Rounding Third

Happy Birthday to a remarkable lady!! Beautiful, sexy, fun and totally unique. I may be a day late but my sentiment is no less sincere!

Got an email from someone special....I mean really special....or even really, really special....like a certain CERB lady special!!!!

Congratulations Emily for this milestone and thank-you for being everything you are. It is my absolute honour and delight to know you!

I am pretty sure the tps.tvq would not apply on this transaction as receiving an advance is not a taxable transaction.

Exactly. If I am interested the types of numbers that matter are typically the date they are visiting our city, phone number, room number etc (lol)

WOW - 4,000 great posts!! Technically from my perspective, it is 3,999 great posts plus one downer. The downer was when you canceled a trip to my city and broke my heart. Just kidding lovely Emma, Congrats!

Highlight of the day? It was just a super nice summer's day. That's all..not complicated.. just nice..did not do all that much but yet, it just seemed perfect..perhaps it stands out because days like this do not come by that often

We had a very rigorous fitness class today and I was able to keep up. In fact, right after the class the instructor came over to me and said "good job, you were doing really well". Wow - did that make me feel good:). Indeed, I have not felt this good since Emily Rushton posted on my wall here at CERB that, "you are the sweetest man ever!". Its true, she really did!- you can look it up (lol):D

This actually happened a while back. Had a garage sale to get rid of certain useless "stuff". A relative dropped by and among the "stuff" were items that they recognized as gifts they had given me in recent years. Opps.. awkward moment for sure. Moral - KEEP RELATIVES AWAY FROM YOUR GARAGE SALES. Good safety tip.:-|

OMG - Michael Jordan leads NBA in scoring for seven consecutive seasons, Joe DiMaggio has a 56 game hitting streak, Wayne Gretzky scores 92 goals in a season, and now RG with 9,000 posts, all enlightening. One word.. Legendary.. Congrats my friend, and thanks!

Because us guys enjoy them so,update your album (lol)

Happy Birthday Carrie - Have a good one! - Perhaps you should do something very special -mmm- like what?---Oh! I know, i know--PLAN A TRIP DOWN EAST (lol)

Happy Birthday Loki - from your fellow New Brunswicker - and a benefactor of your wisdom. Have a great day!

Got rid of a bunch of clutter that I should have disposed of long ago..and most of it was recyclable too!

I need a trades person to do a few projects that are beyond my capabilities...and none of them will return my calls!! Does anyone out there wanna work?

Congrats Meg.. I always enjoy your cool ads and your clever posts.. keep em coming!

One word - Roseanne

Polite mature gentleman is searching for liaisons with a professional female companion. I am experienced, respectful and very appreciative. The lady's age or body style does not matter. What does matter are smiles, kindness, sweetness and sincere conversation. And from there.....well, we will create together whatever magic we create!!:wink:...

Gee Thanks Serena - and a belated Happy Birthday. :smile:Must have been a good one with a smile like that!!;-)

In my view gifting is fun. It is fun to think of the appropriate gift for a lady, it is fun shopping for it and fun planning how to present it to her. The most fun of course is if she is surprised and likes it! The gift has nothing to do with the donation. Rather, It is just something to do for fun. With that viewpoint I typically buy gifts for ladies I have gotten to know as opposed to a first or or early visit. That makes sense, you can't hope to buy the perfect gift without knowing the lady! I learned that the hard-way. I once bought jewelry on a first date for a lady travelling to our city for the first time. I thought it was great idea because the Jewelry is made in our province so it was meant to be a thank-you for visiting us gift, and a token of our province. However, as soon as I meant her i realized that the color and style of what i bought did not really suit her. Oh well! Since that first date, I have gotten to know the lady very well and have given her a few successful gifts. One thing I have done on a first date with a lady visiting for the first time is to include in the envelope a list of my favorite restaurants and my comments on them, and sites to see in our city. Ladies visiting for the first time appreciate that. Gifts do not have to be expensive. One very successful gift was a calender with the theme of the lady's favorite TV show. Again, you have to know the lady to know her favorite show. I do not buy gifts for every date, only when I have a good idea for a gift. Like anything, common sense prevails. For example on a 5:30PM date I will bring wine. But a 9:30Am date, i do not bring wine. If i think of it, I ask if she would like me to pick up a tea or coffee etc, but i always ask, never assume. I am afraid I do not understand tipping and perhaps i am taking the word to literally. I have said this recently in another post. I never discuss money and the last thing i would ever dream of doing is fumble for extra cash at the end of a date because the service was at some acceptable standard. These ladies are professionals. The services is going to be good or I would not be there. We tip waiters and cabdrivers for service, and we do not tip lawyers, accountants, interior decorators, landscape designers, etc when they do work for us because we know it will meet a professional standard. I do sometimes put a bit extra in the envelope if the lady's suggested donation is less than what I consider market. That is a jester of appreciation as opposed as an amount contingent on some level of service. My, I did tend to ramble on this one....