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Gold is not an investment. It's a currency hedge, which increases in value as governments print more money. I have never lost money buying and selling gold. All one has to do is wait.

Just as the Second Amendment made sense then with muskets, less so with Glocks. Thank you for an explanation which is not defensive.

A typical Trump dogwhistle to his base. There is no evidence illegal immigrants commit more crimes than American citizens. In fact, police and FBI data show crime is down under the Biden administration. Facts don't matter to a serial liar who knows the Presidency is his only shot at staying out of jail. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-claims-crime-rates-clash-police-data-rcna145353

Can you read? My post said I was in a car near Chicago. I have been to the USA more times than I can count. Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Connecticut, Denver, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit. Nearly forgot San Antonio. I might have been more places in America than you have.

Actually, I think Trump wishes he could turn back time........

I am curious about why other posters would put three sad icons on my post. I can only conclude their own lives are so miserable they are not capable of any other emotion.

IMO Americans are divided because they are paranoid. About socialism, about being invaded, about their minority groups. We have had socialism on and off in Australia since Federation. Thanks to it, we have a medical system that doesn't bankrupt its citizens with health insurance or the cost of medicines. I can remember being in a car with a representative of a steel company near Chicago. He mentioned he had 19 firearms in his household. When I asked him why, he said it was in case the Commies invaded. He was quite serious. There are two oceans protecting America from invasion west and east, and a frozen north. A narrow isthmus to the south. The US is least likely of all countries to be invaded. The paranoia about minority groups is based on fear they will one day become a majority. A succession of demagogues have thrived on that paranoia.

She has to clean every day. Teerak, there are only two molecules of dirt on the whole bloody floor. Can't it wait until tomorrow? Cannot.

I did say I never entered the raffle in my OP. I was just surprised because I empty my spam folder every 3-4 days, which has emails aplenty. This is the first one to get into my Inbox. Which normally only gets emails from known sources.

Aw, here you are, Uncle Scrooge.........

Have you had this procedure yourself? My urologist was equally dismissive of it. Unfortunately, it is in the financial interest of medicos touting various procedures to minimize the risk of complications. After all, it's their living at stake.

While Americans on this thread are belting each other around the head with their beliefs on who is better at running the USA, they might want to consider this: You are expats. Your vote in America is insignificant. Your power as a lobby group is not on the radar of either party. Who do you think is more likely to start messing with your Social Security and Medicare? Who is most likely to improve it, and who is more likely to degrade it?

How Trump is feeling......

No no, cash only. We'll meet in a bar where I have bouncer friends. Come alone.

You will get different opinions, depending on who you consult. I have a friend in Australia who claims he had no problems after a TURP. As far as I am concerned, I will have the surgery when I start having to self-catheterize.

I want my share, I referred you.

Keep convincing yourself of that, comrade.

Saw palmetto is one of the mystery remedies where the evidence for and against seems to be equal. It does have anti-inflammatory properties, so it probably does more good than harm.

Urinary tract infections should be temporary. Incontinence, retrograde ejaculation and impotence probably won't be.

Conventional TURPS and Rezum treatment both destroy tissue. My urologist said Rezum was no better. I said to him you are doing yourself out of profitable surgery. He laughed, and said I would rather give my patients good advice. Perhaps that is worth thinking about when one has a doctor touting Rezum. And it becomes even more profitable if there are post-op complications.

Dutasteride and finasteride both affect libido. It can be offset with Viagra or Cialis, but one risks low blood pressure.

I have been taking medication for BPH for more than five years. My urologist in Australia is as high up the totem pole as anyone can get in Western medicine. FRCS, FRACS. I have been seeing him since 2006, when I had bladder cancer. On my last visit, I asked him if I could have surgery, as I was sick of taking medication. He said as long as I could still pee, stick with the medication. He explained there was a 80-90% chance with ANY form of surgery the following problems would occur: Incontinence, retrograde ejaculation, impotence, and urinary tract infection. Your choice. Do you feel lucky?

Absolute codswallop. Trump would have let Putin invade Ukraine, and refused to let any American aid go there. He would have told Europe to fix it themselves. He hates Zelensky, because he refused to help Trump dig up dirt on Biden.

AFAIK Xi, Putin and Kim all want Trump to win. Mainly because they all know he is as thick as two planks. If they are not America's enemies, who is?