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I was just trying to reassure the lady if she opted for surgery.

I had my gallbladder removed because of intense pain and enjoyed instant life improving pain relief and have had no problem digesting normal amounts of fat. Previous to the surgery I tried various non-surgical treatments to no effect. I had surgery in the afternoon and was discharged the following day.

You are very uninformed. I said the Levant of which Damascus is a part. British, Australian and French forces defeated the Ottomans there and in the rest of Syria. British forces also defeated the Ottomans in Mesopotamia. I have an interest in the subject because one of my grandfathers (French Army) fought at Gallipoli. If you wish to gain some knowledge on the subject of the Great War in the Middle East and its aftermath I suggest you read The Last Crusade and A Line in the Sand.

Yes. In 1915 the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Palestine declared Jihad against Great Britain.

It is fact. Palestine was in the Ottoman Empire when the Great War began. The Ottomans attacked the Suez Canal in 1915 so they were driven out of Sinai and then in 1916 the Allies successful campaign began to push them out of Palestine and the Levant all the way back to Turkey. It ended with their surrender in October 1918.

They were defeated in Palestine by the allies in the Great War.

Captain Thaksin escaped in the only lifeboat leaving his faithful crew behind.

Dogs are permitted in the Central Westville mall in Nonthaburi. I have never seen so many small lap dogs being pushed around in prams and pushchairs and being carried in papooses.

I think that politically the world today would be very different.

If we had allowed Britain to win I think that the world would be rather different to what it is today.

Without our help in the colonists' independence war it is unlikely that they would have won. Probably been granted some sort of enhanced autonomy by the British.

We should have let Britain keep the American colonies, ha ha.

The Croatian Nazis known as the Ustasa operated even worse concentratian camps than the Germans. The German military commander in Yugoslavia even personally confronted Hitler in Berlin to complain about their atrocities.

It is now rare not to see him wearing a yellow shirt or tie.

I too use it to relieve arthritis.