...HOBBY prior to internet...

...apart from street hookers, was there any other platform to hobby ? how was it ?...

...apart from street hookers, was there any other platform to hobby ? how was it ?... Originally Posted by Heman

That's pretty much it, street hookers. And maybe yellow page escorts. These hookers should be thanking eccie for giving them this opportunity to make more than 20 bucks a bj. Eccie and a few other sites are the only reason they can command 300 plus a hour.

Some call girls actually had ads for "adult entertainment" in the phone book yellow pages back in the day.

Hotel bars, the back pages of local adult entertainment magazines, word of mouth . . .

Westword Magazine (Denver)
Oyster Magazine (Denver)
Yellow Pages
Local Denver Magazines

You had to know somebody.
If you knew somebody that had a little black book they could help you hook up.
Word of mouth.
My go to guy was my father.
His black book was so good, when he passed his business partner made sure to take care of it so it would not get into the wrong hands.

Quest magazine

News paper sports page used to have classified ads for escorts and studios.

The old Houston Press and other free news tabloids had classified ads that were about as indirect as the on-line Back-Page ads are now3.

The first contact was always a bit of a dance with neither party really surte of the LE status of the other.

today is so great! Both sides can be pretty sure of who they are dealing with here on ECCIE and ASPD ffrom 2005-2010.

BTW, I used to walk to school through the snow . . .up-hill both ways.

First you'd go climb a mountain. Then start a fire, which is not as easy as they make it look in movies. Once you had that going and smoking, you'd take your blanket . . .

Fuck! You'd realize that you had forgotten your blanket. So, back down the mountain, find the old, beat up hobby blanket (don't want to use your real blanket) and trudge back up the mountain. By which point, the fire had gone out. Start the fire again.

Send out the appropriate smoke code for pussy, which you hope you got correct. Back down the mountain and wait. NC/NS were rampant, mostly because there were no phones. But also because no one could figure out where anyone lived. And more than likely, you'd be out cold as soon as you got home because of all the walking up a mountain, etc.

It's much better now.

The old Houston Press...

BTW, I used to walk to school through the snow . . .up-hill both ways. Originally Posted by ICU 812

I remember the Houston Press ads, even from not too long ago when I first started. ('07-'08)

And lols...yes. It must have been such a challenge for you poor guys to hobby 'back in the day'. What heroes you are.

The old Houston Press and other free news tabloids had classified ads that were about as indirect as the on-line Back-Page ads are now3.

The first contact was always a bit of a dance with neither party really surte of the LE status of the other.

...... Originally Posted by ICU 812

I remember seeing ads in there (early 90s) basically to shower with an Asian girl....she soaps you. At 25 and banging the hot SO 3 times a day, i couldn't understand why a guy would pay to take a shower.

But now......I get it.

i couldn't understand why a guy would pay to take a shower.

But now......I get it. Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter

Showers are the best.

The first contact was always a bit of a dance with neither party really surte of the LE status of the other.
Originally Posted by ICU 812

So, pretty much like BP today?

Hotel bars were, and still are pretty popular. Especially if you get in good with a doorman.