mike carey

Gentlemen, a Moderator's note as a reminder that the topic of the thread is $400 being too much to pay for an escort, not homelessness or the safety of the streets of New York City. If you post things that are off-topic we'll remove them.

Eek!! I think you meant 5" circumference (40mm diameter is a little over 1.5"). I'm not sure what universe 5" diameter is comfortable, but if that's your universe I'm in awe!

Nothing to see here!

You should know better than to question the Oracle!

IIRC he identifies as pan-sexual.

Indeed it will. In your extensive research you may have noted that 'precipitate' has specific meanings as a verb, a noun and an adjective, and that the adjectival meaning is not strictly related to the other two. Of course, as you say, at the moment you are all at sea, and for once literally so as well as figuratively.

Obviously one taxi driver's account is conclusive evidence. Yes, the details of the story are disputed, I get that. Reflexive dismissals of any version are precipitate.

I recall an Orthodox priest in Australia being interviewed about the difficulties in recruiting priests here rejecting the idea that his church might adopt celibacy, as practised in 'the Roman Catholic heresy.'

If so, perhaps not successfully.

To clarify, there are two separate issues being canvassed here: The ability of users (both escorts and clients) to block other users - yes they can - and separately, The ability of RM users to mask the fact that they have viewed a profile. There is a perception, probably accurate, that some providers block (see previous bullet point) users who have viewed their profile but not contacted them. Masking your visits prevents a provider from taking this potentially annoying step. It pays to know that you can block others for whatever reasons you choose, and they can do the same to you. As a client, it can be annoying if a provider blocks you, but in most cases there's nothing you can do about it (all cases, after the fact). It's useful to know that at least there is one way you can reduce your chances of being blocked.

He didn't say you'd be disappointed in general, he said that if you relied on your US expectations and assumptions about what sexuality looked like you might not find what you want. In Latin American there will be different cultural cues and the ones that work for you in the US may not work there. Any disappointment would be that you can't find what you want, not that it isn't there.

I've found that if you click on an image and go to 'full' screen (actually full height not full width) and move your cursor to the top centre of the image the upload date appears in a hover box. (It works for the image in the centre of the screen, not for those on either side.) You can scroll through all the images while in that view.

I love the way that this thread, its content changed by its OP when he no longer wanted to say what he had, ascended into a flight of whimsy. We'll lose interest soon enough, let it fly as long as it will.

For a start there's no cooking involved ...

Fiction?

And became an Australian citizen in 1981. She was created a Dame (DBE) in the British 2020 New Year's Honours list. (She had been granted the highest available Australian honour in 2019.)

No one here knows either. It's always had a sort of cult following here, and having an Australian act to cheer on adds to the occasion but that hardly justifies our participation. But still, we've been in it since 2015 iirc. Aotearoa is further from Europe and they aren't in it. The agreement with the European Broadcast Union expires this year, so there may be no 'Douze points Australie' next year. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation is a member of the EBU, which runs Eurovision, so Israel qualifies on that basis. Israel's in UEFA so its membership of the EBU is not completely anomalous.

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You need not worry. The chances that William will be succeeded by anyone other than George is close to zero, and that all three of William's children, or any future ones, would die or otherwise be excluded to make way for the Duke of Sussex (or his children), is so remote as not to be considered seriously.

The Travel Desk is the default forum for things that don't readily fit into one of the more specific Destinations forums. It's also the place for destinations etc in the US (and Canada) so a cruise from a US port would qualify there as well. The Americas forum could be taken to include everything in the Western Hemisphere apart from the US so technically that includes the non-Hispanic Caribbean, but most people only post topics about Ibero-America there.

It's better to report things like this, and ensure that a moderator sees it, rather than simply comment in the thread and hope that one of them will see the thread, or see your comment, and move it.

Moderator's Note Gentlemen, can we pare the discussion back to the topic of the thread, please. That is, the immigration clearance experience at Montreal. Other ports of entry are fair game as are brief comparisons of the experience entering other countries as a visitor. At a stretch, discussion and evidence of any effect negative experiences might have on Canadian visitation rates qualify. National and international tourism statistics and 'Why would you want to go to Canada anyway' do not.

Pumped hydro! Who knew such a thing existed??

Well, this made the 'odd news' segment on ABC TV news here today.