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Im pretty sure your arm pain would have been a bit of a placebo and an effect on your opiad system in your brain that controls pain. Its doesnt actually relieve tension and defenitey doesnt magically move tendons etc back into place. The acupuncture isn't to treat pain. It is to help restore full r...

It's not possible to prove that Homeopathy works. True homeopathic medicines are diluted to the point that it is not possible to detect the supposed curative ingredient -- the curative properties are claimed to be due to the 'memory' or residual 'vibration' of that ingredient. You can't test the ef...

Im sure the "doc" decongested the chi trying to escape from your shoulder :lol: yes yes of course it works. The effect proceeded the cause so timely it must have been responsible. Seriously though :roll: Im sure your secret chinese herbs are responsible to. Lets get everyone in Australia who has pn...

If Homeopathy works, why has no-one stepped up to claim James Randi's $1,000,000 smackers. Surely someone out there who practises/uses it could do with the mil? It's not possible to prove that Homeopathy works. True homeopathic medicines are diluted to the point that it is not possible to detect th...

... MRI and numerous other body scanning techniques Not disputing what you said Nick -- I agree with it -- but a doctor friend of mine recently told me that a study had been done on the benefits of MRIs and the most significant benefit was found to be that the doctors who ordered them for their pat...

Your GP is fundamentally good for... thermometers, stitches, injections and dispensing prescriptions for pharmaceuticals synthesised in labs that may or may not work or sending you to someone up the line who may be able to help. Depends on your GP. Mine does acupuncture. Currently he's using it to ...

Surf music -- nothing has ever come close to the sound of Roy Orbison booming out of the Cecil jukebox at Cronulla.

got these from Abby:
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www.abbywinters.com

Shaunm wrote:... it's ockersism I thought.

It's about as ocker as 'ballpark figure' and 'touch base'.

From today's SMH: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bondis-bogus-bite-shark-attack-just-a-fishy-line/2007/12/20/1197740472481.html "Wright's wounds, which required dozens of stitches and a night at a Sydney hospital, were not caused by a vicious shark, or even by a relatively docile wobbegong, as ...

LONGINUS wrote:we are never going to keep up with the number of refugees that land on our shores.

LONGINUS wrote:...are US forces still a setback to your country?

Hmmmmm.

LONGINUS wrote:I really wish that terrorism was still one of those arab / israeli things from the 1980's

If you really believe that terrorism in the Middle East began in the 1980s you're either misinformed or an absolute fcuking moron. I'll leave it to you to figure out which.

LONGINUS wrote:Well, opinions are like assholes I guess

This is Australia mate. It's spelled arsehole here.

OK, it's not a goat boat. There was something in the lower resolution pic that looked to me like it could be a paddle.

It's a goat boat. He's wearing a helmet and holding a paddle.

Rockin' Ron wrote:...why has he got his back foot halfway down on a shortboard.

It's a wave ski.

My favourite veggie recipe — great for preventing scurvy.

Caribou Moss

Kill a Caribou.
Leave the first stomach untouched for about three days.
Then open the stomach, take out the contents and use it the same as you would sauerkraut.

Bon appetit.