CuriousByNature

And Mismaloya is absolutely beautiful.

I don't recall ever reading that Buddy Rogers was gay. And I think it was Pia Zadora who purchased Pickfair and then destroyed it. Some might say she did to Pickfair what she also did to some of the shows she was cast in....

I think I read somewhere that without the fresco the price would be less than half of what it is. That's a mighty expensive ceiling. If I were her I would auction the place off with a starting price of $100M just to get rid of it and not have to watch it crumble away. Even if it 'only' achieved $100M, that is still many times more that what anyone realistically needs for a luxurious retirement IMHO.

hmmmmmm.... just be careful

I'm warming up to it too, and looking forward now to each new episode. The acting is not on par with Downton, which seemed so natural and flowing. Baranski is growing on me as well.

Enjoy! Have a fun and safe time

I'm surprised - in the absence of me having any experience in these things I would not have expected any difference in failure rates. Is the activity that much different?

So you're suggesting they may not be Japanese?

Just wondering what you mean by "a different kind of performance"? Thanks!

I have not done this myself, but I think you can purchase a SIM card at your destination and use that for local calls. I'm not all that technologically savvy, so others can probably advise better...

It's going to eat all your porridge before he leaves?

In reading this I would say that you are not the one with the problem. If your approach to initiating a conversation has never ended like this before, I think it is safe to say that your approach does not require a change. You will probably never know what triggered this individual, and I would not waste time wondering if your words contributed in any way to his response. The same for those people who get blocked for looking at a profile or for requesting that photos be unlocked - sometimes things just don't make any logical sense.

Suprisingly not, actually. In the mid-1920s she married some European aristocrat and he took over the management of her career. Big mistake. He persuaded her to leave MGM and that angered Louis B. Mayer, who essentially caused her to be blacklisted in Hollywood. Had that not happened it is likely her career could have continued for several more decades.

But no photos of his Fertile Crescent 😉

That's Canadian dollars - still high but not as bad as it could be.

Not necessarily - he is their son, and while I can't imagine paying for the defence of a child who shot me, perhaps the parental protection instinct outweighs what he did, in their minds. Or maybe there is more to this story that has not been made known yet - perhaps the context is different from what has been reported. Not that violence is an answer, but there could be mitigating issues we haven't been told.

Well said - it surprises and saddens me that you would even need to explain that.

Such an amazing recovery for his parents... great to see that.

A couple of hours outside Toronto it's $1.63 per litre ($6.15 per gallon) right now, which is bad enough, but I was reading the gas hit $1.79 per litre in the Vancouver area where I used to live ($6.75 per gallon)...

"Still sleeping alone"

Hopefully it will encourage others too.

I'm really glad you aren't spiraling. To answer your last question, I've never really been approached by anyone - unless it was in an obviously joking kind of way.

You are not out of everyone's league - don't even suggest that. The concept of a leaugue is completely subjective and how a person ranks varies from age to age and generation to generation. What you consider a 5, I may consider an 8. You know that, though - I'm stating the obvious perhaps. Maybe take a step back and concentrate on the qualities you value, and then get involved in groups or situations where those qualities abound. You sound like things may be spiraling, and that concerns me.

I think the vast majority of people on this forum would hope that you know you are not alone in feeling how you're feeling. Of course none of us can know exactly what another is going through, but please know I wish you strength and hope, for what that is worth. Perhaps an opportunity will arise where someone will show you that you have value to them separate from what you can afford to pay. It seems you might be in a real emotional rut, and that can be hard to escape from without support. Is there a doctor or therapist you would be willing to speak to? It might help a lot. Take care

Bumping this to see if anyone knows how Anthony is doing? I never met him but he seemed very kind in messages and the posts he made on this board. Hoping he is well, and happy doing whatever he is doing these days.