Kenny

Would Zsa or Jackie have made a sex tape? Speaking of which, whatever happened to Ray J?

And dinner and a show for twenty bucks! ($48 when adjusted for inflation.)

No worries, WG ... if you live to be as old as Zsa Zsa, you won't recall the incident (or the fact that you have Gabor genes, or anything else...)
 
But hopefully you'll have a Prince to care for you.

When I thought about starting this thread, I thought nobody would remember Zsa Zsa Gabor!

Eva was the beard of Merv Griffin, whose life deep in the closet resulted in so many awful things.
http://www.signorile.com/2007/08/merv-griffins-dangerous-closet.html

New York is where I'd rather stay/I get allergic smelling hay./I just adore a penthouse view./ Darlin' I love ya but gimme Park Avenue.
 
Poetry.

It was a better world for her in Hooterville ... even if she was living in a dump.

Eva was the beard of Merv Griffin, whose life deep in the closet resulted in so many awful things.
http://www.signorile.com/2007/08/merv-griffins-dangerous-closet.html

Queen of Outer Space! (I'm told she doesn't look a day over 95.)

Queen of Outer Space! (I'm told she doesn't look a day over 95.)

Queen of Outer Space! (I'm told she doesn't look a day over 95.)

Am I correct that Francesca was the only Gabor child because none of Zsa Zsa's siblings had children? If so, her husband is the only one left to inherit whatever money remains.

Age 67, actually. I knew Francesca a little bit, and thanks to her psycho family she was among the most damaged people I've ever met. Tragic.

Queen of Outer Space! (I'm told she doesn't look a day over 95.)

“They have a canny ability to mirror what the victim seems to need and to create a sense of intimacy very quickly,” said Debbie Deem, a victim specialist at the F.B.I.’s Los Angeles bureau. “They are able to manipulate the victim into believing they have found their one true soul mate.”
 
That observation certainly seems to apply to the risks of "compensated dating." (Wasn't that a storyline in "How to Marry a Millionaire"?)

“They have a canny ability to mirror what the victim seems to need and to create a sense of intimacy very quickly,” said Debbie Deem, a victim specialist at the F.B.I.’s Los Angeles bureau. “They are able to manipulate the victim into believing they have found their one true soul mate.”
 
That observation certainly seems to apply to the risks of "compensated dating." (Wasn't that a storyline in "How to Marry a Millionaire"?)

This article from NYTimes should make everyone here pause before falling 'in love' through dating services:

In Online Dating, ‘Sextortion’ and Scams

 
By KATE MURPHYJAN. 15, 2016

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DATING websites and apps typically see a surge in activity this time of year as people who felt lonely over the holidays try to follow through on New Year’s resolutions to find someone special with whom to share their life, or maybe just someone agreeable to share their bed on a cold winter’s night.
 
But whether they’re looking for sexcapades or long walks on the beach, the desire for companionship and connection makes people vulnerable to a most 21st-century crime: the online romance scam, which bilked victims of all ages and orientations out of more than $200 million last year, according to the F.B.I.
 
“The drive to find a preferred mate is extremely powerful,” said Lucy Brown, a clinical professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, who studies the brain activity of people in love. “It’s a reflexive urge, like hunger and thirst,” which can cloud judgment and make people less likely to question the motives of an online match.
 
Moreover, she said, romantic love can produce feelings of euphoria similar to the effects of cocaine or heroin, which explains why otherwise intelligent and accomplished people do irrational things to get a fix. Of course, people have always been fools for love — it’s just that the global reach and altered reality of the Internet increases the risk and can make the emotional and financial damage more severe.Have you been targeted on a dating site or app? If so, how did it unfold and how did you find out? Share your story in the comments with this article or on Facebook. Please avoid descriptions that could identify an individual or site. We may highlight your response in a follow-up article.
 
 
“I don’t think there is a general understanding of how much of this romance scam stuff is out there, how it works and what the consequences are,” said Steven Baker, director of the Midwest region of the Federal Trade Commission. “It’s staggering how many people fall for it.”
 
Scammers typically create fake profiles on dating sites and apps like Match.com, OkCupid, eHarmony, Grindr and Tinderusing pictures of attractive men and women — often real people whose identities they’ve filched off Facebook, Instagram or other social media sites. This lures victims who swipe or click to begin corresponding.
 
The perpetrators may be working out of call centers in West Africa, wooing four or five people at a time. Or it could be some dude at a Starbucks texting victims on his cellphone, or a pajama-clad woman in her apartment sending bogus love bombs from her laptop. They may assume the identity of actual soldiers deployed overseas or pretend to be engineers working on projects in far-flung locales. Scammers have also been known to pose as university professors, clergy members, doctors, chefs, swimsuit models, waitresses, nurses and librarians.
 
“They have a canny ability to mirror what the victim seems to need and to create a sense of intimacy very quickly,” said Debbie Deem, a victim specialist at the F.B.I.’s Los Angeles bureau. “They are able to manipulate the victim into believing they have found their one true soul mate.”
 
Victims are as likely to be men as women, young, old or middle-aged, gay or straight, highly or poorly educated. After a few days, weeks or even months of romantic and sometimes hotly erotic back-and-forth via email, text or Skype, come the requests for money.
 
Maybe the soldier needs a new cellphone so the lovers can better communicate or needs cash to get the necessary papers to go on leave so they can finally meet. The offshore engineer says his child is in the hospital and he’s having trouble wiring money to cover medical expenses. The model or nurse may need money to pay lawyers’ fees to get a restraining order against an abusive ex. Or maybe the scammer doesn’t ask for money at all but requests that the victim receive money and then transfer it to another account, giving marginally plausible reasons.
 
“It’s common for victims to become money mules where they are unwittingly helping facilitate other crimes,” Mr. Baker said. “There have been prosecutions of victims who kept receiving and sending money even when they were firmly told they were working for crooks.” Yet prosecutionsof romance scammers have been rare, thanks to the anonymity of the Internet and the difficulty of tracing wired funds.
 
In the latest twist, scammers coax victims into taking explicit photos and videos of themselves and then threaten to distribute them to their Facebook or Skype contacts if they don’t pay them money or help them launder money.
 
“We’re seeing a lot of these sextortion cases lately,” said Wayne May, an administrator who gives advice to the lovelorn on the website ScamSurvivors. “We get about 30 requests for help a day,” usually from young men who sent a picture of their privates to a buxom Tinder match who turned out to be a blackmailer. AARP has been fielding similarly cringe-worthy distress calls from seniors who exposed themselves in front of a webcam.
 
There are even reports of online recruiting of youths to join the Islamic State using romance and marriage as enticements. Young women, particularly in the West, are promised a so-called jihottie (jihadist hottie) of their choosing for a husband. Young men are offered an attractive and devoted wife, which they might not have the money or social standing to obtain otherwise, particularly if they live in the Middle East, where unemployment is forcing many to delay marriage (and sex if they are devout).
 
“There is a lot of talk about developing love, falling in love and finding love on the battlefield,” said Katherine Brown, a lecturer of Islamic studies at the University of Birmingham in Britain who researches terrorist recruitment tactics. “They present quite a saccharine image of romance and marriage using the image of the lion and lioness together, supporting each other, being best friends and companions.”
 
The F.T.C., F.B.I., Homeland Security, State Department and United States Army Criminal Investigation Command have reported an avalanche of complaints about scams in the past two years. Average financial losses are $5,000 to $10,000, but the F.B.I. says many victims have lost more than $400,000. And these are just losses reported by those who fessed up to being had.
 
“I more often hear from people who call on behalf of a relative or friend who is getting scammed,” said Chris Grey, director of public affairs for the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command who learned quickly not to contact the victim in these cases. “I’ve been cussed out that I don’t know what I’m talking about because they are so infatuated with this person they’ve never even met.”
 
Psychology experts liken this to the crushes or strong feelings of connection people develop for sports figures, , actors and other celebrities. It’s easy to project perfection on someone you’ve never met, particularly if, along with a pretty face, he or she is emailing, texting and calling every day or several times a day telling you how awesome you are.
 
“For most of us, there are pockets and maybe whole sections of our minds and hearts that are not really reality-driven,” said Stephen Seligman, a psychoanalyst and clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco.
 
That puts law enforcement officials in a bind when lovestruck victims so willingly and willfully participate in ruses. “People don’t want to know what’s behind the curtain,” said Mr. Grey. “They really don’t.”

Perusing SA is an interesting exercise. I spent a little time scanning profiles and saw several people I knew/know including a companion I saw fairly consistently (I.e. 2-3 times/week for ~4 months) but disappeared. There's a number of guys who had been actively on RM and M4RN but fell off the radar, in some cases with completely different back stories (e.g., guy who was fairly well reviewed and I informally understand had several upscale clients but dropped his ad a few months ago; his SA profile says that he is homeless and living in an abandoned building.)
 
I was amazed at the number of people who seemed entitled ("impress me" & "in need of champagne and caviar")... One guy in search of an arrangement has a photo perched on the hood of a late model Mercedes and another pics from Paris and what looks like a Mediterranean coastal spot.
 
Some stories are sad - broken relationships and broken people - and others reflective of youthful wide-eyed excitement at the possibilities of life.
 
If you have time to kill it's an interesting anthropological exercise.

An arrangement of sorts can be considered "compensated" dating. I think it is fine if you've met someone you click with and don't mind helping out financially. It has worked for me and does not feel like I am paying someone on the clock, so to speak.

Karma is simply wishful thinking.

Honey, If you think just bringing him to your house and paying expenses is going to work every time.. Your living in a dream world just like the other daddies on the website. He is an aspiring fitness model, meaning he probably wants to make a name for himself in the fitness world.. Meaning, his daily food intake a grocery list is a good 500$ a month or more in food.. thats not adding supplements.. He also, probably doesn't want to escort as it will taint his name. Down the road if you want to keep him your gonna have to give him something.
 
So if you really think that its just about love, your wrong. You play it like that sooner then later this guy will end up pissed off.. He seems like he also has done his homework.. Did you guys do the dirty deed the first night? or did it take awhile? did you sleep in the same bed in the first night? just curious. I just hope you don't fuck it up and become a statistic, trust me I've been doing this for 7+ years. I also have two exclusive men from that website... they told me horror stories.

RocketLawyer
https://www.rocketlawyer.com/form/prenuptial-agreement.rl

HAPPY WEEKEND! Glad to be headed to LA and beat the chill in the TX air.
 
Anyone know Tino? Thanks
 
http://www.adam4adam.com/profile/view/TinoT

I read the link, and from what I understand, while Uber drivers make more, they also have to come out of pocket for wear and tear, vehicle depreciation, gas and vehicle maintenance, which no matter how you slice the pie, is no small change. Is that correct?
 
Depending on the type and age of the vehicle, and kind of driving you are doing the average is 56 cents per mile, not to mention the depreciation you suffer by adding excessive miles to your car. So the 19 dollars an hour that Uber likes to put out there is really much closer to ten dollars an hour. Driving your personal car in taxi cab conditions, you'll wear it out at a fairly rapid rate, when you consider the added depreciation from the excessive miles.
 
http://news.yahoo.com/reporter-turned-undercover-uberx-driver-reveals-really-drive-200018182.html;_ylt=AwrSbDdurlRVxXoA089XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzaDJrY3QzBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDVklQNTYzXzEEc2VjA3Nj
 
As a rider, by all accounts from those that I know who use it, Uber is fantastic. Almost everyone I know uses Uber now, and in my area, Broward County, they are now trying to work with Uber to be inclusive instead of trying to exclude them all together, which is a smart move, because Uber does not appear to be going away anytime soon.

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