LaffingBear

Fascinating. Thanks for posting.

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No, not effectively. In all likelihood, if you're going to encounter them, they're already in the bed at the hotel. Unlike lice, they dont live on you... just suck your blood when you're available . And use you to migrate. If its a moderately or heavily infested hotel room, theyll not only bite you in bed, but get into your clothes, luggage, etc. and travel with you to your next destination. High heat kills them. Hotels and exterminator-experts use very-high heat directional blowers. Best thing an average consumer can try is a clothes dryer at its highest heat.

No to bed bugs. No to any critters from rentguys. But wont go to hotels in SF I evauate as sketchy. Not sure what/where those are these days. I remember a few around the edges of Union Square, like the Allyson. But thats from decades back. Last fringe hotel I went to was The Good Hotel in SOMA. It was ok... I was more concerned about my car. And that was 6-7 years ago. We should probably acknowledge that bed bugs occur at nice hotels too, not just fleabags. Any hotel that may be cutting back on expenses, not super-thorough with housekeeping and maintenance, can have bedbugs.

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Yes. Very small supporting part one episode only. Im happy to learn Pose will have a second season.

My hotel. I had to think about it. When I've been traveling, in my hotel, they always came to me. I cannot remember ever having a hotel room yet meeting at his. I've gone to their hotel when they're visiting SF, alot. Because I almost always avoided having to my home - plus they often wouldn't travel to my suburban community. So, its not a conscious preference, but must be a preference nonetheless, as its always my room.

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In the spirit of market observations, trends, etc., I'd advise against opening such a club. Anywhere in the US . I think its a business model whose time is fading. Gaiety's long gone. NobHill is closing in SF. Campus closed so long ago, most cant remember it. Adonis didn't succeed in Vegas. And the other Adonis' are more of a roaming event, or perhaps semi-permanent, as compared to a club. Younger gay guys dont seek venues for titillation. Gay bars are also struggling. In an odd contradiction, the US is becoming more conservative and puritanical, and yet gays are more mainstream. Gays and straights socialize together. Apps and streaming video are the mechanisms for hookups. Unless theres something new and unique, I dont believe theres an ongoing market demand for live dancers.

There's something about the bevy of recently-listed vanilla muscle guys in SF that rings my caution bells. Lotsa good eye candy. Any one of them might get me to respond, or seek further info. I can't really explain it, not suggesting how others' should react - but something about all showing up in the same timeframe - I'll stay on the sidelines.

I'm catching up on Pose, watching OnDemand. Enjoying it. Last night, I watched an episode that included Billy Porter singing "For All We Know." And, then, Mj Rodriguez starting the song "Home" from The Wiz, joined by Porter to finish the number. I see that there's a Pose audio album... I need to check it out.

Plan Bs for me: Plan B1: if I'm at home - do nothing. Don't hire. Resist the temptation, because this situation is when I've let crotch-think and frustration drive bad decisions. Plan B2: if traveling - have a backup rentguy identified, researched. Don't waste his time with alot of communications; it's not fair to waste his time on a maybe. And, remember that Plan B1 might actually be the prudent thing, even when traveling. The older I get, the more likely I am to do something else (not someone else,) entirely if rentguy plans dissolve.

Sunday morning. Reading, watching news. The many CA fires seem to dominate the stories. I find myself wondering: are the stories getting more attention? Or, is my gut-feeling accurate, is this a particularly bad fire season? Well, there is no season anymore... its year-round. After moving to CA in the 90s, fires became expected. Sometime around September, we'd start hoping for seasonal rains to begin in October. In dry autumns, there'd be fires up in the wooded Sierra and foothills. Rarely were residential neighborhoods affected. I can recall other, more recent news graphics showing dozens of fires on a California map. But I don't remember a time that there were so many out of control. I dont remember homes - entire neighborhoods - burning with such frequency. And at present, containment doesn't seem hopefully near for many. Several new fires broke out around Napa in the past 36 hours. The fires near Redding are blowing up. They just reported that 10,000 fire fighters are working the fires; more are needed. And its still July.

I loved that book. I remember liking Stuart Little at a young age. Charlotte's Web. Some book about Fog, or a foggy day at the beach. The Borrowers series was a favorite. Enright's Melendy Family series. Had The Companion Library, a set of books, each with two novels bound together. Read one... turn the book over, read the other. Thats how I read the Twain books, Alcott, etc. Another favorite was Swiss Family Robinson. Movies often led me to books. One favorite in very early teens: The Egg and I. Wizard of Oz. As I hit teen years, Gone With The Wind. Airport.

Just saw it. Its fun. Nothing phenomenal, but entertaining, worth seeing.

Ive dealt with the same issue. Been the recipient of unsolicited advice. I became very defensive about it. Even avoided the conversation when people were probing apparent weight loss beyond a simple compliment. Eventually, I arrived at a response - some variation of "You know, I'd prefer not to discuss it. Its my issue, and others' attention frustrates me and usually results in more eating (or 'can derail my diet' if its unwanted attention to a significant loss.) A little aggressive, hostile even. But it often works. And... Its true. I have been so frustrated by others unwanted attention, and eaten more. My issue, my responsibility - don't be a trigger.

I made a list once, but just to get a tally. I had a friend who was pretty slutty. In the early days of tech, kept a database on his palm pilot-like device. Names, attributes, other little-black-book details. Called it his "trick-tracker", even joked about marketing it.

Yosemite Ordered Closed https://www.ecowatch.com/wildfire-closes-yosemite-valley-2589788781.html

I know that guy. And his cousins. The only good thing I can say... while he's voracious, he usually doesnt arrive with many many friends. Picking him off plants, along with a few of his cousins usually works. And throwing him into a neighbor's yard can be satisfying - depending upon your relationship with that neighbor.

I wouldnt tell someone I ignore them. Mostly because I feel it's a waste of time. Internet comunications and social media seem to bring out the argumentive tendency of many - the need to have the last word. Enhanced by the communications challenges of absence of facial expression and voice inflection. Online pissing contests are a waste of time. Besides, if I tell them, and they're ignored, I wouldn't see a response - pointless .

I gave up on growing tomatoes. For years, I lived in a great little waterfront community in the bay area. Inland, warm, but on the bay. Location kept the temp maximums down a bit... usually 90s. Grew fantastic tomatoes. Delicious, sweet, prolific harvest. Moved 8-10 miles, no longer water-adjacent. Temps 10° higher, nights not as cool. Tried for 10 years... many tomato plants died, more grew, but never set fruit. An occassional cherry tomato produced sparsely. Microclimates! Those monsoons draw their moisture from the south, the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of California, and it rides on northbound winds along the Sierra. Its what causes thunderstorms in the mountains. I was in Lake Tahoe last week. There's a huge fire burning at Yosemite, 120 miles south of Tahoe, at present. Those monsoon winds carried the Yosemite fire smoke north. Tahoe is served by Reno TV. The morning weather forecasts for Reno, Sparks, Carson City were all "99 and smoke" Tahoe was "89 & Smoke." They cautioned to stay inside. I woke up to a view of brown hazy air, barely able to see the water from my lakeside hotel, and unable to see the mountains surrounding lake. The typical view: http://media6.trover.com/T/548b302126c48d40c80029d5/fixedw_large_4x.jpg I grew up in Chicagoland with those winters, spent 5 years in Michigan. I'll take the heat ... I'm Californicated.

It blocks their comments... but prompts "show ignored content?" Blocks their posts in any forum/list view. However, does not prevent ignored members posts from appearing as "latest posts " identifier next to each forum on the home page list.

Not me. But I'd estimate my body mass is 14% brie.

I do 1. I ignore 5-6 users, I think. Each for a different reason. I'm fairly a certain 2 or 3 no longer visit the forum anyway. 2. I've wondered if users know when they're ignored. Or if it shows somewhere on my profile. I ask because someone I'd never interacted with sent PM with a very accurate statement regarding the folks I ignore. How did he know?