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On Jan 28, 7:52*pm, LindaR > wrote:
> On Jan 28, 5:09*pm, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
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> > I feel like shit. *I may have about ten minutes, here, before I have to go
> > back to bed. *Can't sleep, but don't have the energy to do anything else,
> > either -- not even read. *(And that just kills me.) *So I've been flashing
> > back to little home remedies from growing up in the 1950s...

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> > I think sometimes Mom would give me small amounts of what I remember as a
> > weak solution of sugar in water. *Ever heard of that?

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> > Burnt Toast: *I distinctly remember Mom burning a slice of toast and
> > scraping the ashes into a glass of water. *I guess this was to settle a
> > stomach (the charcoal or whateveer) -- probably more from acid upset than
> > from feeling urpy.

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> > Liquid Jell-O. *I guess that was a variant on sugar water; it's not like
> > there was sugar-free Jell-0 in 1953.

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> Do you have some paracetamol/codeine tablets?
> If so:
> 1. Crush 12 tables in a bowl.
> 2. cover with boiling water.
> 3. Stir until looks like all substance has been dissolved.
> 4. Put in freezer for about 30 min.
> 5. Strain mixture through a hankerchief.
> 6. Discard stuff in hankerchief down toilet (this is the paracetamol
> with filler)
> 7. Drink mixture (it does not taste very good)
> 8. In about 20 min you will feel soothing effect of about 100mg pure
> codiene.
> 9. Enjoy - BUT BE CAREFUL TO EXRACT PARACETAMOL AS TOO MUCH CAN CAUSE
> LIVER FAILURE AFTER ABOUT 48 HOURS.
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> Also, be careful as codeine is very addictive.- Hide quoted text -
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i forgot to say that white mixture at bottom of bowl after coming out
of freezer is paracetamol.
The codeine has completely dissoved in water.
Do not under any circumstances take that much paracetamol as it will
kill you slowly.
That is main reason why prescribed dose is 8 tables a day.