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I started it all with my remark that “inconceivable “ was “a bridge too far” It started with a poster calling something axiomatic. That was followed by another saying “self evident”or “unquestionable”, both synonyms to axiomatic. Then another said “incontrovertible”, another synonym. Then another poster said “inconceivable”. That was the “bridge too far” as I saw it meaning you don’t expect us to go there, do you? OK a bit obscure. My idea of humour.

I guess you haven’t taken notice of the fact that India is now part of the BRICS group of countries that over the next 20 years are expected to achieve parity with the most developed countries. At least that is the path they are on. India with its 1.42billion people has a GDP of over $10,000 per capita. Like China if you ignore the billion or so who are mired in poverty, the rest which number in the hundreds of millions, enjoy an educational and wealth status like those in the upper reaches of the developed world. They left the third world quite some time ago.

During WWII major strategic operations decisions were given these quixotic names, perhaps for security reasons during the planning stages. Names like Operation Overlord ( D-Day), Operation Torch (African invasion), Operation Jupiter (Norway), etc. Historians and fans of reading about the war are the only people familiar with these names.

I hired Drew Dixon this summer past and he was a lot of fun. On film he is mostly a bottom but he topped me and did a great job. I hired another provider to top him at the same session so all were happy.

I don’t think you can call India a third world country any longer. After all they landed a spacecraft successfully on the moon last August, placing them in the ranks of only four countries to have done that by then. Japan has just landed one as well making 5 countries altho theirs had a hiccup. India is also now the largest country by population in the world. They may well overtake China in many other respects by the end of this century.

As for Dr. Gay’s alleged plagiarism, I have read she has had to revise some of her work and withdraw others. Not a good look. I think one piece affected was her dissertation. I have written this from memory so maybe some details are off. In any case she is not the first academic in a high position to have been sloppy with her research and publications. I have read of others. It goes back to the old “publish or perish”. The really good researchers get a Nobel prize for their work. There are a lot of hacks beneath them in academia.

His ad in RM shows 25 positive reviews and 5 star rating. His last review was in late Dec. 23 Where do you get the 2019 date from?

In the past 12 months I’ve had 4 threesomes. Only in one case were the two providers both unknown to me but they advertised in RM as working together and when I contacted one of them he indicated they were roommates but often worked singlely. There ads in RM were single ads but referenced the other as work mates. Since I was in town for only a weekend and had a date for the next night with an old escort friend of mine, I hired the two for that night and they came to my hotel. I met them in the lobby and took them in the keyed elevator to my room. Everything was fine and exciting. They delivered exactly what we had discussed. The Uber was a bit of an issue though. Since they didn’t know me they wanted me to send them one at their residence. I demurred and they didn’t push it. When they saw me in the lobby waiting for them I guess they were relieved that I wasn’t a scammer. After our session, I paid them $500 each for an hour and a half. They were going to the Beyoncé concert in town and were very happy with the fee (maybe it paid for their tickets). Said the Uber was on them and left. I gave them a good review on RM.

And now a message from Fergie, Prince Andrew’s ex. Check your skin for abnormal moles. She just discovered she has melanoma, the most virulent form of skin cancer. She’s having a bad run of luck. She has breast cancer last year and had a mastectomy..

My immediate thought about Kate was she was going in to have a hysterectomy. Same thing happened to my mother at about the same age (my mom was 41 and had had 5 children). In mom’s case it was a planned procedure and she was in the hospital for two weeks. The only other thing I could think of common for women is ovarian cancer. But they seem to have ruled that out.

My older brother was being treated for an enlarged prostate at the time I had my prostate removed. I had had no symptoms as he did other than the elevated PSA but had cancer nonetheless. He got a biopsy after my operation and he had cancer as well.

Without going to look up one of my many books on history of WWII, my memory tells me it was an objective of the Allies in WWII to reach a bridge in northwest Europe that led to Germany in the last phases of the war. There were several armies in the quest to reach Berlin first and the hope was that the Americans and British would be first ahead of the Soviets. This bridge was a strategic objective in this quest by the British army but German resistance was particularly fierce in this sector. As it turned out the Red army coming from the east made it to Berlin first. Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander, ordered a halt at the Rhine River of the surging American army. Instead of heading directly to Berlin, they turned south eastwards. The British army led by Montgomery failed to take the bridge at (at Arnheim I believe) in order to get to Berlin ahead of the Soviets. The postwar division of Germany reflected the military outcome of the three armies, with the British getting the northwest of Germany, the Americans the southwest and the Soviets the entire east. The French were given a small section as a sop. Berlin was carved up in a similar way, isolated as an island in the Soviet sector. A very complex solution and not one that would last.

Well what did he say? I understand he repeated it on a different day. So what version did you get?

I generally agree but if testing is invasive , as are colonoscopies and biopsies of prostates, then there is some risk of things going horribly wrong. Not many you hear of but those that do get publicity are horror stories. One example that comes to mind is a guy in his 40’s out on the west coast of Canada, a well known film maker who lived on Salt Spring Island, went in for a biopsy when his PSA showed elevated levels. Three days later he was dead of sepsis. I’ve also read of perforated bowels happening during colonoscopies. I had a biopsy on my prostate which revealed cancer. This was 17 years ago. I got it treated and am alive today to talk about it. The biopsy was the most painful part because they only sedate you but don’t put you out.

I think he covets the waterfront lot of Gaza, to be frank.

That’s a bridge too far. 😀

Actually I thought it is anti - genocide, no matter which side one is on.

No he’s not. He asserting Israel’s desire to drive out the Palestinians, which is genocide by any other name. The court in The Hague will decide on that issue.

Now Netanyahu is saying Israel from Jordon to the sea. Seems like he is rather enamoured of that Palestinian slogan so he adopted it himself.

Calling for the end of the Israeli state could be interpreted as calling for a single state solution rather than two state solution. The government of Israel has rejected both solutions as it would require them to give up settlements in the West Bank and grant statehood to Gaza and the West Bank in the latter case and face having Jews in Israel becoming the minority in the former case. Israel rejecting outright the two state solution is a new development and we’ll see how the US deals with it.

Government policy is to make fossil fuels more expensive so people will be encouraged to switch to climate friendlier sources of energy. When you say energy rich, I assume you are talking about fossil fuels. And they are destroying the planet. So it’s an enlightened policy. What’s outrageous is continuing to burn fossil fuels heedlessly without regard to the future. Your kids and grandkids will curse our generation if we leave them an uninhabitable planet.

Does that electric bill include all your electricity consumption or just that related to the heat pump?

I don’t think we’ve seen the end of this story yet. But if I went further I would be straying into politics. So let’s just wait and see.

I also want to wish you the best of luck in getting a donor match asap. We’ll be thinking of you.

Here in Canada snowstorms are a given at some point during the winter. However we are prepared for that and used to winter driving conditions. That being said I would not schedule either an incall or outcall in the midst of a storm or if one was pending. That’s because either I or the provider is looking at a fair drive as I live in a small town.