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How are the wheels on those, I'm in need of new luggage... always had Eagle Creek with the heavy duty wheels...have an Osprey brand waiting for me in Singapore airport, also heavy duty wheels but haven't seen it in person ...yet.

@jimmie50 .... @hank75 and @mauRICE have given very useful and wise information/advice. You've seemed very level headed so far, so don't go off the deep end overthinking it. I almost fell down when I read you wanted to pay bar 3 months of off 🥺 Hank is right, they'll take him back or he can go to another bar, they need him too. But staying in BKK or Pattaya, may be too much temptation for one or both of you- he with his friends and you with "massage" or a cuter guy---better to go spend time together somewhere else, no? Wait....time and patience, don't rush into sending payments, if your future time together proves mutually amorous then do something special with the accumulated money you've put aside instead of sending it. I'm in Bali and have met someone that I really like and he appears to like me, not a money boy by trade but we met on Grindr...I might write about my time in Indonesia soon, when I can focus my thoughts and have more free time. But you came to my mind as he and I have been spending time together, I remind myself...don't get too goofy, he lives on the other side of the world and I'm a whore, most of us on this site are, whether you admit it or not 😝 He asked if I'm happy being with him, point blank... I said, "vamos a ver" let's see 😉

Airport staff has zero influence....computer generated, like I said supposedly random, but there must be an algorithm that sets it off. Rather than guessing, I asked ChatGpt: Here’s the blunt real-world version: The people most likely to get SSSS are not “people who did one weird thing.” They are usually people in one of four buckets: 1. People whose identity does not clear cleanly. This is the big one. If your name is similar to someone on a watchlist, or your passenger data keeps getting matched imperfectly, you are much more likely to get repeated extra screening. That is exactly why DHS TRIP exists: DHS says it helps people who repeatedly get additional screening, are unable to print a boarding pass, or have other recurring screening problems. Secure Flight relies on passenger data like full name, date of birth, sex, redress number/KTN, passport info, reservation control number, and itinerary information. 2. Travelers whose itinerary matches TSA risk-based rules. This is the part that proves it is not just random. GAO says TSA began using risk-based factors to create screening rules for enhanced screening, and gave an example of a rule that could target passengers in a certain age range on a flight from a particular country. GAO also says Secure Flight uses the Silent Partner and Quiet Skies lists to designate those passengers for enhanced screening before boarding. 3. Travelers on certain international U.S.-related routings. Per GAO, the Silent Partner rules are used for flights inbound to the United States, and Quiet Skies can continue enhanced screening on certain later domestic or outbound flights for a limited period or number of flights. So if someone suddenly starts getting SSSS around a particular U.S.-linked international trip pattern, that is far more plausible than “the gate agent didn’t like me.” 4. Truly random selection. That part is real too. DHS says many factors are considered for secondary screening, but for security reasons they cannot be disclosed. In other words, some cases are random, some are not, and the government is deliberately not telling the public how to distinguish them from the outside. What is probably true in practice, but not officially confirmed as a neat public checklist, is the stuff travelers always repeat: one-way tickets, last-minute tickets, unusual routings, certain countries, etc. Some of that may overlap with real risk rules, but TSA does not publish a simple consumer list saying “these 7 booking behaviors cause SSSS.” The only government-backed thing we can say confidently is that there are undisclosed risk rules plus identity/watchlist matching plus some randomness. A useful rule of thumb is this: If it happens once, it may just be random. If it happens repeatedly, especially with trouble checking in online or printing a boarding pass, that starts to smell much more like an identity-resolution or watchlist-near-match problem, and DHS TRIP is the official fix path. So yes, there are almost certainly hidden scoring rules and pattern-based triggers in the background. TSA just isn’t going to publish the recipe card, because that would defeat the point. Very comforting, very transparent, very government.

Note to self: Try to remember this in June 😉

SSS is random, supposedly. I get it once or twice a year, I can't associate any rhyme, reason or trend why. Also, the metal detectors at airports alarm randomly, as a "random" check.... I get it as well, frequently.... but can't win the lottery 🤷‍♂️

+100

Enjoy it, the regrets we have at the end of life usually isn't of the things we did, it's what we didn't do..... but don't sell your house so he can build his..... even real relationships fail. 3 yrs living together full time is the bar to get over in both gay/straight world. So take it 1 day at a time and don't let the heart (or dick) get in the way of the brain, seems like you're already thinking in a good direction 😉

Moses, you’re still missing the key point: protections and liability rules are country-specific. Same Visa/Mastercard logo, completely different outcomes when something goes wrong.I use cards from the US and Mexico… same logos, totally different experience when there’s fraud. …the “empty wallet” idea is already built in, without giving up credit protections. So why debit? You said virtual cards should always be debit with restricted overdraft… why? What are you protecting against that credit + virtual controls doesn’t already handle better? Your yield play is smart 👏 But for sketchy sites? I’m using the bank’s money 🤷‍♂️

add spelling and geography 😝

Brasil is a huge and amazing country... So much to see and do, plus the sex is amazing. Iguazu falls, Corcovado, Sugar Loaf, Museums in Sao Paulo, TONS of beaches (so I'm told), hang gliding, escort saunas and gay for gay saunas, sex parties, Amazon rain forest and river, Oktoberfest in Southern Brasil and the largest New Years Eve Celebration in the world in Rio....the list goes on and on.... did I mention the sex and big dicks? And meeting guys on social media can be risky in any country.... is why in Thailand the so-so bars and saunas are such a safe bet, same goes for the saunas of Brasil.

Moses, I get where you’re coming from… but that’s “your banking system,” not ours. In the US (and most Western countries), using a debit card online is actually the worst move you can make. Debit = your actual cash 💸 When it’s gone, it’s gone first… then you start asking the bank to give it back. Credit = the bank’s money 💳 Fraud hits them, not you. Way stronger protections, easier disputes, and you’re not sitting there waiting for your own cash to come back. Plus credit cards operate under different regulations and time frames, more protections for the consumer. And our virtual cards aren’t basic like you’re describing… • Dynamic CVV that changes 🔄 • One-time use numbers • Merchant-locked cards (only works at that specific site) 🔒 • Kill it instantly if something looks off So even if someone gets the number… congrats, they’ve got a useless piece of data. I agree with you on one thing though: using a regular physical card online in 2026 is wild 😅 But the safest setup here is: credit card + virtual card controls Debit is for ATMs. Online? That’s your cash on the line… no thanks.... we all don't have gold faucets money like @Olddaddy 😳

Certainly one of your twinks can show you, maybe instead of stamp collecting, you could reverse roles (not sexually) and let the student become the teacher of today's technology?? .....or there's always @Olddaddy , he seems like he's up on the latest tech 😳

Makes no sense..... I remember when I first met @namazu in Bangkok and told him about Brasil....he seemed interested, then after his first trip, he got hooked... would be an understatement, lol Go, while you're still able to climb all the stairs of Point 202 in Rio 😁

I sensed a subliminal theme here....💩 😳 You've been to Brasil before, no?

Reservations are a good idea as well.... the prices are fair, more than a restaurant with prison tables, sure.