You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.

Kaylee ,'Serenity'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


amych - Nov 28, 2007 12:55:40 pm PST #4309 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I think I'm the one person who likes the new new Sudafed better.

Nope. But we may be the only two. My reaction to pseudoephedrine is extreme enough (heart galloping, shakes, dry mouth, freaky-outy thoughts... your basic panic attack in a pill) that I used to despair of finding any cold medicine, because that shit was in everything whether it advertised itself as a decongestant or not.

(On the other hand, not much risk of becoming a meth freak...)


Burrell - Nov 28, 2007 12:56:42 pm PST #4310 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I just can't imagine there being much demand for them except for the intended purpose.

People are weird. I'd have thought that too about the med I take for my thyroid, but it turns out some folks take it to lose weight.


§ ita § - Nov 28, 2007 1:01:46 pm PST #4311 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

A lot of my meds do have happy!fun purposes, so I basically feel guilty requesting them or filling the prescriptions.

Wow. I've almost downed the whole quart of Smart Water and it's just turned three.

I had a slight ebay spasm and bought four sets of cufflinks. That doesn't make me a bad person, right?


bon bon - Nov 28, 2007 1:07:24 pm PST #4312 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

So what OTC is good for sinus headaches? I was taking Pretends to be Effective and Advil and hoping they would make magic.


§ ita § - Nov 28, 2007 1:08:32 pm PST #4313 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Migraine meds?


Kristen - Nov 28, 2007 1:09:29 pm PST #4314 of 10001

I'm a big fan of the Claritin-D 24 hr.* + Advil cocktail.

- - - - -

* The one you have to show ID to get.


Burrell - Nov 28, 2007 1:10:19 pm PST #4315 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

bon bon, that combo would work for me, but I seem to be one of the few who find PtbE effective.


Steph L. - Nov 28, 2007 1:17:55 pm PST #4316 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

So what OTC is good for sinus headaches? I was taking Pretends to be Effective and Advil and hoping they would make magic.

I just get the back-alley Sudafed 12-hour and take it with 3 or 4 ibuprofen. Works like a charm for 95% of my sinus headaches. (The other 5% turn into a migraine.)

I'm a big fan of the Claritin-D 24 hr.* + Advil cocktail.

* The one you have to show ID to get.

It's got the pseudoephedrine; hence, the ID/back alley dealie. But, man -- the pseudoephedrine is GOOD SHIT. For congestion.


Daisy Jane - Nov 28, 2007 1:20:36 pm PST #4317 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I need a vintage tea gown, right? [link] For all those garden parties I attend?


Kristen - Nov 28, 2007 1:26:46 pm PST #4318 of 10001

It's got the pseudoephedrine; hence, the ID/back alley dealie. But, man -- the pseudoephedrine is GOOD SHIT. For congestion.

Last year, I had a series of god-awful sinus headaches. I tried everything but it didn't even take the edge off. I was working at the time and 12-14 hours a day with non-stop, blinding pain was killing me. Finally, I broke down and begged our writers assistant to find me something. I was like, "Whatever they have BEHIND THE COUNTER."

I may have even grabbed his shirt when I said that. It's still fuzzy. I was a desperate woman.