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Last night I downloaded and watched "Reptile" and thought it was good, although I did not recognise Alysia Silverstone who seems to have packed on a few pounds these past few years. But then again so had Benicio del Toro, but still good to watch. There were quite a few "red herrings" in the movie, but it did prove suspenseful at times and as it unravelled, so did the surprises. Well worth a watch IMO and thanks to LosLobo for recommending it.

Try the 50s, along with some great dancing!! You might think you've seen this before, at least for the first couple of minutes. But then for the next eight minutes we're treated to a whole new compilation, done by a genius. In these insane times, this is so fabulous.....turn up the volume, get ready to tap your feet and enjoy.

Irish Confession I went into the confessional box after many years of being away from the Catholic Church. Inside I found a fully equipped bar with Guinness on tap. On one wall, there was a row of decanters with fine Irish whiskey and Waterford crystal glasses. On the other wall was a dazzling array of the finest cigars and chocolates. When the priest came in, I said to him, "Father, forgive me, for it's been a very long time since I've been to confession, but I must first admit that the confessional box is much more inviting than it used to be." He replied, "You moron, you're on my side."

While reading an article last night about fathers and sons, memories came flooding back to the time I took me son out for his first pint. Off we went to our local pub only two blocks from the cottage. I got him a Guinness. He didn't like it, so I drank it. Then I got him a Kilkenny's, he didn't like that either, so I drank it. Finally, I thought he might like some Harp Lager? He didn't. I drank it. I thought maybe he'd like whisky better than beer so we tried a Jameson's; nope! In desperation, I had him try that rare Redbreast, Ireland's finest whisky. He wouldn't even smell it. What could I do but drink it! By the time I realized he just didn't like to drink, I was so <deleted>-faced I could hardly push his stroller back home!!!

The reply you get will be pure MAGA nonsense, so don't wait too long!!

Out of luck/unlucky in a nutshell.

Forgot to mention that I also watched a documentary on BBC iPlayer last night, called, "Downfall of the Crypto King – Sam Bankman-Fried" and I enjoyed it, especially as it wasn't full of crypto talk, but down-to-earth explanations of what was going on, and what was going on was an eye-opener. To put it simply it was a crypto scam run by a bunch of amateur nerds, headed by a guy who had no real experience in managing this sort of thing. However all will be revealed in his trial which is this October – – my opinion, guilty of fraud, but we'll have to see what the outcome of the trial is, so I will wait with bated breath. Well worth a watch IMO.

Incorrect to say "should of" when it should be "should have"....... And a quote I like, "It's all part of life's rich tapestry".

I tried to watch the new movie featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Ben Kingsley, called, "The Wonderful story of Henry Sugar" and persevered to just over halfway through it thinking it might live up to its IMDb rating of 7.5, but to no avail, so switched it off. It is not the normal type of movie, and it is very different, but still too difficult for me to hang on in there.

Can also turn your teeth yellow, and brushing won't make them white again.

Well you won't get them from this bunch of GOP losers!!

Best that you read this, skippy................ https://news.yahoo.com/biden-impeachment-even-house-republicans-own-witnesses-see-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-203421120.html

Although I had seen it aeons ago, I decided to watch, "Remains of the Day" on BBC iPlayer last night, and was pleased that I did, mainly because I didn't remember much of it from the previous viewing. One particular scene grabbed me at the end, where Emma Thompson was on a bus, waving goodbye to Anthony Hopkins, and the sadness that was portrayed in that scene was heartbreaking; Thompson crying as she waved goodbye, realising that the person that she had loved and admired most of her working life, Hopkins, was irretrievably connected to his role in service and would never be with her. It was so well acted.

Thanks as I absolutely loved the first two seasons.

Do read the information in the link I gave, because IMO it is extremely interesting and to some extent explains the difficulty that urologists have with problems with the prostate. There is an operation in which the bladder is lifted slightly to enable access to the prostate node/nodule, which can then be removed, with no side-effects apparently. Other than that, I'm sure you have tried the medications available: – 5-alpha reductase inhibitors are used to treat larger prostate glands. They shrink the prostate gland if it's enlarged. Finasteride and dutasteride are the two 5-alpha reductase inhibitors available.

Hmmm.......where to start? Firstly I've been unlucky inasmuch as I had been suffering from prostatitis for many years, hence the long doses of doxycycline, which helped, then it didn't. Also, because of urine retention and this prostatitis, I did suffer from fairly frequent UTIs and as I mentioned previously, I was prescribed a whole raft of antibiotics, none of which "cured" me. I was told by top urologists and from research, that prostatitis was a difficult problem to cure because if there were bacteria present in the prostate, they would often be protected by what is called a "biofilm", so antibiotics could rarely get through this biofilm to access the bacteria. In addition to this, I had a cystoscopy in Auckland, and the urologist described my prostate as "ragged", which he thought was probably due to quite a few infections in the prostate over the years, which would tally with my experience. Also, calcifications due to the infections over the years were causing inflammatory responses in the prostate and urethra, which I mistook for possible UTIs. Moving along a few years, I eventually underwent a TURP at Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, and the "reaming out" of the prostate actually stopped my prostate/urinary episodes, quite possibly because it removed the calcifications in the prostate. Now onto recent times where I was experiencing something akin to urethritis, with a burning sensation in the urethra, but not all of the time, and tests revealed some bacterial activity, but not enough to be able to culture, unfortunately. That's when I contacted the professors, whom I came across quite by accident through another member of the medical profession. They had been conducting extensive research over the past few years on problems with the prostate and infections of the lower urinary tract, mainly because it was a problem with males, but also with females (not the prostate of course, but cystitis). They found that fosfomycin (Monural) taken once every two days, three times in all, backed up by doxycycline, started on the last day of dosage, for 10 days, and then the use of Hiprex (methenamine) tablets, finally got rid of any stubborn bacteria or organisms which were present. So it can be seen that in many cases prostatitis/prostate infections/UTIs are not as straightforward as we may think, and if you study the link which I will attach here, you will see that there are many other organisms which can cause problems in the urinary tract and prostate, many of which you probably haven't heard of. Not only that, many of them are not susceptible to "regular" antibiotics. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88899/ PS. The cause of enlarged prostate is not fully understood, although hormonal activity is thought to be one probability, although bacterial activity and inflammation within the prostate could well be another factor.

Obviously my two urologists in New Zealand don't agree with you, because I was taking doxycycline for sometimes 90 days to try and cure my prostatitis, and although it didn't cure it completely, at least the symptoms went away for that period of time, but soon after I stopped, they came back. Just a few years ago I got in touch with two professors of urology, one in Australia and one in London because I was having some prostatitis-like symptoms (more like cystitis) and nothing seemed to work, and they sent me some of the research they had been doing on this and the prostate and it was surprising how many combinations of antibiotics they had tried, and for long periods, before finding a combination that was successful, which I used and it worked. I wouldn't take ciprofloxacin for that period of time, nor did they recommend that antibiotic, but a combination which did work.

Agree with Sheryl..........you should insist on a culture, otherwise you will be given any number of antibiotics to try and fix the problem. Basically a shot in the dark, and very often unsuccessful.

Sarcasm.............I hope ozimoron!!!!! Donald J. Trump Pays Court-Ordered $2 Million for Illegally Using Trump Foundation Funds Trump Ordered to Pay Eight Separate Charities $250,000 Each TRUMP HAS FILED FOR SIX BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES and has had many failed businesses:- The Trump Taj Mahal in 1991 Trump Castle Hotel & Casino in 1992 and Trump Plaza Casino 1992 Trump Plaza Hotel 1992 Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts in 2004 Trump Entertainment Resorts in 2009 Not forgetting many other failed businesses….. Trumped!, Trump Steaks, Trump Network, GoTrump, Tour de Trump, Trump Airlines, 7. Trump Vodka, The New Jersey Generals, Trump Mortgage, Trump: The Game, Trump Magazine, Trump Ice and not forgetting Trump University!! (In November 2016, Trump agreed to settle a series of lawsuits related to the school/Uni for $25 million.

Actually I agree with you and my post was really about a TURP and I experienced none of those side effects after mine, neither did a couple of friends who had it done.........and my urologist was also very experienced. As for Rezum, plenty of posts on that.

Now that's an interesting post, because an old Australian guy I spoke to just a couple of days ago was rattling on about how Clinton was corrupt, then how Obama was corrupt, and when I mentioned Trump, he said he wanted trump to be elected again because of all the good he did – – yeah right! He also just about mirrored what was in this post. Then just yesterday a dumb English guy I know, uttered similar things, so they must have been getting this rubbish from some sort of right-wing media outlets. Quite amazing what these numb nuts will soak up and believe.

Us normal folk can live in hope!!

I'm with you on this one, in as much as simplicity and peace of mind are of paramount importance to me, so I keep 800K in the bank here, to ensure that everything goes smoothly (provided Bangkok Bank get their act together with regards to producing the required printout to present to immigration). HOWEVER, now that I have discovered peer-to-peer lending in NZ, where I'm currently earning more than 6.5% and could earn up to 9%, maybe I have to give this some more thought! Decisions decisions.

Absolute and utter poppycock and codswallop again........not difficult to see how trump's lies found fertile ground in amongst the MAGA crew.

The link in this post from @fredwiggyis informative........ Latest stats for whoever thinks..................https://www.pulse-clinic.com/sexually-transmitted-diseases-stds-in-thailand