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I'm so sorry to hear about your stroke. I hope you have been able to recover. I appreciate the heads up. I had read this. There is also a question of increased risk of heart attacks. I actually was on testosterone for around a year 11 years ago. If I remember correctly, my testosterone was at the lower end of normal. But my libido was definitely decreased. My urologist at the time said that even though my testosterone was technically normal it still might be too low for me. I moved about 7 months after that. My new urologist thought that was ridiculous. I was never sure if the injections were doing anything. So I took myself off them I had my testosterone checked earlier this week. It was in the 150's. I saw the urologist on Friday. He said he considered a normal level to be about 350. So I'm def low. We talked about replacement. He mentioned gel. I said I had heard it didn't work that well. He said it did for some people. He said what worked best were biodentical hormones with some kind of implanted pellet which worked for 6 months at a time. Unfortunately insurance won't pay for the pellets. He said the injections were the worst but easiest way. They are bad because you get a big elevation which then drops off I remember I often had to nerve myself up to give myself a shot. I was fine once the needle had broken the skin. It was more thinking about it than anything. I actually learned my injection technique by watching female to male transsexuals on YouTub describe how they injected their testosterone. Gman

Is that a mud mask on his face in his privates?? Gman

I'd prefer to know if he bottomed. Gman

I should probably know this, but I'm drawing a blank on RP. Gman

I wouldn't even mind if the $7 were only a rental fee. ? Gman

I've been off Facebook for the most part for the last two and a half years. I'd peek occasionally. But I came back full time for now-although I'll probably go silent before my birthday which is when I left FB two and a half years ago. That's not really important though. But it does flesh out this post a bit. Anyway I was looking at my Facebook feed the other day, and an ad from the Wish Company came up. For those who aren't familiar, I think Wish, as a rough approximation, is a Chinese equivalent of Amazon. They offer a lot of inexpensive items. I normally hate ads on Facebook. In this specific case I may need to broaden my likes, because SEE what you can buy for only $7 from Wish!! Their quality seems to be improving!!! ?? Gman

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That must be a different link than in the original post. Gman

He went overboard on pruning his pictures, the ad is totally gone. Gman

I had a long answer-but I wasn't expressing myself well. But in addition to what I was going to say which I'm not now due to not being able to express it-it seems to me to be a question of boundaries. In most cases a patient probably doesn't need to know their therapist was in adult entertainment at one time. Take @purplekow's acquaintance, if the guy is a good surgeon-do I need to the knowledge he worked as a stripper? Now in certain situations maybe the patient might need to know-as in counseling someone else in adult entertainment. But even then, it still might be crossing boundaries. The patient might begin to look at you as more of a colleague rather than a therapist. So if you're a good therapist, then you're a good therapist. And having been in adult entertainment is part of your life experience that brought you to your current life. But that doesn't in my opinion mean you necessarily need to let the patient know. Gman

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While it can depend on the preparation and whether it was contaminated beforehand, they say for a lot of stuff that the magic time is 2 hours. Food needs to be refrigerated or frozen definitely before two hours. For some items they say as soon as it's cooled enough to go in the refrigerator or freezer. Obviously you don't want to put something steaming in either place as it would raise their temperatures. Gman

That's the part that doesn't make sense. If you can eat it cold straight out of the fridge, and if it can be out of refrigeration for 2 hours, why if heating it doesn't take longer than 2 hours -which it won't-should it have to reach 165 degrees? Gman

I think so too. But apparently the danger zone starts at 40 Fahrenheit (4.44 C for most of the rest of the world). So from an article on Real Simple "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says the recommended refrigerator temperature is below 40°F; the ideal freezer temp is below 0°F." Gman

Wienerschnitzel had a Dogs of the World promotion until just recently. One of the featured hotdogs was German inspired. I can't remember what all was on it-probably sauerkraut and maybe some sautéed onions. But the mustard they used was beer mustard. It was delicious!! I actually looked up how to make mustard. For a small jar it's not that hard. It apparently doesn't even need pressure cooking-vinegar, mustard seed, a mortar and pestle, some spices and voila!! Gman

I prefer it warm. I've find the best way to reheat it is to put the oven at 450 F. And put the chicken in a roaster with a piece of foil over it for 20 minutes or so. I like crispy breading. But I like the underlying fat to be slightly moist-so the breading is still very slightly moist and not totally dry like toast. Gman

Spoiler Alert:: I've seen Jonathan Goff and others sing "You'll Be Back" on YouTube before, and it's always been performed in a more comical vein. In the performance caught on film, you can tell there is a real undercurrent of anger. He even spits-or more accurately- drools at one point. I'm not clear it it was for the part showing fury, incipient madness, (or both at the same time) or just one of those things. I also came across a YouTube video from when Hamilton first opened on the West End. The video was of an American show wanting to know the British public's reaction to the musical. The interviewer-also an American- said that in the UK production the King George character was made more acceptable by being portrayed comically. The hosts in the USA didn't agree that George wasn't a comic part in the Broadway production. But again, I see real anger in Jonathan Goff's portrayal during the song. On the other hand maybe Jonathan's drooling was just a mischance or due to enunciation. Whenever I see an actor spit, I'm always reminded of this Friend's Episode with Gary Oldman. Gman

I was extremely remiss in not wishing everyone a Happy National Fried Chicken Day yesterday. Unfortunately the holiday got away from me. I wasn't even able to have my traditional holiday meal (fried chicken, green beans, and mashed potatoes) until today. I bought the chicken from a local place as I've never stove fried chicken before (I've done oven fried in the long distance past). Stove frying seems like a lot of work and mess for one person. After I arrived home I kept the chicken warm in the oven while I was heating up the green beans. The following conundrum occurred to me. Some people like eating leftover cold fried chicken from the refrigerator. But if you want to reheat the leftover fried chicken, the USDA says make sure it reaches a temperature of 165 F. So the chicken is apparently safe to eat right out of the refrigerator for a few days. But if we want it warm, that same chicken that we just took out of the refrigerator and would have been fine to eat cold, has to reach 165 F???? Gman

Do they still have those? Weren't they sponsored by Rentboy? Gman

Perish the thought!! Gman

Perish the thought!! Gman

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Seen on friend's Facebook Feed. Gman

Do you have a link? Gman