escortrod

The sites I compare are RentMen in the US to Hunqz.com (Romeo) in Europe. The main ones in each. Even though RM is $100/mo and Hunqz is free, there are more ads on RM in the US than similar European cities.

 

London rents are higher but NY take-home incomes are much higher. So discretionary income is way higher in NYC. Generally, discretionary incomes are much higher in the US because our taxes are so much lower. (tho Europeans often have a higher standard of living). Often taxes in Europe are twice what they are in the US, especially if you include the VAT (which makes consumer goods so expensive in Europe).

Got any sources?

To the best of my knowledge Hunqz isn't the main site in the UK (Sleepyboy seems to be more popular, though Gaydar used to be the biggest site).

I'm constantly amazed at how much how much money a buyer has is equally important with pure supply and demand. The "demand" is greater with greater discretionary funds. I've seen this in rents, consumer goods, a lot of things. Many more people in the US than Europe have large discretionary income or liquid assets. That seems to matter more because, in spite of the fact that it's "illegal" here, there are many more ads in the US than most places. Of course, this may all change with the imminent passage of SESTA.

 

and then there's Switzerland with prices high as the US.

I don't know why that amazes you, it makes perfect sense in light of opportunity cost.

Are there, proportionately, many more people with large discretionary funds in New York than London (the two markets I have the most experience of)? Also, are you sure that there are many more ads in the US, proportionately? Which sites are you looking at?

Also rents in London seem to be just as high as NY and consumer goods are generally cheaper in the US, so I'm not sure the correlation is there if discretionary spending is indeed higher in the US.

It's not that women are harder to understand. Men are just far more up for casual sex than women are, on average. That's why there is no such thing as a straight bathhouse. Sure, you can meet a woman at a bar but you'll need a lot more than looks to get laid.

 

Sure, you'll find a few girls who are more up for casual sex with men, but there's a line around the block for those chicks.

There used to be a straight bathhouse in London. I think it is gone now sadly.

Because they’re not sexually attracted to men I guess...

More seriously, I’m not sure that the gay men I know are any easier to ‘understand’ or get along with than most women. Very often when women are considered to be difficult to understand it is because they are reacting to men acting unreasonably.

That's ridiculous. Carrot top is in his 50s and I think he looks great for his age.

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To me he looks as if somebody took the head off of a Kathy Griffin doll and popped it on the body of G I Joe.

I was just reading an interesting article about all this the other day. It’s a bit long, but well worth the read. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/892210?nlid=120671_3521&src=WNL_mdplsfeat_180213_mscpedit_radi&uac=73321SK&spon=35&impID=1558470&faf=1#vp_1

 

One line stands out to me: “The British public can't have it both ways. They can't simultaneously enjoy the thrift of a healthcare system with a tab of only 9% of the GDP, yet demand a structure needed to catch outliers. Such a structure costs…. If the British public insists on thrift, they must also accept the errors that come with thrift.”

 

The same thing applies to queues, fixed appointment times, the recent strikes by junior doctors, etc. It’s the same old story, and one that applies to the US healthcare system as well: people want more than they’re willing to pay for, but in the end, something has to give. My impression is that the NHS these day is, as @escortrod said, “a system already stretched to breaking point.”

It absolutely is. I am under the impression that the majority of the British public are willing to pay more for the NHS, but the Tories are more minded to privatise as much as possible to take the costs of the NHS off of the country's balance sheet. Hopefully Labour will offer credible opposition by the next general election, so we can start investing in our healthcare system properly again.

I know two pairs of Andrews. It doesn’t seem to trouble them that they share a name.

A byproduct of the fact that socialized medicine lacks any incentives to provide efficient and timely care.

 

If you treat physicians like assembly line workers....they will behave like assembly line workers.....

 

"My shifts up....time to go home....sorry about your dying child...maybe the next drone can help you....I'm finished here"

 

And thanks to government run socialized medicine I'd bet their options for suing are extremely limited to non-existent.

 

You can't sue the King.

 

No system is perfect.....but be careful what you wish for people!

An inherent benefit of the NHS is that because it is free at the point of access, patients do not put off doctors visits for fear of cost and therefore do receive timely care. The UK spends half per capita what the US spends on healthcare, yet has similar outcomes, so the NHS could reasonably be called 'efficient'. According to the World Health Organisation fewer than 1% of patients in the UK avoid doctors visits because of concerns about costs. Compare that to the US:

I know plenty of doctors in the UK, mostly from my time at university, and they rarely finish their shifts on time. If you have any evidence that doctors in the UK act any differently with regard to their legal or ethical responsibilities towards their patients I would be fascinated to read it.

It is perfectly feasible to sue an individual doctor or the NHS in the UK. Tort laws in the UK are different to the US, however, and available damages are substantially lower, since punitive damages are not available. That is not restricted to medical malpractice, nor does it only apply when suing a state entity. Added to that it is often less necessary to sue in the first place, since socialised medicine and welfare means that actual costs flowing from medical malpractice are lower than in the US. Given how poor your 'bet' would be about options for suing being limited because the NHS is a state run organisation I hope you aren't a gambling man.

I can’t be bothered looking them up, but I have read of studies of emergency rooms that found that there was no impact on patients from the full moon, but medical staff felt there was a difference. A good friend of mine is a nurse practitioner who swears that patients act differently during a full moon.

Sad how maximizing the revenue stream became the one objective.

Decisions about health at my prior clinic (HealthPartners) seem to come from a checklist the doctor reviewed on a screen.

 

Waiting times at my new clinic (Hoag) are excessive. Patients stuck in the sprawling waiting area become upset, but what can be done? <-- That's a rhetorical question.

This is an NHS doctor, so it has little to do with the revenue stream. Rather there are a large number of latecomers and missed appointments which substantially reduce the efficiency of a system already stretched to breaking point. Some doctors are enforcing appointment times for that reason.

It's called triage.

 

tri·age

/trēˈäZH/

noun

noun: triage

1. (in medical use) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients or casualties.
   
   • the process of determining the most important people or things from amongst a large number that require attention.
     

verb

verb: triage; 3rd person present: triages; past tense: triaged; past participle: triaged; gerund or present participle: triaging

1. assign degrees of urgency to (wounded or ill patients).
   

Which, at least in the UK, is something carried out in Accident and Emergency (ER), not doctors' surgeries.

This could never happen at my Mom's doctor's office. Patients wait at least an hour every time. He schedules patients 15 minutes apart and sees each one for at least 20 minutes. I don't know about the UK, but I can't imagine a jury here awarding less than several million $.

The UK doesn't have punitive damages in tort cases, and almost all tort cases are decided by a judge (with the exception of some privacy cases). It is very unlikely that a civil case will be brought against the doctor. Had the child survived but suffered significant injuries that required care then a civil case against the NHS may have been brought by the parents, but the damages would have been limited to 'actual' damages, i.e. the financial cost of additional care for the child.

It is likely that there will be an investigation by the General Medical Council into the doctor's actions, with the possibility of the doctor being barred from practice.

I do own a tux, but I haven't worn it for years because I use my kilt outfit for black tie events. I don't know if it even fits anymore.

It so happens I’ll be in NY at the end of the month/beginning of March, and I’ve been ffisting for more than ten years.

No, I think isolating is a better solution than punishing. Society needs to protect itself from pedophiles, not kill them. As far as I’ve heard, Mark Salling never actually touched a child, yet his life seems to have been deemed worthless. Why not put them all on an island like Lanai, and just make sure no children go there? Isn’t that better for everyone?

For that to even be defensible as an idea I think you would first have to demonstrate that consumers of child pornography are more likely to abuse children. A couple of German studies have suggested this is not the case.

More importantly, you're likely to end up with a substantial chunk of the male population indefinitely removed from society. You would also need an island for female pedophiles, since you presumably wouldn't want to risk them having children.

Please see below. 15 minutes.

 

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I was seriously brushing my teeth

Ah, I misinterpreted the '26 minutes' tag under the message on the original image. Nonetheless, I would have left within 15 minutes if I heard nothing.

Not that I'm saying you're lying, but does it really take you 15 minutes to brush your teeth?

Builder boy I don't see how or why this should come down. It's a democracy of discussion not a regime here. Dr Marvin seemed to be in the wrong here and the truth has come to the surface so to speak. The doc needs to understand this, learn and move on. Now my issue is a whole nother story.... Everyone wants three sides to the story yet I am waiting to hear from the horses mouth just the second side...ain't gonna happen. The doc was wrong but again part of the story points to character not escorting. 15 minutes really isn't a big deal especially driving that far. Hell raise your hands here guys when you text an escort you are at the hotel on time in the lobby and he texts back to hold on I'm gonna jump in the shower. Do any of us leave waiting a few minutes and then block the escorts number? It's about character and Mr XL. I've stated very matter of fact that he is a good escort. His character as a person is another story. I'm glad that the cheerleaders here have seen a good side of this man.. I am. I for one of Mr XL have not.

I don't know if the 15 minutes you are referring to are from the first or second appointment. If you read the messages relating to the second appointment the escort asked if he could come 'now', arrived at the door, then heard nothing for 26 minutes. I would certainly have left within that 26 minute period too.

Don't forget the delicious food critic Gil Chesterton! The only thing straight about "Frasier" was Eddie!

 

Kipp

The article mentions him:

"The retro, borderline homophobic storylines are particularly surprising when one realizes that David Hyde Pierce and Dan Butler (left) are both gay in real life, and John Mahoney and Edward Hibbert [Gil] are probably gay but not out. That's the entire male cast, except for Kelsey Grammer."

Also I will always love Frasier for Harriet Sansom Harris, if nothing else. It would have benefited from more of her on screen.

For its time it wasn't terrible. The storylines involving gay men often reached for extreme stereotypes (I'm thinking particularly of Patrick Stewart's character dating Frasier and Roz's 'latent' boyfriend), but compared to contemporary sitcoms - Friends springs to mind - they were treated with some degree of sensitivity. The 'opera queen' who pursues Martin is shown to be a vulnerable human being, worthy of compassion; Alastair, the opera producer, is a successful, very openly gay man, who feels free to pursue whomever he chooses; Frasier is shown to have gay friends and acquaintances. Given that Friends' only inclusion of homosexuality was either repulsion (the three guys hated for it to be implied that they might be gay), or some odd titillation with Carol, Ross's ex-wife, Frasier approached the subject with relative sensitivity.

You can most certainly make a call from your iPad while your iPhone is charging. Your iPhone just needs to on and connected to your WiFi. Your iPad will also receive your calls from your iPhone as long as it’s online via your WiFi.

Continuity depends on the models of phone and iPad, of course, and it's quite feasible that this excuse was given before the feature existed. Also, I wouldn't make a call on my iPhone if the battery was below about 10% in case it couldn't draw enough power to continue charging while making the call (plus iOS is famously bad at estimating remaining battery %, so 10% could mean anything).

This guy owes James an apology!!!!!!

He owes you one too.

The flu shot does not have to be 100% effective to have a significant effect in reducing both transmission rates and severity. Get the fucking shot.

That would be a great public information campaign.

Google Josh Logan gay porn murder. He was working at Boardwalk week out of prison. Amazingly good looking in person. He's "To die for".

Googled it. Unless you have evidence the prosecutors didn't it sounds unlikely that he committed the murder.

This has only happened to me once. I didn't work out well.