Kubrickfan

Great post and congratulations!

Church, United Way (quite a bit ... its a great way to generally benefit your community), and various other charities in smaller amounts that solicit donations. We dont do phone donations. Also dont forget clothing and other donations (in the US, that's to Goodwill or the Salvation Army). Some of those organizations will even send a truck for larger donations. And, although I dont know what the tax rules are in Canada related to charitable donations, I always get a receipt for the value of the goods for tax purposes. all that being said, probably the single most rewarding way to contribute is with your time. Many of these organizations need people to help and you will usually only meet wonderful people that are a lot of fun to be around.

Assuming you have crutches, stairs are pretty easy once you get the hang of it, just slow: Going up, leave the crutches on the step you are on and push up on the crutches with your arms to get to the next step. Going down, put the crutches on the step down and then slowly swing your body down. Two plastic bags and two rubber bands should do the trick in the shower; just try to keep that leg out of the water flow.

Many congratulations, Your Highness!

Sara -- From someone who used to work at a higher end audio store when records were popular, just be really sure that: The records are clean ... if they have a lots of grunge on them, they will wear out quickly. Unlike CDs, records generally have a limited lifespan, especially if they are dirty. The needle is not worn out. That can easily ruin the grooves of the record.

Awww, jeeeeeeez ... now we got LOLcats over here too. (smile)

Sounds positive! Not to go through this blow by blow, but hopefully you located your prior sponsor or find one at the AA meeting. BTW, they make some darn good root beer these days! (smile)

Sounds like a good ending ... thanks for sharing a very interesting story.

Good for you! As to AA, sounds like you're admitting that your life has become unmanageable but not quite yet that you're powerless over alcohol. Step 1 dude ... good luck and very best wishes.

SA -- I actually thought of you as the potential list keeper/monitor when I posted my message ... thanks!

Funny, I dont remember this episode of the Flintstones (smile). I agree that Ms. Rubble was a bit hotter than Ms. Flintstone.

Agreed, it would take someone who is really plugged in to the local scene. My point is that this list could have some value to the agencies to keep current.

I realize this is an older thread, but I just found it. There is an easy analogy for the guys, and that's their "package." If you treat women's breasts like you would like you own package treated (usually gently, but maybe a tiny bit more aggressively at certain moments of pleasure), you're going to be in great shape. I agree that it can be very sexy to reach around a woman and kiss her neck or ear lightly while carressing her breasts ... same with guys with their package. But you probably wouldn't want someone unexpectly grabbing a big handful and squeezing hard.

Best wishes as well, but I am interested to see how this sorts out in terms of which ladies are represented by each agency. Sounds like a "friendly" (?) parting of the ways, so hopefully it will all work out.

This would seem to be a good exercise, maybe even for the Mod or other Ottawa "regular" to maintain as a sticky? I would think that could also be "real estate" that might have value to the agencies.

Angel -- From someone who actually had a counseling internship in a VA hospital treating patients with alcohol addiction, this is going to probably be one of the tougher things you do in your life. But if you invest the time into the program and do it right, you should get a lot out of it, and that's important to you and your loved ones.

Happy Birthday!

A few things: 1. First, I cant imagine what would happen if a guy started this thread with the same title other than substituting the word "women" for "men." I suspect, however, that the ladies here would give him the digital equivalent of a proctology exam with a baseball bat. (smile) 2. Guys are shallow ... that's not a revelation. If they weren't, the ladies here would be posting poems they have authored and scientific theories they have created instead of naughty pictures of themselves. Attractive looks are a sociobilogocal fact of life. But that means very different things to different guys. (However .. ahem ... there's probably a strong consensus around Megan Fox (smile)) 3. For women, I'm guessing that attractiveness is important but so is confidence. strength (physical and/or mental ... is this guy going to help lead the family?) and sincerity (is this guy going to cheat on me?). Again, all based on evolution to some extent.

Isabella -- not sure that drlove got stood up, at least from a "technical" standpoint. Looking at his initial post, he said that the lady promised to communicate one more time presumably to firm things up (no pun intended ... Smile), so I think this may be more about politeness for lack of a better term.

Steve -- I dont think we should ever get to the point here where we cant have a frank discussion of an issue that's bothersome as long as it doesn't get personal within the thread and as long as the poster isn't trying to solicit PMs from other members to vent. This discussion is good substantive content and part of what we should be discussing IMO. I once started a thread about whether it is reasonable for a lady to request a photo of a client before agreeing upon an appointment. It was a requirement included in a PM from the lady when I tried to arrange a meeting and wasn't mentioned in her publicly available information. In my cerb poting, I made it very clear that the lady had every right to do it, but it was a non-starter for me and I was wondering what other members thought. I stated in my post that I wasn't willing to share the name of the lady involved. It ended up being a 75-100 message string calling out the pros and cons of doing that. Nobody got cranky, it was just a good discussion. And I did hear from the lady via PM, but it was a very polite discussion. Similarly, there have been many threads here on cerb about client no-shows and other misbehavior. Usually not personal, and usually very good discussions. I certainly dont want to re-hash those issues, but I'd really hate to lose discussions like that from cerb just because an anonymous person might (or might not) feel a bit uncomfortable. This is a very supportive group here on cerb, and I think we need to be that way especially as to the "primary topic" at hand.

Wow ... yippee ... what a great thread to hear from the ladies.

Thanks ... that makes sense and sorry it didn't work out. Usually the "I'm going to assume something came up unless I hear from you by ____" expresses a sense of urgency without sounding rude. Its not going to change minds one way or the other, but it might help to get things moving.

Not even a week ago, I called customer service to check on an order I had placed for a ladder from a company in Utah. Got a woman on the phone, and I didn't have my order number. She said no problem, she will go in through "the back door." Then she re-iterated, "I really like the back door." Almost surreal. I almost said, "I'm happy for you," but I thought she might hang up on me and screw up my order.

You shouldn't feel like the string should be closed, and there's a lot of guys here who have been in your shoes, so no worries and that can be very frustrating as you get your expectations up, etc., especially if its with a lady you have been looking forward to seeing for a while. On the other hand, you said in your post that she did say that she would be in touch to firm things up, so I wouldn't have gone to the trouble to give her your personal info. until she gave you some sort of confirmation. If it was me, I would have e-mailed her Monday and asked her to confirm by either Monday night or this morning at the latest, and that you would assume something came up if you didn't hear from her. At the same time, if you had a series of active communications with this lady, back and forth, over a period of time trying to schedule appointments, and then never heard from her after finally setting something tentative up, that certainly doesn't seem very nice. As others have said, just move on. If it was a mis-communication, she certainly knows how to contact you.

Its always beenficial to exchange some e-mails in advance of a visit to develop that chemistry, and if they participate here on cerb and seem to be responsive to your posts, all the better. Its a bit tougher with an agency obviously on a first visit, but if you know the person who runs the agency/answers the phone and they know you a bit, that can help in matching you up with the right person. For me, the best example of that is Tracey at 613girls (formerly Ottawa Play Girls) although I haven't worked with her in quite a while.