kingsley88

From your avatar and screename I thought you might look like Dirk Caber in a bathtub.

I've never flown anyone in but I am curious what m One plus about flying in economy is it's easier to cuddle!!!

Whew! Did his good looks help him get that job during the interview??? hehe j/k Before this pandemic I recall one of my gay coworkers loved helping HR campus recruiting visiting his alma mater and interviewing candidates for summer internships in NYC. At that level all of them have similar resumes (sports/clubs/studies) and it's almost hard to pick one but he admits being goodlooking and articulate helps!

Have you guys done a FaceTime intro or a zoom chat?

I think some people like the power/influence they may have at work and simply don't want to let it go after years of hard work to get there.... it's to the point he/she may have identity issues after retiring.

lol same here. Looking back I really wish I took gymnastics classes back when I was 7 or 8 years old rather than soccer.

Kudos to you! President Joe Biden is 78 years old and has 3.5 more years of work ahead of him so no reason to retire at your age unless there are other factors involved. I have a friend who is in his mid-60s and have no plans to retire in the near future. He makes a great salary and has employees to do all the hard grunt work. Before the pandemic he mainly entertained clients for lunch and dinner and at times even took them to a ballgame or a Broadway show. Sure there is some level of stress but not that much that he wants to give this all up. From his perspective, it took him over 35 years to reach this level in his career and might as well enjoy it especially if it doesn't cause too much stress in his life.

Remember the movie Latter Days? The blond actor in it left LA and is now a farmer too!

Not sure but maybe this guy? https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/joeturk-from-la-as-i-recall.123087/ There is a photo of a guy next to a truck in this expired profile: https://rentmen.eu/JoeTurk

Do booths like this one from Pose still exist in NYC (but for gay guys?)

Back in the day I remember there was this place called The Gaiety here in NYC where male strippers performed but got the $$$ when meeting potential clients afterwards in a lounge area. Back then I guess it was easier to commit to a meeting since it was done in person. Nowadays with text messages it's so much easier to cancel or ghost.

Reminds me of the French film Shiny Shrimps. Hopefully men's synchronized swimming will be an Olympic event in the future. I believe synch swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics only allow women whereas all the other sports have both men and women events.

Yes Pita Taufatofua qualified in taekwondo! https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2020/02/29/pita-taufatofua-shirtless-tongan-earns-spot-tokyo-2020-olympics/4911599002/

The age I'd want to retire is.... tomorrow! lol. Realistically I can probably retire at age 50. What would be ideal for me though is to work for 5-6 months and then travel/explore the world the other 6 months.

I was referring to people who need help in personal finance so someday they can retire comfortably. Both my parents had pensions (each worked at the same company for over 30 years) so they didn't know much about 401k, roth IRA, etc. and their one advice when I graduated college back in the day was to stick to one company and grow/stay there forever. Obviously that's not the norm anymore. For me, I read Suze Orman books and talked to college buddies to see how they plan on retiring. It is through a friend back in 2016 who told me about the FIRE movement and thereafter I've been mostly focusing on reaching FI someday. Nowadays, there are so much FIRE related youtube videos and books available so if anyone interested in accumulating wealth in order to retire, the information is out there. I agree with you though that some government programs for the needy are hard to get.

I think people who accept needing help will find it at the very least on the internet either from reading blogs/articles/books or watching youtube videos on personal finance/retirement/investing.

One of my favorite events to watch is equestrian (eventing cross country and the equestrian portion of modern pentathlon.) So exciting and quite unpredictable!

For the first time, there will be mixed relays events in athletics and swimming in this year’s Olympics. we’ll probably see Phelps’s gold medal record broken at some point in the future.

Hopefully they won't cancel the Olympics. I understand they already postponed it to this year and they banned foreign spectators but it really depends on how Japan will handle covid. I have always enjoyed watching the Opening Ceremony, athletics, gymnastics, judo, & greco-roman wrestling.

Did you communicate by texts back then? I remember getting my first smartphone back in 2009 and I finally got an unlimited text plan that year. Before 2009, I called and either left a voicemail and he called me back. Somehow the actual conversation helped ease me since I'd explain more about what I'm looking for, etc. and the provider can probably sense how nervous I was. The only time I left right when I got to the session was when the guy did not look like his pictures. I told him that too and just left. I felt like he wasted my time. Kudos to you for still continuing the session even though the guy didn't look like his photo (hopefully he was better looking in person!)

Which specific parts of the body do you look at?

I prefer candles if possible!

lol this was one of my favorite scenes from that flick:

I agree with you BuffaloKyle. When I was on grindr/scruff, some conversations looked promising but then when I ask to meetup somehow there's always a reason they can't or they ask for more photos or they just ghost me. This is why I much prefer going to a bar and the old school way of picking up guys or hire a masseur.

For me what matters more is sound/audio quality. When I was younger I preferred going to the movie theatre (my family didn’t have any fancy surround sound audio equipment at home.. just the regular TV and Betamax/VCR.) Nowadays I don’t mind watching movies at home on a large screen with surround sound audio while I sit comfortably on my couch.