mike carey

Welcome to the Forum @Alex Hawk. Or is that welcome back.

I would see it as simply drawing your attention to his ad, and then seen your reply as acknowledgement that you had seen it. I wouldn't read anything more into it. If he interests you, reach out, he's prompted you to think about him, not signalled any particular interest in you.

And here's to you Mrs Patterson! (A dehydrator is fine, just make sure you're not filmed taking it to the dump.)

They should be fine even after months or years if you keep them in a glass jar in a cool place, so there's no rush to use them. I don't have any recipes but Google is your friend. Here's a start.

Bon anniversaire!

Not in RM, but I was watching video a couple of days ago where the subtitles said that someone had graduated summa *** laude.

Gentlemen, discussion about this escort's photos has been going here for almost two years. I think by now any opinions about them, and who has or hasn't seen the videos, have been explained and clarified. You have made your points. We're done talking about it. From now on, let's confine comments to discussion about the escort.

I've combined the threads.

This is my reality. There are two big supermarket chains in Australia. The one I use mostly has an option in its loyalty program not to receive a printed receipt at checkout (the other doesn't). I could show the receipt on my phone (the transaction almost always loads instantly) but I don't need to have my phone with me to shop, I could use my plastic loyalty card, and cash or a physical credit/debit card. But both chains also give any customer the option not to print a receipt, primarily on smaller transactions, usually those under $30. It would appear neither sees the option of checking receipts on exit as being worth the effort.

A short trip from Tupelo to London is hardly around the world.

And I know you're real and legit too!

I just love that humble-brag. Shame I'm too far away to check.

As others have mentioned, there's been a consistent drum of reports on mpox, in this forum and in the press, in both Canada and Australia that I've seen, it's just not a headline issue any more. Australian health authorities are still saying that it's still a thing and people in the higher risk groups need to be aware of it. My last STI check at the ACT Government sexual health clinic, the doctor raised it and said I should seriously consider the vaccination. Publicity these days is in channels where it will be seen by the people who need to be aware of it, and that's not everyone, it's mostly MSM and their sexual partners.

You could well be right!

It wasn't a correction, it was just a clarification.

Not a post count, 30 days here.

Idyllic farmland and villages with an unseen darkness beneath.

The deep sense of civility here takes my breath away. But back to the topic of the thread.

I don't speak from experience, but rather from reading here for long enough to have seen some things. For a start, ignore the 'porn star' in RM ads, that's just something they do to deflect, marginally, from what that site does. Secondly, and more importantly, the men who have a real, and widely public history of porn can have enormous egos, and let mere clients know where they stand. But equally, there are escorts with that sort of public presence who bring no ego, they know what they have achieved and don't need to [figuratively] shove their fame down their clients' throats. They know they don't need to prove who they are, and usually know they can deliver, respectfully, and can make a client's evening without making it about themselves. But you can't tell at the start which they'll be. There will be clues. All you have to do is work out what the clues are,

Haha, you beat me to it!

It seems that the topic has reached its useby date and we've run out of things to say that address whether we have a mean-girl dynamic, and we're resorting to motives and accusations about who here is mean and in what way. This was never about attacking or defending our own, or any others' motives, and certainly not about an assessment of everyone, or anyone who falls under the LGBTIA+ banner. The two warnings could not have been clearer. I appreciate the comments I've received about the need to address some of the exclusion and attacks that some of the posts appear to contain, but not everyone seems to have taken them on board.

Gentlemen, a reminder, a warning to stay on topic was posted less than 24 hours ago. While mentioning the sort of things that people have said, or even weaponised (in general, not by naming individuals) is marginally on topic as being an example or illustration, debating the substance of them is not part of this discussion. This discussion is about what the OP saw as part of the nature of what this on-line community has become or is in danger of becoming. The few posts above this warning are an example of a discussion of the substance of an issue rather than simply naming it as one where the dynamic has manifested. If you think everything that can be said about whether we have a 'mean girl dynamic' has been said, stop commenting. If you want to discuss other topics, find a thread about them, or start one. Just don't bring that discussion to this thread.

@ApexNomad I figured your extrapolation to absurdity wasn't entirely serious but it provided a hook to post a comment. We often focus on the specifics of posts rather than more general point a question had been trying to ask!