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  1. My signature was set around the time I entered university at age 18. I remember making a conscious effort to make it distinctive and different from my cursive writing style. I still retain it today more than half a century later. My last name is ten letters so a bit longish. So I most often end my signature in a scrawl. For legibility, when required on a document, I take care to form the letters at the end. That becomes impossible if I am signing multiple documents but usually the name is printed below so it doesn't matter. I'm.an artist too so if I'm working in pen or pencil, I use my usual signature. If working in oils, I print my name with my initial. Which reminds me, I only use the initial of my first name in my signature, never the full first name since it would get too long. Have you ever noticed that many forms contain a box for a signature and the size of the box seems to assume everyone is a John Doe.
  2. I don't find it out of line. I always measure the fee against what's on offer. I understand your reluctance to engage someone who is new to the scene. Better to wait for some reviews. But by then, if he's good you may find his rates have gone up or availability has gone down. Sometimes being in on the ground floor is a good thing.
  3. Now I've learned something. The only jurisdiction in Canada that doesn't recognize common law unions is Quebec, which operates under a Civil Code(derived from the Code Napoleonic). I understand Louisiana also has the Code Napoleonic. A part of our French heritage on both sides of the border.
  4. If I think things are going to get messy, I always lay down a sheet on top of the regular bedding to absorb stains. If watersports are involved I put a plastic mattress liner under the sheet. I even do this in hotels as I dislike leaving too great a mess behind. Hence I always travel with a duffle bag full of sheets and towels. That way I don't need to ask housekeeping for extra ones. I also take a plastic garbage bag along to put the soiled and wet sheets and towels in to take home inside the duffel bag. Easy, peasy.
  5. I guess you haven't received a call from the Donald.
  6. Lovely. Have you seen a picture of him taken recently? How does he compare to yourself? I have only seen a picture of half his face above in this thread. Hard to tell from that how he has aged.
  7. Is it kosher if we stick to discussing legal issues as opposed to political, which I know are verboten here?
  8. Same day or same day of the year? There is a difference. If same day, then you are also 59.;)
  9. I take it then from what you say is that " common law" unions are not accepted by your pension arrangement. Here in Ontario, Canada, common law unions are given the same status as marriages. No marriage certificate is required but you must be able to demonstrate that you have lived together as spouses for a fixed period of time. My sister is in such a relationship and of course the two enjoy the tax benefits of married couples and other legislation conferring benefits on couples.
  10. Concerning your last paragraph, how does it work in California about who can claim rights of survivorship to a spouse? Do you have to be married or in a common law relationship recognized by the state? Can it just be the boyfriend "de jour" on the day you happen to croak? Also, if you don't die but need to go into long term care and have no insurance, what prevents you from transferring all your assets to your spouse or boyfriend, and then claim to be penniless to receive state aid. You see this all the time in bankruptcy cases. I have witnessed it personally both here in Canada and in Florida, although the latter case was almost 20 years ago just before bankruptcy reform was enacted to try to prevent such abuses.
  11. Since you asked, I'll explain that the Canadian health care system, as currently constituted, offers medical care under the Canada Health Act (federal) as defined which includes a range of essential medical procedures and hospital care, all at no cost to the patient. Hence noone goes bankrupt because of cancer, heart attack, stroke etc. They can spend months or even years in an acute care bed and it is all free. Of course they try to move people out of those settings but no-one is kicked out. As medical care is a provincial responsibility under our constitution, the federal government transfers money to all the provinces to help pay for these services. As time has gone on since the 1960s when Medicare was introduced, the proportion of federal aid has declined from 50 percent to something in the 20s. But costs have skyrocketed as Canadians live longer and medical procedures have become more expensive. What the system doesn't cover are pharmaceuticals and other ancillary medical services deemed not essential as in life saving. Private insurance is offered by many employers for these types of services and people over 65 and the poor often get them free, depending on the province. Here in Ontario. all drugs on a formulary list are covered, but not something like Viagra. If the government, either the federal or provincial, were to cover long term care fully, that would bankrupt the system unless income taxes were raised to levels seen in Scandinavia. As it is, subsidized spaces are offered to the less well off and the higher income groups are expected to provide for themselves either through insurance or their own means. I hope this offers some clarification of our system. A vast majority of Canadians support Medicare and would not have it any other way.
  12. My oldest brother has recently had to place his wife, who suffers from Alzheimer's, into a long term care facility after more than 55 years of marriage. They had sold their home and moved into a condo when she first started having symptoms a number of years ago. This last winter his wife woke up on the middle of the night and exited the condo building and started walking in the direction of their old house. She got as far as two subway stations and was apprehended by police. My brother slept through it all in a separate bedroom l. Following that she had to be locked in her bedroom at night. It got to the point this summer when my brother and a combination of pcw's were tending to her around the clock. It became unsustainable. Her new quarters cost $9000 per month and he can visit daily. Luckily he bought insurance 30 years ago which pays half the amount of her care. This is just one story of aging but the more one learns, the more one can try to anticipate one's own future. Alzheimer's runs in my sister-in-law's family but luckily not in ours. We have our own challenges with prostate cancer, another disease that runs in families, and hypertension, another family trait.
  13. As one gets older, one becomes familiar with situations where family or friends end up in senior living facilities. I have had some experience with this. On the other hand I have seen people I know stay to the end of their lives in their homes. For myself, I fervently hope I can stay in my home until the end. Moving to a residence means giving up most of one's possessions and familiar surroundings, like neighborhood and people one sees every week. When my father moved into a residence at the age of 85 after his second wife had died, he told me the worst thing was that people around him, table mates and others, were constantly disappearing. Everything else was fine, nice surroundings, good food, and pleasant staff. It got depressing. He was there for more than three years and was ready to go at the end.
  14. On the other hand I have had many overnight dates that went exceedingly well because the providers were well rested and eager to perform. These are the true professionals that are gold in this business. I had two this past weekend, one an overnight and a two hour session and the other two two hour sessions. I was their only client on those two days and it showed. The sex part was great but just the overall energy and playfulness made it so enjoyable. I hated to see them leave.
  15. I've had a couple of experiences where the provider showed up obviously tired and the appointments were for an overnight. In both cases it was difficult to cancel or cut short because they had travelled a great distance to see me. Needless to say the sessions were less than ideal and in fact I felt shortchanged but paid the fee. Would never hire them again though.
  16. I was in Montreal this weekend for the first time in over a year and a half. I opted to stay downtown rather than the Village as the old Gouverneur Hotel is closed and undergoing renovations to reopen as a Hyatt. The scene downtown was very active with restaurants and bars fully opened and accepting Ontario vaccination receipts printed onto cellphones accompanied by a separate piece of ID like a drivers license. No problems anywhere. I hired escorts on both nights and they came to my hotel so didn't go to the Village except on Saturday afternoon. There were quite a few people on Ste Catherine and I stopped for a drink in an outdoor terrace as the weather was gorgeous the whole weekend from Friday on. I had as much fun downtown with my escort friends going out to restaurants and the choice of places to eat well was far greater. I preferred not going to the stripper bars at this time as I am still avoiding crowded drinking establishments. Restaurants seem a better regulated environment with social distancing easier to maintain until further progress is made on the pandemic front. With the colder weather coming will have to see how things play out.
  17. I should have mentioned one other thing that influenced me from not opting for radiation. I was told by both my urologist and oncology doctor that if I took radiation and if the cancer recurred, surgery would then become a much more difficult procedure because of the extensive scar tissue resulting from the radiation treatment. Urinary incontinence would then become a far likelier outcome. With only the surgery, I experience incontinence for about six weeks after the operation and after the healing process was completed, I regained full bladder control which I have retained to this day. You want to think about the possibility of having to wear diapers for the rest of your life as well.
  18. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007, along with my two other brothers, all within 18 months of each other. The oldest had the lowest Gleason score and opted for monitoring. He just turned 79. The second had the highest Gleason but still in the mid range, opted for radical prostatectomy, but refused post operative radiation. His cancer came back in nine years and he opted for radiation and hormonal treatment. But the hormonal caused heart issues and had to be discontinued. He doesn't like to talk about it but I believe he was given a prognosis that looks bleak beyond 5 years. He certainly is living life to the fullest day by day. I was in the lower mid range of Gleason and also opted for having the prostate surgically removed. No radiation was indicated as the cancer has not spread beyond the prostate, unlike my second brother. I have been cancer free for 14 years and still sexually active with a strong libido. Achieving a full erection without drugs such as Cialis is difficult but as a bottom not a big issue. Can still orgasm but no ejaculate. Life goes on.
  19. I was in my 30s when HIV/AIDs struck and have lived through the entire history of it. I have seen it up close in Canada, the US and Europe. Heere in Canada there were the 4 H's initially identified with the disease. Homos, hemophiliacs, Haitians and heroin addicts. It wasn't just restricted to gay men. It turned out our national blood supply was tainted and many heterosexuals were also infected, hence the hemophiliacs and others who underwent blood transfusions. So governments did react quickly but it took time for the science to produce effective treatments. There was prejudice against gays and immigrant groups like the Haitians, which form a large disapora population in Montreal. And it was irrational. But at least here in Canada, we had somewhat more enlightened political leadship than south of the border. Same thing with Covid today ( with the exception of Alberta and Saskatchewan, our two most American like provinces).
  20. This is totally off base and not worthy of any further comment.
  21. I agree with your reasoning but would point out Covid has only been around since the start of 2020 and deaths started occurring in significant numbers around March of that year. So only about 20 months, not 36.
  22. Uncunt cocks. I assume never saw a cunt up close.
  23. Those pictures would put me off exploring any further.
  24. That might have been better. My grades suffered in my first two years because I was so involved with the fraternity. I did better after going inactive in third year.
  25. I will drive up to 3 and a half hours. That is how long it takes to get to Toronto. Montreal is closer by an hour or so. Some of my providers are no longer willing to come to me, during the pandemic. For various reasons, it seems. I think the government stimulus payments of $2000 per month has something to do with it. It seems the rent coming due is no longer an issue. Lol.
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