Kubrickfan

Nobody thinks of Quaddafi when they are doing it, do they?

Good exercise ... and easy to use. I kept screwing up the second line African nations and the ______istans. Its hard to see Bahrain.

I've mentioned in other threads that I travel a lot on business. My personal favorite is Travelpro ... its one of the two brands that airline crews carry a lot. Their most popular line is their "Crew" line, but they have fancier and lighter lines as well. This is probably the brand you are going to see most at the airport used by the business travellers nowadays. They have sturdy bodies, fabrics and very good quality wheels. I have a carry-on 22" Travelpro bag which can hold (for a guy) 5-7 days worth of stuff that I have used for years on a monthly basis and it hardly shows any wear. We also have a couple Delsey bags which are very, very competitive with the Travelpros as to features and durability. Some say the Delseys dont look quite as institutional and have more interesting colors. Tumi is obviously a premiere brand and are extremely well built as is Hartmann luggage. Hartmann is probably as close as you can get to a "lifetime" brand (their belting leather products refuse to die). Both of those brands will set you back a very pretty penny. I'm not sure if they ship to Canada, but a fantastic site to shop for luggage is luggagepros-dot-com. I've bought quite a few bags there.

But, check out the original title of the thread. Yes, I think the airport is a very bad incall location.;)

No, I dont work for Walmart. I'm just an unapologetic capitalist. Walmart may have a couple shareholders that are billionaires, but most of their stock is held by tens of thousands of individual shareholders, institutional investors, mutual funds and pension funds all of whom demand a return on their investment. If you have a pension or a mutual fund, you could very well own some stock as well. For the reasons I already explained, they cant just give money to their employees and be competitive. And yes, it may be the employees union, by the store is owned by Walmart and the owners should be allowed to do whatever they want legally to their asset including closing it down if it can't be profitable. Also, for the record, I'm neither pro- nor anti-Walmart. I'm anti-lack of economic knowledge. Now ... as to sneaking out of the strip club with one of those wonderful ladies ... that's just a wonderful mental image!

I would definitely get the cell phone, but you should be able, with a lot of providers, to start things off with e-mail or PMs here on cerb and explain that you live out of range but you will have the phone for the visit. I assume you would do an incall or an outcall to a hotel in a more populated location?

I agree, except I wouldn't say we are shopping ourselves out of jobs as much as tax policy and labor requirements (labor rates, benefits, pensions, etc.) especially in Europe and North America, simply make it much cheaper to manufacture goods elsewhere.

Plese, lord, let this not turn into a "global warming" thread. (Smile)

Why wouldn't it be?

Unfortunately, I think its fair to say Nicolette wins. :shock:

Nowadays, there really isn't an excuse for not having one and it doesn help establish, as many have said, an important level of trust with the lady or agency.

If I am seeing someone new, I always try to provide a physical description that is accurate. Not that I'm anything out of the ordinary, but its only fair to the ladies and I try to be accurate.

I mean no disrespect, but you guys aren't understanding how an economy actually works. The only reason Walmart exists is because there is a market (ie, demand) for mass-merchandized goods (ie, supply) at inexpensive prices. Walmart doesn't create the demand, the people that shop there do. If Walmart doesn't offer the lowest prices, someone else will. There is also a market for labor (ie, supply) at wages at or slightly above minimum wage from retailers like Walmart, fast food places, etc. (ie, demand). If people weren't willing to work for those wages there would be a labor shortage and wages would likely rise until there is a balance between supply of labor willing to work for the higher prices and demand for labor at that price. If Walmart was to artificially pay its employees more, it would have to charge more for its goods in order to pay its investors a return on their investment. At the same time, another retailer ... call it Acme ..., who otherwise is operating in the same market, pays its employees the going market rate. Because it is paying its employees less it can offer to sell its products for cheaper than Walmart. Wallmart loses market share to Acme, who then becomes the next Walmart. If Walmart continues to act out of sync with the market, sooner or later it goes out of business. But Acme is there to replace it. Wallmart is a symptom, not a cause. Arguing with basic laws of economics are, respectfully, is like arguing with gravity.

Good idea ... I'm done as well.

They just "did it," didn't they?

Really. At least as to your supposition about there being no difference between little 'ole church ladies and jihadists. I dont get the last one ... are you asserting that all eight members (including the liberal members) of the US Supreme Court are in on it too?

Visit always works for me.

What laws of attraction are you referring to?

I think "clock watching" is different than being sensitive to the time. I assume a clock watcher would be distracted by the time to the point where it has a negative effect on the visit. Being sensitive to the time is the responsibility of both the client and the lady. That being said, I'd going to say something a bit controversial and assert that ... in the long run ... neither the client or the SP should be concerned if things are a little shorter or a little longer. I'm not looking for a refund if things dont go for the full time alloted, and I dont think its a reasonable expectation that if we are having a natural conversation or "whatever" and things run over a bit that there should be more money involved. Frankly, life is just too short.

Rick -- Understand what you are saying. I just see there being a fundamental difference between the level of violent loyalty that seems to exists among radical Islam and modern Christians affirmatively following the precepts of their religion. When the church strays out of those precepts into other areas, the level of "loyalty" drops off quite dramatically. For instance, some Catholic bishops decided to take a position favoring public employee unions in the United States. I'm fairly certain that most Catholics dont give a rat's ass what the bishops' position is on unionization. And certainly the bishops aren't running around demanding their followers undertake a jihad on other peoples.

That reminds me of an expression one hears now and then ... just showing up for work puts you ahead of half the population or something like that.

And is the lack of other jobs in the economy Walmart's fault?

Georgia Tech 2004 6/155 ... looks like she's practicing to join cerb! :icon_wink:

Because they just do, don't they?

Nicolette -- Nicely done ... these are helpful!