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On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 15:44:07 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
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>BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 8, 2024 at 2:08:31 PM PST, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:46:29 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 11/28/2024 9:28 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/28/2024 8:20 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:42:49 -0500, shawn
>>>>>>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:28:58 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
>>>>>>>> <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 11/27/2024 12:52 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:05:53 -0500, shawn
>>>>>>>>>> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Then we will wake up and realize he actually did what he 
>>>>>>>>>>> threatened to
>>>>>>>>>>> do and now all those cheap Chinese goods are no longer cheap, gas is
>>>>>>>>>>> no longer under $3 for much of the country (sorry BTR) due to Canada
>>>>>>>>>>> raising oil prices and all those fruits and veggies and cars from
>>>>>>>>>>> Mexico now cost 20-30% more. Thanks Trump.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> If Trump imposes duties on incoming Canadian petroleum products of
>>>>>>>>>> course prices will be raise to cover the new costs Trump has imposed.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Now if you can just convince Trump of that....
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I think Trump likely knows that. He just refuses to say it as he knows
>>>>>>>> if he keeps saying tariffs are paid by the country they are imposed on
>>>>>>>> enough people will believe it to keep him in good standing.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> More to the point, I think he knows it would trigger a trade war and
>>>>>>> feels it's a trade war he can win decisively.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Meanwhile it's causing havok in Canada as the Canuck buck has dropped
>>>>>>> 3 to 5 cents which is starting to cause price increases across the
>>>>>>> board at the worst possible time of year.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There is a theory making the news rounds that the tariffs are a club to 
>>>>>> beat Canada and Mexico with until they seal the US borders to stop 
>>>>>> illegal immigrants and drugs from entering the US.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That's probably about right.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Basically Trump discovered that he couldn't actually make Mexico pay for 
>>>>>> his "Big Beautiful Wall" the first time so he's trying again.
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> It may be a theory but it won't work since most of the fentanyl 
>>> 
>>> Hey, they gave me that as a painkiller in the hospital because they could
>>> push it in my IV. That was really trippy stuff and worked in like five
>>> seconds.
>> 
>> Way back in my 20s I had my appendix burst and was like an hour away from
>> death by the time I got to hospital for the emergency surgery. In the
>> aftermath, they gave me morphine for the incredible pain of it all. I was
>> allowed to have one shot a day. I'd spend all day doing my law school reading
>> and listening to the classroom lectures the girl I was dating at the time
>> recorded for me, then at 6:00PM, I'd put the books away, click on the TV and
>> call for my shot. It not only relieved the pain like someone turning off a
>> light switch, but it made me feel so all around awesome, it was at that point
>> I realized why people make using it the center of their whole lives. It was
>> actually scary, so the moment the pain receded to the point where I didn't
>> need it anymore, I started refusing the shot.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
>They were giving me morphine like three weeks ago before the fentanyl they
>wanted to give me Percocet, but they were problems with swallowing.

I've been lucky enough to never need the truly heavy drugs. I did one
time get given some oxycodone and was told to take the pills before
the pain hit. I took one pill and when it hit it was just like when I
had the flu. Plenty of strength but no will to do anything. Luckily I
never had any pain so I never took another one of those pills. 

I'm more than willing to take something for pain if I need it but if I
can do without the pain killers I'll choose that option.