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"Make sure it's antiperspirant, not plain deodorant.
I had a problem with fungus in an area that is pretty sweaty and close together, and I completely cured mine in a few days with antiperspirant (on the advice of someone older who had something..." [
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8 hours ago
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IANAChemist, but I've had fibromyalgia a long time. Someone gave me a copy of an "arthritis diet", and I was desperate enough to try anything at the time. You just ate fish, rice and vegetables for a while, which means..." [
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5 days ago
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"You might ask the locals if there is a park/county forest/suchlike where you could get permission to plant her tree on public land, so if you sell the house she can still always visit it.
I have a separate fund for each grandchild for their..." [
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11 days ago
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"Ditto the usual clubs, and I haven't heard anyone mention classes yet.
Those are small, loose gatherings with folks with similar interests. Often there's a break in the middle, good chance to socialize briefly on the porch or in the lobby and gain..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
13 days ago
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"About 30 years ago, I got an eardrum broken and didn't know it until it got infected and I lost the hearing in that ear for about a week, and then both ears for another week. (I had just gotten a new job, which I got fired from for being deaf, which..." [
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Last month
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"Years ago, my mother was the farthest of 5 young girls standing under a tree that got hit by lightning. She was the only one who did not have permanent damage. The oldest girl, closest to the tree, lost the sight in one eye. My mother had lost..." [
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2 months ago
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"White used to be managers/engineers/superintendants, and "safety guys".
Just FYI, stickers or paint used to be an OSHA violation, because it could hide cracks.
I think OSHA is all but gone, (along with safety guys) but it's just something..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by TheManChild2000
2 months ago
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"Brandon Blatcher:
If you need to delete a contact:
I had to hack it, as I had a contact from years ago who got disabled, and then there's no way to do it.
http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/xfndelete.mefi?to_user=|YOUR NUMBER..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ThePinkSuperhero
4 months ago
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"A similar story, not related, just similar.
I learned to read at maybe 4, (about 1951 or 52). and we used to visit Grandma out of state. Grandma had a lifetime supply of Reader's Digests, stacked in large piles behnd the coal oil stove,which kept..." [
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5 months ago
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"Former butt wipe warmer purchaser here. The patient and his roommate thought it was cool. When the the patient got out of the hospital, I hauled it into the office to find a new home for it, and fights nearly broke out among the currently pregnant...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by damn dirty ape
9 months ago
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"An RN of my acquantance once had a lady post surgery on a narcotic drip with a push button, and her family, not wishing to see her suffer, apparently was pushing the button while she was asleep. Uh, too asleep to push her own button. They snowed..." [
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9 months ago
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"Trick Stomach, and a nurse taught me to take the pill (whatever it is) at the beginning of a meal, when you can see the food on the table. Do that and start eating now. Her claim was that it fell to the bottom of your stomach because it was empty..." [
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10 months ago
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"Florestore is available OTC but might be behind the counter in your area. The pharmacist told me the doctors like it the best of the available probiotics, possibly because it's 10$ for 10 pills. I thought it started working on the first pill...." [
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11 months ago
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"Necessities in the woods are different than necessities in the suburbs.
I'll third (or fourth) the plastic maps. You can use it for a placemat and wipe it off, or swat large insects that wander in. Best features: durable and easy to fold one..." [
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Last year
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"They always get better when you touch them. Move it around, or attach a long wire to the antenna and run it up the wall, or you could just go completely trailer trash, and hang a big hunk of tin foil on the antenna. (We did this to a small TV in..." [
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"If you live alone, you can eat over the sink.
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Last year
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""Caffeine is present in tea leaves and in coffee to the extent of about 4%. Tea also contains two other alkaloids, theobromine and theophylline. These last two relax the smooth muscles where caffeine stimulates the heart and respiratory systems...." [
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Two years ago
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"All good advice.
If your chest sounds/feels gunky, go for postural drainage, if you have someone to help you. Get the chest lower than the hips, leaning over a chair will work. Have someone hit you with a cupped hand, the shape of the hand..." [
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Two years ago
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"You might want to have nice romantic touches of some sort planned, to give the lady something to remember fondly. First times have a lot more to do with figuring out whose legs go on the outside and who had their appendix out than actual romance...." [
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Two years ago
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"Don't think of it as a single use appliance sucking up cabinet space, think of it as a fair sized pot with add-on features if you want to use them. It's a great way to do some fast cooking, and you can use tough (therefore low fat) cuts of meat...." [
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Two years ago
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"I was suggesting a podiatrist because they can rule out anything serious, and should know what to put under your feet if anything will help. I'm about your age, and mine's from changes in the back as I age. They think. (craniac: It's only one..." [
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Two years ago
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"I can vouch for the authenticity of the White Trash Salad. Personally, I thnk anything involving canned kidney beans is automatically W. T. cooking, but that might be farther than you'd want to push it, horrifying-wise.
Perhaps what you want is..." [
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Two years ago
