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  • zagubov
    zagubov Posts: 17,937 Forumite
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I remember Mackesons Stout, though not the other things.

    Mackesons Stout is something I was forced to drink. In fact I was prescribed it by a doctor for an iron deficiency. Can you imagine 13 and 14 year olds being prescribed alcohol now:rotfl:.

    Still, it could be one of the reasons I barely ever drink now. Not quite teetotal, but bordering on it.

    I heard there were about four types of alcohol available on prescription, stout was one, sherry and bitters were others but never heard or have forgotten the fourth (assuming it's not just urban myth / my rubbish memory):D

    Part of the reasoniing was to give cancer patients an appetite to regain weight between bouts of chemotherapy I think.
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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    In some "dry" states in India you could be prescribed alcohol on the basis that you were a hopeless case, you'd been drinking for too long to pack it in.

    My Granny always had a bottle of brandy, labelled for "medicinal purposes", but no-one every seemed to be in a state of health requiring it, and I'm not sure what purposes were actually contemplated.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Nikkster
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    Apparently I am 69% right brained.
  • zagubov
    zagubov Posts: 17,937 Forumite
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    Nikkster wrote: »
    Apparently I am 69% right brained.

    About the same as me! Apparently.

    But can any NPs do this?
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  • PasturesNew
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    I need to go out at some point, before the shops shut.... out of some basic foodstuffs ... it's about time somebody invented a "beam me up scottie" machine for delivering goods on demand.... for just £1/order, so it's comparable with getting the car out.
  • zagubov
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    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    In some "dry" states in India you could be prescribed alcohol on the basis that you were a hopeless case, you'd been drinking for too long to pack it in.

    My Granny always had a bottle of brandy, labelled for "medicinal purposes", but no-one every seemed to be in a state of health requiring it, and I'm not sure what purposes were actually contemplated.

    I think this was a big industry back in the day. A lot of "tonic drinks" from pharmacies were legitimatized forms of booze for women who couldn't go to pubs or buy liquor with groceries.

    You should look up chlorodyne and figure out how well it would sell, were it still legal!
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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Aren't there any shops you can walk to PN, if you just want a couple of things?
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    zagubov wrote: »
    I think this was a big industry back in the day. A lot of "tonic drinks" from pharmacies were legitimatized forms of booze for women who couldn't go to pubs or buy liquor with groceries.


    Sometimes + opium, in one form or another, I gather.

    This was just normal (cheap) brandy, though. Gathering dust, but labelled for medicinal purposes.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • PasturesNew
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    edited 8 December 2013 at 2:21PM
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    Aren't there any shops you can walk to PN, if you just want a couple of things?
    Yes, if I fancied a 2 mile walk in the cold :)

    I do have to go out, once out I can get what I need and to replace things I'm also out of that isn't essential .... e.g. I could live without spuds today, I ran out about 2 weeks ago, so it'd be nice to get more .....

    I build up a list of what I want/half-need..... until a day when I NEED something, then I get the lot. Bread'd be good.... not had a loaf for 2 weeks.

    Also need to keep an eye on Xmas dates, as I now need to start running down perishables .... so if I leave spuds any longer I won't have enough days left to eat them before Xmas.

    There's also the chance for "random/unexpected cameraphone snaps" that could be taken... maybe.

    List currently says: tobacco, bread/muffins, spuds, noodles, batter mix, nice tin of soup, coffee.

    I like to have a "nice tin of soup" in the cupboard, which tends to be a chunky one .... bit of a treat. Noodles, down to my last pack of 15p noodles. I am out of batter mix, which is handy for a quick/easy meal of yorkshires - and I have 4 sausages (BBE 12 Dec) still to eat, so that could be toad in the hole. I need bread as I've 16 eggs to eat, so that'll do for scrambled eggs/toast for about a week.... also got half a tin of beans open that needs using up in 2 days, so scrambled eggs and beans on toast could be tea tonight maybe.

    Mr T sells long-life bread, if I'm lucky .... they often sell out early/quick.

    So that little list could easily see me through to Xmas really, with what I've already got in the cupboards.
  • PasturesNew
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    zagubov wrote: »
    About the same as me! Apparently.

    But can any NPs do this?
    No, I am not Chinese.
    :)
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