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10 years ago
Likely scenarios, none of them good:
Saudi Arabia will spend some pocket change and AQ Khan will send them some nuke love. Sooner or later, some Wahhabist goat rapist will find a way to gain access.
Israel will use their German built AIP driven subs to deliver one of their 300 or so working nukes as a pre-emptive strike.
Aside from Arabs, you know who else hates Persians? Turks, and anyone else who has a border with them. A bomb in the hands of a demagogue like Erdo?an is all you'd need to get some delusional idiot thinking of restoring Osman's empire.
If you like eating food, summer temperatures above 40F, driving an automobile, or avoiding cataracts and leukemia, none of these are desirable.
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10 years ago
If you're in legal proceedings with her, there is no answer you can give that will do anything but cause you grief.
Resist the urge to say anything to boost your ego, hurt her feelings, or anything else that remotely answers the question. She's probably trying to bait you into saying something stupid.
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10 years ago
If it was ever any good, two years. If it still sucks after that, two more years. If it was never any good, never.
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10 years ago
Self reported polling is worthless, that's how. Not mathematically valid. Period.
It's as useful as anecdotal evidence, or starting political and religious discussions in chat boards devoted to other subjects, like strip clubs.
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10 years ago
I live in a state where pot will be legal as of July 1st. From the court cases I've seen in nearby Washington, employees who've been fired for "locally legal" pot use have lost every unlawful dismissal case that's been brought before a circuit judge. Attempts to appeal the decision have been refused in every instance as well.
Depending on your level of use, it takes 8-12 weeks for THC and the other cannabinoids that are screened by gas chromatography tests to leech out of your myelin. (That's the fatty that surrounds your nerves and the white matter in your brain). If you have a job where that's an issue, you're an idiot for even thinking about using pot. I personally wouldn't care about the pot, but I would care about an employee who is an idiot.
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10 years ago
I can't imagine a circumstance where that could possibly come up in an appropriate conversation with one of my employees.
I don't care what they do when they're not working, as long as it doesn't affect their ability to get things done at work. I want my employees to work when they're at work, and not think about work when they're not- it's better for everyone's sanity, retention, and productivity. My private life is just that- private. I treat them as I would want to be treated.
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10 years ago
I go with my porn name, Frisky Johnson.
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10 years ago
If anyone can make it work, it would probably be Elle. She's smart, sincere, and very determined.
In her words, not mine, it's not just for strippers, it's also for anyone else in the entertainment business.
The whole "stripper bill" bullshit is something that the local broadcast media made up so people would keep watching their shitty newscast long enough to watch some ads. It actually covers a much broader range of contractors and their working conditions. Not quite as zexxy as LOOK MA, THA STRIPPERZ IZ ON TEE VEE!
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10 years ago
My last ATF had that issue... in her inestimable wisdom, she also smoked, which made her problems much worse than they needed to be. The good news is that when she went on the heavy 'roids, her tits would blow up 3 cup sizes from her usual perky C's overnight. The less good news is that they'd also make her batshit crazy. Never ever sure who I was going to get, physically or mentally. There was a reason she was truly the last ATF I ever had.
To answer your question, I can't say I've ever had a lap dance where the entertainer's V02 Max was a contributing factor to my enjoyment.
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10 years ago
At any one time, there's 1-3 of them in Portland, Oregon. The one that's lasted the longest, xmag.com, has a publisher that owns half a dozen venues in town, some of them strip clubs. The content is mostly ads for clubs, escort services, and seasonal promotions for contests to draw people into clubs during the dead period/dry season- bar receipts at "adult entertainment" venues crash hard in the NW when the sun's out every day from 5 AM to 10 PM. There are also regular columns from people working in the publisher's venues, usually related to strip club topics like "My Job as a DJ sucks", "My experiences as a sugar baby", or "Don't wear chain mail underwear and expect me to give you a lap dance". Most of the columnists move on after a few years, usually after they decide to stop working in the local strip club scene.
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10 years ago
"Pussy for free" is pretty much all you need to say about the ones in and out of uniform. Pigs being pigs, they're also in there so they can gossip with their squad car partner about how everyone in the club is a lowlife after they've just spent the last hour gawking for free. Ya know, for our safety and all.
As for undercover cops... they're the bane of my existence. If you're polite, have decent posture, and have seen the inside of a gym within the last decade, it's pretty much a given that you're going to get the cop treatment from strippers until they get to know you.
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10 years ago
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shailynnThey never tell you what you need to know.
Never ever meet your heroes, and never try to live out your fantasies. Expectations are always better than reality.
That said:
1) Hong Kong Gentlemen's Club - never actually been to a club that admits it's a whorehouse
2) Men's Club of Houston - not exactly a high roller myself, but have a ten inch tall dick on my shoulder telling me I should give it a try. Shut up, dick, I have a house on the coast I want to buy.
3) Le Bar Salon Solid Gold - because freezing your ass off is more fun if you're being hustled in Québécois
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10 years ago
Do you have much experience in promotions or running a restaurant or bar? How are you at handling late, irregular hours?
Most of your job is going to involve a lot of mundane things, like ordering office supplies, balancing books, and getting toilets fixed. More than anything, you're going to need a lot of patience with the talent.
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10 years ago
What, you mean not every strip bar in Portland has a chill vibe, an excellent VIP room experience, an awesome DJ, and HOT girls? :-)
I think the Founder or whomever edits things does a pretty good job, given the volume of reviews and the prevalence of scumbaggery in the ownership and management ranks of strip clubs. I'm actually surprised that it works as well as it does.
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10 years ago
I strongly recommend the hotel route, such as the Hotel Monaco or the Inn at Northrup Station. Don't expect to go cheap on it. In for a penny, in for a pound.
There have been several incidents in Portland the last decade where the OTC exchange has turned into robbery or in the case of Jessica Ryman (she propositioned me a few times, my spideysense told me to pass), murder during a botched robbery.
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10 years ago
This is a great example of why you shouldn't hire managers to run things if they aren't familiar with your product or service.
It doesn't annoy me one bit when dancers do that. In fact, I'm grateful. If a salesperson treats you like crap before the sale, think of what they're going to be like after they have your money. Dancers who do that are doing you a favor by letting you know up front that the quality of the entertainment they provide isn't going to be satisfactory.
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10 years ago
The Portland Barfly tours has been around since the mid 1990's, and by all accounts, they've been a great deal of fun in the past: http://www.barflybus.com/
Jen does a great job organizing things- if you're in the mood for that sort of thing, try the next Strip-o-rama tour.
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10 years ago
Example of a clip-joint:
You walk into a quiet club playing RATT in the background after paying a modest cover. A contractor walks over to you, chats you up for a while. While chatting for a while, you buy yourself a drink on your credit card and the contractor asks for a bottled water. After signing off on your beverage and a few more minutes of inane small talk with what appears to be the only contractor in the club, you decide it's time to leave, and a nice young man from New Jersey dressed in a too-small 62lLong three piece suit blocks your way. He informs you that you need to pay your tab before being allowed to leave. After some discussion, it comes out that the bottled water was assigned to your tab and it just so happens to cost $500.00.
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10 years ago
Tons and tons of Native Americans dancing in the Pacific Northwest. As for Aussies- two of my most memorable club experiences ever came from contractors working in Las Vegas who'd come over on a visa.
I've never seen a contractor from India or of Indian descent. With a ton of Indian immigrants in my area, I'm guessing it's because of the incredibly strong taboos Hindu culture has on PDA, skin exposure, etc...
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11 years ago
A shady looking man sidles up to Lemuel and asks him if he'd like to buy some smart pills for $10. Lemuel agrees and hands over the money. The shady man hands over a plastic baggie full of greenish round pellets, and Lemuel immediately pops a few in his mouth. Seconds later, Lemuel is spitting them out, as he exclaims "Hey, these aren't smart pills, these are Rabbit Turds!" The shady man replies: "See, you're getting smarter already!".
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11 years ago
Plenty of Atheists have already been president. I think what you mean is one that promotes atheism or one that is at least open about it.
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11 years ago
i do it all the time. I just ask if I can interrupt and buy a dance from their friend. Never been turned down yet.
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12 years ago
I believe that anyone discussing acts of prostitution in jurisdictions where it is illegal, especially in an open forum, is an idiot. Given that the TUSCL founder is liable for such discussions in the eyes of many prosecutors is just icing on the cake.
Do the world a favor and always make sure lil' Pedro wears a Sombrero.
P.S. And don't look up in the shower.
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12 years ago
Good girl means they're trying to string you along. They didn't get into the stripping business because they got up at 5AM every morning since they were 12 to shovel snow and put that into their college savings... they got there because they've consistently made shitty choices and took the easy way out at every opportunity.
Stripping is easy cash. 20 year olds aren't doing it because they like to hang out with fat middle aged divorcees.
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12 years ago
School Girl Outfit: Dancer is lazy or couldn't find anything better to wear that was clean.
Tats- you don't put a bumper sticker on a Bentley.
Piercings- and you don't put spinner rims on one, either.