MikeBiDude

Thanks for documenting one of my biggest cooking peeves! When someone uses yams and call them sweet potatoes. It’s ok to call it yam casserole if you made it with yams, don’t call it sweet potato! I’ve only discerned the difference maybe the last 10-15 of my cooking experience, but it makes a big difference. I make a nice Cajun based sweet potato pie at thanksgiving time, it would be a disaster with yams. This is a subset of one of my major cooking pet peeves - when someone makes a substitute ingredient or dish and proclaims “it’s the same thing”. It’s often not!

His pics are pretty accurate, generally a youthful appearance. He’s not doing himself any favors with the facial hair, especially the mustache, frankly I just don’t think it suits him. He agreed to some pretty generic kissing, mutual oral, bottoming during messaging. He Had reasons NOT to do any of that upon meeting. If you’re a bottom (I’m not) then he does get hard and it is big and nice. Was too much of a one way experience for me. FYI I met him in Honolulu. I won’t repeat.

Even outside of late night, I find the “Available Now” to be generally not true.

Yup, I’ve been keeping quiet all day…

Well, a) I hit a paywall and couldn’t see the Pasta fagioli recipe and b) from what I saw it has meat (pancetta) and I’m looking for a meatless version to serve as a first course. Also, I’m looking for a recipe where some of the beans are put in a blender and added back to the soup to thicken it. Maybe this one? Looks like a bit of work! Pasta e Fagioli Recipe (Italian Pasta and Beans) - Cookie and Kate COOKIEANDKATE.COM Pasta e fagioli means "pasta and beans" in Italian—this recipe is much more than that! This hearty vegetarian stew is full of irresistible fresh flavor.

Let’s not beat it death…it’s clear how you feel about the show.

Anyone have an authentic pasta fagioli recipe?

Soooooo many providers don’t accurately post their real interests in their RM ads.

I pay almost no attention to interview questions, provider’s “intos”, or even text in the ad. If I like the look of a provider I reach out, have a conversation, and see if we are on the same page or not.

I think I may have posted about Scott Sloan long ago in this 70 page thread. I hired him once, while it wasn’t my best hire ever…we had fun, he smoked a bit of weed and relaxed. He got hard…looked like his pics, fantastic smooth body. We talked about real estate. Chalked that one up to “one and done”.

Be careful…currently a Level 3 advisory “reconsider travel” I love Tijuana, Ensenada, but times are a changing there. Mexico Travel Advisory | Travel.State.gov TRAVEL.STATE.GOV Prepare for your trip to Mexico by reviewing the State Department Travel Advisory, entry and exit requirements, local laws, and U.S. embassy tips.

I’d give away about 90% of a big win.

Team Shane for me 💯 EP4 dropped tonight.

Moderator warning, let’s not go back/forth sniping. Let’s get back to discussing “Clients that try to negotiate prices…”

I’m glad you didn’t leave Boots and default to Alf re-runs. The Pitt is a really good show.

Done!

Moderator comment: yes let’s move on to the OP’s original topic. Happy Sunday to all!

Fixed that for us…no wonder I was feeling so slow this morning.

I read “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese a few years ago, loved it. More recently I just finished another one by him “Covenant of Water”. Both great reads.

Love Grisham myself…always a page turner.

I’m approaching the end of my 70th 7th decade, don’t consider myself “old”. Confident of my age, my look, my personality, and my respect for providers. I don’t “haggle”. But, if a provider quotes a rate that far and away above the local market rates, I’ll politely decline. If they then come back with an adjusted offer, I might continue the conversation. Perhaps end up discussing a “session rate” which often meets their quoted rate…but for an extended period of meeting time.

Universal Studios is actually pretty WeHo “adjacent”. Not a bad Uber or car drive “over the hill”. You’ll have no trouble with WeHo providers doing the travel to Universal.

EP3 dropped last night, I enjoyed it….introduced a fun sub-plot.

Took me a minute to catch the connection…but wow he was impressive at the age, destined for big/little screen and entertainment.