This is weird, like an old Twilight Zone.

Maybe this is the TER afterlife, or what it's like to be trapped in some absurdist reality created by Kafka or Sartre.

I just hope they get this thing fixed pronto.

I wouldn't hobby,

without the info i get from TER.

I hobbied for many years before TER, (or the internet for that matter, or before it was called hobbying lol) and I am sure I would continue. Prior to TER, I had some really good experiences, some pretty bad ones, and a lot of mediocre ones. Since TER, I can honestly say I have not had a bad experience.  So I would be taking more chances but I would not stop hobbying.

I hobbied for 25 years before I found TER, and would continue to do so.

TER has become a great resource, but it is not essential.

I love TER more for the boards than the reviews because it can be a lonely hobby, but lately, my love for the boards has become an unrequited one.

I wouldn't give up the hobby, since I'd still be able to connect with at least a few of my favorite providers.  The only problem would be the lack of resources for finding new providers and the safety factor.  Of course if I were desperate, I could always head back to the legal brothels in Nevada where I got my in the hobby ...LOL.

faves we have seen to keep us occupied for the rest of our lives.  I know I do.  We all like variety and it would prob make finding new ones to see more of a challenge, but we would survive.

I would continue to hobby with primarily the ones I have seen, and maybe take a chance every so often.

Swim

...I see now. Keep using the agencies. Get recommendations from providers. I knew about TER and lurked about a year before I used it. I'd go back to that.

the name of a new lady or two from them or a hobbyist I trust.

Trade papers, and personal referral. I/WE would all become infinitely more loyal to any and all good providers because finding em' would be much more problematic

I would continue to hobby, as I have long had enough contacts in the game to continue indefinitely.

Had TER not existed when I was a newbie, I'd probably still be wasting $ at strip clubs.  Or maybe I would have finally met Ms. Right, and lived happily ever after.  Who knows?