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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2009 11:45:14 GMT -5
I really HATE those magazine ads, for HIV medication, that show young, verile, good looking gay men who look like the picture of health. These guys are smiling into the camera, enjoying each others company as they say, "I'm fine, I only take one pill a day." These glossy ads, with sexy guys, do not show the down side of HIV infection. Does anybody really think that these guys are "fine"? These guys have to take all kinds of medication for the rest of their lives. There is nothing sexy, verile, young, or good looking about that. Sometimes I really think that drug companies are using sex to sell HIV medication, and that stinks.
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Post by TheBear on Dec 11, 2009 13:49:41 GMT -5
I really HATE those magazine ads, for HIV medication, that show young, verile, good looking gay men who look like the picture of health. These guys are smiling into the camera, enjoying each others company as they say, "I'm fine, I only take one pill a day." These glossy ads, with sexy guys, do not show the down side of HIV infection. Does anybody really think that these guys are "fine"? These guys have to take all kinds of medication for the rest of their lives. There is nothing sexy, verile, young, or good looking about that. Sometimes I really think that drug companies are using sex to sell HIV medication, and that stinks. Carroll is absolutely RIGHT. As a psych nurse and Thanatologist, I have worked with many clients and consulted with Hospice organizations for many years. Yes, medications are keeping many alive much longer now. But, NOBODY can think PAIN (emotional and physical) and severe DIARRHEA, seizures, crippling spasms, social and familial ostracization and disenfranchisement are sexy or virile. Bear ______________________
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 17:01:35 GMT -5
I really hate it when someone, who is in the closet, walks up to me when nobody's around or calls me on the phone and says,
"I have too much to loose by coming out" "I prefer being discreet" "I like straight acting men" "Carroll, what are you doing to get the laws changed?" "I need the gay cop group to get me a lawyer but I can't join GOAL" "Don't put my name on your mailing list" "I should come to the gay cop conference? are you kidding?" "What you gay activists should do is bla, bla, bla." "My close friends know I'm gay but I'll never tell my mother" "I'm coming down to Key West. Do you know any cute cops?"
They know everything I should do, they're quick to give me their advice. They're quick to tell me what were doing wrong. They always have so much to say. I really don't give a damm about their thoughts or ideas. In fact, I have no respect for them. It's a shame that they would need a road map to find their way out of the closet.
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Post by bluepride on Apr 26, 2010 21:36:33 GMT -5
;D
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Post by burner on Apr 28, 2010 0:57:22 GMT -5
So glad to see this thread up and running again. It's one of my favorites. And Mr. Cincinnati, I'd be more than happy to share a lane with you. I'm guessing we'd have no problem with each others driving. Whatever happened to the signs that used to line the highways saying "Keep Right Except To Pass"?
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Post by bluepride on Apr 28, 2010 9:23:08 GMT -5
Add me to the list of people who scream and curse at people doing 40 in the left lane. When I finally pass them, I look into their car and drop a few f-bombs in their direction!
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Post by TheBear on Apr 28, 2010 14:18:36 GMT -5
Add me to the list of people who scream and curse at people doing 40 in the left lane. When I finally pass them, I look into their car and drop a few f-bombs in their direction! (Sigh,) I know, I know... but I'm OLD and I'm pedaling as fast as I can! Bear
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2010 16:19:37 GMT -5
Alright, alright. I'll speed up as soon as the guy sitting next to me stops "bobbing for apples" !!!
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2010 10:05:58 GMT -5
I really don't understand why there are people who log on to this site only to lurk in the shadows. Perhaps they just enjoy spying on us. I guess they don't have anything of substance to say. Well, at least they can see that we're alive and well.
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Post by TheBear on May 16, 2010 11:25:05 GMT -5
I really don't understand why there are people who log on to this site only to lurk in the shadows. Perhaps they just enjoy spying on us. I guess they don't have anything of substance to say. Well, at least they can see that we're alive and well. Carroll, I'm thinking the lurkers stop by to satisfy their prurient interests by reading the messages that YOU AND I, IN OUR JUNIOR-SENIOR AWESOME HUNKINESS, post. ;D Currently, "10 members... 136 guests, 2 invisible peepers." ... or maybe they just come for the free cookies? Bear ________________
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2010 12:52:53 GMT -5
Actually, I feel sorry for the lurkers. Some of them are probably in the closet. Some of them are probably just trying to find a date.. Some are probably just spies looking to see what we're talking about so they can report back to those who don't mean us any good. Still, bluepride is a great site where all of us can meet and have fun. So come on lurkers, join the party. We've got nothing but good folks here who will give you all the support you need.
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Post by bluepride on May 16, 2010 17:01:11 GMT -5
Actually, I feel sorry for the lurkers. Some of them are probably in the closet. Some of them are probably just trying to find a date.. Some are probably just spies looking to see what we're talking about so they can report back to those who don't mean us any good. Still, bluepride is a great site where all of us can meet and have fun. So come on lurkers, join the party. We've got nothing but good folks here who will give you all the support you need.
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Post by TheBear on Jun 7, 2010 10:34:58 GMT -5
Okay. So I wake up yesterday morning (Sunday) at 3... my usual time coz I'm a terminal insomniac. And, not having TV, I'm totally addicted to the internet. Not having cable here in the wilderness, I use an aircard for internet access.
BUT, yesterday morning, my plug-in aircard thingy was DOD... DEAD, NADA, belly-up. Result: TOTAL PANIC. HOW can I go on BluePride and post my wisdom du jour? HOW can I razz Tommy and lick Burner's ear?
So, I drove to Crescent City where there is a motel with WiFi and used that until the coffee shop opened (8 A.M.) Also, I discovered the Verizon store (a small franchise) in CC is closed on Sunday... but the company store in Eureka opens at 11. Oh goodie. Eureka... 100 miles, one way, over twisty, two-lane, mountain road highway 101. (Sigh.) Soooo... the internet D.T.s starting to set in, I drove to Eureka.
Waiting until 11 for the store to open, I'm sure I had that "escape prisoner" expression when I walked into the store and asked WHO is the aircard expert? The staff of about 12 pointed to one young guy with pink spiked hair. Oh goodie... a techno-geek who has never even seen anyone as OLD as I am!
I pulled out the aircard, showed it to him and said, "this piece of sh*t died." He looked at it and said, "EWWWWW... that is REALLY OLD!" I told him I had bought it at that very store this past October... 8 months ago. He rolled his eyes at the suggestion of something so last year should even be legal to possess.
Okay... I'm getting to it... THE SOLUTION: Since the last-year's piece of junk was out of its 30-day warranty - but I still had 16 months of the "contract" to go - officially, I would have to wait for another 16 months "to upgrade" to a new aircard - and not have internet access until then. As Queen Victoria (herself a very up-to-date chick for her time) used to say... "WE ARE NOT AMUSED."
Sooooooooo.... for only $100 (and, with the manager's permission, IF I renew to a new two-year contract) I could get the latest aircard. Damn. Well, okay.
But, while mister geek-pink-spikey was applying the KY to me, it turned out to be MENTHOLATED KY. Seems, the "installation program utility" was down... but "all you have to do when you get home is follow instructions 1 through 69." Yeah. NOPE, I PROTEST, I ain't driving all the way back to find out that, NO, it still doesn't work.
Solution: Jalapeno KY! For an additional $100 I could get a totally WIRELESS aircard that I don't even have to plug into my laptop... just leave it in my "manbag" that I carry... and it will somehow self-program! I whipped out the plastic and bent over.
On the way home, I stopped at Burger King. I was order #69. At least that didn't require KY.
(Sigh,) ain't easy bein' a bear. ;D
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Post by bluepride on Jun 7, 2010 14:51:09 GMT -5
My God, Bear! You may as well be living on Jupiter!!! No internet access AND no TV! Even though your area seems beautiful, you're really out in the wilderness! What if something bad happens? You'll be stranded or worse. But I guess you know what you're doing. You must've been lost with the defective air card and having to drive all that way to get it replaced. Seems like they stuck it to you good though. Really cost you a lot. That sucks. But maybe in the end it was all worth it to chow down on some good old fashioned Burger King!!! And now for my pet peeve of the moment......well, one of them anyway....... Why, why WHY is it so hard to get yourself taken off of people's mailing lists?? I mean organizations, politicians, magazines, catalogues and things like these??? I spent most of today e-mailing and calling numerous above named entities pleading, threatening and wheedling folks to convince them that I don't want to hear from them anymore....EVER! Apparently you have to keep contacting them and getting nasty with them for them to believe that you don't want them anymore! Well, I did my best to get a lot of people to stop sending me this garbage that they insist on mailing to me. Let's see if I still have an overflowing mailbox at this time next month. Now if I could only convince the people who send my bills to just stop it!!
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Post by burner on Jun 9, 2010 1:26:24 GMT -5
BEAR....What an absolute nightmare!!!! I'm amazed that you've retained your upbeat attitude and, I must say, you're amazing way of writing and making a traumatic experience sound almost campy! It's always a pleasure to read your postings...almost as pleasurable as having my ear licked and BLUEPRIDE.... It may not get your name off the annoying mailing lists, but when they enclose a postage-paid envelope do what I do: fill it with the crap that they sent to you, then drop it in the mail box. Just knowing that they'll have to pay for the postage is a small, but pleasing, satisfaction.
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