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On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 09:32:07 +0100, Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
wrote:
Ar an t-ocht|| l|i is fiche de m|! M|-an F||mhair, scr|!obh Steve Hayes:
Aspirin is great. All of the other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories raise the
risk of heart attack very slightly, and so I tend not to prescribe naproxen or
aceclofenac in my patients over 70. Whereas aspirin reduces it. They all have
an element of risk for the kidneys, but for short term use thatrCOs fine.
Wonder why itrCOs difficult to source in .za? ItrCOs still very easy to get here,
and no limits on how much one can buy per transaction, despite that it is also
toxic in overdose.
There was a brand called Anadin, which you could buy in a plastic
container with 50 pills. It has aspirin and caffeine.
It was useful because you could tell if the quatity was getting low by shaking it. I'd take it for headaches or fevers etc.
Also, I used to have high blood sugar, and took metformin for it, and measured the blood sugar every couple of days. If the blood didn't
blow easily when I pricked my finger, I'd take an aspirin. The blood
sugar seems to have settled down to something more normal, so I don't
measure it so often.
But the Anadin brand has disappeared. One can still get Dispirin, but
it comes in horrible packaging with cardboard boxes and aluminium
foil, so that by the time you manage to get the pill out it has
crumbled to powder, half of which spills on the kitchen counter or the
floor.
So technically aspirin is still available, but in a far less usable
form.
ObAUE: Is it acceptable to say "having a heart attack" in AmE?
Or should one rather say, "Living with a heart attack"?
If your myocardium is actively infarcting, you should get that looked at rather
than living with it! Maybe donrCOt drive to the hospital yourself.
It's just that I've heard people say that it is unacceptable to say
that you have a disease/syndrome/medical condition, or are suffering
from a disease, and that one should rather say that one is living with
it.
I have HIV/Aids - bad.
I'm living with HIV/Aids - better.
Perhaps it's OK to say "I'm living with a dicky ticker."
Trump said "Taking tylenol in pregnancy is associated
with a very increaded risk of autism so taking tylenol os
not good."
What was the context?
Trump speaking on camera at his Health Press Conference
in the Rooseveldt Room at the White House, September 22.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/24/health/video/trump-
goes-beyond-fda-tylenol-warning-digvid
Janet
Do you have a credible source? CNN videos are notoriously
falsified by clipping and editing.
I gave a CNN link because it's American so would be
available to view by American posters.
BBC news is open to Americans to read and see
that video clip.
The CNN video states this was an autism press
conference, that's some context. What was the
substance of the the rest of this conference, and
was it a response to something.
In article
<dGednbdfo7PTa0f1nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com>,
plutedpup@outlook.com says...
Trump said "Taking tylenol in pregnancy is associated
with a very increaded risk of autism so taking tylenol os
not good."
What was the context?
Trump speaking on camera at his Health Press Conference
in the Rooseveldt Room at the White House, September 22.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/24/health/video/trump-
goes-beyond-fda-tylenol-warning-digvid
Janet
Do you have a credible source? CNN videos are notoriously
falsified by clipping and editing.
I gave a CNN link because it's American so would be
available to view by American posters.
BBC news is open to Americans to read and see
that video clip.
That's good. Is Google as widely accessible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpcYXfGZwi4
The CNN video states this was an autism press
conference, that's some context. What was the
substance of the the rest of this conference, and
was it a response to something.
On 9/26/25 2:18 PM, Rich Ulrich wrote:gN2npfePAxUAE1kFHdKyOvwQtKgLegQIEBAB&biw=1333&bih=594&dpr=1.2
On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 23:18:41 -0700, Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com>
wrote:
It would be well within a tabloid like the New York Times to
Brain fart?
The New York Post is sometimes compared to a tabloid, for its
Page 1 -
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=96308c0a809ab188&udm=2&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZrjP_Cx0LI1Ytb_FGcOviEsFlSFI0ur0eAAE6ZS9wNBrmOCNKrw4qRkr8bMfqndp-dDbs91l5CbWCyYk6N-1agLNKe0CAlE_gTL-CDyVKh6BOOh2tonypaIviIaOR8CI_35XLj7jume0iw8aG3ahmlDNNO1Cl-1bS3gKZ1ffNnWuZLd1GbmXhHG8JHW9KTzWwoIA-PQ&q=new+york+post+covers&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwju
or Google-search < New York Post covers > and click Images.
No one who reads the NY Times would call it a tabloid, so
you mis-wrote or you are repeating some Right wing nuts.
I call the New York Times mendacious tabloid trash,
as I read the print edition sometimes so I know.
On 9/29/25 9:41 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
I don't really care about it either, but I have seen people gettinghttps://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/snarky
their knickers in a knot about it online. Here I was just being sarky
(AmE=snarky).
ObAUE: Why do AmE speakers add an n to word;s like "sarky" and
in British English, pronounced "snorky" https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sarky
When I've heard "sarky" on British DVDs I assumed it was slang!,
as the meaning is obvious in context. Snarky is a little more
vague, and might have been coined as a sarky response to a British
person being sarcastic.
* Pluted Pup <IGydnT-E6cyR9Eb1nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> :
Wrote on Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:22:19 -0700:
On 9/29/25 9:41 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
I don't really care about it either, but I have seen people gettinghttps://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/snarky
their knickers in a knot about it online. Here I was just being sarky
(AmE=snarky).
ObAUE: Why do AmE speakers add an n to word;s like "sarky" and
in British English, pronounced "snorky"
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sarky
When I've heard "sarky" on British DVDs I assumed it was slang!,
as the meaning is obvious in context. Snarky is a little more
vague, and might have been coined as a sarky response to a British
person being sarcastic.
The Snark probably entered popular culture a few years earlier.
%
`Just the place for a Snark!' the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.
'Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
What I tell you three times is true.'
%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunting_of_the_Snark
On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:16:18 -0700, Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com>
wrote:
On 9/26/25 2:18 PM, Rich Ulrich wrote:https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=96308c0a809ab188&udm=2&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZrjP_Cx0LI1Ytb_FGcOviEsFlSFI0ur0eAAE6ZS9wNBrmOCNKrw4qRkr8bMfqndp-dDbs91l5CbWCyYk6N-1agLNKe0CAlE_gTL-CDyVKh6BOOh2tonypaIviIaOR8CI_35XLj7jume0iw8aG3ahmlDNNO1Cl-1bS3gKZ1ffNnWuZLd1GbmXhHG8JHW9KTzWwoIA-PQ&q=new+york+post+covers&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwju
On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 23:18:41 -0700, Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com>
wrote:
It would be well within a tabloid like the New York Times to
Brain fart?
The New York Post is sometimes compared to a tabloid, for its
Page 1 -
gN2npfePAxUAE1kFHdKyOvwQtKgLegQIEBAB&biw=1333&bih=594&dpr=1.2
or Google-search < New York Post covers > and click Images.
No one who reads the NY Times would call it a tabloid, so
you mis-wrote or you are repeating some Right wing nuts.
I call the New York Times mendacious tabloid trash,
as I read the print edition sometimes so I know.
noun
noun: tabloid; plural noun: tabloids
a newspaper having pages half the size of those of a standard
newspaper, typically popular in style and dominated by headlines,
photographs, and sensational stories.
"the tabloid press"
North American English
sensational in a lurid or vulgar way.
modifier noun: tabloid
"they argued about who made what allegation on what tabloid TV
show"
NY Post fairly won "tabloid" for its front page visuals, and for
occasional headlines like, "Headless Body Found in Topless Bar."
Reputation? It is a Murdoch paper, reputed to be more honest than
his Fox News and less admired than his Wall Street Journal. I've
never read it.
Also,
men-+da-+cious
/men'daSH?s/
adjective
adjective: mendacious
not telling the truth; lying.
"mendacious propaganda"
Fox News certainly served us "mendacious propaganda" that
led to them paying $787 million to avoid the civil trial for
defamation. The depositions apparently established that Fox
presented lies in order to attract the pro-Trump audience.
From occasional sound bites from others, I think they still tilt
that way.
Do you have ANY example for the NY Times? - and where your
"true narrative" is supported by anyone credible? (Not Trump).