[Racer X 69]

I rarely have more than 4 or 5.

4 or 5?

Cups or half litres?

[robtcorl]

Yes, you already said "like bagpipes", no need to repeat it.

Sorry.
Please know I have some cough syrup with codeine, so I blame that.

[savoche]

4 or 5?

Cups or half litres?

Same thing, wasn't it? So... yes.

[savoche]

Sorry.
Please know I have some cough syrup with codeine, so I blame that.

Ooh, love that stuff! Cough syrup that actually works.

First time I got a perscription for it was when I was sent on a routine checkup at work. I had a bad cough, and at the end of the session the quack doc looked at me and asked "Do you have any cough syrup at home? Cough syrup that works?". I told him no, so he went on "Do you want some cough syrup? Cough syrup that works?".

But it should definitely be used with care!

The first time I got the stuff I did not have a perscription. I was backpacking in Uganda and I guess they have (or had) different regulations there. Anyway, the lesson I learned was that, at least mixed with a beer or two, taking more than the perscripted dosage led to big pupils and a mouth that didn't stop talking. At least if I am to believe the lying bunch I had dinner with that night. Can't really remember too much of it - which means it didn't really happen. I suppose.

[robtcorl]

But it should definitely be used with care!

I've only been taking it when I really need it, and in prescribed dosages.
Hope to stop taking it soon, it's clogging up my pooper.

[savoche]

I've only been taking it when I really need it, and in prescribed dosages.
Hope to stop taking it soon, it's clogging up my pooper.

Umm, ouch... Luckily no such problems for me. The codeine (much like morphine) just takes away all pain and discomfort. I have no problems understanding how people can get addicted to that stuff.

[Helios 1984]

How large is a teacup, anyway? I tend to measure the stuff in litres - more convenient since my mug takes about half a litre.

Hummm about 5 English teacup would make 1 litre.

[Racer X 69]

Can't really remember too much of it - which means it didn't really happen. I suppose.

What it means is that you had a great time.

We never have a memory of the "good time" the night before.

But there will always be plenty of people who will tell us what went down.

And often it isn't pretty.

[Racer X 69]

Hope to stop taking it soon, it's clogging up my pooper.

Roughage.

Broccoli.

Carrots.

Sweet potatoes.

Beets.

Mushrooms.

Salad.

Fruit.

Corn, for texture.

And a glass of Metamucil wouldn't hurt. I can't stand the stuff, so I double up on the tasty things mentioned above.

[MarkJerling]

How dee u all!
Still coughing, but not nearly as much.
The wheezing, when lying down to sleep, is a problem.
Last night, I kid you not, it sounded like bagpipes.
Non musical high pitches going up and down on every exhale, like a dozen cats being castrated. all at once, with dull instruments.
When Mrs Bob came to bed and heard the racket she grabbed her pillow and headed for the spare bedroom, don't blame her a bit.
Hope to que something today, stay tuned.

Thanks Bob! Now you've passed it on to me!

[robtcorl]

Thanks Bob! Now you've passed it on to me!

Oh no, sorry! Hope it doesn't kick your arse like it did mine.

[MarkJerling]

Oh no, sorry! Hope it doesn't kick your arse like it did mine.

I'm certainly not feeling as strong as Russia today.

[tim60]

At airports I have been to the restaurants are all inside the secured part of the terminal. If you are not a ticketed passenger you don’t get in.

The larger airports fix the jetways up real nice, with art displays and a variety of decent restaurants (not just junk and fast food garbage). But it is all inside the TSA checkpoints, and not designed to be a destination for a family outing or a nice romantic dinner out for a couple.

Another architectural feature I find very poor at many airports.


No pubic toilet for people who have just completed the long journey to get to the airport, with all their baggage, positioned so they can relieve themselves before checking in, and take the baggage on trolley in with you - very important for the many travellers who arrive in the departure hall alone, either having taken a bus/shuttle service or been dropped off by taxi or friends/family to get there - so they have no one to stay by their stuff.


I have noticed this architectural feature particularly obviously in Adelaide - you have to go to the arrivals level or get through security, and at many US airports. Heathrow, these days have toilets that are easily accessible to loaded travellers before checking in, and good signs to tell where they are. Again, the east Asian airports, such as Singapore and Taipei, have available and obvious toilets in sensible places. And building such toilets as part of the multi billion dollar project of building an airport costs only in the noise of the costs, therefore not worth targeting as a cost cutting measure in the design.

[tim60]

Ooh, love that stuff! Cough syrup that actually works.

First time I got a perscription for it was when I was sent on a routine checkup at work. I had a bad cough, and at the end of the session the quack doc looked at me and asked "Do you have any cough syrup at home? Cough syrup that works?". I told him no, so he went on "Do you want some cough syrup? Cough syrup that works?".

But it should definitely be used with care!

The first time I got the stuff I did not have a perscription. I was backpacking in Uganda and I guess they have (or had) different regulations there. Anyway, the lesson I learned was that, at least mixed with a beer or two, taking more than the perscripted dosage led to big pupils and a mouth that didn't stop talking. At least if I am to believe the lying bunch I had dinner with that night. Can't really remember too much of it - which means it didn't really happen. I suppose.

You were luckier than the Australian tourist, long ago, who bought an over the counter in Singapore (famous for the death penalty for drug offences) containing codeine, and took it to Greece where they had a long jail detention for smuggling an opioid drug.

[rod_grant]

While we are on an air travel theme, can Racer answer this?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on aeroplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?