One Post Wonders

[Kezza]

This site is always good for a laugh..... Enjoy!

https://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

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When comic book heroes and villains get old:
Superheroes Decadence by Donald Soffritti

some crackers there!

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9 reasons why there wasn’t stress in the good old days
Turns out, heroin was much easier to get a few decades ago.
Mihai Andrei
July 6, 2009

Everyone seems stressed nowadays, even when they don’t have that much going on. Researchers invested a lot of time and money into the study of stress and have a number of sound theories and advice — but really, don’t let those fool you. Here’s the real deal, here’s why it was so easy back in the good old days.

Bayer’s Heroin

Vast vial labeled heroin drug, black-and-white image.Oh yeah, between 1890 and 1910, heroin was sold as a ‘less addictive form of morphine’. At some point, it was even recommended to treat the usual cough, but only in children — because the makers tried to be responsible, presumably. This is a well-known fact by now, but it’s less known that Bayer advertised Heroin as a cure for children’s cough as late as 1912.

Diacetylmorphine (or heroin) was first synthesized by Alder Wright, who concluded it was even more addictive than opium, and abandoned research in this direction. However, the Bayer company concluded that it was very effective in treating moderate pains and dealing with diseases such as asthma or tuberculosis, so they branded it as Heroin and started advertising it. By 1899, there were reports that people were developing tolerance to the effects of heroin,

By 1924, heroin was restricted to prescription-only use in the US and was eventually banned by the nascent FDA altogether in 1924, although it was still sold under strict medical conditions. What’s interesting is that it was branded pretty much at the same time with acetylsalicylic acid, that became later known as aspirin. It’s hard to say which one of these had more success…

Boehringer & Soehne

Boehringer & Soehne were located in Mannheim, Germany. Never heard of them? Well, if they were doing today what they did about a century ago now, you probably would have. They proudly advertised their products, claiming to be the best makers of quinine and cocaine. It wasn’t only that they were good products, but Boehringer & Soehne also claimed a good price; as their ads said: “Prices no higher than for any other brand”. You just don’t see that anymore, sadly.

Read the rest here - https://www.zmescience.com/9-reasons-why ... ays-000007

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[nekokate]

I love how it seems so nasty, but everyone lives happily ever after You gotta watch this all the way to the end. Classic!!!!

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The story of Andre The Giant is well worth a read - click HERE to check it out

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Bother!

[Skylace]

[Sera_6969]

I was going to link individual blogs from this site each in a new post and make myself look like and enthusiatic poster... but i'm just too lazy!!

Abandoned frozen ships

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There's even a Micallef bit - smashing!

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Parcel tape art - by Mark Khaisman

[Brown Sauce]

We just released our animated short film "Pigeon: Impossible." The 6-minute short took nearly 5 years to complete and involved approximately 100 artists and musicians. You can check it out at www.pigeonimpossible.com.

very good too ...