mike carey

And it's so effing cold when you get there, although I may be ready for 'cold' by then. Still won't be going though.

Curiouser and curiouser, I have a blank box in the posts referenced and when I use the URL I get a '403 Forbidden' screen, so there must be some sort of block that excludes me. That could be geographic or perhaps some sort of password access or other control on the site.

And you are one of my favourite posters!

Whether @Kurtis Wolfe is his advertised height or not, his intelligent and on-point comments are one of the reasons this site can be so good. For me, at least, others are entitled to their opinions.

Add me to the list, have a great birthday, Victor!

I'm sure @VictorPowers doesn't discount seniors!

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I'm too lazy to look for it, but one time I saw a photo of a fox's tail on social media or a sales site or something like that with a caption to the effect that it looked like a perfect cat toy. It was attached to a tapering stainless steel object several centimetres long. 'Cat toy', that was one of those wipe-the-coffee-off-the-computer-screen moments.

Such a generous deal! What a guy!

Very kind of you to say that, Victor.

To be clear, I was referring to ads that were taken down, not expired ones. When they are taken down they disappear from your buddy list but if they are put back up they reappear. I wasn't sure if we were both talking about the same thing.

I have observed that if you have an advertiser buddy listed, RM keeps them on your list (and hence visible) even when they change their screen name. Ads also reappear in your buddy list if they are reactivated after having been down for some time.

@Alex_xx has come up frequently in discussions here and has contributed to them too. A search of the forum comes up with over a page or mentions.

Or perhaps the reverse.

A reasonable conclusion to draw but not necessarily accurate (I don't know how fancy your friends are). I've been to a few formal dinners and the like where people adjourn to the bar after dinner and a cheese plate would be set out along with coffee.

Less so in a restaurant meal, but in a mass formal dinner I would expect there to be a cheese plate after people retired from the dining room. With port or cognac.

I am surprised that a cheese course is in any way surprising, different countries, different ideas I guess.

Or if he did, he wouldn't lack the funds for hiring.

Amazing story, @latbear4blk, I wish mine was even half as interesting. I was securely closeted for that whole time.

Mike, that's amazing, I wouldn't have the balls to even ask much less assume that someone in those settings was available for hire. A non-functioning gaydar means I probably wouldn't even notice someone was interested there.

Humorous map shows what the word "Yankee" means across the world.

Part of the 'why' would be why go around the world. One reason is that sometimes RTW tickets are cheaper than a return ticket, it then becomes a question of 'given I'm going RTW where to stop?' as sometimes those tickets mandate a certain number of stops. Regardless of that if you're doing the trip and have the time to spare, why not stop at some random places.

No difference for me. What matters is how comfortable I was on the flight and how well, or whether, I slept. Getting off a 12 hour flight*, east or west bound makes no difference, it's adjusting to the time-zone difference after arrival that is the kicker. I find arriving in the morning then forcing myself to stay awake until the normal clock time (not body clock) for going to bed is the best approach. Incidentally, I found that it worked on my SYD-LAX-JFK flight which arrived in the late afternoon. It arrived in LA early morning so I treated the transcontinental flight as part of the 'staying awake all day' regimen. One thing that Qantas is experimenting with on their long-haul research flights is how they manage time changes on flights. Rather than serve a meal then turn the lights off at the start of the flight, then turn them again shortly before arrival for another meal, they are telling people to change their clocks as they board, then run cabin activities to match time of day at the destination. They've flown JFK-SYD and LHR-SYD so they're covering both directions. * I find that if you can deal with 12 hours, extending it to 14 or 16 hours makes only a marginal difference.

Yes, and why gentlemen like Peter do prosper. From drinks and chatting beforehand to the bedroom he is such a lovely man.

'Long flights' is in the eye of the beholder, but 'one of the above' should suffice. I'd go with the alcohol. On my last Y long haul flight, the steward was very good at bringing another little bottle of wine.

Rent.Men does allow narrative reviews, they are just not visible in the US after SESTA/FOSTA or whatever those laws are. In the US you can view them by using a proxy server or VPN. I agree that reviews without any narrative text are not much value.