Custom Pricing! March Mania, April Aftershock and May Madness!!!

 

For the months of March, April and May I am running a three-part special pricing for customs. I am offering discounts to fans of my two favorite models in strict bondage, to those that enjoy longer customs or for my repeat customers. This is your chance to see your strict bondage fantasy for less than I have ever charged. I am doing this because I want to say thank you to everyone that orders customs from me. I get email after email with people saying times are tough. I hope this helps.

  Two of my favorite models are Angelique Kithos and Hannah Perez. They told me they wanted to do more custom work and asked if I can make that happen. These two damsels consistently deliver high-quality customs and top my sales charts on Clips4Sale. They are ASKING to be tied up tightly, and I would be silly to not make that happen. If we agree on a custom with Angelique or Hannah that lasts 20 minutes or longer you can receive a 10%, 17.5% or 25% discount! During this special the first agreed upon custom with Angelique or Hannah will receive a 10% discount. A second agreed upon custom with either model will receive a 17.5% discount. A third agreed upon custom with either model will receive a 25% discount. If that is not enough after three completed customs every custom with Angelique or Hannah for the rest of 2013 will receive a 25% discount provided their duration is 20 minutes or longer!

In addition any agreed upon custom with Angelique and Hannah appearing together will automatically receive a 25% discount provided the duration is 20 minutes or longer.

Have you already purchased a custom of Hannah or Angelique this year? The next custom you order with either model will get a discount! 

   During this special any custom with a duration of 60 minutes or more will receive a discount of up to $100 for the first 60 minutes and additional discounts for each 10 minutes after the first 60. This applies to any model willing to travel to my area or in an area that I travel to.

   During this special any custom lasting 30 or more minutes will allow you a 10% discount your next custom lasting 20 minutes or more. This offer applies to any model other than Angelique or Hannah, and the model in each custom can be different.

Caveat: Offers do not combine. The most cost beneficial offer will be applied.

Take a look below at what you could be getting. Please email me at tedmichaelsdamsels@gmail.com for more information and to start making your requests to see these two hot ladies totally immobilized!

Every time you don't order a custom my elbows aren't touching!

How will my mouth stay packed with panties if I am not working on your custom?

Caveats: A full list will be provided by email when any custom inquiry is made. The above does not constitute a binding offer until an agreement is made through email by both the custom requester and myself. The above constitutes what is a possibility for the requester should we both come to a mutual agreement. Until then no agreement or responsibility on my part exists. I reserve the right to null and void any offer if I feel that the requester is not acting in good faith.

Poll still active

There are less than 30 days left to vote in the latest poll. With only two votes so far I think I will clarify just what the question involves.

If an individual purchases all updates on my Clips4Sale store for a month it would cost $100-$200. Those updates results in around 12-15 free images each month. My proposed pay site will feature 3 clips updates a week with 6-8 free images each week as well. Even if you do not subscribe to the site its existence will result in an additional 100+ free images a month. If you do subscribe you get $325 worth of clips for $29.99. If you subscribe you win. I you do not subscribe you win.

Words to think about :)

Custom Clarifications

Long legs!

I want to say up front that I love customs and shooting them. They often divulge from my normal material and provide and interesting break from that material as well as an interesting challenge. They also allow me to contact and work with models that I would normally not work with or not work with as often as the customs allow me to.

I do find though that anything not clear in the minds of people is far too open to interpretation and miscommunication. As such I find it helpful to publish more meaningful guidelines for custom videos to allow better communication and faster delivery of requested custom videos. I present these to help any interested understand the process better. I will say up front that if I seem grumpy or accusatory in any part it is not my intent. It is a first draft as an a decades-long manager my communication has a tendency to sound like a marching order if I am not careful!

I will say up front that the email responses that both Angelique Kithos and I receive highlight attention to detail, adherence to script, quality of video, attention to post-editing, attention to sound editing and an overall higher quality than expected. We spend more time preparing and editing than is required and that results in a better product. I get knocked for delivery times and the below is an effort to improve that.

 General Guidelines

1. If interested in ordering a custom video or if you have questions about the process please email me at tedmichaelsdsamsels@gmail.com with the header of "Custom Inquiry". This helps with two things. I have a special email folder your email with automatically be sent to. It also reduces the chance that an email will end up in my spam folder. I check my customs folder multiple times a day but my spam folder only once every two weeks. I am too busy to check my spam folder daily or even weekly. If you tweet me I will just tell you to email me.
2. Avoid all caps in your header. It will result in your inquiry going to my spam folder and can result in up to two weeks before I respond to you.
3. After receiving your email I will thank you, try to answer any questions you may have and ask follow-up questions. Details about duration of the video, number of models desired, specific content, number of restraints, number of locations/scenes and the intricacy of any story plot are highly helpful during the first email.
4. I try to work within budgets, but I do not respond to insulting offers. Models cost on average $100/hour. Asking me to shoot a custom that requires two hours and giving me a budget of $25 is not going to work and is a waste of everyone's time. If you cannot afford it, you cannot have it. Customs are a luxury item. If you cannot devote $100 for a video or $75 for a photo set at a minimum please do not contact me.
5. If you request a specific model and she is not available or available in a timely manner I will ask if you wish for me to follow-up with secondary candidates. Please do not waste my time on this. I frequently get this request and then a pass. The time I take to follow-up is money and pulls me from other things.
6. If you require a specific model other than Angelique Kithos or Hannah Perez a minium of a 30-minute minimum custom is required.
7. Special requests are the responsibility of the requester. Torn clothing is an extra cost. Props that I do not already own are an extra cost. A special color of tape that I do not have is an extra cost. All materials for a mummification are an extra cost. External shooting locations that require driving time are an extra cost.
8. A custom gives you rights to view for personal use but not sell or redistribute in any manner. Models do not like giving their personal information on releases to people they do not know or have never communicated with. I do not like seeing material I own the copyright to being pirated. If you wish to own the material this will need to be discussed with the model and will involved much higher pricing than normal rates.
9. I reserve the right to use any material created for my website and stores. That is built into my pricing. Customs that utilize elements (fake blood, fake beatings, fake bodily fluids) that I cannot use on my store or website will involve an extra cost.
10. I reserved the right to delay delivery of a custom if special edits are necessary to make the model look her best. I am working currently on a custom where the model has a nasty blemish that I am removing in post-edit. It is taking time, but I will not risk release of this material as screenshots that a custom requestor might release violate my model release stating that material will not be released that diverges from the images she already publishes on her portfolios.
11. I reserve the right to be sick, have a family and have primary employment opportunities. If delays on my part become too lengthy I will discuss pricing discounts on future customs.
12. Customs requiring multiple models mean that any model after the first are at my discretion to choose. Coordinating schedules and pricing becomes too difficult after that. I will do my best to include everyone you desire, but I will be very honest as to the costs that this will incur for you (flights, lodging, day rates).
13. If I indicate that a model is uncomfortable with an element please do not ask if she will change her mind. My personal shooting guideline is that when a model says , "No" then I will not bring it up again. I will not violate my personal rules of integrity for a custom.
14. I do not have a "harem" of women sitting idly by waiting for requests orders. Please understand that it can take weeks, even months to get my shooting needs into their schedules. If you cannot wait at least three months and demand a specific model you will have a high chance of getting impatient and wanting to move on after sucking up a lot of my time.

Pricing/Durations Guidelines

1. Customs require a minimum of ten minutes. I you desire a six-minute custom the pricing will be identical to a ten-minute custom.
2. Pricing for strict bondage is $100 for each 10-minute block. Special pricing is available for customs for 60 or more minutes. I will negotiate on price, so please do not hesitate to inform me of your desired budget.
3. Certain elements can effect price. S&M elements, erotic elements, messy elements and anything requiring lengthier wardrobe and make-up adjustments can incur extra costs.
4. Pricing includes finalizing a shoot with model(s), filming, editing and full post-processing. I shoot on high-end equipment with quality lighting. I do not produce dark and grainy customs with muddled sound. I guarantee to spend more time polishing the final product than the actual shoot time.
5. Please refrain from constant emails after I shoot a custom. I you have not heard from me for a week, please feel free to ask for an update. I do not have time for a hundred emails each day asking for a status update as that takes the better part of a day to handle, time that should be spent filming and editing.
6. Any request that requires more than ten emails will require a non-refundable $50 deposit. An request that has exceeded an hour of my time will require a non-refundable $50 deposit. I simply do not have the time to engage in lengthy conversations that may not result in a customs (and many inquiries do not result in a custom). My time is money. The best way to avoid this is to be clear and present as much information as possible up front.This deposit will go towards payment for the final custom and is not an additional cost. If you back out of the custom later, you will lose this deposit.
7. Non-bondage, non-erotic customs have different pricing structures. Please do not hesitate to inquire in your initial email.

Other Thoughts

1. Please keep all emails in the original email chain. Starting new email chains, posting to me on Twitter/Facebook or contacting me at other emails makes it very difficulty for me to keep everything straight. This results in delays and possible errors in the custom.
2. Be nice, be professional!

I know this will change, but I kind of wanted to get a first draft out there. I will have a new custom page up at my website soon, and it helps to get something out there for people to start emailing me and going, "what the hell Ted, this makes no sense" or "thank you, that cleared up a lot of questions."

Image courtesy of  She Begged the Burglar for Tight Ropes Then He Took All He Wanted with Angelique Kithos available at http://www.clips4sale.com/38048/6562651

A Question for My Fans

Thin jute cord makes for very still damsels!

I put up a poll concerning a possible pay site of my material. Please look for it to the right if that interests you.

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I did an update with Angelique showing her very stringently tied in homemade jute core, and a fan requested another look at the restraint. Here you go JT!

I had a great time making the rope. I love to do anything creative and making rope myself not only fits that bill but is a natural progression for my rigging. A great way to keep a girl still is to cinch her in hundreds of feet of thin rope that feels like sandpaper on your skin. It had a great look for video. It has nice elasticity for rigging. It is just thin and uncomfortable enough to make a damsel think twice before she does too much rolling around. Much to Angelique's dismay she has seen a couple new ideas that I wrote up featuring that rope, some perfectly awful predicaments and her very soft and very bare skin!

The rope is much like many things with my work. I like to try to new things and a chance to make something creative always intrigues me. The one thing I have consistently avoided though is a pay site. I dabbled with this a decade ago and never got things off the ground. There really is no reason other than I have always dedicated my time to other things. I have had hosting offers. I have mocked up ideas. I have had people offer to do it for me. I have dabbled with little tests here and there over the years. I have done everything but an actual site, and I think more strongly each day the time has come for that to change.

I know that I have the best fans out there, and all of you get more of a vote than me. The best way to convince me to put up a formal site is to let me know. I have put up a poll. If the response if favorable enough I will devote the time to starting and consistently updating a site.

Nerds Hate Posers

Um, I have nothing to do with this post Ted?!?!

Every so often everyone gets out of balance. My equilibrium was absent for a long time with nary a clue how to properly reset the weights on both sides of the fulcrum. I worked at it, thought about it and made some very large life changes. Nothing seemed to reset my life to its former counterpoised state. Unfortunately changing the equation is seldom the answer. The cogent course is to find the variables within the equation that have changed without your knowledge and then reset them to their proper values. If a person can do that then they can enjoy a healthy vestibular system and a life free from stumbling about with a feeling like you will expel your lunch at any moment.

As an aside the top paragraph is a "geek model" test. With so many models flashing their nerd card these days to endear themselves to the very large fan-base of male nerds out there I finding a subtle satisfaction in writing things in the above way. Suffice to say that there is no issue with not understanding some or all the above. However if you found yourself scratching your head and trying to remember the URL for Wikipedia (it is www.wikipedia.com by the way) then you have failed. You are not a nerd. Stick to waving your tits around and stop trying to pretend you were on the chess team. I should say I do not consider models as "tit wavers." In high school the nerds referred to the popular crowd as tit wavers and dick swaggers. Look at me, people like me because damn if I am not pretty! Getting picked on because you had to sit to the right of the homecoming queen on the float does not allow you disparaged youth status. You have been found out!

Although I do digress I will illustrate several more identifiers to the folly that is geek posing. See that thing on the chess board that looks like a horse's head? It is a knight, not a horsey. Horsey's are for the sauce on Arby's sandwiches. If your favorite Wonder Woman is Diana Carter and you are not a man in your 40s give it up unless you can explain how the moderate S&M elements used in the series and Princess Diana's self-subjugation to her male co-star pay homage to the memes of the original Golden Age comic. If you spell Golden Age with lower case instead of caps even though it is grammatically correct take off you fake glasses and put your colored contract lenses back in. Do you own a comic book t-shirt sold before the first Hot Topic opened? Yeah, comics existed before Hot Topic. Yeah, comic books existed before 1940. Check into it.

Yes I am having a bit of fun. However if you have not been thrown in a lake by the football team, stuffed in a locker, had more pairs of underwear than you can count torn from a wedgie or the dreaded Melvin, been the monkey in the middle as your glasses were tossed about during a game of monkey in the middle, reprogrammed the character set on a TRS-80 to allow simple graphics or had a sibling tell people you were adopted because you collected comic books give it up. You are not a nerd ... you are a poser. Oddly nerds now look down upon posers. How the world has changed!

As for balance I finally found my version of it again. It turns out that I need to be just pissed off about things to write a blog like this without being angry, breaking things, swearing or calling people out by name. I can be erudite without being rude. I can turn a phrase without turning people into enemies. And if I do who cares. I do not need stupid friends or to be friends with easily offended posers. My life has always worked best when I am Bill Bixby just before my feet get big enough to shred my shoes. That is another nerd poser test by the way. Think about it a bit and get back to me.

If this keeps up it is going to be a fun year!

Image Ravished Redhead Roped and Ready with Ludella Hahn. It has nothing to do with anything above. That is a luxury of writing your own blog. You can do what you want.

Piss in My Cheerios And I Draw

Could you pull that any tighter Mr. Abductor Sir?

I have to admit that I have been in a foul mood all day. I have tried to shake it, but I have been unsuccessful. I got some exercise, repeated "it is what it is" a hundred times and focused on as much positivity as I can. None of it has really worked. I woke up today feeling on top of the world. I had a very positive day yesterday and set some personal milestones. That success made for a great night's sleep and the beginning of a very nice day. That all changed because of an incident that I will not discuss. Suffice to say that sometimes people in a bad mood feel a need to make sure everyone feels their current pain. I am unfortunately someone who takes a bit longer to get over the shit storm.

I have avoided updating my blog because I just plain do not like negativity. I do not feel a need for it and find it makes anyone ugly. I do not want to expose myself to others in that way. I have no need or wish to piss and moan in front of others. I do want to write-up something though because I really enjoy updating more frequently! Since my day was shot by my inability to recover from being blind-sided I have decided that my blog today will focus on something that does nothing to further my career, my photography, my clips store or anything to do with my household. I do so because it makes me happy. Make me unhappy and the result is often I will do what I need to cheer myself up. The best way to keep me on track is to not piss in my Cheerios. I will just move on to that waist-of-time Cap'n Crunch.

When I am feeling down I like to draw. It is meditative and gets my beta waves going. I like to get into the zone and allow my brain to reset. There is no good or bad in drawing for me. The exercise itself is therapeutic. As such that is my focus for the rest of the night and for at least an hour each day for the rest of the week and weekend. I know if I can do that I will get back into my normal swing by the end of the weekend if not tomorrow. I guess that depends on how many people are waving their urine streams over my breakfast material :)

I have promised several people drawings that I am woefully behind on. I think it is time to correct that injustice. I owe Jewel Evans, Christina Carter and JJ Plush drawings. JJ has waited the longest, so I should get to her first. The anatomy of a drawing starts with reference when you do photo-realistic drawings. Someone once told me that is cheating. Reference material is quite frankly a staple of drawing. Have a favorite pin-up painting? I can find you the photos used as reference. The key to art when portraying realism is to work from realism. Hell even comic book artists use reference. Get over yourself naysayers.

Installment one of Piss in My Cheerios And I Draw starts with the reference photo. I took a photo of JJ Plush the first time we worked together. That was back when I still took photos and felt creative. I had not become a whore for a paycheck at the time and actually cared more about compelling images than money. Do not get me wrong. I still make every effort to produce quality material, but I have most certainly shifted from my old "show concern and learn" method to a "churn, burn and earn" method. Regardless I have always loved this photo. In coming days you will see the starting photo, how I rough up a sketch, convert that to a line art version, do basic colors and then a fully shaded final rendering. I may even add a part where the line art version is taken to a pencil sketch. We shall see :)

Until then I will give you an image of JJ that I like to start. The gal can take a serious gag. I can put on a serious gag. The result is always dynamite!

Put Your Best Foot Forward, Both of You

It often surprises me just how much detail I can remember about something that happened years ago when it involves bondage. I can remember the first time I tied someone up, the first bondage image that really stoked my fire and my first bondage shoot, all with vivid detail. You are full of it Ted. Who said that? Me, you are full of it. Really? I have a heckler in my blog?!? I was unaware that they had started seating anyone yet. I see we have a doubter in the gallery. Read on Mr. Doubting Thomas.

The first time I tied someone up was my next-door neighbor Luann. I was eight, and she was in high school. It was the summer, and she often sunbathed in grass where our two lawns met. She had a purple bikini that really did something for me, even at the age of eight. I lived in a small town, and she babysat for the parents on our street. She most likely babysat for other streets as well, but an eight-year-old is not privy to those details. She watched my Sister and I one night. As she sat there wearing blue jeans, a white and blue floral top and her clogs (it was the 70s after all) we somehow convinced her to play cops and robbers. We wrapped yarn around her ankles and her wrists in front and then kept asking her where she kept her money. Eventually she slid over to the next cushion on the couch and told us to look underneath it. We had stashed a bunch of monopoly money under it, took it and escaped upstairs. I would love to say we left her like that for hours, but we let her go right after that.

The first bondage image that stoked my fire was a water-color by John Willie. The image was off a girl in a white blouse and black skirt strapped to short post with thin straps. Her breasts were exposed, and a woman stood behind her ready to beat her. It was an add The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline in Penthouse. A friend of mind had "borrowed" some of the magazines from his Father's stash and we were going through them. I tore out the advertisement and kept it for years until it was lost in a move. In high school I actually bought the book and still own the first edition as well as a later print with added content.

My first bondage shoot was in Atlanta with a model named Faith. We shot at a photographer's studio. I remember the lawn being heavily overgrown with old toys mostly obscured in the grass. I thought to myself, "This is where I die!" I could not have been more wrong. The photographer was a great guy and gave me some awesome tips. Faith wore a brown print dress and white heels for the first set. We did a lot of ass up shots before moving on to bra and panty sets in black heels. I kept thinking it unbelievable that anyone would let you tie them up and take pictures. It was a six-hour drive there for a three-hour shoot and then a six-hour drive back. That was back before I started hating driving!

The image above was from my first dual-girl shoot in my current place. Angelique offered to do a two-girl set with Kerri Taylor. I am always a little stricter with Angelique, so she got a big ballgag and her breasts exposed. They both had their elbows welded which back then was more of a challenge for Angelique. These days she can touch her elbows on her own. Back then it took more persuasion and prompted more glares from her. The poor girls spent the entire time tied together. They both commented that I crunched their elbows together which was never seen with their backs to the door. I told them the fans know which got some eye rolling. At the time Angelique hated drooling, and the gag was so big that she could not not hold the drool in her mouth. I remember trying and the massive well of spit pouring forth. She went, "Ewwwww!" as the stream of saliva streamed over her breast. Kerri drooled just as much because I cinched her bit gag so tightly. Angelique kept shaking her head causing the drool to lace over her breasts while Kerri just let it keep flowing in one long strand that went from her lower lip down to her thigh. They both struggled in earnest but were very careful to not cross the streams. I guess models consider drooling on your shoot partner gauche!

Image courtesy of They Wore Tight Skirts And Rope That Hurts with Angelique Kithos and Kerri Taylor!

Do-It-Yourself Mummification Kit

Help me Obi Wan, You're My Only Hope!

I have a do-it-yourself mummification kit on the top of one of my office shelves. The box is as easy to pass by as any other box in my office. Scuff marks on the sides hint at the time it spent in a warehouse. Dents and small tears betray the lack of care the shipping company uses with their packages. A series of green digits on the side most likely allowed the manufacturer to know the exact contents of the box. The only other distinguishing factor is small strip of white microfoam tape with the letters DIYMK written in black marker.

That label comes from the devilish streak in me. Yes, I have a devilish streak and even the wry grin to go with it. I find it obvious because I contort women into all shapes and configurations with just about anything that you adheres to itself, buckles or can be tied into a knot. Devilish does not mean sadistic though in my mind. There is a coyness that comes with a devilish streak. The goal is not to punish anyone or make their day hell because they will allow you to do it. Anyone can do that. The challenge for me comes in the line between a girl smiling, laughing and enjoying talking to me after a set even though she wanted to punt my junk like a football while restrained. Anyone can make you helpless, make you hurt and make you dislike them. It is much more of a challenge to explain to a model just how terrible a position will feel and have them agree to it because they know you would never do anything to damage them or put them in serious risk.

That is being devilish in my opinion. I get to twist my mustache and play the villain to the utmost but deep down the model knows I am the good guy that will always whisk her off the railroad tracks before anything bad happens. I get to play both sides of the fence because I know when to be on either side of that fence. That is why I can get away with being devilish. That is why that box has DIYMK on it. I know it means Do-It-Yourself Mummification Kit, but everyone else thinks it is a box. It might have books, pictures or figurines in it. It does not though. It has every size of tape I need to keep a damsel helpless, moaning and electrically insulated for as long as necessary. If is a big box of, "Holy Shit!" that sits in full display to anyone that comes into my office.

Star found that out. She knew I wanted to mummify her, but she had no idea just how much tape was in that box when I brought it out. It is daunting for a girl to start rummaging through a box full of tape and ask, "Are you going to use all of it?" I always respond devilishly that I will use as much as needed. That always gets someone to bite the side of their lip. By the time Star was blindfolded and on the floor it did not matter. The tape muffled her hearing, blinded her and squeezed her into complete helplessness. Shallow breaths were all she could achieve, and time ticked by ten times slower than normal. Movement was minimal, and she could not even stare at the ceiling to pass the time. She was locked in her own head.

This is the time when a girl wonders what the hell she got her self into. There is no way she will ever free herself. There is no way she can ever call for help. I could load her on a luggage cart and parade her around the convention floor. She is really just along for the ride at this point. Aching and alone she really just plain hates me at this point, but she cannot hate me completely. One thing making the experience bearable is knowing that Ted is not a total asshole. If I just get through the rest of the filming he will have me out quickly and all will be well. The key to being devilish is being Darth Vader to Princess Leia and knowing that her hologram still pleads to you in the guise of Obi Wan. Help me Ted Michaels, you're my only hope!

Image courtesy of Fully Insulated Tape Mummy with Star.

Angelique Gets a Time Out

Lady in Waiting

I am not sure why but my diabolical schemes always seem to go far worse for Angelique than for anyone else. I honestly do not plan things that way, I really do not. She just has this way of putting me into my full Dom mentality. She is wonderfully bratty and defiant which stimulates the part of my brain that goes, "Oh girl, you did not just do that!" That invariably leads to some sort of punishment that nobody else brings upon themselves. Yes I said brings upon themselves. Yes I said punishment.

I had a fun little idea of hanging a rubber mallet from her crotch rope so that as she struggled it would bump into her vagina. She got it loose and knocked it to the floor with her patented and muffled, "Ha ha!" That is her way of saying suck it while tied up. She has every right to do that. A real damsel would not put up with a rubber mallet knocking against their groin. The problem becomes that a real captor would not put up with a damsel laughing at them. That puts me in the awkward position of making sure on film she does not get away with such behavior.

She had it fairly easy sitting on a comfy chair while I assembled the platform dolly. Her legs were rested, and she had a rubber mallet to keep her company. That was not good enough for our little comedian though, so she got a time out. Angelique was forced to stand precariously on her five-inch high heels. She knew the drill. Regardless of balance or the annoyance she stared at the fuse box and remained as quiet and motionless as possible. I often do not realize just how tight I have made the crotch rope until after a shoot, but I do realize they make it very uncomfortable to stand still. That thing rope grinding her panties into a very sensitive area and chaffing between her butt cheeks.

She is a fidgety girl to begin with, and standing still with your arms aching and your poor vagina throbbing is torturous. She knew better though. Her little escapade earlier was good fun but now she was standing in front of a chair. All I had to do was sit in that chair and lift up her skirt. She knew it. Years with me taught her that she was one slip away from an ass smacking that she would not enjoy at all, and she did not want that. The wiggling stopped, the laughing ceased and she stood silently and as motionless as possible staring straight ahead. Long minutes passed as I assembled her next test. Her time out stretched further and further, and she did her best to follow orders ... for once. Of course what more can a gal do when her ass is literally on the line!

Image courtesy of Dolly Ride for Angelique Followed By the Hogtie Platform with Angelique Kithos.