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I started posting Montreal details in this very GG thread 6 weeks ago if anybody wants to scroll back, inquire here, or DM me. You can get into the walk-in vaxx site in The (Gay) Village in seconds without a booking. Bring passport for ID. I was in that neighbourhood last week for routine HIV PrEP STI panel nearby and there was nobody seeking Imvamune (Jynneos) but about 20 personnel twiddling their thumbs and an ample supply of doses. (The thumbs thing these days means keeping busy on smartphones.) I think Toronto is very easy as well, likely particularly Metro Hall on Bay St. & Queen St area, but I don’t have details … well, now I do … see below.

I also use Mastercard. It is not consistently reliable in retail, though usually works. I also find Santander to be the only consistent bank for ATM withdrawals.

As my dear departed Maman would say: “It takes all sorts.”

Au contraire, he potentially matches up with those presenting angelic emoticons and may be due for some communion … and now this is derailing a thread, beatch. FullSizeRender.MOV

A Dad with kids fishing at Flamengo with a lit line float. Being July, dusk is earlier, 17:00-ish … though some people wanted to break out their designer winter clothing yet temperature highs close to 30C most days thwarted that. FullSizeRender.MOV

Samples of pop-ups at Republic Palace en route to 117 … I note these downloads may be glitchy on the Board but they aren’t glitchy in my Photos app. FullSizeRender.MOV FullSizeRender.mov

Latent typo error catch: Autoviação 1001 is the express bus company.

Lunch (or dinner) at SPOT! off Paulista is not to be missed. Was packed in and out and got the last table. FullSizeRender.MOV

The 09:30-17:00 SP/Rio bus either direction is growing on me, in this case Autoviaço 1001, BRL239 return. Allows a bit later sleep-in morning of departure but enough time to check in within conventional time frames upon arrival, and get to a targeted venue in time if desired. It stops at the same plaza in Resende each way for 30 minutes, with a good Graal outlet lunch selection and even time for a little separate gelato-by-weight treat. Load up a few movies on bucket list and go.

Agents when arriving at T3 Guarulhos were amazingly attentive and competent at redirecting dozens of passengers with missed connections, following the now typical airport infrastructure screwups up here in Canada that have become the aggravating ‘’new normal’ and unsurprisingly affected my flight.

… trip this month:

One more thing … yeah what’s not to like about Gleyson.

Interesting how our subjective experiences can differ. I was blown away by 117 inventory selection attending 9 times this month and, at that, leaving a few unsampled on the table. But it seems that you are having a balanced great time with more to come. I am interloping here but I see no need to open my own thread specifically related to trade.

So neither others’ experiences of frequency of sex nor your past higher frequency is the reference point for your degree of comfort with your evolved frequency. That’s good and that level of adaptation is evolved. I think that the low cost of transactional sex in many jurisdictions is a factor in rating the degree of overall satisfaction with having fully capitalized on a given trip. They are intertwined and the risk is that a natural evolution in frequency of sex is mistakenly conflated with some notion of personal deterioration. I think that a levelling of regional costs associated with transactional sex might for some reduce their subjective misgivings about reduced sexual frequency. As many here have alluded, the qualitative aspect can compensate for the quantitative aspect that on its own in isolation can lead to regret that unfortunately arises regarding irreversible lifespan changes. I was simply tossing in the financial variable because it had not been mentioned but is, IMO, a factor in these appraisals. I won’t add my own changing patterns in transactional sex frequency because they are likely irrelevant in assisting others in adaptation to theirs. In short, it’s me AND I’m old, AND other factors (eg, financial bargains) that fit into the equation.

All good points so far. The first misgivings mentioned were about rates of transactional sex, so the concepts of supply and money must enter into it. So it’s turn-a-profit Friday and I’m disinterested in lining up with my spiked chariot wheels cart for the bargain-basement rush. But I have a historical precedent of capitalizing on slashed prices and possibly bought into the distorted reference points of a very niche consumer subgroup regarding an unsustainably loaded check-out whoard. Each of us must work out the stamina-and-savings equation realistically in terms of those liquidation bins.

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DC has just pivoted to the single-dose playbook. I would think other jurisdictions will follow suit. For VA I nominate the term ‘Virjynneos’ for enhanced public awareness.

None of the Canadian provinces engaged in Imvamune rollout at this time is offering the second MVA-BN dose (aka Imvamune, Jynneos, Imnavex) except to those considered to be immunocompromised. That subgroup would be accessing the full vaccination regimen, or the 2nd dose according to the 4-week interval, within their medical specialty programs. Folks including foreign nationals that have easily accessed the first dose at the designated walk-in Monkeypox vaccination centre in Montreal will not be granted the 2nd dose 28 (or 28+) days later if they show up hoping for it. It’s not an issue for me because I am satisfied that my broad-spectrum orthopox immunity has been given a sufficient boost with the single dose several weeks ago, having received childhood Smallpox vaccination some 60+ years ago. Canada is currently offering only a single dose (except for above-mentioned provision) irrespective of Smallpox vaccination history. This is based on pragmatic considerations of unknown supply-demand in the shorter term as well as clinical data that supports the notion of fairly immediate and sustained protection from a single dose. The demand in Montreal had fizzled but I imagine uptake will increase this week due to the International AIDS Conference hosted here this year, presumably many attendees not accessing MVA-BN in their home nations, including European Union that just approved it but has inadequate supply.

Next potential crisis: Bifurcated needle supply chain for countries choosing long-stored vaccine supplies.

I think the stockpile, though not specified, is Smallpox vaccine Dryvax, as storage in powdered form (freeze-dried) is mentioned in Thai media. Its age suggests it is not the derivative ACAM2000. There is little enthusiasm among scientists for its current use compared to MVA-BN. Safety profile concerns, not concerns about degree of protectiveness. Here is an article that elaborates … https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179474/

And what with the glass-enclosed shower zone in Lagoa’s main bar for keen voyeurs &c. FullSizeRender.MOV

More on Hot House, typically pronounced regionally as Hotche House if you want to make yourself better understood. The third-party description attached is not entirely accurate, as there is no evidence of private dance cubicles or massage rooms of any nature. There is a darkroom with a huge dish of condoms at shoulder level at its entrance; more accurately a darkish room with a blackout-grade dark room off of it; somewhat a Russian Doll series (albeit limited) of darkrooms. From what I can gather from conversations with one bilingual stripper, one unilingual stripper, and the bilingual doorman, transactional play (not restricted to customers; why would I with fellow audience members anyway?) is possible within the darkroom. It is rather another example of Kafkaesque Burlesque, so to speak; you are not in a Montreal strip club, Toto. Not sure within what iteration of the darkroom series such shenanigans would occur. Also, the dancers go in cycles on stage, not a lot to go around, so that you might just get started figuring out if it is actually the hired stripper’s cock in your mouth or butt, most of us needing a bit of time to get our vision acclimatized to the dark, when he would be suddenly called onto the stage for his next set. An abrupt removal of his dick from your orifice at such time would help confirm if you had been flim-flammed with a seat filler. The dancers schmooze around grinding a bit on customers between sets. I assumed cash tips were welcome but one stripper stated to me they are not at all expecting or soliciting any gorjeta. You are not in Kansas, or more accurately The Big Apple, Toto. I did arrive with a wad of cash and got close to arranging an assignation on site, but it became too labour-intensive and I aborted. After much back-and-forth, it turns out the dancer’s bottom line was being pretty much open to anything, BUT he did have an ‘iron curtain’ regulation regarding his actual bottom. I had opened the bid with absolutely no suggestions whatsoever that I would be overpowering and raping him pinned up against a wall in the darkroom, so I chalked this up to not a small degree of anxiety. The deal was basically set but he was called back to the stage at that second, leaving the money off the table for him and in my pocket for a planned spa date the following afternoon. Totally correct call. I had tipped him earlier, probably more than he has ever generally experienced, so he was not left entirely empty-handed. I assume that dates can be set with the dancers off-site. One dancer that attends on and off was close to finalizing a date with me when the pandemic thwarted it some 28 months back. I think the entrance was only 30 reais, 60 or so if inclusive of beverage consumption the details of which would not be relevant to me. If there over a longer term it may be a worthwhile venue for visitors and you can anticipate the lineup that is usually advertised, though I think beyond the duo officially depicted there are a few more dancers that work the stage; 4 maybe 6 in total? The admission is BRL200 for women, to discourage their patronage obviously. This would be a story that Montreal strip club MC’s and dancers will get a kick out of. Apart from how long it might take to “Let’s go!” they’d be shocked at how little it costs.

I’m not a moderator, but consider just leading each other. Happy trails, and best of luck to any locals in your path … FullSizeRender.MOV

Yeah, not sure that landed, Winky. Can’t think of an example where a question itself is credible or not. FullSizeRender.MOV