Comments by Array (page 7)

No, Dominic, the cat is both dead and alive until you open the box! -Schrodinger

I’ve known several people who retired and died relatively soon thereafter. Work was their life, and they couldn’t adapt to not working. Meat is right that there is so much to do besides work. But these guys couldn’t figure that out and they died. I retired at 63 and I feel like I’m busier than ever. But Jack is right too. When I retired the best advice I got was to remember that when you’re retired, every day is a Saturday!

Autonomous, self-driving cars are going to make a huge difference in traffic behaviors. Most traffic problems are caused by the drivers. Driver errors, driver impairment, driver aggressiveness, driver timidity, etc. Taking the driving out of the hands of people and putting it under computer control will make driving so much more efficient and safer. Remember the rule of thumb you learned in driver’s ed? Allow one car length between you and the car ahead for every 10 mph driving speed. That’s to allow for driver reaction time, which is 3/4-1 second for most people. The reaction time of a computer is measured in hundredths of a second. So traffic speeds will probably be significantly higher and uniform for all drivers, there will be SAFE tailgating (that will be scary until you get used to it), driver impairment wil be an almost non-issue, and so on. Traffic congestion will be very much reduced. I say, bring it on and the sooner the better! With that said, I still think flying cars would be super, super cool. In 1961 I had to write an essay titled The World in 1990. I said we would have flying cars by then. I’m still waiting.

OP, I’m surprised to hear you call this a hypothetical situation. I’ve seen it more than I care to recount. Recently, I went to a club to see my ATATF. So, this is a tale of three strippers. A=my ATATF, B=one I’ve seen and talked to on occasion and had a few LDs with, but honestly not very good LDs, C=another dancer I’ve seen several times but never been able to get a dance with (consider her the hot young newbie). So, I enter the club and sit at the bar. Dancer B almost immediately sits next to me and starts chatting. I’m something of a soft-hearted sucker so I don’t send her away. Besides I had been led by the door girl to believe that ATATF was not in that day. Within about three minutes I got a tap on the shoulder, turn around and there’s ATATF. She sat down on the other side of me. I didn’t want to chase off dancer B because of burning bridges and all that. Fortunately, ATATF was soon called to the stage and I quickly took B for a mercy dance (remember, I’m a SHS!) and got back to the bar by the time ATATF was off the stage. So, I was rid of B, but I think ATATF was a bit pissed because she told me she had to go thank a guy who had stage-tipped her. Next thing I see is the two of them heading to VIP. So now I was getting pissed. I sat at the bar doing a minor slow burn for a bit trying not to get too pissed. After all, I understand she’s there to make money, but good god, girl, who’s your priority customer? Who’s spent more money on you more regularly over the last six months than me? But then another tap on the shoulder and dancer C has joined me. Now I had seen C in the club several times and had been intrigued by her well above average looks and the high quality of her stage dances. We had chatted a couple times but had never done lap dances because of circumstances - I was financially tapped out for the day, I had exceeded the set time duration for my stay or other such stuff. So, since ATATF was off in VIP I invited C to sit and talk for a while. Eventually the subject of lap dances came up and off we went. Those were quality lap dances, serious LDK potential but, alas, old man plus prostate history meant that wasn’t going to happen. So then I was back at the bar sitting alone. ATATF had seen us come out of the lap dance room and was chatting with some other folks. She looked my way a few times and I could see daggers in her eyes. After each of us stewing for about a half hour she finally came over to sit with me again. I immediately hauled her off to VIP. There was serious tension in the air for the first 15 minutes back there but things eventually warmed up and we had some great virtual make-up sex. (This is a very strict no mileage, no extras club, so it was truly virtual.) I think we’re back to good with each other again. So, what’s the moral of the story? 1. I shouldn’t be so soft-hearted. I should have chased B and got right down to business with ATATF. 2. Everyone needs to remember it’s business. The girls are there to earn a living. I can’t lay exclusive claim to any of them. Nor can any of them lay exclusive claim to me. 3. Be very careful with the emotions. Yes, I’m a true PL now. I have developed some real feelings for ATATF, but fortunately I’m pragmatic enough to recognize that everything stays in the club. I think she’s also carved out a small space for me in her heart. But, she’s smart too and keeps everything under control. Sorry, I may I’ve gone a bit off-topic from the original post, but it reminded me of this experience. The thing about this board it that it allows us to talk about things, which for various reasons we may not have other outlets to talk about. And sorry to be so long-winded about it!

Be careful which you choose. Either one could turn out to be a bitch!

I was at the old Trophy Club in Houston about 15 years ago when three cops walked in. They just walked around, checked a few id’s and left. The story later was that one girl had a warrant on her, but she managed to hide in the ceiling of the dressing room until the cops left.

I’ve eaten frog legs. Yes, they tasted like chicken. I’ve eaten rattlesnake. Also tastes like chicken, but a bit tougher. I’ve eaten alligator tail. Tastes like very, very tough chicken. But the most unusual thing I’ve eaten was some years ago when I was in Ecuador and partook of a local (local to Ecuador and Peru) delicacy called cui. Tasted like very tender but very greasy chicken. Look it up if you want to be somewhat disgusted. I’d be curious to hear what other wierd things people have eaten. (Tranny pussies don’t count.)

That reminds me of an incident near Houston about 15 years ago. A dentist was cheating on his wife, also a dentist. She found him with the mistress in a hotel and confronted him in the hotel parking lot. She then ran over him with her car, then circled the parking lot two more times to run him over twice more.

I agree with points in both discussions above, but not all. My perspective is that of a very infrequent alcohol drinker and one who has never used pot. The loudest voices in the country want pot legalized and the trend is increasingly in that direction. I believe that it will be legalized nationwide within 5-10 years. As a non-user I’d rather it wouldn’t be legalized, but I’m pragmatic enough to recognize that it will be. I have somewhat of a libertarian bent also, but there are times where legal restrictions are necessary. In the case of alcohol, for example, there is clear scientific basis for driving and workplace restrictions on alcohol use. In the case of pot similar scientific evidence is lacking. And, as BHF points out, the determination of such scientific evidence can not be obtained because any meaningful studies can not currently be performed due to laws against possession of pot. Most people believe,based only on anecdotal evidence, that pot is less harmful and less dangerous than alcohol. It may well be. However, everything is toxic, i.e., harmful at some level. Alcohol is known to cause cancer, and known cancer-causing agents are usually restricted in their handling and distribution in some way. But alcohol isn’t restricted in the same way because the level of carcinicity is fairly low, and people want their alcohol too much to care. Pot will have some level of toxicity, but we can’t currently determine that. Similarly with the behavioral effects of alcohol and pot. Anecdotal claims that pot will not impair driving reflexes, which I’ve heard quite a few times, may very well be bullshit. I believe there should be studies of pot to determine blood THC levels that do not impair reflexes for driving or workplace safety. And then those levels should be promulgated as limits analogous to the common blood alcohol limit of 0.08%. As I said above, pot will be legalized relatively soon. Right now Congress should get off their asses and pass a law to allow scientific studies on pot. Law enforcement clearly has better things to do than chase down pot users. A return to the Holder approach is probably appropriate.

I ask my CF to recommend a back-up for when she’s not there. The problem is, she just tells me who not to get dances with and she gives me all the reasons why. Other CF’s I’ve had in the past would actually make suggestions. Actually, I think the current CF has a thing for me whereas previous CF’s were more businesslike about it.

I once met a dancer in Houston who said she was moving to LA to become a porn actress. I told her she’d need training and offered it for a reasonable sum, but she declined.

What a joke. Microsoft alerted their employees that LE might have obtained their company ID’s, emails and other info while running a prostitution sting. And the employees should take care how their company credentials are used. It was a lot simpler and more straightforward when I worked in the petrochemical industry. If you used company resources for obtaining sexual services you were fired. Period, end of story.

I like JS69’s suggestion. But I’d also need to hire a French model (male) to “steal”her away in about a month when I tire of her.

I’m curious to hear the female and dancer perspective on this. BJ99???

Hey, on this board we call ourselves PL’s because we go to strip clubs to see and talk to half-naked women and to sometimes have sex with them. I would consider myself an all-time pathetic scum of the earth loser if I had to pay a girl hundreds of dollars just to talk to me. It drives me nuts when I see it happening, but God bless the girl that can grab a fistfull of bills just for sitting next to a guy.

I used to go to a lady dentist. She wasn't bad to look at but certainly nothing special. I don’t suppose things would have worked in reverse, would they? More seriously, I’ve sometimes wished my auto mechanical skills were better. Given the car problems these girls seem to have, I have to think a lot of trading of services could happen.

Good point, Lone Wolf. I lived through that corporate environment as well. But it wasn’t just sexual harassment. It covered a lot of other things too that evolved into the whole corporate diversity movement. The amazing thing though is that it just seemed to me to be the old big manufacturing corporations that did this. A lot of other businesses did not seem to get the memo. And so now we’re finally seeing it in entertainment, media and government. All those who preached so loudly for diversity never looked inwardly, or so it seems to me. Another problem as pointed out by the OP is the backlash when it all goes overboard. The best example now is the education business, particularly colleges and universities. What started as a reasonable attempt to protect and provide some measure of justice for mistreated women evolved into almost a situation where it seemed barely safe for a man to flirt with a woman. The pendulum seems to be starting back to a reasonable medium, since a few stories are coming out about men wrongfully accused who are finally being heard. Another thing I found interesting, not entirely related, but which shows how the old manufacturing corporations have been leading edge for major change. Government bureaucrats, especially in the State Department, are screaming about Rex Tillerson’s attempt to streamline what he sees as a “bloated bureaucracy.” Is anyone surprised at what he’s doing? That’s what he did at Exxon and what happened at every other oil company, chemical company, auto company, and a lot of other companies. I am constantly amazed at other places that can’t see the bloat in their own businesses. Printed media is feeling it. Pharmaceuticals and technology will eventually. As one who has lived through that and as a taxpayer, I can only say, “Go git ‘em, Rex!”

I’d be happy to sign up for her science class.

Once at Houston Dolls, I think. A couple came in and sat down and looked around the room more than at the stage. The girl eventually rolled her chair over next to me and started a conversation. She asked me a couple questions about my clubbing habits, and eventually got fairly direct asking what I went there for. Depending on time of day, day of week and which girl, one could frequently get extreme extras. Being rather suspicious, I was evasive in my answer. She invited me to join her and her man for a drink, but I declined. She said the offer would stand until they found someone else t take it. They soon left the club alone. In retrospect I’m pretty sure the unspoken offer was for an evening with the two of them, but I was too clueless to figure that at the time. When I did the opportunity was gone. I think I would have declined regardless since she wasn’t all that hot and I’m not into mmf threesomes.

I recently met a stripper with a forked tongue - literally, a forked tongue. She actually had her tongue sliced so that it was forked. I’m not into piercings, so this really creeps me out, especially when she sticks it out and wiggles the two sides around independently.

I’m currently reading Mr. Adam by Pat Frank. It’s a Cold War era science fiction book in which all men in the world are rendered sterile due to a nuclear accident, except for one man named Mr. Adam. (Frank wrote several books on the consequences of nuclear disasters.) This one is somewhat tongue-in-cheek and very light reading. Another Frank book is Alas, Babylon, which is totally serious and somewhat unsettling. The last book I finished reading was In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat, about quantum physics. Somewhat heavier reading than Mr. Adam, kind of like an M-1 tank is to a matchbox car. I like variety in my reading and my clubbing. Tuscl

Stephen Hawking now says that the earth will end in a ball of fire in 600 years. Care to comment, PD83?

I’m sort of in a same situation as the OP but haven’t quite had the same degree of intimacy. To maintain the relationship as is I have convinced her and myself (honestly) that she is doing a job and I am buying a service. But, I still desire her companionship at every opportunity and she has been willing to provide it. There has been no sex, and most likely won’t be, there has been no OTC of any sort, and probably won’t be. But we still enjoy each other’s company when we can. There is great affection between us, but that’s all it will ever be. We acknowledge that and are comfortable with that.

“...looks like a diaper.” Well said, Nina, very well said!