AndyRew

Exactly. No service provider should feel uncomfortable with whom they are possibly going to be seeing. If they require first name, last name, phone number, DOB, physical size statistics, a recommendation from another provider, they are in the right, as well to ask for any other information they so desire. Personally, I can understand asking for place of employment. Certain SP's want to know that they are going to be 'pencilling' in individuals they can rely on to show up on time, to be hygienic and capable of paying for their services. I have no qualms about letting a service provider know where I am working and has been the subject in the past. If you're a bus-boy, line cook or some McD's worker, I can understand them being slightly hesitant for wanting to schedule you in; not that you may not be an upstanding individual, but the negative stereotype that may accompany such profession. I have my own personal limits in what I am willing to share and if that means that I do not get to share in the experience of a SP, so be it, I do not become bothered by it, I understand each one has their own preferences/screening methods. Just the same, I have my own screening methods for which SP's I am willing to see and personally feel I am equally in the right to have said 'preferences'.

I do believe that money can be a huge issue for those who become caught up with regularly seeing SP's. I personally have never paid for a provider as I have only had one encounter and from there we only go for dinner together when she comes into town as we have developed a friendship together where it is mutually beneficial. Finding that line or agreeing to put aside so much a week/month for those who can afford it and sticking to it is most likely the best way to handle your money in a reasonable manner without going overboard.

If alone, I don't think it would necessarily be an issue but if I was with family or friends, I would want to spend time with them, regardless of who asked me. I get one day off a month, so time with others is always number one if I can get it.

No. I am where I am because it is where I need to be to get the most out of life. Would you ever partake in a male-male massage?

Not too big of a deal seeing as how it is simply going to be a discontinuation of service, it is not like the OS is going to become unusable, it simply will not get updated, something I have never done with XP as SP 2 & 3 tend to cause difficulties with many users and I have elected to not be one of them.

The most basic editing software that you can use is going to be Adobe's Photoshop. You won't want to work with any of the other products as Illustrator is for the creation of images and After Effects will not resolve any of the issues you may have. But then again, your problems may be more severe. Without a small image to see what is wrong, it is difficult to suggest an appropriate software package, though if it is only small blurring, I would suggest Photoshop as it is what I use with all of my photo editing.