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It is currently on sale at Boots (UK) at a hefty £24.99 for a four-pack. Out of the 477 reviews on the Boots' site, 328 reviewers rated it at 1 (it is a 1 to 5 scale with 1 meaning 'awful' and 5 meaning 'wonderful'). Here are some typical reviews:
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27 days agoIt did nothing for me. Tried every tube. Each time nothing. According to the described method of working, hand sanitizer gel work better. Failing that, a hot towel.Here is the link: https://www.boots.com/eroxon-erectile-dysfunction-treatment-gel-4-pack-10327183#BVRRContainer
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On 3/17/2024 at 3:18 PM, vinapu said:
were they stupid?
Assault on police officer on duty and discharging his firearm ?
Did not know New Zealanders are so fierce.
It may be a while before they see light of the day and their last name will not help with it although fact that at least one wears helmet may be mitigating factor.
It sounds like they were either drunk or high (or both). Truly astonishing stupidity!!
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Newlywed bride dies after husband takes sex enhancement pills on wedding night
The couple got married on February 3 and the woman was admitted to a hospital in Kanpur by her brother on February 7. The woman died on February 10. The accused husband is absconding.
Written By: Siddhi GaharwarUpdated On:14 Feb 2024 14:07:PM
Hamirpur: A newlywed woman died just seven days after her wedding as her husband reportedly took sex enhancement pills on their first night in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur. The woman was admitted to a private hospital in Kanpur last week after her health condition deteriorated following the couple’s wedding night. However, she succumbed to her injuries during the treatment three days later.
According to reports, the couple tied the knot on February 3 while the woman was admitted to hospital on February 7 and passed away on February 10. The woman’s husband, an engineer by profession, consumed the pills on their wedding night. In a written complaint to Superintendent of Police Deeksha Sharma, the victim’s relatives alleged that the accused forced the woman into an unnatural physical relationship after taking sex enhancement pills. Her relatives demanded stringent action against the man and his family.
What woman’s brother alleged
“I got a call from the accused on February 7 who asked me to take my sister back. The groom also alleged that my sister was suffering from any serious disease and he does not want spend money on her treatment. The accused had also claimed that her treatment would cost around Rs 10 lakh. Later, I took her to a hospital in Kanpur where she died after three days of treatment,” the woman’s brother alleged, adding that his sister was not suffering from any disease. He further said that the accused had demanded Rs 10 lakh from him for the woman’s treatment.
Accused husband absconding
Meanwhile, Hamirpur police said that they have not received any information or complaint in this regard. They further said that an investigation will be launched and necessary legal action will be taken if any complaint is filed in connection with the alleged incident. The victim woman’s husband has allegedly fled the village with his family.
As per reports, the bride suffered severe injuries and her health started deteriorating after her husband tried to make physical relationship with her after taking the pills on their wedding night.
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Thailand is set to REVERSE weed legalization after spike in cannabis-related mental health issues and crime - with government calling pot 'a big problem'
By Luke Andrews Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com 18:31 GMT 13 Feb 2024 , updated 20:18 GMT 13 Feb 2024
Thailand is set to outlaw weed again just 18 months after the country decriminalized the drug.
The major U-turn follows a spike in hospital admissions and crime linked to cannabis, as well as the perception that children are getting hooked too easily.
Since June 2022, when marijuana was dropped as a controlled substance, hospitalizations for cannabis-induced psychological problems have doubled to 63,000 patients per year, while reports of drug-fueled violence and abuse have also risen.
Thailand became the first country in the Asia to legalize marijuana in 2019, when the Bhumjaithai party promised it would be a boon to crop farmers in the north.
But the decriminalization has given rise to a large un-regulated black market. Data shows more than 6,000 shops have sprouted in the country, many without licenses.
There has also been a boom in tourists visiting the country to use marijuana recreationally, helping to fund cannabis-themed cafes and hemp spas.
In response, the country's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has named weed a 'big problem' and vowed to take action — after being elected in August 2023.
Top officials are now proposing a bill that would make using cannabis 'for entertainment or pleasure' a crime punishable with a $1,700 fine (60,000 baht) and possibly a jail sentence of up to one year.
Last week, the country's health minister Chonlanan Srikaew revealed he had recommended a draft bill that would ban recreational cannabis.
'We drafted this law to prohibit the wrong usage of cannabis,' health minister Srikaew said previously.
'All recreational use is wrong.'
It comes as the US faces similar problems, with thousands of weed shops — many unregulated — springing up in many major cities amid reports of spikes in psychological problems and addiction among youths.
In Thailand, it is already illegal to smoke weed in public, which carries a fine of $700 (25,000 baht).
Data shows that among those aged 20 to 29, the proportion using weed more than tripled from one percent to three percent by 2021 — before regulations were eased. This figure is now likely to be much higher, officials say.
Data from the country's health ministry shows the number of Thais seeking treatment for medical issues jumped from 37,000 in 2022 to as many as 63,000 in 2023, a rise of more than 70 percent.
There are also anecdotal reports of rising crime rates and spikes in drug-related violence.
The Thai bill will need to be approved by Cabinet, voted through by Parliament and signed by the country's king Maha Vajiralongkorn before it becomes law. But it already enjoys broad support across the country's political parties.
A total of 24 US states have now legalized marijuana for recreational use, with red-leaning Ohio becoming the latest in November last year.
No state has reversed legalization yet, but there has been a shift in the public mood — with Americans in many states now voting down measures to legalize recreational cannabis.
This included Oklahoma, which rejected the proposal in March last year despite cannabis companies spending more than $4.9million on advertizing.
The US federal Government is currently considering reducing marijuana to Schedule III substance — on a par with steroids, ketamine and testosterone. At present, it is regulated as a Schedule I substance — on the same level as heroin, ecstasy and LSD which are drugs deemed to have a high likelihood of abuse and no medical uses.
Thailand dropped cannabis from its list of controlled substances in June 2022 — instead labeling it as a 'controlled herb'.
This allowed for locals to grow and trade marijuana and hemp products as long as they had a license.
The move was aimed at providing poor farmers in the north with a new cash crop, as they traditionally rely on rubber and rice which have low value.
But it has been poorly regulated — leading to an explosion of weed shops across the country.
Cities like Chiang Mai and the capital Bangkok now even hold weed festivals — while tourists from nearby countries where the drug is illegal, like Japan and Singapore, have started to visit in droves.
The drug was legal to sell only to those over 20 years old and who were not pregnant or were not trying to purchase the drug online — and who were using it for medical purposes.
'Kitty' Chopaka, a Thai cannabis rights activist, told NPR: 'You can go ask any Thai on the side of the road, going like, what do you think about medical cannabis? Everyone will go, this is great, fully support it.
'But then if you go into — what about sales, what about recreational use? There's still a — we're not so sure.'
+8View galleryThe Biden administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has asked the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to downgrade cannabis from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III substance
Marijuana was previously lauded for its benefits for pain relief and anxiety treatment, with many insisting it was not addictive.
But the drug is now stronger than it has ever been, with higher levels of THC — the psychoactive chemical in the drug — which experts say flood the brain with feel-good chemicals and trigger addiction.
Many have also started to take the drug daily, triggering addiction and dependence that is not easily shaken.
Previous studies have already linked marijuana to schizophrenia, psychosis and depression.
Some have also suggested that it permanently changes the brains of young adults who use the drug — with the brain not maturing until someone reaches their late 20s.
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Just now, floridarob said:
They were regulars from before, but yes.
What I'm thinking about is that in BKK and Surabaya and Jakarta, I had some REALLY good massages, so I'm comparing it to them. Also, I find "regulars" become complacent and do less than new guys trying to earn their buck 🧐My thoughts exactly. Thank you!
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Thank you for your report, @floridarob. It very much matches my impressions of December-January: 'institutional' arrangements (Elegantz etc) are lesser attractive than individual businesses from Grindr or Romeo.
You mentioned you'd had a couple of daytime massages in your room. Did you find that the quality slipped a bit, if compared to 3-4 years back?
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6 hours ago, macaroni21 said:
Thank you @dscrtsldnbi. Good to know the rates that you found and the rates I found (a year earlier) are roughly in the same ballpark, though mine was more "institution" based and yours more freelance, if I'm reading your notes correctly.
I wrote 400 - 500k IDR with one example of 600k. You wrote "A massage session with extras would be IDR 400k - IDR 750k." (I think your 750k instance was a sample of one too, right?) @floridarob who always seems good at getting the best deals wrote "300,000-400,000 seem to be the norm, I paid someone 500,000 last november."
You are absolutely correct, @macaroni21. This time, I didn't go 'institutional' and sampled the freelance offers. Indeed, they are in the same ballpark, and 750k was a single occurrence.
I was disappointed with the deterioration of the message quality (massage, not 'massage') but, to be fair, the comparison is not entirely consistent: my previous samples were mostly (though not exclusively) institutional while the latest sample was 100% freelance and one shouldn't simply assume that they always have the same standards. Quite possibly, I've experienced not the deterioration of quality but the gap between the two standards.
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The only reason they go strong is that some "splurge" there. They need the business badly and as much as smaller/less fancier places. Discrimination won't help.
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25 minutes ago, Marc in Calif said:
According to you, it's actually the smallest of those 'warung' that really need your business -- not the elite luxury places.
And, again, I hope you're paying the boys much more than you used to pay -- even above what they're now asking. Devastation is devastation, and you're megawealthy compared to them.
The pandemic has had a devastating effect on them. Pretty much every single restaurant and place of business I remember from before the pandemic is not there anymore. Up-market places (e.g. Bambu, Mauri - these are restaurants if you wonder) are still going strong but they are more an exception to the rule than the rule.
They all need my business, regardless of their size, price range or finesse of their cuisine which was the point I was trying to make: the restaurants that are not there anymore used to represent the full range o eateries - from small warungs to, say, the upmarket and expensive Salazar. A loss of business is a loss of business and I am equally sad to see a posh restaurant going under and a small eatery. Bambu doesn't deserve it. I hope it is clear now and am sorry I failed to express it in a easier digestible way earlier.
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1 minute ago, Marc in Calif said:
I did actually. And you still happily paid for that perfectly pretentious meal!
Very much so. As much as I enjoy a regular warung, I do like fine dining.
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16 minutes ago, Marc in Calif said:
I guess if you think you're actually tasting 'local flavours' for £35, then you'll probably not mind sampling 'local boys' for £35 an hour. Sing to?
Makes perfect sense to me! ☺️
You did not notice quotation marks around 'local flavours' in the original, did you?
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I notice there are no reports from Phú Quốc. I visited this island about 6 years ago, and it was a very pleasant trip - in many respects. Anyone been there recently? Any reports at all?
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On 2/12/2023 at 4:33 PM, macaroni21 said:
My sample was not large enough to be able to say what's "reasonable" or what the going rate was. The boys generally asked for 400,000 to 500,000 rupiah (there was one case of 600,000), and I generally agreed to those requests. Were they on the high side? Possibly, but I honestly do not know.
@dscrtsldnbi in his post from October 2022
described the rates from 2019, before Covid. He said 200,000 - 400,000, so I was paying 50 - 100% more than that.
Some update from December 2023 - January 2024:
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On 1/13/2024 at 5:12 PM, Viscount8 said:
Would anyone suggest Tallinn, Bucharest, Serbia, Bulgaria or Slovakia?
From my (limited) personal experience and (very extensive) recommendations of my friends, some of them local, I'd say that Slovakia, Bulgaria and the Baltic States (Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius) are definitely not as vibrant as what you've experienced in Prague. I love Prague, go there regularly and know reasonably well what it can offer. Slovakia is extremely parochial with no talk about any scene per se (according to my Slovak friend). My visit to Bulgaria (Sofia) was some years ago (about 7-9 years ago) and I very much hope something has changed there since. I've heard good reports about former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, etc) but I don't have personal experience with them.
My guess is, that the two top Eastern European destinations - i.e. Prague and Budapest - retain their leading position and cannot be rivalled by anyone in the region. If I were you, having had some good experience of Prague, I'd book a trip to Budapest.
Best of luck and do share your trip report and thoughts when you are back from your frolicks!
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2 hours ago, gerefan said:
Typical press nonsense.
Indeed. Am I the only one who has noticed their surname - Fokkens? I won't be surprised if The Grauniad and CBC were reposting without fact-checking (oh, what a shocker!). It all looks more like a Babylon Bee news piece ('Fake News You Can Trust!').
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On 8/26/2023 at 8:13 PM, vinapu said:
when comes to me and Thai trips it doesn't work. If I arrive in the morning I want to have an access to shower and room right away instead of risking to wait till 2-3 pm so usually book room in some economical hotel like Nantra Silom for the night before and then move to something upscale like Baan Silom etc. for following night or next day
The same for those flights departing late evening or just past midnight - I book room for that night as well for the same reason
I very much agree and I always follow the same policy (more or less). I am lucky to be a Marriott's Platinum for life member, which saves the hassle and quite a bit of money too: I can request (and in 99.9999% of cases, I get what I've requested) a free early check-in (as early as 8am) and a late check-out (as late as 9pm). Having the pain of waiting for hours to get checked-in at noon or being kicked out at 3pm when you have a midnight flight is absolutely unbearable, especially if you face a 10h flight ahead or have just finished one.
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A quick aside about the restaurant scene.
In my opinion, Bambu (https://bambubali.com/) is still the best option, as far as local fine dining is concerned. You don't have to make a reservation (I never do) though it might still be advisable in high season. A perfect 'local flavours' meal should cost you about £35/head without the cost of drinks. Drinks are reasonably priced and their wine list is both good and adequate, as far as the cost is concerned (you'll pay a standard European price for a bottle of Burgundy, for example). A dinner for one with one bottle of French wine will cost you just about US$100, a dinner for two will be circa US$150.
Interestingly, 95% of their waiting staff are young males (20-35 y.o.) with surprisingly good English and, judging by the conversations I've had with several of them when dining there, they have some genuine interest in middle-aged male Westerners, which is not academic. For the record, I haven't sampled any of them (I was rather busy sampling others) but I have a strong feeling that it was an option.
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2 hours ago, vinapu said:Few of willing guys and /or girls are doing that in Thailand to avoid death from hunger. Rather they are looking for way to supplement what thay earn using whatever assets they have at their disposal.
I very much agree. I met guys who did it only as a short-term stunt to raise some fixed amount of money for a particular project. For example, one of them told me years ago (he was a Parisian) that he needed several grand to fix a ceiling in his flat that he inherited from his grandparents in a very poor condition. Another one was collecting money to pay off his university debt, another one was upgrading his motorcycle... A most striking example (again, we are talking 15 years back or so) was a rather mature (he was about 35 at the time) PhD lecturer from the Catholic University of Leuven who was also supplementing his uni salary by escorting. He said he had an exceptionally high sex drive (he did) and it was the simplest, the most pleasant and the most straightforward way to get some extra tax-free cash, as far as he was concerned. And thank God they all did what they did.
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1 hour ago, 10tazione said:
Sorry for derailing this thread even more, but I had to google "oldest prostitutes in the world" and found this 12/11 year old articles:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/sep/17/oldest-prostitutes-amsterdam-70-twins
Meet the oldest prostitutes in Amsterdam – they're 70-year-old twins [...]
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amsterdam-s-2-oldest-prostitutes-retire-after-50-years-1.1394319
The longest working prostitutes in Amsterdam, twin sisters Louise and Martine Fokkens, have officially retired — but only after 50 years of work and over 350,000 clients served.
"I was a little bit tired," Louise told As It Happens host Carol Off in an interview that aired March 18. [...]
That could be used a definition of a 'niche market'.
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1 hour ago, Keithambrose said:
I was responding to a query about 'highly sought after' escorts, and there are quite a few in the 300 to 500 bracket. As I said earlier, 200 is a more normal average!
I am with you 100%. It all depends on how 'highly sought after' is defined, of course. The ones I gave as an example are also in this category (at least, as far as I can see it) but indeed, there are those who charge (significantly) more - and even more than £500. Presumably, they are even more popular.
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7 minutes ago, dscrtsldnbi said:
I'd say that the current average price in London will be £200-250/h. Obviously, there are providers who charge (significantly) more - just as there are some who charge (significantly) less. I am always highly suspicious of these statistical outliers.
And yes, an hour means an hour.
Some current examples (all these are well-established reputable businesses that have been operating for several years):
https://www.romeo.com/hunq/Mehdi_THICK_XXLhttps://www.romeo.com/hunq/BlackTop
https://www.romeo.com/hunq/Dom_Top_XXX
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