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After many years of hiring I have concluded that if an escort asks for an advance he is a rip off. To me that is a red flag of all red flags.

Europe is full of roundabouts. It took me forever to realize that in the U.S. when we see a turn sign we turn after (behind) it but in Europe when we see a turn sign we turn before (in front of) it. Before I finally figured out the system I frequently made the wrong turn only to have to turn around re-enter the roundabout and take the next turn. I'm really not all that fond of roundabouts, however, they do serve the purpose of eliminating signals at intersections.

Taught driver education in a California high school many years ago, the residential speed limit was 25 MPH then and it still is today. Have lived in my current home for thirty plus years but until recently never walked much through the neighborhood. Am doing so now for exercise and to relieve boredom. I've learned to be extremely careful when crossing a street because of speeding drivers. As soon as things get somewhat back to normal the city intends to install speed bumps throughout the entire neighborhood.

Well today being Monday I did my weekly grocery run. Started at Stater Bros. Well stocked with everything except the usual suspects: toilet paper, paper towels, dried pasta, and bottled pasta sauces. No shortage of all types of meats; beef, chicken, fish, and pork. Didn't need much so didn't buy much. Stopped at Costco for the first time during the old folks hour. Line was quite long but not awful . They are now stocking their own brand of paper towels and toilet paper both of which I like. No lack of toilet paper but the paper towels were set to run out soon after I bought mine. The meat situation was interesting. Lots of beef, chicken and ground turkey. One old geezer must have put at least ten or more packages of ground turkey in his basket - go figure. Virtually no pork except marinated spareribs. The one thing I wanted was a two pack of Worcestershire Sauce and can you believe it they didn't have any.

Judy Garland was a close friend of the Kennedy family. Shortly after President Kennedy was assassinated Garland surprised her studio audience my singing unannounced “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” as a commemorative salute to him. Now if you want me in tears all one need do is play the following:

After this many years on this site you would think I would have the common sense to check previous questions about an escort -- especially when the previous question was my own -- dumb, Dumb, DUMB. Oh what the hell I'll just have to chalk it up to cabin fever and old age. Thanks for your post MikeBiDude.

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Did my weekly grocery run yesterday (4/27) to Stater Bros. All meats (beef, chicken, fish, lamp, and pork) were available in all cuts. I only needed ground beef and pork of which they had an abundance. Still a little limited in dried pasta and the various bottled pasta sauces. Since , as usual, I have a decent supply of dried pasta on hand and make my own sauces the limited supply wasn't a problem. They did have a limited selection of toilet paper and no paper towels again, I'm fine with both of these. All dairy products and eggs were present as were most vegetables. For some reason Stater Bros doesn't seem to carry red potatoes and white rose potatoes. I roast the former and use the latter for making potato salad thus I had to stop by Smart & Final which had both in ample supply. Right now my frig is stocked with New England Clam Chowder, Barbecue Beef for sandwiches, Eggplant Parmesan, Potato Salad, and Chile. I'm certainly not suffering when it comes to food to eat. Trying out all sorts of new recipes in a, somewhat futile attempt, to lessen the boredom. Thank god I have wonderful friends and neighbors who are willing to eat my various concoctions but for them I would have to throw out one hell of a lot of food. My refrigerator simply isn't large enough to store everything I've been cooking. Later this week I intend to marinate a tri-tip roast to grill and will experiment with a new recipe for fried pork filled won tons. If the won tons are any good I may include them in the menu for our 2021 Palm Springs weekend. Stay well everybody.

Tempest in a teapot!!! Just one more irrelevant comment - right!! So the guy made a personal comment; most of us have done it one time or another. Those who don't approve, of the practice, need only glance at it and move on. Why all the fuss?????

I love to cook and I love to entertain thus, to my way of thinking, a kitchen cannot be too big. I would love a house with a separate walk-in pantry that had a second refrigerator, a separate stand alone freezer, a second dishwasher, a wine cabinet, a prep island with sink, and enough cabinet space for all of my various sets of dishes to serve thirty to forty guests. My biggest expense in entertaining. Even in the current situation I'm cooking up a storm. I send all sorts of food to various friends. Thus far I have prepared New England Clam Chowder, party pizzas, curry chicken salad, Italian sausage and peppers, and sloppy joes. Next week it is my sister's recipe for Chile and my recipe for stuffed bell peppers. Maybe I'll even make an old fashioned pot roast. At least all of this cooking keeps my mind off the fact that I cannot TRAVEL.

MikeDiDude you are absolutely correct -- my error. You would think I would have known this as I was raised a Catholic. My mother used to take a can of salmon and mix it with crushed salteen crackers and egg. She would then make salmon patties -- dear god I hated the damn things. To this day I can't abide salmon in any form.

I grew up in South Central Los Angeles during the 1950's. We had a milk door where the milk was delivered in reusable glass bottles. A Helm's Bakery truck drove by a couple of times a week. You could step into the truck which the driver operated standing up. The inside of the truck had numerous drawers filled with the most wonderful freshly baked items, including fantastic jelly filled doughnuts. On Thursdays the fish truck drove by so the Catholics in the neighborhood could purchase fish for Friday dinner. In those days Catholics were "required" to eat fish on Friday. We also had the "Good Humor" ice cream man drive by once or twice a week. He had a catchy tune played on a loudspeaker that immediately attracted all the kids in the area. We kids played baseball in the street, we never locked our doors, and we played outdoors in the evening without any fear on our or our parents parts. In retrospect they were very wonderful carefree days. Maybe it's just because I'm getting old but I miss those days. It is just possible that the time for me to go is approaching.

jjkrkwood that one is a difficult call. By nature I am a highly judgemental person but during this current situation I'm trying to adopt a more accepting attitude. If people can live with their own behavior I'm trying to live with it as well. Now the one thing I have NEVER done and hope I will never have to do is have home deliveried groceries. I never buy prepackaged fruits, vegetables and seldom buy prepackaged meats. I'm extremely fussy about the produce and meats I buy. I want to inspect them before I purchase them. I'm also buy general groceries by band name ie. Best Foods/Hellman's mayonnaise, Heinz Ketchup, tomato sauce and tomato paste, etc., etc. Now I will be 80 in October but fortunately have no major health issues so on Mondays I make a weekly grocery run to my local Stater Bros. Hopefully I will be able to continue to do so.

I really haven't had much of a problem buying the things I need. I'm doing a once a week grocery run on Mondays. Toilet paper, paper towels and disinfectant products are still scarce although god only knows why. I hate to think what the garages of some of the people buying all these products, in huge quantities, must look like. I’m a carnivore and buy meat on sale. I have a vacuum sealer which allows me to repack the meat in individual sized packages that don’t get freezer burn. Thus I have a good supply of meats in my freezer. The Wall Street Journal had an article this morning (4/24) stating that we “may” be in for a meat shortage because of the closure of so many processing plants. The article claims that the problem will be greatest with the various cuts that are labor intensive to prepare i.e. boneless skinless chicken pieces and all forms of ground meat including beef, chicken and turkey. It also seems that many hog farmers are euthanizing their pigs and burying them because processing plants can’t use them.

I’m not currently having a problem grocery shopping. I’m trying to limit my shopping excursions to once a week. There are no lines at my local Stater Bros Market and it is well stocked except for the usual suspects – toilet paper, paper towels, and disinfecting wipes. There is also a rather limited supply of various spaghetti sauces and pastas. Fortunately I make my own sauces and have an adequate supply of pasta. There is some talk here about the possibility of not allowing customers to enter markets but having to pre order and do outside pick-up. The grocers association is putting a kebob on the entire idea as they claim that they simply do not have sufficient personal to implement such a plan.

Hospitals are being financially decimated. With the elimination of elective surgery and all other surgeries except emergency ones they are losing huge amounts of money. Entire wings of some hospitals are empty. Unless the federal and or state governments provide some type of bailout many will end up in bankruptcy. In order to help here in California, the ban on elective surgeries has been lifted. I have just learned that I am, at last, able to schedule hand surgery to eliminate a problem from a severe trigger finger.

Addiction is a fascinating thing. I just returned from my daily three to five mile walk. Quite near my condo is a new Starbucks with a fancy drive thru. Cars are currently lined up for two blocks and at times, the wait, can be as long as one hour – now that is addiction. I find it highly interesting that so many people refuse to or are unable to make coffee at home. Maybe they simply can’t live without their cappuccino, latte, or fufu drink. Frankly I have always disliked Starbucks coffee intensely; too strong and too bitter for me.

I don't get the impression that Sees Candy is about to close up shop. They have always been extremely selective where they establish a store. During the last holiday season they opened up a temporary shop within walking distance of my condo. They did such a huge business that they decided to open up a permanent store in the same complex. Unfortunately is was open for only a week before everything was ordered to close down.

I'm trying to keep my sense of humor during this pandemic but it is proving more and more difficult with each passing day. Please take what I'm about to write with a VERY large grain of salt. Each of us living in different parts of country likely have local candy stores or bands that are damned near sacred cows. Here in Southern California it is Sees Candy which some time ago was bought out by Warren Buffet. Beautifully decorated Sees Candy Easter Eggs are a big deal here. My family has exchanged them since I was a kid -- I'll be 80 in October. Now what I want to know is why are liquor stores essential but Sees Candy stores are not.

During the last twenty years in California the governors, both Democratic and Republican, and state legislators have STRONGLY pushed the development of mass rapid transit. Additional during the last ten years the concept of high density housing along the rapid transit routes and especially at the stations has also become a popular major issue. If we look at the major areas of coronavirus outbreaks here in Southern California they are, by and large, on the west side of Los Angeles along the Wilshire Corridor. Along Wilshire Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Westwood there exists one high rise condominium complex after another. People living in these high rises must pass through common lobbies and use elevators to reach their units. Many of the people living in these complexes are older and must also use rapid transit to do their everyday shopping. If we look at New York we see much the same pattern as we see along the Wilshire Corridor. The city is a mass of high rises where residents are virtually required to use rapid transit every day to exist – people simply don’t have any other choices. When New Yorkers were asked to curtail their use of the subways they did so and ridership and revenues decreased. With those decreases the number of trains were also decreased and the riders were again forced to ride cheek to cheek. In London the city government, a number of years ago, in order to decrease traffic congestion and parking problems in central London placed a special tax on people using their cars to come into the inner city during the week. Tube ridership increased dramatically. Along came the coronavirus and the Lord Mayor asked people to curtail using the tube system because of overcrowding. The same thing that happened in New York happened in London. Ridership and revenue plummeted so the mayor cut the number of trains and rider are now riding cheek to cheek again. My question here is are we going to have to reconsider our emphasis on mass rapid transit and high density housing in urban area to prevent future major virus outbreaks? What might the alternative be? Any ideas and suggestions?

This is going to be one of the most ridiculous posts on his thread. I will be 80 in October and have lived alone most of my life. My father was an alcoholic, definitely not a drunk, but he was almost never without a beer in his hand. Several of his siblings were also alcoholics. Although my father was NEVER abusive, in any way, he was frequently NOT an active family participant. Years ago I read an article describing how to tell if you were an alcoholic. One of the criteria was that if you drink alone. Now I live alone thus if I have a glass of wine with dinner I will be drinking alone. I have a small wine cabinet and additionally have a large cabinet full of just about every type of alcohol available in a regular liquor store – I cook with a lot of the stuff. Do I ever have a glass of wine or a drink at home before dinner, during dinner or after dinner? NEVER!!! I’m that absurdly afraid of being an alcoholic. RIDICUOUS but true. Damn people can be and frequently are strange and that definitely includes me.

ArVaGuy’s comment about meeting Killian at the DC Forum event jogged my, rapidly failing, memory. I noticed Killian on Rentmen just after he posted his very first ad. I contacted him and invited him to the Palm Springs Weekend (the year escapes me). He seemed very interested, asked several pertinent questions and decided to attend. At that time he was very cute, very fresh, and had a very nice body. He was definitely on my “to do” list. He arrived at the pool party with his then boyfriend who was also escorting. He showed up wearing a tiny speedo which most certainly showed off his body to great advantage. He really wasn’t a participant his presence seemed more like an elaborate "APPEARANCE”. He walked around greeting the other guests as if he were a major DIVA – it was weird. After about a half hour circulating he “graciously” departed. I immediately dropped him from my “to do” list. If any of you other posters attended that pool party and remember the year or remember the particulars differently PLEASE jump in.

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In my post above I mentioned the 1947 Eugene O'Neill play "Morning Becomes Electra". WilliamM kindly and correctly pointed out that the correct title should have been "Mourning Becomes Electra". My bad! Thanks WilliamM

I met Ralph Fiennes in London in the winter of 2004 under some rather unusual circumstances. I used to spend a couple of weeks in London in either January or February attending several theatrical productions and doing some shopping during the winter sales. At the time I was definitely not Fiennes’ greatest fan which was based totally upon his film appearances. I particularly disliked him in the “English Patient”. However, I had a friend who absolutely adored him. When I was in London in 2003 he was appearing as Carl Jung in the play “The Talking Cure”. I decided to attend if for no other reason than to make my friend jealous. His performance was absolutely mesmerizing. I was absolutely blown away. My entire opinion of him changed. Now fast forward to the winter of 2004. At that time Helen Mirren was appearing in Eugene O’Neil’s “Mourning Becomes Electra”. A very, very long play, like four and a half hours, and at times a very, very boring one but I wanted to see Mirren on stage. I purchased an excellent orchestra seat. No sooner did I take my seat than who should come in and sit directly in front of me – Ralph Fiennes and his long time female companion. At the first intermission I greeted him and he didn’t seem pleased. I apologized for interrupting but explained that all I wanted to do was tell him how much I enjoyed his performance the previous year in “The Talking Cure”. His demeanor changed immediately. We struck up a conversation regarding that performance and I mentioned how much more I enjoyed him on the stage than in a film. He absolutely came alive. After a few minutes his companion said she had to go to the restroom to which he responded simply - go. He mentioned several times how pleased he was that I so enjoyed his stage performance. He also commented that making films was the way he earned the money to be able to afford his great love – the theatre. When the lights flashed indicating the end of intermission I apologized for keeping him so long. He immediately responded that I hadn’t kept him and how much he had enjoyed our conversation. When the play ended we nodded to each other, said good night and he repeated how much he had enjoyed our talk. A most interesting evening.