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Originally posted by Taurisk: ↑

@mogga Thankyou for your post. When and where I grew up, there was no extra food, the was no money for lollies, I had to save my fare to my weekly piano lessons to go and get my precious 'Krachmandln' or fruit lollies, anything chocolatey was out of our range; - together with my childhood friend we would scour the lolly-shop window and make our selection, to then shyly walk in, clutching our small fortune and get our fix. Not often, as you can imagine. Cakes only happened for birthdays and several 'high' church days (Easter, Christmas), sweets were mostly in the form of cooked fruit, sometimes things like potato dough filled with plum jam (dusted with ground and sweetened poppy seeds), or dumplings filled with fruit (my favourite was the oblong European plum, and apricots dumpling). As kids we used to collect stones from apricots and then break them open with a brick - only to find out years later, that they are poisonous . . . . (Why can't we get the European (actually Yugoslav!) plum in Australia? But then stone fruit as sold in the super market is despicable, always hard, never ripe, never sweet, always picked too early to survive 'shelf life'.)

Life was simpler, no long session sitting in front of the idiot box, or computer etc.

We are paying a price for the lives of leisure and luxury we allow our kids to live, above all THEY will pay a price.

I am not cut out to do battle with Big Pharma - they'll get rich no matter what I do - and when in need, I do need their products - as I recently found out.
Maybe there is too much rubbish available over the counter - I only found out after years of using a painkiller for my back (so that I could continue the sometimes hard work around here, like gardening), that it was bad for my kidneys - I just found out in time.

It is important to be informed, that's for sure. - but also important not to get paranoid.
Go well
Taurisk

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@Taurisk

I am not cut out to do battle with Big Pharma..... It is important to be informed, that's for sure.

Hard to actually fight any big corporation per se. Perhaps one way is to seek alternatives - there still are those. Not sure about being informed - so many doctors are now just 'salespeople' - take this, take that, don't worry, if it doesn't work, come back for other try outs.

A little while back whilst querying my gp the gp was more interested in seeing me to the door then answering questions about a condition and re the potential side effects of the drugs prescribed. The idea of a caring family doctor seems to have vaned - replaced by the idea of maximizing the number of patients being seen in an hour - the more patients squeezed in, the more the salary. Your health is very important - but it seems, only to you and perhaps to the pharmacy dispensing prescription drugs. Take these, bye bye.

Why can't we get the European (actually Yugoslav!) plum in Australia? But then stone fruit as sold in the super market is despicable, always hard, never ripe, never sweet, always picked too early to survive 'shelf life

You forgot to add, very expensive.

Consider myself lucky as in my neck of the woods (or nearby), there are some wild things available for those seeking such (perhaps even a few wild women too). Wild plums - differing types at different times - amongst other things - great taste, goes well with filling those dumplings and then coating with cinnamon sugar. Citrus season not far off either - picked a few mandarines and limes yesterday - nice and juicy - juice went well on palacsinta this morning. Have even dried the skin for later use - a better bitter pill for health.