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I take them pretty seriously, never been to Chick fil 'o hate, don't buy Russian Vodka anymore. I will see Ender's Game, but will pay for a ticket to another movie...

I'd be very hesitant to fly a 3rd world/developing country's airline anyway, but I wonder two things about the experience... On the luggage, more expensive than quoted and cash only? Any reason to believe it wasn't just going in the employees pockets as soon as you left? Was there a receipt? My business dealings with Indian companies had me thinking there was something culturally fucked up. Not some small, understandable little thing like the Japanese aversion to saying no; instead an inherent unprofessional nature where they would promise anything to get the work (unabashed YES men), even when they hadn't the slightest idea what they were promising, then outright lie and make up reasons when they couldn't meet those promises, then just start ignoring you when you pushed the issues further. Your experience makes me think that maybe our experiences aren't unique and this is why some businesses seem to be running away?

Sorry I'm late...

Reason witches have black cats...

I think some US insurance has some international benefits, but the time to check into it is before you travel, not after you get sick or injured. This kind of insurance is *very* common for Europeans to take out, as their state-run healthcare doesn't have any connections outside their country, and they've heard what a nightmare our system is for the uninsured. I think many Americans assume if they travel somewhere with a state health system they'd get the same free coverage the local tax payers get, but that's not exactly the case and should be looked into before as well.

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Glad to hear you're whipping things into shape! Wasn't aware I'd used special characters... but it'll go up eventually, it sounds like. RSN I'll start looking through the couple other cities I have experience of...

Don't have a clever caption but am surprised to see the grandson knighting somebody! I'd assumed it was only the actual sovereign, or *maybe* her immediate heir...

No Dune? Sacrilege! Ok... maybe (especially the theatrical cut) it wasn't a great movie, but it's a fucking amazing book and despite Lynch still a damn good movie.

Obviously the flying car thread topic is fantasy we won't be seeing anytime soon, but your insight into the Cirrus parachute is interesting. I'm familiar with them and was figuring there'd be people who insist on trying to save the aircraft and refuse to pull... but it sounds like it's even worse than that. Giving people a choice complicates matters. Also, there seem to be several flight schools that use Cirrus aircraft, which probably ups their accident numbers over what it would otherwise be... There's one in Vegas I really want to visit one of these days and fly one for myself. Or win the lottery... Has general aviation had the same massive swing towards safety that commercial aviation has? Is the most accident prone of today still much, much safer than the average say 15 years ago?

I agree Gravity is gorgeous and it's really worth paying for IMAX 3D. But it starts off with the fiction we still have a space program and gets less and less believable from there. I was on the edge of my seat much of the movie, so I suppose I enjoyed it, but other than the visuals nothing to rave about, for me anyway.

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Just tried, and got 'error to add edit'. Luckily I copied first, hopefully the tone didn't change too much, certainly needs some editing to be consistant. Welcome to boytoy’s guide to the fabulous city of Las Vegas! What’s not to love about a town where Celine Dion lives, and even straight boys go to drag shows! Vegas is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world – for one very good reason – you can do anyone or anything here you want. As they say, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” Located out in the middle of the Nevada desert, Las Vegas is where you want to go if what you want to do is illegal where you live. Nearly anything can be found here for a price. In short, Las Vegas is your wet dream vacation. But not all is as it seems. What might seem the gayest place in America at first glance, behind the scenes, is instead both very corporate and very conservative. 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The biggest problem with the article is the portrayal of Vegas as accepting of prostitution (it really isn't, though given the population there's nothing they can do to eliminate it, but make no mistake--neither the casinos nor the police turn a blind eye, in my experience...) and of Vegas as overall welcoming towards gays. It is slowly changing, but people don't realize at heart Vegas is a rather conservative/Mormon town. You can't tell from the strip, but if you spend any time in town it becomes pretty obvious. Also, this picture I found online illustrates the 'fruit loop'.

Townie, you're even more experienced than me with Vegas... And you once mentioned finding a guy down on his luck and helping him out in a casino in the past, but have you ever seen a guy working a bar/etc in a strip casino like the women occasionally do? I've mostly just hung out in a couple bars, and been propositioned by working girls twice in a bar, maybe noticed another there once, and have seen one on the floor of the casino. But never once noticed a guy... you? Lately? Which casino would you say is gay friendliest? I would bet a lot of the casino spa/gyms and even pools are a bit cruisy, especially if you have a hot young body. Mandalay's spa was actually advertising to gay patrons one of the times I was there... And as I said, even if you don't, there's fun to be had through CL/Grinder/Etc anyway, if you're patient. I've not yet tried cruising the 'fruit loop', is there anything for-hire there, regularly?

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I have several problems with http://gaylasvegas.boytoy.com/ "Legal prostitution is one of the main reasons, other than gambling, that men cum to Las Vegas. While technically illegal in the city itself, as soon as you step outside the city limits it’s completely legal – and you can easily find the boys of your wet dreams." NOT my understanding. If you look deeper you'll see it is illegal throughout Clark county and all of the more populated counties in Nevada. There's actually a population cutoff in the statute, if I recall. Which is why the brothels are in east bumfuck... "Rent boys also work most of the casino bars and are tolerated by the local police as long as they are not too obvious – which in Las Vegas is nearly impossible. All of the local gay publications also list hard-bodied rent boys willing to cum to your hotel room and service you." "Getting ripped off by boy toys is almost unheard of in the City of Sin – because the police do everything in their power to make sure nobody bothers the tourists." NOT at all my experience--because of the transient nature it's my experience (and I believe others here as well) that it's often hard to find good working boys in Vegas. Many realize they don't have to work at repeat business and can down right rip people off because there's a shiny new batch of tourists to take advantage of next week... There are guys with 10+ year old pictures (which *never* looked like them, I'd bet real money!) on Rentboy who've always had a bad reputation but bilk guys out of enough every month to stay in business. "So, if you have a good night at the tables, get ready to buy some boy booty and fuck the night away!" Now that's a recipe for disaster! After getting good and liquored up (whiskey dick making the whole thing a farce) and with a lot of spare cash on your person... take somebody (and there won't be many options, so really take anybody) back to your room... ...and hope that when you wake up you still have at least your ID so you can get home? The whole write up seems based in the past. I've only seen a couple working girls in the strip casinos and have yet to see a working guy. On the real strip that is. Maybe things are a little different in the ghetto once you get past the Wynn (Circus Circus, Riviera, Stratosphere), but even in the downtown casinos I haven't seen anything obvious in 10+ years... Much like SMB in Hollywood, I used to see a couple guys working the streets downtown but haven't even seen that in years. The Rio skyshow thing was unbelievably sad when I saw it for the first time a year ago, and Zumanity was much less erotic than I'd hoped... with the homoerotic almost entirely stripped out for John and Jane Midwest in the audience. Now there are a couple actual gay clubs--bigger than many in WeHo, but a similar young crowd mostly only interested in their own clones, still, interesting--some have gogo boys but I don't know of any with lap dances... And of course what was to be the biggest gay club seems to have crashed and burned... Those are my perspectives anyway, I go 2-3 times a year, and was there a couple months ago. One bright spot, no matter how much they suck elsewhere, is that the large local gay population (performers, servers, etc) plus all the curious visitors can make things like Grinder and Craigslist much more worthwhile than anywhere else. My advice would be first and foremost, try for some free fun--you may be pleasantly surprised, if not, stick to reviewed escorts--here more than anywhere, or better yet, bring somebody with you.

Yeah... favorite... Blacklist is watchable... love Spader of course, can't stand the girl who doesn't know shit about her own life. And the (admittedly good looking) blond agent who's just there to be an obstuctive ass whenever possible... eck. Agents of Shield... Want to like it. But I can't stand "Generic Action Stdud", and the elite hacker chick who never touches a computer is really starting to grate. Hmm, the scientist are too... can we just have Colson and Ming-Na? Ironside, wow. Hated that they didn't find a paraplegic actor. But it's god-awful regardless. "Let's mount the camera to the wheelchair every 3rd shot for no good reason!" ENHANCE, oh, look, we can see the ATM card in his waistband (who the fuck tucks one there?) and read the name of the bank down the street... it's my nominee for least favorite, of what I've watched... Tomorrow People... they're pretty at least. Sadly they all kept their shirt on in the premier episode... thought this was CW?!

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