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I stated that I had the op in Melbourne!

If it was bottled by Mont Clair then the chances are it had some frit juice added........just saying!!

No problem if one has health insurance, as you say, however I had my TURP in Melbourne and although things did not go that smoothly, I flew back here with an in-dwelling catheter and a bag, and although there is a risk of the events you describe, in the main it is a fairly straight forward operation. AND if Urolift is available, then I would go for it in a heartbeat!!

Good luck with whatever you choose......and have you thought of checking the prices at good hospitals in India? As I recall there was a poster who went there and had his op done and he was very pleased with it and the price. Also check to see if Urolift is available anywhere, as that would be my number one choice and doesn't need surgery per se.

Just as you say.....Elderberry wine, Blackberry Wine and so on, but cannot be sold as just "wine". Quite how the Mont Clair producers have gotten away with that here, because their bottles/boxes used to state "Fruit Wine", but that now seems to have "disappeared" from their labelling???

Definition of "Wine" and a link which has some details of the "Fruit wine" sold here and elsewhere........ Wine is the beverage resulting exclusively from the partial or complete alcoholic fermentation of fresh grapes, whether crushed or not, or of grape must. Its actual alcohol content shall not be less than 8.5% vol. https://www.wineandabout.com/business/fruit-appearing-shelves/ Despite what has been posted, Shiraz does not contain more preservatives than other red wines AND despite popular misconceptions even so-called organic wines do have some pest help in the vineyard from sulphur, which is explained away by being "natural/organic". PS. For the record I have been drinking wine for over 55 years now and collecting it for almost as long, having constructed winecellars in houses I had in the UK and NZ. My consumption used to be one bottle of red per night, with perhaps a small glass of Portuguese port to round off the evening. Now my consumption would be about half a bottle of red wine per night, followed by the port, and that seems to do me these days, and I don't get a hangover unless I overindulge a little, which can very occasionally happen. Suffice it to say that if one decides to drink some of the Australian wines which can be up to 14.5%, then one is more likely to suffer the next morning, from both the alcohol and the preservative aspects.

There was a thread on this subject with quite a few respondents, me included, so try to seek that out as it may answer some of your questions.

I have never considered myself a racist (maybe I am and don't know it?) However after having seen some of the comments made by the far right party and the reason they are going in "to bat" for what they believe in, I have to say I also believe they have a point or three. Looking after the customs and lifestyles of the country must be of paramount importance to a government, I believe, and also the supporting and paying out of monies to nonworking immigrants, in my opinion is a no-no – – look after your own first must surely be first on the agenda. I can see why the far right party is strong in France and Germany, though not going as far as the Nazis or extremists, and the message to the migrants wanting to come into those countries is "apply through the correct/lawful channels" and your application will be considered, however if you don't have the necessary skills or background to complement our society, then your application will be refused. As for illegal immigrants, send them back from whence they came.

Watched the movie "The Holdovers" last night and struggled to stay with it, as I found it very average despite its good reviews!! Also noticed the Paul Giamatti has a strange "gait" or a gammy right foot??? Never noticed it before?

Bad debate by Biden but strange that hours later he seemed a different man................. The country is struggling to reconcile Biden's cognitive impairment during the debate with his obvious recovery well into the night and the next day. The most probable explanation for this transient period of cognitive impairment in an older person with a cold is a side effect of cold medications. If this is so, the hand-wringing should cease, and we should use the debate as a reminder of how common such reactions are rather than an indication that the president is chronically debilitated. In recent weeks, Biden has made several high-profile public appearances on the world stage. He commemorated the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, attended press briefings at the G7 Summit in Italy, and engaged with the public and world leaders. Journalists who have been beside Biden closely these past few weeks reported no such impairment, aligning with bullish sentiment from the Biden debate prep team. Everyone would have noticed if Biden exhibited even a fraction of what he displayed at the debate. The next day, he delivered a fiery speech in North Carolina without missing a beat. Dont dismiss him just yet, esp as trump could still open his lying mouth and fall into it! https://www.newsweek.com/did-cold-medications-affect-bidens-debate-performance-1919099

Have tried many of them and what works for me anywhere in the world is "Smart DNS Proxy".....once set up, it does its stuff automatically.

The assassination of JFK was mentioned on another thread, and I remember there was a doco/movie about this and it seemed to involve the mafia because of some unfulfilled promises the Kennedys had made to them – – but then I remembered another doco movie, which had a lot more substance and actual evidence to support it, so I watched it last night and was and am still intrigued by the findings. It is called "JFK Revisited – through the looking glass" and yet again the evidence uncovered quite amazed me and it is well worth looking at (again if necessary) because there's a lot to take in; and keep a keen eye on Allen Dulles, the head of the CIA at the time. I won't give the game away if you can't remember it, but as coverups go, IMO, this one was a doozy.

Obvious that this was a full scale attack on democracy itself, in trying to stop the will of the people and anyone who thinks this was "sightseeing" expedition needs their head testing. Faeces on the walls, items stolen, offices broken into, calls for Mike Pence to be hanged and a group of people looking for Nancy Pelosi. Such was the fear of the people under attack that they barricaded themselves in offices and rooms. These idiots being "ushered in" is a trump play on words to appease the Maga faithful – – get real man.

Ah yes.......more pics of the "ushering in" to bring a dose of reality to your day. These people should be locked away as they were trying to stop a democratic process, the will of the people, being enacted. A bunch of losers. Surely you are not one of these??

I just had to quote this above from my earlier post because I came across this pic on AN. It backs up my point that trump has no problem lying in the face of facts and evidence..............does this look like a "small number of people who were ushered in by police"?

How about these for a start: .. Trump had 10 businesses that completely failed, and went into bankruptcy, thereby depriving the American working man of the wages/money due to them for the work they had done. Hardly a case of looking after the everyday American! .. And as for looking after the everyday working American, Trump had his Maga hats and garish sneakers made in China. Traitor to the American worker. ..Trump falsely represented the January 6 attack on the US Capitol as a relatively small number of people who were ushered in by police Fact: The attack on the US Capitol was the deadliest assault on the seat of American power in over 200 years. ..Trump said we had the greatest economy in history. False. .. Trump: “The problem they have is they’re radical because they will take the life of a child in the eighth month, the ninth month, and even after birth, after birth.” Trump inaccurately referred to abortions after birth. Dumb as a bag of rocks. .. Trump on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia: “He should have had him out a long time ago, but Putin’s probably asking for billions and billions of dollars because this guy pays it every time.” Trump is wrong to say that Biden pays any sort of fee “every time” to secure the release of hostages and wrongfully detained Americans. There’s also zero evidence that Putin is asking for any money in order to free him. .. Trump: “What he’s done to the Black population is horrible, including the fact that for 10 years he called them ‘super predators’. “We can’t forget that – super predators. And they’ve taken great offence at it.” The facts: This oft-repeated claim by Trump dating back to the 2020 campaign is untrue. It was Hillary Clinton, then the First Lady, who used the term “super predator” to advocate for the 1994 crime bill. .. Trump, referring to January 6, 2021, the day a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to stop the certification of Biden’s victory: “On January 6th we had the lowest taxes ever. The facts: Tax rates under Trump were higher. .. Trump, touting his environmental record, said that “during my four years, I had the best environmental numbers ever” and that he supports “immaculate” air and water. The facts: That’s far from the whole story. During his presidency, Trump rolled back some provisions of the Clean Water Act, eased regulations on coal, oil and gas companies and pulled the US out of the Paris climate accord. When wildfires struck California in 2020, Trump dismissed the scientific consensus that climate change had played a role. Trump also dismissed scientists’ warnings about climate change and routinely proposed deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency. Stupid man. It just goes to show that if you have gone down the rabbit hole with the Maga cult, then there is absolutely no clear thinking available to you and you see no wrong in this dumb lying muppet. So sad, but then you Maga nuts seem to revel in the lies and totally believe them.

And trump and the GOP are masters at that!!

Here is the truth about key points in the debate....and it shows trump as his usual lying self!! Joe Biden v Donald Trump debate: Some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump’s first debate…… President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded barbs and a variety of false and misleading information as they faced off in their first debate of the 2024 election. Trump falsely represented the January 6 attack on the US Capitol as a relatively small number of people who were ushered in by police and misrepresented the strength of the economy during his administration. See more in this report and it shows trump lying repeatedly……..but then it is in his nature!! Here is the truth about key points in the debate....and it shows trump as his usual lying self!! https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/joe-biden-v-donald-trump-debate-some-of-the-false-claims-made-during-biden-and-trumps-first-debate/W2W56EOTWJHBZATPY72KUSZY6A/

Here is the truth about key points in the debate....and it shows trump as his usual lying self!! Joe Biden v Donald Trump debate: Some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump’s first debate…… President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded barbs and a variety of false and misleading information as they faced off in their first debate of the 2024 election. Trump falsely represented the January 6 attack on the US Capitol as a relatively small number of people who were ushered in by police and misrepresented the strength of the economy during his administration. See more in this report and it shows trump lying repeatedly……..but then it is in his nature!! https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/joe-biden-v-donald-trump-debate-some-of-the-false-claims-made-during-biden-and-trumps-first-debate

SO HERE IS A CHALLENGE to all of the posters who followed this debate more closely than I did and probably have better computer/internet skills than me..........It was mentioned here that trump told more than 20 lies and this was noted by a news outlet, and Biden told ??? lies. So come on you sleuths, what was the lie score per candidate?????

Now there is a point.....every time someone tells a lie a buzzer/hooter should sound. In which case trump's lies would be laid bare for all to see. After all he did participate in game shows, so he would be no stranger to this and it might show the American public what a liar and conman he is, if they didn't already know. But having said that the Republicans already DO KNOW what a liar he is........so it says everything about them!!

But, but. but trump isn't a Democrat!

It says everything about trump though as Biden beat him...........LOL

It is what he is doing to the USA and its people, not to mention its standing in the eyes of the world, with a compulsive liar and convicted felon as potential president....... "You have somebody who probably shouldn't be President, and somebody who can't be President." "What you saw was a candidate who is deeply vulnerable and a president who cannot take advantage of that. CNN chief national correspondent John King said there was a contrast between the two candidates - and Biden wasn't impressive. On the other hand, King said: "Donald Trump broke the fact machine more times than I could count tonight." Over 90 minutes, a raspy-voiced Biden struggled to deliver his lines and counter a sharp though deeply dishonest former President Donald Trump Trump, 78, appeared to coast through the debate with little trouble, even as he rattled off one falsehood after another without being effectively challenged. PS. For the record I believe Biden needs to be replaced, albeit a bit late in the piece, if the Democrats are to have a chance later this year. Not sure that Harris will be that popular.