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Yep, you can download manuals online for most things, which I have done in the past and kept on file.

This poster to whom you replied, often posts a load of garbage, so is another one that I've put on "ignore". And as for his statement that, "incontinence and impotence being the two usual side-effects of all the treatments" is pure nonsense, because a TURP, in the main, doesn't result in this and the new laser treatments are an improvement upon the TURP because of less bleeding and quicker recovery time. Even a radical prostatectomy these days can result in far fewer side-effects than in the old days, especially if it is done with the da Vinci robotic machine.

Good advice Moonlover, and I would encourage guys to do as much research as they possibly can on this because if my situation is anything to go by, then even the best urologists out there are not fully informed, or don't take due care and attention – – a big statement but let me explain: – I suffered from prostatitis for decades and visited several urologists in New Zealand and was prescribed antibiotics on so many occasions that I must have taken many hundreds/thousands of different types of antibiotics, but the prostatitis kept coming back again. The thing about prostatitis is that in most cases it causes the prostate to become inflamed/enlarged, thereby restricting urine flow and therefore putting stress on the bladder, and I remember one urologist who did a flow test on me and then checked the bladder with ultrasound, stating that, "oh, you've got the bladder of an old man", which didn't please me much because I was in my 40s and fit and healthy. BUT, was anything done about it; NO, just put on more antibiotics, which didn't work again. Now the prostatitis/BPH was caused by bacteria in the prostate which antibiotics couldn't touch, for various reasons which I've outlined in previous posts, so for decades my prostate was enlarged and causing my urine flow problems, which I seemed to cope with okay, and didn't pay much attention to it, until I had a TURP and then the bladder problems started because I couldn't empty it. So frequent use of a self-cath is what I have to use these days, and a recent visit to Bumrungrad hospital to see the top urologist there (thank you Sheryl), confirmed that my bladder had stopped working – – WHY, well he didn't know why, but I suspect the many years of ineffective bladder emptying and a few bladder infections had caused this. I had taken all of the "usual" drugs for BPH like, tamsulosin, doxazosin etc. etc but to no avail, because the damage had been done to the bladder by not addressing the prostatitis years ago, so it's important that you get to know about your prostate and associated urinary tract workings so you can ask questions. In my desperation I tried just about every natural "remedy", such as stinging nettle root, pygeum, saw palmetto etc because I was desperate for a cure, but again to no avail. So to repeat what Moonlover has said, deal with any problems like this, early, because you don't know what they will lead to. For the record, I use the self-cath at night before I go to bed and can usually get by during the day by drinking less fluid and managing the occasional "dribble" by flexing my stomach muscles, and I'm still searching for a potential "magic pill" to make the bladder work again, but it seems unlikely, so I have got to live with this, and as unpleasant as it sounds, I have gotten used to it – – because as someone else has said, in so many words, "I've got no option". Although this won't offer much hope to fellow sufferers of prostatitis/enlarged prostate/bladder problems, one of the top urologists in the US stated that, "this area of medicine is like a medical wasteland", because it wasn't fully understood and not a lot of research had been done on it, however this was about 10 years ago, so perhaps things have improved. PS. Forgot to add this article: https://www.uptodate.com/contents/benign-prostatic-hyperplasia-bph-beyond-the-basics#:~:text=Alpha%2Dreductase%20inhibitors%20%E2%80%94%20Alpha%2D,men%20with%20a%20larger%20prostate

This isn't the first time that "Adumbration" has insulted a poster here, and on two occasions he described me as "Ignorant", as well as saying that another poster was likewise. He seems to lack what we used to call, "interpersonal skills", so I have put him on ignore, and you might well consider doing the same?

I thought I would jump back on and report on the beef bourguignon which I cooked yesterday, because it was the best I have ever made, and I've been cooking them for 40 years, trying loads of different recipes and variations, and even having a disgusting version in a restaurant in Menigoute (near Poitier, France)! For those looking to do a slow cook version of anything that contains beef, then I can recommend using the very cheap shin of beef....."The shin is a highly worked muscle that is supported by high levels of connective tissue. This connective tissue is broken down through slow cooking over a low heat and results in a moist, tender meat with rich flavour". Chuck steak is another worth considering however I have found that for long slow cooking it tends to break up. So in summary: – local cheap cuts of beef are fantastic for slow cook beef recipes.

Obviously we are finding out loads of different ways to prepare and cook good steak, and I think I've got it down to a fine art now, and one of the things I learnt just recently from a top chef was that the steak needs to be out of the fridge and left at room temperature until it attains that temperature (about an hour?). Searing it in a hot pan for a few minutes either side, and then putting it into an oven at about 200° for about five minutes seems to do it for me. Now on the subject of New Zealand ribeye, which was why I originally decided to reply, I had some poor quality NZ ribeye a while back, and I vowed never to buy it again, and when I went back to NZ and mentioned this to a couple of guys whom I had recently met, they were astounded because they worked at the plant which produced the meat!!! I gave it another try when I got back here, and still reckon that it isn't a patch on the Australian tenderloin which can be bought here – – and if I'm going to have a good steak, with a lovely bottle of wine, then that's the steak I buy.

So many times, from so many posters, publications and reputable news media has this subject been discussed, but there are still going to be a few out there, and we have some on AN, who will not accept the truth and what actually happened, so we get this merry-go-round, and it makes me wonder as to the state of their mental faculties. It is unbelievable, but probably not so when one thinks that they are part of the trump supporters clan and are not renowned for their ability to understand facts and reason.

A cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. 'Have you ever done anything of particular merit?' St. Peter asked. 'Well, I can think of one thing,' the cowboy offered. 'On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most tattooed biker and smacked him in the face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, 'Now, back off or I'll kick the <deleted> out of all of you! St. Peter was impressed, 'When did this happen?' 'Couple of minutes ago.'

It appears that xylitol, which can be bought through the likes of Lazada very cheaply, is toxic to birds – – so as it dissolves in water because it is like a sugar, I would suggest soaking some bits of bread in xylitol and leaving that out for the pests.

Perhaps they don't like nut jobs either!

Wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them, and I often wonder what guys like that are doing here, and a good bet would be that they are up to no good! No, really!

Never a truer word spoken, however I do buy the Australian tenderloin beef if I want a nice steak with a good wine, but my preference these days is a beef bourguignon, slow cooked in red wine and beef stock, with garlic, tomato paste, carrots, mushrooms and onions and if one really wants to go the whole hog, then add some crispy bacon bits (plenty of other variations on this). Thai beef is good for this and comes out really well after about 3 to 4 hours of cooking. So basically prepare it, set and forget it. Available in Big C or similar.

I don't believe it was a good decision to bring Lampard back on board, because rumours abound that he wasn't respected in the dressing room. IMO he is not a good manager and couldn't analyse a team to see its strengths and weaknesses if his life depended on it. Tactics?? He thinks they are the little mints that you suck on.

Well obviously they don't work well enough to be able to stop the environmental/atmosphere contamination, or to appease the "climate change" brigade? There has to be another way.........

Well in my day running aluminium cable into the copper clamp/insert on the distribution board was a no-no, and special connectors had to be used which would hold the aluminium cable and allow a small length of copper cable to be connected and then used to connect to the distribution board (for example). That's my take on it, however you would be better off asking someone like @Crossy or the other guys here who are more up-to-date with regulations etc.

"If"..................Well that would have to be a "given", especially in light of the thousands of other lies and false claims by the compulsive liar and grifter, and his associates/advisers.

Is this the feed to your Distribution Board??

Esp when some of the BIB own or have part ownership of go-go clubs!

Fantastic news for you Simon and I'm sure for all of the other folks who follow you on this forum. A short while back I did a post about my experience with the prostate and the calcification/lumps inside of it, which it appears you may well have, especially as I too had UTIs for months, in fact on and off for years, because of this (I did post about this in detail). I don't know what antibiotic they have got you on, but I would have tried just about every one on this planet and eventually, owing to the fact I contacted two professors who were investigating similar scenarios to yours and mine, I tried a combination of Fosfomycin (Monural) and doxycycline, which they recommended and they worked; and that is what they now put their patients, with similar conditions, on. Strangely enough a couple of decades ago I did try doxycycline on its own for three months and although it calmed the situation down, sure enough the UTI came back. Then ciprofloxacin was recommended and I was on that for about six weeks, and that was not successful. Anyway, the best thing is that you have no cancer, so heartfelt congratulations on your latest news.

Yeah right!

Now I'm nowhere the level that some posters appear to be with regards to their knowledge of climate change and associated science, but something came up just a few days ago when I was discussing nuclear power with a friend of mine who used to work in a power station in the UK. For him it was cleaner, greener, safer and where the world should be going with regards to power generation, but I had some questions: – – The fuel for nuclear reactors is uranium and this has to be mined, so both fossil fuels and uranium have to be mined, using all of the resources necessary – not necessarily clean and green (manpower, trucks, fuel etc)! – The mining for both the uranium and fossil fuel products can present health problems. – The uranium has to be processed, and carefully so, whereas fossil fuels not so much. – The burning of fossil fuels gives off carbon dioxide which is a key driver in climate change, whereas nuclear reactors don't. And this seems to be the difference as regards polluting the atmosphere. – Once fossil fuels are burnt that's about it for their life, however uranium etc has a life of 10,000 years plus and of course is radioactive, thereby presenting health problems if it's not handled properly. So burying it deep in the ground in concrete/glass casing seems to be the latest answer. My friend seemed to think that this was safe to do, whereas I brought into the conversation the fact that movements in the Earth's crust and earthquakes could cause some damage to encased uranium and if this were to get into the water table, then that would be a catastrophe. My thoughts were around the fact that if there was a way by which one could capture and even harness the outputs of fossil fuel burning, then that would make the whole process much safer, less expensive and provide a future which didn't rely on anything nuclear/radioactive. Some thoughts around that would be most welcome, and if I remember correctly a few decades ago "wave power" was touted to be the next big thing for power generation – – whatever happened to that?

Or, "Faux News", "Flakes News", "Fake News", "False News", "Not News"................

Now that I like mak mak!!

Not what one would expect of such a revered man.........

Or of course that this is the sort of theory that only a stupid person could think of!