Charlie

This part of the thread on Presidential libraries started with @Luv2play commenting that Truman was the last President not to enrich himself through his holding of the office. Then he backtracked and said that Carter should be added to that list. I pointed out that Carter made money by writing books after he left office, that sold largely on his fame as a former President. Then you countered that other Presidents also wrote books; however, I tried to stay on topic by responding that the books didn't make them much money. The fact that you studied books that were written by those Presidents, and that you thought Truman was a better President than Carter, may be true, but they don't seem relevant to the question of whether or not a President enriched himself after leaving office. At least you did remove the post in which you brought up the fact that Milton Eisenhower was president of Penn State, which didn't seem relevant to anything. But, of course, this whole topic has gotten sidetracked anyway from the subject of Presidential libraries, which are interesting in themselves.

Yes, Truman did write his own two volume Memoirs, but it was written for a scholarly audience and most reviewers thought it was too long and boring for a popular audience; it never made a best-seller list. When it was eventually re-issued years later, an editor cut out almost half of the original material to make it saleable. The majority of the money-making books were written by others, like Merle Miller and David McCullough, about him and his administration. Eisenhower's only best-selling memoir, Crusade in Europe, was written before he became President. Yes, Milton Eisenhower was president of Penn State for several years--he was also president of Kansas State and Johns Hopkins--but how is that relevant to this topic? The question was about which Presidents used the title to enrich themselves.

I'm sure you read a number of books ABOUT Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson and Ford, but they were not written BY those men in order to make money for themselves. Carter has written several books since leaving the office of President, for which he has been well paid. Many of the books that are advertised as "by Harry Truman," for example, are simply compilations by other authors and editors based on Truman's private papers and letters, and often published after he was dead. Ford often made speeches after leaving office, for which he was well paid, and they were sometimes published, but he wrote very little.

Nadal and Djokovic are on opposite sides of the draw, so they can't play one another unless it's in the final.

Well, I don't think all his books would have sold much if he hadn't been President.

I think the question of choice has a lot to do with whether one exists in a context in which choice is possible. I was aware during puberty that I was sexually attracted to males. I was never sexually attracted to a woman, but I have always had close emotional friendships with women, and I could have chosen to spend my life with a female partner--probably in a non-sexual relationship, because I have never tested my ability to function in a heterosexual relationship. I would have relieved my sexual desires with fantasies and masturbation rather than in actual sex with other men. Social and religious conservatives would probably have found my "lifestyle choice" acceptable. Even in sexually conservative cultures, one can usually have a homosexual orientation as long as you channel it into certain acceptable non-sexual activities. However, I discovered at an early age that my environment allowed me to have sex with the men I was attracted to, as long as I was discreet about my "lifestyle." As my environment became more openly liberal, my "lifestyle" opportunities broadened, and I took advantage of them to exercise more "freedom of choice." I also took advantage of living in a society in which I could safely question and challenge what was considered "normal." I chose to have romantic as well as sexual relationships with other men, and eventually married a man, something that would have been an unthinkable lifestyle choice when I was young.

Mummified and placed in an attractive sarcophagus.

Sorry, I can't tell the make or model.

One of the first escorts I hired ripped off my underpants like that. I said, "What are you doing?!!" He replied, "Oh, I saw there was a tiny tear in the fabric and I thought that meant that was what you wanted." He was either not very experienced, or too experienced.

Well, he WAS President when I was born, but not when I was a teenager. And Eleanor was not buried there then, because she was still alive when I was in college.

Which of his real names?

It was so long ago that I forgot about visiting the FDR library at Hyde Park with a school group when I was a teenager.

I can understand the body tats ,but why would anyone so naturally beautiful disfigure his face with ugly tats?

A wannabe rapper, but definitely cute.

An Italian/Brazilian named "Bryan"?

I don't think you will find any "Vestal virgins" on Rent.men, since they took vows of permanent chastity.

He must have a SunLine bus pass: almost all of his travel can be done by local bus.

I went to college in a small city in farm country, where it turned out that one of the main pick-up places for locals was the men's room in the basement of the school library. I discovered that one evening when I took a break from study to use the men's room, and found myself playing footsie with someone in the next stall. He turned out to be an alumnus about five years older than I was. So I occasionally I went there to try my luck. However, one day I realized that the guy I was playing footsie with was one of my professors! I never went back there.

Correct. And hard to envision being comfortable to use.

The Hoovers are also buried in the garden at his library in West Branch, IA. Interestingly, Harry Truman joined Hoover at the dedication of the library and museum.

I used to go to the Presidential museums and libraries, too, but the only one in Ohio was Rutherford Hayes. I enjoyed the Coolidge in VT, Eisenhower in KS, Truman, in MO, Carter in GA, Reagan in CA, Nixon in CA, Hoover in IA, and Johnson in TX.

Certainly looks like a '60 Chevy to me.

You don't suppose he monitors this site, do you? Nah!

Just don't schedule the trip when there might be snow, or rain, or a "bomb cyclone," or a wildfire, or an earthquake.....

One time I was getting bored with the same old play, so I called an escort agency and explained I wanted a young guy who wouldn't freak out if I fucked him while I was wearing a business suit/shirt and tie/shoes, etc. We made an appointment for me to meet him at the agency office, where the act took place in a side room. Well, he did freak out when he stripped naked, turned around and found me still fully dressed. I only pulled out my cock, pushed him onto a couch, and fucked him. He looked really nervous when I finished, and he fled the room with his clothes in his arms. When I asked the manager what was going on, he admitted that he had forgotten to tell the guy what was supposed to happen.