Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-04 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 3, 2005, at 3:38 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: of course, fungal infection of the brain is just a tad more serious than that of the toenail, and you can't do without a brain, unlike pretty feet... You might want to forward this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor,

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
I wrote: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: snippage throughout Toenail fungus. You lost me at Toenail fungus. Are we being given a test, which one of these does not belong? :-) My best guess is that referring to the FDA's warning in 2001 about

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-03 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At Monday 04:38 PM 1/3/2005, Deborah Harrell wrote: Lamisil is much less toxic than frex Amphotericin B, which we nicknamed 'amphoterrible' b/c of its many nasty side effects (of course, fungal infection of the brain is just a tad more serious than that of the toenail, and you can't do without a

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:00:43 -0500, Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may be a cosmetic problem, but its also a real pain. I sometimes have problems with my *toes* hurting because the nails are too thick, and filing them down is tedious and time consuming (that said, I did get a

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-02 Thread Doug Pensinger
Reggie wrote: The vet that we take our guinea pigs and pygmie hedgehog to see uses a Dremel to do their nails. Also, the long front teath of guinea pigs continue to grow their entire life, and when they are not in the wild they often grow long enough to become a problem. Our vet uses her Dremel

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:00 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: that said, I did get a Dremel mototool for Xmas The image that spawns -- you carving away at your toes with a small rotary power tool, toenail dust flying all over -- is a cross between hilarious and disgusting. Thanks! :D -- Warren Ockrassa,

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:53 PM Subject: Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage) On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:00 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: that said, I did get

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Bryon Daly
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:00:43 -0500, Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may be a cosmetic problem, but its also a real pain. I sometimes have problems with my *toes* hurting because the nails are too thick, and filing them down is tedious and time consuming (that said, I did get a Dremel

Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-29 Thread Deborah Harrell
Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snippage Mind you that's at the local charter school. The public schools are being abandoned in droves by students who whine that the curriculum is too hard and whose parents are tired of having their kids flunk. When students become

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-29 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 01:50:14PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: Or to emulate your choice of wording: When patients become customers, medicine is doomed. Vioxx. Toenail fungus. Major medical centers that offer unproven therapies as viable alternatives. Wishful thinking does not equal

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-29 Thread Deborah Harrell
Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: Or to emulate your choice of wording: When patients become customers, medicine is doomed. Vioxx. Toenail fungus. Major medical centers that offer unproven therapies as viable alternatives. sniplet You lost me at

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-29 Thread Damon Agretto
My point is more that it's a cosmetic problem if you like to show off your feet (could be more serious for the severely immunosuppressed, of course), yet the advertising implies that because it's an infection (I prefer to call it an infestation since it's superficial, and perhaps b/c I've had a