Charlie

Probably father and son: look at the noses, eyes and mouths.

That is a strange tan pattern.

I thought reviews were not allowed for meetings that never actually took place (?)

A GM car with right-hand drive?

The only time I eat fast food is when I'm traveling by car and need to find a place to stop for lunch. Then my first choice is always Subway.

We have been having similar controversy about plans to open and In-n-Out Burger in the neighboring town of Rancho Mirage.

Lawrence and Trask both got whipped in their bowl games.

Is that a woman in the upper left?

You may be right. I was sitting between Ben and TomCal at dinner, which would have been a violation of proper client etiquette at a Hooboy social event, like cutting in on a dating couple who are dancing.

No, I probably have posted more often now that I am old and have nothing else to do.

Even if I call a restaurant (when they re-open) and ask to reserve a table for Prince Charlie?

It is available for take-out.

Now there is an interesting combo. Both of them came to some of the early weekends.

Did you dissuade him from a career in escorting? My notes say he was a Columbia grad with a degree in urban economy; we had a very interesting conversation at dinner.

You kept him for yourself?!!

When I went downtown yesterday, it was almost a ghost town. Driving the whole length of Indian Canyon through town on Tuesday morning, I saw only two pedestrians in two miles. The restaurants which are open are only doing take-out.

Well, yes, but when I pulled out the volume for 2005, I couldn't find anything in the index about how you made the invitation. The meeting took place on Saturday, Feb. 12th, and we all congregated at Blue Coyote, where you had made a group reservation for dinner. There were nine other people besides us and our spouses, and Oliver stopped by later to meet all of us (he had a previous dinner engagement). TomCal brought along a cute young Filipino escort named Ben, whom we never saw or heard of again. I met Jackhammer and Bigguyinpasadena for the first time there. After dinner we made a toast to Hooboy, who had brought us all together. Then we went as a group to the Palm Canyon Theater for a performance of Sordid Lives, for which you had bought tickets for everyone. The next afternoon you had a party at your house, at which several more people showed up. Harold even drove all the way from New Mexico to make the party. The weather was cold and wet all weekend, and we decided that future get-togethers should probably be a little later in the season.

Is that like "Dulce de Leche," my favorite Haagen-Dazs ice cream flavor?

I wasn't interested in the rest of him (not my type, as they say), but I could certainly see why you were fascinated by the thighs.

61 kilos is actually 134.482 lbs.

I wonder how long it took to put together than necktie decoration. Oh, sorry--I am easily distracted. Now, if I just cut off the top of the photo and---wow! those are pretty exceptional thighs! The calves could use some work now.

When I was a student in Austria a number of years ago, I was surprised that my teachers would sometimes exclaim, "Scheisse!" ("shit" in German). They were surprised when I told them that an American teacher would never use that term in front of students.

You could also post a thread in the Lounge asking if there are other members who are interested in meeting in your area, and ask them to either post an answer or contact you privately through the "conversation" mode (the little blue envelope next to your name at the top of this screen). I don't remember exactly how we got the Palm Springs Weekend started sixteen years ago, but I think Lucky posted something in the Lounge inviting members in SoCal to a social get-together.

I know what you mean. My house cleaner is also making her final arrangements to move. She lost a lot of clients in the spring who were self-isolating at home and didn't want anyone else in the house, and all the jobs she regularly took to supplement her income--dog-walking, pet-sitting, driving shuttles for special events, etc.--disappeared when people were working from home and weren't traveling, and all the special events were cancelled. She was using her retirement savings to pay her rent, but then her landlord announced that he was selling the house and she would have to leave. She is 58 and has lived here all her life, and she said she has been cleaning houses since she was 14, but she doesn't see any option but to move to live with her brother's family in rural Utah. So her brother is coming for the New Year's holiday, and on Saturday morning they will start driving a rental truck with all her possessions to Utah, to begin her new life. She said it all feels crazy, but she is trying to have a positive attitude towards all the stressful changes.

At my current posting rate, I will hit 100,000 around 2038, at which time I will have been on the site for almost 40 years.