Posts by Islander
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Hard News: Not so insane, in reply to Keir Leslie,
ery few people consume tobacco in a safe, responsible way. So the policy response ha
In my small world, people who consume tobacco do so in small amounts - I would have 1 or 2 pipes OR cigars a week, and only provided I didnt have cracked lips...
and I dont inhale-
the only other pipe/cigar smokers I know are similarly moderate in their use-whereas the cannabis smokers I know....!!!
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Hard News: No Red Wedding, in reply to Hebe,
for you all to degenerate into a scrap about alternative medicine. Some
Sorry?
That is both a sweeping and ignorant remark-
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Hard News: No Red Wedding, in reply to Cecelia,
Some of these treatments work for some but they never work for the bulk of people sent to them in the way that proven treatments do.
***You wanna hear my family medical people complaining about how some of their most needy people do NOT respond to the 'proventreatments'?
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Hard News: No Red Wedding, in reply to Cecelia,
Um, Cecelia ?
Ever been privy to the looong list of adverse reactions to 'antibiotics'? (In quotes because there are so many....)I was born with nervous eczema. The *only* thing that ever truly helped (and - believe you me! Eczemacious sufferers will try pretty well everything!) was learning that I dont tolerate red meat...but that was suggested by an elderly GP...from
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Hard News: No Red Wedding, in reply to Keir Leslie,
Just to note, acupuncture does help with certain medical conditions.
I have no medical expertise but- 3 sisters who have worked over decades in various nursing fields. And a GP s-i-l who does not hesitate to recommend a consult with an acupuncture -qualified- practitioner, with certain clients. As do my sisters.
I go by the experienced -AND qualified!- people - who will use acupuncture for some of their paitients.
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Capture: Spring Breaks, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Yeah!
From the West Coast where a cooler than usual spring means the kowhai aint blooming (and the ’bait aint running -yet!)
Yours – A Perennial Optimist… -
Hard News: Event Season, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
The Earth:
sit on it…
and rotateWhy o why did The Woodpecker Song suddenly check into my mind?
Go *away* you beast! -
Hard News: Event Season, in reply to Farmer Green,
That’s right , and yet most everyone in Godzone depends on them for food . It
Not if you are a hunter/fishing/gardening family as I was brought up in, and continue to practise our ways...yeaah, I like butter & milk, oil & some exotic fruit but it's amazing what trading 'bait & birds can bring you.
Or Words...
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Hard News: Event Season, in reply to Farmer Green,
Fishers *always* take account of the moon....because the fish do-
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Hard News: Event Season, in reply to Luke Williamson,
Perhaps a flock of mini-subs prowling the waters ?
And robotic sharks!
And a genuine kraken! Or a colossal squid! Both!
Let's get some *real* involvment going among the general populace! (aka *betting on survivors*...)