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Diamorphine. I don't think they still use it in the States, but I think it's still available for hospital prescription in the UK. The speed at which it works, its duration and its level of working make it useful - but its addictive tendancy makes it dangerous. But for end-of-life or pallative...

O/T, and apologies if it has already been mentioned in some way: I know of a way it can indeed help you, even save your life. Ethanol is the cure for antifreeze poisoning (ethylene glycol, IIRC) and in lieu of medical-grade ethanol, vodka will do quite nicely. Or whiskey, or gin, or... :D But...

I'm about two-fifths of the way through A Dance of Dragons part one. I can't remember the UK subtitle. For the ASOIAF paperbacks here they split both A Storm of Swords and A Dance with Dragons into two books for ease of printing. They're all a different colour too, but quite low saturation so...

This is very true. And I do agree with you - It is less free, by definition. But I have never come across any restriction on myself or others I know (mostly because we're all nice cowards XD). I read a blog called Nanny Knows Best which airs the stupidity of local government; it has been running...

XD Scandinavia is expensive!! My parents lived in Norway for 8 months before I was conceived and my friend visited Finland recently, and both made their bank accounts cry! But I agree, I do love their savvyness whe it comes to some of their laws.

I am actually glad that here in the UK one cannot claim freedom of speech. The exceptions to the common law and European Convention on freedom of expression mean that we don't have to tolerate some of these examples, nor our teachers the whining in the classroom. Incitement to Religious and...

In the UK we have something a little different which solves the issue of those who don't do well in academic settings: from 16 to 18 youngsters need to be in education, work or training, the latter something like an apprenticeship, the armed forces, etc. When I was in sixth form (that's 16-18...

No, he wasn't that bad. He's not really into the gaming side of technology much; the last games console he actually owned was an Atari 2600. ^^ If the big gift was a laptop (I'm on my third currently since 2003) he'd make sure it was all set up and ready before it was wrapped.

I'm 25, and I am lucky enough to have both parents still living and together. My father is 66 and my mother is 60. I am also an only child, so we have the dynamic of that too. My mother was the chore-ordering, somewhat naggy, food-cooking and come-here-for-a-hug parent, and my father was the...

Well, they did release a song of their own, Ai no Uta I believe it was called? It's hard to find now I think, at least in hardcopy. Other Pikminesque music? I liked a lot of the soundtracks that came with the game, especially Forest of Hope, which is my favourite. Non-Pikmin soundtrack...

Physically, I like my eyes and my hair. My eyes are green-blue with a pale gold iris ring - iris rings are aka central heterochromia iridium, and it's more common than one thinks; my mother has it, though hers is light brown. I also inherited my green-blue eyes from her; my father's are also...

A silly court case over taxes and tariffs... reminds me of the case McVitie's had a while ago over Jaffa Cakes, as they were trying to prove they weren't chocolate covered biscuits, which are subject to VAT. (Name notwithstanding, if you don't know Jaffa Cakes, they're round cookie-sized dense...

My housemate introduced me to a friend of hers, who is a female-to-male transsexual. He is a wonderful guy, really clever (got a Masters in Physics!) and he's coming to our New Year do. Before I met him I didn't know what to make of the concept since I'd never met anyone like that, but now I...

I remember watching DBZ and GT yooooonks ago on Cartoon Network (in England). I actually liked it all quite a lot. But then I was quite young (about 13 or so perhaps?) and I had had little frame of reference on what was 'good' at that point. It seems a shame that they aren't remastering the...

I vaguely remember the old show. *is showing age* Some mates of mine are self-professed bronies and they're all good sorts. I...I'm semi-indifferent leaning towards vaguely interested. Not been able to catch it, not really going to intentionally aim to watch it, but I can name the main six...