Before TERB...before the internet???

[Dani]

I am a woman of the internet age. I have only been in the business since 2003.

What was the method of contact before that?

Was it strictly by phone??

Did you ever know who you were going to get arriving at your door?

I noticed a poster saying he had been hobbying since the 80's and that is what prompted my thought here.

I am sure there are members here who used escorts long before the internet allowed the scrutiny and the ability to check out so many at any given time. How did you determine who to pick??

How did the escort ever make herself known back then?

So many questions about the past and I just want to know some of your insights.

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

I am a woman of the internet age. I have only been in the business since 2003.

What was the method of contact before that?

Was it strictly by phone??

Did you ever know who you were going to get arriving at your door?

I noticed a poster saying he had been hobbying since the 80's and that is what prompted my thought here.

I am sure there are members here who used escorts long before the internet allowed the scrutiny and the ability to check out so many at any given time. How did you determine who to pick??

How did the escort ever make herself known back then?

So many questions about the past and I just want to know some of your insights.

I'm guessing they let their fingers do the walking.

 

[Dodger]

The yello wpages is still the preferred meathod in some areas of Canada. I was down on the east coast a couple of years ago and the research ahead of time was minimal for the area. So I used the yellow pages on arrival and had a wonderful experience.

I guess the area and the availability of internet will make things easier and faster but sometimes the old fashioned way can be fun too. Talking to the booker on the phone was an experience in it self given the east coast accent.

 

[VERYBADBOY]

Yellow Pages ...

Now and Eye classifieds sometimes with a pic most times without ...

Star and Sun back section ...

Lots of classified ads !!!

VBB

 

[homer]

For me, it was initially the yellow pages, before I accidentally discovered the ads in the back of Now, and later Eye. From humble beginnings eh?

 

[Dash]

Life without the internet? Imagine that. The things i learned via this thing.

As to answer this question. EYE free newspaper. NOW newspaper. Yellow Pages.

P.S. There are so many mainstream songs my friend has never heard of, because he doesn't download as proliferately as I do. Heck, he's still listening to the boring oldies songs. So, song file sharing definitely does help the music industry. As much as it cheats them

 

[hunter001]

Bathroom wall at Cheaters.

 

[LurkerDave]

Back in the 1980's, it was mostly NOW and a couple of other similar publications for me. As with some others here, I also occasionally perused through the Yellow Pages and newspapers.

 

[Dani]

But did any of you know who the woman was and what she looked like. Now the scrutiny with pictures is what you seem to look at and even so there is still rampant disappointment.

 

[DreamWeaver2006]

pre internet you had streetwalkers(street and occasionaly hanging out in bars)yellow pages where you totaly relied on a description that was more often than not BS. and Now and Eye. I used the talking redzone mostly, those ads were quite effective. I'd close my eyes and try to picture her by her description and voice.
I used to laugh at how many would start off with...."are you tired of paying for 30 minutes and only getting 5.....well I promise...."

I think talking redzone was available way back when we all had rotary phones. a choice of 2 styles and 3 colours lol

 

[Mikehorn]

But did any of you know who the woman was and what she looked like. Now the scrutiny with pictures is what you seem to look at and even so there is still rampant disappointment.

Just had to trust the descriptions in the NOW ads. Needless to say, not always accurate.

 

[benito]

In the 70's it was generally by word of mouth, streetwalkers or known brothels. I remember going to strip joints and asking the waitresses if they knew where the action was. Quite often they did and sometimes they were the action. Streetwalkers were ok as there was no aids or herpes in those days, and there were always certain areas in a city where they paraded. Taxi drivers often could tell you where to go. In many places, especially in the Southern US there were still brothels that paid off local LE. The results of all this was poor to average. I can remember after several sessions wanting to swear off sex altogether.
In the late 70's early 80's it was easy to find SP's in the bars at many of the Toronto hotels, even the best ones. The women would sit individually at tables, and they would make eye contact as you looked around. They didn't ever seem to approach the guy, but we would just walk by and say, "Hi, are you working tonight?" Because of the eye contact I never got a no. I was usually fairly happy with these encounters.
The yellow pages had agencies listed and I tried that a couple of times but was always unpleasantly surprised when the girl arrived. The free news papers were an improvement just because of the quantity and variety available. The regular newspapers, especially the Sun often had ads in the personals section that you had to read through the lines on.
Massage parlors varied from rub and tug to full service, you had to make sure that the name had some slight sexual innuendo in it otherwise you could run into a real massage place. I remember in the late 70's there being a massage parlor near the airport that offered full service once they were certain you weren't LE. I was parked at the airport and when I came out they had put business cards for the place under everybodys windshield wiper. The place was there for several years so that didn't seem to make too many waves.
I have used the internet exclusively within the US and Canada for the past 7 years or so. In Europe the advertising is more open and many areas publish sex newspapers that are available at news agents. When I am in England I like to go to massage parlors that are in the smaller towns as they are always full service and have some great local talent.
If your are that interested in history, maybe we can get together any you can be part of history. I am sure that I have been with SP's who would now be old enough to be your great grandmother.

 

[hunter001]

I am sure that I have been with SP's who would now be old enough to be your great grandmother.

I was with you until you said that.

 

[Perry Mason]

The answer is... streets, hotel bars and word of mouth...

Perry

 

[great bear]

If I recall correctly the Toronto Star was the first legitimate paper to carry "personal" adds. They had to be written in a type of code but if you knew what you were looking for they were easy to spot. The Globe and Mail followed then the Toronto Sun. Also Toronto Life used to run personal adds. Shit, did I just date myself?

 

[Damondean]

Hotel bars. Upscale hotels had upscale girls. Mid-range, mid-range ones. Incalls word of mouth and sometimes personal ads in the newspapers.

 

[Dodger]

But did any of you know who the woman was and what she looked like. Now the scrutiny with pictures is what you seem to look at and even so there is still rampant disappointment.

Not even a clue other than the description by "Phone Buoy" in my one and only encounter not through the internet. The description was close enough to being honest though. He seemed very taken by her breasts and kept going on about how nice they were. He was right even if it wasn't really what I was interested in.

 

[LordLoki]

In Seattle in the old days SP were called “seamstresses” . There were glass squares above the underground sidewalks and the seamstresses would write their addresses on the soles of their shoes and stand on the upper level. If you saw a nice looking soul you went over and negotiated.

Of course when I was young you just wandered over to the right part of town and selected a vestal vergin after making a suitable offering to the gods. (see Greece circa 400 BC)

Where there is a need there is a way!

 

[Sasha Jones]

I know that before we started advertising on the internet we were stuck with getting clients from the newspaper and later on from the yellow pages.

After the internet started to catch on and we had enough business to sustain ourselves wholly through it we just stopped advertising in the yellow pages and in the newspaper altogether. Much more wonderful clients I must say, we were MUCH happier, it was just a totally different class.
I couldn't even imagine going back to that now unless I wanted to do the in and out in 5 mins type of service to drunk guys at 3 am.

 

[C Dick]

Strippers in strip clubs.