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Know about your drugs - What are Vioxx and Celebrex? - If you take
these drugs this article might be of interest to you.
Back to the basics with food and kids - Academic performance went up
and violence went down when this Wisconsin high school made some basic
changes in food provided for students
Natural therapy tackles even the deadliest forms of cancer - This
breakthrough cancer killer has the drug biz buzzing according to Health
Sciences Institute.
Miracle in Wisconsin - Follow up - A skeptical reader contacts the
Wisconsin high school mentioned in the "Back to basics with food and
kids" article.
Out fox
Parkinson's disease - Scientists suggest that homocysteine may be
involved in the brain damage that is displayed in Parkinson's patients.
Folic acid seems to control homocysteine.
Rescue from autism - One mother's successful effort to solve the
riddle of autism for her young son.
Only a true Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a
conniption fit and that you don't "have" them, but "pitch" them.
Nobody but a true Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip
greens, peas, beans, etc. make up a "mess".
A true Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of
"yonder."
A true Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is - as in "Going to
town, be back directly."
Even true Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request
for the white, granular, sweet substance that sits in a pretty little
bowl in the middle of the table.
All true Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use
the term, but they know the concept well.
True Southerners know instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a
neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl
of cold potato salad. (If the trouble is a real crisis, they also know to
add a large banana puddin'.) In the South, we can't say we are sorry
about anything without a covered dish. "Sorry to hear your Daddy passed
on, here is some baked beans".
True Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and
"a right far piece!."
They know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.
No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn
signal is actually going to make a turn.
True Southerners know that "fixin" can be used both as a noun, verb and
adverb.
True Southerners make friends standing in lines. We don't do "queues," we
do "lines." And when we're in line, we talk to everybody.
Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're
related, if only by marriage.
True Southerners never refer to one person as "y'all."
True Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
Every true Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits and coffee
are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food;
that fried green tomatoes are not breakfast food.
When you hear someone say, "Well, I called myself lookin'," you know
you're in the presence of a genuine Southerner.
Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the
need for sugar and lots of it - we do not like our tea unsweetened;
"sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.
Finally, a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little
old ladies who drive 30 on the freeway - you say, "Bless her heart!" and
go on around her.
We hope that you have found this letter
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