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I know @rawTOP is working on some other sites related to BZ so I wanted to share an idea I had. Sites like BBRT, NKP etc have various attributes you can set on a profile like top, vers, btm, poz, poz u/d, neg, prep, bear, muscled, skinny, athletic, etc etc. When searching for guys you can set a filter, but typically guys have to be an exact match to get through: eg: Poz+Top+Muscle+Bear+United Kingdom+Leather+Rubber+Tattoos+Piercings - this limits the results to a very narrow selection. This is good in some circumstances but when you've exhausted the five options it returns, what next? What'd be great when specifying a search is to have a selector box for each parameter that has five options: "--" Stong preference not "-" Prefer not "." Don' care either way "+" Prefer "++" Strong preference The profiles are then scored according to your selections and sorted according to how close they match the specified preferences. That makes it easier to find guys who're almost a match but not fulfilling every single criteria. A so called "fuzzy" search. Distance might play into this too - you may be inclined to travel further for someone who is a closer match, for instance. Good idea? Bad idea? (For the record I much prefer meeting people IRL in a bar, sauna or back room or something. This is just to try and make online world a little less painful)
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Those of you not on meds how did your doctors react
AirmaxUK replied to a topic in What's It Like To Be Poz?
That's the first time I've heard that saying. I hope you don't mind, but I am going to steal it and use it! So often in my working life I get people who think they can challenge data with some weird anecdote. The issue usually is that it is very hard for them to let go of their belief/anecdote whatever data you present. -
Who are you? Bareback picture game
AirmaxUK replied to fuckholedc's topic in Bareback Porn Discussion
I'd like to be #1 or #3.... but in reality I'm probably the one behind the camera taking the picture. -
I know it's not a bar, but I see that Greenhouse Darlaston has reopened now and that's definitely on my list when I am in town. The last year has been a major struggle for these places and we need to support them or they will suffer the same fate as Boltz.
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See attached... I sure hope they come back with a new venue. Had a lot of fun times there.
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Yes, the Hampstead Cruising Whatapp group info header identifies the fuck tree as \\\sits.quench.roses and the darkroom as \\\edit.pile.treat (Usewhat3words.com or their app to locate these addresses) They seem to be accurate locations - I checked last time I was there. If you not a regular visitor, I highly recommend visiting during daylight hours and exploring to get your bearings. It can be confusing in the dark.
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Good to hear there is still life at Ajpnia. I love this place - it is just so relaxed and friendly. I just rescheduled my cancelled trip to Berlin from last Christmas/New Year to this Christmas/New Year, so I hope they will be open then.
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Turn the clock back 10-12 years and I was 40-50kg heavier than now. Some of the cruelty I experienced in the gay community was frankly unbelievable. I lost a bunch of weight and with it gained a little confidence. When I was out and about, what was interesting was the same people who had been cruel before now had an expectation that I would play with them. I too have a long memory and sent them packing, even if it meant missing out. Unless you've been through receiving it, it is hard to know, the amount of damage a cruel comment can make. Although I'm not looking for revenge, there has to be some restitution for past bad behaviour.
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Yeah - they tried this at the Luton Greenhouse too - once a week for mixed. Fortunately it was a weekday so Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays were still men only. With dwindling numbers because of the internet apps I guess they have to find alternate revenue streams to survive.
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Is the greenhouse sauna in Newport within reach and any good?
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Not so much for choosing a partner, but when clubs were open it was fun to go with a friend as a wingman - you can kinda let go a bit more knowing someone is keeping an eye out, and we also developed techniques to catch guys we wouldn't normally get on our own. We find it pays to put on a bit of a display or show to get the ball rolling and kickstart some action. So being versatile and helping each other out is useful. I wouldn't wingman with someone I don't know well - sometimes a greedy bottom takes over and steals all the action!
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Advice for pissfucking
AirmaxUK replied to BritishCumdump's topic in HIV/AIDS & Sexual Health Issues
As far as tips go, I had a playmate who couldn't piss when hard, but he reckoned he solved the problem by having a PA which kinda anchored him inside so he found it easier to stay inside when soft. I'm a little skeptical, but I can't complain - he filled me up numerous times at SOP, and it worked. -
I agree on a proper darkroom with no video screens. Would also ban phones - for three reasons - it's one of the top items people lose in a venue like this (even if you ban them) - some guys use the light to light up the darkroom to scope it out - and others will take photos/video without permission. The sling lizard problem - I wonder how long it will be before you have to buy a ticket to reserve a time slot on a sling? Actually that's not such a bad idea, is it?
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What metrics are used to decide the points and hence the levels?
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Absolutely... me too. I enjoy the little clues about a person from their background stuff in pics. Sometimes recognising a setting in two different profiles so inferring the guys know each other. I probably missed a calling in forensics!
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Tom Baker for sure. A couple of years back there was a Radio-4 comedy "Dead Ringers" who had an impersonator that did a good Tom Baker impersonation. They had the impersonator prank call the real Tom Baker on-air and pretend to be him from the future. The real Tom Baker immediately fell into character and there was a very amusing exchange. He seems to be an all round good egg, and up for a laugh. I also vaguely remember Tom Baker appearing on another comedy TV show and they had him going around Ikea's bedroom/wardrobe department shopping for a new 'Tardis' asking the IKEA sales assistants questions about the molecular integrity of different wardrobes etc.
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Earlier this morning (GMT) the whole site seems to have been offline ("500 - File not found"). Now it is back and it seems to be raining loads of notifications for me...
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I've always imagined friendships like orbits - the core for your partner and immediate family the inner circle for the people you trust implicitly and can rely on (and vice versa). a middle orbit of people who for one reason or another haven't earned the right to be in the inner circle yet or are a little flaky. outer orbits are people who are best described as acquaintances or the very flaky. I'd say a few work colleagues are in the middle circle. Most in the outer orbits. I noticed that during the covid lockdown it was really only my inner circle that reciprocated efforts to communicate and stay in touch. My middle and outer orbits are very thin on people post covid lockdown. As to the original question - what do you look for...? Earned trust. Putting you first when you need it. Being reliable. Being consistent. Being more of an asset than a burden. Reducing (not increasing) the amount of drama in my life. I will say that I have had the misfortune to know two sociopaths and the experience has made me very wary of others, which is a shame, but necessary.
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This morning I went to the dentist. When I got home, I had a MS-teams call with my boss and the rest of the team. When I said I had been to the dentist, my boss responded with: "Oh you poor thing, you face looks so swollen". I informed her that actually, I just had a checkup and no work done, so actually I always look like that... She was soooo embarrassed. I've been needling her about it ever since and it's just so funny how embarrassed she is. Me? I don't care. Wide-angle cameras on laptops (especially the Dell ones with the camera at the bottom of the screen) are notoriously unflattering.
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UK Specific: I notice that some saunas opened this week. Some are waiting until the June unlocking date. Just wondering what the difference is, since all should be covered by the same rules?
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I had a guy who used to leave Post-It notes with messages under my windscreen wiper. They'd be kinda creepy and refer to what I had been doing or wearing. When it was wet weather they'd be in plastic ziplock bags. He must've followed me around doing this because I could drive 40-50 miles somewhere and still find notes when I returned to the car. Work, Gym, Home, Friends, Parents, Shops - nowhere was safe. Some notes would be quite complimentary, others when I'd visited a male friend were a bit jealous. It made me hyper alert to who was around and in the end I figured what car he was using to follow me and looked out for it. The last note he left had his mobile number on it. Not sure what to do, I spoke to some lesbian friends who'd lived in my town a while (I was new here then) and they said this guy was known locally for behaviour like this - but not to worry, they'd sort it out. I gave them the number and I never saw or heard from him again. Looking back I probably should have gone to the police, but back then (late 90's) the local police weren't exactly friendly or sympathetic to "the gays".
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Personally I think putting hard criteria like 'must be over 9 inches' or 'must be under 45' in a profile is counter productive as it puts guys off who might otherwise be an awesome shag. I wonder if guys like your Grindr Twink write their profiles with what they want their ideal hookup to be like, but in the absence of perfection, they'll settle for something a little less? The other thing is, particularly on fetish sites like Recon or NKP when people make a 'list' of things they're into it can work two ways - reading the list you might see one or two things you're not into and think it's not a match. That's a negative way of looking at these things... I look at the list and think, hey we match six out of ten things, so we can have plenty of fun. But I think I'm in the minority here...? It reminds me of a personal development workshop on CVs sometime ago where we were advised to write what we want to do or can do, not what we are currently doing. If you're growing, you don't want a job doing the same thing as you're currently doing, you need a CV that stretches you but with out being fictional. Is that what's going on with online profiles too?
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Second Pfizer shot last Friday. Kinda achy the following day but fine today.
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Time for BBRT to reopen the party listings
AirmaxUK replied to Truversebb's topic in General Discussion
I can see arguments both ways, but... whether BBRT allows the advertising or not, I am sure people are meeting anyway. I've seen guys using the regional hookup ad section advertising for multiple partners/groups regularly. It seems that turning off the party section isn't really stopping people. -
Making mixtapes and swapping with friends. Waiting for everyone in the house to go to bed and then getting up to secretly watch "Red Triangle" programming on Channel 4. Enjoying playing music loud. Experimenting and Building stuff during the long summer holiday - Heathkit As @RawPlug says the mail order catalogs - mens' underwear pages. Rugby practice (for all the wrong reasons, like borrowing someone's sports kit when you'd "forgotten" yours)
