Hi & welcome, Kurt!  I recognized your name from other echoes but don't  
  recall  
  seeing it here before.  Recently you wrote in a message to Daryl Stout:  
    
  KW>  The laxative prep is a pain,  
    
    
            Yeah.  I didn't find the stuff tasted too bad if it was well  
  chilled  
  beforehand, but it took me 5 1/2 hours to get through 4 litres (about a  
  gallon  
  in US measurements) of it.  I was glad I had hung in there when another  
  person  
  who said he'd finished most but not all of it was informed he'd have to  
  repeat  
  the whole process because his innards weren't clean enough... [wry grin].  
    
    
    
  KW>  but given that beer is OK beforehand,  
    
    
            It seems to me a lot depends on who you ask.  My impression was  
  that  
  alcoholic beverages are OK until you start drinking the laxative prep....  
  :-)  
    
    
    
  KW>  living on jello, broth and beer is an interesting  
  KW>  experience.  
    
    
            Uh-huh.  I often found myself tempted to grab a morsel of real  
  food.  
  But I see you neglected apple juice, which contains a good balance of  
  minerals  
  and which seemed to help me while I was in the process of doing the prep.  
  ;-)  
    
    
    
    
  --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+  
   * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)