"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

[Prester John]

LOL! That is a great ad! I think I'll pass though!

Yeah, tastes NASTY!
(Didn't stop me from taking some during Christmas. It does help me sleep when I have a cough. I can live with the weird dreams because I always have weird dreams anyway.)

 

[1066vik]

jack - easy recipe for making your own nyquil -- crush up 2 diphenhydramine tablets (Bendryl is a brand here) and dissolve them into a shot of jagermeister or cherry heering.

 

[r8shell]

jack - easy recipe for making your own nyquil -- crush up 2 diphenhydramine tablets (Bendryl is a brand here) and dissolve them into a shot of jagermeister or cherry heering.

 

[abbydaddy]

Apropos of nothing...I wonder if he won the safety award the following year?

That is absolutely fantastic! That is a truly funny thing to find.

 

[Will Power]

@Gevonovich Thanks for your kind words & thoughts Gev my friend Right ribs are OK but one on the left which must've been fractured is still painful when sleeping but it's improving greatly. What is a danger though is that the temps are around freezing here and paths & pavement like shiny glass Really slippery I have to put these crampon type things on over the heels when going out as I fear falling.

At least there are TWO knives in the post for me, they MIGHT arrive next week but sooner or later Nothing like having a knife on its way to you

Regards, Will

 

[Jolipapa]

Yeah, tastes NASTY!
(Didn't stop me from taking some during Christmas. It does help me sleep when I have a cough. I can live with the weird dreams because I always have weird dreams anyway.)

Hot tea + sugar + lemon + rum has the same effect, including weird dreams, all without chemistry.

 

[Jack Black]

Apropos of nothing...I wonder if he won the safety award the following year?

I never really understood why people say NyQuil makes them drowsy. I’ve been fighting a head cold and sore throat for the last couple days, took some NyQuil about 15 minutes ago, and I feel finmgdkkxudhmsrzzzzzzzzzz..........

Hope you're feeling better today Barrett!

Yeah, tastes NASTY!
(Didn't stop me from taking some during Christmas. It does help me sleep when I have a cough. I can live with the weird dreams because I always have weird dreams anyway.)

jack - easy recipe for making your own nyquil -- crush up 2 diphenhydramine tablets (Bendryl is a brand here) and dissolve them into a shot of jagermeister or cherry heering.

Hey, that's a great track! When, I was a kid, and you can buy all sorts of stuff in the pharmacies here, I would sometimes hear my grandma railing about the 'students' (anyone under 40 with long hair) she'd seen buying multiple bottles of cough syrup! Then 'Special Brew' (or Tennant's 'Super') came along....

 

[1066vik]

Hot tea + sugar + lemon + rum has the same effect, including weird dreams, all without chemistry.

honeyed whiskey is a thing over here -- we keep a bottle in the fridge as cough syrup.
put a shot in the microwave for 10 seconds to get it up to body temp and toss it back then take a deep breath.
cuts through all the nasty stuff at the back of your throat and the fumes open your lungs up.

 

[JB in SC]

Hot water, half a grated lime, grated fresh ginger, a teaspoon of cinnamon, and honey works pretty well for congestion and sore throat.

Of course rye whiskey over rock candy works too or crush up some peppermint candy sticks.

 

[Jack Black]

Whisky works pretty good for most ailments! I knew an old feller who used to rub it into his knees for his arthritis!

My cold toddy usually combines fresh ginger, lemon or lime juice, and finely chopped chilli and garlic. I make it into a tea, and drink plenty of it

 

[JohnDF]

Sad face...

 

[veitsi_poika]

Sad face...

Stupid Cowboys

 

[JohnDF]

Stupid Cowboys

Lol. The Cowboys definitely stepped up the defense and shut down the Hawks running game.
I knew it was going to be a close game, very evenly matched teams. Not great but not bad either.

 

[screened porch]

Surprise!

 

[jc57]

I need to get my own avalanche started. It is very hard to start (at least for me).

You just need to find your "WHY?" - a motivation, a touchstone you can return to when you need to recharge your resolve. I think yours may be staring you right in the face every time you look at your choice of forum name.

 

[Prester John]

honeyed whiskey is a thing over here -- we keep a bottle in the fridge as cough syrup.
put a shot in the microwave for 10 seconds to get it up to body temp and toss it back then take a deep breath.
cuts through all the nasty stuff at the back of your throat and the fumes open your lungs up.

Way I do it is put honey, fresh sqeezed lemon juice, bourbon, and boiling water together. I think it's called a "hot toddy". It helps.

 

[r redden]

Moonshine and Horehound Candy You break up the candy sticks and drop them in the white liquor and they will dissolve. My grandmother kept a jar in the cabinet and any time someone got sick she'd grab that nasty stuff but it worked. She was also a big fan of castor oil It's a wonder that I lived through childhood with all the "cures" my family used. Another was if you got into poison ivy or oak you would get painted with white shoe polish. If you got stung by a bee someone would chew up some tobacco right fast and stick on the bee sting. I could go on but I'll just say growing up in rural Appalachia was never dull.

 

[Jack Black]

Moonshine and Horehound Candy You break up the candy sticks and drop them in the white liquor and they will dissolve. My grandmother kept a jar in the cabinet and any time someone got sick she'd grab that nasty stuff but it worked. She was also a big fan of castor oil It's a wonder that I lived through childhood with all the "cures" my family used. Another was if you got into poison ivy or oak you would get painted with white shoe polish. If you got stung by a bee someone would chew up some tobacco right fast and stick on the bee sting. I could go on but I'll just say growing up in rural Appalachia was never dull.

LOL! Incredible Randy! Did you have an old uncle who slept in a coffin too?! My grandmother used to administer 'raspberry vinegar' in a similar fashion, and rub your chest with camphor and eucalyptus - her mother used to eat Vaseline to stave off colds!

 

[Ramrodmb]

Way I do it is put honey, fresh sqeezed lemon juice, bourbon, and boiling water together. I think it's called a "hot toddy". It helps.

This is my recipe for cold medicine, too. Easy on the water
Then a shot of Nyquil right before bed!

 

[abbydaddy]

Lol. The Cowboys definitely stepped up the defense and shut down the Hawks running game.
I knew it was going to be a close game, very evenly matched teams. Not great but not bad either.

I am sad that the Hawks won't be going any farther this year, but they still did a lot better than I expected. No joke, I think that Wilson is good for 7 to 9 wins on his own, and I still thought they were going to be a 4 win team this year. I really thought the team was going to be a mess, but they turned it around. Making it to the Playoffs in a rebuilding year is an achievement. And unlike the situation that obtained for most of my youth and early adulthood, I don't think it'll be 20 years before their next playoff win.

Go Hawks!