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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

HNT #75: SON HAS RECOVERED!

[The pic has nothing to do with the article but I figure I owe HNT something half-nekkid. If I get lucky over Xmas, my fave girl will get to see my Good & Evil aspects. Happy Holidays!]

Just a very quick update to let anyone who was concerned know that my older son has fully recovered from whatever happened (largely a mixup of medicines, it seems). He goes back to work next Monday fully recovered -- just consulting with the doc now to "fine-tune" his meds so he can wake up a little earlier and easier in the morning.

Thanks for any support and prayers you may have given. Keep a few prayers going for all of us, please, as the other son and I are also stressed by the situation's impact on our individual lives & the extra support we need to be able to give. My physical condition has suffered a little from irregular sleep and having my own physicians in a town 250 miles to the south. Even the "walk-in" clinic wasn't much help past giving me antibiotics for an immune-system-inspired cold and serious cough affecting my breathing. I'll be here 3.5 weeks each month for awhile as son needs a little help organizing finances & straightening up his house since his bro' is in college and cannot help in this humongous task (until graduation next June.)
[FYI, I'm sure a lot of the disorganization in this former house of their mother has come about in the aftermath of the return of her breast cancer to which she finally succumbed awhile back. Disorganization that is probably a symptom of consequent depression in our sons who had moved in to help her pay the rent. If you hadn't noticed, I think the poor USA economy has forced many families to band closer together in mutual-support households.]

In any case, we wish HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE WHO READS THESE WORDS!!!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

EXTRA for anyone who is aware of my son's hospitalization!

Just a quickie to say that after a month, my older son is about 95%+ back with us after having faithfully taken about 10 meds prescribed by 3-4 doctors who may or may not have known all the other meds he was taking. I don't think he was "doctor-shopping," just trying to find a medical solution for many difficulties.

My hypothesis is that this is what made him feel like he was having a "panic attack" and went to a nurse practitioner who prescribed yet another med. He passed out at work the next day & the complaints he has to process may have added to his reaction to the meds. Hospital staff verified what I knew all along: there was no use of illegal drugs involved.

Anyhow, he most likely will be discharged before Thanksgiving and we are all planning Turkey-Day for a Tampa Bay mini-family rendezvous. Thanks for your good wishes and prayers... please keep em going out. Son has 3 months by Florida law to resume his job without losing it and that is virtually assured. I'm providing a bridge in paying bills until his Bro graduates from Motorcycle College & can bring a paycheck back into paying bills with his brother. It looks like this will all settle down over the next 6 - 8 months when younger son graduates. He is still doing great in Orlando and Motorcycle Mechanics College and loves the advanced studies now with all Harley-Davidson models.

HNT #74: Marriage is Outmoded because people are not Trustworthy!

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

HNT #73 - LADIES, I GOT RID OF THE TOWEL. Now, Please, Read about Adoption Phone # below!






Okay, getting ready to step into the shower so I dropped the towel to honor a couple ladies who commented on this Blog last week. Could you give me a hand, now? Mine are rather full, you see. ; )

But, I want everyone to know that I searched & added this nekkid pic long AFTER I wrote the article & I didn't select it as I was writing about my pregnant ex-gf. That pregnant ex-gf got far more than her fair share of what she deserved from me by lying and playing on my feelings and sense of honor. The old saying rings true for her: "There is no honor among thieves!" Especially not among manipulative, sperm thieves like her! It also stole my youth and freedom from me before I even realized there was "a market" for my kind of eligible bachelor. Ex- and her lies took me off the market for well over a dozen years!

Please tuck the important info below away in case you ever know anyone who is pregnant and needs help. Counseling to consider ALL alternatives helps to make the best decision for every individual person. I found out the info that I wish I had had when MY girlfriend got pregnant back in the day. I had never even CONSIDERED Adoption as an alternative and it WAS a critically important option that changed my life significantly NOT to have considered! It is an option I would like to have realized I had available.

AMERICAN ADOPTIONS AGENCY has a 24/7 number, 1-800-236-7846 (1-800-ADOPTION) to give you info about how they & good adoptive parents will pay all living expenses (rent, clothes, utilities, paid time lost from work, etc.) during a pregnancy, and pay for all medical costs including hospital & delivery. This # is a central phone to an agency person who can put you in touch with an agency contact in your community, but they also CAN GIVE ALL THE INFO ABOUT THEIR FREE PROGRAM AND arrange for a LOCAL AGENCY CONTACT TO COME VISIT YOU IN A DAY OR TWO (with no obligation, of course.) BTW, they tell me that the "BabyDaddy" doesn't have to agree or be involved in the decision.

It's just that people really ought to consider ALL the possibilities before taking action on a very important life decision. Thanks for letting me share this info with you.

Cheers & love, Richard

Thursday, September 2, 2010

HNT #72 - First Full-Nekkid Pic (HERE, anyway.)


For the first time ever on my regular blog, I'm ALL nekkid -- but I think I may have managed to conceal one of my finer points a little. Check it out & let me know if your software detected my hardware, K? I need to know about these things!

The flag pictured is from my Aussie friend who was posted in Fiji a couple of years ago with their diplomatic corps. I am always surprised how readily citizens of the British commonwealth of nations freely allow reproduction of their flags as a theme or decoration on common items like the tea towel, here. Especially since strict US flag etiquette for decades has prohibited using the US flag as a decoration.

The US policy has been lightening up here ever since the Hippies & the 60's. I might even have some folks question the US Flag as background in my big tattoo next month -- even I questioned it. So, I decided I don't want to have an exact flag representation but, rather, "our Colors" depicted flaggy or flag-like . This reminds me to insert a tattoo pic from a Native American Indian friend to show an ingenious artistic, use of our patriotic colors in beautiful skin art; if there's no pic below this, I couldn't find it & will add it another week.

I should also mention I HAVE gotten back to doing my drawing again, finally -- and something serious! A Beautiful, Sexxy Girl! Love or Lust, I LIKE IT! I'm going slowly & deliberately like a nice, long, lovemaking session in my mind -- when I touch the drawing, my mind is caressing her skin & body. I want it to last, so I go long and slow. For her privacy's sake, I probably can't post a pic when I finish but I may tease you with occasional progress updates or a snippet.

I was going to add a rant but that was a few days ago & I'm not in the mood to rant about much tonight. I could go on about a new term I just discovered when reading some of the HNT posts of others: Romantic Friendship! But if you want to find out more about it today, go to Wikipedia & search for "Romantic Friendship." I think that's really all I've been looking for in a relationship the last 5 - 10 years but I don't think any young modern KNOWS what that means or why anyone would want it. I knew what it was, I just didn't know what it was called. It's a term from antiquity but I'm not old-fashioned. I just think independently like many wise people who don't follow the crowd but prefer to do what they think makes the most sense in any given situation.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Military Sniper's One Mile - Kill Shot (Not make-believe)

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:38:04 EDT
Subject: OPEN IN PRIVATE Fwd: One Mile Kill Shot (UNCLASSIFIED)To: undisclosed-recipients:;

IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH, DON'T cut & paste & OPEN THIS.
It shows actual recent combat footage of sniper kills of insurgent bad guys from a mile away in order to save outnumbered Marines in contact. It shows "red wall" aftereffects. I know that's what our 20mm gatling guns did on our Air Force AC-130 "Spectre" Gunship but at 3000 - 6000 feet AGL (& a longer slant range) & no sniper scope, we just KNEW what it was doing (making a "red mist") and we didn't have to see it. That seeing-it repeatedly, even of enemy soldiers, can and HAS caused many troops PTSD nightmares & flashbacks. It can be readily cured if addressed in a PROFESSIONAL Combat Veterans PTSD therapy group such as the VA and Vet Centers have provided for the last 20 years.

Troops are inclined to do the exact WRONG thing and deny it and try to numb out with alcohol & drugs so they don't have to face it. One can never get away from their own memory or mind, tho. Working THROUGH it, one has to deal with it in a supportive group of other vets to see it is a normal reaction to an abnormal situation or environment. Then, THEY CAN READJUST TO FUNCTIONING NORMALLY IN A LESS ABNORMAL ENVIRONMENT.

Cheers, RICH
Cut & Paste if you choose to see it.
http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=219051&ESRC=army-a.nl

Friday, August 6, 2010

HNT #71 - My latest tattoo addition!!



Note the medal in the middle: the Meritorious Service Medal! Awarded in my case for continuous & constant, sustained support and work throughout 4 years at the United States Air Force Academy: 60 - 80 hours each week, & no 0vertime pay for uniformed military! It is depicted here in the correct order of precedence between the DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) and the Air Medal.

I was awarded 8 other medals & multiple Oak Leaf Clusters, but I want to highlight my career with just these 3 highest here! They attest to the fact that I served my country well & honorably!

A couple of weeks earlier, I had my forearm band totally re-inked to brighten the colors. Tattoo wearers (collectors) need to use SPF 100 to preserve their tats (esp. colors) from sunlight; I had been incorrectly told SPF 50 was sufficient. This forearm band appears to be a Celtic design but it has a military/naval history. This is a very simple version of the Turk's Head Knot that ancient mariners used to while away the hours by tying them around the wooden masts of the old sailing ships. The US Navy used them for ceremonial decorations until very recently. General Lord Baden-Powell adapted this knot as a neckerchief slide for recognition of his highest trained Scoutmasters, those graduating the "Wood Badge" course. [I'm proud to be a "Wood Badger," myself.]

Here's how they all look together:


Tommy is the artist at Mike Sizemore's "Kill Em All Tattoo" in Clearwater, FL who re-inked the armband. Mike did all the other work seen here + my Gangster Girlie portrait on the inside of the arm; with 15 years' experience & excellent portrait ability, he's worth the $150/hr charge.


But Tommy ($100/hr) & I have figured out how to finish this half-sleeve with a consistent patriotic theme: All visible parts open around these tatts will show red & white stripes like the US flag unfurling as the background. My shoulder will be topped by various size negative (white) stars at the top surrounded by bright blue outside the stars fading out further away. I'd like to have a few stars closer to the neck and a few falling off on the sides of the flag. FREE stars, not in any tight pattern! (Now that I am finally fairly free in my life.)

Only a very special reason will lead me to add anymore tattoos beyond this half-sleeve. If a new girl I love gives the OK, I'll probably add a small, anonymous portrait of her perfect breasts to one corner of my chest so I can enjoy her beauty whenever I want! Proof that I will NEVER forget her! A tattoo's forever!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

HNT #70 - Happy Belated 5th Anniversary, HNT! 4-year Evolution of a WingHouse Regular's Tattoo!

My HNT #1 - This first pic is of the 2nd tat I ever got -- 5 years ago, I had no tattoos whatsoever. Now I have 6-8, depending on how you count, & one more on the way in 2 weeks! Actually, the wings here were just the beginning of an ongoing tattoo that I have added more pieces to over the last 3-4 years since I got it. It evolved, but I knew I liked the basic design taken from the WingHouse logo. I was an AF flyer & I missed my wings.

BTW, if you click here: http://www.winghouse.com/ , you can go to the WingHouse Girls' photo galleries and select each one of the locations. There you will see photos of most of the bartenders & servers in unique Dress-To-Impress outfits which happen one day near a big holiday every couple of months. They pay to buy (or make) and then doll up in their sexy, new outfits -- Customers that day get to vote for their favorite outfit which gets only 1 girl of 15 a $100 cash prize and another a $75 cash prize. Since most of them shell out about that much on their outfits to dress up for you, be sure to leave them a really good tip that day!

I just wasn't sure what I wanted to put in the circle altho my first favorite WH bartender's initials, BH, were a possibility I was considering.


OK, I finally found my WH Tat current as I began writing this article 3 weeks ago -- let's see if I can get it in here! Yeah, looks like I got it transferred OK. However, there is one little update: Change the K to an H since H****** planted a COUPLE of great, unsolicited kisses on my lips IN the WingHouse on her day off! Whatta girl! I gotta find her again & make sure she knows her H replaced Krista's K a whole year ago! Krista started denying the true facts on how she used to cheek-kiss the CORNER of my lips to sweet-talk me out of more loans and bigger tips! Screw YOU, Krista! (Altho I never would now, huh?)

A little more explanation to decode this tattoo: It's mostly hidden under my left arm placing these special WH Girls "under my wing" and keeping them close to my heart! You'll notice the blue wind added to represent that these girls were the wind beneath my wings at one time or another. I am going to add an "A" and another B for some new, young kissers who've made out with me! (Well, one dry, 2-sec. kiss on the lips at least one time. LOL)

Some time passed since I started writing this article and, on Memorial Day, I added some important updates on the way back from Orlando's tattoo convention. And the changes are likely to be the last additions to this tat for some time. Notice in the picture below that the "B" now has a "3" superscript indicating 2 more girls whose first name begins with a "B". The contest's B-category is now officially "closed." All remaining intials in the alphabet remain open for adding higher powers above their initial. It doesn't matter whether a WH Girl plants one on me outside in broad daylight around town or surreptitiously in my Mobile Home Park 8-minutes north of the local WingHouse.

What matters is that they are or have BEEN WingHouse Girls; I guess I should allow FUTURE WingHouse Girls to try out too, but I now have a 17-year-old on the waiting list until her 18th birthday. (She's BEEN on it since she was a 16-y.o. WingHouse part-time "Hostess" opening the doors to greet & seat patrons, but not to serve alcohol. I address her as "My Favorite Jailbait" just so I'm reminded she has to stay on the waiting list until next January! I do accept girl-initiated platonic hugs, however! ;-)

Thursday, June 10, 2010

HNT #69: T-Bird Pics for Maeve (Sorry they were delayed, Doll!)

I've really wanted to post these T-Bird pics for awhile but first, I had to get the tree crud and mildew swept off and scrub my Bird with soap & bleach!! The only day I had to do it a couple of weeks ago, it was 2:30 PM in the bright Florida sunshine when I finally bought the rest of the cleaning materials & got over to Ted's. After 3 hours of hard scrubbing and sweating, I had only 60% of it done when I stopped before passing out from heat exhaustion! (Yes, I know I'm out of shape, LOL!) I was staying hydrated but I've noticed that summer heat "cooks" the insulin right out of my body that I take oral meds for! THAT was probably playing in the action, too. I'd forgotten--haven't been out in the sun working for months!) We've had lots of Spring sun in the Sunshine State, but I seem to focus too often on this computer (eMail more than blogs, obviously) and housecleaning!

Anyway, here's Ted, my car guy -- back after shopping or doing counseling work with his church group rescuing strippers from sin at one of the local strip clubs, the "Mons Venus" (I think he said). I didn't know any of this until he explained what was up as he washed the T-Bird. He had 2 young women he just evangelized on this day who want to make the jump to a more godly, sinless existence. One declared she would give up the $25,000 wages of sin she'd been offered to pose in Playboy magazine. Since there are so many girls doing drugs & casual sex in the stripper lifestyle, I'm glad for his success. I've noticed that many good-looking girls in this area seem to get into bartending or serving drinks & food immediately after high school, and to make ends meet living on their own (with no education or credentials except bartending experience), they often turn into the proverbial "party girls" going out nightly after they get off work between 9PM and 2AM!

So many places here have "Ladies' Nights" with free drinks or 2-4-1 specials for women, I now know why I see a lot of the girls I care about developing dysfunctional drinking habits in their early 20's! Beautiful in earlier calendar pictorials, they lost their stunning looks by age 26 from profligate use of sex, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. (So many treat "weed" as if it's not a drug, OMFG! DUH!) Oh, and EVERYONE has a 21-I.D. long before they're 21--they get served easily cuz the tourist-based economy encourages lax enforcement to produce good business profit. (I was surprised that servers & bartenders in Florida do not need to be 21 to make or serve alcoholic drinks!) No WONDER there's a fucking drinking problem in this young age group. I see very few with serious life or academic goals and, as a consequence, their predominant belief-system is Hedonism!

Oh, before I got off on that rant, I was going to tell you Ted WAS a Godsend -- unexpectedly, he cleaned the remaining 40% of the T-Bird while I continued to recover. In all fairness, it was much cooler by the time he got home. Actually, knowledgeable Floridians schedule their heavier work out-of-doors for the cooler morning and evening hours. I gotta remember that -- I've lived in Florida for 28 years now {OMG!} and I STILL don't feel like a Floridian. But most of the people here now also came from somewhere else -- I actually fit right in, that way!

Now, the 2nd & 3rd pics just show the classic lines of this clean, 1959 Ford Thunderbird! After we got it all cleaned up, I could see why Ted prefers it "all original." I'm tempted to leave it in its original white paint after we sandblast the little bit of rust off all the metal edges. I can see where it retains its classic original design beauty that way, and would be worth far more $$ than if I "trick it out" in a candy-apple red like I've always wanted in a jazzy car I own. But I'm not doing this to resell it -- I'm fixing it up so my older son can inherit it! LOL! Well, I DO want to drive it around and turn a few heads and give some pretty ladies rides in it out to our excellent beaches! A couple WingHouse hotties already want to have a professional photo shoot as they lie all over My Bird! Hot Damn!

How about YOU, Maeve? You check in here, yet? Wanna lay out at the beach with my Bird? ;-) We have no oil yet anywhere near Clearwater Beach (Gulf Coast/ Tampa Bay area) so hurry cuz it HAS reached NW Florida! (No oil but you might feel some wetness.)

PS: Won't be able to submit another post for a couple weeks as I'm taking my old Gateway back in for a Hard Transplant (DRIVE, that is).

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

HNT #68 - Tanning Booth Undressing




Well, this pic is not so clear or inventive, but it IS current -- Took it today at the local Hot Spot about 4 PM and just beat the rush which tends to fill up all the tanning booths on the tanners' way home from work! Don't think I have much time to clean it up before HNT, but I'll try.

This pic was taken as I started to strip down to tan nearly nude. I don't know if you saw a similar pic I took a few months ago, but I can see a definite lessening of the spare tire around my middle. Since I know my WH Girls are all trying to get skinni for Bikini Season which is about ON TOP of us, I tell them I have to get ready for Bikini Season too, & that usually gets a laugh! Of course, they don't see me like THIS or they might think I would actually wear a speedo suit at a public beach! If my legs had no bad scarring and less fat, I'd consider it. But, seriously, I DO want to wear my swim trunks low on my hips so my Good-Evil tat will definitely show as I walk down our local beaches! (I am, therefore, continuing my quest for less tonnage and more tannage!)

For what it's worth, my '59 Thunderbird restoration is progressing to the point where Ted, my car guy, wants us to take it to the local fancy Burger Place parking lot this Friday evening to show it off. NOTE: THE LICENSE PLATE TO THE LEFT IS MINE FOREVER AS LONG AS I PAY FL's ANNUAL FEES ON TIME!!! There is a LOT left to do -- we have barely begun but it now has all the significant body work on the left rear quarter panel pounded out, bondoed, and primer painted. It also has the 5 new special-order, bias-ply, white sidewalls to match the rest of the original "survivor" characteristics of this classic car--highly unusual in that this car has ALWAYS been "on the road" & kept in a driveable state. One reason that it IS in such good shape must be that my aunt & uncle in Sacramento (CA) always kept it parked in an enclosed garage at their home and only drove it on special occasions. Those tires were mounted on the original rims that Ted had ground & sandblasted free of all rust buildups.

This restoration work is very labor intensive and Ted is a perfectionistic stickler not to just rush it through in a half-ass manner like a normal car-and-body shop would to finish and get paid. Ted multi-tasks long-term projects from different people which allows me to limit the expenditures for his labor and parts to $1000 each month. That way, I can afford it out of my retired pay and Ted can enjoy restoring this first classic T-Bird of his restoration career. He is "a 1-man car shop" & fixes normal cars normally, too. Ted really DOES do everything a "car guy" COULD do (including buying, transporting, and selling) with a motor vehicle. For a 51-year old car, my T-Bird has only a little rust buildup in a few edges of panels which Mike will sandblast off before he primes and paints the exterior in the "candy-apple red" I want to finish this T-Bird in. That color is the only change I will have made to the original car equipment and appearance in this restoration.

The eventual complete replacement of interior white & red leather will have to wait awhile til I have enough money saved to do that. However, my car guy already found a local lady he did car work for who can reupholster the complete interior. Ted is MUCH more impressed with the value & showmanship capability of this T-Bird than I am, but restoring classic cars ARE his thing! I know nothing about them and cars have never been a central part of my life as I never got to own ANY car until I graduated with my 4-year university degree and took an Air Force commission as a 2nd Lieutenant.

Ted says the value of this restored "Survivor" Thunderbird will far exceed the COST of restoring it, but that really doesn't matter to ME! My lifetime mentors, values, & experiences always taught me never to do things primarily for money or what they will do for how I look, nor to make others envious of me. And I will NEVER sell it! I am doing this because this car has overriding sentimental value as a family heirloom left by 2 of my most adored and adoring relatives ever and, apparently, my aunt had promised it to my older son before senility robbed her of her memory. That detail was not in her Will and I was her sole beneficiary so it is up to me to make her intent happen. But, since that son is also inheriting everything I have when I go (& is NOT paying for this restoration), I'm going to have a fair amount of personal fun with this classic antique car before I go! Ted keeps swearing that it will take all kinds of prizes in car shows he would enter it in but, you know, I'm just not THAT "into" all the fol-de-rol! Next week, CAR pics of everyone's rides on view Friday at the Burger Place!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

HNT #67 - Half-Nekkid Monty au naturel

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

HNT #66 - The Full Monty






















WELL! You can tell that Monty IS rather full-size from the glimpse of his base to which the sock is clinging tightly. (Over 2" diameter -- I had no idea that gave a quite large erection girth (circumference) until I ran across some documented size-stats on HNT blogs. Formula for GIRTH is "pi" times Diameter so 3.1416 X 2" = 6.2826". More than the average bare bear.)

Since middle-average LENGTH = 6 inches, I suspect an average length in a man's erection would appear shorter visually if accompanying an above-average girth. Photos of isolated pics of only one erection-owner may be misleading. Variations in physical profiles are certainly evident from the examples displayed on OHNT! Surely, thin cocks look longer just because their girth is less. So which would a happy lady choose if she couldn't have both long & thick!? (BTW, "dick" means "thick" in German, LOL.) Please leave a vote for YOUR personal preference in the Comments section, if you dare. In the interest of scientific data collection, I pledge not to be offended by anyone's preference, LOL! (Chagrined maybe but not offended.)

Scientist-trained as I am, I further hypothesize that "size queens" develop from habituation to intercourse or viewing porn with well-endowed men whose porn star activity levels surely develop out of confidence & sexual aggressiveness stimulated by perceptions of their larger endowments! I don't handle other guys' dicks (I'm not a urologist, LOL) but, as a social scientist, I'm entitled to make some decent experimental hypotheses and let someone ELSE collect the data. Anyone need a PhD research topic for his/her dissertation?



Well, Ladies, here's a thick dick for you.... Guess I'm gonna have to keep it covered so it doesn't get burned or too tan, eh? Burning might cause pain instead of pleasure (a major purpose of this appendage).

Now, if this not-too-shy pic isn't enough of a Full Monty for you, check out Miss Kitty and one cool cat below THIS pic! ;-)




Time for glasses!
<--[Imagine her hand moving up & down per original media msg.]

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

HNT #65 - Intro to the Monty!



















Now, before I let you see MY fly area, let me give you a link to a lotta shots of some REAL SEXY FLY !! If you like flies, you may or may not like these -- but you gotta admit, they are stimulating, exciting, hott, and even sexually arousing! You've never ridden a fly as fast as what I show you here! Go ahead, click the link! You know you want some FINE, FAST, FLY!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e00_1200042782


If you checked that out, you may be disappointed by the fly below -- I'm not as fast as I once was. (But I'm as fast once as I EVER was!) LOL Oh, WAIT A MINUTE! I didn't mean it THAT way cuz now I'm hard for hours with modern medicine!





Wednesday, March 17, 2010

HNT #64 - St Patty's Day Interruption & HOT TAT I'd like to fuck!

Well, Dear Readers, March 17th threw me some unexpected curves & pics-availability so I'll show u the Full Monty NEXT week, K ? My Full Monty pic can wait.... Can U and ur Hot Little Bodies? LOLOL?


NOTE: On St Patrick's Day, even I am Irish!! LOL So these are my "chonies" on the left (as one beloved HNTer I follow calls them, so "now I know she's Chicana or lives around Chicanas"). Chonies is a Tex-Mex abbreviation of "calcones" (Mex. Sp. for underpants.) I hate my Tex-Mex-ex- for her disgraceful treatment of me and her incompetent inabilities -- but I love her first language and many Mexican cultural features! If you can figure what this little head in the pic is on top of, you know how I USED to get a little head--if she wanted to get laid, all she had to do was suck my dick thru my p.j.'s and get it hard when I was still asleep! 2 AM is when I tended to wake up anyway with raging hard-ons probably from a daily cycle reaching a 2 AM high level of testosterone recovering from the day's wipeout of my testosterone due to accumulated stress. TOO BAD I NEVER GOT TO COME IN HER MOUTH EXCEPT THAT FIRST TIME IN A 20-YR. MARRIAGE--IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE LAST!!! What a big little cunt she turned out to be!


OK, this is a shot of my Guinness nighttime shorts for March 17th. I don't have any with my cock showing, but if you want, I'm sure any HNT lady could talk me into it through a private email! (Knock urself out but send ME something nekkid & I will reciprocate!)














This is one pic of my Gangsta Girlie tat after it was finally finished today! I hope the half-nekkid tat distracts you from my double chins--I have gotten stymied on further loss of weight & seem to have just plateaued. When the weather gets a little bit warmer, I'll get back to exercise-walking again!

And NOW, you get the best pic I've been able to take of my completed Gangsta Girlie tat!! There's a TattooFest in Tampa next weekend and my tat should be healed just in time to go get a little nekkid there in front of judges and try to win a ribbon or trophy in the Best Portrait category!


I love how this tat turned out! Any of you ladies who want to wrap YOUR stuff around my arm's stuff are welcome to send me an eMail for any late-night cuddling and groping intentions! You'll notice how Mike Sizemore, my master tattooist, finished her off with a lot of extra time donated to perfecting the piece with shading and white highlights! (The nips are especially nice, don't you think?) Mike is renaming his shop "Kill 'Em All Tattoo" & this tat is definitely Killer! Most noticeable is the pink aura all around my hott young friend here, and if her new bf doesn't like it, he can just go FUCK himself!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

HNT #63: More Half-Nekkid Tanning Bed Pics!

OK, I'll continue the tanning bed strip-tease I started last week even tho the written topic's totally different today! I will escalate the nekkidness of the tease pics for a few more weeks and tantalize you with the possibility of The Full Monty as a Finale'. More than likely, I will trade MY Full Monty pics with any HNT Lady in private eMail as long as she sends me HERS first! I might even do it as SOON as she sends hers which could be today or tomorrow! If I feel something special, I might even send her a Boner-Bonus pic as sort of a "tip" ;-)

Let me try to make an excuse for my straight-tight-lipped pics cuz I wasn't thinking of smiling during these early poses--I was just focused on seeing my cell phone icons to make sure I had the phone-cam function ON correctly. Hard to see through those little, purple, squint-eye, UV protecting mini-goggles they sold me. Best to preset the camera before you turn on the tanning lights and leave it on til you take the pics.

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The main part of today's post deals with an interesting Craig's List search for impregnation that I answered to encourage, but not to inseminate! See what YOU think -- you might even hook up cuz the links are live!

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Date: 2010-02-18, 11:40PM EST
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Attractive, single, professional black woman seeking to receive sperm donor, no legal ties to child. Must be educated, have a healthy background, no drug use, chronic alcohol use and of course, no diseases (which must be proven). Don't have any racial hang-ups, but would prefer black or hispanic, as my background is German and black and having a child 3/4 white is unpredictable. He/she could come out looking nothing like me. For anyone seeking to know why seeking through this? Well, tried the sperm bank unsuccessfully. I am very successful and have absolutely no desire to be married or in a relationship, but I badly want children and have the means to provide for one in all ways. I work from home so they will get ample attention. I have a very loving and supportive family so will gets lots of love and have great male friends who will provide that male role model that they might need. I think the more anonymous the less stress for coming in later to try and get legal custody, so ultimately, my reason. If you're interested in assisting, don't mind natural way as long as you can prove that you don't have anything. I will do the same.
Location: Tampa

MY reply follows:
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cas/1607594323.html
What you propose is VERY smart & well-thought-out! I'm not applying but I wanted to give you some positive feedback as I think this is the wave of the future! So far, I don't have sex with anyone I don't know well & care about so that's an emotional attachment right there. But I have learned the hard way that a woman who intentionally gets herself pregnant would almost certainly raise our child well & I wouldn't have to have the fatherly concerns I did which trapped me into an ill-fated marriage "back in the day" to a big liar for the sake of the child! (I know I'm not a typical guy. I have very good genes too, and no diseases.)

If I find a woman I'd like to bed, I give her a copy of my Quest Diagnostics STD/STI clearance but I insist on getting hers back. So far, that hasn't happened. And I don't need intercourse THAT badly! I think you are very wise to insist on the proof, too. I wish u the very best of luck in everything--I wish I had discovered this approach LONG ago. Oh well, it was only my life! LOL

PS: If you have a son, I recommend getting him into the Boy Scouts by age 11 to give him another good, character-development & outdoorsy path to grow with. Just visit several different troops and take your time deciding which is the best to enroll in. And participate as a member of the adult supervisory committee over that particular troop so you know bad things won't happen. Check in the phone book under "Boy Scouts of America" for the local HQ which can tell you where different troops meet near your home. Scouting is a nationwide program so your job transfers will still allow your son to stay in Scouting by transferring to another troop in your new location! He can continue to earn his Eagle Scout award & get college scholarships with that! I raised 2 sons this way--it's a great way to raise boys!

AND I raised my 2nd son all by myself! NO support system but me and 1/2 my meager AF retired pay. (Believe me, it's no picnic if they develop ADHD from the other parent's genes so I strongly recommend screening ur sperm donors for disabilities that might be inherited. ADHD has an 80% heritability factor if one parent has it; I did well in school but my ex- hid her school problems as she didn't KNOW it was ADHD causing her academic trouble.)

Sincere best wishes, RichardShhh


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Well, here's me Free 2B a little more Free with each new weekly post! F u wanna join me on MY blog or OHNT, eMail me UR sexy pic & I'll put it up! Or if ur a woman wanting just to send me ur sexy one to keep in secrecy or for a trade, make like a modern version of the beautiful statue of Nike & "Just Do It!"

FYI, that's a cutoff sweatshirt sleeve to cover my left arm tats when I was first tanning. With SPF-50 covering EVERY tat, it wasn't needed. (I still take it in my bag of goodies in case I run out of SPF.)

Sunday, February 28, 2010

HNT #62 - Wishing for warmer Florida again!


This was taken early last summer in the Tampa Bay area. We have our sun back in the Sunshine State this week but the Canadian snowbirds brought their cold temps back for a month longer than we usually feel them!

I discovered the beauty of tanning beds this past Christmas/Hannukah though, and the best part? They only take 10 - 15 minutes out of one's day, and you BARELY break a sweat! (Barely
carries BOTH meanings here, LOL.) The beds are nice--warm and their fans create a steady little flow of air like a breeze through the bed's core air space. Hot Spot has 2 locations in the western Tampa Bay locale & mine has 5 private cubicles for lay-down-on-your-back tanning beds and 1 stand-up booth for tanning in the round & standing the whole 10 minutes! Only 10 min. in the stand-up cuz it's the newest tanning equipment bought and is that much more intense! (But 10 minutes is great for a quickie around lunchtime if you don't have another kind available.)

The time-operators of our reliable Hot Spot insure the indoor sun eclipses no later than 20 min after start! They set it up via remote computer and do not enter the private tanning cubicle you lock for privacy the whole time. The operator makes safety recommendations of 10 - 15 minutes for the 1st couple of baths til you see how you tan and get your skin used to it. I think this blog will start with things I wish I'd known before I hit the tanning booths. I did ask a couple of my bartenders & servers who have been using them for a few years and are very, very tan (and keep it up to look Florida-sexy year-round). They gave me some ideas before I started in booths and they answered questions that occurred BETWEEN sessions.

For awhile, it became my routine to go to the Hot Spot directly after leaving my bar & grill 2 or 3 days a week. It is wise to leave at least 1 day open between tanning sessions and most people only go a couple times a week. Hot Spot has a great "flat rate" of only $19/mo for unlimited days of tanning if you sign up to do that for a minimum of 1 year. If you go on vacation or have surgery or something else, you can put your account "on hold" and pick up any extended time for free after the contract period ends. (There IS a penalty of $50 to 'buy-out" early if you want to stop your contract permanently.) These are the policies at MY tanning spa; of course, others must vary some & it is probably worth shopping around for the best price deal!

The young, nude-tanning hedonists I know at my bar & grill thought it quaint that I asked if their tanning salons allowed totally-nude tanning. (A typical, conventional, tanning-bed newbie question?) For my first 2 shorter tanning sessions, I had "speedo" underwear on to tan as much as possible but protect what I thought might be extra sensitive areas never before exposed to sunlight. LOL. A very pretty server giving me advice later teased me to "wear a sock!" But I thought it was a GREAT idea! And ever since, I have gone nude with my complete genitalia shoved into a white athletic sock. (I gave her a modest souvenir pic of me later entitled "Cock-in-a-Sock!" LOL, it surprised her but was pretty well-received!)

Be sure to put SPF 45-50 over all tattoos or the repeated-trip exposures will destroy your colored ink quickly; if you tan well but don't use SPF45+, your skin's mellanin will eventually tan even the tattoo and make the tat mostly disappear! There is an AM-FM-CD player in each booth so you can bring in your fave music to tan by. Altho I could barely hear it once I turned the tanning bed on. Oh yes, upon entry, my spa's bed has the typical white towel which can be folded into a sunshield until an initial tan is acquired on "virgin" areas. I learned by burning the small of my back that I should have folded a little towel-triangle to place there the first few times. The operators also leave a melt-in-your-mouth peppermint candy on top of the towel for each new customer. Tastes/smells refreshing after a slightly dehydrating 20-minute tanning session.

The beds have a countdown timer to allow you 10 minutes to strip down, & put skin preps on (a dry tanning lotion as well as dry SPF if you like.) Sometimes, those lotions are available for purchase from the tanning spa in their front entryway -- it is not greasy and will not have to be cleaned up after you finish. After you leave, the operators do wipe down & sanitize all areas that you might have touched in the tanning booth, anyway. If you need an extra 5 minutes to use the bathroom or apply fast-tan lotion that the spa sells, let the operator know & they will accomodate you. The bed's countdown timer reads out your remaining session time once you start the machine. You can turn off the bed at any point short of the full time, but it will not re-start without reset from the front of the shop.

Sunhat and eye protection: You can purchase this protection right there at the spa at a very reasonable cost (lotions are pretty expensive, tho.) One of the nurses at my cardiologist's said she had gotten cataracts from unprotected tanning bed use -- she had used no eye covering when in HER spa's beds. For just a few bucks at my spa, I bought little plastic eyeball UV protectors that have a see-thru part. AND MOST IMPORTANT, when I don't need to look at anything, I SHUT MY EYES AS IF ASLEEP! Last summer, I noticed that my middle-aged hair started bleaching GRAY very fast when I would tan outdoors without a hat! Luckily, I have carried my Grandmother's brown hair genes into later middle-age. So I had already learned to wear a hat and, at the spa, I bought what looks like a special cloth shower cap to filter out much of the UV-rays which would bleach some of my brown hair to gray while indoors!

Good place to see girls too, I found!! There are often one or two pretty girls signing in ahead of me. They are always friendly, up-front, and usually "chat-able!" Sometimes, they will even run from one tanning booth to another to get something from a friend who is already ALL-nekkid and they are only TOPLESS! Woo-Hoo! I just happened to step out into the narrow hallway as she came by. Of course, Gentleman that I am, I turned my eyes away [sorta... ;-) ]. I wouldn't mind fucking her, NOW! May I have ONE Do-Over, please?


OK, if you've stayed all the way to here, I'll give you one more part-nekkid-me IN the tanning booth today. I like a "no-sweat" booth better, anyway! Next week, if you come back, I'll show you a little more of me in my tanning bed (birthday) suit. I can make this a strip-tease of sorts for a month of Thursdays out of just one Hot Spot trip!

Friday, February 19, 2010

HNT #61 - My Standards for having Sex with You!

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

HNT #60 - Getting Scapegoated is getting Crucified!


LEGAL OPINION FROM JUSTANSWER.COM: I have received a FL & CA lawyer's legal consultation that opening someone else's eMail without permission warrants an action against the unauthorized opener for invasion of privacy of the owner of a cell phone with eMail access. It warrants further action as a case of computer pirating of the owner of the eMail account. The lawyer continues, "YOU appear to have an action against her boyfriend for invasion of your privacy as well since you had a reasonable expectation that your eMails would remain private."


I don't know every essential detail of this case but they include that a new boyfriend (bf) of a platonic bartender friend of mine seems to be jealous, of all people, of MOI! LMAO! This bf must be projecting HIS motives onto me &, ironically, I am the last person who would adopt HIS motives now that I know them better. Overly self-centered and hedonistic, best I can tell. He appears to be using a power play from any of the several available "Pick-Up Artist" (PUA) systems by such authors as Neil Strauss or David DeAngelo. These are control-freak systems full of manipulative sociopathy techniques to "win" as a Bad Boy tricking women into bed with mind games for free pussy to suit the whims of the PUA. I do not care to gossip & I have never spoken negatively or thought like this about this bf before, but I had no reason to before.


I am concerned for this female friend because she has begun to appear "desperate" to keep her recently-acquired bf as she thinks they are very compatible in most activities and she has been feeling the nesting instinct strongly over the last 2 years, I am sure. Too strongly to wait for another highly compatible partner to arrive in her life. She also seems to have a significant Bad Boy Addiction that she is in denial over. She knows well and good that I am NOT a Bad Boy and that I despise mind games ANYone plays. (They all choose not to see thru the twisted psychology like I can as a sensitive psych-major type.) However, she read the riot act to the bf in front of his friends last Friday night when she discovered his unauthorized invasion of the privacy of our old eMails and she stormed off loudly from a downtown club. BUT, by doing this, she risked losing the only current realistic love in her life. I am 30 years older and dedicated to a platonic, professor-like relationship with her so it should be obvious to everyone that I am no threat to the bf. I am just her platonic friend who never meets her outside the bar and has no contact except weekly emails she promised to send in return for help buying a computer a year ago.


Of course, she is just playing into his control-freak ways by not continuing to be outraged at his overcontrolling and sneaky snoop-behavior. (They appear nowhere near becoming engaged and have been a confirmed couple in public only since last Christmas, '09.) But somewhere between trading Valentine's gifts with me at the bar on Friday and Valentine's Day noon on Sunday, she encountered this crisis encounter Friday night and must have spent the next 36 hours deciding her only viable option for security and potential marriage in the near future. Now, she is throwing the other victim (ME) "under the bus," and identifying with her privacy-invader by scapegoating ME and banning me from visiting her at the bar and from future communication. Undoubtedly, for show to keep the controlling bf feeling happy & secure. If I didn't know what was going on psychologically, I'd be saying "WTF, Charlie?" This reminds me of my ex-wife's mental meltdown to get her own selfish way with a no-fault divorce that Florida law does not allow contesting. "Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind's already made up!"


I will only take the bf to court if this continues to escalate somehow -- but the illegally-gained damage is done already! As long as my former friend is not patient enough to keep her options open and date around looking for someone better suited for marriage, I'll just have to lose my entire social life which has been visiting her twice weekly at that bar. (HER choice, not mine -- WTF did I do? Nothing -- I'm just the NICE guy here that it's easy to pull this shit on!) She probably rationalizes it by saying the truth: In fact, I will save on any more wasted time and extra tip money now!


I have a new conclusion about American women thanks to all this bullshit. Older women may not look as good, but party girls don't think so well! I am just going to be an occasionally-sociable hermit!! That's better than becoming one of these mindgaming manipulators who make bad names for psychology by playing a freak to control and scapegoat the innocent people they offend illegally. At least, my house will finally get spotless and I'll have lots of money to spend elsewhere!! Too bad I'm not into Craig's List whores or St Pete strip clubs!!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

HNT #59 - Erection Modesty

Well, I had to stretch to get this HNT post--only the tiniest bit of skin shows. But you get the idea as you can see me "stretching" if you look closely. The reason for the stretch is peeking out BEHIND my stretch in the pic. Some guys will do ANYTHING to get an HNT pic to post, LOL!

I've been discussing a very personal issue with a couple of very sexy young women who just "don't get it" (in more ways than one, darn it). The issue is my relatively strict-celibacy for the last 15 years of my divorced life! Over the weekend, I sent them a couple of eMails dealing with what we were talking about and the rest of today's article has the essence of those eMails. These girls are good friends and we care about each other, but our life experiences and values in a few "modern areas" are very different. Because I value them as friends, I would like them to understand my position and feelings even though they don't seem to think we can have such differences and all be of sane thinking! They don't have the age or formal education that I do and I need to be sensitive in my explanations, and not insult or alienate because of MY value biases. Sometimes, that is unavoidable although unintended; but, if we remain open to dialogue & communication with each other, we can smooth over rough spots with apologies and improved awareness.

The basic topic was what to do about Richard and his celibacy/attitude. I couldn't believe it when one said "You can't have standards," and the other referred to facts of life "of the MODERN world."

HOLY CRAP, BATDOG!! MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN ONE FILLED WITH STANDARDS AND MEETING THEM FOR THE AF ACADEMY, MILITARY OFFICER LIFE, COLLEGE PROFESSOR ETHICS, GOOD CATHOLIC HUSBAND & FATHER, SINGLE PARENT GUIDING/RAISING SON W/ NO SUPPORT SYSTEM, SCOUTMASTER, COLLEGE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, ETC. NOW, YOU TELL ME I CAN'T HAVE STANDARDS, MYSELF?! I am bothered greatly that the "modern world" has piss-poor standards in this area of mate selection and sexual morality as in many other self-serving behaviors. It just harkens me back to my EX- whose world had to have been operating under the same piss-poor, manipulative, "irresponsible civilian" bullshit (my opinions, of course) until she met me. It meant she was able secretly to revert to her sociopathic, manipulative behavior to "just get her own way" -- a hallmark of the modern American world altho that is a mentally-ill way of operating. (Please recall my Mental Health Counselor License and 3 awarded degrees in psychology & counseling to say nothing of my A.B.D. in psych. Maybe college-oriented people are more concerned with "standards" because they have to deal with them daily in academic affairs; especially, those of us who really had little chance to develop our hedonism and who don't need to "justify" our behavior by denying the relevance or value of much of the non-hedonist world.)

My eMail contained this:
"Anyway, involved in this or not, thank you both for your loving concern to set me straight (so to speak, LOL). I am still musing over the phrase, 'You CAN'T have STANDARDS!' which is really contrary to everything I have done in and with my not-inconsequential fifty-something years of life! I'm not about to change much now so maybe all the "modern girls" will just miss out. I have always gone for QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY and, after all, I DO have Manolita/ Palmela/ Jill anytime I want! LOL

Here's another reason of mine you would never have thought of if you are not aware of Catholic Christian requirements, I'd bet. I hadn't thought of this for a few months but it does apply too (in addition to all the other reasons I have). In the Catholic Church, my ex- & I were still married until she died 1 year ago. ('Until Death do you part' is a general Christian requirement/standard directly out of the wedding ceremony in most Christian churches I know of). We've all heard this phrase in movies before, eh?

A civil divorce does not invalidate any Catholic marriage sacramentalized in the Church wedding ceremony. If my ex- or I had sexual relations with anyone else besides each other until one of us died, Catholic doctine would see it as a grave sin of Adultery, keeping us out of Heaven, and being prosecutable in a Church court. Most Catholics in the US probably don't go to the Church court unless they are trying to get a Church annulment because such courts have no power over anything not solely Church-related (like the right to take Communion or have a sacramental Church wedding). In a non-Catholic nation, civil court jurisdiction decides all the 'important things' in the civil world affecting the divorcing partners like dividing money & property & children's time. It is mental busy-work to no end for Catholics to bother with a Church court unless they want to remarry someday in the Catholic Church. But most Americans now over 40 have been ingrained with believing the concept of marriage as 'until Death do us part'! For a serious person like ME (probably not her) who has always tried to live a life consistent with the major tenets of my Church, I would not feel free of adultery if I'd had sexual intercourse with someone new before Oct 9, 2008. And then, only after a couple more months of getting used to feeling truly free again.

This is probably not right for YOU, but we are not questioning YOUR handling of the situation. We are talking about your difficulty accepting me and my thinking & motivations in handling it altho being expressed honestly -- this is just an honest difference between the ways we were both raised and taught to believe about what is right. Yours is right for you, just as mine is right for me. That's why we have the American concept of Freedom of Religion -- you cannot really understand my values & views from your religious viewpoint if yours is from a significantly different faith than mine. Not unless you are also open to understanding the differences and accept that I have the right to my beliefs and feelings and values which are different from yours (but still honest and every bit as worthy for me as the way you have worked out yours for you). We are just different in these perceptions -- We can still be friends, just friends who disagree about what is right or best in this particular instance! That's about the only way all Americans can really get along, I think. Otherwise, our diversity makes us non-understanding adversaries, not friends.

I'm open to feedback but not to debating whether this is right or wrong. It is a feeling & feelings are, by definition, ILLOGICAL: good or bad, happy or sad, but not right or wrong. We have to feel how we feel -- just not necessarily ACT on the feelings!"

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

HNT #58 - The Boys & the Bird
















Hello! These are the Christmas 2009 fotos of my sons and me at my Tampa Bay MH Park. FINALLY, THEY BOTH CAME DOWN to visit! Over a 4-year absence for Ken and only the 2nd visit in 2 years for Rik. Of course, their mother didn't interfere this time by having her October ashes taken back by them to Texas over Xmas like last year for burial.


Above, on the left are Rich & Rik in front of Rik's "new" 100th Anniversary of Harley-Davidson Commemorative Ford F-150 Pickup (2003)! Beautiful pickup truck with all the trimmings! Now that he's got a decent job with the State of Florida (eligible due to completing his Bachelor's Degree in 2005), he can afford all the trimmings for the first time in his life as an adult on his own. It took awhile because State jobs don't come open often in Tallahassee -- but if he hadn't finished his BS degree, he'd NEVER have gotten an interview!



Imagine a Florida Gator who partied too much in Gainesville his freshman year so that he had to finish his education all on his own elsewhere (paying back government loans now) AND EVENTUALLY GRADUATE FROM FSU!! Still, on that one day a year when Gators & Noles battle in the football stadium, his primitive, reptilian sports-team brain comes to life & reverts him back to being a Gator. He's lucky cuz "MY school" (FSU) is rebuilding and UF has been winning this bitter state football rivalry, lately. He has won our "dinner-out" bet 2 or 3 years in a row.


On the right, Rich and Ken, the younger son of the same 2 parents, are standing behind Rik's truck just before Sunday goodbyes after Christmas. Ken was heading back to Orlando (only 2 hours away compared to 5 1/2 from "Tally" to continue HIS post-secondary school experience: the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute where he is having good success due to hard work and focus due to his enthusiasm and interest in this field of work! Only 13 months to go!



Ken has MORE tats than I do & here's a pic of us showing off our tats at WingHouse with my favorite "serving wench!" This was a special hug from her & I love it! MUAH, Girl!















A couple of weeks ago, my 1959 Ford Thunderbird original "Survivor" was in my car guy, Ted's, shop with him starting the restoration with the few safety items most essential for driving.
















The BRAKES were the most important to fix, and he replaced all components in the system including all new steel lines to each wheel as well as the engine compartment master cylinder. All engine hoses were replaced and the silver valve covers above were replaced with sand-blasted originals he found stored in the T-Bird's trunk. He repainted them blue as the voltage regulator above is to restore their original color, and I think it is an interesting note that the T-Bird's colors when restored are planned to be red, white, and blue (with an understated patriotic feeling.) Ted thought that would certainly be appropriate considering my father's and my full military careers in service to our country (and, I might add, considering my sons' & my Eagle Scout or near-Eagle Scout backgrounds.)

Ted has already done countless other things like completely hand-repacking new wheel bearings with new grease; also, like checking the engine's compression before he ever tried to start it to be sure the pressure indicated the piston chambers were still well lubricated, and it would not endanger the engine to start it up. Countless other little things I do not remember now, he listed having done as we discussed progress over the last 3 weeks. His previously unspecified charge for labor was very reasonable and generous when he finally determined what it was after encountering the work itself and finally knew the difficulty & length of time it took.

Of course, I am in no hurry to have this finished so Ted finds it convenient & to his advantage in restoring the T-Bird along with the major renovation of a country estate property he purchased recently and is completing by himself and the help of friends. That unspecified labor charge was the one thing I was leery of until now -- not wanting to have "bought a pig in a poke" in advance. His statement afterwards rang true that a regular auto shop would have charged 3 or 4 times as much for labor in such a restoration job. We have much more work to do but I am feeling much better about his labor charges, now. After he installs a new Lo-Jack anti-theft system, I could stop anytime for any reason because he has already put the car in a safe, operational condition. He is dying to get me to re-title it ASAP & get Florida tags so we can show it off even NOW at a weekly meeting of classic car owners in St. Petersburg!