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   Wolfgang Schelongowski to Moe Trin   
   Re: OT: Off-Topic   
   17 May 12 12:09:02   
   
   3t$1@xivic.prima.de   
   From: Wolfgang.Schelongowski@gmx.de   
      
   Moe Trin  writes:   
      
   >On 1 May 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in article   
   >, Wolfgang Schelongowski wrote:   
      
   >>   
   >>Yeah, but Ibuprofin is sold over the counter here, so it's rather   
   >>weak.   
   >   
   >Ibuprofin (generic and about 20 brand names such as Motrin) are over   
   >the counter here (strength up to 200 mg per pill) as well.   
      
   I should have written "over the counter _even here_ in .de" because   
   IIRC the USA handle this more liberally.   
      
   >>With me, I'm currently testing opioids, which can only be prescribed   
   >>by docs specializing in pain treatment.   
   >   
   >That's a fairly big business here - there are 47 companies listed in   
   >the local telephone book (serving 6500 km^2 and 4e6 people) and there   
   >are lots of advertisements.   
      
   Arizona == arida zona. I've heard that lots of old people live there   
   because it's dry, warm in the winter and not too hot in summer.   
      
   >                             I rarely receive opiates because of the   
   >side effects.   
      
   As far as I'm concerned you're preaching to the choir. But there are   
   no alternatives for me :-( Besides, I already had to take laxatives   
   due to a rather rare bodily condition.   
      
   >>Gee, me being heroic? What's happened to the boy I was?   
   >   
   >I suspect that was more than a week ago.   
      
   Yes. And to answer my rhetoric question, I passed the first semester   
   of university mathematics (with flying colours).   
   --   
   The first entry of Sin into the mind occurs when, out of cowardice or   
   conformity or vanity, the Real is replaced by a comforting lie.   
     -- Integritas, Consonantia, Claritas   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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