"Tonia" > wrote in message
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> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
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>> I feel like shit. I may have about ten minutes, here, before I have to
>> go
>> back to bed. Can't sleep, but don't have the energy to do anything else,
>> either -- not even read. (And that just kills me.) So I've been
>> flashing
>> back to little home remedies from growing up in the 1950s...
>>
>> I think sometimes Mom would give me small amounts of what I remember as a
>> weak solution of sugar in water. Ever heard of that?
>>
>> Burnt Toast: I distinctly remember Mom burning a slice of toast and
>> scraping the ashes into a glass of water. I guess this was to settle a
>> stomach (the charcoal or whateveer) -- probably more from acid upset than
>> from feeling urpy.
>>
>> Liquid Jell-O. I guess that was a variant on sugar water; it's not like
>> there was sugar-free Jell-0 in 1953.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Blinky
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> I remember hot toddys that my Mom used to give me. Had whiskey in them.
> I was less than 10 years old but they did make me sleep. Also, I remember
> hot tea with a little honey and lemon, also a little cider vinegar in it.
> Tasted like crap, but did wonders for a sore throat.
>

These days she gets arrested for child abuse for that.