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I see an option to mark individual forums as "read" but couldn't find a way to mark all forums as read. Is that possible?

Finally took a look at your beta. Once I reverted to the style we have now, I liked it just fine. I think @Colton's point above is right on the target.

Better version: put the frozen water bottle (a typical 16 oz bottle of water) on the floor and roll it back and forth with your foot -- a foot massage with the frozen bottle. I don't recall how long I did this -- maybe 5 times of a minute each with a rest in between. You should be able to google this. It worked well for me.

Daddy's take on new fora was that a need had to be demonstrated. Don't know how he determined this.

I have the vague impression that even in hooboy's day there was some sort of limited access forum...maybe even more than one (an even vaguer impression that there might have been a forum limited to escorts at one time). Anyone remember/know more about this?

All you need to do is include a slip of paper with your username on it. That's all that's needed to give you access to The Cabana.

I'm not so crazy about the new-to-the-forum people idea...I'd prefer people with some history here who have a feel for this community. I do think, however, that having a mix of ages is important, both for the diversity of viewpoints and life experiences, and for continuity.

Satisfactual...this thread is worth it just for that word....

Interesting. My recent experience in Montreal has been different. For a long time, most dancers ("strippers") were very discreet about whether they escorted ("did privates"). If you asked whether a dancer was willing to come back to your hotel, the answer was almost always "no" until he knew you well enough to trust you, and even then, many would take precautions like leaving the bar separately from you. That seems gradually to have changed. Now it is not uncommon to find dancers advertising on the escort sites. And I quite regularly am solicited for hotel visits during a private dance...or sometimes at the bar before I've even asked to do a private dance.

Yes

A couple of things... When I was getting started at this and was befuddled both about what exactly I was looking for and how to communicate that, someone here suggested that I tell the escort (at hiring time) what kinds of fantasies I had. Second thing: find an experienced escort who knows how to read his clients and push them in interesting directions. Good luck!

Love that story! I never got that benefit from his presence. But his preference was for larger, more muscular dancers and mine was not, so my types would often hang out with me when he was there and sucking up most of the air.

My oldest post here is dated June 26, 2004. I was a lurker for several years prior, possibly even from the '90s. I got here via Aaron Lawrence -- a solicitation on his web site for people to vote for him on hooboy's (for escort of the year???). That post was about my experiences at Campus and Stock the week before. I had been drooling over mouth-watering descriptions (by Mark Anthony, Tampa Yankee, et. al.) of those clubs for years, and finally got there while in Montreal for a wedding in 2003. Thanks, @Lucky, for taking me down memory lane.

It's easy enough (but a little tedious) to find all your posts -- click on your username in the upper right of the screen, then on "Your content" at the top of the drop down box. You will get 10 pages of your most recent posts in reverse date order. At the bottom of the 10th page, there is a button for "older posts" which gets you the next 10 pages. Lather, rinse, repeat till you run out of content. When I finished, I realized it might be possible to used Advanced Search to get my posts in date order.

I've moved to 1password. It was easy to set up on windows, chrome, firefox, and android. Importing my data from lastpass was a breeze. So far (a couple of days in) it seems to be at least as user friendly as lastpass and more reliable (e.g. on android). I found this article helpful: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/how-to-use-1password/

The lastpass android app is still working for me and it still syncs with the desktop app. I've been happy with lastpass, so my inclination is to pay the charge (~$27/yr IIRC). But before paying, I would like to know if there is a better paid app out there for about the same price. (I went through a similar process when Quicken went to a subscription model...spent a lot of time looking for a free app with the same functionalities and ended up paying for Quicken.)

My understanding of "did me in" is that it is too late for good wishes

It looks like there is a new pizza place on the N side of Ste. C. Did anyone else notice it?

One of those rental units was home to the long gone and much lamented Apsara massage. I still see a guy I met there several years ago whenever I'm in Montreal.

One of those rental units was home to the long gone and much lamented Apsara massage. I still see a guy I met there several years ago whenever I'm in Montreal.

I absolutely agree. Another nice perk: the waiters knew how to flirt (whether straight or gay) . When dining alone, I never felt rushed or ignored. @Luv2play, can you tell from the ad whether they are selling the property or just the business? I don't know real estate prices in the Village, but CAD$379,000 seems low for that building. The instagram post from the owners (link in @LD19847's post above) is interesting and gracious and reflects Saloon's atmosphere very well.

I absolutely agree. Another nice perk: the waiters knew how to flirt (whether straight or gay) . When dining alone, I never felt rushed or ignored. @Luv2play, can you tell from the ad whether they are selling the property or just the business? I don't know real estate prices in the Village, but CAD$379,000 seems low for that building. The instagram post from the owners (link in @LD19847's post above) is interesting and gracious and reflects Saloon's atmosphere very well.

Many restaurants with a bar serve meals at the bar. I've found that to be a perfect way to dine alone. Often there will be others there solo willing to converse if you are or the server/bartender will be amenable to chatting. Never any pressure to interact, though. And to be clear, these are restaurants where the bar is an adjunct to the main business of dining.

There is hanky-panky next door in some of them. IIRC, there's at least one in which the camera moves between two adjacent cubicles.

There was a time when Campus supposedly opened at 1 pm on some days (weekends?), I think. Haven't paid attention to this in years.