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My immediate thought about Kate was she was going in to have a hysterectomy. Same thing happened to my mother at about the same age (my mom was 41 and had had 5 children). In mom’s case it was a planned procedure and she was in the hospital for two weeks. The only other thing I could think of common for women is ovarian cancer. But they seem to have ruled that out.

My older brother was being treated for an enlarged prostate at the time I had my prostate removed. I had had no symptoms as he did other than the elevated PSA but had cancer nonetheless. He got a biopsy after my operation and he had cancer as well.

Without going to look up one of my many books on history of WWII, my memory tells me it was an objective of the Allies in WWII to reach a bridge in northwest Europe that led to Germany in the last phases of the war. There were several armies in the quest to reach Berlin first and the hope was that the Americans and British would be first ahead of the Soviets. This bridge was a strategic objective in this quest by the British army but German resistance was particularly fierce in this sector. As it turned out the Red army coming from the east made it to Berlin first. Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander, ordered a halt at the Rhine River of the surging American army. Instead of heading directly to Berlin, they turned south eastwards. The British army led by Montgomery failed to take the bridge at (at Arnheim I believe) in order to get to Berlin ahead of the Soviets. The postwar division of Germany reflected the military outcome of the three armies, with the British getting the northwest of Germany, the Americans the southwest and the Soviets the entire east. The French were given a small section as a sop. Berlin was carved up in a similar way, isolated as an island in the Soviet sector. A very complex solution and not one that would last.

Well what did he say? I understand he repeated it on a different day. So what version did you get?

I generally agree but if testing is invasive , as are colonoscopies and biopsies of prostates, then there is some risk of things going horribly wrong. Not many you hear of but those that do get publicity are horror stories. One example that comes to mind is a guy in his 40’s out on the west coast of Canada, a well known film maker who lived on Salt Spring Island, went in for a biopsy when his PSA showed elevated levels. Three days later he was dead of sepsis. I’ve also read of perforated bowels happening during colonoscopies. I had a biopsy on my prostate which revealed cancer. This was 17 years ago. I got it treated and am alive today to talk about it. The biopsy was the most painful part because they only sedate you but don’t put you out.

I think he covets the waterfront lot of Gaza, to be frank.

That’s a bridge too far. 😀

Actually I thought it is anti - genocide, no matter which side one is on.

No he’s not. He asserting Israel’s desire to drive out the Palestinians, which is genocide by any other name. The court in The Hague will decide on that issue.

Now Netanyahu is saying Israel from Jordon to the sea. Seems like he is rather enamoured of that Palestinian slogan so he adopted it himself.

Calling for the end of the Israeli state could be interpreted as calling for a single state solution rather than two state solution. The government of Israel has rejected both solutions as it would require them to give up settlements in the West Bank and grant statehood to Gaza and the West Bank in the latter case and face having Jews in Israel becoming the minority in the former case. Israel rejecting outright the two state solution is a new development and we’ll see how the US deals with it.

Government policy is to make fossil fuels more expensive so people will be encouraged to switch to climate friendlier sources of energy. When you say energy rich, I assume you are talking about fossil fuels. And they are destroying the planet. So it’s an enlightened policy. What’s outrageous is continuing to burn fossil fuels heedlessly without regard to the future. Your kids and grandkids will curse our generation if we leave them an uninhabitable planet.

Does that electric bill include all your electricity consumption or just that related to the heat pump?

I don’t think we’ve seen the end of this story yet. But if I went further I would be straying into politics. So let’s just wait and see.

I also want to wish you the best of luck in getting a donor match asap. We’ll be thinking of you.

Here in Canada snowstorms are a given at some point during the winter. However we are prepared for that and used to winter driving conditions. That being said I would not schedule either an incall or outcall in the midst of a storm or if one was pending. That’s because either I or the provider is looking at a fair drive as I live in a small town.

So depending on how large a house you have and it’s construction, you do pay a fair hunk of cash to heat it and your water.

I remember when I was living at home and my parents were getting older so they turned up the heat in the apartment gradually every year. Later when I went home for visits they would have the heat at the stifling temperature of 80. I had to open the window in my bedroom in sub zero weather to cool it down since there were no individual room thermostats. I’ m their age now but live alone and turn the temperature down to 67 at night. Sleep well and don’t have to open the window. The house is leaky enough to provide good ventilation lol.

How long does a tankful last and how many times do you have to refill in one heating season?

I’m focused on their status but don’t quiz them on who they slept with and when. Similarly I don’t give them that info either altho I do say if we’re talking about such things is that my sexual partners for the last 20 years have all been escorts/ masseurs I don’t go to bathhouses or sleezy bars like I used to decades ago. Too old for that stuff.

Thanks for linking the article. It was written in 2011 long before Prep. He said in it he always used condoms when having sex with pos guys. Now he doesn’t unless he is only having sex with neg guy's. He must have to ask them if they are Neg. Otherwise he is on Prep, which I suspect is also the case. It would be interesting to hear his views today. Only to say a lot has changed in 13 years. And behavior must adapt to the new realities. In my case I always ask providers their HIV status and if I don’t get a straight answer I move on.

Every week???

I don’t find the average rate of 22 percent out of line. That’s what I said in my post above. That’s here in Canada but I would expect the US would be much the same. I’m talking about Mastercard Visa etc the mainstream card companies.

I’m surprised that Michael Lucas would say this. His company features many bb scenes on their films and I understand he will only hire people to perform in them who agree to be tested rigorously and be open with their results.

I may not live till 2035 but I would bet that deadline will be pushed back. Especially here in Canada. Too many downsides to EVs and I don’t think the technology advances will overcome them. EVs make perfect sense for city dwellers who don’t travel great distances but not for rural folks. Maybe they will exempt rural dwellers from having to buy EVs. There’s a precedent for it in Canada. The federal government exempted the owners of oil furnaces from the carbon tax after applying it for several years . All those affected live in rural areas where there are no gas lines to hook up to.