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MN clique

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TickTickBoomBoom · 05/02/2017 14:12

I'm a regular poster, and have name changed for this.

Is it just me, or does there seem to be a clique here? Some people's posts always get answered and they seem like a happy friendly little group. If you're 'new' or haven't posted that much, you pretty much get ignored.

I enjoy reading the posts, and I enjoy posting, but this 'exclusivity' is really getting to me. This is supposed to be a place people can come with their problems/jokes etc, and to feel like some people are 'left out' kinda defeats the object IMHO.

OP posts:
KatieScarlett · 05/02/2017 21:21

It's Benylin for me. Instant vom, even the thought

TheNiffler · 05/02/2017 21:22

Ugh pripsen. Grew up in a house full of animals, including 5 cats, that always had worms.

We had a 'therapeutic' dose of pripsen every MONTH.

PerpendicularVincent · 05/02/2017 21:23

That's almost as bad Katie

I only ever liked calpol

PerpendicularVincent · 05/02/2017 21:23

Every month?!!! Fucking hell

KatieScarlett · 05/02/2017 21:25

Cod liver oil, out of a huge sticky bottle...Envy
I still take it now, thank goodness for capsules.

DioneTheDiabolist · 05/02/2017 21:28

I like Benylin, but I don't like Jaggerbombs and they taste a bit like Benylin. Weird.

PerpendicularVincent · 05/02/2017 21:29

Liking benilyn Shock

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 05/02/2017 21:34

My husband had an allergic reaction to Pripsen. Not serious or life threatening. But was amusing to watch his face going up and down like a week old ballon being squished.

DonkeyOaty · 05/02/2017 21:38

We never had pripsen Confused

We did have Kaolin and Morphine for upset tummies - it was like pale clay in a bottle with clear liquid on the top. Bottle to be shaken before spooning into chops.

Sparklingbrook · 05/02/2017 21:39

What was Milk of Magnesia for? We had a bottle of that.

KatieScarlett · 05/02/2017 21:40

Constipation Sparkling

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 05/02/2017 21:41

Indigestion Sparkers.

The mention of Pripsen makes me shudder.

Sparklingbrook · 05/02/2017 21:41

Was it? Shock My Mum always had Senokot in the first aid box too. we must have been bunged up as a family. Grin

TheNiffler · 05/02/2017 21:41

Mmmm anyone else remember Virol?

DonkeyOaty · 05/02/2017 21:42

Sparklers that was for indigestion or if you'd had Too Much Excitement (a party, been to the fair, that kind of thing)

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 05/02/2017 21:42

I thought MoM was a remedy for indigestion Confused, apologies.

DonkeyOaty · 05/02/2017 21:43

Nope to Virol, what was that?

We had Minadex liquid, a sort of tonic. Bleurgh!

DianaMemorialJam · 05/02/2017 21:44

I like seeing names I recognise on threads. It makes me feel like I 'know' them in a wierd way. I name change a lot so I'm sure my NN isn't recognised, but I am more of a reader than a contributer mostly anyway.

wtffgs · 05/02/2017 21:45

I've been here about 12 years (Shock)

There used to be lots of waving and obvious in-jokes. OTOH it was a warmer , wittier place where women got real support instead of a corporatised, Daily Fail fodder-generating, trolltastic forum - like the rest of the Internet.

KatieScarlett · 05/02/2017 22:10

I suppose it can be used for indigestion... if your cure is the contents of your stomach exploding out your bum.

PerpendicularVincent · 05/02/2017 22:23

Uugh, I can still taste milk of magnesia. What was it for?

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 05/02/2017 22:27

Calmed indigestion and stomach acid in this house when I was a nipper, in the days before Gaviscon.

TheNiffler · 05/02/2017 22:30

Virol was a malt extract supplement, loved the taste of it, and used to sneak into the pantry with a teaspoon, and eat it out of the jar.

MistressMerryWeather · 05/02/2017 22:40

Did it taste like Horlicks, Niffler?

TheNiffler · 05/02/2017 22:49

A bit, yes. It was sort of malty sweet brown gloop. I wish they still made it, it was delish.