Charlie

I am amazed that I didn't know anyone in the "famous birthdays" or "famous deaths."

Zero for me.

This talk about him being a "professional" doesn't sound relevant to me. For most of the guys who advertise as available for paid sex, it is not as though they are trained or licensed for sexual activity; if they were, they would be using their own names and proud of their credentials.. In fact, there are many advertisers who are doing this only occasionally as a sidelight, not as their "profession." The guy whom the poster is hot for might very well be uncomfortable and embarrassed to be recognized by someone he knows, and that would almost certainly affect his performance.

No, but I did discover that someone I worked with years ago in another city was a regular client.

So many of these guys favor destinations with phallic symbols in the back: towers, skyscrapers, trees, pointed peaks, etc.

2021? How do they know they didn't die of COVID instead?🤔

I can't claim any intimate knowledge of the Tampa area, but I have old friends, a gay couple, who have lived for many years in Palm Harbor and have been very happy there. Another old female friend, who is very gay-friendly (she took care of her gay brother when he was dying of AIDS, and later took care of his boyfriend when he was dying), has lived in Brandon for twenty years and is very comfortable there.

I think you are correct. RIP.

I sense an interesting storyline here (there are obviously two nude guys riding bikes).

Interesting to know. I love both pickles and sauerkraut, but always ate them in moderation because I thought they were a cause of my stomach problems.

"Need a helping hand?"

Now that's vintage. (I don't remember the moniker of the "boy" sitting and watching, but he is probably bald and/or gray by now.)

BTW, although I had sex partners until I was in my 70s, when all of them were younger than I was, no one ever called me "Daddy"--at least, not to my face.

When I was young and gay, to me a "daddy" simply meant someone who was at least thirty years old than I was and bigger than I was, and who expected to be in charge of whatever we did together. That was okay with me in an initial sexual experience, but I didn't want an ongoing relationship with that dynamic.

This topic made me realize that I have no idea what any of my relations' genitals looked like.

I am wondering how you would find out that an escort has been in prison--it is unlikely that it would be in his ad. To me, the relevant info would be the source of information and how reliable it is. Then the question would be what he was imprisoned for.

The only thing I have considered about the buyers when I was selling a house--other than how much money they were offering--was how my neighbors would react to having the new owner as a neighbor. I was usually very friendly with my nextdoor neighbors wherever I lived, and I didn't want them to be upset about the identity of their new neighbor. That said, I have often known next to nothing about the potential buyers until after the deal was done. However, when I sold one of the houses, I did reveal to the realtor that the house on one side of ours was being used as a halfway residence for recovering alcoholics, because I didn't want a potential buyer to get any nasty surprises. Nevertheless, our house sold quickly to the first buyers who looked at it, who said that the residents nextdoor couldn't be any worse than the neighbors they already had in San Francisco.

Don't tell me you are thinking of selling your house!

In this ad he calls himself "Nate" rather than Nick.

Waisted!

Yes, I think that was an over-reaction to the "So, are you retired?" question. I showed up as a new face in Palm Springs at 61, and many people--not just escorts--asked me that question, because it was natural and not a comment on my looks. In fact, I wouldn't have moved to PS if I hadn't just retired. The poster had probably said other things during the meeting which might have led the provider to ask the question just to make small talk.

Odd--facially they look like twins. Could there be some kind of photoshopping here?

It depends to some extent on why you are having sexual activity. If you think of yourself strictly as a consumer, then it shouldn't matter how old you are. If you are concerned with whether the attraction is mutual, then it gets more complicated. I stopped hiring at 68 because I could no longer convince myself that the provider was as turned on by sex with me as I was by him, and I realized that was psychologically important to me. I was actually in pretty good shape for my age (I had worked out at the gym regularly since I was 21, and I was still actively athletic (tennis several days per week), but I couldn't get past what I saw in the mirror when I woke up in the morning (Would I have been turned on by me? NO!). Age is just a number, but what you look like is real. For most of my hiring days I had been attracted to providers my own age, but that was no longer true, and I couldn't deny it. Don't stop hiring just because of the date on the calendar, but because of the kind of satisfaction you are hoping to get out of hiring.

Funny, I thought all those were characteristics of the elderly.

I have had an Amex card for decades, but I used to think that there weren't many places where I could use my Amex card, and used it only when paying large travel expenses, like a plane ticket. However, lately I've found that it is accepted for lots of things with no questions asked: groceries, a dental implant, auto repairs, cremating my spouse, etc. It has become my go-to card for almost any charge over $100. But like anything else I buy with a credit card, I pay it off in full every month.