mike carey

Indeed, the poster is introspective, wonders what he can do to make things better, and accepts advice with grace. He owns the issue. Apart from that, they're the same [as if].

I have discussed airline preferences with three escorts. They all had elite status, one with each of the big three. Each was [currently] confident in his choice (and none seemed about to change). A fourth favours Delta mainly because his home base makes it the only realistic choice. If the 737 Max comes back into US service, my desire to avoid flying in those jets will override my airline preference for internal US flights.

Ok, got it. I wasn't sure where you were going with that, it could have been either way. Thinking about it, Qantas Club has similar rules domestically here (and 'no ripped clothing' includes the modern trend for 'designer' ripping). Their lounges are pleasant places to be. On my first flight in a number of years (Y class and no elite status) the [male] flight attendant commented on the fact that I was wearing a jacket. (I realise this has veered far away from kosher meals, but that happens.) That range of different gins looks great.

There are dozens of small distilleries here, many of them using Australian botanical aromatics in their gins. I hope that Qantas is using some of them at their gin bar. And, they have a dress code?

I am destined never to experience one of these UA lounges (OK perhaps if I were flying Air New Zealand or Singapore Airlines and they didn't have a lounge in that US port), so the only ones I can comment on are Admirals and Flagship at JFK and One World and Qantas First at LAX. I wouldn't waste my time taking my own food into any of them. Even without having experienced a trans-Pacific flight with an Asian carrier, in any class, I would happily rely on their catering as well, as I do with Qantas.

I had seen his profile, so many men so little time!

I understand your point of view, but to me buying something in the expectation that it will appreciate in value (like company shares) is just as much an investment as buying for cash flow. Of course if you are buying for capital gain, timing is everything. What one invests in is a matter of personal choice. *Yes, I realise shares often provide an income stream in the form of dividends.

I'm a bit like you @BasketBaller, I like to catch a train if I have the option. That trip to Chicago sounds great, but the delays not so much. In big (in area) western countries like the US, Canada and Australia, there's a threshold when you probably need to start thinking of train travel as more like a cruise than a scheduled passenger service. When meals are included in the fare rather than being available to buy would seem to be an indicator of that (even though in the case of the Capitol Limited that's only for the sleeper fare). A long distance trip in North America is still on my list of things to do. I've done them here and in Russia.

I saw that! Rather than 'Next year in Jerusalem', Matt is an exemplar of 'Next year in Palm Springs'! Or anywhere.

Not the look of Cassius for us!

@sexymonk I absolutely agree about @peterhung85 he is a delightful man.

Does it make that much difference? I travelled between NYC and DC several times when I was last there and couldn't justify business class on the regular service, much less using the Acela. When you factor in travel to airports and security etc, Amtrak is most likely quicker. That said, I'm sure there will be a demand for it.

Twitter can be hell, but there are things that keep drawing me back. [MEDIA=twitter]1154151060002336768[/MEDIA]

It's a great trip. When I did it, it was an early departure from Chihuahua and a late arrival in the evening at Los Mochis. Copper Canyon itself is spectacular, but so is the descent to the Pacific coast from altitude.

@sexymonk you've got me checking air fares again, dammit.

As I commented in another thread, I don't mind receiving random escort messages, but they don't necessarily prompt me to hire, or even to reply. But I would look (or look again), regardless of whether I was ready to commit. Yes, it is a bit pushy, but hey, nothing ventured nothing gained. The calculation would be different (one way or the other) if I had seen him on here.

https://m4m-forum.org/threads/romani.148130/ https://m4m-forum.org/threads/411-on-grey-romani-in-indianapolis.149646/ https://rent.men/Romani There you go. @Romani

Mike Carey was going to say something similar but Kevin beat him to the punch. No prize for second.

Lol, I get that! Shorter version: if you can't replace the word with it is, who is etc then no apostrophe.

I looked at this and wondered what it was trying to say, clicked on it to see if it linked to something deep and meaningful. [MEDIA=twitter]1152936315698188289[/MEDIA] Slowly the penny dropped. This was BBC News' successful entry in the Twitter 'Stating the Bleeding Obvious' prize for 2019.

Is that perhaps a euphemism?

A way of thinking about (and hopefully remembering this) is that with pronouns an apostrophe is always a contraction, and the possessive pronoun doesn't have one. So, its, his, hers, yours, theirs, whose (possessive) and it's, he's, she's, you're, they're, who's (contraction with the verb 'to be'). Obviously it's easier when the root word changes between the two (eg she's uses nominative case and hers derives from the accusative), or the verb is plural.

Not at all, easy to mistake it. I recognised the club uniform and the brand of ball.

Not American, Australian Rules (or AFL), 18 a side oval field.

Australian rules football, actually.