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message 3601: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I think you'll find she can."

We live in sad, fallen times it is true. The night is coming and soon all shall be dark and empty.


message 3602: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Oh Good grief.

You've got me for the afternoon. Dave has to stay near a bog, poor thing.
He shouldn't have had his alpaca burger rare last night.


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Stick with the yak for no yuk!


message 3604: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Poet, you are.


message 3605: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Appropriate, a thread of poets this in.


message 3606: by Gingerlily - The Full Wild (last edited Jul 12, 2015 02:50PM) (new)

Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments I read a lovely poem in the bath last night. I'll try and chase it up...

Well I haven't found that particular one yet, but another one by the same author..

http://www.mileskington.com/More%20Mi...


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments And more interesting stuff from the same man.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/c...


message 3608: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Yeah but did you see this that Geoff posted?

http://m.imgur.com/WrrCQfE


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Yes, and I thought 'MTM has been out again!'


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments I posted the poem in the nice cup of tea thread.


message 3611: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments I'm drinking coca tea at the moment.

Tastes vile but really sorts out the altitude headaches.


message 3612: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Patti (baconater) wrote: "I'm drinking coca tea at the moment.

Tastes vile but really sorts out the altitude headaches."


have to remember that one, what's the proportion of active ingredient? :-)


message 3613: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments I really don't know, Jim.

I wasn't gonna take any but needs must. I just hope it doesn't remain in the system for long as I may need another medical for work when we get back.
Although a doctor mate has assured me it's fine.


message 3614: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Patti (baconater) wrote: "I really don't know, Jim.

I wasn't gonna take any but needs must. I just hope it doesn't remain in the system for long as I may need another medical for work when we get back.
Although a doctor ma..."


Take a packet label back with you to show them if you need supporting evidence?


message 3615: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Packet?

The leaves are just stripped off the plants and left out in bowls in all the hotels.

Coca candy is packaged, though. I bought a packet but they're very sweet.


message 3616: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Use them to sweeten your tea?


message 3617: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Just found this on wiki

The leaves of the coca plant contain alkaloids which—when extracted chemically—are the source for cocaine base. However, the amount of coca alkaloid in the raw leaves is small. A cup of coca tea prepared from one gram of coca leaves (the typical contents of a tea bag) contains approximately 4.2 mg of organic coca alkaloid.[1] (In comparison, a line of cocaine contains between 20 and 30 milligrams.[2]) Owing to the presence of these alkaloids, coca tea is a mild stimulant; its consumption may be compared to consumption of coffee or tea.[3] The coca alkaloid content of coca tea is such that the consumption of one cup of coca tea can cause a positive result on a drug test for cocaine,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_tea


message 3618: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Ah.

Does it say for how long after ingestion?

I'll have a read.


message 3619: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Read that cocaine stays 2-4 days. Coca tea would be less, I expect.

No worries, then. Will be weeks before I'd need a medical.


message 3620: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments I couldn't see it being a problem to be honest, not in the sort of quantities and timing you get with tea

If you got into the habit of chewing the leaves on the other hand......


;-)

How about this for an author page, books, poems, medical advice


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Drug advice...


message 3622: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments hey we ain't no breaking bad


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments You have your meth-ods....


message 3624: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments I hope I've been crystal clear!


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Better call Saul.


message 3626: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Better call Saul."

Now you've lost me I'm afraid, remember I've never actually seen the programme


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Neither have I. But I've heard loads about it.


message 3628: by David (new)

David Staniforth (davidstaniforth) | 7935 comments Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Neither have I. But I've heard loads about it."

Great series. I need to watch the fourth season.


message 3629: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments It's fabulous! And so is Better Call Saul.


message 3630: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Patti (baconater) wrote: "It's fabulous! And so is Better Call Saul."

Now I'm afraid I've never even heard of that one. Checking the wiki I suspect it's because the mates I have who talk about TV probably haven't got into it yet


message 3631: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments There's only been one season so far. Took me a few episodes to get into it but it's developed really well.


message 3632: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Right, doubtless they'll mention it to me in due time and I now know enough to nod wisely :-)


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Amaze them all by being ahead of the pack with this t-shirt.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGAL-TROUBLE...


message 3634: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Yes but then they might ask me questions about it


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Jim wrote: "Yes but then they might ask me questions about it"

Just tell them to call Saul.


message 3636: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Just read this email posted to a group I'm on


I have been distracted during the weekend by rereading all Jim Webster’s 4 fantasy novels, now available in snazzy paperback from Amazon. Apart from constantly evolving plots, colourful characterisation and wit, these are wonderful sources for individual and collective troop training, hand-to-hand combat techniques, army tactics, animal husbandry, field and domestic cookery, cypher breaking, climbing buildings, sleezy lawyers, the women’s high fashion clothing business and clever, attractive and usually respectable determined young ladies, of whom, when faced by two equally pretty examples, a hero rightly in my opinion picks the one who makes good suet pastry and really dark sticky gingerbread. Rather than a single superman hero, there are usually several co-operating, each with different talents and contacts. And now I have to get back to work…

Swords for a Dead Lady

Because you're worth it!


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Sounds about right to me :)


message 3638: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments awwww you say the nicest things :-)


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments They missed out the jelly babies though :(


message 3640: by Kath (new)

Kath Middleton | 23860 comments It's nice when one book leads a reader to the others. :)


message 3641: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "They missed out the jelly babies though :("

I think he was overwhelmed by the gingerbread. You don't often get good dark sticky gingerbread


message 3642: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Kath wrote: "It's nice when one book leads a reader to the others. :)"

It is isn't it.
I sat and watched how over a holiday weekend one person on Amazon.com bought all five fantasy, one after the other, over about three days.
It might have been five people who all bought one, but I like to think it was one person sucked into the full five.
Now I wish they'll encourage their friends to buy :-)


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Jim wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "They missed out the jelly babies though :("

I think he was overwhelmed by the gingerbread. You don't often get good dark sticky gingerbread"


True, although there is one ginger cake you can get here sometime with chunks of stem ginger in it. 'slovely!


message 3644: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Read that as slovenly.


message 3645: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments Patti (baconater) wrote: "Read that as slovenly."

I suppose it was in context ;-)


G J (Gaff to my friends) Reilly | 1836 comments I thought I heard jelly babies ... mmm. I like ginger cake too ... it shows :-(


message 3647: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments people hang around my books for the catering


G J (Gaff to my friends) Reilly | 1836 comments Thank god, I thought it was just my thread!


message 3649: by Jim (new)

Jim | 21813 comments fear not, I'm going to inflict poetry on them soon!


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Someone hide the Poetry Appreciation Chair!


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