mike carey

Some initial ideas while I marshall my thoughts (and reconsider my options while I'm at it). Where do you want to go. Europe, Asia, South America, other places in North America etc. How do you want to do it? Solo travel by car, rail pass, work it out as you go. Organised tour Cruise I've travelled on and off all my life (with significant breaks). I did a big Europe trip out of Uni, rail pass, random travel, youth hostels; a cruise to Antarctica; organised tours in South America (several days, and a two day trip from Buenos Aires to Iguazu Falls); and done city visits for a few days to a week. I'd repeat all of them, but tend towards self paced travel, but not everyone is comfortable with that. If you want to work out the 'how to travel' rather than the 'where', you could go somewhere close at hand, even in the US and try something you hadn't done before. Two weeks in Europe might be an easy start, just in the UK if you want to try in a familiar language. Rail passes are still a thing (and good value if you want to jump on and off trains and see a lot of places), and Eurail and Britrail passes offer continuous and X days in Y period passes. Youth hostels in the UK used to be fine for people of all ages, and probably still are, although not as cheap as they were in the past. Many are in the countryside (and if you hire a car that can be good).

Another birthday on 23 June. Alan Turing was born on this day in 1912. He was a brilliant mathematician who was instrumental in breaking the German Enigma codes in World War II. After the war he was repaid by being chemically castrated for being a homosexual, and took his own life on 7 June 1954. The British Government made a full and unconditional apology in 2009, and his image now features on the British £50 note, both things that would be unimaginable in some countries still today.

It took me a few moments go 'get' the base jumping radio messages, 'King's horses and king's men ...' indeed!

Was his name Apollo?

Were they on DL and AA miles respectively? Or one of their other partners?

Yes, three ways: Select part of the text, and most of the time a little box will appear with something like 'Quote this selection' and click that. Repeat that with each part you want to quote. Each of them will appear in your new comment as quoted text boxes. (Sometimes when you select the text the 'quote this selection' option won't apply. Try again, and if it still doesn't work use the thrid method below.) Click on 'Quote' and delete parts of the text you don't want. Click on the quotation mark icon at the top of the reply box and that will insert a quotation box in the reply. Then copy the text you wnat and paste it into the quotation box. If anyone has further questions like this, ask them in the Feedback forum so threads like this can stay on topic.

I did a double take when I read that, and had to google to find a different meaning of 'bonking' from the usual one in Australian and British English.

There's an article today on OMAAT wondering if folks are suffering credit card fatigue having to navigate all the perks, bonuses and offers that are becoming increasingly complicated. Individual cards may have benefits that outweigh the annual fee, some only if you use them all, which may not be feasible, or may require you to do too much work to redeem them. With a constant supply of new cards or new benefits on existing ones, it's useful to think carefully before applying for that shiny new one, or renewing one you already have. I have benefits from my Amex card that I would never use, so I don't consider them when I do my cost/benefit analysis, but it's still a 'keep' despite the annual fee. Is Credit Card Fatigue Becoming A Problem For Points Hobbyists? - One Mile at a Time ONEMILEATATIME.COM As credit cards are increasingly complicated to maximize, is the concept of credit card fatigue increasingly setting in? As an aside, reading through the article and comments, I know perfectly well that AF means 'annual fee' but when I'm reading 'Card X ... expensive AF' I have to stop and correct my initial reading of it.

It can happen when there is empty space in the text you quote and you don't notice where the edges of the text box are. I just experimented with starting to quote the comment you were quoting and this is how it that appeared: From looking at the comment you made quoting @Gar1eth, it looks like you put your comment in the empty space above his sentence starting with, 'I'm sorry ...'

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Some countries have laws that prohibit profiting from crime. In Australia that has resulted in earnings from books being confiscated.

I would assume that the 'we' is escorts in general, and he's saying that any time 'we' (any escort) are hired, 'we' (the one who was hired) can't control everything a client might try to do.

Not the usual epigram or short philosophical observation but a longer form reflection on an Arabic word for acceptance when things don't turn out the way you had hoped. It is used in Islam to encapsulate the idea of recognising that not everything in life is within your control, and that failure is not necessarily something you could have avoided or prevented. And it's not simply a concept in Islam, but is an idea that is reflected in other world religions. Of course, the idea of changing what you can, accepting what you cannot and having the wisdom to tell the difference is not confined to religion. Put another way, experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. The concept of ‘naseeb’ offers a way to stay grounded even when the world refuses to make sense | Shadi Khan Saif | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM In Muslim communities, naseeb is a word people often say when things don’t go to plan. But what does it really mean...

In handing out jobs to members of Parliament after the recent election, the government made one appointment about men's health. They have made up new roles of 'special envoys' and appointed people to these as advocates for, and points of contact within the government for various issues. The new 'special envoy for men's health', Dan Rapacholi is a big bloke, too big at times he will admit, who worked in coal mines in regional NSW before being elected in 2022. Sure this is about a politician, but the story in this article, and I hope of the way he plays the role, is not political, it's about trying to address important health issues. Whether there will be any net effect from it remains to be seen, but the choice of the man for the job is interesting as it speaks to selecting someone who can relate to at least some of the issues. Labor MP Dan Repacholi on masculinity, men’s health and why he was ‘embarrassed’ to visit his doctor | Men's health | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM After losing 30kg, the affable member for Hunter is on a crusade to get blokes and boys to open up about their...

At the most basic level, it would be that no sex where there is physical contact can be 100% safe. @Jamie21 did offer one type of sex that is 100% safe, if you look back through the thread.

@Spikeguy, he may have been saying that. I was saying that cross-referencing is fine, and that while we will combine threads that cover closely related topics, we will consider the extent to which they overlap before doing so.

More info isn't bad, In this case people have asked separately about his massage and escort ads. Cross-referencing, as has happened here, allows two discrete conversations to proceed.

This can't possibly be real!

Truth!

It's probably dropped out of the marine mammal marketing business as well!

In the case concerned, the image is still posted on his RM ad, so he is apparently not concerned about it being there, only when it is posted here. So yeah nah.

I saw this on Facebook, it may or may not be true. In the quiet winter of 1992, a car pulled up to a modest house in Rockford, Michigan. The woman who stepped out wore a long wool coat and kept her head low as she made her way to the front door. That woman was Elizabeth Montgomery. Inside, lying in a hospice bed set up in the living room, was Dick York, her former co-star from "Bewitched." The two hadn't seen each other in over two decades. York, frail and fighting emphysema, hadn't expected any visitors from his Hollywood past. When he opened his eyes and saw her, tears formed before words did. Montgomery took his hand without hesitation. No press followed her, no announcement was made. The moment was private, almost sacred. A friend close to York later said she leaned in and softly said, “Hey, partner.” York smiled, whispering back, “Samantha.” It was their first conversation since 1969, when York had left "Bewitched" after collapsing on set from excruciating back pain that had plagued him for years. He had never blamed her for moving on with the show, but the goodbye had been abrupt and unfinished. For hours that evening, they sat together. Montgomery brought up memories from their early shooting days, how they used to burst into laughter between takes, how he would playfully complain about the ridiculous magical plots, and how she would always nudge him with her elbow when he forgot a line. “Remember the time you sneezed during the levitation scene and we had to shoot it five times?” she asked with a faint smile. York, struggling to speak, nodded and squeezed her hand. Those memories didn’t need to be said out loud. They lived in their shared silence. No photographers were allowed near the house. Montgomery had contacted one of York’s daughters to ask for permission and privacy. She arrived without a manager, without makeup, and stayed long enough to ensure York knew he hadn’t been forgotten. One of York’s caregivers later said that after she left, he kept repeating the same sentence through his oxygen mask: “She came all the way here. She still cares.” In her conversations with a close mutual friend, Montgomery reflected on what that visit had meant to her. “He was more than a co-star. He was part of something magical we created together.” Those words were never spoken to the press during her lifetime. She kept the visit, and that memory, locked away. Their on-screen chemistry had fueled the early seasons of "Bewitched," making Darrin and Samantha Stephens one of television’s most beloved couples. But off-screen, York’s chronic health issues had made shooting difficult, eventually forcing him to leave the series. When Dick Sargent replaced him, Montgomery adapted to the new dynamic, but the spark of that early era never quite returned. What struck those around them was the tenderness of that final meeting. York, worn thin from years of illness, held onto her presence like it was a rope keeping him grounded. Montgomery, knowing her visit might be their last, made sure it wasn’t rushed. She never spoke publicly about it. Not in interviews, not in memoirs, not even in friendly retrospectives. The story only surfaced through those close to York, years later. That winter night in Michigan was quiet. Snow covered the driveway by the time she left. As her car pulled away, York asked one of his daughters to help him sit up. He looked out the window for a long time, watching the car disappear into the distance. Elizabeth Montgomery’s final gift to Dick York was not publicity, or forgiveness, or apology. It was presence. A quiet acknowledgment that what they shared during those five magical years on "Bewitched" still mattered. She had come to say goodbye not as a star, but as a friend.