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I'm not old enough to remember the end of WWII.

I actually have fairly bad neuropathy in my feet, legs, arms and hands. I wonder if it's the same. The last time I saw a doctor about it she did say I had polyneuropathy.

The latter

I used to have a real issue with shaved eyebrows - couldnt imagine why anyone would ruin their appearance that way. Last time I traveled on business, the head flight attendant was an extraordinarily sexy guy with a great athletic build, shaved head and eyebrows. Recently I hired a very sexy massage guy: same story - very well built, shaved head and eyebrows and he looked terrific. So I have officially changed my mind about shaved eyebrows.

I use 2 dishwasher pods on the hot cycle.

As of today, San Francisco has 68 reported cases. The first was reported June 5th.

As I remember, it just wasn't that big a deal. I think I got a booster in 6th grade. The first one might have been 4th grade or 3rd grade. You got a nasty-looking scab that always made me think of a raisin, that went away after a few weeks. There was nothing to "manage." There were strict instructions not to pick at the scab. I don't remember, but I think the scab may have fallen off after a period of time.

Ice cream from nut milks - I like it. I think cashew milk might work pretty well for ice cream - it has a nice flavor too - a little sweet, but otherwise more or less neutral. I bought my first box of macadamia milk a couple weeks ago. I like it on oatmeal.

True - the coconut flavor predominates. Since I like the coconut flavor it's OK with me.

Best advice I have read in this thread.

I love dairy-free ice cream made from coconut milk. I went completely dairy-free for a couple years - wanted to see if it improved allergy symptoms. It didn't but it did improve my digestion. Now , I eat minimal dairy and I like the dairy-free ice cream and yogurt. My bodybuilding coach says that dairy and sugar are the two "must not" eats - they go straight to your waistline, he says

That's Ok, it wouldn't be my first "tool" moment. Absolutely correct. Since I had no interest, I shouldn't have even responded in the first place. It was a moment of curiosity - "Why would this guy be wanting to hook up with me?"

But if you're not into a guy, or he turns you off, why would you have sex with him?

Very perceptive - thanks. That was exactly the issue. He styles himself as an expert FF top. When he said he wanted to meet me, my reaction was " YOU want to get into MY ass? Not gonna happen." So it was convenient to make it about him being an escort instead of just saying, "We're not a match."

Recon

Sure - I'm into FF and he styles himself as an expert FF top.

Right - my manners temporarily deserted me. Normally, when there's a question, I ask, "Are you a pro?"

The other day I had an interaction with a provider on a hookup site that ended up with him going away mad. This guy has a profile on a hookup site that I frequent and he sent me a DM saying he would like to meet me. His profile is very ambiguous - he talks about his years of experience as a pro, but then goes on at length about the kind of experience he's looking for, the kind of guys he's looking to meet, etc. so that he sort of conveys the impression that he's on that site as a civilian. I wanted some clarity so I said to him "I had the impression that you are a sex worker." His response was indirect - something to the effect that I shouldn't even have to ask that question. I pressed a little harder with "You have an active profile on Rentmen." His response then was that I appeared to have a prejudice against his kind. And that's the way we left it. A little later, I decided I should try to make nice, so I went back on and posted an apology - saying that I had been an asshole and I was sorry. He thanked me for the apology and said the whole interaction had been "disappointing." Was I being an asshole or was it reasonable to expect some clarity from him?

How in the world could anyone think that it would be the same? I have slept next to a woman once and don't remember much about it, so this is mostly conjecture, but really . . . . My husband and I haven't slept together in years - we both snore and disturb each other. When we travel and stay in a nice hotel with great king-size beds, we sleep together.

Most importantly, though, is that recession is a self-fulfilling prophecy. When enough people believe a recession is coming, sure enough it happens.

Oh dear, not this again. What to the Germans call it - Schadenfreude . . .taking secret pleasure in the (mostly imagined) misfortunes of another?

There used to be a Victorian-era hotel in Aptos CA with a respectable (not great) restaurant. I'm not sure if the hotel is there anymore. We haven't been down that way much in the last several years. There was a pair of young twin brothers who waited tables in the restaurant. They were extremely cute and I lusted over both of them every time we stopped there. Dealing with them was kind of a mind fuck until you figured out that there were two of them. I always thought they enjoyed that. They had a certain amount of notoriety in the area - people just referred to them as the twins. I don't actively fantasize about sex with brothers or twins, but I don't think I would pass up the opportunity.

When I lived in Rochester in the 80's, there was an old Italian bakery on a little side street in the old Italian neiighborhood and all the bread and pizza were baked in an old clay oven, just because that was they way they had been doing it for decades and didn't see any reason to change. Their bread was just amazing.

Keep an empty wine bottle chilled in the freezer and use it as a foot roller.

We're having our usual early summer weather in San Francisco -High 50 - low 60s during the day and Low 50s at night, foggy, windy.