Charlie

They look like they could be brothers.

A tool-belt, of course.

You are correct--it is every Thursday night.

When I retired at 61, my partner (already retired then for 6 years)and I felt that the first thing we had to decide was where we wanted to live. My partner had spent his first years of retirement constantly traveling. Living where you already are is fine if you can foresee a happy future there, but we wanted to experience a complete change of scene (and climate) in a new home, so when I retired we immediately moved across the country to Palm Springs while we were still young and healthy enough to easily make new friends and establish a new network of support services --doctors, travel agents, social organizations, banks, tax accountants, auto services, gyms, etc. Since I was going to continue working online part-time to one of my employers, I had to make sure I had the right set-up to do that Once settled in, we then had to figure out how we wanted to spend our new leisure time. My partner tried volunteering at a local museum, but it turned out not to be a good fit, so he found the Stroke Recovery Center only a block from our home, and settled in as a volunteer working with people who had suffered strokes and were participating in reading groups, something unlike anything he had ever thought of doing before, and he did that a couple of days per week for eleven years. I volunteered at the local "Adult School," working with people who had never graduated from high school and were studying to finally get their diplomas. That led me unexpectedly to a new hobby: the teacher mentioned one day that the tennis club down the street was offering reduced rate new memberships because it was the end of the tourist season, and he suggested that I join him there. I had never played tennis, but I went with him, found an instructor there, and ended up as a fanatic, playing several days a week. So the best thing about retirement was finding a new activity that was totally unforeseen. The secret to retiring happily is careful planning how you want to live as a retiree, but also remaining open to the possibility of becoming involved in activities that you had never contemplated.

For visitors who wonder what the "Cillage Fest is, that is a typo. It is the "Village Fest," and it takes place every Wednesday evening downtown.

I was never under it. I made the comment the same day you posted your initial post containing his Rentmasseur ad, because when I opened the ad, I searched through it to find any information about him being in Palm Springs, but I saw nothing. Now the ad says that his home is in Palm Springs, and even the "map me" function shows that, but nothing like that was in the original version of the ad that you posted on March 19. (BTW, the "Map me" doesn't show his actual location, only the default location in Palm Springs shown for those advertisers who don't specify where they are in Palm Springs. I always open the "Map me" to see whether the advertiser is in my neighborhood.)

The photos look like someone younger than 41; I wonder how dated they are. He is also way out in King of Prussia, not in Philadelphia proper.

The ad has changed. The first time I looked at it, as shown in your first post in this thread, it said "Gay Masseur Fittwink in Phoenix, AZ." Only now does he claim that his home is Palm Springs.

That is exactly the same car that my parents gave me when I graduated from college, and just like my current dog; unfortunately, it doesn't look like me.

I am presently reading Albion's Seed, by David Hackett Fischer, a study of how the cultures of four different parts of the United States were permanently affected by the origins of the English colonists who settled there during the colonial period in American history. For example, the settlers who came to New England came mostly from East Anglia, while the settlers who came to Virginia came mostly from western and southern England, and each group left very different influences on the religious and political cultures of the two areas--even on their linguistic features--which persist to the present. It is a fascinating subject to me, but it is so meticulously documented that the text runs to almost a thousand pages, with innumerable footnotes, bibliographies, etc., often in tiny print, so the bulky paperback version is hard to handle..

Hoover didn't cause the Great Depression, but the tariffs did nothing to help deal with it in the way he thought they would.

My body looks like that of a man my age, but there is nothing wrong with that, so I don't try to hide it. That doesn't mean that I think it is likely to be considered attractive, except by some pervert who lusts after old men. (Are there any out there? If you know one, let me know.)

Herbert Hoover imposed tariffs at the beginning of the Great Depression. We know how that turned out.

I have never even thought of wearing a t-shirt when I go into water. It makes it look you are trying to hide something unpleasant.

Ummm...how often do you manage to get that kink satisfied?

I believe the usual quote attributed to Yogi Berra is, "It ain't over till it's over."

How could you doubt that is a photo of a portrait of me?

No, I don't care, but the pundits are salivating over this possibility. I think it is more interesting that Mensik is young enough to be Novak's son.

I think it must have been confusing for the kids when they had to explain their family structure to friends, especially after their mother remarried: they had a mother, a father, and two stepfathers, all at the same time, and sometimes all together in the same place on a holiday.

I have never discussed with my brother-in-law's husband his sexual interests and activities when he was married to a woman. I do know that after his marriage ended, he did sleep with other men before he married my brother-in-law, so he may have simply been a closeted gay man when he was married and fathered his two children. He and his ex-wife maintained a good relationship after they divorced, and my brother-in-law helped to raise his children.

One of my late husband's brothers is happily married to a formerly bi-man with grown children and grandchildren. We are one big family.

How could "Boyfriend Experience" not include kissing?

The front page of today's Los Angeles Times has an article about violent attacks on Tesla dealerships all over the country, as well as on Tesla charging stations and even individual cars. That certainly will discourage many people from buying the vehicles, and drive down the value of the stock.

Everything about the site was different when I checked in yesterday in mid-morning. The opening page had a huge image of my ID photo and the print was small and blue against a blue-gray background, very hard to read.

Jimmy Carter left the Georgia statehouse fifty years ago. He looks pretty good for a 90 year old.