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Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Schoolmarm, I don't know about Orudis, but there are some places online where you can order generic Ketoprophen (Drugstore.com being among them).

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Where we lived there was no cable service. So we got Dish. The damn thing never worked right and several channels never ever came in. Always an error no matter what. I called and they said "well change the channel then"

ARGH!

Also, it would come and go. Error, work, Error, work, error, work. all day on one reciever and the other one at least 10 popular channels never ever came in.

I hated it. I loathed it. I got rid of it.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
I had severe PMS and severe cramps for years. I took a prescription drug called Anaprox. Instant relief. Instant. The generic is Naproxen, but I didn't like it cuz it didn't work as quickly.

I caution, you, though, to check out any medication you take frequently--to learn if it might have long-term effects on your gastro-intestinal tract. I think my years and years of taking Anaprox is what led to my present gastric problems (ulcer, anemia, internal bleeding, acid reflux, and IBS symptoms). So be careful and check things out.

Froggiegirl621
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02-14-2003

Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Froggiegirl621 a private message Print Post    
The generic form of Aleve is Naproxen Sodium. Midol is also Naproxen Sodium. Compare boxes the next time you go to buy them...I only buy Naproxen Sodium now, it's much cheaper and has the same effect.

Gilda
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08-21-2006

Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 10:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gilda a private message Print Post    
After reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again!

Bananas containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS:
Forget the pills -- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia:
High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration have just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power:
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation:
High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers:
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover ! is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn:
Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness:
Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites:
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves:
Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work?
Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers:
The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control:
Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):
Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking:
Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium fo! und in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes:
According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine," eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

PASS IT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS!!

Gilda
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08-21-2006

Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gilda a private message Print Post    
A friend sent this to me by e-mail:

Bounce This Along
(One never knows when this could come in handy)

My mail carrier told me that the US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away.

Use them all the time when playing baseball and soccer. I use it when I am working outside. It really works. The yellow jackets just veer around you.

All this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer! It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.

Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.

It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.

Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.

Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.

To freshen the air in your home - Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.

Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.

Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.

Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage b efore storing.

To freshen the air in your car - Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.

Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.

Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.

Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.

Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.

Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back po cket to keep the bees away.

Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.

Gilda
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08-21-2006

Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 10:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gilda a private message Print Post    
Does anyone know how to get rid of fruit flies that are so annoying????

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 2:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Gilda, mix pour a little vinegar and dish soap into a shallow dish and leave it on your counter. There is some fancy way to make a trap using a soda bottle, but I just use the dish.

I love bananas, but wonder about the part about helping with constipation. One of the things you give a child when they have diarhea is bananas. It sounds like the Banana growers have gotten together the combat all the anti PR from the low carb/low glycemic groups. LOL

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 5:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
Texannie gave a great solution and here's another. Sprinkle cinnamon in the offending area. They hate cinnamon. The other solution is to find and throw away (or eat) the bananas before they attract the fruit flies! LOL!

Too bad I'm allergic to Bounce, seems like it is a "wonder" sheet!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 8:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Just one addition to Tex's solution -- put plastic wrap over the cup/dish and then slice a couple of small holes in it. That way the wee buggers that don't drown immediately can't get back out! We live on 40 acres -- 20 of which are cherry trees. This time of year (after harvest and while the fallen ones are rotting) the fruit flies are just HORRENDOUS! However, keeping these little traps in each room really works.

PS -- We've found red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar to be the best. It only takes about 1/4 inch in the bottom of the glass w/one or two drops of dish soap, so it's CHEAP too! :-)

Gilda
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08-21-2006

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gilda a private message Print Post    
Thanks so much Texannie, Schoolmarm and Teachmichigan for such quick responses and an easy solution to the fruit flies. Just found a bottle of red wine vinegar in my kitchen cupboard. They are not as many this summer but last yr they hung around until end of Oct.!!!
I make my companion Jerald crazy cause I want to put most fruit, vegtables, opened flour bags in the fridge and he keeps yelling at me that there is no room already and not everything has to go in there. Anyway, he bought two large containers that lock well that we keep on the counter for some items....especially bananas which is a real target for the flies!!!!!
Unfortunately, around 3 days ago we bought some vegis and Jerald wanted to get them out of the way and put a package of zucchini and parsnips into the container. Yesterday,I smelled something funny...it was the zucchini which had gone bad...and thanks to Jerald (MEN!!!!)...brought out the fruit flies!!!!

Re Bananas from what I've been reading ...can be eaten to help with diarrhea and constipation.....more on the green side for diarrhea and more ripe (not black) for constipation...but people have different opinions.

The more ripe the banana is the higher on the glycemic scale it is.

Gradstudent
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07-10-2005

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gradstudent a private message Print Post    
I'm allergic to bananas. They make my ears itch. :-(

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
My dh loves bananas (hello fruitflies!) and buys them in big batches like two or three bunches at a time which makes me nuts. With my fibromyalgia, the smell is twice as pungent when they start to get old. Mind you he eats 2 or 3 a day. Me, I get cramps from bananas. (And raw onions) don't know why. I treat it like an allergy, which means I avoid bananas (and raw onions) but I can eat a very small banana or about a third of a large one, and I'm usually okay. Too bad for me, cuz for most of the medical reasons up there, I really need to eat them more often. Maybe I'll just start looking for the smallest ones I can find. But nowadays with all the franken-food fruits and veggies are supersized.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Have you tried plantanes, baby bananas, or even baby food bananas?

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 4:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Escapee, not that I know of... re: plantanes or baby bananas... wonder if it would make a difference... might be worth a try.

Um, baby food bananas? In the baby food jars? (dumb, but sincere question here.)

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Chiquita has mini-bananas. Perfect for my son who will only eat about 4 bites of a banana at a sitting. You find them at most grocery stores...

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
They're cute, too, Mame! :-) Baby bananas are perfect for school lunches.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Are they franken-food - concocted in some lab somewhere due to gene splicing etc. That stuff creeps me out. Or have they been around forever? Cuz if they are natural I'll be happy to try them. But franken-foods scare me. Sorry if I sound idiotic. (I'm fairly sure grape tomatoes and cherry tomatoes are franken-foods, yet I love them!)

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
Question...is it only Bounce or will any scented dryer sheet work? I love Bounce but found a much cheaper store brand that I like just as well.

Dahli
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11-27-2000

Friday, August 25, 2006 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dahli a private message Print Post    
I'm afraid of frankenfoods too... unfortunately most of the bananas I see are more like monkey pickles.. green hard and kinda small.

Saw an interesting program where gorillas were offered a choice of bananas, they never ever picked the one that wasnt' organic - and properly ripened. Same program had racoons passing up unripe tomatoes.. It was apparant they knew the other had little value. So often when things are supposed to have all the nutrition that is attributed, they don't really unless they're properly grown.

That said, I love bananas and thanks for the fruit fly tips. They're brutal this year...

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 3:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
I was at the organic market the other day, and found "lemon bananas" which looked very small, but the sign said they were different inside.

I'm too much of a wimp to try them, but I doubt the organic market would sell genetically altered foods. It could be something like a donkey or a mule, where two things don't mate naturally, but produce viable offspring. Two plants are cross pollinated maybe.

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
There are many different varities of banannas.

We are just not used to seeing them in this country.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
MB, actually, it may be the other way around, that the bigger bananas have been selected and bred for commercial appeal, and the small bananas did not have much popularity in the past, and probably do not preserve or ship well; thus the higher prices to get them in specialty shops. When we lived in Miami, we had the small ones growing in our back yard.

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
I have never seen these mini/baby bananas, but i'd love to find them!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Most Asian markets carry the little nanas.