On 2022-06-01, Ken Blake wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Jun 2022 05:21:58 +1000, Peter Moylan
><peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On 02/06/22 03:06, Tony Cooper wrote:
>>
>>> Vicks VapoRub came in a jar. I see that Vicks is still in business,
>>> still sells jars of the stuff, but also sells patches that are used
>>> for the purpose above.
>>
>>It also advertises "Vicks medicated calf drops".
>
>
> The next time I have a calf, I'll be sure to get some.

"Don't have a cow!" as Bart Simpson says.

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On Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:49:25 +0100, Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com>
wrote:

>On 2022-06-01, Ken Blake wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2 Jun 2022 05:21:58 +1000, Peter Moylan
>><peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>On 02/06/22 03:06, Tony Cooper wrote:
>>>
>>>> Vicks VapoRub came in a jar. I see that Vicks is still in business,
>>>> still sells jars of the stuff, but also sells patches that are used
>>>> for the purpose above.
>>>
>>>It also advertises "Vicks medicated calf drops".
>>
>>
>> The next time I have a calf, I'll be sure to get some.
>
>"Don't have a cow!" as Bart Simpson says.

I have no cow, but I did, I'd trade it in for magic beans.

On Mon, 6 Jun 2022, at 11:50:55, Adam Funk posted:
>On 2022-06-01, Tony Cooper wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 12:52:34 -0400, Quinn C
>>>* Peter Moylan:
>>>> On 30/05/22 23:24, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 9:45:32 PM UTC-4, Peter Moylan wrote:
>>>>>> On 30/05/22 11:14, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 2:36:21 PM UTC-7, spains...@gmail.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I thought you were going to call out Peter Moylan's
>>>>>>>> "politices". As useful a word as ever was invented :)
>>>>>>> I'm not familiar with "politices". Could you point me to a known
>>>>>>> dictionary of English that defines it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My fault, I'm afraid. I misslept "poultices".
>>>>>
>>>>> What an old-fashioned word! Is it still current by you?
>>>>
>>>> I almost never have occasion to use it, but it's definitely in my
>>>> passive vocabulary.
>>>
>>>Even in mine, but it's thoroughly book knowledge; I've never seen one of
>>>those things in real life.
>>
>> It wasn't called a "poultice", but a common treatment for a chest cold
>> WIWAL was applying a thick layer of Vicks VapoRub to the chest, and
>> then place a warm, wet cloth over it. The warm, wet cloth was
>> replaced with another warm, wet cloth when the one in place was no
>> longer warm.
>>
>> Vicks VapoRub came in a jar. I see that Vicks is still in business,
>> still sells jars of the stuff, but also sells patches that are used
>> for the purpose above.
>>
>> I think that American of my general age could walk into a room, sniff
>> once, and know that there was Vicks VapoRub in use in the room. The
>> smell is embedded in our minds.
>
>One of my aunts
Lily the Pink one, by any chance?
>used to apply mentholated ointment (not sure what
>brand) to any children who sniffled in her house.

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Paul