Preparedness for when

NewShadow

I once made a dwarf bread birthday cake - It was fairly soda bread shaped and I used a mix of toasted rolled oats and grey icing to give it a gravely surface. It was okay. Made much more epic by a talented friend sticking a marzipan pickaxe out the top.

I've also done Howondaland Curry (with sultanas and chopped swede) and the Clooty Dumplings, though not in the same meal.

People may approve of these: http://discworld.imaginary.com/lpc/links/cabbage/recipies/index.html

But may not approve of this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kGSFfYxQBE (Not safe for work) Strawberry wobblers... Oh, dear, Gytha!

jk0

Some years ago I had a painful leg and the doctor prescribed 'Dicloflex' which contains the same ingredient as Voltarol. It was like magic, and I only needed to take half a dozen in total.

These tablets have since been banned due to the side effects, though I am pleased to have about half a pack left. These still work brilliantly if I pull a muscle gardening or at work. I usually only need to take one or two, so I'm not too concerned about side effects.

I am concerned what I will use when they are all gone. I see that similar tablets are available on Ebay from Cyprus. Anyone dare order tablets from abroad?

NewShadow

jk0 wrote: »

Some years ago I had a painful leg and the doctor prescribed 'Dicloflex' which contains the same ingredient as Voltarol.

Have you had a chat with your doctor?

Dicloflex is basically a non-steroid anti inflammatory, and AIR there was a study linking it to an increased risk of heart attacks.

I've a habit of dislocating my shoulder, which means it persistently aches, and I've been on a range of NSAIDs over the years.

There are alternatives available for prescription beyond ibuprofen - naproxen is one that's been good in my experience.

You really should discuss the alternatives with your GP rather than buying drugs online - It's cheaper and safer than self medicating.

Plus it means it's on your medical records should you ever need treatment - there could be adverse reactions.

jk0

Thanks New Shadow,

By the time I got an appointment, I'd be better.

NewShadow

jk0 wrote: »

Thanks New Shadow,

By the time I got an appointment, I'd be better.

If you talk to your doctor about what he recommends two things might happen.

1. he might write you a scrip for a pack to use as and when (they're not addictive or particularly dangerous)

2. you'll get a recommendation for something you can buy OTC

(3.) you might be in an area with a pharmacist who's a independent prescriber - i.e pop into the pharmacy for a consult and get an NHS script the same day.

GreyQueen

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I am not, or ever have been a fantasy book reader, but by reading these books, do you think that there are elements in the creative writing that can help with thinking outside the box when it comes to SHTF ??

Hope that made sense

Fantasy fiction is a genre which can have negative connotations for some. Oftentimes with people who haven't tried it, in my experience. There are some best-selling fantasy writers I adore, and some equally renowned ones I've tried and really really don't like, and that's been true for the whole 40 years I've been reading this type of fiction.

Which is fine, we're not all wired the same way. I read a lot of different things inc crime thrillers, how-to books, occasional bits of history, philosophical stuff, cereal boxes, bus shelter posters.......... basically, if it's got words on it, I'm liable to be reading it.:rotfl:

Current reading materials are the Jan & Feb editions of Current Archaeology magazine, Book 12 of the Wheel of Time, Terry Pratchett's Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook to travelling upon the Ankh-Morpork & Sto Plains Hygienic Railway and Robert Crais' The Promise. Somewhat eclectic, but my reading material normally is.

All fiction allows you to 'visit' places where you haven't been and 'know' things you haven't experienced. And in some cases, visiting places long-lost in time or entirely fictious. I also like historical fiction, and many of the proponents of that are also historians, so there is a solid foundation to much of their writing, which can educate you whilst you're being entertained. I impressed someone earlier this year by knowing the names of the two sons of the Emperor Vespasian, which I know because of reading Lindsay Davies' humourous fiction set in their reigns.

Thinking about things outside your personal experience broadens your outlook and can lead to greater mental flexibility. You can learn things, or get ideas of new things to try, from unexpected places in fiction, as well as chance conversations overheard in random places.

daz278

I*m reading a book called white wolf atm by David Gemmel a briliant fantasy writer

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Anybody read fan fiction?

mardatha

RAS that was a brilliant post.

GreyQueen

daz278 wrote: »

I*m reading a book called white wolf atm by David Gemmel a briliant fantasy writer

:T I've read that - excellent book. But I've got a borrowed copy of his book Legend on the shelf and just can't get into it. Go figure.