sam.fitzpatrick

I hired him during my Las Vegas trip in November. I didn't find him feminine at all. I flagged him to rehire again on a future trip.

We all wore Speedos when we were swimming laps or teaching swimming lessons. However, the trunks were actually better for sitting in the guard chairs - didn't snag as easily as the Speedos.

What are you talking about? Lifeguards are definitely athletes. And they train in a similar fashion to competitive swimmers. I know the requirements for me to be a lifeguard at a public pool was less that what would be required to guard at an open-water facility, but we still had to swim x miles every week and once a month had to meet some timed requirements to retain our whistles and red lifeguard trunks.

@Coolwave35 , @stevenkesslar, and other great members I am currently without my PC for a couple of days and trying to keep up with this thread on my iPhone 6s, this I will admit that I haven’t read everything completely. (This two finger typing thing sucks.) Anyway, I want reiterate a couple of comments I made a while ago. (1). A huge thanks to @Orin and @RadioRob for what they have accomplished to keep this site running the past few weeks. My concerns about the sites’ long-term technical survival have diminished significantly. (2). Given everyone’s comments and proposals about how this should be run, I know the community’s interest in the sites will ensure their survival and revelance to us, as a fun outlet to share humor, share the worst theater performances we’ve seen, or figure out how much cologne is too much to wear when meeting an escort. I know we all want resolution to how this site is going to be run. It reminds me of questions I have experienced in my years of doing corporate merger and acquisition work. When one company is bought by another, colleagues want to know the day after the merger announcement if they have a job, and in a merger of equals with both parties having thousands of employees, it usually takes months to make all of those decisions as usually executive management decisions needs to be made so they can participate in decisions on their teams. And often there are months between the announcement of the planned merger and the actual transaction closing, delaying further the actual effective dates of those decisions. So PATIENCE is the word I often find myself stating in M&A work. It takes time to execute things of a big nature. It feels that is appropriate to state that again here. Team Washington is making progress and they have the same desire to have Guy’s hard work continue that folks reading this thread have.

@geminibear - - your pleas have been heard!

We're jumping the gun here. None of us are the owners of the site. (Yes, the site does have an owner, albeit one that is deceased.) We should probably wait for an administrator/administratrix of the estate to be appointed by the state of Nevada. Once that is done, that individual would be in a position to direct the next steps.

I seem to recall that there was a poll functionality a few years ago, and in the last refresh of it, the ability to create the polls was dropped. @Cooper or @deej - am I recalling correctly?

I agree with you that Guy probably spent more time dedicated to all this than was necessary, probably preventing him from doing other things to keep the site up with current technologies. Interesting thought, but from a client perspective, I sense that the Deli is the lure that brings folks here. It was for me all those years ago.

EDITED: Disregard this post - I found my answer in another thread!

I hadn't tried to log on earlier today, so wasn't aware of the firedrill that happened earlier. Thanks to finding a fast solution.

Thank you for posting this thought @RyanDean. My years of dealing with small businesses thinks that you are onto something here. I do think that a proposal outlining the plans for the site are critical, and not just the technicial and financial side of things. So far, from all of the great offers, I feel there are huge holes to what is being publicly presented as resources to support. Unfortunately, I'm on a contract right now and it will be a few more months before I can return to retirement. Otherwise I would be raising my hand trying to help more. At this time, I'd be willing to review any of the plans the potential next generation is interested in presenting to poke holes in it.

For me it is all about wanting to enjoy it and practice, practice, practice.

And once again West Virginia's lack of an Ivy League school prevents the state from making a "top ten list."

Vanessa Williams (with the obvisious plan that she would introduce me to her ex - Rick Fox.)

Correct according this article in Playbill: Upcoming The Music Man Star Sutton Foster on Producer Scott Rudin 'Stepping Back' | Playbill

Having attended four (or maybe its five) pool parties, I think one of the great things is that since there are no photos, the cell phones are not seen and the guests are actually talking to each other. The only time I saw phones out was for individuals to exchange contact info.

Thank you for joining us this weekend. I enjoyed our conversation sitting across from you at dinner Sunday evening.

Fortunately, our generous host keeps the pool crystal clean. Being a former lifeguard I cannot be next to a pool without my eyes constantly scanning to ensure safety. When I left there were only four gentlemen in the pool/hot tub and all faces were above water!

Although the proposals recommended for approval by the Board are most always accepted, there are times when a larger vote against a specific board member will result in that Board member 'retiring' the following year rather than seeking to extend his/her tenure the following year. This has been somewhat successful in making sure some boards are moving to a more diverse board. Equally effectively in having some of this movement has been individuals attending the annual meetings and asking such questions. Slightly more effective have been shareholder proposals presented that the Board's recommendation to vote against. And in some cases, when a proposal gets near to passing, the next year, a Board will implement some new policies that address the topic of concern, but in a more cost-efficient manner to satisfactorily address the original proposal.

@purplekow - Sorry to disappoint, but no debauchery occurred at the dinner on Saturday evening or at the dinner Sunday night. I'll leave it to others who may have been in a better position (pun intended) to tell the tale of Oliver's 2021 Pool Party. All I will say: a record may have been set for the number of individuals concurrently in the pool.

@mike carey the breakfast conversation at INNDulge this morning wasn’t the same without you.

Just checked in for my flight. I'm ready to head west!

I have a 20-something nephew who is gay. We've never directly discussed being gay, but new knows some of my gay friends and we've discussed some of the bars we've attended without talking about them being gay bars.

Unfortunately, often the best stories are not able to be shared in public in order to protect the guilty. ?

Darn, we will miss you!