CuriousByNature

I see where you're coming from, but I have to disagree with the conclusion you have made. I live in small town Canada where all salaries tend to be lower than in many big cities - whether you are an office worker, gardener, or lawyer. If I moved to London, UK I could make several times more per year than I do now. If that were my situation, I would not settle for what I was making in small town Canada when everyone else in the same career was making much more. And I would say the reverse should be true as well. If I decided to move from London to small town Canada, I would not be expecting to still receive my big city salary.

Wayyyyyy taller than that. He is several times taller than the overpass in photo #11. 😂

I noticed in a post earlier this year that someone on the board mentioned having known their great-grandparents and great-great grandparents - so five generations alive at one time. I think it may have been @Tygerscent if I am not mistaken. I was reading not too long ago about some families having six and even seven generations living at once, and I'm wondering if anyone else here has known their great-grandparents or beyond? I came close to having a living great-grandparent - my mother's mother's father passed away about a year before I was born. That is the closest I came. But some friends of mine still had a great-grandparent alive when they were in their early 20s, and if they would have had kids at that point, they would have had a 5-generation family. How many generations have been alive at one time in your family?

Given the frigid, dry Arctic air that regularly envelops Edmonton, I would have thought he is 53 not 63. Lol.

Our lotteries in Canada seem to be capped at $70 million, and anything above that becomes extra $1 million draws. And no taxes on lottery winnings, so you get the whole amount. No decrease for a lump sum either, except on some of the scratch tickets. Nobody needs $2 billion dollars ($2.7 billion CAD), but I expect I would buy some tickets if it wasn't a 5 hour drive to the US border!

Was that comment necessary? Geesh.

My grandparents' generation used to have as much fun playing little pranks on neighbours as they did going trick-or-treating, and my parents' generation went door to door happy to receive any treat, whether that was a homemade cookie, some nuts, or maybe a bit of candy or a penny. My generation was all about collecting the candy and then watching scary movies after getting home, and today's generation is apparently fine with critiquing the treats being offered. Maybe tomorrow's generation will expect us to go door to door handing out candy to them.... 🙄

He shows one of those assets in his private gallery. A really beautiful.......... massage table.

No expert here by any stretch, but I imagine it is very much a spectrum. Where on the continuum that straight becomes bi and where bi becomes gay (and vice-versa) is likely different for each individual. Sex acts are just that - acts. Whether a person takes part in the act does not necessarily represent where they are on the spectrum. Instead, it probably depends on whether the individual desires that act, or derives pleasure from it, that more accurately reflects their orientation at that given time.

No there seems to be an issue with the link. But you can do a search on the RM site for the name, and that seems to work.

Please don't take people's comments here too seriously - though comments can sometimes come across as too judgemental. As someone with very little hair, I'm quite jealous of yours! All the best

Two days after after it was wrongly reported that Lewis had died, the news is now reporting that Jerry Lee Lewis passed away this morning. Strangely, two days ago his representative said he was 'alive and well' when he debunked the earlier reports of his death.

I thought you wrote 'Abalone'... LOL. Delicious when braised with oyster sauce, but super expensive... hahaha

Yes, I still wear one when I go to most indoor locations. Not so much for myself, but because there are others who are more susceptible to catching a bad case of covid compared to me.

So more of a light snow than a blizzard?

I'm assuming his name is Danniel Lee - so not odd other than how he spells his first name, perhaps?

Time to get my eyes checked - I thought MuscledMadison was standing in front of a stackable washer/dryer.

There is something fishy though, and I wonder if there are some errors in his record. If you scroll all the way down his record you will see that his first offence was 'evasion'. And it took place when he was minus-11 years old, in 1969!

Interestingly, I think the example you have provided could be objectively seen as an assault - albeit one that may not cause continuing trauma for most people. The inner thigh could be considered an erogenous zone, and the question becomes why an individual would be moving their hand to that area. Given the power differential between the two, it is possible that a court would make a finding that an assault took place. More of the context might be needed for that finding to be made - and this is on the balance of probabilities rather than the criminal standard of 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. The ongoing effects of experiencing an incident like this would depend on the individual's own history - it could be quite traumatic if that person had been sexually abused in the past, for instance. And the degree of trauma would need to be determined subjectively, since it affects each person so differently.

Would you be referring to John Saints?

What I'm writing here is not about the Spacey situation per se, but instead, is more of a general observaton. I think one of the biggest changes over the past number of years is that society no longer distinguishes as precisely between subjective and objective assessments of allegations. A person may subjectively feel that they experienced abuse, and be badly traumatized by it. But from an objective point of view the incident in question may not actually amount to abuse. A person's subjective assertion of abuse may be because they had been objectively abused by someone else in the past, or for any number of other reasons. I know someone who once accused a coach of sexual abuse because his arm brushed against hers as they put gym equipment away with a number of other students. That was the complete extent of the interaction. There was no prior history or context that would suggest a sexual component. On an objective level, a reasonable person would not see this as a sexual act given this context. Nevertheless she missed a month of school because she was certain that the coach was signalling his desire for sex with her by the accidental brush between their arms. Her trauma was very real, but objectively, no act of abuse occurred. Her allegations ultimately had no objective foundation and there were no repurcussions for the coach. But that was almost 3 decades ago and long before social media. Had this happened today it is possible the coach's career could have been ruined because there now tends to be a lack of objectivity in thinking, at least outside of the Courts. Every allegation of abuse must be taken seriously and be investigated properly. But it does not help anyone if a subjective assessment based on a person's feelings becomes the benchmark, or if it represents the extent of society's willingness and ability to think critically. It is far too low a bar to set, especially for matters with potentially significant and life-altering consequences.

So. Hot.

Nice find! I have been many times to the British Museum but have never tried the restaurant. 30 pounds for tea, with all those treats, is a great deal. Maybe not something for every day, but I would be tempted to visit multiple times during my next trip if the food tastes as good as it looks.

So many great British shows.

Was this the scene where they sat down in a field to contemplate where they'd go for their next drink? All kidding aside - a very well-acted movie, and I still think O'Connor was the perfect choice to play the young Prince Charles in The Crown. He did a great job in that too.