mike carey

Adding to Rob's reply, if you were referring to the 'Ask a Provider' forum rather than the two forums about individual providers, it's been reconfigured as: https://www.companyofmen.org/forum/80-question-about-hiring/

No, @RadioRob has changed the lay-out of the front page list of forums.

My current regular will greet me in gym shorts em tasol*. Happy with that, and we've never discussed it. He's always been in a hotel room or similar, that I've been able to access from the street so it hasn't been 'public'. This makes me consider whether I need to 'reach out' to him when he opens the door! *PNG Pidgin for 'that's all'.

That would indeed be amazing!

Qantas released a bunch of extra award seats about a month back, and I saw some complaints here that they were hard to find, but more accounts on OMAAT and the like of people successfully booking them on AA and (I think AS) FF programs. Qantas' award booking process is, shall we say, not industry best practice (for passengers, at least).

@tassojunior, sorry, I was aware you knew the details, I was cross-referencing your post and adding to your explanation of what an ESTA was, and noting that disclosing your passport number is not optional.

And you have to apply for it at least 72 hours before departure. I haven't had to apply for them yet but the EU and Canada have similar pre-departure authorities you need to apply for, as do Australia and New Zealand although I don't need those. Passport details are mandatory requirements to apply for an ESTA so you cannot decide not to provide it (if you want to travel). I would expect all of those systems to have a similar passport requirement to the US. The US also has a mandatory international arrival form that I'm always prompted for when I book on the QF site, and it too requires your passport number.

Umm, you apparently misread. He didn't say 'people like you' he said 'people you like'. So you are furiously agreeing with @Jamie21.

In yet another PR move (Me, cynical? Heaven forfend!) Qantas has again extended the validity of its Covid travel credits, well, sort of (I've just used mine, thanks for asking). Due to expire on 31 Dec 23, they can now be used for travel through to 31 Dec 24. This is only a 'sort of' extension as people still have to use them to book before EOY23 but travel can be in the ensuing 12 months. I had missed the previous proviso that until now travel had to be complete by EOY23. I expect a flood of gratitude on social media in 3, 2, 1 ...

West Texas Intermediate doesn't work quite so well..

So she is not aging?

And as you would no doubt have discovered in answer to your musings, there is a district of Floral Park that is in the New York City borough of Queens and not part of the incorporated village of Floral Park, in Nassau County. That is not to guarantee that the caller was a resident of the village and so should not have called the NYPD. Of course, for those who are wondering, Nassau County should not be confused with the city of Nassau which is in an entirely separate country.

Moderator's Note Gentlemen, this thread is about whether deposits are becoming more common and why that might be so. This is not the place for comments on why or why not other members may choose, or choose not to pay them (fine for you to cite your own reasons). Stop the gratuitous character assessments and other judgmental comments on your fellow posters.

I just looked at my profile and the option to show both Covid and MP status is still there. The default display is 'do not show'.

Gentlemen, this is a most interesting conversation but it has quickly, and I suspect unsurprisingly, become one about a place and what culinary delights are available there, rather than one about members cooking up a storm, the intended focus of the 'What's Cooking' forum. While I acknowledge that for some participants in the thread, travel to the Castro may involve only a Muni or BART trip, for most of us it involves more, and in some cases far more substantial travel. For that reason it sits better in the Travel Desk.

You may rest assured that I won't be on the first flight back after the weekend!

As noted earlier, a drought is a moisture deficit compared with what is normally available. It's not just a matter of precipitation at a particular time, so a downpour often (or perhaps usually) won't end a drought. Similarly, the absence of the usual amount of rain, even for an extended period, won't necessarily constitute a drought. The 'normal level of moisture' includes the amount of water in rivers, lakes and reservoirs and the level of soil moisture, all of which take time to replenish once it starts raining (and take time to be depleted when it stops). 'Official' drought declarations for areas are a regular feature of weather reporting in this country (few of them lately) and no doubt in others. When there is a drought, weather reports of rainfall will comment on whether it is 'drought breaking' or how much it will contribute to breaking the drought. Sometimes a drought ends quickly, more often it's gradual.

I'm looking forward to renewing old friendships and starting some new ones next month. I've made twin Faustian bargains with Qantas and Inndulge for the weekend and can't wait to be on my way. Thankfully, after hearing horror stories about Qantas shunting travellers to a different, higher priced page when attempting to redeem travel credits, I had no such problems. My credit from my aborted 2020 PSP flights was accepted seamlessly, and at face value, towards my trip this time.

Oh, no! I bet that shut the Metro down!

Is this the gentleman in question? https://app.rent.men/Eamon

There are others. Of those two, the one in Egypt does not have a metro.

He's been discussed here at length

What is this 'snow' of which you speak? (a. I have been to Antarctica, and b. I was stuck in a hotel in Alexandria for three days in January 2016, metro and airports closed.)

Long story short, RM does list providers' fees but not for providers outside the US when the ad is viewed in the US, and not for US providers. In the past they did show rates but ceased to do so when SESTA/FOSTA were enacted. At the same time they ceased to display the narrative comments in reviews to those viewing them in the US. Yes, it would help both providers and potential clients if it were not so but I can't see RM changing anything.