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I love garlic so I toast my bread, scrape a clove of garlic over the surface, then dip it in olive oil. I can recommend it if you like garlic. I live alone so can get away with it!

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I lost 30lb 2 years ago and only had another 10 to go. But I've gained back 10 of them because I started experiencing a lot of pain and stopped exercising. Now I'm more or less pain free again so I have to get my ass back into gear and start walking again.

btw - all this extra weight piled on when I stopped smoking 8 years ago. I don't know which was worse for me - smoking or being overweight!

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An old dilemma! I think a few pounds extra is better than the continued smoking damage...

So glad you are painfree now..it was the Vit D deficiency, if I remember right? amazing that can make so much difference...

I have had herniated disk pain, another thing that stops one being able to exercise....better now though, so I too must get moving again!!

Tina

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NOPE Sally I have never seen it yet, people spitting in public!!!! I think its just the way it is over here, and when its against the law I suppose people treat it more seriously here,
I do like that very much, ---- and I think a lot of the things people do and dont do over here in general has got a lot to do with this ----- this is what I think --- and this is only my opinion so please anyone dont come down on me, --- I just think over here in UK the majority of people just seem to have more respect for other people, ----- and themselves, and I think that most people here seem to genuinely ACTUALLY care what other people think about them,
I dont think its an age related thing either, ----- And I never felt that way in all my years in USA, Just my opinion Guys :lol:
PS one other thing I noticed in America about the spitting thing, you hardly ever saw a female person spit in public --- it was always a male person, ---
Hmmmmmm :confused: think about it dont you all think thats a little strange?:ohmy: you know its a man thing like chewing tobacco --- how many women have you seen CHEW tobacco? and men just spit it out on the street just missing your feet if your lucky :eek::eek::eek: if you live out west or down south especially. ---- just sayin :rofl:
Rodney.

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You'd better not go on a visit to Singapore, Hong Kong or mainland China then!

It's extremely common for the locals to loudly clear their throats and gob up a huge amount of spit, wherever they happen to be (even at a food court! :thumbdown:).

I was recently in a taxi in Singapore and the driver had to stop at a red traffic light....so he cleared his throat, opened the door and spat a huge gob out of his mouth. I felt sick... :frown:

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The native Indians --- they smoked a peace pipe ---- I heard it was not tobacco in the pipe it was wacky backy (weed) THAT HAS ALSO BEEN AROUND SINCE THE BEGUINING OF TIME LIKE TOBACCO,
Thats why they called it a peace pipe, remember the 1960,s and the flower children/MAKE LOVE NOT WAR ;)

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Fine the owners; don't punish the dogs. Of course, you can always move if it gets too bad - or come up with a plan to raise the money to activate the CCTV again.

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Oh Rodney! It was kinnikinnick that they used, and still do use - ceremonial tobacco!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinnikinnick

I have some here - it smells great and reminds me of my American home in Minnesota :)

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Read what I wrote again - I did not say to punish the dogs. And I still think that it is wrong to take your animals everywhere you go in public. You have your opinion, I have mine.

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So what is the deal, in Singapore, of putting people in Jail for wrongly disposing of chewing gum?

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Hey Rod it is a custom here. Remember watching baseball games and the players spitting all the time and when they are constantly feeling their crotch to make sure its still there..

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I don't know who wrote that Wiki entry (actually anyone can write them) but Kinnickinnick is another name for the Bearberry plant aka uva ursi aka Arctostaphylos uva ursi. It is a native plant here and in Europe. It does mean "that which is mixed" because Native Americans mixed it with tobacco.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...=A1ARTA0000587
I have been to a few pipe ceremonies and it is required that you take a pouch of tobacco as a gift for the chief; they consider it sacred.
There are quite a few herbal smoking mixtures using plants like mullein, nepeta, damiana and I usually have some on hand though I also smoke tobacco.
It is quite likely that they also smoked cannabis which has been smoked by indigenous peoples since 8000 BC and mentioned in most countries sacred texts (Hindu, Talmud, etc.) and brought to America by Columbus.

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I thought the native Americans used Peyote, I know I had some friends who used to go out to the desert and smoke the stuff

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Well, Guys - In Thailand, Everybody does it, even young girls. (Had to stop my Wife doing it - as it is breaking the law in the UK). Don

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I am well aware that a Wiki can be written by anyone, but as my comments were made for the benefit of a specific person on this thread, I chose one which suits my audience. I don't need a long diatribe to show how much you know - I am cognizant of the fact that you are an educated person from reading your prior postings. And I speak on the subject of ceremonial tobacco from the viewpoint of Someone Who Knows, not just in an abstract manner. Not everyone on here is white, middle class, British. Some of us have deeper roots.

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Cheers if you read my posts you will see that I said that I have not seen anyone spit in public (HERE) in UK ------ but its a daily occurence in the States, and Guys stopping there car or truck at the traffic lights and opening there door and spiting a big load on the street :eek::eek:
And I did say that it was a guy thing --- and it is isn't it,
BUT I must say that over here in UK when I watch a soccer game on TV I do see a whole lot of spitting going on from the (GUY) :ohmy: players right in front of the cameras :eek: --- so thats the only place Ive seen it over here though is on the football field, ----- so when they fall down and there rolling in each others spit ---- well I suppose that goes with the territory,
Of course that wouldn't matter in American football cause the players are dressed in all there armour from head to toe that none of there skin is exposed, unlike the Soccer players,

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I guess it all depends on where you live in the U.K. really ---- you know regarding the spitting thing,
I just heard on the news on the wireless that Gordon Brown has been given a Job overseeing the Scotish government in some capacity, so the no cost prescriptions may become a thing of the past --- unless you are over 60,

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Oh my!!! Can't we all just get along?

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TBH I honestly don't know of anyone whom has ever been fined for having chewing gum (I don't think they would give a prison sentence unless someone refused to pay the fine). Personally I can't stand the stuff myself, they just don't like the mess left by casually discarded used gum, so they banned it.

They quietly changed the law a few years ago so that one is allowed to have a small quantity for personal use only ie. not enough to sell to others. However, it can't be purchased anywhere in Singapore, I'm not even sure about the gum for quitting smoking but I don't think even that is available in Singapore.

However....just across the causeway in Malaysia you can find chewing gum for sale everywhere! All the expat kids at the international schools had loads of supplies as their dads were always going away on business trips and bringing it back.

Ironically I was once on a Singapore Airlines flight and sitting next to an Indian expat lady...her husband was based in Singapore as a regional sales director for Wrigleys! :lol: He found it easier to be based there because of the superb flight connections to the rest of Asia and beyond.

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I hope all of you mothers are having a happy Mothers Day:thumbup:

We are having gale winds here.

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They do, but I don't think they use it in the peace pipe ceremony. They probably also have variations from band to band.

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I have just seen this and had to laugh. I only said that kinnickinnick is an alternate name for Bearberry.
From this you have jumped to a conclusion that I am educated, white, middle class? :rofl:
I made my remark as a trained gardener but have also spent time immersed in native spirituality. Perhaps you have too.

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William and Kate are on their honeymoon on an island in the Indian Ocean.
Seychelles Island

#2
Arnold S and his wife Marie Shriver have separated.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-separate.html

So you know.

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Hey Rod, I see you are on line as I write. Do you have any rain today?
I am out of prescriptions and I'm reading this flyer from my provider and they advertise they are fast and convenient so I read this to the customer service guy on the phone and I say this is false advertising because its neither fast or convenient. I called them 14 days ago and they still haven't shipped them yet and I'm out of the prescription now.
I called them to order but there was no refills so they have to contact the doctor and by the time they got the refill order it took 7 days then they take 7 days to fill the order then it takes 5 days to receive it. No wonder they don't want Socialized medicine. The system is broken.
I might ad that this is because I have RX insurance. I could go to the doctors office and pickup a prescription and have my pills in 30 minutes but I need to save money!

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mistake !

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edited .

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I take it your provider is an insurance company, C-mon Cheers, when did they care about you? all they care about is your Money.

Funnily enough Ive been getting my allergy meds from Safeway for 12 years, 60 tablets per month, at the start of the month I got that call reminding me that my prescription was ready, I went in to pick it up and it wasn't ready, they were out and had no idea when my meds would be available, they actually had 20 tablets I could buy, but I would have to pay another co pay to recieve the remaining 40 tablets, fortunatly for me I had extra tablets on hand, I checked a week later and they had my prescription...

My wife went to walmart to pick her prescription and they were out too, Coincidences really do happen, but it seems strange.

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Cheers I really feel for you, been there done that, the system is well and truly broken every which way in the U.S.
Anyway here in UK I needed a repeat prescription filled, so a couple of days ago I just filled out this little piece of paper at the doctors office, they just want your name address and the medications that you need and drop it in the little box at the reception desk, two days later you go to docs office and pick the prescription up, the chemist is right in side the huge doctors office building that houses 19 doctors, all G.P.'S --- and you just hand it in --- they ask do you want to wait you say yes please and its ready within 10 minutes, once they were really busy and it took them 15 minutes to call my name then you pick em up --- the pharmacist explains about the dosage and they can see your age on top of the prescription so if your over 60 like me then they know they dont have to charge you anything,
or if your on welfare or getting any kind of state help --- or your getting job seekers allowance ect ect they still will not charge you.
Nice and easy huh ---- I love it,
Yesterday I had an appointment for a compleat physical exam, my Doc has ordered a lot of the usual blood tests for me, I have to go around in a couple of days to get them done,

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On a side note, prescriptions in Scotland are now free (since April 1st - no joke!). When I chatted with the chemist about the cost to teh government, he said something like 80% of peple were eligible for free prescriptions anyway, which floored me - combination of older, unemployed, on benefits, have kids, I'm not sure what was teh basis for so many people being eligible for free prescriptions, but now us not-so-poor people have them free also. Personally, I think they should charge something, even if it's just £1 per prescription.

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OMG Cheers this spring so far has been absolutely bloomin great --- fantastic weather --- the best!!!! today though its quite cloudy and looks like it may rain a bit today, --- but then its likely to be nice and sunny this afternoon when me and Mum and her friend Molly come back from shopping,
Got to go now, --- see u later alligator ---- Oh I so love it here, ---- anyone that can come over now with no problems like a house to sell etc etc my advice is come over at your most earliest convenience, you will love the UK as it is today --- at this time in history.

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Not at all surprised about Schrivers.

I didn't know W & K decided to take a honeymoon but I am not surprised they said they weren't going to do it and then did it after all :)

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You knew this right??

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...n-2282110.html

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Well the price of oil is well down in the last few days and below $100 per barrel. This is followed by the value of the dollar against sterling which up,up.

I think I have a date for going back to the UK. How about July 2012? Unfortunately I will be escorted by four US citizens who will make sure I come back to the US.

Cheers.

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I agree that a lot of things in the UK are overpriced for tourists. Just traveling around we've come across some rip-offs, especially if it's something olde worlde. Businesses are entitled to their profit, but I think too many want too much profit. They're not happy with a steady business that provides a decent living.

In fact, I see that as a basic English problem -- can't say about the other parts of the UK. Entrepreneurs want to become rich, or at least feel that if they don't, they've failed. Their long-term ambition is probably to make enough money that they don't have to work at all!

The rest rarely have the ambition/confidence to contemplate that, and aren't drawn to start a small business, except for some sorts of immigrants who totally get the idea of a family working hard to run a small business that keeps everyone comfortable for a long time but isn't the foundation of great wealth.

I think the exception to all this is the building trades.

Bev

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Okay - I know one of your 4 escorts will be your American wife - who are the others - your children? It's great that you're going back for a visit though - something to look forward to - will you be there for the summer Olympics? I'm hoping to get back next year for a visit - but I usually go in early September (air fares are a little bit cheaper then and not as many crowds as the schools will be back).

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DW, DD, and 2 DGS.

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Visit to Buckfast Abbey, Devon:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandw...7626713928318/

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Where are you Beedubya? Busy moving? How is the new flat? Are you settling in? Any luck finding a temp job until the other one kicks in?

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Cheers of course everyone knows its very expensive to come here to UK as a tourist, OMG you will need a freaking fortune to live here just for 2 weeks even --- in any part of the country,
No Im talking about living here --- now thats a whole new ball game pardner, ohhhh yes indeed, thats what Im talking about!!!! ;) :)

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Yes but tourists tend to eat in all the wrong places don't they. You wouldn't catch locals spending that kind of money unless sit was a special night out.
You want good food at good prices you eat where the locals eat, we do that no matter where we are visiting and always get good meals at good prices. We save one night for a fancy tourist trap night before we leave, and it's a 50/50 chance as to whether it's any better than the nice local people places.
Asda for breakfast, coffee bars or sandwich place for lunch, Fish and chips or chinese for dinner, and not the one plonk in the middle of town on the main streets.
Just saying!