A scenario . . .

[Pistol Shooter]

Originally Posted by delta13soultaker

No problem, Tranter. I think you're alright regardless of what the girls downtown claim about ya

Delta, you weren't supposed to mention those Soho girls!

::::::hiding in bunker::::::

[tranteruk]

Originally Posted by Pistol Shooter

Delta, you weren't supposed to mention those Soho girls!

::::::hiding in bunker::::::

Actually, I spent much of my young teens in and around Soho and know the area very well. I had a friend who insisted on visiting the clubs, which I disliked. Once he was safely in the arms of some lady of the night, I was off walking and watching the streets into the small hours. Quite an eye opener I can tell you. The good, the bad and the ugly of life.

[Pistol Shooter]

Is the area still as seedy as it once was, Tranter, or have the Bobbies clamped down a bit?

[tranteruk]

Originally Posted by Pistol Shooter

Is the area still as seedy as it once was, Tranter, or have the Bobbies clamped down a bit?

Not as bad as it was in my youth, but close. Lots of sex shops (magazines, tapes, items etc.) and clubs, also young people walking around, looking for 'business'. I dont approve. A lot of eastern Europeans too, never used to see them. I still remember meeting my first Russian (apart from my great grandparents), now they are everywhere.

[Pistol Shooter]

Tranter, just curious: Technically speaking, is prostitution actually legal in Britain, subject to regulation, or is it actually illegal but simply tolerated in certain areas? As you probably know, the only place in the US where it is actually legal is in certain counties in the State of Nevada, not to say it doesn't exist illegally in virtually all large cities and many smaller ones.

[tranteruk]

Originally Posted by Pistol Shooter

Tranter, just curious: Technically speaking, is prostitution actually legal in Britain, subject to regulation, or is it actually illegal but simply tolerated in certain areas? As you probably know, the only place in the US where it is actually legal is in certain counties in the State of Nevada, not to say it doesn't exist illegally in virtually all large cities and many smaller ones.

Pistol. You have no idea how far this question just went. The answer is only legal if via a privately contracted service. I asked Mrs T who is chatting on the phone with a very senior LEO. They both want to know why you want to know? Oops.

Just added, it is legal in Australia, but only under state control and taxed. The LEO, a woman said she worked in one but diddnt charge because of the high taxes. They are both still laughing.

[delta13soultaker]

Gentlemen....places do certainly change don't they.

If one is prone to live in an area a long time, I suppose it's good to occasionally drift back through an old stomping ground, just to see what factors are +/- or such, just in case of.....Justin Case requires a different route.....ya know

My good friend years ago had what he called the "Lady Jogger Test", for Western/industrialized parts of the world. In the warmer months, he would park around dusk/sunset in an area of interest.........one thing he looked for was women jogging without an escort. If they were present....it was certainly a mild to safe piece of town....which meant certain etiquette, or lack of, would be looked over at a glance or draw attention, depending.

Now Tranter, you mention the darker part of town and walking into the small hours. I hate to say, but in my mid-20's, I kept my thrills riding alone unarmed into the ghetto on a motorcycle. Foolish...not looking for anything....but the odds and uncertainty always made a faster heart and that old sweet cold ball in the chest. Get a little older...dread seeing the inevitable addicts and lost souls though....not a thrill....just heartbreak...and fear for people somebody cares about.

But then sex shops....rewind to another continent and a few years...I guess nothing much compares to Amsterdam or even lesser there's Frankfurt, beyond the train station.....unless you include the Wild West houses and special taxis in Bulgaria and CZ.......

But there was a weekend, my 1st wife and I about barely 20....we bought a weekend in Paris...the first of some over a couple years....summer time.......neither of us had heard of a Moulin Rouge then, but the travel agent had a twinkle in her eye, so we bought that show too....which was a blessing because when we went, we didn't have to wait in the 200 people line outside, but went right in to get crammed in like sardines.........any rate...afterwards we two broke off from the little group....any way you walk puts a young couple smack in the middle of the brothels...

So...happy weekends. Youth, naivety, and the good, bad, and ugly indeed.

[Pistol Shooter]

Originally Posted by tranteruk

Pistol. You have no idea how far this question just went. The answer is only legal if via a privately contracted service. I asked Mrs T who is chatting on the phone with a very senior LEO. They both want to know why you want to know? Oops.

You should have told them I intended to set up a brothel with at least 100 call girls smack in the middle of Piccadilly Circus, Tranter, and wanted to find out whose palms needed to be greased to get a permit. :innocent:

Originally Posted by tranteruk

Just added, it is legal in Australia, but only under state control and taxed. The LEO, a woman said she worked in one but diddnt charge because of the high taxes. They are both still laughing.

In Nevada, it is only permitted in counties with less than 250,000 population, and only if the county government votes to allow it. It is entirely optional. You will find legal brothels only in the rural counties of Nevada, counties like Elko, Nye, and White Pine in the eastern part of the state. Of course, ladies of the evening are easily found in the gambling centers like Reno and Las Vegas, but it is technically not legal there.

Interesting story: Perhaps the most famous brothel in Nevada, Mustang Ranch, was taken over by the Internal Revenue Service a few years ago for back taxes owed by the owner. In order to recoup the taxes, the IRS attempted to run the brothel. They failed and Mustang Ranch closed. Which only goes to show the US government can't even run a whore house and sell booze for a profit!

Originally Posted by delta13soultaker

But then sex shops....rewind to another continent and a few years...I guess nothing much compares to Amsterdam or even lesser there's Frankfurt, beyond the train station.....unless you include the Wild West houses and special taxis in Bulgaria and CZ.......

Oh yeah, Amsterdam would make most Bible Belt Americans reach for their nitroglycerin pills, Delta, before succumbing to a coronary infarction. Frankfort is not much different, just a little less blatant. The Germans do it with more style.

[delta13soultaker]

Yeah....the difference is amount of window shopping.

[Pistol Shooter]

Originally Posted by delta13soultaker

Yeah....the difference is amount of window shopping.

True, but in Amsterdam, the window shopping is definitely a pleasurable male activity, Delta, unlike the kind we usually get stuck with here in the States. :innocent:

[delta13soultaker]

Originally Posted by Pistol Shooter

True, but in Amsterdam, the window shopping is definitely a pleasurable male activity, Delta, unlike the kind we usually get stuck with here in the States. :innocent:

True that.