Fuck the Parkinson's, the Dr just gave me a reason to smoke MORE!
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E - If I can grow stuff, you can grow stuff too!!! Kale, parsley, strawberry, corn, chile pepper, tomato, catnip, and peppermint....and, on another note
Okay, really though... fuck me sideways, I won a plant on saturday.
I'm fairly well known for my black thumb...
I do have a book. and, a balcony. so far, it looks "happy"...
I figured, if nothing else, we can juice it if it gets bigger...
Enchantre
Oil Painter
I'm in an apartment, with a West-North-West facing covered balcony.
Houseplants and I have pretty shaky relationships. I used to grow all kinds of houseplants.
I'm also a very experienced organic gardener (outdoor).
My new plant requires SPECIALIZED growing conditions *ahem* ... along with some privacy.
I am thinking of plunking it into the pot with the catnip, however, and just letting it be.
Houseplants and I have pretty shaky relationships. I used to grow all kinds of houseplants.
I'm also a very experienced organic gardener (outdoor).
My new plant requires SPECIALIZED growing conditions *ahem* ... along with some privacy.
I am thinking of plunking it into the pot with the catnip, however, and just letting it be.
It's a good thing it's not cannabis, because we have a rule against discussions about cultivating cannabis.
Pineapple, mango, sweet potato, and yes...I'm ashamed to admit it but I do eat meat occasionally - but overall I try to eat all natural and healthy. Maintained a weight of 165 lbs. for over 25 years now.
Enchantre
Oil Painter
To be perfectly factual, I won a tomato plant.It's a good thing it's not cannabis, because we have a rule against discussions about cultivating cannabis.
I have the WORST luck with tomato plants.
.... so someone traded another plant for it. I'm NOT discussing cultivation here.
Just how sorry I feel for the "death row" inmates on my balcony railing now...
Thats the revised album title.
Originally it was 'Jesus use me like the dirty slut that I am!, and Hey, I will take all the disciples too.'
These dirty bitches know how to party!
@mvapes - how come yr dad has more hair than you?
Oh, I see you put out a record too. Judging by the perm, sometimes in the 80's id say?
@Stu - released an album, he wanted to call it 'Gay Sex in the bushes', but the world wasnt ready for that sort of thing in the 70's.
So he settled on 'Come on in fellas!' in spanish
Then he became a hippy and made an album of his own flatulence to highlight mans indifference to soap and personal hygiene. To be honest, it just sounded like a fat bloke raping a pig in the mud to me. But Im not a music critic.
His dad was in the business, so I guess it was bound to rub off.
Can you guess which 'tea bagger' he was?
and Wow! what a total kwinkydinks. Mom put out an album as well.
She knows the secret to life, musically & literally.
Of course they are sweetheart.
Is this something my wife could learn?
Motown records has had to change a few things since the demise of Detroit.
Of course, I had my own thing going on back in Romania in the 70's.
I was having trouble thinking of a gimmick like what 'KISS' had going on with the make up n shit.
My mum said my stage name should be something I liked a lot & I should do something that would have 'shock value' for the public relations aspect of my music career.
Fair call, so I did.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Quim
Stu wrote the co-lyrics for the World Cup album
The album cover nearly didnt happen this good.
Originally I told the artist that I wanted the cover to be some bloke bending some strumpet over & giving her a big horn.
I also said I wanted snatch from front to back.
and I got this.
I wasnt sure if it sucked or blew TBH.
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VaporsVaporizer
On the Stoop
YEAH!!!! I don't have cancer 
some of my many polyps were adenomatous ,which are precancerous, but they are not cancerous yet
. There are some more up there, that they will take out in Aug and i'll need to be scoped a lot more frequently than most people are , but i'm just relived. I'm also glad i found a good Gastro who's actually getting them all out. All the other Gastro's, on my previous scopes, just said there were too many to take out 
. Polyps are slow growing, but get them out
Especially if you have a family history of Colon Cancer. It does not mean you will get it, but get checked. My brother had a scoping by my Gastro 2 days before mine, he only had one teeny polyp-Lucky Bastard 
some of my many polyps were adenomatous ,which are precancerous, but they are not cancerous yet. There are some more up there, that they will take out in Aug and i'll need to be scoped a lot more frequently than most people are , but i'm just relived. I'm also glad i found a good Gastro who's actually getting them all out. All the other Gastro's, on my previous scopes, just said there were too many to take out . Polyps are slow growing, but get them outEspecially if you have a family history of Colon Cancer. It does not mean you will get it, but get checked. My brother had a scoping by my Gastro 2 days before mine, he only had one teeny polyp-Lucky Bastard
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VaporsVaporizer
On the Stoop
I am completely committed to western medicine. I have an medical background and there is no scientific evidence that Colon therapy does anything to prevent colon cancer.
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/tre...e/manualhealingandphysicaltouch/colon-therapy
grokit
well-worn member
There's a story that is told in alternative medicine circles, I believe it to be true.
In late 19th and early 20th-century europe, england was having trouble finding enough men with the required stamina to work the long shifts required in their coal mines. This was because a generation prior, all of europe had started to perform tonsillectomies en masse for children with throat infections, which means pretty much all children. This affected their stamina into adulthood to the point that they were not able to perform these traditional mining shifts, which were quite brutal at that time.
The only country that was not subscribing to the mass tonsillectomy theory was italy. They just gave the child a single colonic irrigation and let him keep his tonsils (and stamina) for the rest of his life. So eventually england had to import all of their coal workers from italy, because the italian men were the only ones with enough stamina to work the coal mines. Evidently tonsillectomies are quite profitable for the hospitals/doctors/insurance cos, but they permanently weaken the constitution of the person receiving them. The worst part is they provide zero long-term benefit to the patient.
I am not completely against western medicine, but I believe it to only be part of the healing equation. And the fact that it is completely corrupted by the motive to make profit at the expense of patients' well beings makes me look for alternatives. It's just statistics, we spend way more on and get way less from our health care than any other relevantly comparable country. We can do better than this.
Just look at the cancer wars for another example, the book cancer is a fungus makes for illuminating reading; another great one is the book heart frauds. Likewise eastern/alternative medicine is just another part of the healing equation these days. It's much more preventative and patient-centric, but if I needed an organ transplant or some orthopedic surgery forgettaboutit; western medicine is definitely the way to go if the knife is your only option. And if you're getting surgery done, I sincerely hope you wake up nicely after it's over (I've experienced anesthetic shock, it's not fun at all and happens quite often).
And that's really about it, eastern/traditional medicine intuitively works more in harmony with nature, is much less invasive, and much more proactive. Western medicine is more of an evidence-based laboratory experience, which is sometimes necessary but can also be quite dehumanizing to the patient.
One more great example is that natural herbs can be much better than synthesized chemical prescriptions for our health and well-being, as demonstrated by this particular sub-forum
All of the above is just part of why the only non-specialist western physician that I will pay to see anymore has to be a practitioner of integrative medicine, which gives me the best of both worlds:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrative_medicine
I'm sure that if I only had western medicine to help me that I would be much worse off that I am now.
In late 19th and early 20th-century europe, england was having trouble finding enough men with the required stamina to work the long shifts required in their coal mines. This was because a generation prior, all of europe had started to perform tonsillectomies en masse for children with throat infections, which means pretty much all children. This affected their stamina into adulthood to the point that they were not able to perform these traditional mining shifts, which were quite brutal at that time.
The only country that was not subscribing to the mass tonsillectomy theory was italy. They just gave the child a single colonic irrigation and let him keep his tonsils (and stamina) for the rest of his life. So eventually england had to import all of their coal workers from italy, because the italian men were the only ones with enough stamina to work the coal mines. Evidently tonsillectomies are quite profitable for the hospitals/doctors/insurance cos, but they permanently weaken the constitution of the person receiving them. The worst part is they provide zero long-term benefit to the patient.
I am not completely against western medicine, but I believe it to only be part of the healing equation. And the fact that it is completely corrupted by the motive to make profit at the expense of patients' well beings makes me look for alternatives. It's just statistics, we spend way more on and get way less from our health care than any other relevantly comparable country. We can do better than this.
Just look at the cancer wars for another example, the book cancer is a fungus makes for illuminating reading; another great one is the book heart frauds. Likewise eastern/alternative medicine is just another part of the healing equation these days. It's much more preventative and patient-centric, but if I needed an organ transplant or some orthopedic surgery forgettaboutit; western medicine is definitely the way to go if the knife is your only option. And if you're getting surgery done, I sincerely hope you wake up nicely after it's over (I've experienced anesthetic shock, it's not fun at all and happens quite often).
And that's really about it, eastern/traditional medicine intuitively works more in harmony with nature, is much less invasive, and much more proactive. Western medicine is more of an evidence-based laboratory experience, which is sometimes necessary but can also be quite dehumanizing to the patient.
One more great example is that natural herbs can be much better than synthesized chemical prescriptions for our health and well-being, as demonstrated by this particular sub-forum
All of the above is just part of why the only non-specialist western physician that I will pay to see anymore has to be a practitioner of integrative medicine, which gives me the best of both worlds:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrative_medicine
I'm sure that if I only had western medicine to help me that I would be much worse off that I am now.
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VaporsVaporizer
On the Stoop
@grokit , i appreciate the info, thank you and i'm not against eastern medicine or a combination to the two. I have a specific problem that only western medicine is going to take care of for me. Removal of all polyps and continued screenings to remove any future polyps. That is my best option to prevent Colon Cancer-that is my goal
I'm not disagreeing that in the US our Medical system is fucked up in many aspects. I also know my way around the hospital and O.R. and who to see and when. I also agree with you, that there are many other things besides PILLS to treat people
I also know i'd never allow anyone with a certificate and measly 100 hrs of training and a GED, and that is all that is required , to stick anything up my ass, fill it and poke around.
I have a diverticulum , a perforated bowel is a nightmare that you don't always recover from.I'm well aware of the risks of scoping. I prefer trained, board certified gastroenterologists to do the poking and i don't even like them doing it, but the benefits outweigh the risk for ME.
http://www.i-act.org/foundationlevel.html
I wouldn't trust the advanced or instructor level people anywhere near me either .
JMHO
and i'm not against eastern medicine or a combination to the two. I have a specific problem that only western medicine is going to take care of for me. Removal of all polyps and continued screenings to remove any future polyps. That is my best option to prevent Colon Cancer-that is my goalI'm not disagreeing that in the US our Medical system is fucked up in many aspects. I also know my way around the hospital and O.R. and who to see and when. I also agree with you, that there are many other things besides PILLS to treat people
I also know i'd never allow anyone with a certificate and measly 100 hrs of training and a GED, and that is all that is required , to stick anything up my ass, fill it and poke around.
I have a diverticulum , a perforated bowel is a nightmare that you don't always recover from.I'm well aware of the risks of scoping. I prefer trained, board certified gastroenterologists to do the poking and i don't even like them doing it, but the benefits outweigh the risk for ME. http://www.i-act.org/foundationlevel.html
I wouldn't trust the advanced or instructor level people anywhere near me either .
JMHO
grokit
well-worn member
I believe that the theory of colonic therapy is that if the food in your bowls is not eliminated from your system, it will eventually turn toxic and cause disease. The diverticulum that you mentioned is the primary kind of place that this kind of toxic waste (think 'spoiled food') can hide out indefinitely, and if it is not cleaned out these toxins will continue to cause disease. All that a colonic does is rinse out waste, it's quite simple and doesn't require much training just a gentle touch and an empathetic disposition.
I find it a bit perplexing that our glass bongs have to be sparkly clean every day, but we are encouraged by western medicine to leave the same filthy crap in our colons for our entire lives. I'm pretty sure that when I had my first colonic in my late 30's that they found part of a baby ruth bar in there from around 1967
I find it a bit perplexing that our glass bongs have to be sparkly clean every day, but we are encouraged by western medicine to leave the same filthy crap in our colons for our entire lives. I'm pretty sure that when I had my first colonic in my late 30's that they found part of a baby ruth bar in there from around 1967
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Quetzalcoatl
DEADY GUERRERO/DIRT COBAIN/GEORGE KUSH
Vicki
Herbal Alchemist
I'm fine with all that EXCEPT, "women did all the work." Men can get off their asses and help too!
Quetzalcoatl
DEADY GUERRERO/DIRT COBAIN/GEORGE KUSH
You know how hard it is carrying a whole buffalo back to the house with no cars?I'm fine with all that EXCEPT, "women did all the work." Men can get off their asses and help too!
They used ALL of it, too!
Vicki
Herbal Alchemist
You know how hard it is carrying a whole buffalo back to the house with no cars?
It seems to me that a lot of the work was shared by both men and women.
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