Cooper

Gotcha! Thank you. I really appreciate your thoughtful and gentle guidance.

Yes, the 6S is larger than the 6. I only see the avatar image when I turn my iPhone sideways.

Robin seems to be very popular at the "Time Square Men Spa" and I can understand why. I took the advice of others and requested him. He's really good. I felt very relaxed and rejuvenated afterwards. He did ask how I liked my massage, medium pressure was perfect for me. He's very polite, friendly, and good looking.
 
There were 5 Asian masseurs when I arrived. All looked to be in their early 20's. Very friendly staff and a clean place. I like the location.

@NeedUToKneadMe:
 
Recently, the message board had to conform with new Federal Guidelines. Talking about ”extras” might violate the Terms & Rules of this Forum & hold the website responsible. I know that sucks but we have no other choice.
 
A lot of “extras” used to be shared here. Best we just talk about the location, name of the masseur, & how the massage was.
 
Btw, I had a very relaxing massage at Time Square Men’s Spa. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
 
Cooper

He called the cops? Why couldn’t he just say “no, I just want a massage”. What an asshole.

Yes, the 6S is larger than the 6. I only see the avatar image when I turn my iPhone sideways.

Took in today's matinee of "The Prom". I found it very entertaining and funny. It's about a HS Prom being canceled because a lesbian couple wants to attend. When a group of recently unemployed Broadway actors (their show "Eleanor" bombed) hear of this story they decide to take it on as a project hoping to gain some well needed publicity. So, off they all go to a small conservative town in Indiana. The 1st Act is very funny but has a cruel ending and the 2nd Act seems to be a bit preachy and predictable.
 
A very youthful and good looking cast. Lots of energy especially in the dance numbers and there's a lot of dancing. The singing is powerful but not so memorable. A very likeable cast. The lead, Caitlin Kinnunen, is very convincing as Emma, the HS lesbian. The roles of the unemployed Broadway actors: Dee Dee, Allen, Barry, and Angie, are a real hoot. Their 1st song, "Changing Lives", is so funny and has excellent lyrics.
 
It's a fast moving show and a very easy story to follow. Lots of costume changes and a happy ending.

Of course! That make sense. Yes, I have an 8 plus (I wish I could say that about my dick).

AH HA!!! That’s the issue. I’ve got an iPhone 8 but it’s not a Plus. I cannot see the avatar unless it’s turned sideways. Thanks for clarifying.

@ArVaGuy, I agree. That was my 1st issue when testing the upgrade. When on your iPhone you now have to turn it sideways to see your avatar in order to log out.

@latbear4blk: I have a iPhone 6 & I don’t see my avatar unless I turn it sideways. I’m guessing that your screen is larger.

Took in today's matinee of "The Prom". I found it very entertaining and funny. It's about a HS Prom being canceled because a lesbian couple wants to attend. When a group of recently unemployed Broadway actors (their show "Eleanor" bombed) hear of this story they decide to take it on as a project hoping to gain some well needed publicity. So, off they all go to a small conservative town in Indiana. The 1st Act is very funny but has a cruel ending and the 2nd Act seems to be a bit preachy and predictable.
 
A very youthful and good looking cast. Lots of energy especially in the dance numbers and there's a lot of dancing. The singing is powerful but not so memorable. A very likeable cast. The lead, Caitlin Kinnunen, is very convincing as Emma, the HS lesbian. The roles of the unemployed Broadway actors: Dee Dee, Allen, Barry, and Angie, are a real hoot. Their 1st song, "Changing Lives", is so funny and has excellent lyrics.
 
It's a fast moving show and a very easy story to follow. Lots of costume changes and a happy ending.

Do you know what would be great? (Boytoy has this)
 
We should be able to paste the image/gif url address in the body of the message directly, and the software should recognize it and insert it in the post. Right now we have to make a click to open the insert pop up, then we have to make another click to paste the url, and finally a third click to insert the file.
 
The other way is just one click.
 
That would be great.
 
Or perhaps I just do not know how to insert here an image making less than three clicks.

If you’ve ever seen the show you mostly know what you’re going to get which is just fun. Every year they tweak the show a bit but wisely keep the Rockettes as the main attraction. The toy soldier routine with the cannon never gets old. The first time I saw the nativity scene ending I was probably 7 years old. It’s the same, live camels and all.
I still get a rush when I enter this Art Deco gem of a building. Plus the mighty Wurlitzer shaking the rafters. You can’t really go wrong. Tickets are easy to get.

The Escort has contacted the Administrators to inform us that those are his actual pictures.

It might be that only the Moderators can see that strike through the user’s name.

Luckily I was never bullied for being gay when I was at school or really when I worked. I don't know why. However there were children in school (especially in classes like gym) who were taunted and bullied in front of me. And I did nothing to speak in their defense or come to their aid. I am sure it was nothing like the degradation they felt at the time or after but there is a guilt that I (and I'm sure people like me) felt and continue to feel because we failed to do anything. Certainly I think part of me knows that little can be done at that age (or even when you get older in certain situations) however some of that guilt is so visceral it never leaves you.

I was raised right in the middle of the Bible Belt. Most of my life consisted of bullying of one type or another.
 
I retreated into Science Fiction books because I didn't know how to speak up. It wasn't until I ended up in Portland that I came to terms with my Gayness and the right to speak up for myself. As a Programmer, most people in my environment, didn't care. So I was an innocent and silent.
 
It wasn't until the age of 24 that I learned: "Fuck 'em if they can't accept me for who I am." and the very important: "I'm not everybody's cup of tea; but for those that I am, I'm a very special cup of tea!"
 
I don't wish bigotry on anybody for no matter what the reason. That's why a few years ago I embraced diversity, and I reject bullying. That's why I've been more vocal and rejecting being silent because "that's the way it's always been."
 
I've been horrified to learn that the LGBTQ community is just as bad as the Christian Community that I experienced in the Bible Belt. Just as resistant to changing their behavior for the better.
 
As @deej has said: "That's why we can't have nice things!" I want the nice things, the nice people, the nice community. Sadly, it starting to seem an impossible dream. But I'm willing to keep tilting at the windmills.

I remember a time when too many young gay men were afraid to speak. Let alone speak-out. I remember those times very well because I lived and survived during those times often because of the people who spoke-out on my behalf for queer people like me, when I was perhaps too young and didn't have my personal footings yet or felt uncomfortable or unequipped to do so. Perhaps in many ways it was in fear of the repercussions which might affect my own personal life that I then chose to let others fight for me.
 
Age and personal growth heals those fears and inabilities if we're lucky. I know it did for me. Yet it wasn’t without scars from those of past and those who still, to this day, attempt to silence us.
 
I’d like to start a thread about silencing.
 
How it might have impacted your life when you were young and how you might have overcome it or are perhaps still challenged by it. And why.

I remember being bullied as a freshman in high school. Luckily, the math teacher was also the vice principal. He did not stop it immediately. But once he talked about it openly in class, it did stop.

I remember being young, closeted and frightened at work.
 
Years later I felt bullied by one of the security organization at my company. I reported it to the HR director. I had decided there was no effing way I was going to exist in an oppressive environment.
 
Eventually he was dismissed after pissing off our local executive. My input may have made the decision easier. Don't know.
 
I later found out the HR director was lesbian. I decided there are really a lot more friends and allies around us than we might realize and that over the years being gay may have led certain people to look kindly on me. Of course it hasn't hurt that I do a good job.

I grew up in a family in which sex, of any kind, was never discussed. Although I realized by the time I was in early adolescence that I was attracted to males, I was rather shy, and I didn't even know the mechanics of having sexual relations: the first time I did anything with another male, at age 17, I was amazed to discover that a penis could be inserted into an ass! Apparently others didn't perceive that I was homosexual--perhaps because I was pretty quiet, physically average, and developed secondary male features like body hair earlier than my peers--so I don't remember ever being bullied.
 
I became sexually active at exactly the same time that I graduated from high school and went away to a small college, where absolutely nobody knew me, so I was free to create a new persona. But those were the Eisenhower years, an era when being "different" often did lead to persecution, so I became a scholar rather than a rebel. I did find gay friends and sex partners off campus and on long summer breaks back home, where I had access to the NYC fleshpots, but on campus I was just one of the regular guys, albeit with hints of worldliness from more than just books. Just like my straight roommates, I had girlfriends, but my reputation was unexpectedly established when the beautiful girlfriend of the football team captain broke up with him and started dating me. When the relationship threatened to become serious, I told her that I had sex with men, and that proved a deal-breaker. While I was in college, I also came out to my parents, though not to other family members.
 
When I graduated, I immediately went off to graduate school, where again nobody knew me, so I was free to create another new persona. This time it was in a major city, and because I was an adult, I decided it was time to be more completely out. I lived downtown rather than on campus, and became a regular part of the gay community. Many of the friends I made at the university were gay as well, though I wasn't "loud and proud" there. However, I did join the Janus Society, an early gay rights organization, joined protests, and became an officer when JS morphed into the Homosexual Law Reform Society. When I finished my degree and started working, I didn't declare myself to employers and colleagues (being actively homosexual was, after all, illegal), but I didn't try to hide it either. I lived with my first male partner, and people could draw whatever conclusions they wanted to. I never lied if directly asked.
 
After Stonewall, all the shackles were off. In the 70s, I worked with other organizations, like GAA, lobbied the state legislature, taught my school's first Gay Literature course, and was televised carrying the rainbow flag at the head of the Gay Pride parade downtown. In the 80s, when Silence=Death, I volunteered with AIDS organizations. As I have grown old and gray, I am less interested in gay activities than I used to be, and am more inclined to give money to support activism than to man the barricades myself. There is no reason to be silent, because there is almost no one I come in contact with who doesn't either know or assume that I am gay, including distant relations and those long-ago high school and college classmates.

The old adage, "You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't" best describes how I feel about moderating this site. We can't please all but like you, I, too, want to see the PR&W Forum up and running so that all members feel comfortable in posting their positions in a civil way regardless of their political persuasion.
 
The PR&W Forum is a challenge to moderate. The majority of reports we receive deal with personal attacks. The rules are very clear about the actions moderators can take on this issue. They read: "Attacks against members will only be acted upon at the request of the member being attacked. If you submit a report because you see a violation of that rule keep in mind that the report must be submitted by the "member being attacked". Most members do not submit reports/alerts making it appear that the moderators aren't taking action or following the rules. Not so! But maybe it's time for us to revisit that rule if it helps getting the Forum back up and running.
 
The Moderators do not discuss on the Message Board alerts received or actions taken. We also do not mention the names of members who are banned or timed out. We respect your privacy. If you want to crack down on personal attacks help us out and submit those reports.
 
Are new Guidelines and new rules necessary to get this Forum back? Or are the current Terms and Rules sufficient? Perhaps following them is the best answer.
 
Cooper

It might be that only the Moderators can see that strike through the user’s name.

The old adage, "You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't" best describes how I feel about moderating this site. We can't please all but like you, I, too, want to see the PR&W Forum up and running so that all members feel comfortable in posting their positions in a civil way regardless of their political persuasion.
 
The PR&W Forum is a challenge to moderate. The majority of reports we receive deal with personal attacks. The rules are very clear about the actions moderators can take on this issue. They read: "Attacks against members will only be acted upon at the request of the member being attacked. If you submit a report because you see a violation of that rule keep in mind that the report must be submitted by the "member being attacked". Most members do not submit reports/alerts making it appear that the moderators aren't taking action or following the rules. Not so! But maybe it's time for us to revisit that rule if it helps getting the Forum back up and running.
 
The Moderators do not discuss on the Message Board alerts received or actions taken. We also do not mention the names of members who are banned or timed out. We respect your privacy. If you want to crack down on personal attacks help us out and submit those reports.
 
Are new Guidelines and new rules necessary to get this Forum back? Or are the current Terms and Rules sufficient? Perhaps following them is the best answer.
 
Cooper