I am often asked, "how can I prevent STDs?" The question is mainly prompted because it's obvious from my photos that I don't like condoms.

This is like asking the question, "How can I avoid having a motor accident?"

The answer is, "You can"t". But there are certain precautions to take. Following the rules of the road is an obvious precaution for road users. The following is what I myself do to REDUCE the risks. After 40 years, I am still HIV negative.

Firstly, any kind of blood contact is absolutely forbidden! Even if it is only a very small amount, such as a red  pimple.

There are now available small test kits that enable you to test for HIV. A FRESH pricker is unwrapped from the box and applied to the finger. This causes a small bead of blood to form. This is then pressed into a little strip and a band grows along the srip and will stop at a point which indicates HIV +  or  HIV - .[this must also not be RE-USED!]

 The following precautions are suitable for men picking up street girls to take home for sex:-

Before commiting myself to the date, I ask the girl to show me her bum in the back of my car - for a fee of course. This is quite fun, because I get a quick view of her probable desirability, and also time to chat to the girl to see if she is friendly and has a good attitude - and what she can do! But the second and very important reason is to check the girl's health. I look for sores, warts, skin infections, pimples, bad odors, etc.. It is surprising how many of them have these problems, which means that she doesn't get a date, but only the agreed  "bum show".  It's really no fun to drive a girl all the way home to find that she is absolutely unacceptable for intimate sex.

 Although HIV negative, I have in the past picked up 2 doses of gonorrhoea, and one of hepatitis B. The first of these is easilly eliminated with a week's course of inexpensive  anti-biotics , but the hepatitis B is BAD NEWS, and you can't see it. Hepatitis A is common and picked up usually from food, and goes away after a few months. The B version is life threatening, and it took me three years to totally get rid of it. And my liver specialist tells me that most people NEVER are completely free, and remain slightly infectious. I was myself very lucky. BUT IT IS SO EASILLY PREVENTED. An inexpensive vaccine is available which renders you immune. So, guys, if you're going to slum it, then please get innoculated against the liver virus hepatitis B !!

If you're going to the Far East, there are even worse strains of this - hepatitis C and D. If you catch this, you might need a liver trnsplant.

That's it, folks:- no blood contact, no bad odours, watch out for sores and skin infections. And drive on the corect side of the road for your area. This is usually on the left or right. But these days, here in South Africa, the rule is to drive on the side that isn't full of pot holes (LOL).