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If you don't like what I post then block me; that would solve the problem for you.

Do you have any self-reflection? It's always the other person at fault with you.

The last few days, through drought and wind but not hot weather, we've had bush fires in NSW and Queensland. In fucking winter.

Where will we borrow the (hot) fire crews from now?

There'll be hell to pay next time I make one!

You probably re-read and edit your posts right after posting, so we'd all have to be quick to catch you

Every summer we drive from Palm Springs up to visit a friend who lives on the northern Oregon coast, but I can never plan the route until just before we leave, because I have to see which roads in California are closed by wildfires that week.

It seems in Canada as soon as you elect a social democratic government the province bursts into flames, wild fires in Alberta 2016 Fort Mc Murray, and in BC in 2017.

Just learned a new word. Thought it might be a typo but decided to look it up. Thanks Mike!

@mike carey doesn't make typos. he's super schooled

I apologize for feeding the troll, but, again, I'll say the large majority of the reviews you cited were "average" or better......and most were above average......and, again, I ask what has got you so upset about St Catherine St??....(you've never answered this)......your prolonged obsession with this utterly less-than-compelling concern is unusual......the FACT is that most people are evidently very happy with the district.......

I doubt he will answer why he's obsessing. he deflected my question without answering. maybe he works for the Toronto Tourism Bureau?

Wow! You're such a close-minded hypocrite. Don't you see I could say the EXACT same thing about YOUR postings too? Why does this matter so much to YOU?

 

Wise up! I simply submitted links to UNBIASED reviews about what people really think of Montreal, and YOU are taking it personally. And you're not even the manager of Stock.

You could say the exact same thing about my post. Difference is that you'd be either wrong or illiterate

On "Judge Judy" a teenager moved from his mother's place to his father's. The teen had opened a savings account but because he was a minor it needed the father's signature. The teen (17yo) was working two jobs. After he moved to his father's the father emptied the savings account for board and room. The teen was suing his father.

 

Judge Judy ruled that the father must repay his son. Since the son was a minor the father was responsible for his room and board. The father looked at it like being child support.

Child support shouldn't be paid by the child

The price of gasoline where I live is nearly $5 a gallon, while no movie theater charges more than $11, and that's only when you see a movie after 5 pm. The cost anywhere you are of everything you do can vary. Television shows are a terrible guide to go by, but it wouldn't surprise me that too many men can't find a financial common ground for their first date, as they fear being perceived as cheap, or don't give a fuck when they simply are.

$5 dollars a gallon - that's super cheap. More like $8 where I live

Yes it is SAD! I guess therapy sessions are out of the question. So looking forward to my next trip. I have never taken a lot of stock in the minority opinions when it comes to reviews. Going the weekend after pride so I hope to see some lingering folks. If not I am sure I will still enjoy all of the eclectic, eccentric, evolution of the Gay Village.

What bars do you plan to hit? Any favourites amongst the dancers?

Wow! You're such a close-minded hypocrite. Don't you see I could say the EXACT same thing about YOUR postings too? Why does this matter so much to YOU?

 

Wise up! I simply submitted links to UNBIASED reviews about what people really think of Montreal, and YOU are taking it personally. And you're not even the manager of Stock.

Wow. SAD!

Exactly! Thank you!

 

Anyone can read the unbiased reviews! Plus look at my screen name. I think I would know how to spot twinks after 45-years on the planet.

 

Here is some more frosting on the cake for those Montreal pollyannas who refuse to remove their rose-colored glasses:

 

https://www.yelp.com/biz/campus-montréal-3?sort_by=date_desc

 

and

 

https://montreal.gaycities.com/bars/725-taboo

From your postings you seem to want to be 'right' about this, rather than accepting the variety of opinions/experiences of other men. Why does this matter to you so much? Just curious.

And has one of the most stable governments and economy in SA.

 

Hugs,

Greg

The United Front of the left has done a good job with social reforms and the economy

Perhaps now, but I don't think that was the original intention of the thread.

 

I believe several posts stuck to the odd, puritanical-bordering-on-prudish behavior of younger generations (and why).

 

My take: As long as people keep hands to themselves, why shouldn't a guy enjoy others appreciating his body?

I made no comment on the original post.

AS the OP, I think you are way off base with the "so I can look at them" - It is something I observed and I have heard many friends mention this same behavior at the Gym. The question is and WAS WHY???

I made no comment about your original post. My comment was about the comments I read through the thread. Why are you being so defensive? No need.

It seems like a lot of this discussion is about "why won't these young guys take their clothes off so I can look at them?" Not about them, more about using them

I noticed this long ago and attributed it to the “older crowd” having had military service back in the days of the draft. “In my day...” there was no privacy in military training and during many types of later service.

There is still tons of communal showers out there in change rooms, most sports teams, most university gyms. And the military is still way too large

Paige Turner

Was at a nude/clothing optional beach today. Every age, body shape and flaccid size imaginable!

 

Four young men (early 20s?) came down. They wrapped a towel around themselves while pants still on (not even down to underwear) and then went through amazing contortions to get pants & underwear off and bathing suit on UNDER the towel. Ridiculously amazing.

 

What goes? Why? I have heard friends mention similar at the Gym.

 

Anyone know why this is?

they might be uncomfortable with being stared at … and have pics taken of them which absolutely would happen

Aaaw, thanks guy for all the support and kind words! I wanted to say (or clarify I guess) that the partying and tailspinning only started when I got back home from travelling. During my travels I had made the conscious decision to not date or hire and have no sex because I wanted to focus on healing from everything that had happened the last three years.

I even spent two months at a yoga and meditation retreat in Northern California where I was up before dawn every day to meditate and do yoga and met wonderful people who helped me so much. So my travelling was actually very healing and wholesome. That's why I was so unprepared for the emotional sledgehammer that hit me when I did return home. Because I had been thinking I'd come home with all this newfound strength and all ready to make changes in my life and WHAM BAM I'm cowering under the covers bawling my eyes out.

 

I've thought about that so much over the years and I've been to psychiatrists and therapists and asked if I had either bipolar or borderline but all of them were unanimous that I had neither and didn't need medication of any kind, just good therapy.

I also talked to a friend of mine who works in mental healthcare and who has had a boyfriend with borderline (so he has direct experience being close to someone like that) and he says he's very sure I don't have borderline.

Seems like it's more a case of unhealed trauma from my childhood (which WAS pretty rough) and that just makes me veer off of the healthy path sometimes.

 

I hear you! With me I've been able to curb my spending somewhat by both applying willpower and just "good" luck (in the sense that there aren't providers peaking my interest or just had a lousy session which took away the desire to hire again). Looking within is very, VERY good!!

 

Thanks! Yeah, it's important I give myself permission just to be myself instead of adding more pressure.

 

Thanks for the kind words! I know exactly what I'm running from... Feeling like I have no other choice but to be part of the rat race and it just... It terrifies me.

This is a question - so I hope it is received as a question. Do you have loose threads in your life that need to resolve? I find uncompleted baggage really can weigh me down. Would a list of 10 things to finish off be a useful and/or practical tactic for you?

ooohhh... the "E-word".... is there an emoji for a "forever fond but gentle admonishing face"?

I believe that emoji is an anime caricature of Rimbaud

Thanks for that. I don't know what other site you're talking about. I only use this site.

Message me - ta.

I think it was initially a combination of higher rates of IV drug use(or maybe just higher rates of needle sharing) and more people in the closet in those communities. Being closeted tends to lead to higher number of different partners which increases the risk.

The first is a function of poverty, the second is a function of higher rates of church membership.

agreed. The greatest epidemiological health impact in the gay community is coming out. Nothing has had greater population-level health impacts than that.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2016/croi-press-release-risk.html

 

About two years ago, but interesting stats. They estimate if current trends persist, 1 in 2 African Americans will be diagnosed with HIV and 1 in 4 Hispanics. For whites it is 1 in 11 and overall for the population 1 in 99.

 

By area, Washington DC has the highest with 1 in 13-all the congress men?

 

Interesting , I wonder why is the risk so lopsided in the black and Hispanic MSM?

 

Do they not track Asians?

The different levels of systemic racism in the USA perhaps