Update for Everyone V: Born Under A Bad Sign

[kcguy]

I've turned into a cliché.  I'm a middle-aged man who's spent the past month trying to track down a guy half my age, with whom I had a 5-minute conversation.

Basically, I have a group that rotates houses every month to eat dinner and play bridge.  In December, while waiting for the food to be set out, I more or less stumbled into a conversation with some young guy I had never seen before.  It was a good conversation--basically everything he said reminded me of my best friends from back in college--but I didn't think any more about it.  We ate in different rooms, and I happened to catch him out of the corner of my eye as I was sitting down to bridge, when he gave me a big smile.

It wasn't until afterwards that I wondered if he had been flirting with me.  (I'm still not sure.  I have a couple of young co-workers who seem to try to get my attention in order to smile at me, and I'm pretty sure they're both straight.  There may be some dynamic going on that I'm not understanding.)  After that night, I wavered for three days before I decided to try and get in touch with the guy.

I figured he was some college student renting a room from the party host, so I sent an e-mail to the host asking him to forward my contact info.  The first e-mail got lost, so I eventually sent a second one, which he did forward to his roommate.

Last Tuesday, the roommate messaged me on Facebook.  The chat was really awkward, and after a few minutes I discovered why, when he made a comment about being a model.  I expressed surprise and said that I hadn't paid much attention to what he looked like, other than him being 23-ish and having dark curly hair.  The roommate replied that he was 43 and bald.  After I described the original guy, he explained that the young guy had been his one-night stand.  Then he promised to forward my contact info to the guy.

And in the week since, I've heard nothing, so I'm ready to give up.

Which is a little frustrating, because this seemed like a rare opportunity.  I haven't been on a date in years, and then unexpectedly I meet someone I enjoy talking to.  And not only do I enjoy talking to him, but he's actually gay and single.

[kcguy]

I was at a gathering Saturday night, and it was the general opinion of the room that Trump was only weeks away from being impeached.  One person even predicted that we'd see a President Orrin Hatch by the end of the year, since Pence and Ryan would themselves be brought down by Russia-gate.

Of course these were the same people who said at the beginning of 2016 not to worry about Trump, because he didn't stand a chance of becoming president.

[kcguy]

My air conditioner has been broken for three days, and it's in the 90s outside

Just get a fan.

Easy for someone in Massachusetts to say- everyone has AC in Tennessee

I live in Los Angeles, and spend all my summers in Southern Italy. Just get a fan.

I still have my "Cooling and Heating Load Calculation Manual" from college.

For Naples, Italy, the 2.5% Design Dry-Bulb is 88^oF and the Design Wet-Bulb is 73^o.  For Memphis, Tennessee, the comparable numbers are 95^o and 79^o.

It's always cute when Europeans refer to Italy as someplace hot, but Memphis is both considerably warmer and considerably more humid, and that's hardly the most extreme part of the U.S.

And as for L.A., I'm not sure how to respond, since California has so many microclimates.  Choosing Pasadena as someplace average, the comparable numbers are 95^o and 71^o, so Pasadena gets as hot as Memphis, but it is far, far less humid.

[kcguy]

Finished And Then There Were None today.

The Agatha Christie book, or something else entirely?

[kcguy]

Does "business professional" imply I wear a suit? The only one I own was bought in 2010 for a funeral. I am shaped slightly differently now.

"Business casual" is generally slacks with a button-down shirt, or possibly a Polo.  I would assume "business professional" is a step up from that.  For "cocktail attire" in the past, I've worn a suit without a tie but with a colorful single-toned shirt.

I switched jobs earlier this year.  To one interview, I wore a suit and tie.  To the other, I was specifically told not to wear a suit, because he didn't want to interview someone who looked headed for a funeral.  I think it depends a lot on the interviewer.