The future of punting

[webpunter]

#metoo 

Its at times like these that women really fuck me off in shops
Like some of them have to touch whatever they want to buy
Touching several to check for differences [none] before then changing their mind completely
Stupid CV-19 spreading bitches
They usually resemble battle axes & are probably Mnet members

FAF burds never do this - they have better things in their life to be focusing on & are efficient when it comes to food shopping
Same as for geezers [who generally just about tolerate food shopping] see something pick it up & its in the trolley
Simples

All items wiped down with a 0.05% solution of sodium hypochlorite (weak bleach) solution when I got home  .

the weak bleach stung a bit on littleWP 

[wombat42]

When the lockdown slowly eases and more ladies resume work, they will be in great demand. There will be a huge amount of punters queuing up.

The counter argument is that many including the rich will have a serious financial hit as a fallout from the virus so less disposable income. Many would have got out of the habit of visiting SPs. It is a luxury not a necessity. New women may choose to become SPs as their original income stream may have been lost because of the virus. It is very easy, but obviously not so fulfilling, to satisfy your lust as an alternative to punting - just google up some porn and have a wank.

[Vice Admiral]

Probably a few weeks before we get a whiff of relaxed restrictions and then another bout of isolation, this will cycle until vaccine is deployed to the population in a year or so.  It's going to be a long time before things will be in place for us to start rebuilding what was wiped out through isolation.  Loads of bankruptcies to process and people's credit ratings to slaughter, potentially a major correction to the housing market, another round of the rich buying up property on the cheap increasing the deficit of housing for owner/occupiers and the beginning of a nasty cycle of rent gouging.  Maybe cost of living will drop a little but that will be nominal as the pound will probably have tanked.  Will we be on WHO terms or worse, despite the hammering Europe will take?  Will we be fucked by a US trade deal?  Can pretty much guarantee that the financial services will flee unless we become a new tax haven.  But that won't lead to a general uplift of the UK, it will just mean more exceedingly rich parading around some select neighbourhoods and luxury & retail enclaves.

The one certainty about predictions is that most end up being wrong.  However LL's analysis of what lies ahead strikes this observer as pretty well spot-on.

It is unlikely that there will be a moment when we all are fully released from all restrictions for many months to come.  And even if / when we are released – and initially perhaps only partially or temporarily – the SARS-Cov-2 virus will still not have been "defeated".  Therefore all social interaction will carry an element of risk, albeit in due course a lesser risk that at present.

Each individual will then be making his / her own decisions based on how much risk he / she is prepared to stomach.

In terms of the future of punting – the central theme of this thread – my own prediction (subject of course to the caveat in my opening sentence) is that there will be less punting going on; but that prices will remain more or less as they are now.

It is possible that financial hardship will drive more women into the oldest profession and, if that were to happen – and it were indeed the case that fewer men were punting – then the laws of supply and demand would logically suggest that there would be a reduction in prices.  But there are now few English escorts who will contemplate charging less than £60 for half-an-hour (even that price-point these days being very rare for any girls other than Romanians); and I can't see that changing – with £70 to £90 remaining a typical price.

Girls who charge £100 to £130 for half-an-hour, however, are likely to have an even quieter life than they did before the Covid-19 pandemic.

[Horizontal pleasures]

Post virus punting will be fiction. I am so weak I can hardly walk or tie my shoe laces, never mind pleasure for mister happy. (My recent silence here was due to lack of £ to punt.).
I stayed at home and my GP visited as needed. Now recovering and feeling negative despite being alive.

[Beamer]

Post virus punting will be fiction. I am so weak I can hardly walk or tie my shoe laces, never mind pleasure for mister happy. (My recent silence here was due to lack of £ to punt.).
I stayed at home and my GP visited as needed. Now recovering and feeling negative despite being alive.

I have been told by a gp that recovery to something like normal energy levels can take months. So anybody "recovering" take care. Including Boris.....

[Metalgear2018]

I can see a cashless society or system being created making it harder for sex industry and drug dealers to operate. so basically if want to pay for sex it will paid for by bank transaction and it will be tracked and traced.

Therefore punters would be fearful and sex work will reduce or move to only content.

[Doc Holliday]

Post virus punting will be fiction. I am so weak I can hardly walk or tie my shoe laces, never mind pleasure for mister happy. (My recent silence here was due to lack of £ to punt.).
I stayed at home and my GP visited as needed. Now recovering and feeling negative despite being alive.

Good to hear you are still alive. It will be a long road I'm afraid.

[John Johnson]

What happened to foreplay 

What is the foreplay you speak of?

[winkywanky]

Post virus punting will be fiction. I am so weak I can hardly walk or tie my shoe laces, never mind pleasure for mister happy. (My recent silence here was due to lack of £ to punt.).
I stayed at home and my GP visited as needed. Now recovering and feeling negative despite being alive.

Wow, our first openly-confessed Covid-19 victim?

Glad you're still with us HP, and hoping you get your sauce back soon. Presumably you didn't get as far as pneumonia? But obviously knocked you completely for six.

I must confess, I always thought it might be something else you caught which would curtail your punting activities  .

Get well soon chap.

[wombat42]

I can see a cashless society or system being created making it harder for sex industry and drug dealers to operate. so basically if want to pay for sex it will paid for by bank transaction and it will be tracked and traced.

Therefore punters would be fearful and sex work will reduce or move to only content.

Unless bitcoin can get its act together and become a reliable convenient form of payment. They are working on it. It could take a year or two and there is no guarantee of success.

[hornyguylondon]

Probably a few weeks before we get a whiff of relaxed restrictions and then another bout of isolation, this will cycle until vaccine is deployed to the population in a year or so.  It's going to be a long time before things will be in place for us to start rebuilding what was wiped out through isolation.  Loads of bankruptcies to process and people's credit ratings to slaughter, potentially a major correction to the housing market, another round of the rich buying up property on the cheap increasing the deficit of housing for owner/occupiers and the beginning of a nasty cycle of rent gouging.  Maybe cost of living will drop a little but that will be nominal as the pound will probably have tanked.  Will we be on WHO terms or worse, despite the hammering Europe will take?  Will we be fucked by a US trade deal?  Can pretty much guarantee that the financial services will flee unless we become a new tax haven.  But that won't lead to a general uplift of the UK, it will just mean more exceedingly rich parading around some select neighbourhoods and luxury & retail enclaves.

Feeling suicidal after that 

In all seriousness, there is a good chance that a lot of that may happen, however, all countries will be in the same boat so let's hope they all realise that trading with each other is to mutual benefit. I share your disgust at the rich benefiting from a depressed housing market. Given the cost and shortage of housing there really should be some controls to manage this blatant abuse.   

[Home Alone]

I deplore the absence of a graph 

There are some almost dancing tabkes on here: External Link/Members Only  - particularly on the spread of the virus, Plan R! 😉

[Bogof60]

Post virus punting will be fiction. I am so weak I can hardly walk or tie my shoe laces, never mind pleasure for mister happy. (My recent silence here was due to lack of £ to punt.).
I stayed at home and my GP visited as needed. Now recovering and feeling negative despite being alive.

Good to see you are still around HP 

[Plan R]

Good to see you back plan R. Trust you are back to your old self

All good thanks MM 
https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?topic=276974.msg2842063#msg2842063

[workinallweek]

 was discusing the future of punting with a mate 

i think there will be a few new girls the ones who were on zero hours contracts and not working in normal jobs .
prices will be driven down  due to lack of cash and peoples debt

fear will put some punters off and some might not come back as the habit of punting has gone .

[billybobsmith]

I can see a cashless society or system being created making it harder for sex industry and drug dealers to operate. so basically if want to pay for sex it will paid for by bank transaction and it will be tracked and traced.

Therefore punters would be fearful and sex work will reduce or move to only content.

Content only isn't great.  Sites such as "Only Fans" actually put that on your bank statement (rather than something like GBSERV or something not always clear / giving the game away what you're up to).
I had a look at his the other day as a local girl was on there and only £5.  She's average but seems to be doing fairly well out of it at present, and she's doing nothing much for the cash.  Not sure what she gets % wise, but she's got say 250 subscribers, so that's £1250 + whatever she's sold some of her more premium stuff for (£15-£20 a time as "tips" so I assume that all goes to her).
She might be doing well enough from that to avoid ever really meeting, although she has hinted at something for one person as content.

Personally, I'm hoping that as soon as the lockdown is lifted, girls are going to gagging to get to a pub/bar/club and drunken shags galore will be on the cards.
I know a few from work etc. and that's the first thing a lot will be doing, and I'm sure a lot of us are as horny as hell at present and want to get laid, made worse by little human contact outside family groups.

Not sure what the Uni situation will be with regards to things like SA either.  Everything is all over the place, so whether some girls who might have been an option here don't go to uni, end up working or whatever, who knows?

May find a lot of girls decide to go into nursing?


Sure a lot of bars, cafes, service industry jobs will not come back, so hopefully, as mentioned earlier, this will bring some fresh blood into play.

[webpunter]

Evening Sir

Pleased that you made it thru the (Racist comment removed) virus
Wouldn't quite be the same if you weren't on here
If the same happens to me, hopefully i will have enuf in me to get thru it  🤞

Just one suggestion - maybe miss off having a session for a while
If the average type of burd off your HL gets on top that could be you done for in a weakened state   

Take care & Regards,
Webby

Post virus punting will be fiction. I am so weak I can hardly walk or tie my shoe laces, never mind pleasure for mister happy. (My recent silence here was due to lack of £ to punt.).
I stayed at home and my GP visited as needed. Now recovering and feeling negative despite being alive.

[willie loman]

I've come across a few farmers wives in my time, literally.  I've also met EE birds in saunas who said it was brought them to the country.

You have the 70s classic The Farmer's Daughters as well as the randy hay-poke in The Ups and Downs of a Handyman to model any such fantasies on.

Such was the general promiscuity amongst temporary agricultural workers, that an illegitimate child was referred to as a child of the hops. As someone who did the le vendange, as a youth , I can confirm.

[willie loman]

was discusing the future of punting with a mate 

i think there will be a few new girls the ones who were on zero hours contracts and not working in normal jobs .
prices will be driven down  due to lack of cash and peoples debt

fear will put some punters off and some might not come back as the habit of punting has gone .

That's my view too. prices static for a good while.

[MrMatrix]

Post virus punting will be fiction. I am so weak I can hardly walk or tie my shoe laces, never mind pleasure for mister happy. (My recent silence here was due to lack of £ to punt.).
I stayed at home and my GP visited as needed. Now recovering and feeling negative despite being alive.

Really sorry to hear you've had this virus. However we are all pleased to see you are still with us- in fact you must be the exception rather than the rule. One of my friends is ICU at a London hospital and she says she's cried so much. At least you are still here. Take care

[usroads]

Not on topic - but some of the SP's who are still working have increased prices?

[MrMatrix]

Not on topic - but some of the SP's who are still working have increased prices?

They are idiots then. In fact they are idiots for advertising in the current environment

[daviemac]

Evening Sir

Pleased that you made it thru the (Racist comment removed) virus
Wouldn't quite be the same if you weren't on here
If the same happens to me, hopefully i will have enuf in me to get thru it  🤞

Just one suggestion - maybe miss off having a session for a while
If the average type of burd off your HL gets on top that could be you done for in a weakened state   

Take care & Regards,
Webby

Please don't post racist comments.

[Beamer]

They are idiots then. In fact they are idiots for advertising in the current environment

Yesterday  I received a "Hello I am available" message from a number I dont have stored. Assume that it was from a WG that I had seen previously and didn't rate?
Shocked me to actually see in black and white someone disregarding the new rules. I sent a message back telling (assume) her what an idiot she was.

[munterhunter]

The future of punting will be the same as the past.
Whilst there are people selling sexual services other will pay for those services. While there are people willing to pay others will meet that demand.
There are members on here who have posted that they are planning their first and subsequent post lockdown punt. I suspect we all ,at one time or another, been guided by the "brain" in our trousers to indulge in a punt we've later regretted when Plan A or Plan B has failed!
A few punters are happy to punt in a camper van though as far as I know very gew SP's offer that service.
Some prefer saunas and parlours. Some Agencies and others indies. Punting is about the Punter's experience that's what we pay for it's always been that way and I can't see that changing.

[hornyguylondon]

What is the foreplay you speak of?

The bit before you insert tab a into slot b 

Although perhaps a lot of that will be curtailed for a while given covid 

[Charliehutton]

The biggest spenders on consumer goods and services in the UK are women in the age range 25-40.

When we come out of lockdown it's vital that these women have substantial amounts of money in their pockets as a matter of urgency, so they can spend it and kick-start our way to economic recovery. We know what we have to do.

So, gentlemen, whenever we emerge from this new dark age - and some of us are praying our cock-pills still work by then - it's clear where our duties lie, and we must do our bit. So let us gird our loins and brace ourselves for the rigours that lie ahead, and perform our duties with vim, vigour and pride, for Queen and country, so that future generations may say "punters of Britain, this was your finest hour!"

[sparkus]

The biggest spenders on consumer goods and services in the UK are women in the age range 25-40.

When we come out of lockdown it's vital that these women have substantial amounts of money in their pockets as a matter of urgency, so they can spend it and kick-start our way to economic recovery. We know what we have to do.

So, gentlemen, whenever we emerge from this new dark age - and some of us are praying our cock-pills still work by then - it's clear where our duties lie, and we must do our bit. So let us gird our loins and brace ourselves for the rigours that lie ahead, and perform our duties with vim, vigour and pride, for Queen and country, so that future generations may say "punters of Britain, this was your finest hour!"

Lay on top and think of England?

Or in my case China, Romania, Brazil, Poland, Colombia...

[B4bcock]

The biggest spenders on consumer goods and services in the UK are women in the age range 25-40.

When we come out of lockdown it's vital that these women have substantial amounts of money in their pockets as a matter of urgency, so they can spend it and kick-start our way to economic recovery. We know what we have to do.

So, gentlemen, whenever we emerge from this new dark age - and some of us are praying our cock-pills still work by then - it's clear where our duties lie, and we must do our bit. So let us gird our loins and brace ourselves for the rigours that lie ahead, and perform our duties with vim, vigour and pride, for Queen and country, so that future generations may say "punters of Britain, this was your finest hour!"

Captain Mainwaring himself could not have put it better! 

[Home Alone]

The biggest spenders on consumer goods and services in the UK are women in the age range 25-40.

When we come out of lockdown it's vital that these women have substantial amounts of money in their pockets as a matter of urgency, so they can spend it and kick-start our way to economic recovery. We know what we have to do.

So, gentlemen, whenever we emerge from this new dark age - and some of us are praying our cock-pills still work by then - it's clear where our duties lie, and we must do our bit.

Glad I'm not the only one saying that prayer!

So let us gird our loins and brace ourselves for the rigours that lie ahead, and perform our duties with vim, vigour and pride, for Queen and country, so that future generations may say "punters of Britain, this was your finest hour!"

, At ease, Private Godfrey!!

[Mr_Shins]

Again I can't see how you work that out. I value prostitution services higher than restaurants or even pubs for that matter, I very rarely eat out and I don't drink. So am I supposed to agree with your order of priority or do you think I should have my own opinion and decide for myself which I rate highest.

There is no reason to suppose that any service industry will put up their prices, let alone select one that you, in your opinion, think is of lower value to everyone.

I can eat meals at home and I can drink beer at home and it's cheaper anyway so I don't need restaurants or pubs. Punting though...

[B4bcock]

I can eat meals at home and I can drink beer at home and it's cheaper anyway so I don't need restaurants or pubs. Punting though...

To loosely quote Robbie Coltraine in 'Cracker'  -  "Blow jobs are like lobster thermidor.   You get neither at home very often".

[sparkus]

I can eat meals at home and I can drink beer at home and it's cheaper anyway so I don't need restaurants or pubs. Punting though...

I miss pubs but when all this is over restaurants can fuck right off.  That's actually being factored into economic forecasts for the near future, that consumer habits and preferences will shift irrevocably and some sectors of the economy will not recover.

[joe diddley]

I miss pubs but when all this is over restaurants can fuck right off.  That's actually being factored into economic forecasts for the near future, that consumer habits and preferences will shift irrevocably and some sectors of the economy will not recover.

That's certainly true. The world will be quite a different place once the lockdown is completely lifted. The world economy and political landscape will be transformed in very many ways and self-policed social distancing in more muted forms will, I suspect, stay with us for a good while. I listened to a historian on the radio at the beginning of all this, saying that the world would be remembered BC (before C-19) and AC (after). I thought he will being over-dramatic at the time. Now, with the gift of a little hindsight, I'm sure he's right.

[Beamer]

That's certainly true. The world will be quite a different place once the lockdown is completely lifted. The world economy and political landscape will be transformed in very many ways and self-policed social distancing in more muted forms will, I suspect, stay with us for a good while. I listened to a historian on the radio at the beginning of all this, saying that the world would be remembered BC (before C-19) and AC (after). I thought he will being over-dramatic at the time. Now, with the gift of a little hindsight, I'm sure he's right.

Good summation. I suspect we are going to be as we are for a while yet. IMO at least until December.


Just seen this.....
Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust - Britain's biggest charitable funder of scientific research - said the UK was likely to be "one of the worst, if not the worst affected country in Europe".

[Plan R]

Post virus punting will be fiction. I am so weak I can hardly walk or tie my shoe laces, never mind pleasure for mister happy. (My recent silence here was due to lack of £ to punt.). I stayed at home and my GP visited as needed. Now recovering and feeling negative despite being alive.

Well done you for defeating the plague - hopefully you have some immunity now? 
Sounds like you may have post viral fatigue (or post viral depression)
Googling 'post viral fatigue' or 'post viral depression' brings up a fair bit.

[sparkus]

That's certainly true. The world will be quite a different place once the lockdown is completely lifted. The world economy and political landscape will be transformed in very many ways and self-policed social distancing in more muted forms will, I suspect, stay with us for a good while. I listened to a historian on the radio at the beginning of all this, saying that the world would be remembered BC (before C-19) and AC (after). I thought he will being over-dramatic at the time. Now, with the gift of a little hindsight, I'm sure he's right.

Probably not the time to own shares in Moss Bros or Charles Tyrwhitt as business attire will become more casual (even then, compared to a decade ago I only wear suits for special meetings or occasions).  We'll be desperate to reconvene socially so many pubs will do roaring trade (though these operate on tight margins and stock lines, apparently the biggest pub chain literally cannot open until September at the earliest as it's deferred all such activity until then) but in no hurry to dine out alone or even with significant others.  Even then, the pub trade was already feeling the impact of younger people not valuing them as much as we do, so there'll be scant activity to return to there and many will go under if they already haven't.  This is actually significant as while many 23 year olds perhaps don't frequent pubs so much, that age group is certainly reliant on them for work.  The travel trade also swelled significantly over the past two decades, not only in the traditional sense but also well paid back office IT/consulting roles.  That's a lot of people sat at home bricking it about their future at the moment (glad I got out when I did).

[Plan R]

Such was the general promiscuity amongst temporary agricultural workers, that an illegitimate child was referred to as a child of the hops. As someone who did the le vendange, as a youth , I can confirm.

Had to look 'le vendange' up External Link/Members Only
Oh man that sound idyllic - being early 20s, picking grapes in the sun and banging golden French tarts for a bit of light relief
I'm sure the reality was hard graft etc - but oh what a rural and youthful fantasy

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[Home Alone]

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The travel trade also swelled significantly over the past two decades, not only in the traditional sense but also well paid back office IT/consulting roles.  That's a lot of people sat at home bricking it about their future at the moment (glad I got out when I did).

I'll bet that after the Diamond Princess [?]  business, the, erm 'bottom will drop out of the Cruise market' for some considerable time to come.

[MrMatrix]

I'll bet that after the Diamond Princess [?]  business, the, erm 'bottom will drop out of the Cruise market' for some considerable time to come.

I wont be cruising this year for sure

[Beamer]

I'll bet that after the Diamond Princess [?]  business, the, erm 'bottom will drop out of the Cruise market' for some considerable time to come.

It certainly won't be on an even keel  !

[sparkus]

I'll bet that after the Diamond Princess [?]  business, the, erm 'bottom will drop out of the Cruise market' for some considerable time to come.

I've never understood the appeal of them tbh even before all this they were prone to infectious outbreaks onboard (though as some threads on here have alluded to, there's much sexual fun to be had onboard through easy pickings).

They're very profitable operations but the liners cost millions and I can't see their owners (or the financiers) writing them off, especially as unlike smaller vessels they can't be repurposed for any other use.

There is (or was) a massive market of serial cruise goers who basically do them year round as they're utterly bored in retirement and have little outgoings/dependents.  Another weird byproduct of several decades of post-war affluence no one younger may ever get to experience now.  Unless this crisis triggers something similar in the decades to come.

[willie loman]

The biggest spenders on consumer goods and services in the UK are women in the age range 25-40.

When we come out of lockdown it's vital that these women have substantial amounts of money in their pockets as a matter of urgency, so they can spend it and kick-start our way to economic recovery. We know what we have to do.

So, gentlemen, whenever we emerge from this new dark age - and some of us are praying our cock-pills still work by then - it's clear where our duties lie, and we must do our bit. So let us gird our loins and brace ourselves for the rigours that lie ahead, and perform our duties with vim, vigour and pride, for Queen and country, so that future generations may say "punters of Britain, this was your finest hour!"

"so few have been fucked by so many"

[willie loman]

Had to look 'le vendange' up External Link/Members Only
Oh man that sound idyllic - being early 20s, picking grapes in the sun and banging golden French tarts for a bit of light relief
I'm sure the reality was hard graft etc - but oh what a rural and youthful fantasy

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Basically the sexual opportunity was fucking gap year middle class English, now these girls go to Australian etc

[Charliehutton]

Glad I'm not the only one saying that prayer!

It seems the prayer of St Augustine has fallen on deaf ears on this one, though, eh, HA? 

Some months ago I gloomily remarked that it would be game over for me when the cock-pills stopped working, and was immensely cheered by your response, which pointed out I'd still have hands, and fingers, and a mouth, and a tongue, and that there'd still be plenty of avenues of pleasure to enjoy. You're quite right, of course, and it's a comforting thought to take into the months ahead.

Meanwhile, it seems the best bet for most of us old'uns is to keep out of the way as best we can and hope not to catch a stray bullet.

See you on the other side. 

[Home Alone]

First pint's on you,  Charlie! 

[simon07]

Well here is a thing. Those keg of beer in pubs (each one has 88 pints) have a short life (real ale even shorter sell by date). What a waste as pubs are shut. I wonder if they can give it away? 

I miss kissing DFK, oral stuff as well as sex. Corona Virus attacks the mouth on its way down to damaging the lungs.
I cannot see how I will be returning to punting anytime soon, the just put cock in here approach and then fuck off is not for me.
Keep hoping the smart guys make a vaccine soon.
Keep safe lads.

[sparkus]

Well here is a thing. Those keg of beer in pubs (each one has 88 pints) have a short life (real ale even shorter sell by date). What a waste as pubs are shut. I wonder if they can give it away? 

I miss kissing DFK, oral stuff as well as sex. Corona Virus attacks the mouth on its way down to damaging the lungs.
I cannot see how I will be returning to punting anytime soon, the just put cock in here approach and then fuck off is not for me.
Keep hoping the smart guys make a vaccine soon.
Keep safe lads.

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[Bogof60]

Then there will be a lead time for the breweries to brew the beer in time for the pubs re opening.
If they cant anticipate this correctly we may be facing an even worse situation.
An open pub with no beer 

[sparkus]

Then there will be a lead time for the breweries to brew the beer in time for the pubs re opening.
If they cant anticipate this correctly we may be facing an even worse situation.
An open pub with no beer 

Bottles and cans?