mike carey

As there is when certain other posters refer to hit pieces.

Some of those rules are advice or guidance, others are ex cathedra pronouncements.

His choice to be called Leo XIV has prompted that view of his intent, as it evokes Rerum Novarum, the noted encyclical of Leo XIII.

You're right about that, big diverse countries produce most of the food that they need, importing niche products or things they can't produce at a competitive price. Vanilla beans are one example, production is very labour intensive and even at a high price, countries like the US (and Australia) can't produce it at scale. Both of us could, in our tropical areas, but demand would be for high-end products that want the cachet of having domestically-produced vanilla. A tariff on the rest of the supply from Madagascar would have near zero effect on overall inflation. One US import that may surprise is Australian beef, which from what I understand is mainly grass-fed beef that is used in hamburger meat to complement the grain-fed US beef. The current 10% tariff is likely to have a negligible effect (assuming that it's still imported) as it's a small impost on the cost of getting a burger out of the door at McDonalds.

It's most likely nothing to do with 'Escort Ads' as such, it most likely refers to Genevieve (or Genoveva) of Brabant: Genevieve of Brabant - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG The story is also the basis of the Schumann opera Genoveva. What aspect of the legend, the underlying story or even the opera that the escort is alluding to is beyond me. I very much doubt this will ever come up in another escort ad, although some of our more learned gentlemen may be aware of, or be able to incorporate themes into play, so inadvertently the Lounge is probably the best place for this question rather than the Questions forum!!

Oh dear, I had buddy listed him but didn't act on it when I was in NYC. More fool me!

The 25% tariff will result in price increases from 0% to 25% depending on how much of each car is foreign, or USMCA non-compliant. Don't be surprised if retailers charge the full 25% regardless, and also increase the price of 100% US-sourced cars by the same amount just because they can.

The two threads are now combined so there is some duplication of comments that were made in both. The ad with the new name Threethousand has been deleted so there's no point in adding that name to the title.

Sounds like a Latin declension of 'twink'.

It seems it's 2 Feb again today.

There's existing discussion on this provider. It's old, so we're leaving it as a separate thread.

Margin of error, rounding errors ... EEEK, THE SKY IS FALLING.

Another random place I've been to comes up here!

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The late Holy Father was born in Buenos Aires, his father was Italian by birth, but his mother, like him was Argentine. Not all diaspora Italians hold to their Italian identity the way that many in the US appear to do. Few in Australia would identify as Italian, most think of themselves as Australians first and foremost, while retaining some cultural practices. Some prefer to marry other Italian-Australians. I can't speak to Argentines of Italian descent think of themselves.

Further to this, if the owner is the person who serves you, you don't know whether they have a tip sharing arrangement for everyone doing public-facing work. With a sole trader, you know who sets the price and who would get any tip, in any business with both owners and others serving customers, you don't.

I should of course add, escorts are not alone in this ... and perhaps not the worst offenders ...

As a rule of thumb if an airline sells you a connecting flight, especially through their home base the connection should be fine, and CX does heaps of HKG connections. I can't speak specifically to Chek Lap Kok, but some airports do have security checks for connecting pax, but not all. Sydney does. Like Curious, I've had airline staff assist with a tight connection. Mine was domestic to international terminals on QF connecting flights in Melbourne. No buggy, it was a walk but they knew exactly where to go, and that helped the half dozen affected pax. (I even had time to go to the QF1 lounge.) Most likely you'll be fine, and being CX the agents at the connecting flight will be aware there are pax (well at least one) from your flight if it's delayed. You shouldn't have any problems.

... more than necessary.

No problems @Gar1eth, I quoted Peter's question and your reply to bring that whole discussion together with my explanation of what I'd done. Plenty of people say things in these pages that help to explain how the whole thing works, including earlier posts here, not just the mods. Every piece of advice helps!

Supermarkets in Australia put hot cross buns on sale on Boxing Day. Normal people only sell them for about the month before Easter. But the ones in the supermarkets must sell as they haven't stopped selling them despite curmudgeons in the papers and on social media complaining (as they scoff the ones they bought).

Okay, although the thread started as one citing his Rentmasseur ad, since then, the discussion has widened to talking about him as an escort (as well as a masseur). In addition, there is an earlier Massage thread (https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/157614-411-on-rikos-from-toronto-visiting-la/#comment-2402460) unfortunately with few comments to date, where massage-related comments can be made. So, there is really no need to either delete or move this thread. MC Mod

Don't be surprised if they do not take you up on this suggestion!

The more so when they are smart.