Posts made by Ellis

@raphjd:

Ok, I removed the sample warning.   Don't worry, it has no effect on your forum use.  I just wanted you to see what happens when you get one.

Forum and site (torrent based) warnings use different systems.  It's been absolutely ages since I did site warnings, so maybe it's a part of that from the last site upgrade???????  But why would it have my name attached????

Well, just to let you know…

Just now, when I checked for new replies to my posts, it was this one from, to which I'm replying. When I clicked to view your reply the warning popped up...oh well…thank you again.

@raphjd:

I'll give you a "sample" warning so you can see what it looks like.

Thank you again raphjd for your time, as well as again affirming and informing me, after seeing the screenshots of the "Official Warning"–that it is indeed not.

...and I do appreciate your offer of the "sample" warning, but I think I'm good, so if it's okay with you, I think I'd like to pass on that. :afr2:

Thanks again!

A Change Is Gonna Come (1964) Sam Cooke

By far, my favorite Sam Cooke song…love the violins…mm mm.

It always gives me goose bumps and makes me sigh.

I can never play it only one time, and it’s probably played at least 10 times in this cycle…sigh.

Video…

Youtube Video

@oliverqueen3:

I've considered commenting  in comment section of the ones like that…

I used to do just that…

and it got very tiresome after doing that about 10 times (especially when it seemed like it wasn't making any difference). ???

I also posted my frustrations regarding the same as well...

https://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=43867.msg228273#msg228273

This post actually resulted in me getting "WARNED" for whatever reason :-...

https://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=43186.0

Anyway, good luck with that :)…

hope you have better results than I did. ???

I've been getting a pop-up message that appears every now and then when I click on a link on the site. ???

It started a few days ago, and I was told that the message implied in the pop-up was not generated as noted. :-

Any insight to this would be most appreciated!
 test sample - not a real warning

Well…it definitely wasn't how I wanted the season to end but there's still reason to celebrate :)...

Dave Roberts named National League Manager of the Year for 2016!

Corey Seager named National League Rookie of the Year for 2016!

GO  DODGERS! :cheesy2:

:cheers:

@tempbo:

I myself would love to have the Sopranos, which does have a gay storyline late in the series. I lost mine some time ago and often wish I could watch them again.

I also think it would be accepted.

Grab a collection of various images of Tony, Big Pussy, and Bobby from the internet, then create and upload a torrent consisting of an image pack of Chubs and Bears, add the series as a bonus, and put it in the "Images" category–(sub-categories: "Chubbies," "Bears," and "TV/Episodes")!

@Ellis:

I cut my own hair, and my partner's as well.

Cutting his hair at “The Hill”–

The first image is in my bedroom upstairs at the house in Berkeley, California–the name from its location--it sits on a prime piece of real estate within walking distance of the university and BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) light rail system; and even a shorter walk, literally within a few blocks and down the hill from the renowned Claremont Resort and Spa (the “Claremont” to the locals).

The two-story, 4-bedroom has 2 baths, living room with fireplace, and access from the kitchen as well as the day room that sits off the formal dining room, to the fenced back area–private and comfortable, secluded within the lush canopy of trees bordering the landscape.

In addition, there’s a downstairs basement, and stairs from the second level leading to the large rooftop deck.

Finally, the added bonus--where street parking can be a bit competitive--a private drive leading to the attached garage!

Any offers?

I guess I should mention that it is in the process of being restored, and has been since he bought it about 50 years ago (a number that seeing–after doing the math--kind of shocked me).

Through the years and through the course of relationships, plans for the house have changed, the last being us each with a bedroom, and each with a “playroom”--his for his collection of antique telephones, mine for my HO trains and layout.

Once the site of fervent activity, complete with hired employees and steady work hours, the house now serves more as the stop and turnaround point in his daily walk; and there is the somewhat sad realization and likelihood that neither of us will probably ever live in the house.

Bobby feels that he won’t see it completed; and when and if it does get finished, that I won’t be able to afford to live in it…oh well.

The house is one of three in his “estate”–none of which either of us lives in, as he lives in a 2-bedroom apartment a short walk away, while I live in a studio about a mile or so away.

Maybe not typical of the living arrangements one would think to be associated with a couple close to 35 years together--not only paying rent on two separate residences, but doing so when two of the houses are within such close proximity to us. ???

(Then again, who knows? That might be the reason why we’re still together.)

@Ellis:

@SemenDemon:

if I feel bad, I like to sit in the shower and just let the water run over me. Yes, I know it's a terrible waste of water. I don't do it very often, though.

…I'm always impressed (and very happy) with the therapeutic effects of just sitting under a super-hot shower!

Fortunately for me (albeit not for the environment), water and heating costs are incorporated in my apartment rent so I stay in there as long as I need (and want >:D).

I wanted to add that other than those long periods (at times over an hour–sometimes even falling asleep) my regular shower is only about 15-20 minutes for all the washing and rinsing, plus the time to floss, shave (when I do shave), and every now and then do the pumice thing on the feet; but, I do turn the water off when I'm ready to start soaping and scrubbing, turning it back on and off as needed for the rinse, and that other stuff, lastly spraying the shower walls and curtain (and a final spritz on me).

...they really need to lengthen that time-limit to modify your post

@SemenDemon:

if I feel bad, I like to sit in the shower and just let the water run over me. Yes, I know it's a terrible waste of water. I don't do it very often, though.

When it comes to having to deal with one my vascular cluster headaches or stomach issues, I'm always impressed (and very happy) with the therapeutic effects of just sitting under a super-hot shower!

Fortunately for me (albeit not for the environment), water and heating costs are incorporated in my apartment rent so I stay in there as long as I need (and want >:D).

It was baths–as a kid growing up, and up until we had a place that had a shower.

These days, the rare bath is strictly for relaxation (and the rarer romance)--bubbles and a "blunt," soak and smoke–and never for cleaning; and regardless of which, always followed with a shower to wash up.

Maybe it wasn’t so much so as a kid, with less of me in proportion to a tubful of water, but there’s a lot more of me now, and unless I’ve showered or washed immediately before my "tubbing"–as done in some countries like Japan--I really don’t feel clean after a bath.

I picked up a great dual head fixture from Costco about 10 years ago for less than a hundred bucks. It has an adjustable rain head shower, and a handheld shower with multiple spray settings that rests in an angle/height adjustable unit shared with a mirror, on a slider bar that also has a couple of convenient height adjustable hooks/holders on it.

Aside from its various spray settings, the handheld shower is great for rinsing off, and cleaning the shower and tub. With the mirror, I floss and shave in the shower once I’m through washing.

There’s a bit of irony in my stating that I shower, and that washing up is never the intended purpose of the rare bath, and the timing of this post. For about a week now, it’s been baths only and no before or after shower…or any shower. A valve broke on my beloved shower fixture.

Fortunately, for the purposes of gifting, I ended up grabbing a few of them. I just haven’t taken the time to swap them out (but I’d better do it soon because I am really getting tired of the bath thing!).

@2222:

@Ellis:

The Jungle Book (2016)…7/10! :clap2:

I prefer the animation one…7/10

Hmm…I guess I'll have to check it out.

@69ner:

Raider Nation!

Here we ARE!…

AT THE TOP!

YES! :cheesy2:

GO  CHIEFS! :cheers:

Hood Gold - Haj, featuring Mr. Sef

My baby’s first music video shot at a local park in Berkeley, California, a few years ago–not much music, but it is something seeing so many hours of shooting and whatnot compiled into a 4-1/2 minute clip.

Regarding the editing, a couple of things that caught me...

1. With the exception of when the two girls are getting out of it--I’m in the car the whole time. I’m the one driving in the opening, and I’m sitting behind the wheel when she’s on the hood singing. (Which gets me to 2.)

2. Everything I saw during the shooting looked like a duet with both girls singing and hanging together. The blond who got edited out was actually on the hood of the car too. It took her a few tries because she kept sliding off...and I think she ended up putting a dent in it.

‘Official” video

Youtube Video

Antarctica - A Year on Ice (2014)…8/10 :clap2:

In a word…Wow!

10 years in the making, this documentary is packed with stunning images and interesting facts!

Aside from the breathtaking still shots, the use of time-lapse photography brings interest to even the most mundane subjects like the offloading and loading of a cargo ship, or snow building up.

My favorite line–regarding Antarctica and women…

“The odds are good, but the goods are odd.”

Trailer and full documentary…

http://123movies.is/film/antarctica-a-year-on-ice-2501/watching.html

Enjoy!

(It was hard picking out just 5 images to post. Although it says up to 10 are allowed, I haven't quite figured out how to get past the 5.)

@rufusmc:

I was really close to my Dad right up until he passed. We had a very good relationship…

Nice.

@eastonkellan:

_Although I'm closer to my mother, my dad and I get along well when he was still alive. Even when I was younger, he knew I am gay and it's not an issue with him but my mischievousness was

I used to bring my gay highschool friends (then later my college friends) in my house during weekends and it's fine by him._

Cool.

@zvonac:

I am close to my dad and he was supportive of me when I came out, I feel so lucky and blessed!

Right on.

@beast775:

I consider myself lucky…

Good for you.

Close?

Me..Him?

Fuck no!

I’m assuming the “where” was Japan, and I’m not exactly sure of when they got married, other than before1960, when I was born; and if I had to guess, I’d say some time in 1959–almost certain if it was in 1958, it would’ve been late ’58.

Since he was in the military, I think even that brief time together before me had him overseas for most of it, stationed in Germany and Korea, I think. I remember my mom telling me he suffered a gunshot wound while in Germany. He claimed it was self-inflicted, having accidentally discharged his weapon while cleaning it. (My mom said it probably was a “girlfriend” who really shot him.)

My mom left Japan for the first time in her life, headed stateside in early 1960. He was overseas, and with me on-board, she may not have been alone, but without a doubt she was on her own.

Fortunately, her first place in her new country was ideal. She was taken in by her eldest sister–the first of her 7 siblings (3 younger sisters, and 3 older brothers) to come to the states…my mom being the second.

My aunt lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, and that’s where I was born. She had 2 sons and a daughter, and she too was married to a serviceman who, at the time, was also serving overseas!

I always found it interesting that, aside from the 3 brothers marrying Japanese women and remaining in Japan, all 5 girls eventually came to the U.S. and married outside of their race; and talk about personal preference and individual taste…one (my mom) went Black, one– Chinese, one--Portuguese, the other 2--White (and 3, in addition to my mom, married military guys!).

The timing and situation that put her in Hawaii at that exact moment in her life (and my “life” as well, it would turn out) really couldn’t have been better for us for a number of reasons…

1. A stranger in a new and foreign country and not only was there a “familiar face” to help her transition–it’s her big sister–who happens to live in…

2. Hawaii (I’m sure there are worse places!)

3. (Regarding me…) It turns out my aunt immediately saw something was not right the moment she laid eyes on my mom when she arrived. A visit to the doctor confirmed, and this "something" required frequent doctor visits for the remainder of the pregnancy.

4. Kuakini Hospital (private medical facility in Honolulu), instead of the “army hospital” (on “base”). Whether the issue with my mom had to do with the availability of a bed or the service she required, the military hospital referred her to Kuakini Hospital (and covered all of the charges!).

My mom dumped my father by the time I was 4, and even before then, I can only recall actually seeing him just a few times, and remember only a couple of short stretches where he was physically there.

A “deadbeat dad” from the start, gambling was near the top of his skewed list of priorities. A loser at that as well, pawn shops probably had more of our personal belongings than we did! Family was low on the list–if it was on it at all.

He actually had us homeless for a brief period. While he was out there doing whatever the fuck he was doing, help from the Red Cross had my mom, sister, and me sleeping in the one bed in what my mom referred to as "shabby"--hotel room in downtown in Seattle, Washington.

After the divorce--like a deadbeat dad--“child support” could not be counted on. There was only one brief period where benefits were received, and that was while he was married to--I think wife #4--and that was because she was the one who actually assumed the responsibility. Once they got divorced, the payments stopped.

In all fairness, in spite of his shortcomings, and very meaningful to me--his being a military veteran and my father not only covered my tuition at the University of California, at Berkeley, but also provided me with a steady income throughout my college years--none of which would’ve been possible without him…and his death.