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Experts don't agree with you...................... https://www.healthline.com/health/drinking-urine

I didn't realise you were having a bit of a laugh about what you posted, and that's why I gave it a "like"........and the reason I didn't realise that you were having a laugh is because I have personally witnessed the two events you mentioned! Indians sharing a bottle of beer is quite often quoted and I didn't believe it until a couple of bar owners I know told me about it and I dismissed it, that is until I saw five Indian guys in Soi Sea Dragon sharing a large bottle of beer between them (no straws) but passing the bottle round to drink out of! The Indian guys trying to share one woman is also not uncommon according to some of the "bar girls" I know, and indeed I was there when the attractive manager of a large bar was approached by three Indian guys who wanted to bar fine her, but she refused and told them to ask someone else, which they did (at the same bar) and she refused them, until (as I already mentioned) a really fat, ugly lady boy took up their offer and off they went. So, not barstool stories, but actual events, and as I said, I only post what I see and experience.......and no I don't spend much time on bar stools because I only drink about three small bottles of beer a week, if that. Wine is my preferred drink, and none of the bars serve any decent wine, so I mainly drink at restaurants, although I may have an occasional rum and coke at a friends bar or Red Hot. <removed>

The political fallout surrounding newly-elected Congressman George Santos continues to grow as there are increasing calls for him to resign after he confessed to lying about his education, work history, and family background. Not much left that he can lie about, is there?????

Yes it was key money, which was a concept unknown to me when I first arrived here. At the time my friend took out the 9 yr lease it was for the "best bar" in a soi which had just been totally rebuilt and the competition for bars was high................the rest is an expensive lesson.

Seems they do LL, as well as sharing a bottle of beer (and I have seen that on a few occasions, this for the non-believers) and I actually witnessed three of them going off with a particularly fat and ugly lady boy when all else had failed!!

Back on track.........and I just found this item in my files, and it was something I downloaded a couple of months ago and it may be of interest to those people who are worried about their prostate/prostate cancer and the like. Also good to see that one of these advances is available in the UK........ A recent Phase III clinical trial conducted by an international consortium of scientists from nine countries demonstrated some of the progress that has been made. It found that a potent new hormone therapy called darolutamide, produced by the pharmaceutical company Bayer, could significantly prolong survival in men with advanced forms of prostate cancer as well as reducing pain, when used in combination with standard therapies. There have also been advances for patients who have been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. A minimally invasive technique called NanoKnife, which uses bursts of quick electrical pulses guided by MRI scans to kill tumours, has been approved for use in the UK's National Health Service. Experts hope that it can help avoid many of the problems associated with conventional surgery.

Refusing delivery on a cod item.............sounds fishy to me!!????

A Canadian friend of mine did exactly that and took out a lease on a bar for nine years, paying a substantial amount upfront (9 million baht I think it was) and a monthly rent. It went quite well for a while and then he was probably just breaking even, so decided to back to Canada to earn some more money to top up his coffers, and when he came back he found that his girlfriend had been playing around, and a little later on found that she had been keeping the rent and electricity money herself, and then she finally sold the bar when he was away again – – this because she was the one who had signed the lease papers. I have first hand experience and knowledge of this and from what I have heard and seen in my almost 16 years here, it is not that unusual.

Agree with your comment......................Certainly the so-called "zoo" in Phuket was a disgusting place, with the animals in poor condition and the smell being almost unbelievably bad, so I'm pleased to hear that it is now closed, because it was an absolute disgrace.

Unfortunately his Mother wasn't there to dress him!!!

Whilst we are on this subject LiK, I noticed that another couple of shops in Nanai Road have closed, whilst a tiny coffee shop/cafe just at the end of my drive which opened about six months ago, is now for sale. Not surprising really because the place was hardly big enough to accommodate six people let alone have enough space to be able to prepare food. Similarly the one right next to it has just changed hands from a "bar" to something which suggests a tiny restaurant with souvlaki being one of the main dishes – – good luck to that in a place where there is no foot traffic whatsoever. I also see that the restaurant/coffee shop which was previously called 555, and is almost opposite Soi Banzaan, which had closed some time ago, now appears to be in new hands and shortly to open up again as..........?? I went out last night to bid farewell to a friend here who was heading home today, and he suggested eating at the Italian restaurant in Soi Patong resort, called "Anema E Core", and it was right next door to where my favourite Italian restaurant was situated, namely "Salute" (which has now moved to Phuket town), and the food was great, and not expensive and it's no surprise that every seat in the outdoor dining area was taken. My friend was telling me about an incident that happened in a small massage shop in Banzaan, which I recommended to him, whereby a scruffy looking Indian guy wanted to get a foot massage/pedicure and the staff refused, not only because he looked scruffy/dirty, but because he offered to pay 100 baht for the service, so he left the shop, only to come back a few minutes later and asked for a manicure for the same price, and he was refused again. Strangely enough they have had similar incidents over the past few months, and lo and behold, whilst we were dining at the Italian restaurant, two Indian guys tried to get into the massage shop right next to the restaurant, and they were in lengthy discussions with the attractive young woman owner, and she kept shaking her head and they kept trying, and eventually after trying for at least five minutes to negotiate "whatever", they left. I've never been a great fan of Indians, owing to the experiences I've had with them over the years, and the experiences I've heard from various folk I know here who run businesses, and just to add another grievance to these experiences – – they seem to have taken over from the Chinese with regards to walking three abreast on very narrow roads, such as Nanai Road, which makes it very difficult for traffic to pass, and I swear that sometime in the very near future someone will plough into them as a way of saying, "get out of the way". In fact I did clip one with my wing mirror not too long ago, but they still continued walking three abreast, in their ignorance. Bangla was busy last night and after eating, my friend and I parted ways and I went to Smiley bar in Soi Freedom, and that Soi was fairly barren until late on when quite a few people gathered at the far end of the Soi to watch the lady boy show. Not "my cup of tea", so I stayed and had a few drinks with a friend at Smiley Bar and decided to go home from there, passing up my usual singing stint at Red Hot, and as I went by I noticed that the usual band which plays until about 11 PM, was still playing at 11:20 PM, so definitely wasn't in the mood for getting up to do a few numbers. And before I leave this post...........the bloody traffic in Patong is dreadful; bring on the low season!!!!!!

I have tried all of these – – – Saw Palmetto, Pygeum, Stinging Nettle root as well as many others and also those, plus others and zinc etc in various combinations, but none of them worked and I took them over many months. I thought Beta sitosterol was helping, but on careful consideration, not so sure. Also be aware of the very expensive "complex" that is advertised when you look at many prostate items/info on the Internet, because that doesn't work either.

Good idea – – and you might also want to try one called Atomic Cleaner 3 as that does a pretty decent job of seeking out bugs etc.

Well I can't complain because about 10 years ago I invested in a couple of New Zealand stocks and not only have they paid and almost 5% dividend per annum, one of them has more than doubled in price, whereas the other has improved upon the price I paid for it, by about 50%, so all well and good for me. I think it's also necessary to look at the "longer term" if one is investing in the share market, and to set goals based on the overall longer term returns if that is the time horizon that suits the investor.

Also, thanks for your help "hotandsticky", however he did receive an email after I had managed to make contact with them and they said that they had sent him a letter with regards to the payment problem, in October, and also telephoned him then, so they had received his application, but "appear to be" tardy with regards to the contact with him, because neither the letter nor the telephone contact were received by him? Anyway it's all done/sorted now (I hope) and he is much happier – – thanks again????.

Follow-up to a previous post I made with regards to friends UK passport application which seemed to have gone missing and to say thank you to @OJAS for his help. I managed to get hold of the passport people in the UK for him and because he is not too flash on the computer, I managed to get an email from them which said that they had received the application but that there was a problem with payment?? They also said that they had tried to contact him on the telephone number we had given?? Then they said they had sent a letter to him a couple of months ago, which he had never received?? Something was wrong and it wasn't from this end, however I did manage to make contact with them and put both of these people in touch with each other (again), and this friend arranged for his daughter in the UK to pay the fees applicable, and I do believe that they were "not willing to accept a Thai bank card" for payment! Quite why they couldn't have contacted him earlier with regards to this problem, I don't know, rather than leaving him in limbo right up until the last minute, and worrying the C.rap out of him. Anyway it all seems fixed now and he is less stressed, so thanks to all of the folks who helped and in particular OJAS.

Am I tetchy?? I would suggest that boredom can have a lot to do with that as far as I'm concerned but the other reasons just don't cut the mustard for me, and as for dementia, well I can't remember if I have got it or not! I don't like what I don't like and that's always been the case with me although I've always been considered "the life and soul of the party/the great joke teller" and a happy-go-lucky person, as well as getting other compliments of similar ilk. What I see around me now often irks and as one other poster said, seeing families in a coffee shop or restaurant sitting facing their iPhones without talking to one another really does annoy the proverbial out of me. Will they ever learn the art of conversation, discussion, for example and IMO the parents are just as bad. Stupidity is all around us and can be seen in the conspiracy theory nut jobs, as well as the anti-VAX brigade and the arguments they put forward for not having it, not to mention the blood drinking pizza parlour rubbish, and that's one thing I can't abide. Add to that the stupidity with regards to drivers and driving (especially here) and you have the perfect recipe for many people to become "negative" about their surroundings and what they see. Like Walker88 I have been fortunate enough to hold down high-profile positions, earn a good living and also put some away for my retirement, so I don't have to worry about my financial future, and one of the best experiences would be coaching some young football sides to success when I was a bit younger than I am now. My work experience was wide and varied and I took risks and they paid off, so I've got nothing to grumble about looking back on things, and I console myself with the following when I see abject stupidity in play: – "the good thing about all of this is that I won't be around to see the effects of this stupidity, because I shall be long gone in a few years, so enjoy your life now while you can, drink some good red wine, dine out in good restaurants and in general, be happy".

And I sold a genuine Omega watch through Bahtsold about 18 months ago, and it was no hassle at all.

Still on topic, and another one of the potential procedures I investigated was iTind whereby a type of spring loaded device is inserted in the urethra (a painless procedure it appears) and this gradually widens the urethra over the period of seven days, whence it is removed. I also researched Rezum (as I posted) but have seen mixed feedback and in particular one poster here had problems in that area for a few months afterwards, and despite the fact they say you can go home after the procedure, some men have had to have a catheter in place for up to 7 days and/or a 7 day hospital stay. Back onto iTind and it appears that the same urologist who performs the Rezum procedure at BNH can also perform the iTind procedure, because the hospital now has it available, and it is certainly one that I would use in the first instance. WHY: – because there is no cutting, laser or steam (heat) involved and the device can be removed after seven days, and if successful then great, and if not, then there are always other options to try as I have noted.

I downloaded a movie which I first saw in 1970 and it made one hell of an impression on me then, and the movie song of "Soldier Blue" by Buffy St Marie has stayed with me ever since, so I downloaded it again as it's been over 50 years since I first saw it, and it didn't shock me as much this time round, but it was an appalling massacre by the US cavalry, of mainly women and children, and details can be found under "Sand Creek Massacre". Of course this wasn't the last massacre of its kind of the Indians, because there was also a massacre at "Wounded Knee" and both of these massacres have been documented by American writer of the West, called Dee Brown in a couple of his books and they are well worth reading. There is also a TV film called Bury my Heart at Wounded knee, which is worth seeking out. It would appear the US military has a penchant for massacring women and children, as witnessed by the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, and all of the above massacres had a familiar theme of the murder and mutilation of the the women and children, as well as rape. A sad history.

Good to hear LIK and long may it continue for you.

I downloaded and watched a TV series (only four episodes) from a couple of years ago called, "The Thief his Wife and the Canoe" (true story) and found it very good/entertaining, especially the acting of the "wife" which was brilliant, and Eddie Masan, as always was the same. Just a note if you are going to download it........I found it on 1337x.to and there is the complete series to download, but be aware that the real documentary version of this particular event is included in the download, along with the four episodes of the TV series, so don't watch the documentary version first otherwise it will spoil it for the next four TV episodes!

From a Wake to the Resurrection – – – at least for now! Out and about in Patong and surrounds, I will back up what Rhacsyn said with regards to there being a plethora of Russians around, as that's exactly my experience, and Karon has certainly been turned from a ghost town into almost a thriving community due to the Russian influence. Patong is just the same as was Phuket Central when I visited last, although the large newer section of it wasn't that crowded, just the original part. Patong is still a place with almost a "split personality", whereby some of the bigger hotels are pretty much fully occupied, as are many of the medium sized hotels, however there are still those small hotels/guesthouses which are closed, and those that are open don't seem to be doing much business anyway. And as one business opens, another one closes, and that's the case with the small Lotus's shop on Nanai, which is now closed and stripped of its fittings, and the Italian restaurant called "The Loft" is also now fully closed, and I believe the apartments/rooms above it are also empty – – and just to really show that Patong has gone through a rough time, the Chang Hotel just a few metres from it in Nanai is not only empty, but the roof has collapsed in the extension built as a bar/restaurant/rest area and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Whereas a lady I know who owns two massage shops just off Nanai, is looking to open a third one, and the small hotel/guesthouse called "The House" has opened back up again and has been redecorated; so a mixed bag here in Patong. So I ventured out on Tuesday evening, for the first time in over two weeks, and my journey to a Norwegian restaurant near Patong Tower was very slow indeed because the traffic was nose to tail along Beach Road, tailing back round the Dolphin bar complex and up to the roundabout at the end of the third Road. It was a nightmare and the worst I have seen it. After meeting an old friend at "West" Norwegian restaurant we ambled along the Beach road footpath as best we could, because it was chock-a-block with tourists, however we did reach the Blue Beach Café and Restaurant after a bit of a struggle and managed to have a beer before moving onto another bar in Bangla. When I think about it, overall it was a very cosmopolitan evening because during that time I met Norwegians, Brits, South Africans, Russians, a guy from Austria and one from Israel, not to mention many Thais of course, and getting up to sing a few songs in Red Hot, I was singing along with the lovely Mayen, who has a great voice and personality, and is from the Philippines!!! Bangla itself was crowded, when we got there at about 9 PM, and it was still crowded when I left Red Hot at 1:30 AM – – not really a wake!!!

I have bought quite a few items on Lazada and one which I did have a problem with, I had the money refunded. I have also bought a Nokia flip phone on Lazada, and it was fine and I still have it, however I have also used eBay and my latest acquisition was an Apple iPhone SE, an old model but in perfect condition and it is also fine. I have every confidence that should I have a problem with anything bought on Lazada, I will get a refund. I even bought three tins of custard the other day, to go with my Christmas pudding!!!!!!!!!!????

Many thanks for posting that clip Dan747, as it supports what I have found out over my years of trying to treat my prostate problems, inasmuch as saw palmetto, stinging nettle and other supposed natural cures didn't work for me, and at one time I thought that Beta Sitosterol was working for me, but thinking back on it, now I'm not so sure!!