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    arnie got a reaction from Simon Suraci in If the bottom does not have an erection and does not ejaculate is he really enjoying it?   
    As one of the guilty as to not cumming at times or even being able to maintain an erection.  You can still have a great time.  Sex is as much or maybe more about the connection than the body parts.  It has been said that the biggers se organ is the brain.  Sometimes I have an emotional climax with my buddy, we reach an intense level of emotional intensity and then take a break.  But cumming is not always in the cards and at my age that is OK.    
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    arnie got a reaction from musclestuduws in If the bottom does not have an erection and does not ejaculate is he really enjoying it?   
    As one of the guilty as to not cumming at times or even being able to maintain an erection.  You can still have a great time.  Sex is as much or maybe more about the connection than the body parts.  It has been said that the biggers se organ is the brain.  Sometimes I have an emotional climax with my buddy, we reach an intense level of emotional intensity and then take a break.  But cumming is not always in the cards and at my age that is OK.    
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    arnie got a reaction from + Charlie in If the bottom does not have an erection and does not ejaculate is he really enjoying it?   
    As one of the guilty as to not cumming at times or even being able to maintain an erection.  You can still have a great time.  Sex is as much or maybe more about the connection than the body parts.  It has been said that the biggers se organ is the brain.  Sometimes I have an emotional climax with my buddy, we reach an intense level of emotional intensity and then take a break.  But cumming is not always in the cards and at my age that is OK.    
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    arnie got a reaction from KK913 in If the bottom does not have an erection and does not ejaculate is he really enjoying it?   
    As one of the guilty as to not cumming at times or even being able to maintain an erection.  You can still have a great time.  Sex is as much or maybe more about the connection than the body parts.  It has been said that the biggers se organ is the brain.  Sometimes I have an emotional climax with my buddy, we reach an intense level of emotional intensity and then take a break.  But cumming is not always in the cards and at my age that is OK.    
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    arnie got a reaction from + Vegas_Millennial in Is he hitting on me?   
    I'm and older married  guy .  My neighbors son is about my kids age and kind of cute.  I am in decent shape only a small gut. He does not know me that well, He is from out of town.  I have volunteered to be on call if his mother should happen to need help since her husband died. When he occasionally comes to  visit his mother, we say hello and little else if  I happen to  see him.  He knows little about me.   I have several projects going on in my yard and he always almost pushes to help me.  I always thought he was trying to reciprocate.    Anyway I was bent over on my knees shirtless working on the yard focused on the ground and did not see him.  no butt crack, no AC waist band showing..  I did not know he was in town and he walks by and says "Hi you showing off that sexy body?" my reaction to myself was WTF.  I jerked my head up, I  did not even know who it was at first.  We chatted about a minute.  He offered to help me on a project I have going and he was a bit over eager when he said I'd really like to help you I'm only here a few more days. 
    So the question. 
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    arnie got a reaction from EastbayMike in Is it insulting not to leave a tip?   
    I had always been the case before tipping became so rampant, that if you were using a provider for a service that was self employed, like the owner operator of a hair cutting shop, as opposed to one of the employes that only got part of the fee charged, that you did not leave a tip.  Now things have changed, but a few years ago I used a self employed (legit) massage therapist that actually refused a tip, as a professional he charged for his service and that is what he got paid. 
    Anyway when someone is charging $200 and more, he asked for his substantail fee and I pay it but I in no way feel obligated to leave a tip.  For excort services in a few times a year for many many years I have never left a tip.  And when I go to a massage therapist who is self employed ( not massage envy or the like) and they charge 70 to 100/hour, I also do not leave a tip,  You set your professional fee and I pay it.  
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    arnie got a reaction from sbguy in Is it insulting not to leave a tip?   
    I had always been the case before tipping became so rampant, that if you were using a provider for a service that was self employed, like the owner operator of a hair cutting shop, as opposed to one of the employes that only got part of the fee charged, that you did not leave a tip.  Now things have changed, but a few years ago I used a self employed (legit) massage therapist that actually refused a tip, as a professional he charged for his service and that is what he got paid. 
    Anyway when someone is charging $200 and more, he asked for his substantail fee and I pay it but I in no way feel obligated to leave a tip.  For excort services in a few times a year for many many years I have never left a tip.  And when I go to a massage therapist who is self employed ( not massage envy or the like) and they charge 70 to 100/hour, I also do not leave a tip,  You set your professional fee and I pay it.  
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    arnie got a reaction from + robear in Is it insulting not to leave a tip?   
    I had always been the case before tipping became so rampant, that if you were using a provider for a service that was self employed, like the owner operator of a hair cutting shop, as opposed to one of the employes that only got part of the fee charged, that you did not leave a tip.  Now things have changed, but a few years ago I used a self employed (legit) massage therapist that actually refused a tip, as a professional he charged for his service and that is what he got paid. 
    Anyway when someone is charging $200 and more, he asked for his substantail fee and I pay it but I in no way feel obligated to leave a tip.  For excort services in a few times a year for many many years I have never left a tip.  And when I go to a massage therapist who is self employed ( not massage envy or the like) and they charge 70 to 100/hour, I also do not leave a tip,  You set your professional fee and I pay it.  
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    arnie got a reaction from + robear in What are you old enough to remember?   
    Marching up and down the school yard arms linked chanting "I like Ike"   Being in the mass Salk polio vaccine trial.  They chose my entire elementary school for the study.  I was so happy that I got the vaccine, not the placebo because I did not have to get the initial 3 shots over, just needed the booster.  The dinosaurs!!!!!!
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    arnie got a reaction from jeezifonly in What is your rate cap?   
    My cap is $300 and I feel that although I have paid that, the guys do not particularly give any better and maybe not as good as a guy who charges $250 or even $200.  I have often wondered if you do get more for the higher rate.  Maybe a better body or bigger dick, but there is more to good get together than that.  
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    arnie got a reaction from thomas in What is your rate cap?   
    My cap is $300 and I feel that although I have paid that, the guys do not particularly give any better and maybe not as good as a guy who charges $250 or even $200.  I have often wondered if you do get more for the higher rate.  Maybe a better body or bigger dick, but there is more to good get together than that.  
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    arnie got a reaction from + Lucky in What is your rate cap?   
    My cap is $300 and I feel that although I have paid that, the guys do not particularly give any better and maybe not as good as a guy who charges $250 or even $200.  I have often wondered if you do get more for the higher rate.  Maybe a better body or bigger dick, but there is more to good get together than that.  
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    arnie reacted to jeezifonly in Reverse "escorting"   
    Wouldn’t reverse escorting be paying someone by the hour to come nowhere near you? 😆
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    arnie got a reaction from + Vegas_Millennial in Are Rates Raising?   
    I think the more apt question is have you as a provider raised your rates.  As an infrequent client, who does inquire at times, it is hard to get a fix on what various guys are asking and unless your are a repeat customer, what the trend is.  
    Not having the time nor finances to investigate, besides being incredibly good looking or a list of stellar reviews, does $400 get you any better an experience than $250.  Back when Daddy was operating, where the rate was known, it did not always seem like the more expensive guys did that much better, or maybe the cheaper guys were just about as good
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    arnie got a reaction from + Tygerscent in New Rentmen Beta App   
    Went on it today and the listings in y towbn, Las Vegas, were very few.  I guess that the escorts actually have to sign on and the have not.   The search filters are easier to use and tell you how many excorts there are that fit your wants, but then the did not show up when you hit the search button.   
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    arnie got a reaction from + Reisr30 in About to make an emotional purchase. Midlife crisis?   
    Sometimes decisions are not practical but emotional.  The question is what do you have to give up to have this car?  Do you think this car is worth the money to you?  Does it fit your practical needs as well as your emotional ones?  You can not do Costco or golf clubs (maybe) with a Corvette.  I could buy one but it is not that important to me and I would rather do other things with the money.  So ultimately you have to decide.  Some of these cars depreciate rapidly and are not abused so a used one might be an  answer but it is not the same as a new one.  Good luck with your decision
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    arnie got a reaction from italianboyph in To providers: Are you the same person with your clients that you are in your personal lives?   
    I was in health care, went to peoples home, now retired, was in some aspects more outgoing as I had to make it happen but in others more guarded.  But also when hiring, I am not myself, especially when just hooking up with a guy.  The dynamics are just different.  Money has an amazing effect on how people act toward one another no matter how it is involved.  
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    arnie got a reaction from jtwalker in To providers: Are you the same person with your clients that you are in your personal lives?   
    I was in health care, went to peoples home, now retired, was in some aspects more outgoing as I had to make it happen but in others more guarded.  But also when hiring, I am not myself, especially when just hooking up with a guy.  The dynamics are just different.  Money has an amazing effect on how people act toward one another no matter how it is involved.  
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    arnie got a reaction from BonVivant in Gayest / Strangest Barber Shop Ever?   
    Classic Turkish bath, also through out the Mediterranean area.  Big beefy guys  in swim suits lather you up scrub you down, and generally pummel you into relaxation while you are wearing a towel sort of.  All very straight.  When I was just a newbie in NYC and looking for a bathhouse, my first venture was into a Russian version of one of these in the east Village.  Not knowing what to expect in a bathhouse, I was very circumspect in my behavior and fortunately did not commit and faux pas.  I did not make that mistake the second time.  
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    arnie got a reaction from Luv2play in Gayest / Strangest Barber Shop Ever?   
    Classic Turkish bath, also through out the Mediterranean area.  Big beefy guys  in swim suits lather you up scrub you down, and generally pummel you into relaxation while you are wearing a towel sort of.  All very straight.  When I was just a newbie in NYC and looking for a bathhouse, my first venture was into a Russian version of one of these in the east Village.  Not knowing what to expect in a bathhouse, I was very circumspect in my behavior and fortunately did not commit and faux pas.  I did not make that mistake the second time.  
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    arnie got a reaction from + Lucky in Senior Living Facility...Why Not?   
    This is a complex topic.  I am a retired physical therapist who did home care for 35 years and I have seen it all.  There are good facilities and bad ones.  I now live in a retirement community and most people are independent and active.  However people continue to die around me.  It is a fact of life no matter where you as a senior live.  Even if you are in your life long home,  your friends and church community will die off and the humor among the surviving is gallows.  There is a grim acceptance of people getting ill and dying.  Unless they were your bestie, you just shrug and carry on.  As most people here are not from there, and even if they are their families are scattered.  So for most, there is not even a memorial service, much less a funeral.  It is held wherever the children are.  So as we say, getting old is not for the weak.   
    Staying in your own home depends on how much reliable community support you have.  For me that is my car keys.  I am able to fully manage my own home, cooking shopping and laundry.  But you have two options.  Either you eventually need help or you die before you do.  
    If you choose to live long enough, where do you get that help?  If you rely on paid help, well they are unreliable and you need a back up.  If you can skip a day or two of help well ok, but if you can not, and you do not have children or another who can at least back you up, then you may have no choice but to go into a facility.  
    One of the issues that hit me back when I was a student was that people would prefer to live alone as a shut in than live in a congregate care facility.  This woman had to be carried down 4 flights of steps to leave her building and she did very well in the nursing home where she was getting rehab and could have stayed there.  
    So while I will stay in my home as long as it is feasible, I realize that there may be a next step in my housing situation.   I moved across the country into this development and looked at it as a new chapter in my life and as an adventure.  If the time comes that I need to move on, I will have the same attitude.  Fortunately I will have the financial resources to both keep me in this home as long as feasible and then  move into a nicer facility. 
    But life is a series of stages and to think that you have control is to fool yourself.  You continue to have to go where life takes you, even if that was the continuation of your first job out of school or around the world.  The only way to really survive is to look forward to new experiences and people.  If you are mad and resentful you will just make yourself miserable.     
     
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    arnie got a reaction from + bigjoey in Senior Living Facility...Why Not?   
    This is a complex topic.  I am a retired physical therapist who did home care for 35 years and I have seen it all.  There are good facilities and bad ones.  I now live in a retirement community and most people are independent and active.  However people continue to die around me.  It is a fact of life no matter where you as a senior live.  Even if you are in your life long home,  your friends and church community will die off and the humor among the surviving is gallows.  There is a grim acceptance of people getting ill and dying.  Unless they were your bestie, you just shrug and carry on.  As most people here are not from there, and even if they are their families are scattered.  So for most, there is not even a memorial service, much less a funeral.  It is held wherever the children are.  So as we say, getting old is not for the weak.   
    Staying in your own home depends on how much reliable community support you have.  For me that is my car keys.  I am able to fully manage my own home, cooking shopping and laundry.  But you have two options.  Either you eventually need help or you die before you do.  
    If you choose to live long enough, where do you get that help?  If you rely on paid help, well they are unreliable and you need a back up.  If you can skip a day or two of help well ok, but if you can not, and you do not have children or another who can at least back you up, then you may have no choice but to go into a facility.  
    One of the issues that hit me back when I was a student was that people would prefer to live alone as a shut in than live in a congregate care facility.  This woman had to be carried down 4 flights of steps to leave her building and she did very well in the nursing home where she was getting rehab and could have stayed there.  
    So while I will stay in my home as long as it is feasible, I realize that there may be a next step in my housing situation.   I moved across the country into this development and looked at it as a new chapter in my life and as an adventure.  If the time comes that I need to move on, I will have the same attitude.  Fortunately I will have the financial resources to both keep me in this home as long as feasible and then  move into a nicer facility. 
    But life is a series of stages and to think that you have control is to fool yourself.  You continue to have to go where life takes you, even if that was the continuation of your first job out of school or around the world.  The only way to really survive is to look forward to new experiences and people.  If you are mad and resentful you will just make yourself miserable.     
     
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    arnie got a reaction from Antonio1981 in Senior Living Facility...Why Not?   
    This is a complex topic.  I am a retired physical therapist who did home care for 35 years and I have seen it all.  There are good facilities and bad ones.  I now live in a retirement community and most people are independent and active.  However people continue to die around me.  It is a fact of life no matter where you as a senior live.  Even if you are in your life long home,  your friends and church community will die off and the humor among the surviving is gallows.  There is a grim acceptance of people getting ill and dying.  Unless they were your bestie, you just shrug and carry on.  As most people here are not from there, and even if they are their families are scattered.  So for most, there is not even a memorial service, much less a funeral.  It is held wherever the children are.  So as we say, getting old is not for the weak.   
    Staying in your own home depends on how much reliable community support you have.  For me that is my car keys.  I am able to fully manage my own home, cooking shopping and laundry.  But you have two options.  Either you eventually need help or you die before you do.  
    If you choose to live long enough, where do you get that help?  If you rely on paid help, well they are unreliable and you need a back up.  If you can skip a day or two of help well ok, but if you can not, and you do not have children or another who can at least back you up, then you may have no choice but to go into a facility.  
    One of the issues that hit me back when I was a student was that people would prefer to live alone as a shut in than live in a congregate care facility.  This woman had to be carried down 4 flights of steps to leave her building and she did very well in the nursing home where she was getting rehab and could have stayed there.  
    So while I will stay in my home as long as it is feasible, I realize that there may be a next step in my housing situation.   I moved across the country into this development and looked at it as a new chapter in my life and as an adventure.  If the time comes that I need to move on, I will have the same attitude.  Fortunately I will have the financial resources to both keep me in this home as long as feasible and then  move into a nicer facility. 
    But life is a series of stages and to think that you have control is to fool yourself.  You continue to have to go where life takes you, even if that was the continuation of your first job out of school or around the world.  The only way to really survive is to look forward to new experiences and people.  If you are mad and resentful you will just make yourself miserable.     
     
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    arnie got a reaction from + Charlie in Senior Living Facility...Why Not?   
    This is a complex topic.  I am a retired physical therapist who did home care for 35 years and I have seen it all.  There are good facilities and bad ones.  I now live in a retirement community and most people are independent and active.  However people continue to die around me.  It is a fact of life no matter where you as a senior live.  Even if you are in your life long home,  your friends and church community will die off and the humor among the surviving is gallows.  There is a grim acceptance of people getting ill and dying.  Unless they were your bestie, you just shrug and carry on.  As most people here are not from there, and even if they are their families are scattered.  So for most, there is not even a memorial service, much less a funeral.  It is held wherever the children are.  So as we say, getting old is not for the weak.   
    Staying in your own home depends on how much reliable community support you have.  For me that is my car keys.  I am able to fully manage my own home, cooking shopping and laundry.  But you have two options.  Either you eventually need help or you die before you do.  
    If you choose to live long enough, where do you get that help?  If you rely on paid help, well they are unreliable and you need a back up.  If you can skip a day or two of help well ok, but if you can not, and you do not have children or another who can at least back you up, then you may have no choice but to go into a facility.  
    One of the issues that hit me back when I was a student was that people would prefer to live alone as a shut in than live in a congregate care facility.  This woman had to be carried down 4 flights of steps to leave her building and she did very well in the nursing home where she was getting rehab and could have stayed there.  
    So while I will stay in my home as long as it is feasible, I realize that there may be a next step in my housing situation.   I moved across the country into this development and looked at it as a new chapter in my life and as an adventure.  If the time comes that I need to move on, I will have the same attitude.  Fortunately I will have the financial resources to both keep me in this home as long as feasible and then  move into a nicer facility. 
    But life is a series of stages and to think that you have control is to fool yourself.  You continue to have to go where life takes you, even if that was the continuation of your first job out of school or around the world.  The only way to really survive is to look forward to new experiences and people.  If you are mad and resentful you will just make yourself miserable.     
     
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    arnie got a reaction from + nycman in Senior Living Facility...Why Not?   
    This is a complex topic.  I am a retired physical therapist who did home care for 35 years and I have seen it all.  There are good facilities and bad ones.  I now live in a retirement community and most people are independent and active.  However people continue to die around me.  It is a fact of life no matter where you as a senior live.  Even if you are in your life long home,  your friends and church community will die off and the humor among the surviving is gallows.  There is a grim acceptance of people getting ill and dying.  Unless they were your bestie, you just shrug and carry on.  As most people here are not from there, and even if they are their families are scattered.  So for most, there is not even a memorial service, much less a funeral.  It is held wherever the children are.  So as we say, getting old is not for the weak.   
    Staying in your own home depends on how much reliable community support you have.  For me that is my car keys.  I am able to fully manage my own home, cooking shopping and laundry.  But you have two options.  Either you eventually need help or you die before you do.  
    If you choose to live long enough, where do you get that help?  If you rely on paid help, well they are unreliable and you need a back up.  If you can skip a day or two of help well ok, but if you can not, and you do not have children or another who can at least back you up, then you may have no choice but to go into a facility.  
    One of the issues that hit me back when I was a student was that people would prefer to live alone as a shut in than live in a congregate care facility.  This woman had to be carried down 4 flights of steps to leave her building and she did very well in the nursing home where she was getting rehab and could have stayed there.  
    So while I will stay in my home as long as it is feasible, I realize that there may be a next step in my housing situation.   I moved across the country into this development and looked at it as a new chapter in my life and as an adventure.  If the time comes that I need to move on, I will have the same attitude.  Fortunately I will have the financial resources to both keep me in this home as long as feasible and then  move into a nicer facility. 
    But life is a series of stages and to think that you have control is to fool yourself.  You continue to have to go where life takes you, even if that was the continuation of your first job out of school or around the world.  The only way to really survive is to look forward to new experiences and people.  If you are mad and resentful you will just make yourself miserable.     
     
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