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This is a retread. Gman

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Thank gosh for that. But you really have to wonder-what were they thinking? I thought maybe the architecture experts of the time might have looked down on its Beaux-Arts Style. But apparently there was a big cry against demolition by many architects even though it wasn't their style. It was apparently driven mainly by money as the upkeep was too expensive. Gman

I just read something about this. At the time, they thought the day of the train was ending. So they tore down the old beautiful Penn Station but kept the underground tracks. They thought that trains would be a thing of the past and that within a few years they would be demolishing the tracks too. That was in 1963. The current top part was opened in 1969. And so this is what we have left. I don't know much about Penn Station. But if you are ever at Grand Central-outside it they have something called Urban Space which is filled with places to buy food. I hear Delaney Chicken is excellent (plus an almost relative of mine works there:rolleyes:). http://assets.gothamistllc.com/images/spacer.gif Come For The Fried Chicken, Stay For The Sandwich At Newly Opened Delaney Chicken BY NELL CASEY IN FOOD ON SEP 23, 2015 12:45 PM http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_nellcasey/092315delaney1.jpg (Clay Williams/Gothamist) Of the many enticing dining options inside the new UrbanSpace Vanderbilt food hall near Grand Central, the new fried chicken enterprise by brisket master Daniel Delaney was by far the most hyped by food media—this website not excluded. When it comes to fried chicken, we get excited. The man known for his superb barbecue had been thinking about and tinkering with fried chicken for nearly a year. "There wasn't really the type of chicken that I wanted to have in the city, stylistically, and so that's something I'd been feeling for a long time," he explains of his concept. "I just think that a lot of the southern-style fried chicken is very similar. It's great, but it's very similar, where they're dredging the chicken in flour and then it's being fried." Instead of a simple seasoned flour dredge, Delaney and his team—which includes former Bark Hot Dogs general manager Eli Cohn-Wein—employ a wet batter, which Delaney calls "more rewarding" to bite through after it's fried. "It's a very different texture cause it's not just skin," he says. "It becomes these cracked open layers of crunch that you bite through, and I think that's cool and I like that, so it's something that I wanted to do." http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_nellcasey/092315delaney2.jpg (Clay Williams/Gothamist) Visitors to NOLA's famed Willie Mae's Scotch House, founded by Wille Mae Seaton who recently passed away, will recognize the crunchy, amber exterior of Delaney's version. It's got a puffy crust that's airier than the nooks and crags of a purely flour-dredged bird. The two enormous drumsticks I tried—seriously these must be monster chickens!—were hot and juicy beneath the layer of batter and skin. It may just be a symptom of the cut (I'm more a thigh girl), but there were some bits that weren't easy to bite through. Seasoning-wise, Delaney's keeping it simple. "It's like four flavoring ingredients, it's not like there's some magic sauce or secret recipe," he says. "Most chicken is not really spicy or spiced in the city. Ours is. It's definitely a good amount of heat." I couldn't detect much spiciness in my drumstick, but heat levels vary from person-to-person, and as with most places that've just opened, it takes a while to lock in consistency. http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_nellcasey/092315delaney3.jpg (Clay Williams/Gothamist) Yesterday, Delaney Chicken debuted their first sandwich offering, a spicy chicken creation that I found to be more delightful than the drumstick. Cohn-Wein told me it's an ode to places like Chick-fil-A or Wendys—fast food chicken sandwiches admired by himself and Delaney. A deboned-chicken thigh comes on a potato roll with house-made bread and butter pickles, Crystal hot sauce and Duke's Mayonnaise, a popular brand in the south. It's simple, unadulterated comfort food made special by that unique (to these parts, anyway) batter. I'd return to Delany Chicken more frequently if navigating the congested streets around Grand Central weren't so headache-inducing. The chicken, especially the crust, was flavorful and took me back to fond memories of New Orleans. I overheard some suit complaining about the prices—a box of two chicken pieces goes for $10 and the smallish-sized sandwich for $8—but that's on par with other fried chicken options at this point. If you want cheap, wait for Chick-fil-A. Want more like this? Get the tastiest food news, restaurant openings and more every Friday with the Gothamist Weekly Digest. Gman

So I'd like to hear from our graphic artists/photo mavens. Any Photoshopping going on here? Gman

You're absolutely right!!! Thinking of Robin is a sure fire anodyne to thinking of Howard. You tease you!!!! Gman

Picturing Howard Stern just killed my stiffy. Gman

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Can anyone figure out what this is? Gman

I don't get all that from the joke. Unfortunately it must be over my bald head. However, I am told that opening onto the tracks is illegal now. It has to go to a holding tank. On the other hand I've read that there really isn't anything wrong with them opening onto the tracks-sun, wind, rain, filtering through the rock on the tracks breaks wastes down naturally. Gman

I didn't understand this. Thank gosh I at least understood this one otherwise I'd be very upset. Gman

Poor guy. He must be on the tiny side. That woman wasn't impressed at all. It's the same reason I don't get undressed in front of women. Gman

Ouch!!! Gman

Anytime I just added a bit further explanation too. Gman

Coriolis-look for a PM of mine about working with quotes. Gman

Probably-and especially when dealing with an escort with Tag's reputation. The majority of his later films, I think, had a lot of kink. And his website indicated he was not the most 'vanilla' guy out there. It doesn't matter if I am or if I'm not. In 2012 he was sentenced to 8 years in prison for trying to entice a minor into sex (it was one of those fake chat rooms/federal agent government scans) and having meth on him when arrested. Gman

Well there is no Oxford Dictionary defined standard-but most people would probably agree with the term to mean -play safe, boyfriend experience, no drugs, no whips/chains/probes, no piss, no feces, etc, etc etc. Gman

Forgive me-but what is Periscope? Tag from rumors might be considered a poster child for unsafe practices. I actually contacted Tag once-got him on the phone. I told him I thought he was very handsome and was interested in meeting him, but I was very vanilla. I wanted to see if he would be interested in a weekend with a vanilla guy. It never worked out. Probably for the best. I wonder if he is out of prison yet. Gman

The kind of client I was mentally envisioning from Mike's original post was a client who had seen him regularly. Let's say every other month for the space of 12 to 18 months-most of the visits being weekend visits. So someone who knows Mike fairly well. And someone whom Mike probably knows well too. They are comfortable with each other -know each other's likes and dislikes. It's almost like a boyfriend/boyfriend relationship might be if one partner lived out of town. In this kind of relationship, a client might be closer to Mike than he is to dear friends he's known for years who don't live in the same city. He's seeing Mike more often then them. Plus there's sex which evolutionary biologists will tell you is a powerful societal bonding source. http://www.companyofmen.org/members/jjkrkwood.8797/ He hasn't posted in a long time. But he seems to read the Forum quite frequently. Gman

That sounds nice. But I don't think it's what Mike meant when he posed the question. If it was just a fantasy moment, then there's no problem-or is there? Having a f-ckbuddy/FWB is different than a client hiring an escort. There are lots of people-say Jawjateck, Rudynate, BVB, JJK and multiple others here on the Forum who could basically get all the guys they want without having to hire. They hire for the thrill and variety. But there is a certain confidence that comes from knowing you are hiring on a lark-but that if push came to shove-you'd be perfectly fine sexually without hiring. So maybe I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the majority of us who hire repeatedly may not be able to find partners as frequently. I will also posit that there may be a lack of companionship in many -not all -of our lives. In this case the escort does fulfill the fantasy of a partner. But there needs to be reality too. It's not good to totally live in a fantasy world. The escort is providing a needed service. But usually only in movies like Pretty Woman will the escort find true happiness with a client. Trying to substitute the fantasy for real life is like living in The Truman Show. Gman

But don't forget it dissolves latex. So you probably need to use polyurethane. Gman

So would this be the original commercial lube? Gman

I never read the entire book. I used to read parts of it around 1973-1974 when I would go to my local Waldenbooks. The robe and writing are mentioned in the first chapter or so. Gman

Not the right Forum. Gman

Isn't that what's written on the wizard's cloak? Gman