mike carey

The innuendo is just too much.

Also on 8 December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Army launched invasions of the Philippines and Malaya, the latter ending with the capture of Singapore on 15 February 1942. For those who might not have done the maths, that was actually the same day as the attack on Hawai'i.

Miriam is always a hoot!

'Just hanging out'. I see what you did there.

Welcome to the forum. From the earlier posts here you already have some admirers among us. Being a friendly face here as well as being the man behind an RM ad can only add to them.

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People outside North America certainly don't, I had to google it.

Bon anniversaire, mon ami!

Hey folks, I'm here to endorse the great things that so many of you have said about Beastmuffin / @Gilfson. I met him while I was in Los Angeles and he's the real deal. Nice guy, grounded, smart, mature; I enjoyed chatting with him about a range of stuff, and he's very open and thoughtful. He gave me a good massage, we cuddled, we moved on to seriously get to know each other, and he demonstrated what he has to give with consummate skill. I'd repeat in a heart beat.

I sat next to a UA long haul pilot on my recent AA domestic flight (flying on his own time, whatever got him there) - he opined that his wife had a complete aversion to flying economy over any large bodies or water (not sure if one of the Great Lakes counted), and I can relate to that. In the past I had booked Y across the Pacific and taken my chances (ended up at 50%) of a points upgrade. Don't take that chance now. Using the east coast to Australia as an example, there is a stop somewhere, and when it's up around 20 hours or even more, a few extra hours to fly via Asia can get you a better J service, a more even split between the two sectors, and avoiding immigration clearance at LAX on the return flight. And, at least booking from Australia, and probably originating in the US as well, fares on Cathay, JAL and sometimes Singapore (but for SQ beware of JFK/EWR non-stop at 19 hours, or a second stop in FRA on their other JFK-SIN flight) can be cheaper than the more direct flights on US carriers or QF. But if you're trying to book on points you may have to take what you can get. I just flew Cathay from Sydney to Los Angeles, very happy with that choice. Going home on a QF award ticket. YMMV.

Many respiratory diseases are viral (some in both senses of the word).

He didn't call anyone asinine. He observed that one action that someone had taken was. There is a difference.

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Perhaps a 'Dear John' note?

I assume many do. National taxation authorities tend to pay attention to people whose declared incomes to not match their financial positions.

Do that!

Another of those cases where the quotation doesn't mean what we think it does. At the risk of going off on a tangent, 'blood is thicker than water' is another where the meaning in context is the opposite of what the accepted wisdom would hold. [The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.]

Mod's Note: Grindr threads usually end up in the Lounge as they tend not to become discussions of individual providers. We'll wait a while to see whether this one does, and merits staying in the Deli, or remains as more a hook-up discussion with $£€ involved and needs to be moved.

It seems that even leaving aside 'sex work' however defined, the tip exemption is going to be an enforcement nightmare challenge. Glad y'all got the Puritans and we got the convicts.

There was a case in Canberra some years ago (you may have heard about it) where a client agreed to pay an escort for sex and afterwards declined to pay (both were male fwiw). I think I mentioned it here at one stage and was met with a degree of incredulity, not unlike some commentary in this thread. The client was successfully tried for rape as the sex was legally deemed to have occurred without consent in the absence of payment.

I think that having a 'customer is always right' mindset is good to start with. But that doesn't mean they have a free pass to do whatever they want. I would say that it's best to hope for, or even assume the best, but plan for the worst, and some worst case plans need to be brutal. Some customers need a gentle reminder that always 'being right' comes with conditions, some need their assumptions on that to be torn to shreds. Bad customers are owed [almost] nothing.

Or two, and make it 100 Years of Solitude.

Thanks for the special shout-out this Thursday. MC.

On an entirely unrelated point, I've had a visit to Toronto on my list for quite some time.