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The problem with trying to answer whether "going to college is worth it" is that you will never really know until long after you have made the choice. It turned out to be worth it, for me, when I made the choice in the middle of the last century. Who knows whether it will be worth it for a particular individual trying to decide today? So much about the world can change within a lifetime, not to mention the changes within the individual. The important things to consider are what you know about yourself and your goals,  and what you know about the choices that are available to you.

Wow! I guess the days when I could get an in-call at a call-boy agency in Manhattan for $60 are gone for good.

He also appears today in our "Lumbersexual" thread.

3 hours ago, JourneysEnd said:

Dubrovnik was like a Game of Thrones theme park the only time I visited. Kotor is a much more interesting walled city. And if you can sail into it or out of it, that's incredible.

Salzburg is ok. I tend to think of it as a work city cos I've only ever been for conferences.

Graz is nice, as is Bern, Belgrade, Tallinn, Helsinki, Krakow, Munich etc but I don't think they're as interesting for a flying visit as the others I listed.

Although I've been to all of those places, I suppose I'm partial to Graz because I spent a summer there.

9 hours ago, JourneysEnd said:

I'm in England but love to travel around Europe, particularly Eastern Europe.

Bucharest is a fantastic city- interesting architecture in a number of styles, the biggest spa in Europe (Therme), great day trips (Carpathian Mountains, Bran Castle, Peles Castle), friendly people, much cheaper than the bigger/Western European cities. I've not been since the war in Ukraine so I don't know how much that has affected things. Timisoara, another city in Romania, is just beautiful.

Glasgow is a fun city, a bit rough around the edges, and for my money more interesting than Edinburgh. Not that Edinburgh is a bad city, just a bit more sedate. If you're looking at Scotland though, you need to see the scenery- the Isles, Glencoe etc. I love Loch Leven and there's a lovely little hotel by the waterside and an incredible seafood cafe very close.

Vienna is a fantastic choice. Loads to see and do. It's very close to Bratislava, a city I adore. Easy journey by train and even nicer is the catamaran trip along the Danube.

There's lots of interesting cities in Eastern Europe to consider,: Ljubljana, Riga, Vilnius, Kaunas, before you get to the heavy hitters of Prague and Budapest.

Reykjavik is incredible but quite pricey. Blue Lagoon is closed just now but the Sky Lagoon is just as good.

Athens if you've not been before.

Istanbul is amazing.

My favourite is Malta. It has it all- architecture, food, scenery, beaches, friendly people and English is one of their official languages if that's a concern. There's a friendly gay scene in Valetta although it's small as you'd expect.

Enjoy your trip.

You hit a lot of the places I love in southeastern Europe, but you left out Dubrovnik, always a tourist favorite, and Salzburg and Graz, which are worthwhile if one spends much time in Austria.

5 hours ago, Italiano said:

Quite interesting quote in the article:

"It is an extraordinary footnote that Ms. Price was able to buy her Greenwich Village townhome in 1961, well before the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The Fair Housing Act prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex."

Of course, that didn't mean that before the Fair Housing Act it was impossible to sell a house to someone based on their race, etc. The former owner may very well have been pleased to sell the house to a young Black singer who was already in the news as a rising star on the international stage--he may even have been an opera fan. The FHA was passed primarily because of financial institutions that used different criteria for approving loans to certain kinds of buyers, sellers who refused offers based on their own prejudices, and housing associations that had covenants restricting who could buy in. I imagine that in 1961 it wouldn't have been that difficult in Manhattan for someone of Ms. Price's reputation to buy almost anything she could afford.

16 hours ago, ketut said:

Kearny is in Hudson county and the OP stated he has a car. The recommended are both good options speaking from personal experience.  

The OP stated that he would be in Oradell on Monday, so I took it for granted that he would have a car, but it sounded like he wanted a local option there that day, and people unfamiliar with the area might not know that North Bergen isn't in Bergen County (in fact, it's south of Bergen County). The recommendations for providers in North Bergen probably are his best options, but they are 35-45 minutes drive from Oradell even for someone who knows the best routes.  He didn't indicate any reason for mentioning Kearny in the title.

I kind of doubt you will find much in north-central Bergen County (Paramus-Oradell). The two mentioned above are actually in North Bergen (which, of course, is in Hudson County). The mayor of Paramus is a very old friend of mine, but I don't think she could help me with info on this topic.)

I have the same experience with Firefox and Google on my PC.

Considering that improvements in nutrition have led to increased average body size in areas of the world where males were traditionally malnourished, it should not be surprising that the size of their penises has increased somewhat proportionally for the whole population. However, I think we all are aware from experience that it is hard to predict most individuals' cock sizes based just on their body size, nor predict their body size just from the cock protruding through the glory hole.

4 hours ago, azdr0710 said:

don't tell me, one rainy evening in Philadelphia back in the early 1970s.............😈

actually one sunny afternoon in Greenwich Village back in the mid 1960s.........😈

Today is John Kander's 97th birthday. (Are you wondering why I mention that in this thread?😉)

I forgot to mention Ozzie Nelson (no, I didn't sleep with him--he was my father's age.). He grew up around the corner from me, next door to my uncle, and we graduated from the same small town high school.

"Homesteading" or "The Homestud Act" were my own ideas.

18 minutes ago, 56harrisond said:

How about if the bottom is getting DP'ed and both tops cum and keep going?

"Double trouble"?

12 hours ago, Danny-Darko said:

Did he get the nipple rings when he was drunk?

12 hours ago, Danny-Darko said:

I.P.F.T. 🤪

How many beers does it take to get him to remove his jeans?

9 hours ago, mike carey said:

Not a very good good likeness of Edith Piaf.

When I was young, every gay bar in NYC had "Non, je ne regrette rien" on the jukebox.

"Homesteading"?

1 hour ago, marylander1940 said:

I used to enjoy that program.

1 hour ago, jojolaca said:

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Never hired him but met him.  Super nice guy. 

Talk about a "blast from the past"--I had no idea he was still active.

11 minutes ago, Walt said:

How much kissing do you do at the opera?  😉

I assume you would only discreetly hold hands.

Strange inconsistencies: e.g., text says 8 years massage experience, but stats say ten years; claims to have lived in Philadelphia since college (which looks like it was many years ago!), but none of the quoted testimonials are from guys in Philly--in testimonials, those from other cities usually say "in-studio" (the ones that say "mobile" are from smaller places). Says "gay friendly," but no indication what that might mean.

11 hours ago, Anthony said:

 LONG ISLAND SUCKS! There's nothing out here. No hot guys that are looking to be hired and no gay scene. It's a terrible place. 

But there is a ferry from there to Fire Island.

Sounds suspiciously experienced for a 23 year old straight guy. He mentions things I hadn't even thought of when I was a 23 year old experienced gay gay.