Getting tired of the USA

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Jul 9th 2016, 4:51 pm

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Pulaski

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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Originally Posted by mrken30

Sometimes I miss having US cultural experience. What is the US equivalent of farleys rusks, .....

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Originally Posted by Nutek

Yum!

Uhh.. Sorry... Carry on...

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Originally Posted by mrken30

Exactly , YUM. I would have liked my kids to have experienced the yumminess. ....

We tried little Miss P on them, courtesy of Amazon. She didn't take to them.

Jul 9th 2016, 5:12 pm

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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We tried little Miss P on them, courtesy of Amazon. She didn't take to them.

Good! They are loaded with sugar and I spent a great deal of time when in the UK advising my patients NOT to give them to their kids. They are biscuits....

Jul 9th 2016, 5:15 pm

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Pulaski

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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Good! They are loaded with sugar ....

That's what Mrs P noted too.

Jul 9th 2016, 7:25 pm

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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Sometimes I miss having US cultural experience. What is the US equivalent of farleys rusks, calpol, sudocreme , TCP, ant pens, etc. If had had grown up in the US I would know about Elmer's glue and not Copydex.

I never did find anything to replace TCP or Dettol - if anyone knows, shout out!

I found Sudocrem to be way better than the US counterparts - I've been told it's to do with the purity of the zinc oxide, but haven't been able to verify that. I used to order it on Amazon when my kids were still in nappies.

Jul 9th 2016, 9:53 pm

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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Good! They are loaded with sugar and I spent a great deal of time when in the UK advising my patients NOT to give them to their kids. They are biscuits....

Why would anyone want to waste them on kids?

Jul 9th 2016, 11:35 pm

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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Why would anyone want to waste them on kids?

Jul 10th 2016, 11:10 am

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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I found Sudocrem to be way better than the US counterparts - I've been told it's to do with the purity of the zinc oxide, but haven't been able to verify that. I used to order it on Amazon when my kids were still in nappies.

Balmex cream here in the US worked for us when our grandchild & family visited. Didn't hurt that I found coupons for that and nappies too....

Jul 10th 2016, 12:47 pm

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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Sometimes I miss having US cultural experience. What is the US equivalent of farleys rusks....

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...They are loaded with sugar and I spent a great deal of time when in the UK advising my patients NOT to give them to their kids. They are biscuits....

We ended up giving these to our 7 month old grandchild. Lowest sodium & sugar choice we could find.

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Jul 10th 2016, 1:36 pm

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mrken30

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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So it's not just US gas,food and cars that are inferior, but their nappy rash cream also.

Jul 10th 2016, 2:30 pm

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petitefrancaise

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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So it's not just US gas,food and cars that are inferior, but their nappy rash cream also.

Actually sudocrem is inferior to Biafine. As all french people will tell you,it's a miracle cream easing everything from nappy rash to sunburn and spots. It really is great and I've just put in an order for another couple of tubes for someone to bring me from france.

Jul 10th 2016, 9:06 pm

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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We've been using this stuff called 'butt paste' <snicker>.

Works a charm.

Jul 11th 2016, 1:12 am

#252

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We've been using this stuff called 'butt paste' <snicker>.

Works a charm.

http://scene7.targetimg1.com/is/imag...id=480&hei=480

We used that too. It's the best stuff we could find. We buy the bigger tubs. The tubes were handy for taking out during the day.

Jul 11th 2016, 1:35 am

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Pulaski

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Re: Getting tired of the USA

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Actually sudocrem is inferior to Biafine. As all french people will tell you,it's a miracle cream easing everything from nappy rash to sunburn and spots. ......

Is it any good for heavy legs?