tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post328837988091252075..comments2024-03-18T17:08:18.111-05:00Comments on Fatale Abstraction: loose ends and other housecleanery...phlegmfatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-78134733834147296122010-02-09T05:35:05.768-06:002010-02-09T05:35:05.768-06:00Better to go with Ron Wood, Keith has apparently b...Better to go with Ron Wood, Keith has apparently been sober for four months as a result of watching Ron's behavior over the last year (Pot, meet kettle). This will, I predict result in Chapter 11 filings by Wild Turkey and Jack Daniels unless we all club together to take up the slack...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-74298044223875127262010-02-06T20:02:20.409-06:002010-02-06T20:02:20.409-06:00Grannys home remedy was to rinse the afflicted ulc...Grannys home remedy was to rinse the afflicted ulcer with salt water until the pain subsided, and then salt it. Not so different from yours. <br /><br />Granddad's preventative, picked up as a Union army drummer boy, was butter. A lot of butter. As a high lysine food, butter makes sense, as does high fat cottage cheese and most cheeses generally. As a side note, Granddad was 106 when he died, a respectable age for a man. <br /><br />But the Strangers long term remedy is a bottle of lysine pills from the health food store. One a day keeps the pain away - and two at the first sign of one will usually stop them from developing further. <br /><br />Alas, pills do not taste nearly as good as grandmother's hot cinnamon rolls, still hot and gooey from the oven, sliced open and well buttered. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-12989737723798839202010-02-05T21:47:22.893-06:002010-02-05T21:47:22.893-06:00Jon - Hmm. I'm sensing a pattern here. Mine&#...Jon - Hmm. I'm sensing a pattern here. Mine's almost gone, so the salt seemed to have done something, at least.<br /><br />Old NFO - Glad ya got a grin!<br /><br />Charlotte: note to self-- get a styptic pencil this weekend. Thanks for the tip. Alum was one thing mentioned early and often.<br /><br />Crucis - I'm sensing a pattern with all of us having similar problems. I blame Obama. Aspirin sounds at least a cheap way to cure it, and worth investigating, therefore.<br /><br />Tombstone Charlie - Must have that reputation for a reason. Will be checking out alum. :)phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-74329354900247413352010-02-05T15:33:39.084-06:002010-02-05T15:33:39.084-06:00Yep, when I was little (1950's) my German Gran...Yep, when I was little (1950's) my German Grandmother had a tin of Alum powder which was dabbed on the sore-cleaned it right up. Also Tannic Acid solution (sold OTC as "Cank-A", I believe works well (hurts a bit, bt goes away quickly) and good old OraBase.Tombstone Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097752637458986791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-83357177632273218272010-02-05T13:12:40.731-06:002010-02-05T13:12:40.731-06:00I've two lip blisters hiding amongst my mustac...I've two lip blisters hiding amongst my mustache. Must be the dryness or sumpin'.<br /><br />My mother always said to put a crushed aspirin on a ulcer to dry it up. Always worked as I remember. It's hard today to find pure aspirin without getting a buncha additives to boot.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-14735467412088759372010-02-05T10:33:16.559-06:002010-02-05T10:33:16.559-06:00Tardily got to this and I have WITNESSED the cure....Tardily got to this and I have WITNESSED the cure....Matt G's youngest got one Christmas Eve. I started swabbing with hydrogen peroxide. Nup. Worse the next morning, so much so she didn't want to eat sweets for breakfast, a custom at her maternal grandmother's. But her aunt had the answer. She had a styptic pencil used to staunch razor nicks. The active ingredient is alum. Granddaughter was treated--once. and five hours later, it was almost gone. By evening, it was. Hers was bigger than yours. She complained loudly about the taste, but a glass of water helped that.I had never heard of it, but apparently alum stones used to be common for just this purpose. No pain, no side effects, just a bad taste for a minute or two. Sold!charlotte ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10324853016206528194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-85531840193687363502010-02-05T10:18:51.743-06:002010-02-05T10:18:51.743-06:00You're on a roll...LOLYou're on a roll...LOLOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-34419377134875999042010-02-05T09:16:19.636-06:002010-02-05T09:16:19.636-06:00Hmmm. Global warming must be in play, because I ha...Hmmm. Global warming must be in play, because I had an ulcer this week, which hasn't happened for decades. I used oral gel. Truthfully, I never considered salt...I guess I'm a wuss.Jonnoreply@blogger.com