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two recommendations (both British) CJ Sansom - Shardlake series - historical mystery series set during the reign of Henry 8th. Sometimes difficult to figure out the order of the books, but I think it starts with Dissolution. Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander series - set in the 1800s following lives and career of a captain in the royal Navy and his friend (Physician, novelist, spy). Supposedly the majority of the framework of each book comes directly from hand-written accounts contemporary with the time, thus when and where ships met, political intrigue, placement of ships during battle are (claimed to be) technically accurate.

Queen Mary is claimed to have said: “During public engagements one should sit down whenever possible and avail oneself of toilet facilities whenever the opportunity arises.”

One of the variations is in London. TFL (Transport for London) will issue travel card providing free transport (trains, bus, etc) in London once you're 60. It provides free transport from 9am-midnight weekdays, and all day Saturday/Sunday. Saves me roughly £3,000 pounds (roughly $3,800 USD) yearly. Fairly certain I can find some way to spend those savings...

Dark hair, bare arms, and google translate helps with the accents

As does mine... but he frequently follows it with a muttered “I would have gotten less for murder...” 🤪

Concur, and given how active you are was going to also guess at mid-90s

Into my second week on the family farm in rural Virginia taking care of mom (91) while my sisters away... massive culture shock coming from London (home) or New York (childhood home)... but hitting the local gym each morning surrounded by farm boys is an unbelievable treat, second only to all the eye candy in local supermarkets and restaurants... why didn’t anyone tell me about this before??? If it wasn’t for the heat and humidity, which one can carve into interesting shapes with a chainsaw, this place might be liveable...

You pose an interesting question... and after thinking about it for a while realised any response would be a wild guess... thus resorted to trusty fallback position of googling if any longevity calculators existed (they do), and then which were the most trusted... I have longevity through both mom and dad (and their parents) - thus will be trying this myself when I make it out of rural Virginia and back to civilisation this weekend, however try this site Living To 100 Life Expectancy Calculator WWW.LIVINGTO100.COM

Might be easier to invert the question... ask about their favorite encounter... their favorite porn stars... about videos or scenes they most fantasize about... about random encounters they wish to repeat... about first time, the best time, the time they keep replaying in their mind, the time they most fantasize about, about the one that got away, about someone they never had an opportunity to have sex with but fantasize about all the time... it's almost a Miss Manners moment - just get them to talk about themselves... I'm a massive introvert, love nothing more than listening to others talk... and once, just once, an escort asked much of the above, and it was almost impossible to get me to shut up.... he was a regular for years as he somehow understood what made me tick...

I'm thinking it might be best if we transition from theoretical to hands-on research...

A bit of creative googling suggested there are 1.2 billion men between 18-37 alive today. if dick size > 8" only occurs in 1% of the population -- that's 12 million men with more than 8". Estimates of %gay vary wildly, but 1% of 1.2 billion would be 12 million, leading us to conclude 120 thousand dicks > 8" (or roughly 15-30 miles of dick)... if you believe 10% of the population is gay (or at least open to suggestion after 3 beers), that provides 1.2 million opportunities (or, conservatively 225 miles of dick). The math gets a bit harder at this point when trying to figure out what percentage escort, what percentage are top or bottom, and what the odds are to find said escort available on a given night outside major cities... I might need another whiskey.

I grew up on Long Island, home was biking distance to Oyster Bay, summers near wading river... though I fondly remember the beaches, I think I'd prefer here...

I love Bandelier - the pine trees smell like vanilla...

Excellent news! for the past three years my mom (91) has been going to the gym daily, seeing a physio once or twice weekly; and the combination of both has kept her very mobile. She can't do long distances anymore, but she can do a normal supermarket cart hanging onto a cart if the riding unit isn't available. The physio has worked miracles - so much so that she has been able to move in with my sister for the summer (old farmhouse, two stories).. and we've also added a personal trainer to the mix. All jokes aside, I never realized how critically important it was to stay flexible as one ages...

ditto... song and movie (Choose Me).... immediately transports me back to my 21-year-old self, Houston Texas, and an amazing Art Cinema in River Oaks... and my "Eve's" bar which was La Carafe in downtown Houston... if only time travel was possible....

Both the song and the movie (Intouchables) both bring me to a happy place....

Definitely platinum

In spite of the numbers being incredibly low, my personal preference is to proceed with preventions and vaccines if available.... I was an AIDS buddy in late 80’s through mid 90’s; and was hugely affected by writings such as Jonathan Kwitney’s Acceptable Risks; we don’t know what viruses are coming next, nor what mutations might occur in mpox ... each advance in virology is countered by those pesky buggers mutating... and it’s possible that what’s learnt through current round of vaccinations could help those that follow us whether next year or in a few decades... considering what else I put in my body on a daily basis I personally think that getting the vaccine is a perfectly acceptable risk.... at very least might give me the confidence to get out there and play before the next COVID lock down...

if you google “monkey pox vaccine walk-in London” you’ll probably find both the NHS and THT vaccine finder site; I got my first dose three weeks ago, and was able to book at Guys Hospital just 2 days prior; very slick, very efficient... planning to register for my second in approximately 3 weeks

I started the NHS Couch to 5k on 2nd of March; have worked up to an hour on the treadmill alternating 1.5 minutes jog, 3.5 minutes walk; and have dropped about 10lbs... For those who took up jogging later in life - any suggestions to improve progress or make this fun???

Good summary of my planned hobbies when I retire in 2024

Most likely just an empty bank account