mike carey

More 'it's about to stop flying' than 'will it ever fly', Qantas is retiring its B747 fleet next year and as part of its publicity for that it's scheduled flying the aircraft on domestic routes over summer (November to February) https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/uncategorized/boeing-747-domestic-services/ My guess is that the flights will sell out (discount economy seats are currently twice the price of those on any other flights on one flight I checked). I suspect it's something that will have nostalgic appeal to a lot of people. Qantas had used them on Sydney to Perth flights years ago but not since the A330 became the mainstay on that route. Another gimmick Qantas has deployed is two dedicated frequent flyer award flights to/from Japan. The Melbourne to Narita flight in October on an A380 has sold out all the premium cabin seats. So it's succeeded in taking a lot of FF points off the contingent liabilities ledger.

On the contrary, most members welcome providers' interventions here. By commenting you give us the opportunity to become more familiar with you, have a better idea of how you operate. You wouldn't be the first if you gained clients based on how you interact with us here.

That, and outside the US, English speakers are not as likely to think about names such as his as a deliberate statement of how he feels or his beliefs. So an Australian or an English speaking Canadian would generally not think they were making a loaded statement by choosing the name. A Canadian would be more alert to the way it would be read in the US if they were thinking of going into that market. (I hope I'm not misrepresenting the True North.)

Effeminate and being a top are not mutually exclusive.

I hear what you are saying, @Epigonos, and I'm not so prescriptive in my views. If I were to follow your guidelines, that would rule out Tristan Baldwin, something I wouldn't dream of doing.

I don't understand what the issue is. You assess the dude based on what he says, you hire him or not. Some guys become attractive when you read what they say in social media, Andre.

The considered, analytical voice @Mikegaite, why am I not surprised.

No, I obviously misunderstood you. If you have an established relationship clearly you can plan a non-sex session. Sometimes it may go there anyway but sometimes not.

@TruthBTold I don't know if it's possible to have an escort-not-sex session with a gentleman if you have met before. I would say do the movie/theatre thing whether you intend to have sex or not, but if sex happens, just roll with it. I'm looking at meeting an escort who suggests cuddle only sessions (as well as other 9.5 inch activities). Maybe the cuddle-only meeting would happen, maybe not.

Asking for iTunes cards as payment is a frequent scam. Yours may be an exception.

Agree, if you're going to drink fruit juice at least drink one that has 'pulp' in it, or juice your own fruit and eat the pulp separately. (Better still juice vegetables and incorporate the pulp in your cooking.) I wouldn't stress about modern varieties of fruit, they are bigger and have more fructose but they have more fibre-bearing flesh too.

I'm not an escort so I'm not commenting on their incoming messages of various sorts, but about mine. I never miss a text because I get about one a week that isn't a notice from a bank, phone company or similar. But I do receive enough e-mail for me to miss things in sorting through it. I can only imagine that escorts would receive enough texts and e-mails for them to miss some requests, and that's before considering any filtering that their devices do or network glitches. I would assume mischance rather than deliberate intent if there were no reply and try again. But give him a bit of time.

And well you should!

Now you're confusing attractive and marketable. Marketable is adhering to commercial opinions of beauty. Those are opinions.

Haha, so 'distant past' and 'unspecified point in the past' are different? I think my cheeky characterisation stands. (Yes it was a flippant put down of 'back in the day'.)

Living in a society that habitually shortens words then adds a 'ie' or an 'o' to them (veggies or arvo [afternoon]) I can't agree. (Veggies would be vegetables, vego would be vegetarian.)

Lol, I'm trying to start a sourdough culture right now!

As a foreigner, this is even more complicated. Most of the electronic options rely on having a US bank account (apart from PayPal), or are subject to the sort of reach-back @Kurtis Wolfe mentioned. So far I have relied on folding cash, but I'd be delighted if a reliable electronic option were available.

Absolutely correct. Benjamin wasn't saying that he didn't benefit from privilege. He was saying that given whatever else his background afforded him, his parents didn't add to that by funding his college.

I disagree on the 'heirloom' part, it's a useful word for old varieties of vegetables that haven't been murdered by breeding them to meet 'modern' standards of commercial acceptability.

Yes, that's what people mean by it. Please allow me my allusion to fairy tales!

Exactly what I'm doing right now! #GoBlackCaps And I was up all last night watching the Australian Women play England Women in the first Ashes game.

I think 'back in the day' means 'once upon a time'.

The cheque's in the mail. (Well, the green stuff, to be accurate.)

@Rod Hagen, great post. I like you more and more!