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Fortunately, being invisible to younger men doesn't bother me. I just accept it as the way of the world. Some of our friends are really bothered by it. When they start complaining, I don't say anything, but I think "You've known this day was coming since you were in your 20s, why didn't you prepare better?"

One of the best-looking men I ever had sex with picked me up in front of Studio One after closing. He walked up to me, said 'You want to come over to my place?" I said yes and he took me home to his cute little bungalow in West Hollywood.

Is that the same as the 3rd St. Athletic Club?

A well-built black man.

2K per night would be a 5-star resort.

You haven't been to Petaluma in a while, I guess. Very upscale - not quite like Healdsburg or Napa, but close. We had dinner at an Italian Place - Cucina Paradiso - that was one of the best restaurant meals I have ever had.

This is true - those things are affected by time and place. When I was a kid, pretty much any discussion of money with people outside of the immediate family was considered impolite. You definitely wouldn't ask somebody how much they made or what they paid in rent. In the 70's and 80's all of that seemed OK. Now those again are taboo, except with people you know very well.

That's an odd question - unforgivably nosy. I can't imagine myself asking someone if they've had cosmetic surgery - possibly OK if he had brought the subject up first so that it was apparent that he was OK with talking about it. But that's another issue - people being only too willing to share every last detail of their health, whether you're interested or not.

They are great - dentists tend not to like them - they sort of dismiss them. Using a water pik once daily works wonders for the health of your gums. And I agree that they are not a substitute for flossing. Occasionally, I get little sore spots. I fill the water pik with warm salt water and irrigate the sore spot a couple times a day and it always goes away.

My sister is a CRNA and used to do the anesthesia for a lot of face-lift patients. She noticed that one surgeon produced a consistently outstanding result and she asked his patients how much he charged - low 20's - with inflation, maybe 30K now. I knew a woman several years ago who was approaching 70 and got a face lift - I first a saw her a couple weeks after the surgery - while she was still healing - she was still a little swollen but she looked amazing - just great. And she continued to look better as she healed. She told me she had paid 17K. With inflation that might be high 20's now. This is all academic - I decided a long time ago that I wasn't going under the knife just to look better - botox, fillers, peels, OK,, but no surgery. I do a clay mask once a week and I look terrific afterward.

Bending over is probably my favorite - whether I'm top or bottom. Doggy is great, missionary is great. I had forgotten about on side - another one I like.

Agree that this is the time for such undertakings, as opposed to the depth of a massive public health emergency.

In spite of the eyeroll from the infectious disease amateur, the numbers are going in the wrong direction for a disease that is becoming endemic. Hospitalizations are up nationally. We will have to wait a week or so to see what happens with deaths.

That doesn't mean Covid is over you.

I agree with Dr. Wachter, who is going back to masking indoors.

I guess we each get out of it what we want to -Since what you wanted to hear is that it's OK to go without a mask in crowded indoor spaces, that's what you conveniently heard. I heard the same words that you did but my listening was "if your only concern is whether you get the virus or not, go ahead and go unmasked in crowded indoor spaces."

But not being masked in indoor spaces puts others at risk. The "my body, my choice" people keep forgetting that, or they just don't care.

He should probably go back to work - he seems to miss it. My sister is a CRNA. She lasted less than a year in retirement and went back to work because she missed the intellectual challenge.

A retired doctor who, even when practicing, had no special qualification in infectious disease or epidemiology. But some people think they know everything about everything.

I think they are trying to recoup some of the two years of lost revenue from the pandemic. They are betting that there are enough affluent people willing to pay the exorbitant rates. I'm incredulous over the jump in air fares. I'm never buying a ticket again that is split across carriers. I tried to change the return leg on a ticket I had bought on Expedia - different carriers for the trip out and the return trip. I wanted to change the return trip and it turned out that leg of the trip was non-refundable. If I wanted to change the flight, it would have cost me more than twice as much as I had originally paid for that leg.

I stayed at the Fairmont in Dallas a couple weeks ago - it was kind of a dump. The room decor was ghastly - sort of a cheesy late-70s faux western, tacky wall art, the bathroom fixtures didn't look like they have ever been upgraded, the wall covering in the bathroom was peeling, the public restrooms weren't clean, the exterior doors were clunky and hard to open - on and on, I found one thing after another to dislike about the place. The high point was the staff - they were exceptionally gracious and helpful. What I found amazing was that on Sunday, there was no maid service and no food service. The whole weekend I was there, I kept seeing this very energetic, exceedingly good-looking man everywhere. probably in his 50's who appeared to be in management. I finally introduced myself to him and it turned out he was the Chef Concierge. He asked me how my stay was going and I said "OK." He asked me if there was anything he could do for me. I said "No, it's not something under your control. I just don't like this property very much." He acknowledged that is was an older property and said they have a major renovation planned. I said I'll come back after the renovation. To be fair though, I was there on a group rate and paying quite a bit less than a typical 4-star rate.

They certainly have a target demographic. But they don't care what sort of vehicle you're driving if you can pay their rate.

If the sheets aren't messed up and I really liked the guy, I leave them on and sleep on them overnight so I can remind myself of how he smelled.

I use a few drugs for asthma control. This time of year, I have to add claritin to the mix.

I always tip - unless I didn't enjoy myself. But I don't tip a lot. It's OK with me if providers don't consider me their favorite client - It's not a popularity contest and I don't hire enough to become someone's favorite client.