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I concur. It is patent that there is some underlying chronic cause for the pain. However, the cause of the pain may NOT be treatable with current medicine. As such, treatment will shift from the cure of the disease or disability to suppression of the symptoms to allow a best "Quality of Life" for the sufferer - even if that treatment is purely palliative or even just psychological. Taking Multiple Sclerosis as an example; Many suffereers of this currently untreatable disease have reported a relief of symptoms through use of Cannabis. There is no clinical justification for this, BUT should those sufferers who derive some PERCEIVED symptomatic relief from their disease be denied the believed benefits from using this substance? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

An American equivalent may be difficult to give. Northern Ireland's extremist prodestant & republican elements may serve.... Nope! Gottit!: Fill a stadium with equal parts of "PRO-CHOICE" & PRO-LIFE activists & protestors. Change the concessions to sell Booze, Semtex & Kalashnikovs... Arrange for "A Termination" to commence on the pitch and stand well back. Observe results via Ex-Soviet-Spy-Satellite. Now you've got it. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Naaahh.... What we REALLY need is a drug that'll stimulate them to actually use the brain cells that they already have! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Having read the story - "His only treatment was ibuprofen for pain relief" and "He was still wearing his catheter when he shuffled into court 5 days later"..... My main hope is that SOMEONE has had the decency to empty the bag on occasion! Those things DON'T just keep on stretching y'all know. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I'm so glad you're back . That was brilliant! Wendy W. Hmmm... Are we heading towards a "TOYS FOR GUNS" programme that would actually be successful?: "Hey Honey... A'hm a goin huntin' fo' deer. Yo' seen ma' guns? HEY. HONEY. YOU SEEN MA GUNS!? Honey, Can you hear me over dat funny buzzin' noise?" Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Well, here we are in "culture-conflict land again. In reading this, I was staggered at the reaction to The US "Passion Parties" company. Passion Parties is basically a copy of a UK company called "Ann Summers" which has been going for years with their reps doing their parties in peoples homes, community centres, and even... Wait for it.. LOCAL CHURCH & SALVATION ARMY HALLS!!! It's just part of the culture here - a "Girly-Night with some wine to get the giggles going when the rep's display of vibrators starts a buzzin' their way across the floor . Anyway, I decided to compare the 2 company's online shops: In the US Corner we have: http://www.passionparties.com/shop.html And. In the PRUDISH Brit corner we have: http://www.annsummersuncut.com/ Go ahead - everyone have a browse around the shops & compare

Yeah... As soon as the "S--" word comes up in a commercial setting, then the (frequently self appointed) Feck-Police are in there like flies 'round shit! An acquaintance of mine actually owns a couple of "Sex Shops" in a nearby city. Incidentally he objects to the term Sex-Shop 'cos he doesn't actually sell sex - He's scared that Trading Standards (Consumer Enforcement) are going to have a go at him for misrepresentation! Anyway, he has some brilliant tales: A nearby church (2 blocks away) which only meets on Sundays objected to his trading. He suspects that they were really objecting to him being closed on Sundays. He was selling stilletto boots & riding crops. He was told to stop selling them - he pointed out that the same boots were being sold by several local shoe shops, and the local equestrian shop (where he goes for stock ideas) hadn't been closed down! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Boy, did you NAIL this one! Here comes The Quote Police..... "We have met the enemy, and he is ours." Oliver Hazard Perry. Naval Hero. We have met the enemy, and he is us." Walt Kelly. Cartoonist. Regards, Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

So... Err... Eric?... Do you want to give us details of exactly HOW you happened to come across this website? I'm SURE that I'm not alone in wondering just what you typed into Google. I'm just trying to reconcile people who want to tie up their partners(?) and sadistically abuse them as animals, are simultaneously greatly concerned about the ethical treatment of animals to the point that they refuse to use animal products in the abasement of their "pet animals". So... Go on... Enlighten us! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Ahhh... OKLAHAMA University! Being a Brit I saw "OU" and naturally assumes it was The OPEN University. This is a university dedicated specifically to distance learning in The UK. In that case the story makes sense... Suicide Bombing 101... "Having built your bomb, now pull the pin. If you have survived then you have failed the course. Otherwise, you may consider yourself a fully qualified Suicide Bomber and will receive 100 virgins!" The course costs will be deducted from your estate. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Who is a true prophet? Christel While I have an intense dislike of organised churches, I'll offer the following shortlist of true prophets: John (The Baptist - not JohnRich). Jesus. Mohammed. Joseph Smith. Look to the core teachings of these men. Meanwhile... George Bush talking to God!? Maybe there was a communications "Fox-Four" and Georgie-Prez inadvertently got some Goerge Orwell (animal farm) version of the original 10 commandments. Something like: "All Animals are equal... But some animals have oil & some animals have tanks." Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Human & Chimp behaviour really is similar. If a (male) chimp is being threatened or chased or corneredby a more dominant male, then the subservient chimp will pick up a baby for protection from the dominant! Likewise, as a cop, when you're going to arrest someone (and I'm sure other cops will bear me out on this) and there's a child in the room, then your arrestee, especially if he's male, will pick the child up & hold it - almost as if this stops him being arrested!!! Ever since I saw that on a documentary I could never keep a straight face when an arrestee did this. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I'm guessing that the normal rules of an undercover sting will be closely scrutinised at any subsequent trial... I.E; The cop plays an entirely passive role and does not suggest or instigate anything. Also, the perpetrator does in fact carry out some physical action which is criminal. From that, simply chatting INNOCENTLY to someone then arranging to meet would surely not be criminal. However, if the chat was, say, sexually oriented, then that could be a different matter. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Just for info... http://www.avert.org/aofconsent.htm Incidentally, the "Age of Consent" is also 16 years in Scotland - and there is a statutory defence available in certain circumatances for a person under 25 years having sex with a 14-16 year old. Mike Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

They shouldn't haqve any problem stopping it. Reunion Island's only half way to New Zealand & The French had no problems going there to sink a boat! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hi Sopheavy, There's quite a few places who prefer film to digital. First there's the whole quality (or should I say percieved quality) issue. Second, there's what I call the "Fact Issue". A wholly digital image can be faked (or allegedly faked) from scratch while if the original is shot on film then there's an original reference to establish what was manipulated and what wasn't. As for film, I personally prefer the slower Fuji films, in particular their Velvia 50 & Sensia or Superia 100. Then again, for "people pics" my flashgun lives on my camera, the subjects are fully aware & I prefer 2 minutes of control over an hour of opportunism. Incidentally, who's writing the article? Given the opportunity, I like to see at least a draft of the article to get a feel for what sort of pics will best compliment it. Regards, Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

This particular photographic dinosaur smiles smugly and glances at his Canon F1N & 85mm f1.2L! In all seriousness, I suspect the publicised hatred of flash is due to inappropriate & unexpected use of flash in the past. Why not approach her, introduce yourself & ask politely to take pics (with the flash prominently attached to your camera(s). The worst she'd do is say "No Flash". Regards, Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

OK, I'll play with some more breaking news... Coming Home Thousands of Texas residents are heading back home in the wake of Hurricane Rita, even though officials are urging them not too. Citizens are being warned that if they do return home, Anderson Cooper or another CNN reporter may try to make them cry. Minimal Damage It turns out most major oil refineries suffered little or no damage from Hurricane Rita, which should send gas prices lower. But service station owners vow to make up the difference by charging $5 for bags of M&M's for the foreseeable future. Louisiana's Quest Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is expected to ask Congress for $31 billion in aid this week. The money would be used to repair flood damage, rebuild levees, and reduce the number of vowels in her name. Bush-Military In the wake of the recent hurricanes, President Bush says whether the Pentagon should be used to rescue people in a disaster is something for Congress to consider. But the President reserves the right to be the sole person to decide when to use the Pentagon to kill people. Iran Angry Iran is upset with the U.N.'s decision to have the U.N. Security Council investigate the country's nuclear program, and says the move will make it much harder for Iranians to build nuclear weapons. Weak Showing Only about 400 people attended a rally in favor of the war in Iraq in Washington, D.C. Sunday. Organizers later realized they had made a terrible mistake by scheduling the event at the same time as Kmart's nationwide one-day sale on chewing tobacco and pork rinds. Crime Rate The nation's crime rate is still at a 30-year low. Experts say with gas and food prices so high, there's nobody left who's worth robbing. Boeing Strike Over Boeing and its machinists union have reached an agreement, ending a three-week strike. Now everyone at Boeing can get back to making jets for the airlines as soon as they find an airline that isn't bankrupt. Mike Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

what country? the area was called "palestine" since somewhere around Roman times. the land itself had both jews and muslims (and several others) See attached? Or is it of absolute importance if you call it a country, or a region, or a protectorate? My point was that this situation is NOT the fault of the Palestinians, it is the fault of PARTITION & Forced Migration! Mike. PS. On looking back my post appears to be full of words, not crap! Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Yeah... Those damn palestinians! Give 'em an Inch and they try to take back their whole bloody country! Of course, there is the small matter that prior to the formation of the State of Israel the country was called... Wait for it... PALESTINE!!! It was a place where people, Jews, Moslems, Christians, Etc... largely just lived peacefully together in what was a British Protectorate heading toward independence. Now it's a well known fact that one simply cannot allow miscellaneous Sand-Kickers, Fuzzy-Wuzzys, Towel-Heads & other assorted natives to go around NOT trying to exterminate one another (since that would cause massive unemployment in our arms industries) so the obvious solution was to partition the country & give the nice bits of it to a bunch of outsiders! Hey... Lets kick all the natives out of their homes & villages in the process. We could then sell them loads of war-surplus tents to pitch in the $hithole parts of their former country they've been moved to! The real problem isn't (wasn't?) the Palestinians. It was the actions of the British & Americans post WWII. Surely if one WERE to give Jews a homeland post WWII it would have been more just to give them, say, Austria? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Well, one anyway! Finally got my computer up & running again and looking forward to getting back up to speed with y'all. Just give me a week or so to polish up my little black book of national insults! Regards, Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hmmm... Interesting post. I suppose that "Only in America" could you get a "Pro-Life Terrorist Murderer"! Similarly, "Pro-Life Terrorist Organisations". Are Kallend & I alone in seeing the fundamental schism of such an activity? Mike. Edited to add: Now that American-European relations have improved, one wonders if the French & Germans will join in a "Coalition-of-the-Satirical" and invade Appalacia? They have WMDs (Women of MasseD inbreeding) Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Britsh humour eh? hmm,.. Oh! you mean the food? NO! We mean the way we can laugh out loud at Canadians' ATTEMPTS at humour instead of just smiling pityingly... Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hmmm... I guess it has to be the Germans by a very short hair. Some of my happiest times have been with these people. I love their style, their humour(), their individual disobedience and their collective obedience. They make their country so beautiful. Then come the Danes, Swedes, Finns & Norwegians, but the cost of living can be so high - especially Finland ("My drinks cost WHAT!!? Do I get a free house with that!?"). Then the Commonwealth Colonials - Oz, Kiwi, Canada, Safrikaners. (actually, I have to say that - That's where all my family's scattered to). Then The Americans. - Nice people, but a little too fond of money - that's their environment. After that come the neutrals (Irish & Swiss - nice Wristwatches & Guinness. But...), followed by people I dislike - which transcends down through Fuzzy-Wuzzys, Kaffirs, Southern English Poufs, and finally (quelle surprise) The French!!!! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

And let's not forget that Father Jack Hackett IS A SKYDIVER! While Fathers Creilly & Maguire were messing about with novelty sticky-tape dispensers, It was Father Jack (& the drinks trolley) who did the only sensible thing on a plane. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.