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From: "Josephine Kemper" <>
Subject: Re: Not so yummy
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:30:26 -0000
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So why do we refer to the "Good old Days"? They were quite horrible if you
were ill and nearly as bad if you weren't. The precautions against catching
something were sometimes worse than the bugs. The mention of milk at school
reminds me that I still can't drink anything through a straw with first
blowing through it. When I was about eight I found something in my mouth,
after a slurp of milk through a straw, and found it was an earwig.
Ughhh.....

Josi

----- Original Message -----
From: "patricia salter" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:09 AM
Subject: Not so yummy


> Now why did you have to mention cod liver oil and malt, the bane of my
> childhood, every morning before school. Bet you didnt have goose grease
> rubbed on your back and front like I did when I had Pneumonia for weeks on
> end! There was also Gees Linctus and the dreaded Syrup of Figs. But
even
> worse than that was being forced to drink luke warm milk in school break
> every day, that was really awful. I used to refuse to drink it, and
would
> then be made to sit in front of the class all day until I drank up every
> last drop.....yuck. And then there was the embarrassment of having to do
> PE in ones vest and knickers!
> Patti
>
>

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