Internet for more than a year now. A self-photo in front of his bathroom mirror. Me thinks he wanted to let the nude photo get out there to garner further publicity....and maybe some more girls. LOL.

Of course you are right BG. It is much more likely the killer was not an escort. There was a time 10-15 years ago when some well known gay activists were being brutally murdered in Mexico City. I knew one if them. I'm not sure the murders were ever solved...but it was long suspected the police were behind the killings.

Seems the hotel did have security cameras. Police have made an arrest after reviewing security camera tapes as well as tracking the FA's stolen iPhone. No information yet on the suspect or if he was an escort.