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Although beta-alanine and tyrosine are not technically stimulants most would find their effect very stimulating. I imagine if you were to take 500mg of tyrosine close to bedtime, you would have a hard time going to sleep.

That is inaccurate. The incidence of homosexual pedophiles is about the same as it is for heterosexual pedophiles.

You must have missed the part where Ralph went to jail.

In high school, a classmate used to go gay-bashing at a cruising spot. He ended up killing a guy and went to reform school.

a butt plug after you douche. A provider taught me that.

Why are you worried? You inadvertently discovered his day job. What is keeping you from observing the usual boundaries between provider and client? You don't need to say a word about it. He went to law school and passed the state bar - so he knows his exposure and has decided he can live with it. If you are ultra-principled and don't want to be a cause of him being subjected to discipline from the state bar, you can stop seeing him.

I do remember hearing Canadians pronounce it to rhyme with vagina. The classical pronounciation is re-gee-na, with a hard "g."

I think things have actually been worse. I'm positive that I remember reading that, during Frank Jordan's term, the homeless population had reached 10K. I haven't been able to locate that statisitic though.

You undermined yourself by having to reach all the way back to high school as authority for what you stated . Think Sara Palin : "Oh, I read . . . them all."

Maybe, as I was, he is a little dumbfounded that you think "a lot of research" done ~40 years ago as a high-school student qualifies you as an authority on the topic now. If it was a master's thesis or a doctoral dissertation you were relying on, you might be on firmer ground. I'm sure, however, that it was an excellent piece of work for a high-school student.

But that's your lead-in and your major point.

That might be an oversimplification. I am only guessing, but I suspect that the ratio of nurses/doctors caring for the mentally ill to patients is quite a bit lower than the ratio of prison guards to prisoners. Also, much of the inpatient care of the mentally ill is delivered by low-paid non-professionals and/or paraprofessionals. I had a bizarre experience at the Rochester State Hospital. In 11th grade, I had a mad crush on my English teacher. I used to sit in class with a boner for the entire period I was so gone on him. Many years later, I went to a 12-step meeting at the Rochester State Hospital and my 11the grade English teacher was there. He appeared to be an inpatient. I knew the staff couldn't violate his confidentiality by confirming that he was a patient so instead I asked if he was a staff member and they told me no.

"Foreign body in rectum" is a surprisingly common diagnosis.

The first time I visited San Francisco in 1974, parts of it seemed seedy to me, but it was a charming seedy, sort of like NOLA. San Francisco has seen better days, but its ability to reinvent itself seems boundless. Many of the tech employees who left are supposed to be returning, partly because their employers are making them come back and partly because they just miss it, even with the outrageous housing cost. They’re positive signs here and there. The homeless count is down about 3%. I live in the Sunset district. One of the main streets, Noriega street is looking better than ever-lots of new businesses and more pedestrian traffic than I have seen 17 years I have lived here. The other main retail district, Irving street, really needs help-dirty sidewalks, lots of empty storefronts. They’re talking about regular block parties to bring it back to life. I, for one, haven’t given up on San Francisco. Once this town gets in your blood, it’s there to stay.

I will probably will never achieve frequent flyer status becasue I don't hire often enough, and I'm in it for the novelty - so after 2 or 3 visits, I don't usually go back.

So we're basically in agreement. Our only difference is how long we are willing to wait to hear from a potential hire - I am more patient than you.

Right - there are guys who even say in their ads "same-day only" or such. I'm not a spur-of-the-moment guy, so it wouldn't be likely that I would contact one of those guys.

Or he could realize that he's marketing himself as a horse even though he thinks he's a dolphin. I agree that mass-marketing of escort services is going to net mostly guys who are looking for horses.

But if you wanted a Tesla, you would call the dealership and make an appointment. If a friend had referred you to a particular salesman who he/she really liked, if he wasn't available, you would leave a message and wait for him to call you back. If you heard a service professional give a presentation on a topic that was important to you, and you thought "I need to talk this guy," you would get his card and reach out to him and if he didn't get back to you that same day, you would wait. If you are contemplating a professional relationship that is going to cost you many thousands of dollars over a span of years, even on first contact, you don't just call anybody. When people call me and their first question is "how much," I ask them if price is their most important consideration. If they say "yes," I tell them that we aren't a good match. Yes, if you are "shopping" for a commoditized product or service, immediate response is important. I have been told by marketing professionals in my field that an internet lead is stale after only a few minutes. So, If you are the kind of client who wants to hire right now, and you're not fussy, you have a list of guys and you work down your list until somebody says "yes." So Jarrod is going to miss those guys. But from what he says, he wants to miss those guys. Having said all of the above, that doesn't mean a service provider can wait forever to return calls. Jarrod said he checks messages twice a day. So, somebody who wanted to hire HIM would be willing to wait a reaonable amount ot time for him to respond. My goal is to respond to leads the same day. But if something in the initial communication disqualifies a lead, I just don't respond. As I have said before D/F leads don't magically turn into A/B leads. Even if you are talking about digital sales funnels, there are different types of funnel. There are funnels designed to just get lots of leads. There are other funnels that are designed to get the right leads.

Of course you should. But "timely" is a flexible concept. If you are looking for a same-day encounter, and you tell him that, it is reasonable to expect a very fast turnaround. Just because it's reasonable doesn't mean you'll get it - after all, this is a business that operates at the margins.

I haven't encouraged potential clients to text me, but sometimes they do. I have found that people who text tend to be better leads.

I hope it works out. It's a mofo when you have an aging parent with special dietary requirements who can't/won't fix their own meals.

Sure - and all those things matter. If I don't get a prompt response, he isn't forever banished. I don't reach out to guys unless I'm already very interested. So if I hear from him after a week, I'm usually pretty happy. There are only so many guys who pique my interest, so my short list really is pretty short.

I'm not in a consumer-facing business - strictly B-to-B. That is changing because I am going into a consumer-facing line of business. I have an answering service that takes all my calls and does initial intake. They ask qualifying questions and pass qualified leads to me. If the prospect doesn't qualify, they politely tell them to call somebody else. As far as email goes, not responding right away is a way of screening leads. I'm not interested in prospects who are shopping for the cheapest practitioner and want to talk to me yesterday. If the only question somebody asks in an email is "how much does it cost for X," I don't even respond.

My father got meals on wheels for awhile. It really filled a need at the time. He had no interest in food and had lost a disturbing amount of weight. The MOW food was OK, nothing great, but he liked it and it got him eating again. He got tired of them and started to crave a more varied diet. I told him I would cancel MOW, but if he stopped eating again, he was going to go back to MOW. He kept eating.