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For about a week last months, the back bedroom
\n belonging to Number 2 son had a distinct stink of vinegar, in Addison
\n to the usually ripe male teenaged bouquet. Upon repeated inquiry and
\n investigation (not so easy to pull the wool over the Dowbrigade’s eyes)
\n we were informed that it was part of an intense short-term therapy designed
\n to get him past
\n the drug
\n test and into the US Marines, and recommended by his Marine "sponsor",
\n the 20-year-old stationed down at the local recruiting station. <\/p>\n
Perhaps
\n you can imagine the multidimensional ethical dilemma that revelation
\n set off in the Dowbrigade family.
\n We won’t even get into it other than to say said son is about to head off to
\n Peru to help his brother run an adventure tourism hotel in an idyllic
\n Andean valley known as the "Switzerland of South America" rather than
\n reporting to Camp Pendelton as originally planned, and that we have
\n dropped plans to sue the Marines. The Lord works in mysterious ways.<\/p>\n
Now it turns out our son could have pulled the wool over our eyes by
\n claiming he was guzzling vinegar to lose weight! Who knew? As we are
\n all moving to South America it will be up to the next tenants in this
\n beautiful apartment to try to get the vinegar smell out of the rug.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\nDoctors
\n in Chile
\n have issued a
\n warning over a craze by women to drink apple vinegar
\n to try
\n to
\n control
\n their weight.<\/p>\nThey say there is no scientific evidence that it works and that it could
\n cause stomach problems, including gastroenteritis.<\/p>\nAccording to Las Ultimas Noticias, the new diet craze started out in
\n Chile with women taking apple vinegar pills to lose weight.<\/p>\nBut then they started drinking liquid vinegar instead and some supermarkets
\n have reported a 100% increase in sales.<\/p>\nDoctor Gladys Vallet said: "Since ancient times, women have used
\n vinegar to lose weight. It seems to work but it is not scientifically
\n proven."<\/p>\nBut she said doctors had noticed a big increase in the number of patients
\n complaining of stomach upsets in surgeries. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n from Ananova<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For about a week last months, the back bedroom belonging to Number 2 son had a distinct stink of vinegar, in Addison to the usually ripe male teenaged bouquet. Upon repeated inquiry and investigation (not so easy to pull the … Continue reading