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When I lived in Germany in the 70s, that was very much the norm - you had to ring a doorbell, they would open a little door so they could see whether you were police or not, and then let you in. OTOH, there was an enormous gay bar in Berlin called the Big Eden. Then, there was a bar in Saarbruecken, called Chez Madame. You rang the doorbell and this gracious lady, Madame, dressed in a floor length hostess gown, welcomed you in. I was told by insiders that Madame was actually German but pretended to be French, which makes sense because it was so close to the French border. She would only speak French though. Though customers were a mix of French and Germans.

I have known guys, who were older men when I was a younger man, who waxed nostalgic for the days when we were outlaws --- public toilets, parks, dark bars that could only be accessed from an obscure back door off of an alley, etc.

Isn't that "assplay?" People that are into fisting differentiate ass play and fisting.

Is it Cafe Demel that has been in operation for hundreds of years?

I've seen him once. He's definitely a repeat - really enjoyed him. I can imagine him a regular.

I was glad to see him go. He and I Iocked horns constantly - it seemed like he always looking for a fight, although I was never one to say no when he picked a fight.

Just wow! He looks great clothed and out of this world without clothes.

I knew an age management doc who decided to add it to the services he offered. He went off and did a course or workshop of a few days, bought the equipment and hung out his shingle. He might have fit in the category of "dime-a-dozen scammers." If I wanted cold liposuction, I don't think I would have gone to him.

Kidneys: drink plenty of water, and avoid high protein intake. Dunno about the liver.

Sounds wonderful. I long for a log cabin on a private lake with an airstrip in the middle of nowhere.

There are scammers everywhere out there - pig butchers, phony bills for stuff you never ordered, texts demanding payment for traffic tickets you never got, people who misrepresent themselves in one way or another. It's very disillusioning - makes me want to move to a quiet place in the country and go completely off the grid.

Thanks very much. Now that Truvada is generic in the US, there's no reason to bother with the offshore route. I took it long enough ago that I think my copay for 90 days was $300 or so.

My evolution has proceeded such that I'm no longer comfortable with the label "gay." Nothing has changed WRT my sexual behavior - I'm still exclusively a man who has sex with other men only, but "gay" just doesn't fit anymore. If the subject comes up, I just say that I'm into men, which feels a lot more acccurate.

Maybe so. I don't remember what my co-pay for Truvada was. When I found that I could get a generic for Truvada offshore for a small fraction of the US cost of Truvada, I started doing that.

Yes, I had the same conversation with my provider. I have early stage III CKD, but as long as I mind my P's and Q's, my GFR stays above 60. My Prep nurse got rather pushy about switching to Descovy. I'm with Kaiser, so my only expense would be a co-pay. The upshot of the conversation was that I realized I was tired of messing with PREP, so I stopped the Truvada and didn't start Descovy.

I am amazed at the number of hunky, gorgeous men in nursing.

Older than average are fine by me.

I think Michael Vincenzo got some kind of office job - office manager, accounting, something like that. He told me, but I don't remember exactly what.

With the whole story, makes perfect sense.

You didn't even try it? Seems a shame.

Younger is better. I really enjoy being around bright, ambitious young guys.

Sounds like a pretty hot scene.

When I was in high school, I played with it a little - read a few books on winemaking. I saw a recipe in an old cook book for making dandelion wine and I tried it. The finished product was kind of cloudy, but tasty and the alcohol content was enough to produce a good buzz. I also tried making applejack, which was very successful - I got a brandy-type concoction that was very boozy. Years ago somebody gave a beermaking kit. I tried it but it wasn't very successful.

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I agree - many clients carry a victim bias that is easily triggered.