The FOC thread.

[johnny crossan]

Anybody remember Mercurochrome - bright red antiseptic for stings/bites/cuts? Bit unusual in this country where bright yellow iodine was and is de rigeur.?

 

[johnny crossan]

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[RadcliffeRick]

I’m not doing too badly, thanks.

It’s slowly getting better, but I will still hear or read something that will set me off into a flood of tears.

Keep strong mate. If you need to unburden there are plenty on here who will listen and try to help you.

 

[mexico1970]

I’m not doing too badly, thanks.

It’s slowly getting better, but I will still hear or read something that will set me off into a flood of tears.

I liked your post because I want you to know that people do listen, hope you're managing mate.

 

[Vienna_70]

Keep strong mate. If you need to unburden there are plenty on here who will listen and try to help you.

I liked your post because I want you to know that people do listen, hope you're managing mate.

Thanks.

I’ve been overwhelmed by the support and sympathy I’ve received on here.

Bluemoon really is a fantastic community.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Thanks.

I’ve been overwhelmed by the support and sympathy I’ve received on here.

Bluemoon really is a fantastic community.

I think most on here can resonate with your pain, take care mate and keep on posting.

 

[Bill Walker]

Mrs Vienna drank Camp right up until the end.

Brave woman, I honestly think I'd projectile vomit if I drank that shit now

:-))

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Witch Hazel generally bruises and cure all.

My mum would use that but she would also pick comfy and dry it for sprains and bruises. Whenever I had a sprained ankle she'd soak it in boiling water and when cooled put it on some lint. Comfy side went on the skin with a bandage on. Worked a treat.

 

[KS55]

I’m not doing too badly, thanks.

It’s slowly getting better, but I will still hear or read something that will set me off into a flood of tears.

The very best to you, blue.

 

[flook]

My mum would use that but she would also pick comfy and dry it for sprains and bruises. Whenever I had a sprained ankle she'd soak it in boiling water and when cooled put it on some lint. Comfy side went on the skin with a bandage on. Worked a treat.

My mum did that too, but it was Comfrey ;)

 

[remember arthur mann]

Yellow Basilicon?

Was it Lyons Ointment ? It came in a wooden tub. That's what my mum used anyway.

Neither come to mind, possibly the Lion brand. The thing I do remember is the old boracic lint. I recall once putting it on the wrong way round, when I took it off it certainly dragged the infection out, plus half my shin.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Any one remember Dolly Blue no not the porn star it was something my mum used to put in with the washing, I think it was supposed to make things whiter?

The old nickname for City fans.
Dolly Blues.

 

[Protein Junkie]

Being a FOC#117
When a table is booked at a Restaurant and you are about half a mile from the toilet.
No problem for an hour until the seal breaks.

 

[Vienna_70]

Brave woman, I honestly think I'd projectile vomit if I drank that shit now

:-))

She loved it.

 

[remember arthur mann]

 

[Jimmieblue]

Great seeing all these old medicines. They must have worked to some extent because we’re all still here. My 2 spinster Aunts, real ones, had a small wooden medicine cabinet with dinky drawers and compartments and many of these items in there for emergencies. Iodine and Sal Volataly come to mind, iodine slapped on for cuts and the other if you felt a bit faint I think. I once had a really bad knee cut, out came the really hot water and iodine, slapped on, and no matter how you howled, “this will do you good!”

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Great seeing all these old medicines. They must have worked to some extent because we’re all still here. My 2 spinster Aunts, real ones, had a small wooden medicine cabinet with dinky drawers and compartments and many of these items in there for emergencies. Iodine and Sal Volataly come to mind, iodine slapped on for cuts and the other if you felt a bit faint I think. I once had a really bad knee cut, out came the really hot water and iodine, slapped on, and no matter how you howled, “this will do you good!”

A bad knee cut now warrants a 999 call demanding an ambulance right away!!

 

[Lavinda Past]

My mum did that too, but it was Comfrey ;)

We still use comfrey for sprains etc. The old ways are the best.

 

[Lavinda Past]

A bad knee cut now warrants a 999 call demanding an ambulance right away!!

Followed by a multiple social media updates and a 'Go fund me' page...

 

[Vienna_70]

We still use comfrey for sprains etc. The old ways are the best.

Does anybody remember Zam-buc for small scrapes and cuts?

My Dad swore by it for chapped lips and cracked skin.