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mandymoochops Feb 18th 2011 12:21 pm

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Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 9186637)
I just can't imagine that you would find enough people willing to swallow Buckleys frequently enough to have a large enough sample for a survey.

brlliant :rofl:


Originally Posted by Flogger (Post 9186649)
Ask Novo. That is how confident I am.

oh that would be a brilliant conversation in a pub eh - for those that have met our esteemed academic - does he embarrass easily????? :rofl:

Novocastrian Feb 18th 2011 3:03 pm

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Originally Posted by Flogger (Post 9186649)
Ask Novo. That is how confident I am.

Eh? What was the question again?

<assuming that wasn't sarcasm?>

mandymoochops Feb 18th 2011 3:10 pm

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 9186816)
Eh? What was the question again?

<assuming that wasn't sarcasm?>

I would refer you to earlier in the thread and Floggers positivity that the ingestion of a certain substance has been scientifically proven to be good for colds. Apparently.

TrishP Feb 19th 2011 3:06 am

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Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon (Post 9184718)
Sooo . . .any one done it???

Yes - I have 2 deepening tramlines in my brow that make me look permanently angry (just cos I feel it, doesn't mean I want to look it ;)). So, when driving down the road last year, the steering wheel turned of its own accord and the car took me into the parking lot outside one of the local places that does it. totally unplanned moment in life.

Took about 5 minutes in total, wee bit stingy as it's happening but otherwise fine and I loved the results! No more glaring at people! It does wear off after a few months, but I have noticed the frown hasn't fully returned to pre-injection extent.
Will I do it again? Absolutely! In fact, will head off to have it done again a few weeks before the wedding.
Will I go on to have other procedures done? Absolutely not. I'm a chicken when it comes to pain and the tramlines were the only thing that bothered me. Kinda like myself the way I am :)

Oink Feb 19th 2011 3:20 am

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Has anyone done any liposuction? There's not the same stigma these days.

Dotty P Feb 19th 2011 11:50 pm

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I do wish we could go back in time, when women could grow old gracefully, mums looked like mums and your nan was all warm and cuddly! The pressure's too much for gals nowadays. I wonder too, although I have no evidence to back my theory, whether botox acts in the same way a plaster cast does when you have it removed after months with a broken limb and your muscles have all withered to nothing because you weren't using them? Say you fell on hard times and couldn't afford to keep up with the top ups, would you end up looking saggy because your muscles had been out of use for months? Just wondered...

mandymoochops Feb 21st 2011 12:20 pm

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Originally Posted by Dotty P (Post 9189246)
I do wish we could go back in time, when women could grow old gracefully, mums looked like mums and your nan was all warm and cuddly! The pressure's too much for gals nowadays. I wonder too, although I have no evidence to back my theory, whether botox acts in the same way a plaster cast does when you have it removed after months with a broken limb and your muscles have all withered to nothing because you weren't using them? Say you fell on hard times and couldn't afford to keep up with the top ups, would you end up looking saggy because your muscles had been out of use for months? Just wondered...

I look at pics of all the girls that I grewup / went to school with and the majority of them look schmoking hawt still, tbh I don't seem to remember when I was a kid, any of the mums looking half as nice as the middle aged ladies of today.

I don't think thats a bad thing - I don't want to wear flowery skirts and wear my hair in a bun just because i'm a certain age!

Oink Feb 21st 2011 12:25 pm

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Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 9192634)
I look at pics of all the girls that I grewup / went to school with and the majority of them look schmoking hawt still, tbh I don't seem to remember when I was a kid, any of the mums looking half as nice as the middle aged ladies of today.

I don't think thats a bad thing - I don't want to wear flowery skirts and wear my hair in a bun just because i'm a certain age!

You mean like this?

http://www.independent.co.uk/multime...-g_512697s.jpg

mandymoochops Feb 21st 2011 12:31 pm

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 9192641)

<vows to close curtains to avoid sneaky photographs being taken at 7am>

Zoe Bell Feb 21st 2011 1:10 pm

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When I'm old I shall wear purple ..............

mandymoochops Feb 21st 2011 1:58 pm

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Originally Posted by Zoe Bell (Post 9192711)
When I'm old I shall wear purple ..............

when i'm old I shall smell of parma violets and wee

Zoe Bell Feb 21st 2011 2:07 pm

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Hmmmm , don't recall that line :rofl:

Dotty P Feb 22nd 2011 1:26 am

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Originally Posted by mandymoochops (Post 9192634)
I look at pics of all the girls that I grewup / went to school with and the majority of them look schmoking hawt still, tbh I don't seem to remember when I was a kid, any of the mums looking half as nice as the middle aged ladies of today.

I don't think thats a bad thing - I don't want to wear flowery skirts and wear my hair in a bun just because i'm a certain age!

Oh I hear you, I really do. I don't mean you have to let yourself go or wear stuffy old clothes and forget about looking great but gaining a few wrinkles is natural, it's part of growing older. I'm 46 soon and do find myself looking in the mirror and feeling disappointed when another wrinkle shows up but I never forget that I'm lucky to be healthy and happy and smiley. Smiling is great and crows feet are the official stamp of a smiler. Life's too damn short to overly worry about things like wrinkles....I've got plenty else on my plate to fill the worry part of my brain!

Oakvillian Feb 22nd 2011 1:35 pm

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Originally Posted by Zoe Bell (Post 9192711)
When I'm old I shall wear purple ..............

but do you have the red hat to go (or not) with it?

I knew I knew the line, but had to google for the reference. What an excellent poem

Zoe Bell Feb 22nd 2011 10:57 pm

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Does a toque count?

And butter is very expensive here !!


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