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I don't have a signature pic and never tried this, however it should work:

 

use an animated GIF

 

It works for the avatar pic, see any post by mod for an example. ÁFAIK this was highlighted several years ago and mod is about the only one using this feature.

Recommendations are a form of crowd-sourcing for the hobbiest, it helps establish credibility for the SP as recommendations are added.

 

Recommendations also come in groups, hobbiest would see SP with similar attributes and a client can discover SP they haven't met by following the recommendations written by specific hobbiest.

 

New recommendations have several added benefits:

1. it bumps the recommendation thread up and shows that the SP is still working. Some SP don't post ads on a regular basis and a thread bump becomes a quasi-advertising.

 

2. it highlights new services that a SP might be offering. For example: Victoria Jolie use to have a golf special. A recommendation stating as much would bring attention to it far more then an ads placement.

 

3. it is a reminder of the encounter. It acts a reminder for both hobbiest and SP of the encounter. Very useful when asking for a reference a year after the encounter.

 

In short, recommendations benefit everyone. Just write.

If you can't find a recomendation on here for someone , that may be a clue.

 

Some guys just don`t write recommendations.

 

Although there is some truth in this hint there has also been a drop of recommendation lately and it would be unfair to paint all SP with the same brush.

 

Many years ago I started a brand-new recommendation thread for one stunning SP and having someone PM me stating how dead-on my recommendation was and how he had seen her numerous times over the last 2-3 months. Say what ?

 

Some guys just don`t write recommendations.

 

Other Cowboy Kenny's blog the guys in chat are another good resource. Get into chat and participate. Write recommendations. Crowd source.

One additional aspect to consider, if it applies in your situation:

 

We do not allow agencies (or ladies who work for agencies) access to the SP ONLY area (The current providers have asked to have it this way).

There is something wrong with my computer... When I go to log in to sites requiring my e-mail, I can`t since my keyboard is messed up. When I go to hit the `at` symbol, this comes up: " What the hell... does anyone know how to fix this... thanks!

 

Its your keyboard settings:

 

Start/Control Panel/Region and Language/Keyboards and Languages/Change Keyboards/English (Canada) - United States - International

Many Happy Returns Princess!

Blogs and twitter are great means of indirect marketing. Their strength lies in the ability to show your true nature, interests, and concerns. This means both the good 'happy go lucky stuff' and the not so happy stuff. Even a well timed rant on something you are passionate about can be a strong positive. e.g. ranting Ottawa's lack of support for poverty prevention.

 

Self censorship is a common issue and other bloggers have commented on these. [1] [2].

 

Another aspect to consider is disclosure. How and what you disclose about your personal life in a blog. Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer had a wonderful Q&A about this [

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A blog is a time-consuming commitment. To ensure consistent interest, and have readers come back for more, it should be updated on a regular basis. One tack is to have a regular weekly (or bi-weekly) post and shorter filler posts in between.

Before I believe in something I would like to know what I am being ask to believe in......

 

Do you mean agape - unconditional love. Notice the recursive meaning....

 

Do you mean eros - sensual desire and longing.

 

Do you mean phillia - friendship

 

Do you mean stroge - affection between family members

 

It is possible to feel eros, philia, storge and perhaps even agape with more then one person, isn't it ?

 

Why then do we have the fixation on a monogamous relationship ?

 

Is it possible to feel a emotion forever, every living moment ?

 

Of course not! Imagine feeling fear every single second of your life. You will be mentally and physically exhausted and breakdown.

 

Why then the believe that love is forever without ebbs and flows ?

I would like to add that mobile device support is moving away from Flash towards HTML 5. iPhones never supported Flash and Adobe has dropped Flash support for Android 4.1.

A number of the web hosting sites provide a 'builder' with the monthly subscription. Failing that your choices range from DreamWeaver to something simple as a text editor (I use Xemacs or TextMate). Mid range tools on the Mac include RapidWeaver.

 

Will you be using Flex/Flash ? If yes then you can't run away from Adobe's Flex Builder.

 

Most web site designers are now moving to HTML 5 and CSS.

 

Hidy Ho Peeps

 

I just officially kickstarted a new part time business this morning and made it official with the great big world out there.

 

NOW ... I want to build a website with my own domain and also to build it myself.

 

I have built a couple in the past for companies I worked for but they were free sites because they were cheap asses . The pop up ads annoyed me to be honest.

 

Sooooo....I had been looking this morning on the web for a good building program and it dawned on me that there are a whole bunch of my Cerb friends here that are a wayyyyy smarter than me so I am asking for HELP !! Please !!

 

For those that help me I promise I won't target you in any more of my jokes !! haha at least in 2012 ;)

 

Thanks in advance for any help you folks give me and any others who are looking for a website design site.

 

For the ladies who help me I bow to you and am giving you a virtual kiss hug and a squeeze on the bum ;) virtual till we meet at least !

 

For the fellas....well thanks ;) haha A virtual handshake

 

And for you travelling ladies always remember the wise words of Confuscious

 

"A man who run through airport turnstile backward going to Bangkok"

 

Cheers :chug:and have a grrrrrrreat weekend folks !!!

 

 

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Last night I had an appointment with a well reviewed SP from PK. I arrived at the hotel only to find that there was a dog in the room. I'm highly allergic and had to leave immediately. The SP was gracious and understanding.

However I did think that all agencies should mention this upon booking. I always ask indies working out of their homes about pets. I never thought that this would happen with a reputable agency that uses hotels.

Anyways it was a real waste of my time and it was too late to go to a Plan B as the agency no longer was answering calls.

 

This is an important topic for everyone to consider. Including hobbiest asking for outcall and ensuring garments are clean of dander.

 

That said I do like animals.

Wow.... I got crickets!

 

I hear the food at Marshes is pretty good :icon_biggrin:

 

Kanata tends to be very quiet on this front. Cabs are hard to come by and travel to Kanata can be troublesome without a car. In the past, ladies who provided incalls in Kanata never did well and the idea puttered out.

 

If you are looking for a massage, Paradise Spa is in Bells Corners about 10 mins drive away.

 

For FS SP cover their travel expenses and they might be more willing to provide an outcall. As for incalls you will be looking at heading east at the minimum towards Lincoln Fields.

Kingston.

 

Well eventually I read a few threads here, and I googled a few of the numbers/emails in the ads and found some reviews, and it turned out that a few were scamming (fake photos, etc).

 

K-town has a number of Cerb ladies residing there. Ottawa and Montreal ladies also make a trip to K-town on a regular basis.

 

Malika (now in Toronto)

SaraMQ

AngelaOfOttawa - who is there today!

Gabriella Laurent (as recent as last month)

 

Cheers!

Spud my man. Hope things work out and all the best to you in your future endeavors.

Due to popular demand, I will be once again co-hosting a fall social for both male and female CERB members in good standing on Thursday, September 13th in Ottawa.

 

Of course it has to be a Thursday night!

 

[running joke]

Its seems like it is very difficult to find a legitimate SP in the city I live in.

 

And where would this city be ?

However, as mentioned earlier in the thread we do not have access to the same security checks as a mainstream business or consumer would. But if new clients and workers had a probationary period during which time a dialogue and peer review would take place in an online forum. This would help alleviate, fear and misconceptions. There need not be any personally identifiable information released. The emphasis would be on articulating needs and expectations. If this learning curve deliberately took a while it would go a long way toward weeding out the "bad apples".

 

In a way we have this here on CERB, based on both crowd sourcing and trail of trust. Crowd sourcing by way of recommendation. Trail of trust by informal discussions with other hobbiest and SP. And yes, SPs do recommend other SPs.

 

At times someone has to take-one-for-the-team, and some hobbiest prefer that role.

I think that it's mostly because that Ottawa is relatively recession-proof (Government HQ)

 

A great deal of that changed in the last couple of months.

 

The Fed shed quite a chunk of its workforce and placed another group under a wait-n-see-if-you-a-job-in-2-years holding pattern. RIM took a hit, Nortel hasn't recovered and there aren't new start-ups absorbing the workforce.

I was caught at work looking at "Canadian Escort", luckily my boss was an automobile fan. :icon_biggrin:

Reference to an individual from UK.

 

An interesting article regarding this issue in Ireland.

The usual route into med school is by taking your MCAT (wikipedia link). If you have concerns about how prepared you are for med school at least do a practise MCAT test. It would give you a good baseline to start with. Also look into either volunteering or working at a hospital.

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To use a tennis analogy, I played all four corners in an attempt to interview clients. I hit up escort friends of mine with long-terms regulars, old clients who were articulate and thoughtful and guys Iâ??d never met who had contacted me with sex work-related questions. I figured the client viewpointâ??the missing piece, would be easy to obtain. After all, Iâ??d had many a deep and intimate conversation with clients about sex workers and the negative way that clients were viewed in our culture. They openly shared their feelings about paying for itâ??what it meant culturally and what it felt like in the context of their lives. Men who thought of themselves as powerful came to me stripped of their routine status and its burdensome accessories. They wanted to tell their secrets. Theyâ??d crawled up my stairs in marabou slippers and a pink spandex thong, glided around my pole in the living room. They wanted to share their innermost desires and act them out. But, when I sent along my questions, I was met with silence.

I guess I was supposed to disappear in a puff of stripper-smoke. I guess they were put off by my confrontational, searing inquiries. It was one thing to tell me stories about their cancer-stricken wives and college-bound daughters while I listened in a fishnet bra by the paid hour. It was another to type their story in print. I was told my questions were too â??hard.â? The irony is not lost on me. Iâ??d nearly given up when Max finally responded. He agreed to do the interview if it were 100% anonymous. I thought of the NY broker wearing my dress in my living room, red-faced and trembling with terror at the thought of giving up control. I remembered telling him â??Stand up.â? I held his damp chin in my gloved hand and said to him, â??Youâ??re safe here.â? This was one of those moments. Maxâ??s gentle courage was by turns surprising and tender as he flipped from sex worker to client. I was inspired by his vulnerability. I hope you are too.
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Just wondering.....I got an gmail with a link, it had a bunch of cerb names attatched to it. I did not click the link though. Is this what we are refering to?

 

Likely no.

 

Linkedln is a social site (think Facebook) geared towards 'professional'. A great site for posting your resume, business networking and recommending co-workers etc.

Many Happy Returns!

Here is a wonderful Ted Talk about The Power of Introverts.