Charlie

I was a member here on 9/11/2001. Where else than the Lounge could one post about it that day? One needs a forum to post about subjects that don't fit in any of the other designated fora, even if there are not many posts made there.

A friend of mine acquired a live-in boyfriend through Silverdaddies a number of years ago. It lasted a couple of months, before the BF left, and took a number of possessions with him.

Almost everyone who came to the first Weekend was "local," i.e., a California resident. We didn't imagine that anyone would be interested in coming all the way from Canada just for conversation😊

When Lucky and I planned the first PS Weekend in 2005, we envisioned a social gathering of members of the old Hooboy site, including a group dinner at a restaurant and attendance at a performance at a local legitimate theater, for some high-toned intellectual conversation. The first gathering drew nine members and our spouses, plus one escort who was brought as a guest by one of the members. That model didn't last long, after Oliver came along and said, "Let's have a pool party! I'll provide the pool and the food." And thus a legendary event was born.

How many studs does it take to add a can of oil? Answer, one, and five cute buddies to give advice.

Oh, no! I just got two texts telling me my Amazon account has been locked, because of suspicious activity on it! What shall I do? Should I clink on the link that will take me to a helpful customer service rep?

If you use the "map me" function, he appears to be located next to the county prison.

I get those calls regularly, informing me that X amount has been charged to my Amazon account, and to press 1 if it is correct or 2 if it is not. I just hang up. I am probably the only person with a telephone who doesn't have an Amazon account.

As I remember, he was suspended for awhile as a result of a kerfuffle in which it was discovered that he had also been posting here at the same time under a second handle, with which he was making nasty comments about other escorts. He returned for a little bit, but didn't have much to say. Then a rumor spread that he had married a client and retired from the business. It certainly has been a few years since he has posted anything (as far as we know).

Isn't there any humanpox virus that animals can catch?

Strange that he doesn't list "therapeutic" OR "erotic" massage, only "sensual."

29 year old "Daddy?"

The simple fact is that whether you are gay or straight, male or female, after a certain age, most younger people are not normally sexually attracted to you. Whether the cause is psychological, physiological or cultural, that is just the way it is. When you hit that certain age differs from one individual to another, based on weight, physical fitness, skin tone, hair (color or lack of hair), grooming, and your personality, which can project "old" at 50 as well as 90. So you might as well make yourself "comfortable in your [wrinkled. mottled] skin." God created escorts for older people with money.

Also to state the obvious, Roger is Swiss, but he won the same number of U. S. Opens as Serena did. If he was going to retire and play only a single important tournament at the end of the year, the U. S. Open was as logical a place to make his farewell appearance as it was for her. It was originally expected that he would make his return from his long injury time-out there, but after she made her retirement announcement, he wisely did not do so. Venus probably could have retired then, too, but I expect that she will stagger on and make her farewell next year at Wimbledon, the only place she won as many titles as Serena.

I expect that Federer made his announcement that he will play his last time at the Laver Cup and then retire is mostly to promote the Laver Cup tournament, which he was instrumental in creating, but it has never really been considered important without his influence, and I wonder how long it will continue without him. If he had decided to play his final time at the US Open, along with Serena, it would have been even more of a celebrity circus than it was, but it would have divided the spotlight too much. It will be interesting to see what kind of competitive condition he is actually in.

When I was very young (teens and early 20s), I was usually attracted to older men (up to about 50). I started hiring when I was in my mid-30s, and generally preferred escorts around my own age. By the time I was 60, escorts my own age were pretty hard to find, and I haven't noticed anyone near my age now (and I probably wouldn't want them if they were available--I'm gay, not a gerontophile). If I were still hiring, I would probably be most comfortable with a mature escort or masseur, i.e., someone in the 45-60 range. Young guys are attractive to look at and even talk to, but I wouldn't be interested in having sex with them, and I suspect they would feel the same about me, although I hope they would be nice about it.

My heart was with Jabeur and Ruud, but my gut told me it would be Swiatek and Alcaraz. Pretty unusual that each of the finals determined who would be ranked #1 and #2 in the world starting this week.

Albert's grandson, King Baudouin (reigned 1951-1993) was rumored to be gay. Many years ago, I hired an older escort who claimed to have once had a threesome with Baudouin and his boyfriend.

Polly Esther Sheetz

The times they are a-changing. Only one of the eight semi-finalists has ever won a major, and only one of the men has even been in a major final. It is nice to see some new faces there. My predictions, for what they are worth, are Swiatek and Garcia in the women's final, and Alcaraz and Ruud in the men's final. But I'm not willing to bet any money on them.

We are dragging our asses through the longest and most extreme heat wave that I can remember here in Palm Springs. The heat index at my backyard was 120 yesterday afternoon, and it doesn't get down below the low 90s at night. I keep my a/c set at 80 degrees, and only leave my house to do necessary chores. Even the dog stops when he gets out the door, and has to be coaxed to go any further. Now we're told that this weekend it will be hot and stormy instead of hot and dry.

The shortest commercial flight I ever took was Boston to Provincetown, which is 116 miles by car, but only 45 miles by air.

Berretini vs. Ruud: what a Sophie's choice!

I hate to tell you, but Rhett Butler wasn't a real person.😉

I don't think that an escort would be likely to use some of the names that have appeared here as posters, like WSC, Oliver Saks, or Adam Smith, since they don't connote sexual arousal (well, perhaps "Marquis de Sade" would work).