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  1. psawyer
    Okay, folks, I have exposed myself. I mean, the cloaking device is off and I am not anonymous. What did you think I meant? Interesting things are happening in our little world. As you know, we are losing both of our part-time employees. C worked his last shift tonight, and will drop by tomorrow to trade his key for a paycheck. H works her final shift...
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    Just me. Was lurking on another thread hours ago and left the cloaking device on.
  3. psawyer
    No, you both have your clothes on. Get nekked, take and post another pic, and then maybe we can talk about pornography eroticism.
  4. psawyer
    Yay for Sarah!
  5. psawyer
    The injected anesthetic is gluten-free to the best of my knowledge. I have never heard of an injectable medication having gluten--it would just gum up the needle. Many dentists use a topical anesthetic at the point of injection to dull the sensation of the injection itself. You need to ask about these. The ones my dentist uses are gluten-free.
  6. psawyer
    Lipitor is gluten-free. There are no generic versions of it yet, as the patent is still in force. Don't combine it with grapefruit in any form.
  7. psawyer
    A quick good morning fly by. Off to work I go. I'll catch y'all later.
  8. psawyer
    While I understand the hope for a guarantee of absolutely zero gluten content, and believe that it may be possible to achieve it, it cannot be proven. To verify the gluten content of any product, you must conduct a test on a sample to see if any gluten is present. The very fact that you are testing only a sample introduces the chance for error, just like...
  9. psawyer
    Plain Smirnoff is vodka distilled from corn and is absolutely safe, regardless how you feel about the distillation debate. Smirnoff Ice is a completely different thing which happens to share the Smirnoff brand name. In some places, Smirnoff Ice is a cooler made from vodka, but in most places it is made with malted barley. Where laws permit, they want it to...
  10. psawyer
    Thanks, Elf. Nothing new in those links. The first one has an unsubstantiated (and incorrect) assertion that the fries are coated. Both then link to the correct information that in the United States the flavor used in the parfry oil has wheat and milk among its ingredients. We've known and debated the significance that fact for over two years. The Canadian...
  11. psawyer
    Happy Birthday, Laura!
  12. psawyer
    It has been an interesting day. Violent weather moved through the region this afternoon. We were at the store, and had torrential downpours. Where we live, the thunderstorms were more severe, with hail the size of golf balls. There was much damage to trees which lost branches and leaves. Our deck was covered with debris, as was much of the neighboUrhood...
  13. psawyer
    My question about coating on the fries was for NorthernElf, who, like me, is in Canada. Some places coat their fries with a flour-containing batter before cooking. This is almost always true of fries described as "curly" or "spicy." I have never before heard of McDonalds having coated fries. The debate about whether you get more gluten in the US from the...
  14. psawyer
    No and Yes. The fryers at the front of the store are used only for French fries and hash browns. The nuggets are fried in another fryer in the back of the store by a different crew. The fries and hash browns are either both gluten-free, or are both "tainted" by wheat and dairy, depending on your country of residence and interpretation of the test results...
  15. psawyer
    Your understanding is wrong. There are slight variances from country to country. Only in the US do they have the questionable ingredients in the flavor added to the oil in which the fries are parboiled before freezing and shipping.
  16. psawyer
    Can you share your source for this. It contradicts everything I have been told for years about McDonalds fries. My wife used to work for a McDonalds, and the fries contained potatoes and oil (different from the US) and were then fried in dedicated oil at the store. Since you are in Australia, your fries could be different again.
  17. psawyer
    Unfortunately, from what you describe, Hershey complied perfectly with the FALCPA legislation. That law requires that the top eight allergens (wheat is among them) must be disclosed by their common name either in the ingredients list or in a Contains statement in print at least as large as the ingredients list. If they do only one, they are still totally...
  18. psawyer
    Another quick drive-by. We go back home about noon.
  19. psawyer
    I don't know what the changes are either, but it is a Kraft product, so all we have to do is read the label.
  20. psawyer
    Quick drop in, read to catch up, it is almost midnight, must be up early for a long, busy day.
  21. psawyer
    Amanda, what an ordeal. The law requires these cases to be tried by a jury whose personal beliefs will not conflict with the application of the law as it is written. The Voire Dire of each potential juror in such a case is especially intrusive. You saw it first hand. We no longer have the death penalty in Canada--the last executions were in 1962, and the...
  22. psawyer
    Todays Toronto Sun has an article on page 46 about the introduction of gluten free pizza crusts at local chain Pizza Pizza. The article talks about celiac disease for a couple of paragraphs. I posted a link in a thread on this topic in the restaurants section as well. Open Original Shared Link It is great to see mention in the mainstream media.
  23. psawyer
    Today's Toronto Sun has an article about this. In the print edition it is on page 46. The article talks about celiac disease as well. Open Original Shared Link
  24. psawyer
    The doctor is investigating the possibility of diabetes, but this may only be to exclude it. I don't recognize all the tests in the list. The one that do that is directly related to inflammation (or infection) is the WBC count. Inflammation is an immune response, and increased numbers of white blood cells are an indicator. AST or SGOT is a liver function...
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    Fasting is usually associated with blood tests for lipids (cholesterol). But there is a glucose test on the list, and that can be either "random" or "fasting." In either case, it is diabetes that is being investigated. A fasting blood glucose level more than 7.0 mmol/L (as measured in Canada) is generally considered diagnostic of diabetes if it happens...
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