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"It's not unheard of in the industry (or life...)" Speedstick, so true! I had an interesting experience with such a situation, not in the industry but in "life". I am African. Not having a family doctor, I use a walk-in clinic in Kingston.Three months ago I went to that clinic on account of a painful sore throat. Because I was at risk of missing my afternoon shift at work as the wait to see a doctor was getting too long, I asked the receptionist whether I could come back in the early evening. She replied in the affirmative and so off I went. I went back around 5pm to find a new receptionist who, on asking me for my name, not only took my file to the only doctor then working but also seated me in a consulting room. Apparently before leaving, the first receptionist had told her to give me priority as I had been there in the morning. I waited as the doctor ( an elderly gentleman, by the way) came to pick patient after patient in the general waiting room despite seeing me in a consulting room and having my file. At one time, he stood about a foot from the doorway to where I was sitting, looked at me intently and then walked away to pick yet another patient. Realizing that he could not put off seeing me any longer, he walked into the consulting room and asked " what can I do for you?" I told him that I am also an MD but don't work as such and that I had come for a prescription for Azithromycin. He asked why and I said that I had a painful sore throat. Below is the conversation that took place between us. DOCTOR: how do you know that the sore throat is caused by bacteria for there is at present a virus infecting people in Kingston ( he asked this because viral infections are not usually treated with antibiotics) ME: As doctors, we always take into account the medical history of a patient. Azithromycin has worked for me any time I come down with sore throat. Besides I caught the sore throat in Berlin about a week ago, not Kingston. DOCTOR : what did you go to Berlin for? Have family or friends in Germany? ME : no. I have a perverse fascination with Nazi Germany and healthy admiration for German industry. He then examined my throat and said that there is no way I had a bacterial infection and that he would send a throat swab to the lab, adding that the lab will phone me should the test prove negative for bacteria. ( I am still waiting for the lab to call!) The person who was uncomfortable with engaging with me, was now chatting comfortably with me. We spoke of World War 2 and Hitler. I mentioned that I have in the past seen a doctor colleague of his at the clinic whom I liked very much. When, at one time I informed him that my baby brother works as a doctor in Toronto, the look on his face was one of mild amazement. It is interesting that the receptionists at the clinic ( with academic education far below that of the doctor) proved to be fair and impartial, free of prejuduce while the doctor was clearly prejudiced. It reinforced in me the belief that people should be treated as individuals as all the white staff(male and female, doctor and receptionist) I had previously seen at that clinic were pleasant individuals. I can only hope that the doctor came out of our encounter with the proverbial "food for thought", in this case, that there is variability among black people just as there is in other races.

Phaedrus was, I think, referring to candidates for the Darwin Prize and in some way, the problem could be minimised.

" With regards to ladies answering their work phone, I shake my head but for me my family comes before anyone and if my personal phone vibrates I'm checking." Right on Lexy.It is said that Mahatma Gandhi was having sexual intercourse at the very moment his father was dying. He was filled with such a sense of sorrow and shame that it caused him to renounce all wordly pleasures and adopt the ascetic lifestyle he did. Apparently, he never could live down the fact that he was having fun while his father was dying. You certainly have your priorities straight. Cheers.

I am in Kingston and wasn't even aware that a supermoon would occur last night but when I peered out of my study room window around 8pm last night and saw the moon, I was taken aback. That it wasn't a "normal" moon was readily apparent. It was easily two-three times the size of a normal-sized full moon and very golden in colour. In fact it looked "frightening". The phenomenon reawakened in me questions that are always buried in the recesses of my mind - is this life all there is? did some entity fashion the universe or did it just evolve? One mistake deniers of the possibility for a creator of the universe often make is that because a natural phenomenon can be explained rationally, that phenomenon "just happens", and that it is not the result of physical laws that an originator of the universe could have put in place to govern the universe.

RG : obviously without revealing names were the ladies involved CERB members?

You couldn't tell by the huge numbers of passengers that it was not an OK airline. I travelled on it between Geneva, Rome and Berlin just last month and found it OK. Sure, amenities are rustic but then is not the whole point in travelling moving safely from point A to point B?

Have you tried EasyJet? I know that within Europe the cost of flights on this airline is cheap. I don't know the cost of a trans-atlantic flight though. Good luck in your search.

Interesting. Thank you.

Great ending; totally unexpected!

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Right on, Whatsup!

Sorry, I would go for it but in the manner alluded to by Sara - let her know that I am a hobbiest beforehand. People in this lifestyle are supposed to be well-adjusted individuals, what with the opprobium society throws our way and so can't two hobbiest who happen to be coworkers have fun outside work? P-u-l-e-e-z-e!!!!! Saythe encounter does not go well; so what? In fact such a bad encounter will show how mature either or both of you are. You could brush off that encounter and then try again. It would be nice to be in such a situation and I suspect that the very fact that you are harbouring such an explosive secret will add sizzle to your encounters. Plus, I am certain that it will improve your professional relationship for after all you are two peas in a pod, so to speak. I'd go for it.

Mighty Pen : excellent! excellent!! excellent!!! is all I can say (or is it write?)

Alexa Cummings I will begin with a question that contains the oxymoronic term â??serious funâ?: do you want serious fun? If you do, then seek out Alexa. It may seem presumptuous on my part to think that my idea of fun with a lady is some universal standard that all men must aspire to. Maybe so but once in a while an event or person comes along that simply sears themselves onto our consciousness, suffusing our entire being with wonderment. Men of CERB, such has been my encounter with Alexa. Being a highly visual person in the area of sexual attraction, I go for ladies of average body build but with rounded hips and full buttocks. No other body type can get me aroused ( is this a case of psychological impotence?) and in Alexa I got even more - amazing eyes set in a stunningly beautiful face, â??manageableâ? boobs and flawless skin to boot. Now, Cerbites , there is more to this lady than the raw physical attributes she has been endowed with. Her hygiene is top notch, she is vivacious, she is considerate. I was really touched when, after I had orgasmed, she sweetly asked me whether I wanted another shot. And also, and also, and also â?? she is naughty! Hardly had we exchanged pleasantries after she entered my abode than she stripped off her tight pants revealing a crimson bikini with a big bow pinned at the back! One could see her round, plump buttocks in all its glory! I am not a young man and so my virility is not as that of years gone by; in fact those who study human sexuality claim that as a man ages, he needs stronger stimuli to get aroused. It is a testament to Alexaâ??s sexual allure that I was aroused easily. A moment when my ego hit stratospheric level was when, during a doggy act, she told me to hang on for my male member was getting bigger inside her! A younger man with Alexa will need an industrial suction pump to deflate his male member, so to speak. Such is her sexual allure. The morning after our encounter, I felt like a young man. I can really say with the late godfather of soul that â??it is a new dayâ?. Would I repeat with Alexa? You bet I would repeat, and repeat and repeat andâ?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦..

"........ You can come back and pay again:smile:" Sky: I couldn't help but roar with laughter at this sentence. How true! Regards.

Bown : I find myself agreeing with you. I have communicated with two ladies in the past few weeks and in both I made reference to size of body parts. One lady kept mum to my questions while the other, incidentally much younger, laughed about it, prefacing her message with LOL. Of course with the older lady,I took her silence to mean she was not comfortable talking this way so I ceased such talk. Bottom Line: I am almost 100% sure that CERB men never consciously attempt to demean the ladies. People approach things differently. If a line has been crossed, it is most likely not out of malice. Additional Comments: mrgreen760 wrote: find the word respect so overused in today's society. Overpaid athletes saying " It's not about the money...I'm not about the money....it's about respect!! Or how entering another neighborhood can some how be contrused as some one or thing being some how "disrespected". How I laughed out loud on reading this! My eyes watered like a fountain. Cheers.

"I don't give a fuck?" Really? How can people be so callous! I hope this scum is treated likewise a millionfold. Emma, don't brood over this lowlife for not only are most people honest (as qwerty has written above) but also decent in the way they treat their fellow human beings. Cheer up, Emma.

I find your answer reasonable, Speedstick; Regards.

"The nerves that stimulate/innervate the penis also innervate the vagina" Speedstick: Shouldn't we expect the same nerves to stimulate the clitoris and the penis as the latter is derived from the former and so have the same embryologic origin? What is the male analogue of the vagina as the vagins is just a hollow muscular tube?

What about cash? Since cash is a universal medium of exchange, I prefer giving it as gift. In this way, the lady can, outright, buy what she likes best or can add her own cash to it and buy a pricier item she likes.

Rory Gallagher of Bullfrog Blues fame?

"......the definition of "weird" is "what someone else likes" ". Well-said, Wrinkled.

A good suggestion, fixednbroken.

Bad, Bad, Bad. Lou, do not waste your time on such conceited and insular people. They think that what they like is standard and define the world as they want it to be, not what it is actually like. Cheers.