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He's hot and miserable, so he decides to take action. The A/C has been busted for a long time, so he fixes it. Things cool down quickly. The moving walkway motor is jammed, so he unjams it. People can get from place to place more easily. The TV was grainy and unclear, so he fixes the connection to the satellite dish, and now they get hundreds of high def channels. One day, God decides to look down on Hell to see how his grand design is working out and notices that everyone is happy and enjoying umbrella drinks. He asks the Devil what's up? The Devil says, "Things are great down here since you sent us an engineer." "What?" says God. "An engineer? I didn't send you one of those. That must have been a mistake. Send him upstairs immediately." The Devil responds, "No way. We want to keep our engineer. We like him." God demands, "If you don't send him to me immediately, I'll sue!" The Devil laughs. "Where are you going to get a lawyer?"

I agree. Each person will have to make really hard decisions about how he assesses the risks of travel and what to do and how at the time, especially in light of his own risk "profile." I suppose the main point is that we should also respect each other person's decisions regarding that - including the sex workers - and not try to pressure them or dismiss their concerns. So it's a just another little thing to be thoughtful of. That's all.

If you know what the print means, it is deeply moving. Because it made me laugh out loud (even though there is NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT THIS VIRUS), my favorite is "Playing Through:" Trump swinging his iron in the hospital Emergency Room. Not only is it a superb example of Photoshop Masking and Compositing, the doctor peeking from behind the curtain elevates the image to extreme absurdity, which is the primal definition of Trump. America has no shortage of STUPID, IGNORANT, RACIST voters. Way too many in my family. It is beyond sad.

Beautiful photo in that it captures what is happening to so many right now.

Well I got to watch the Movie, Present 'Still' Perfect, and it is very SWEET!! Well worth viewing. And OAT is so much hotter in this one. A REAL Thai man. Love his Tattoos...

question can be easily reversed can sex workers customers survive social distancing ? Sex workers may be non-symptomatic carriers, appearing even to themselves perfectly healthy and yet carry virus. I guess both sides will be taking chances. I always say that my best guy would be one I gladly off just for hand holding session .Did not happen yet but who knows, perhaps mine ( and his) time is coming ?

SWING has come up with advice for sex workers in the COVID-19 era. Some of the recommendations were briefly mentioned during a recent Foreign Correspondents Club program on the current sex worker scene (available online). They include practical steps, such as requiring the client to take a shower before getting down to business and while the client is showering spray the bed with a disinfectant spray, etc. I can't remember if the client is supposed to wear a mask. The president of SWING made the point that sex workers are terrified of getting COVID-19 (for good reason) and they are trying to educate the sex workers and "empower" them to insist on the new-normal COVID-19 safe sex.

Nice collection. The last one with his photo on the front of the NYT is my favorite. Sad that this is what we have as President. And, also sad that 45% will vote for him again.

"The Shipper" started yesterday

Next re-opening of some activities in Rio Beginning of June : restaurants, bars (limited to 50 % of capacity), museums and small shoos (< 400 m2) From June 15 : shopping centers and shops larger than 400 m2 From June 29 : cinemas, theaters and show places with limited capacity and social distancing

With regards to Bangkok, perhaps a chance to consolidate the gay gogo/bar scene in Patpong 2, as per previously on Soi Twilight. I see from 'stickman weekly' site he reports that 2-3 lady gogo bars on Patpong 2 are not going to reopen after lockdown no matter what happens, so maybe a chance to fully establish Patpong 2 as the 'gay soi', even he is suggesting that possibility. Given that Thailand hopes for Asian country customers to return first, as was the case pre-lockdown, where well-off Asians...….Chinese, Sth Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong etc were the main customer base that gives a real hope that they, along with any Bkk expats can offer hope, certainly initially until we see just what the full Covid damage will be in terms of International travel from Western countries as well as the Asian one's. Although it seems the fall-out will be much worse than 2008 Financial crisis, that crisis showed there were still enough gay travellers with deep pockets who still had the will and means to travel to Thailand and visit the gogo bars and entertainment areas.

Judging by the gussy upped old scheme authorities rolled out today--one that seems doomed to fail because it ignores the obvious, Thailand again wants to prove that it can perform a grand makeover and revive tourism by catering to the well heeled who come the country to enjoy the beautiful seaside and culture. Consider these excerpts from today's Post: Thailand plans to rebrand tourism in the post-coronavirus era to "Amazing Trusted Thailand", aimed at selective markets and destinations in the country that can guarantee health and safety standards for both tourists and locals. "Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha suggested we use this opportunity to rebrand Thai tourism as a quality destination where we care more about trust than carrying capacity." With Thailand looking to exit lockdown this month, TAT is preparing a strategy for the second stage -- matching foreign tourists from countries that were removed from the list of "Disease-Infected Zones for Covid-19" with select provinces that never reported infections, or provinces that have not had a new case in the past 28 days. Islands such as Phuket or Samui may be the first batch of destinations to welcome international tourists as their geography allows authorities to more easily control and keep track of tourists. Thailand is looking at high spenders within the region, such as Singapore, China and Vietnam, to visit designated areas in Thailand under a quota. These tourists can visit selected destinations without being subjected to 14-day quarantine measures, but they have to provide health certification, fit-to-fly certificates and buy health insurance before visiting Thailand, while rapid testing will be available upon arrival. It's built partially on the assumption that tourists from these countries have no place else to go so they'll obviously pour into Thailand. That's based on the highly unlikely assumption that other nations--also seeking to revive tourism--will sit on their hands while everyone with money packs off to the LOS. It also assumes that this will put a sizeable dent in lost tourism income. Readers who've been coming to Thailand for more than a few years know that those aren't the tourists who fill the hotels, buy the street food and patronize the traditional entertainment areas. Those tourists come from far and wide and without them the ecosystem of bars, restaurants, clubs and other venues that they support will disappear. The idea that Thailand can somehow alter a formula that has created an industry responsible for 20% of its GDP is a wet dream a minority of hi-so planners keep returning to whenever they see an new opportunity presenting itself. But neglecting the livelihood of thousands of day-to-day earners has never proven a plan--in any nation--that's conducive to good public order and preventing political unrest. Tourism rather will be revived when people believe that the Thailand they know from the past will still be there when they arrive.

Just looked at some of the Duca Di Mantua scenes. I think they're just pirated Bel Ami scenes, with different intro graphics. Bel Ami removed a lot of older scenes from their website (and also Kinky Angels etc), so there's a chance they might have licensed them to other companies, but it's unlikely. These "companies" don't even have websites of their own so I suspect they just grab content from other porn studios and pretend they own it.