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Amazing, excellent experience as usual... The basics... 117 was as usual Thursday, Friday and Saturday...did not go Sunday... Not sure how Sunday was but I imagine it was packed as it was cold, windy and dreary do the sauna would have been a perfect place to stay warm and comfortable.... One thing that really came to my mind this trip is....Those sauna boys definitely have to work hard for the money....there is a lot of competition for the money that does come in...As I only travel to Rio 3-4 times a year, I have no idea what it is like on the regular....I have been in each season and it has always been pretty busy... The usual very attractive to mediocre guys there...something for all tastes but the general description was attractive, muscular or very fit...big dick....mixed, white, a few black guys.... I enjoyed the company of a very hot mixed guy on Thursday, beautiful body and lips...incredible ass....enjoyed him again on Friday....Also sampled a short, lighter Latino guy....even more amazing ass than the first one....He came by the hotel Sunday, well past my scheduled check out time...I actually was at the front desk asking for a second extension when he walked in....He was worth the wait and the money... Another observation that I had that a good friend of mine who lives in Rio helped me understand....my interest was to move to Rio part in the future to work and live part time....I wanted to purchase a condo but he suggested I just travel there as I have been and continue to rent hotels or apartments because of the exorbitant cost to purchase condos there... Time will tell....Still have some more time to consider this and I would love to have rental income in Rio... Back on track...Enjoyed the beach Thursday...ate some amazing foods and fruits...went to Lapa, went to an amazing Samba school and enjoyed some quality time with my friend that lives in Rio... Will definitely be back in December for New Years... Pics documenting my trip to follow....

Having had 3 Anerican friends buy homes there between 2006 and 2008, for me much easier and cheaper to rent umless youvare plannig to live there full time! I have developed a relationshipwith the guy i rent from which means i don't have to send a deposit or pay a refundable damage deposit! I have a set of keys to the apt/bldg fulltime and just transfer the amount of the rental the day i arrive! It works great for both of us!

http://sf.curbed.com/2016/3/28/11319088/westerfeld-house

I purchased in 2003 and again in 2005 since I knew I wanted to live here full-time. I doubt I would have taken the real-estate plunge on a part-time basis (Tomcal's point). Although it turned out to be a very interesting time to buy in local or dollar terms, it could have just as easily gone the other way. Market timing attempts - especially in Brazil, given the underlying and often extreme volatility- are even more tricky (read: futile) than elsewhere. At the time, (financial) objectives were simply to eliminate rental and hotel expenses altogether and to establish a hedge against future inflation. For part-time buyers, currency volatility as you have mentioned makes a strictly financial modeling approach difficult to say the least. Despite some recent downward price adjustments, the local real estate market is still a bit frothy - hardly a screaming buy at the moment. With a further 20% haircut and the local currency where it was say at the start of the year, then the local market would be much more attractive for non-residents. Although the latter might well happen, don't expect notoriously stubborn local sellers to budge on price....

http://heavy.com/news/2016/10/james-comey-fired-fbi-director-hillary-clinton-email-private-server-influence-election/ Looks like he can be fired but only if the President does it. Does Obama have the balls to look political? I hope so.

Wow! I made 2 mistakes in one thread. Comey did not stand up to John Ashcroft, he stood up to the guys who would act on Ashcroft's behalf while the Attorney General was hospitalized. He beat them to the hospital and informed Ashcroft of their shenanigans. And the President can fire the Director of the FBI. Bill Clinton did. Sorry for being so wrong.

A Japanese woman farted during her surgery. The gas came into contact with a laser, and the event turned into a pretty hot date for all. No word on whether Adam Smith was present, unless that name in Japanese is Asahi Shimbun. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/patient-burned-mid-surgery-explosion-laser-ignites-fart-article-1.2852543 The event is not as rare as would seem:

Lucky it appears we are talking about two different mayors! You are referring to the newly elected. I was talking about the mayor from 2009 to present although does not appear to be much difference in their religious views and "Evangelicals" make up 1/5 of the population of Brazil and growing! It is interesting in that i have approximately 80 former and present sauna guys as FB friends and almost all of them comment about thanking god or praying to him in their posts!

This video was taken in Sao Paulo

Are you sure he can't be fired? That is very odd IMHO. I personally don't know. But, I think he should resign.

My favorite at the Gaiety was Anthony, also known as Chico, a Latino from San Diego. He danced his heart out, believing that the customers deserved his best. And, as is now famously said, "believe me" he gave just as good in bed. He usually came into town with Tino Lopez, another Latino, who actually had to ask me if he was ever going to get a chance with me since I hired Anthony so often. I did hire Tino, but once was enough.

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