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It's the look over there strategy.

Aldi is very affordable, $15 buys you one year's PAYG period. Every time you top up, the year is reset.

I would suggest asking NAB if they can enable transactions on your account without requiring a security code. I don't need one for transactions with my credit union. I get security codes from a couple of Australian financial institutions on my Truemove account, dual SIM. The service provider in Australia is Aldi.

You may want to get checked for bile duct sludge, it does mimic the effect of angina. If you follow Sheryl's advice on physical adjustments, you should get improvement. I was on pantoprazole for years. No longer necessary as I have made the changes mentioned in Sheryl's post. I do take half a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water prior to retiring. I also have a glass or bottle of water to sip from at night.

You can buy kratom on Lazada. It comes in powder or leaf form, quite inexpensive. As I understand my supplier's process, it consists of macerating 100 leaves, and extracting the kratom by boiling in 6 litres of water. Refrigerate after cooling. Shake well. I take a modest dose, half a cup. YMMV. I find it works best on an empty stomach, although I do have a bit of mango or pineapple to offset the bitter taste. Normally, when I play golf, I have moderate hip, quad, and back pain. Kratom enables freedom of movement without pain. As I understand it, synthetic opiates such as tramadol, oxycodone and morphine block specific pain receptors, whereas kratom blocks them all. Good luck.

You actually made a post I respected, when you were trying to assist Sheryl with her fluorescent light problem. It had me wondering why Dr. Jekyll spends so much time in hiding.

Pretty good as a double entendre.

Obviously not a student of history. AFAIK self-immolation protests have never achieved anything, except fame for the participants, and a memorial or two.

You could try Googling pictures of marijuana plants on the internet, and comparing the pictures with your mystery plant. Perhaps this is too logical a process for you, a thread full of frustrated posters is much more enjoyable than toking on your new acquisition.

I get very mild euphoria for about 5-10 minutes. Pain relief lasts 5 - 6 hours.

Has it occurred to you that may be because they are more honest when they make a mistake? When have you seen Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity or Alex Jones ever admit they screwed the pooch?

Neither of our experiences are statistically significant. It would not surprise me to see Trump go down eventually for tax evasion, just like Capone did. He does meet quite a few mob boss criteria. I forget who it was said the IRS is to be feared more than the KGB and Gestapo combined.

I know two Americans who think Trump is a danger to democracy, and one who thinks he is better than Biden. When I asked him how many criminal indictments Biden has against him, he went off into the political interference weed farm.

And go where? An independent mechanic, who probably has even less experience?

You may be right. IMO my mistake was buying the Merc from an Asian. It's hit or miss whether their vehicles are serviced on schedule. If you are doing your own servicing, you have an advantage. Suppose you buy a 200 SLK Mercedes, secondhand. It will cost you the same as a Korean or Japanese matching product, brand new. Any technological improvements MB makes are reverse engineered into an Asian counterpart within 18 months. All Toyota or KIa engineers have to do is buy one Merc for study purposes.

Nothing strange about getting rid of a vehicle that let me down twice, in dangerous conditions. Perhaps my sense of self-preservation is better than yours.

Engineered longevity? Not in my experience. All Benz has going for it is the cachet. Step into a Hyundai Kona N or Kia Stinger, they are better cars at significantly less cost. Show me a Benz that is within a bull's roar of a Hyundai I30 N, in that class, positively pedestrian.

I guess Trump being angry and yelling a lot doesn't count when the Biden blinkers are on.

Trump's deal would consist of letting Putin have what he wants, and allowing genocide in Ukraine. Stalin did it once before, Putin would be no different. If Ukraine is smashed, so is Russia. It has a ruined economy, and will probably be a vassal state of China within 20 years. Either that, or a failed state. Its education system collapsed in the 80's. Putin wants Trump back in, he's a puppet.

Get yourself checked for gender identity.

I base my opinions on facts. You seem to base yours on nothing but your own assertions.

IIRC Biden cleaned the stage with Trump in the second presidential debate of 2020. He has even more ammunition now, it's like a Barrett against a BB gun. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/ourcriminalhistory/escaped-convict-william-buckley-the-man-who-gave-us-buckleys-chance/news-story/1488b401e816442b6255e4069f6a1e1a

Come June, I don't think Trump will have a pot to p!ss in.

I am 80, I have my morning and afternoon cardio exercises, plus golf and swimming. IMO my regime has reduced the need for medications most people my age are prescribed. My comment was more to demonstrate I still have a good memory for what people have posted, or attached to their avatar. Stay well.

I don't believe them because this is February, and the election is in November. By then, either Trump or Biden could have had a stroke. IMO the event is far more likely with Trump, given his dietary preferences, and his stress levels. OTOH, I do put some store in exit polls.