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Skriven 2008-10-18 17:12:53 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 10-16-08 04:36 <=-

 ML>> Same question with lactose and breads, medicines, and other
 ML>> things that would normally be considered nondairy.
 NB>> There's a reason, no doubt, but not quite the same one... ;)  Those
 NB>> might be for taste or similar...
 ML> I think it's largely to regulate the evaporation of moisture,
 ML> at least with the breads. Why it's a filler in medicine capsules
 ML> really foxes me: they could use a less toxic substance, such
 ML> as strychnine.

Fillers in medicine capsules... well, they call them inert or inactive
ingredients, but that's often where the stuff that gives me side effects
is located...  I'm sure that they think that the fillers are indeed
inert, and are just basic stuff... but they certainly don't seem to take
into account that people could be allergic to lactose, saccherine, or
any of the other supposedly "inert" ingredients... or that any of them
could interact with other substances in other meds, foods in the diet,
or whatever...  It's a major reason that I rarely can use generics, as
the fillers are often different from the original which happened to be
ok for me.  Yeah... it's kinda a rant subject with me... ;)

 NB>> like adding apple juice to chicken
 NB>> soup (for sweetening), or saccherine to just about any liquid
 NB>> medication (most of which really didn't need it anyway)...  The latter
 NB>> two are my similar beefs to yours on the caff and lactose, as I'm
 NB>> allergic to both apples and saccherine.

 ML> That's annoying - I bet you have to be mighty vigilant.

Yup... on both counts... :)

 JW>> Girls can be Peter pans too. Captain Hooks even. Like the song says:
 JW>> "Girls can do anything that they want to do."
 NB>> That's absolutely true...  :)   I might have been a Peter Pan... IF I
 NB>> hadn't been the oldest of 8 kids (the first 6 arriving in 10 years),
 NB>> and needed to "mother" my siblings, and on occasion, even my mother...
 NB>> which is why I was referring to myself as a "wendy"...  I grew up
 NB>> awfully quickly...  :)   Occasionally I wish I could* have been PP... 

 ML> For reasons I won't go into but some here know I was always the
 ML> fixer and arbiter in my household when I was a kid, and I went
 ML> the exact opposite direction, never wanting to grow up and never
 ML> wanting to go to school ...

I think I've seen some bit of that, back when I was in lurk mode at the
beginning... I can understand to some extent, too.  :)  For me, school
was somewhat of the escape route... and when I might have thought of
going the opposite direction, I was already married, with a kid... and
too darn responsible to just throw things off...  ;)  Probably a genetic
thing, too... (G)  Maybe I was just a bit more pre-disposed to be a
"wendy"... ;)

 NB>> rather than moan over it... I have a sister that will look for the fly
 NB>> in the ointment no matter how wonderful...  

 ML> No problem with a fly in the ointment, if you fish it out
 ML> and enjoy the ointment! 

I'm with you there... but she'd probably toss the whole thing on account
of the fly... and no trying to convince her that the fly is instead a
mark of distinction, either...  (G)

 ML> And as far as glasses being half full, put them in front of me and
 ML> they'll soon be not very full at all.

But you'd not be bemoaning them, either... ;)  Looking for refills,
perhaps, though... :)

ttyl        neb

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