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Perfect WG....just what the doctor ordered this morning. Nothing better than a 'Big Boy' getting his nips worked... Have a GREAT Saturday!!!!

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For before my morning coffee... http://49.media.tumblr.com/525f0d3995aa27f5a8e5eed751b0604b/tumblr_ncxy4u12WA1sl2435o2_250.gif For after my morning coffee... http://41.media.tumblr.com/47b114a69454cb6faa46f0d8df3e96da/tumblr_nzrh2iCAvr1s3j4hfo2_1280.jpg THANKS WG!!!!!

http://observer.com/2016/01/why-uber-faces-a-rough-road-ahead/ This was an interesting perspective... The Next Big Thing 2016 Why Uber Faces a Rough Road Ahead Uber’s hostility to any regulation has backfired, and now it must engage in city-by-city combat By Lawrence Meyers • 01/13/16 9:00am Illustration by Carlos Zamora. Uber is nothing more than a dispatcher for gypsy cabs. That’s all it is. The company’s business model only works in a Wild West bereft of regulation and relies on a financially naïve workforce. However, regulators are catching up to Uber and drivers are slowly realizing that they’ve been played for fools. Investors’ only hope is to escape Uber via an IPO, praying that investors support the stock until its sell-by date. Low Pay Equals High Attrition A slam-dunk Uber recruitment campaign would center on data showing driver earnings, but the company refuses to release such information. It curiously stopped advertising drivers could make as much as $90,000 per year. Why? Because UberX pay, at best, is equivalent to a taxi driver’s. Consider the math: For the same trip, an UberX fare will be slightly less than that of a taxi. However, the cab driver will routinely also earn a 15 percent tip, while the UberX driver will lose 36 percent in Uber commission, NYC sales tax and the black car fee. Surge fees don’t make up the difference. Not only does Uber itself report that only 10 percent of fares are surged, but a Northwestern University study concluded that surges actually stifle demand. Driver expenses deliver the killing blow. My independent firm published a white paper, “Towards a Cost Estimate for a NYC UberX Driver,” which concluded that UberX drivers bear costs of $7.43 per hour, resulting in net hourly pre-tax income equivalent to that of taxis. For those who lease cabs, the leasing fees gobble up an equivalent amount of revenue. Owner-operators, however, still enjoy higher net income, as they do not bear either the Uber commission or lease fees. This may explain the whopping 45 percent attrition rate for Uber drivers who worked 12 months, a conclusion reached by a study Uber commissioned from the company’s head of research Jonathan Hall and Princeton economist Alan B. Krueger. It’s possible that attrition rate will only increase, given that Uber just cut fares in more than 100 cities, allegedly only for the “slower month of January.” Like any retailer, markdowns are intended to attract more demand, in the hope that higher volume will make up for the lower prices. However, lower consumer prices also means lower driver income, with no guarantee of increased volume on a per-driver basis. Uber is now so desperate to recruit drivers that it partnered with shady subprime lender Westlake Financial, offering a lease escape clause if earnings aren’t sufficient. Clearly, Uber counts on financial naïveté among its workforce. However, the line of marks waiting to see the cheesecake behind the curtain will likely find another attraction. The Taxi Comeback Uber faces a more challenging problem in New York City: equilibrium. Most of the 13,587 taxi medallions are on the road 24 hours a day. Uber has 20,448 cars, but only 16 percent of them are rolling at any given time. Why, after four years in New York, with 100 percent market awareness, are so few cars in service? The only explanation is that demand for Uber has been met. This fact is filtering into the taxi medallion market, which has been moribund for 18 months. Last November, prices began to rise after 13 months of declines. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, there has been an extraordinary turnaround in the number of taxi license applications. The Wall Street Journal reported applications fell by half between 2010 and 2012, as Uber poached cabbies. However, applications for taxi licenses have since doubled, far exceeding the 2010 high. One logical conclusion: Uber drivers are running back to taxis because of the disappointing pay and poor treatment. Another factor may be the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority’s move to loosen taxi medallion purchase rules, resulting in a waiting list of 250 potential buyers. This undercuts the assertion that Uber is making taxi medallions worthless. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority also just passed restrictions on transportation network companies (TNCs) using main thoroughfares after it found a 20 percent decrease in city speeds. Urban Warfare Uber’s hostility to any regulation has backfired, and now it must engage in city-by-city combat. Shannon Liss-Riordan, the acclaimed class action attorney, is suing Uber in California to have the company’s drivers classified as employees rather than independent contractors. She keeps winning battles in the case, and an Uber loss could cost billions in driver recompense. Even if it prevails, Uber will likely face more such cases, and it would only take a handful of wins to gut its coffers. Meanwhile, Seattle’s city council unanimously permitted drivers to unionize, which could force Uber to offer minimum wage or to exit the market. In the era of the $15 minimum wage, how many more cities will follow? Uber’s disdain for its “driver-partners” and regulatory authority will only lead to one result: a crash.

And is this the result?...who knows how competent Uber Dirvers are. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article54355845.html Uber suit in Miami-Dade comes as debate looms on driver screenings http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/mc49ul/picture54355835/ALTERNATES/FREE_960/ubersuit01wmm When Pablo Sanchez Jr. wanted a lift home in the wee hours of a recent Sunday, the 20-year-old used his cellphone to hail an Uber vehicle to take him and friends the 30 miles or so between downtown Miami and his parents’ house in Country Walk. He was almost home in the early morning hours of Dec. 27 when the Uber driver’s GMC Yukon, according to a lawsuit, turned into oncoming traffic, flipped over and burst into flames. Sanchez was trapped inside and died. Now his mother is suing Uber, and her lawyer is taking aim at the popular ride-hailing company’s reliance on a fleet of freelance and often moonlighting drivers that now number in the thousands throughout Miami-Dade . “Many of these drivers are using Uber to supplement their lifestyle,” said Coral Gables lawyer Andrew Yaffa, who represents Sanchez’s mother and father. “You may have folks that have two and three other jobs and are coming on duty late in the day. Somehow, someway there needs to be safeguards that Uber is not putting people that are on the verge of falling asleep behind the wheel and responsible for our children.” The litigation comes as Miami-Dade leaders wrestle with how much scrutiny to give the company’s drivers in a push to legalize the popular service. Mayor Carlos Gimenez proposed letting Uber itself handle background checks, but a proposal drafted by County Commission Chairman Jean Monestime would require drivers to submit to county screening. Commissioners are expected to take up the issue for an initial vote at their Jan. 20 meeting, with both Monestime’s proposal and a Gimenez-backed ordinance proposed by Commissioner Esteban “Steve” Bovo working their way through the legislative pipeline. Uber spokesman Bill Gibbons declined to comment beyond a statement that read: “We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident, and our thoughts are with all those involved and their families during this very difficult time.” Though illegal in Miami-Dade for not following the county’s car-for-hire rules, Uber still provides commercial insurance throughout the county. The insurance kicks in for drivers once they’re logged into the company’s ride-hailing software. For accidents that occur after a ride is hailed, the policies offer $1 million in coverage, according to the company’s website. Sanchez’s mother, Shafena Mohamed, is listed as the plaintiff in the suit filed Jan. 8 in Miami-Dade Circuit Court and discussed the case Tuesday at a press conference at the Grossman Roth law firm in Coral Gables, where Yaffa is a partner. The suit is against Uber, as well as the two drivers involved in the collision. Uber driver Jean Ralph Adam could not be located Tuesday, and Uber did not respond to an interview request for Adam. Shamma Chery, listed as the Yukon’s owner, is also named as a defendant. Yaffa said the police report has not yet been completed and that he could provide no specifics as to what caused the crash. He said Sanchez’s friends and fellow passengers, who survived the crash, described the driver as looking down before the collision. Yaffa also offered no details on what — if anything — Uber may have failed to catch in its screening process or how long Adam had been driving that day. With the suit filed, Yaffa said he can secure the evidence needed to determine what happened and make his case. Sanchez’s father, Pablo Sanchez Sr., attended the press conference and addressed about a dozen reporters in both English and Spanish. He cried when discussing his son, who was studying at Miami-Dade College to be a pharmacist. “You don’t know who’s going to drive your son,” he said. “These people, you can call them at any time of the night. They’re there.” Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article54355845.html#storylink=cpy

Both had me falling out of my chair...Hilarious AS.

I just realized that much of the world has passed me by... http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/senior-man-naps-front-porch-6371667.jpg

Great way to start my day...

I just noticed the background. Could be an artist of sorts, and that alone interests me.

Oh that kind of a partner...I was so hoping

Already inspired...Thank you QTR and Adam Smith. Perhaps we could just tag along in the Comedy and Tragedy Forum. A Forum For the Arts: Literature, Theater, Music, Art, and Dance. No television or pop music please.

A positive cure for impotency? I'm all in...http://www.boytoy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.png

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Well believe it or not, it took me all day to come back here. Stupid stressful day, so I am just now taking a moment to enjoy this pic. NICE!!!!! The first two pics...you just have to love the look on their faces. Pure ecstasy, and the look on the face of the second guy who is blind folded is wonderful. He knows that he's just about to experience pure pleasure. AND the best for last... http://40.media.tumblr.com/3f71a33941e5a24f694a1cb52aea825a/tumblr_njajtfxSNr1u020pjo1_540.jpg http://www.boytoy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/frantics.gif

Looks like I'm gonna have to come back to this. No coffee yet, and this is def one of those posts that requires coffee... 2016 is going to be one helluva year. Off to a great start.

Would you consider going to a strip club and hiring a dancer for some play back at your hotel? If so, I would suggest Twist or The Floppy Rooster. If not, good luck in the hunt.

http://40.media.tumblr.com/5288515ef98cd3917d9da812f484a8f0/tumblr_mh7mpv7gHD1r34ghzo1_500.jpg The nipples have it...

An Italian Christmas...

For WG...Compliments of 'Grandma'.. http://40.media.tumblr.com/e39717553f844781b895edda9fff1dbc/tumblr_nwe1wrffwn1uxtnypo1_500.jpg http://36.media.tumblr.com/a274c76d13ccd33469e1ac4f78481285/tumblr_o0c34xH7IH1sx0mlqo1_500.jpg ...

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Nice set Unicorn...

The guys are Ok...the dogs are adorable.