15 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

God gives illnesses too

This is just a test.

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

This is just a test.

Im.sick atm. So he is testing me?

16 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Im.sick atm. So he is testing me?

Every day on earth is a test.

28 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Every day on earth is a test.

This is true. Dealing with morons tests the patience!

16 hours ago, Prubangboy said:

The tribal festival in Papua this September will conclude my travel bucket list. It will be my 57th country.

It’s not cheap, but you don’t want to skimp because you could get robbed on a discount tour.

Done a bit of time out there at the Grasberg mine.... was weird to see the natives just stroll through carrying thweir spears weaing nothing but a loin cloth.... the tribal gals got some decen norks too that they dont cover !

On 6/3/2026 at 9:12 AM, wil iam not said:

This post has made me think about tomorrow, when I am going for a DRE at Bangkok Hospital in P'lok. First time in my 78 years that anyone has been there.

What will I do if he says yes to the big C and need chemo/radio/medication, to keep me alive for a further 6 or 12 months to add to my 78 at an horrendous price, or let Mother Nature take her course.

After University at age 22, I started my professional music career, lasting until 2016, where I have seen so many different countries, and girls, India, Nigeria, Scandinavia, all of Europe, and I still have the same Fender Jazz bass I bought at the start. So all in all I have done most things I wanted to.

Did 14 years as manager/chef in my own hotel in Macclesfield, had two boys who are now both musicians in Dubai, with my Grandkids. Sadly my wife, their mother, died from breast cancer 12 years ago, and now I am happily settled here, with my Thai girlfriend, her daughter and son who is 6.

So if the big C is diagnosed, I have no regrets whatsoever. If I were in severe pain, I have ways and means of stopping it.

So tomorrow a finger up my bum will determine my future.

Same age as you, had the bad C word two years ago. Fortunately Chula sorted it. although with a bit of collateral damage on the way. Best wishes.

12 minutes ago, saintdomingo said:

Same age as you, had the bad C word two years ago. Fortunately Chula sorted it. although with a bit of collateral damage on the way. Best wishes.

Finger test, all OK, and the Doctor was as well.

Here's me thinking that Chula was a medicine of some kind. Gemini AI helped me.