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If you got your shot a number of years ago, you might want to look into getting a booster shot. Check with your doc or health department, but here in Broward Co FL the health dept is using 5 years as a refresh timeline

Ft Lauderdale here. The Pride Center in Wilton Manors ( a community/city in the Ft Lauderdale region, and the gay center) in conjunction with the county health department, offered a free vaccination clinic last week offering Covid, Hep A, and meningitis vaccinations . It had 40 men in line within 15 minutes of the start, and took the health department folk by surprise- they thought they might see 50 men in 4 hours. To their credit, they called in a couple extra nurses, and made extra handouts, and handled the crowd. I went for the meningitis shot, and while it took a bit of time to get processed to the back where the shots were being administered, once there the county nurse was amazing. She saw I was there for the meningitis shot only, and alerted me the Hep A was also available, and told me it was as big if not bigger/older issue in South Florida. When I told her I wasn't aware if I had ever gotten the Hep A shot, she logged into the data base and pulled up my health department history. All vaccinations, done at drug stores,doctors offices, or health fairs, are supposed to be reported to the data base, and she quickly identified I had not had the Hep A shot, so I got it as well. Neither shot hurt ( great nurse helps) and I had no soreness or side effects the next day. I absolutely hope every sexually active man takes the time to get this shot. OH- as an aside- I posted in a different thread about meningitis on this site about the front desk woman at my doctors office telling me men over 65 were not in need of the shot. I mentioned this to the nurse who was giving me the shot, who burst out laughing and in her Jamaican lilt said- You're a man who has sex, why would she think you couldn't get exposed. And then she called out to the coordinator from the health department and told her what I had said. They agreed a visit and some educating was in order for his office and staff. BTW- if you have HAD a Hep A shot but not within 5 years, a refresher shot is The Pride Center in Wilton Manors also hosted a panel discussion the next night to educate and answer all the questions about another issue erupting here- monkey pox. If anyone wants to see that, it is on the Pride Center's facebook page. CDC meninggococcal info : [think before following links] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/mening.html CDC Hep A info sheet info: [think before following links] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/patient-ed/adults/downloads/fs-hepa-hcp.pdf

Damn, I did some searching after getting the name of the resort, and only then realized it was not the Flamingo I stayed at, but the Suncoast Resort (tho I suspect there was little difference between the 2 places, except maybe the distance to a Dollar General . And I see now the Flamingo has shut down, and a new hotel/resort is being developed in the 2300 block of Central. I may just have to do the drive to explore it once the dust settles

Oh hell- I was well on the way to piglife by the time I had gotten enough balls to hit a bath house. Back at that time, I kept a count of how many guys I had experienced, and by the time I was finishing my 1st year of college there were at least 300 different guys I could count as sex players. The tubs just blew the numbers way up ( and being 20 and insatiable certainly helped) And might have also explained my overall GPA average lol. And while I slowed down during the 80's it was more because I had settled down with a partner and we were striving to be monogamous at first. At some point I stopped tracking my " fresh catch count", I do know it was over 5,000 10 years ago , today, who knows. Work and life and pandemics all have cut into the action, not to mention the drag on play that is the internet. So many of the guys now just scroll and jack- when I was getting action as a younger man, it was a direct and immediate scene in a park or bookstore or porn theater. Even if the other person was only somewhat interested, it usually was more of, well hell, I am here and he is available and I need to fuck and get back to work, so lets do it.

Damn, I stayed there once in the late 90's for a weekend on the drive from TN to Ft Lauderdale, but definitely did not have anything even a little close to that. But thanks for refreshing my brain cells- I have not been able to recall the name of that place for a couple of decades!

I went to college in NYC in the mid 70's, from rural upstate- so to say there was a culture shock would be an understatement. And not the gay aspect- I had been taking dick for about 4 years at that point- but the endless buffet of places to get sex was a big change.Times Square was still a porn haven, bookstores and glory holes and actual gay movie theaters ( Adonis was always my favorite tho) And one day in the college library, I was reading the Village Voice weekly, and read about some performer who had performed at the Continental Baths, a gay place up on the edge of Harlem. I likely was hard as a rock reading about the place, but still, I had those lingering adolescent fears- would I know what to do there, would I stand out like a sore thumb, would anyone even be interested. Finally one Friday night I had built up enough courage and made my way to the Continental. I definitely felt out of place as the train went further towards Harlem and once on the street, I really felt like I " wasn't in Kansas anymore Toto". A bit of a walk, and I arrived at the Continental. Some guy at the window questioned me and asked if I knew this was a bathhouse, a GAY bathhouse. I told him I had read about it in the Voice, and wanted to check it out. After he semi explained the cost and the deal, I had my room key and a towel and directions to the room. It was pretty dark in the hallway to my room, just a bit off the showers and the wet area, and a lot of guys hanging around and dealing. I went in the room and closed the door, stripped and put the towel on and stepped out. The pool area was also where a stage was if memory serves me- and I was a little surprised to see M/F couples sitting at tables there. I went back to the room,passing the gauntlet of guys pushing weed ( I think that was all they were offering, but again, naive rural boy me) . I sat in there for 5 minutes, then dressed and headed upstairs to leave. The guy at the counter looked up as I approached, chuckled, and said "yeah, I didn't think you would last very long. This isn't your type of club, where you need to be is at the Club Baths down on Houston St"- and then he handed me back my ID and money, and gave me directions as to which subway lines I needed to get there. I actually did go directly there, and while I do not remember the various encounters of that 1st night; it was my launching ground for many,many nights there and at tubs in cities around the world since.

Making all that noise in a dorm room- I bet he becomes more popular in the showers as time progresses LOL

I wish there was such a thing- I would have been wearing one countless times at work when I went to the urinals to piss- esp the one 30 something who always had his phone in one hand, flopped his cock out with the other, and then , using the hand/arm he just freed his cock with, would use his arm to rest on the wall above the urinal. If I tried this, I imagine my cock would have pulled back inside my shorts and I would have ended up pissing my shorts instead lol

I hope you guys bargained hard for a lavish compensation package, and are enjoying those Lamborghini's you got as a signing bonus. ! Corner offices for everyone

I had to stop by my GP's office the other day for a script renewal, and while they twiddled about trying to get it written, I asked about the meningitis shot, and if the office was administering them. The woman told me," Oh, you don't need to worry about getting one, it is aimed at college age kids and younger age groups ( OUCH!) but not for people 65 and up (OUCH OUCH-GDammit, I just turned 65 this year) since they are not as sexually active" I really DO need to find a new doctor/office that is more in tune with their patients..

If you will have a car and free time- you might look at the Link Motel ( hotel?) in Ft Lauderdale, on Federal Hwy (US1) and Sunrise. A lot of posts for door open cumdump scenes show up and they are there. And the sweet thing is, it is under a 10 minute walk out to the beach from the place, and at night it is only about 15 blocks ( tho a car or Uber is the only way to go) to 321 sex club.

I just went thru all 11 pages reading the posts, but also focusing on the identified sexual role of the posters- I saw 1 guy who is top, a couple of the posters were top vers, maybe 5 vers ( tho some posted several times so I could have counted them twice. The point is- by and large, the guys responding to the survey overwhelmingly seem to be bottoms. And it made me wonder- did the passive sexual experience steer guys into bottoming ? Or did as many tops also have some adolescent sexual exposure, but just have opted not to answer the survey, or , maybe they have walled it off/ denied it happened hence the alpha sex role as an adult. Or maybe they hit their sexual maturity without early encounters and were more in tune to being the "man" in a man man sex encounter.

Damn, so, now then, what is the name of this town and state? And do they have room for another bottom there ?? lol Great writing- I need the next injection, err, installment of this story, please!

I guess reality can fuck up a good gay fuck movie, but every single one I have ever seen-- especially the "straight seduction lured into an alley, or the hitch hiker who gets a ride and then ridden by 20 men" all have spotless ass chutes. C'mon, I work an hour to be spotless 3 feet up, these guys come off the ass-embly line ready for a long weekend. I don't need to see the process, but it really has put some unreal expectations on bottoms always hosed, ready and immaculate. Couldn't they shove a finger in, say boy, you need to be hosed out, and then allude to it at least- or bring in some piss play to solve the sanitation issue? Who has nasty wild sex AND white leather sofas, chairs, rugs etc? Some of the porn producers ought to visit the real gay apartment or home away from west Hollywood. Chux under the sling, a pile of microfiber shop towels near the sling, on the bed, where ever they might be needed. Paper towels.. an old sheet tossed over the real bedding to ward off ruining the mattress. As for me, I personally do not care for gay porn on during play. It can be distracting, - who wants the top more involved in the movie than your 2nd sphincter?? And as others have mentioned- most of the guys in these vids are not newbies and definitely not virgins, so why do they feel the need to make all that moaning and groaning as the top eases a finger thru their prolapsed ass lips and begins the scene? And, I (unfortunately) once was at a sex club and they were filming a porno there at the same time- out in the main bar area. The guy who was supposed to bottom no showed, the guy who was the top was able to get someone sitting at the bar to volunteer to hop in the sling. Nothing was comfortable in the whole filming process- camera guys were chain smoking while giving direction and hand cam filming, the guy in the sling was def not the right choice; last minute or not. And the top couldn't stay hard, so the one camera guy pulls out a squeeze bottle with yogurt in it, explains how to palm it and then fake an orgasm and squirt yogurt on the guys stomach. I think the only part of that that actually ended up happening was the yogurt on the belly- it reminded me of when Dorothy looked behind the curtain and discovered the Wizard wasn't all "that" lol.

Indeed ! Sitting here with a semi, eager for the party to take off

Hotraw- thanks for this story line- I have been enjoying it especially your shorter, but regular, submissions. Definitely helps keep the previous chapters fresh in my head. Looking forward to the next piece of this story puzzle.

Well, one thing that I have not noticed addressed here- we are ALL, gay, straight, any race, etc indoctrinated into this type of social pecking order from a very young age. The poor kid in kindergarten who peed his/her pants was made fun of or avoided. The kid in 3rd grade who wore the same shirt and pants all week. Any gym class was pure hell from 1st grade right thru graduating school.(talk about pecking order- how about the dividing up of the gym class for 2 teams- and the desperation on the faces of the kids as the remaining ones standing there got down to the last 2 or 3 and the silent prayers of" don't let me be the last picked.." ) It was subtle, ingrained into our being as we developed. And through experience, I believe everyone learned a survival skill was to not be the one being made fun of as much as possible. Try to be with the group who seemed to direct the humiliation, try to blend in and not be a target for their barbs. Even launch a few of those barbs at others to "prove" you were one of the "right group". Sure made hiding your sexuality a little easier if you didn't stand out like a sore thumb.Or a bad home life, or sexual abuse, or,.. you get the idea. Yes, it sucks we do it within our tribe of "gay", but it is no different from the 2 matronly women on the same subway car tsk tsk'ing the woman wearing a dress too tight or short or dated. I think back centuries ago when I was a kid and the Saturday morning cartoons had the 2 overly polite and courteous chipmunks Chip and Dale, who always were falling over each other trying to be nicer,kinder than the other one. Back then it was just another cartoon filling in a gap until the Roadrunner and coyote did battle with each other, or Bugs Bunny out witted Elmer Fudd. Now I realize it was a morality lesson hidden as a cartoon, that it seems had little to no effect on the kids.

I read HtnHole's posts about Ft Lauderdale, and having lived here for 20 years, and vacationed here 3 or 4 times a year for 10 years before that, let me just add. When I was a vacationer here in the 90's, there were gay guesthouses all over the beach front- at least 20 Pa and Pop run places. MOST of those are gone now, bought up by European developers who have created a series of cafes and guest houses catering to hetero EU tourists. There is a small patch of the beach now where the gay folk tend to gather, tho parking is expensive and often hard to find. Wilton Manors, the gay city within Ft Lauderdale, was barely there in the 90's, real estate was cheap and the boys moved in and sadly, it is pricey and expensive to live there. Just north is Oakland Park ( 2 to 3 miles) (4 or 5 miles to downtown Ft Lauderdale) which might be the area the outpriced gay men are settling in. But OP is a bedroom setting,tho newer development has been happening and apartments are being created. The thing here is, as HtnHole mentioned- the Oakland Park area is just 2 or 3 miles at the most from the main Drive in Wilton Manors, where the bulk of the bars and shops are, and the men. OP and WM butt up against each other for a good part, so you could be even closer. But as far as reliable public transit, forget it. Everything is pretty much done by car. For me to get the 2.8 miles in the morning, after rush hour BTW-from my house in OP to a coffee shop in WM, I plan at least 10 but more often 15 minutes to drive there. Traffic in S Fl sucks- there is just a 7 mile wide strip of land between the ocean and the edge of the Everglades, and all the land has been built on so road expansion is pretty much moot. A trip to Miami, 23 miles away, is at the least 50 minutes and during rush hour or if a wreck, 2+ hours. Yeah, the Ft Lauderdale area has a lot of gay men. 2 bath houses ( 1 is fancy and more like a day spa, 1 is decidedly old and rough around the edges, much like many of its customers. The sex club used to be open 7 days a week, now, post pandemic constraints, it is closed a couple nights a week. We get tourists flying in hourly still. And like most gay places, the fresh meat is chased and bedded in a catch and release frenzy- only to be ignored by the previous days vanquisher the rest of the weeks stay, but still chased and grabbed by other hunters all thru the week. This sense of sexual lure and availability leads a lot of people- myself included, to relocate here. Fantasy Island ends once you settled here. Days on the beach and nights in the bars and then the beds ( or slings) of that newest person to show interest might work when you don't have to be up for work, or the doctor, or to have the car repaired--you get the idea. Once you have lived here a few months, and the initial surge of attention and interest has popped, you will settle into your work a lot more than you probably thought. Going to the beach will become rarer and rarer. Florida has no state income tax.. but of course the state has to raise money, so expect to pay a decent amount in sales tax on most everything. As has been said, we experience hurricanes. But since the start of the pandemic, we have not had any real storms, so all the folk who left the big cities like NYC, Boston, Philly, etc to work remotely from someplace they loved to vacation at have not had the "joy" of prepping for a storm, riding it out, and then living the next week to three weeks without cable, or power, or internet. Or had to try to find some reliable contractor to repair anything damaged. I suspect one storm this season hitting our area, and a lot of folk who have had an employer urging them to return to the office will be dumping their places here and going back to the big cities up north. Others have mentioned Palm Springs. Beautiful town. And pretty much dead quiet from Monday morning thru Friday afternoon, at which time the men from LA, San Diego and San Francisco head in for the weekend. The city is packed from Friday night thru Sunday late afternoon, at which point the 10 to LA becomes bumper to bumper with people headed back home. Summertime heat has been coming earlier and earlier than it used to- friends say they had triple digit temps already this year- the 1st week of April and hitting 100+ F. Come July, 118 during the day and 98 at night is the norm. Static shock every time you slide in and out of the car is the norm. See, the thing is, everything has a really appealing, beautiful side to it. Especially if you do not have to live in it 24/7. I have also pondered where a "good" place to relocate to is, and still I have stayed put here in the FT Lauderdale area. In spite of the weather,the costs, the traffic,the catch and release men. Sometimes, knowing the underbelly of where you are is better than admiring the shiny side of places you think you would like.

I lived near a huge truck stop area, in West Memphis Arkansas. At least 5 or 6 truck stops, and on any given night there might be 5,000 or more big rigs in overnight between them. I would hit the stop for dinner once a week when I would fill up my pick up truck- the truckers buffet was OK, and once in a while the eye candy was even better. But I never had any luck there. However, good ole Mississippi had a couple of pull off areas (and opposite each other for the north and southbound traffic) not too far away from where I worked- no facilities or anything- just an area you could pull into and if nature was calling, head up into the woods and take care of things. 18 wheelers had an area where they pulled in, and there was an area separate but near driveway for cars. One weekend afternoon I happened by and pulled in to see what, if anything , was happening. Only 3 truckers were holed up on their side, and a couple cars in the other parking area. I parked, and got out and walked up into the wooded area. There were pathways thru the brush and trees, and obvious spots where you didn't want to walk as evidenced by the toilet paper and/or flies. But there were other spots where you could see the parking lot thru the trees and see who was pulling in, or who was headed up to the woods. I heard the distinct sound of a truck door close, and a trucker in those 1980's short gym shorts and a wife beater was walking across the parking lot towards the wooded area. He walked in a bit and pulled out his cock, as if to piss, turned looking at me, and began stroking his cock. I moved closer, and with his nod, went down on him. He invited me back to his truck, and into the sleeper. I ended up in there for 90 minutes and 3 loads in my ass. Every time i saw a Schneider truck after that, I would try to see who was driving, on the slim chance it was him and we could reconnect. Of course, that never has happened, but still, I hold out hope . And, unfortunately, the 2 rest areas are no more- both had housing developments encroach on the back side of the wooded areas, and a truck stop was developed at the next exit less than a half mile away.

Hey HotRaw- if you think you are enjoying WRITING this, then know I am enjoying READING it at least 100 times more! Great reading material to respark the sex drive after all the drama and trauma of the last 730 days ! Thank you for every word and chapter !

My money is on-- bolted out the door, straight to the grocery store, and stocked up on boxes of Kleenex LOL

Sub- if you do a Google search for Gay Leather Old Guard Rules, there should be a return for Leatherati, and a somewhat long read explaining Old Guard by Guy Baldwin. He does not list the recipe/rules since, as you will read, each area and its own "Old Guard" had their own thoughts and policies. But, take 10 minutes and read what Guy wrote in 2011- it may give you a bit of an idea of what it was, and in some ways is still.

Some of the issue might fall back on the "Old Guard Leather" rules- bottoms are supposed to always be hosed out and ready. Anything less was a failure.I think I had little problem being spotless as a teen and thru the twenties, but as I got older and my gut changed, always being spotlessly clean became more and more of an issue. For me at least, I still have to be sure my hole will be clean throughout play before I can relax and get into it. And yeah, if there is stink, it kills my libido .

What is even worse is when someone on BBRT is listed as Top, and then has in his profile that he only wants to suck your cock, no recip. Almost as bad as the quick connect ads by tops or top-vers (often the same person, same ad 3 or 5 times a week) announcing they are feeling their "bottom side" today and want to take loads. The running joke here in Ft Bottomdale is any profile between bottom-vers to vers-top is just a bottom who is trying to pull a bait and switch.

I thought it was a good day to roll this story back up to the top of the list. BZ has had some really great stories submitted, this being one, by a number of talented writers- some still submitting, some have inspired new writers to try their hand at writing here, and some have just moved on to other forums. These older stories still have a reason to be at the top of the posts- older members can revisit, and new guys on here ought to explore posts older than yesterday . Enjoy guys !