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In the past ten years everytime I've been to Berlin and Hamburg every single German I run into is totally bi-lingual. They can easily shift from one to the other and many, if not most, signs are in English not German. Now, 20 or 30 years ago I did run into a lot of Germans who did not speak much English, especially in the east. The generational change to me is shocking. When I was young I remember being surprised that my Dutch friends could converse (arkwardly) with visitors from Denmark. They explained that all the Germanic languages have a lot, especially grammar, in common and Nederlandse to Danish wasn't a huge leap even though it was more different than German. That they can pick up the other language pretty easily when they visit or move. As a Germanic language I guess English has gotten into that family now. Now Romance and Slavic languages are a different matter. But I know French, Spanish and Italians can roughly converse and Russians/Poles/Czechs can easily converse. I see that a lot.

and the first time I was ever in London a girl sat beside me and said she was naked and needed a fag.

I had high school and college French and German but I totally avoid the French because of the accent being nearly impossible and the French, in France at least, can't stand American (or French Canadian) accents. German's almost English, native German speakers all speak great English, and the accent is similar. Google translate is good at Germanic and Romance languages. Terrible at slavic languages. The translation makes zero sense and several times with Czech guys myself and others have been ditched because our google translate to Czech sounded like a crazy person's ramblings. I have over 200 Czech friends on Facebook but when I translate their posts they make no sense at all. Makes one appreciate how good google translate is otherwise.

If you're that close to DC you should check it out. Sounds like Raleigh is your closest gay life town. It's called "Filthydelphia" for a reason and a lot more people drive into Kensington than drive out. But it's cheap, lively, beautiful and central. But absolutely avoid certain areas at all cost. Philly is a city of amazing economic contrasts. Many of us older regret that we clung to the east coast instead of migrating west. The west really is the best.

Have Brits picked up "Root". I thought it was just Aussie. Anyway, I will use "root" in a sentence today. And yes, "bone" is the American equivalent. In the US we speak of "rooting around" as rummaging through things usually looking for something. She was rooting around in her drawer for a pencil. Americans and Aussies have the best vernaculars but they are seldom similar.

I love the theory that if you aren't getting enough customers you have to raise the rate to make up for it. Supply and demand boys, supply and demand.

If I only had 2 $100 bills I'd ask for change from him.

Never !

You never know. This guy could be amazing sex and a power bottom while someone who appears that way could be a total dud. Why you always test drive a car. I'd give him a spin if those are current pics but I think they're younger than 25.

Those are hilarious. Great sense of humor. Too bad New Yorkers don't have that sense of humor about their rudeness.

I forgot Denver. More gays probably move there than anywhere now for good reason. Boom town.

Vegas is best suited for a nighttime lifestyle. Sleep all day when it's hot, out all night when it's cool. You'd be surprised how many people there live and work that schedule.

If NYC is your top pick, Philadelphia has a huge gay life, is extremely cheap, and under 2 hours drive or train to NYC and DC. Chicago has a gigantic gay life and is fairly cheap but it's weather isn't suited to humans. Especially from the south. Surprisingly, gay life in Vegas is a little slow, certainly compared to really big cities. But it's enough to probably win #1. My #2 would be SLC. Perfect gay city if not huge. Portland is hip and cool but zero sun.

I have something somewhat similar. As crude as it may seem I always insisted on paying cash for the "date" during the first year knowing that with all the trips and nights over it would get expensive as a "lover" (he's out of town). So now he's got a gf and a kid and needs a lot and I remind him cash from me is in multiples of $xxx on the nightstand in the morning.

For you my first suggestions would be Portland, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Vegas is very, very cheap, has many unfilled jobs, and is a quick cheap jump to LA, San Francisco, and San Diego. In the east Philadelphia.

OK. Now tell me when Paris isn't overrun with the tourist crowds. Christmas? Otherwise you get your choice of being trampled by herds of German high schoolers or gaggles of Japanese matrons and their hubbies, or Italian extended families. All while getting your pockets picked by pushy Romanians. Every European seems to have to make a pilgrimage to Paris at least once in their life and that's 500 million people crowding in at some time with Americans and Japanese to also fit in on top. No wonder hotel rooms the size of walk-in closets are $200 and a normal one can run you $500 easily. I love Paris, it's cafes and bakeries. it's museums and gardens. People working in them are about the only Parisians you meet anymore.

Wow, this guy's a very top model. Surprised he's doing this. MasseurFinder would have a fit over his work attire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHtgDFA_oVo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN6BMSOOrbY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ciwEJnEshk

And this is why I save my money and miles and don't even attempt to go premium class.....too much drama over seats by people with huge egos ! 1st and Biz is full of Type-A's. Give me a seat, or 2 or 3 in the very back of steerage, a sleeping pill and some wine and wake me when they need to come on to clean the plane. This was a Virgin Atlantic plane and crew and they're (were) the closest to a gay airline there is (was).

If your whilst in Paris is changing planes at CDG it can be downright miserable. I was in school in Paris for a few months and it is a wonderful place to live. Nowadays I dread the sky-high hotels and the crowds, crowds, crowds. I do central Europe: Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Croatian coast. More like what Paris used to be like.

Yes, we are much more likely to have diseases. Those of us who go to Prague a lot have known for a while that the Czech guys demand condoms with Americans 100%. But they will BB with other Czechs. 1.4 million, mostly gay men, live with Aids in the US. The HIV rate in Czech Republic is .02%......that's 1/50th of 1%. One of the lowest incidence in the world. And even much worse is our incidence of gonorrhea, hepatitis, etc. Prep has caused an epidemic of other sexual diseases in the US. European providers have reason to be scared of us disease-wise. An American even asks about BB and they will often block his number immediately.

Always remember too that in most countries it is "active" or "passive" . "Top or "bottom" means nothing. Most European guys I know state in their ad "No Bareback!!" sometimes followed by "Don't Ask !". They're scared of Americans especially disease-wise. Google Translate isn't bad with French.

Would be nice to know who the guy in pics is. Although with none of those selfies in either a hotel elevator mirror or a hotel bathroom mirror, I doubt he escorts. (my almost 100% way of telling).

lol---yup but try to find that airport. It shows up variously as being in England, Alabama, the Yukon and New Jersey. All I can guess is it's CIA. Fort Lauderdale needs to fight to get it's proper code back.

I agree it should be FTL but that belongs to some other mysterious airport no one can find. When I text FLL people think I mean "Florida". They need to get the code changed to FTL.

DC's Secrets will probably not be around much longer and it or another location in DC is good. However, no new nude club can open in DC and lapdances are very risky. If you get a "cut" of the lapdances then there's money in that type club. Otherwise you're just providing dancers a place to make bank because lapdance clubs don't have a lot of customers usually. So far, Johnsons is an exception. Secrets makes a lot of money because even with nude dancers, it's mostly a huge weekend dance club. Dick's Caberet in Phoenix makes money with super good looking nude lapdancers but no alcohol. Few customers but huge spenders on lapdances. Ft Lauderdale has 3 big lapdance clubs now. Key West has one. Miami has zero. Tampa has zero. No place in FL has a nude one. The last was Floppy Rooster outside Miami. Every town around FLL and MIA has different rules. A nude club might get a draw from the others there. The dancers are easy to find in S. Florida. Most places you just go to a gym.