Lucky

Nice of you to notice his absence, lurkerspeaks. I too hope that he is okay. We met once when he was visiting Palm Springs and I enjoyed the meeting. The nature of anonymous posting leaves the possibility of people leaving the site with no notice or any chance of us finding out what happened. I hope that we hear from him soon.

Oh. Thank you for the clarification. I, for one, welcome your return to the forums and would not want to be responsible for that changing.

The author Ruth Rendell, writing under her pseudonym of Barbara Vine, is trying to describe how handsome a character she is introducing is: "The first thing anyone would notice about James was how handsome he was (sic). Not like an actor, because actors aren't necessarily good-looking the way they once were...Clark Gable and Cary Grant and James Stewart and Gregory Peck, were all stunningly handsome and, when amalgamated looked like James." That didn't help me at all in figuring out how handsome the character is. James Stewart stunningly handsome? I didn't think of any of the 4 as "stunningly" handsome. So, what is stunningly handsome? And how do I amalgamate 4 men? (The reason that I put "sic" after "was" is because if he is dead it might be hard to describe him as handsome, and she shouldn't be tipping us off that the character dies...if he does, I haven't read that far!)

Townsend, thanks for the link to thepointsguy.com. As you point out, using points takes work, and good advice can make it easier.

I did a Google search before I posted to be sure that I was not in error myself. Shows you how well that went.

I agree with Tomcal. Thermas Sauna is a wonderful, fun place, and Barcelona a great city to visit.

Tomcal gives excellent advice on this subject.

...and Lucky starts with a capital L. If my correction of your error was in any way nasty, I would understand a response such as yours. But I, for one, don't mind if someone corrects a mistake I make. I assumed that you would prefer to know too, but sometimes I guess wrong. We all make mistakes.

Excellent post, tomcal. Thanks for sharing this beauty with us.

A masseuse is a woman. A masseur is a man.

Sorry to double post this. It seemed to take so long for the post to go up that I thought I had lost it.

Why do you think so? She has to prove damages, and I don't see any.

R. J. Ellory is an author who appeals to me so much that I ordered his books from London when they were not available here. His first novel to be available here was A Quiet Belief in Angels, and was just a terrific crime story. A Simple Act of Violence and Saints of New York were just masterpieces of crime fiction. Ellory lives in England, yet places his stories in the US with such fine detail that you would think he was native to the area. I told all of my friends of his books. Now I learn, rather late, that he had to apologize for writing reviews under a pseudonym that disparaged competing authors. Why? Why would a man of this talent stoop so low? His novels are still brilliant and well-worth reading, but another man I admired has gone down into the dust. Yes, we keep getting reminded that everyone is human, but this one really bothered me. If you are looking for something good to read, A Quiet Belief in Angels is superb, as are any of his novels except his first, Candlemoth. The scandal: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/his-biggest-fan-was-himself/

Tel Aviv is in Europe, no? Not Africa. So why is this in a gay Africa forum?

If I met rimchair in real life, I might find him to be an interesting and likable guy. But the rimchair who posts here is getting tiresome with the constant digs at Noah. Is it not time to move on? I came to this thread to read about a plane, not to hear one more dig.

Isn't it amazing how fast, and how often, the fares change? Sure would be a bummer to pay the higher fare and them learn it went down. Confidential to FourAces: Thanks for your concern! All I meant to say was that whenever it happens, I don't want to leave any unused miles!

Let's hope that more happens. Maybe he will crack it open!

Thanks for the report, firecat. Since I know the area, i was able to go along with you in my mind, even on the baht bus! It's a fun time that many guys here would enjoy. Sure, it's long ways away, but that adds to the mystique. One forgets that long flight as soon as you pass customs. And the trip home is three hours shorter, so nothing to worry about!

A very kind response. I like that you offer to be of assistance.

Marky Mark led the way, and look where it took him. But here Justin shows only about 2 inches of butt crack, and frankly, that's not enough to twitter about. I want more before I get excited. And the part I want the most is the pink, hairless, moist sweet spot that he will undoubtedly only show to his doctor and boyfriend! Think about it. the internet is rife with cute guys showing all, so why get too excited about two inches?

It is my goal to use up all of my frequent flyer miles before I die. So I am constantly looking for trips, but I am tight and want the best trip for the lowest miles. AA offers a low 20,000 coach to get to Rio, but the return is always 60,000 miles. (That is, right now. In the past we have gotten both legs for 20,000 miles, but you have to be patient.) So I checked for a return from GRU (Sao Paolo) and was offered one for 50,000 miles. That's not only cheaper, but the return would be in Business class. Otherwise, I could return on United for just 30,000 miles in coach, but all choices are two stops. So AA wins this one. A GRU return allows me to fly to Porto Alegre from GIG and return to GRU for the flight home. Delta. Who likes to book award travel on Delta? They are easily the worst for frequent flyer awards. We have only 60,000 miles left as we don't fly them anymore. But they wanted 95,000 miles plus $199 for an off-peak trip to London. I will probably just use them for a New York trip. We have built up tons of miles by opening credit cards and checking accounts. Recently we got 50,000 to open a Chase Sapphire Account. Another Sapphire account gave us 40,000. Citicards usually offer 35,000, and 20,000 for each checking account. Once the first year free is up, we cancel the card unless we like it, as we do with both Sapphire and Citi Thank You Premier. The latter got me a nonstop flight to Chicago last year for 23, 500 miles. Without them, I would have had to pay 50,000 miles for the same flight. So what deals have you found? Any secrets to share? (All of my flying last year got me into United's Mileage Plus Silver medallion membership. So on all 4 flights to and fro New York last week I was upgraded free to Economy Plus. I liked that!)

The last several visits I have made to the boytoy.com, website have been unimpeded by Firefox!

Was anyone else disappointed in this movie? With all of the buzz it has, I was expecting more than a straightforward telling of the story. The raid on Bin Laden's house was all done in night-vision gear, so I could hardly see what was what. Two stars.

I am frequently reminded that i would be better off had I bought a Mac!

Let's not ignore how good Zac is looking...