Re: A drabble for my angstophillic friends
I hardly know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing that so many of us have been there; they say that whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but what about when it kills you a little?
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Because you are breaking my heart, I am going to offer a lighter note, and say this reminds me of Mr. Bennet's rather cruel opinion, "Every girl likes to be crossed in love." Unfortunately, I do not...
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Also on a lighter note, I think guys can cast themselves in a heroic “lone wolf, I-don’t-need-anybody” role when they get hurt; doesn’t take the pain away, but it pays their dues into the ranks of...
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As you can see below, I fouled it up while trying to give an example of using the hrefs. And then for some reason, even the thing which works in regular files on my browser did not behave as I...
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I have a story that needed Mrs Bennet and Lydia out of the way in an appropriate angsty fashion. So I had Wickham run away with Mrs Forster, which causes Lydia to go nuts screaming that he was...
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Well I only know that Laudanum was very cheap, so it got consumated by all classes. And than of course that smoking opium made people drift into such dreams, that they were very creative...who knows...
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I'm having the same issue, Harvey. Oddly, though, Kathy's example at the top of the thread works on the archive but I found the original post on the archived board and the links did not work. Curious....
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Opiates do not always (or even usually) cause psychological addiction after only a few uses. Also studies have shown that when used for pain, opiates will cause physical dependence (if used...
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I *might* follow a footnote link in the middle of a story, if I were curious enough or thought I needed more explanation before continuing. But I'm much more likely to finish reading the chapter, then...
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This doesn't answer your questions, but you may find it interesting to peruse The English Physican available free on google books. This should link to the 1814 edition, but there a number of earlier...
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Me too. Oh, the agony. But, Stan, please assure me that by the time we arrive at this nadir (are you going to post at DWG before publishing?), the grand finale will be well in the works. I dread a...
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Renee,That’s my plan, of course, and the nice thing about publishing the way I did is I can pretty much release the next one the way I want. I will absolutely post before I publish. I find that the...
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I personally never got taught anything about drugs in a programm at school or elsewhere. Just reading around online. And of course "facts" found online do not always have to be correct.Laudanum...
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I've never done jump down links on this message board before, but I just tested it and you're right. It doesn't work. May be something not compatible with our board software. I'll have to defer the...
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Stan,No need to apologize and that was rather thoughtless of me--I didn't mean to pressure you. What I wish to communicate is how much I'm looking forward to the remaining volumes in your version of...
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but I'm not one of the authors who feel pressured by readers asking for more--and if I had to guess, those authors are in the minority. I would expect most authors enjoy hearing that people are...
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I meant to say rarely cause psychological addiction when used legitimately for pain relief. Of course if someone takes opiates to get high that's something else altogether.
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A quick look online (to be taken with a grain of salt) tells me that laudanum is stronger than vicodin and percocet because it contains morphine which is stronger than codeine. I'm sure there were...
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Ah I see.I think, when I unsertand it correctly, there indeed is a difference between taking this drug if you have pain or if you do not have pain, but just want pleassure. It says on one page, that...
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