Charlie

My first time at the baths was not such an emotional experience, because I had already been out for years. At Xmas vacation in 1966, I was visiting my best friend, who lived in Manhattan. He said, "I visited the Everard Baths the other day, and you must try it." So I went with him, and stayed the full 8 hour limit. From then on I was hooked. A few years later, my partner and I were living in NYC, when his boss announced that that they were moving their office to new quarters on 28th St. When he got there, my partner discovered that they were directly across the street from the Everards. For a couple of years he could see whoever went in and out during the day.

I like people to think I am older than I am, which is why I wear this grey wig.

I wonder how good his memory is. Premier used to post pictures of all their escorts, and I don't remember anyone like him. Their fee was also higher than $120 in 2000.

Most of the gay hotels where you would be most comfortable entertaining clients are in PS itself, not in towns downvalley, so that is where a client would probably be most comfortable traveling to meet you. There are also more options in downtown PS for places to meet a client before going to a hotel, or to go out with him for dinner or a drink afterwards.

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I work online. If I try to log in early, I am told I can't start working until exactly 8:30:00, and I am automatically logged off at 5:00:00, no matter what I am doing.

Many people don't go to college, or don't go to the kind of college where they socialize with their classmates. I know people from my high school days whose friend circles are the same ones they had in high school. In my experience, many people develop their friend circle through their workplace, especially if they work fulltime at the same place for any length of time. People who live in the same place for a long time often find their friends among their neighbors, if they live in a stable neighborhood. In my day, gay men often found their friend circle among the other gay men that they met in gay meeting places. Others find their friends among people with a similar interest or hobby, like politics or sports or religion. All of these circles are fragile for someone who moves often, or stays in one place while the friends move away. For the elderly, any circle tends to be destabilized by illness and death. As people become isolated, they have to work harder at making new friends, and often have to go outside their usual ways of finding compatible potential friends. Artificial communities, like senior residences, are there because there is a social need for them.

What keeps standing out to me in your posts is your social isolation, which goes hand in hand with your physical inaction. Is there a senior center near you that you could attend? Do you have interests or hobbies that would get you out of the house to mingle with others? This is a great site for communicating with a variety of people, but it is not a substitute for interacting with flesh and blood human beings. Even a sedentary activity like playing cards or Bingo with other people would be good for you. The aid of responsible professionals is necessary for most of us, but you need the social support of friends as well, and not just "Internet friends." You sound like an interesting person, but a rather shy and passive personality. You may need to exert yourself more than is normally comfortable for you, even possibly volunteer in some capacity that doesn't require much physical activity. The best thing that my partner did when he stopped working, which had been the source of most of his friendships, was to volunteer to lead a reading group for people recovering from a stroke that affected their language skills. People don't have to be professionals, nor hale and hearty, to help one another.

What strikes me about your posts is your social isolation, which exacerbates your physical inaction, and vice versa. Is there any kind of senior center you can get to in order to meet and interact with others? This site is good for communicating with a variety of people, but it really can't take the place of meeting other flesh and blood human beings. Do you have any interests or hobbies that would enable you to mingle with others? Even something as sedentary as playing cards or Bingo with other people would be good for you.

The only time I go barefoot is in the water. My podiatrist told me to wear shoes all the time in the house, but I do that anyway, because my feet are more comfortable in shoes.

"Amazing!" as a reaction to anything the speaker happens to like (e.g., "That lamp is amazing!").

Shoes off first, then socks.

Aha! The "British" version substitutes "rebels" for "bloody British," to obscure who the opposing forces were for the non-American audience.

Although I remember hearing this song when I was younger, this is the first time I have ever listened to the words as an historical narrative, and it is strange. There were no "rebels" involved: it was a battle between the armies of two independent nations. Why it is called a "British version" is a mystery, since the singer is obviously an American giving the American perspective.

Always having a phone or something like LifeAlert with you, even in the shower, is wise when you live alone. An acquaintance of mine recently was stuck in her bathtub for almost three days when she was too weak to get out because of a bladder infection. A neighbor finally investigated when he noticed that her newspapers hadn't been taken in. An elderly friend of mine lay on his kitchen floor for 36 hours because he was too weak to get to a phone.

I stayed in Nebraska City once. It is pretty dull the other 364 days in the year.

If you don't actually need nursing care yet, it would be better to look into an assisted living facility, which is much cheaper than a nursing home.

My father swore by Chevy and Pontiac, and owned nothing else in my lifetime. Of course, he has been dead for 40 years, so if he were still in the market, he could no longer buy a Pontiac, and I wonder if he would still buy only a GM car. I have owned 6 Toyotas, 4 Mercedes, 3 Renaults, 1 Volkswagen, 1 Chevy, 1 Pontiac, 1 Ford, 1 Mercury, 1 Plymouth, 1 Honda, 1 Mazda, and 1 car badged as a Toyota Yaris iA, which was designed and engineered by Mazda, has a Mazda engine, is built in a Mazda factory and sold as a Mazda2 in most countries. The latter is typical of cars these days, which are rarely pure products of the company that sells them.

The last Ford sedan I bought was a 1966 model. It was such a lemon that I got rid of it after only three months. The last full-size sedan I bought was a 1995 Mercedes E-class. Sedans have been declining as a percentage of all vehicles sold for years, and the majority of passenger cars sold now are SUVs, crossovers or compacts. American manufacturers have been dealing with the issue for decades by eliminating entire brands: Ford stopped making Mercurys, GM stopped the Saturn, Oldsmobile and Pontiac, and Chrysler eliminated DeSoto, Plymouth, and the short-lived Eagle. The trend seems obvious. When the Camry and Accord reach a critical number, Toyota and Honda will go the same way.

Atlantic City was considered a destination for gays from Philly in the 1960s. There was a large strip of beach in front of one of the major hotels that was known as a gay beach, there were bars and gay guest houses. The last time I went there was in 1965, and I assume things are different now.

The ad on Zillow has no photos of the rooms one would actually live in--bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen. It is hard to recognize as a house.

My great-great-great grandfather was considered a hero in the 18th century, but would probably be considered a black sheep today, because he was put in charge of suppressing a slave rebellion on the sugar plantations in British Guiana, and his methods--as one would expect--were pretty brutal. My grandmother, on the other hand, was considered a black sheep by her family in the late 19th century, because she had an affair with a much older famous man, but today she would probably just be considered a feminist.

Gee, it sure is hard to figure out what turns you on.

OMG! In that photo he looks exactly like one of my early lovers.

Caravaggio's models probably didn't age well either.