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Sheryl mentioned, "brachytherapy (implantation of radiactive pellets directly into the prostate) having the advantage of doing less damage to healthy tissue and also requiring less hospital visits" although it is possible that the cancer could return, but IMO I would recommend you investigate that procedure. It is certainly one that I would strongly consider if I were in the same situation.......good luck whatever you decide to do.

I have thought the same since this tax uncertainty started and am wondering where I would go if the tax burden became too much. So may I ask where you would go?? Answer by PM if you wish. Thank you.

Found a great movie in BBC iPlayer, but probably elsewher also, called, "Just Mercy"........a disturbing yet heart-rending movie based on a true story. Well worth a watch IMO; IMDB 7.6 rating.

"Terrible price to pay but if she had of been a faithful girlfriend she would still be alive today". His comment was not accurate and shame on you for suggesting it, because she was a single woman and she was free to do whatever she wanted – – and may I add, not to get murdered for it. If she had sex with David, then there would have been a DNA match because semen was found inside her, but there was no match for anyone who was tested! But of course the "powers that be" made sure that none of the semen DNA was tested against the Thai guys. In addition, the way her body was "displayed" for all to see was a sure sign that whoever killed her wanted to show that he had the power to do that.

If I recall correctly he also had puncture wounds on the back of his head which were never explained although it was speculated that these were also caused by the shark tooth ring. Also on the "scene recreation" with the police in charge, the Burmese boys did not even know where the event(s) took place and pointed in different directions............speaks volumes!

The whole case was a farce, carried out by incompetant police who, it would appear, were in the pay of a powerful island figure. I saw the original pics and agree with a few others who suggested that it was carried out in anger (over being spurned at the bar). A shameful episode along with a few other blatant cases in Thailand's past.

I tried smoking it a few times in the UK when I was younger and also in Nigeria, and I couldn't see what other people saw in it because it either made me very hungry, sleepy and sometimes giggly. Not something I took to at all.

Are you off the meds again, poor chap– –on the other hand you could be overdosing on them because the nonsense you have written is surely not of this universe.

In a way I feel sorry for you Aust24R, mainly because it would seem that you have strong feelings for your wife, and I believe she is playing you, especially when you find out that she has been "with other men". It's time to "man up" and get out of that relationship because it's toxic, and I certainly wouldn't stand for my wife shagging other guys whilst I was away, for me that would be an absolute no-no. I was in a steady, almost 6 year relationship with a good woman here and the only time she ever asked for money was for her mother's funeral, which I gladly gave her, and I also went to the funeral up north. However during that time and for some time after the funeral and the burning, she refused to speak to me, as if I had done something wrong, which I hadn't and I couldn't find a reason for it. So we were living in the same house with her young daughter and there was no communication whatsoever, and I did warn her that I wouldn't put up with it if it continued and gave her a deadline, once that deadline passed I gave her another one and when that passed I told her to get all of her stuff together and leave – – which she did. Being the softhearted guy I am I wanted to provide the daughter with a future, so I took care of her education, as well as buying a small business for my ex-GF for her future. Basically I got out of the relationship because it was not conducive to a happy life for me and I didn't come here to be miserable. I have taken care of "our" daughter and she has now just graduated from university north of Bangkok and is to be a teacher, and I am still in touch with my ex-GF on Messenger, and we are fine. Life is not about trying to keep your "head above water", but enjoying it as much as possible. My advice is to get out of that situation ASAP.

Personally I can't buy into that statement Danderman123, mainly because it doesn't seem to make sense to me, and I look at it from a different perspective – – trump lies, and his fans also lie, as can be seen often on here, in order to kowtow to the cult leader and also seem to forget that lying about something which can be seen to be true, makes them as much a lying clown as he is! There is no "honour" or "righteousness" in lying, because at the end of the day these clowns are only lying to themselves, and what does that say about them?

Very timely post NanLaew, because I tried Nord VPN on BBC iPlayer a couple of nights ago and it was picked up and I wasn't allowed to access iPlayer, despite trying a few times. So it was back to Smart DNS, which I had forgotten to log into! When I looked at the Nord VPN servers in the UK, it only had one "available" in the north of England, or possibly in Northern Ireland (can't remember now) and that was not working. All up, having tried quite a few VPNs, including Cyberghost, Express VPN, Nord and Total VPN, I have found that Smart DNS is the best one and the most reliable, with just one or two hiccups in a year, and now it has also included an extra add-on which you can load, called "Smart DNS Proxy VPN" and that's an option which allows you to choose the country into which you want to gain access, although not all countries are listed. So I'm letting my Nord VPN subscription run out, although it is handy as a backup at the moment, and I'm continuing with Smart DNS.

But it does have tweets!! Whilst Truth Social is a platform for trump lies!! And on that note, what puzzles me and at the same time astounds me, is that all of the many thousands of lies that trump has told can be found online, in newspapers, various other publications and videos, so they are there for all to see, BUT the trumpies don't see them/don't acknowledge them! So in effect they are lying to themselves, a bit like expecting to be able to book a room on the Titanic, when we all know it's at the bottom of the ocean – – but, using the same logic, trumpies don't. Very strange behaviour, and perhaps it's because there is something in the Kool-Aid which has disturbed their wiring?

Not only are the fundamentals still bad, the name is a total misnomer, a farce in fact, because nothing trump ever says is "truth", so they should call it "Lies Social" as that would be closer to the mark for trump and his cult followers.

Food for thought.........

But he didn't say that did he.................trumpie lies again. So sad.

Well, they don't come here to get a tan do they, and unless they are wealthy in their own right, which I suspect not, then they are here to deal in drugs and other things, whereby they can make some money!

Well that's a $64,000 question isn't it, because I've seen so many farangs, and Thais driving motorbikes with the crash helmet either hanging from the handlebars or elsewhere on the bike, or in the carry basket on the front – – won't do a lot of good there I'm afraid.

For the folks who like docos I came across a hidden gem in the BBC iPlayer library called, "How the Wild West was Won" by Ray Mears and thought it was great.......the true story of the migration west, the cattle trails, the Donner Party and the demise of the Buffalo and the cowboy. Also mentioned were the native Indians and the intro of the railways..............and much more. Fascinating, but hurry if you want to watch it as it is only available for 24 days. I can highly recommend it.

I'm sorry to say that in my opinion, no electric shaver will give you a shave close to a wet razor! I have tried two models of the Philips rotary-head shavers and even the most expensive one brought me out in a rash, so I've converted back to my Braun electric shaver which is altogether the best one for me at the moment. As an aside, you may wish to consider applying a pre-electric talc before you use an electric shaver.

Do you mean those very vaccines that were being developed 10 years prior to Covid? So much nonsense published about these vaccines, as well as other folks recommending the likes of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, that it's estimated millions of people died because they were convinced by the quacks and anti-VAX brigade – – and as for the "unexplained heart attacks and sudden deaths", see below: – Who Really 'Died Suddenly'? A new study sheds light on the risks by Jeremy Faust, MD, MS, MA, Editor-in-Chief, MedPage Today March 21, 2024 During the initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout, a rare complication called myocarditis was detected, primarily in young males. The incidence of this problem was low and most of the cases were mild. Still, even for people in the highest-risk demographic for vaccine-associated myocarditis, receiving the primary series of the COVID-19 vaccines was safer than getting COVID-19 without having been vaccinated. Nevertheless, the anti-vaxxer factions seized on this and used it to sow doubt. The phrase "Died Suddenly" became a kind of motto for those looking to spread misinformation about vaccines. There has never been any link between COVID-19 vaccines and sudden cardiac death. Meanwhile, one of my least favorite cliches during the pandemic was the image of some muscular person flexing for a camera saying that they didn't need vaccination, because they were just so damn healthy. Nor did I get any joy out of stories of athletes who refused the vaccines on those very grounds, only to die of COVID-19 later. https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/who-really-died-suddenly-anabolic

All the nice girls love a sailor......

I bought my house here from an English guy who had a bar in Bangla and who was struggling financially and wanted to go back to Blighty, and if my memory serves me correctly, he basically gave the bar away for peanuts, handing it over to a friend and I bought his house for a bargain price because I offered him cash in hand within 24 hours. I don't think he ever came back here. Another friend of mine bought (leased) a bar and when he went back to his home country for a couple of months, not only did his girlfriend sell his bar out from under him, she was also getting her leg over some of his friends. He doesn't have the capital to enter into bar business any more and he is shortly going back home, having been here some 11 years or thereabouts. He has said he may come back when the weather in his home country turns cold again, but owning/leasing a bar here is definitely out of the question.

Well that poster can't help it because all he watches is Fox News, so he repeats the nonsense that they spout........another thought sprung to mind, because surely no one could be that dumb, so perhaps he is a shill who is on this thread, and possibly others, to act as click bait?