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Sundrop

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Can you still get the ones that drip though? You know, the kind they used to put in Chianti bottles in little Italian restaurants? I seem to only be able to find the dripless ones! I haven't looked online.
Yep, still available, and now in pillar style as well....
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Lisey Landon

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Anyone here have a friend who's bi-polar? I do and I swear sometimes she makes me think I'm crazy. I've learned to tell when her meds need adjusting, but no way in H3ll am I suggesting it. I'd like to leave her an anonymous note, but that would really freak her out. If YOU'RE bipolar, would you mind if someone told you seem like you might be slipping?
I do. Also a bipolar cousin.
I am not bipolar, but I don't think it would help to tell your friend she is slipping. When they have an up-period, in the start they just feel like they are healthy again, and some even stop taking their meds.
My cousin kept seeing a therapist also after the meds were adjusted. That helped him stay on the meds, even when he felt he didn't need them.
My advice would be to just keep an eye on her, so you can help when she realize that she needs it.
 

HollyGolightly

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I do. Also a bipolar cousin.
I am not bipolar, but I don't think it would help to tell your friend she is slipping. When they have an up-period, in the start they just feel like they are healthy again, and some even stop taking their meds.
My cousin kept seeing a therapist also after the meds were adjusted. That helped him stay on the meds, even when he felt he didn't need them.
My advice would be to just keep an eye on her, so you can help when she realize that she needs it.
Thanks Lisey - I do wish she'd stay in therapy, it probably would help to have a professional notice when she starts becoming delusional again. Mental illness is so sad.
 

skimom2

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After seeing a shudder worthy picture of a new trend in Portland of huge, gauged piercings below the lower lip (shows lower teeth & gum through the hole) on FB this morning, I've been thinking. Would you hire someone with a highly visible, large facial piercing (if your job wasn't in the industry)? I don't think I would.
 

HollyGolightly

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After seeing a shudder worthy picture of a new trend in Portland of huge, gauged piercings below the lower lip (shows lower teeth & gum through the hole) on FB this morning, I've been thinking. Would you hire someone with a highly visible, large facial piercing (if your job wasn't in the industry)? I don't think I would.
that's tough - you don't want to discriminate. I guess it would depend on the job and the person's ability to convey trust - piercings and weirdness in general don't turn me off, but I'm always so worried I'll offend someone by noticing their differences that I go to great lengths to overcompensate. I'm insane I think.
 

Neesy

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As a business owner, I admit I'd be worried about turning off customers. I feel sort of guilty about that, I guess. But then again, if the business suffers, all employees suffer... Anyway. Random thoughts that wander through my mind--lol
What you described above sounds to me more like a body mutilation rather than a piercing. I would not hire a person with self inflicted holes in their mouth, exposing their gums, teeth etc. (especially in either the food service industry or health care). (Of course, I did not see these FB pics, so I am just going by your description).
 

KINGSMAN129

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What you described above sounds to me more like a body mutilation rather than a piercing. I would not hire a person with self inflicted holes in their mouth, exposing their gums, teeth etc. (especially in either the food service industry or health care). (Of course, I did not see these FB pics, so I am just going by your description).
I DON'T THINK I WOULD HIRE THEM! I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TREND OF SLIPPING A DISK INTO YOUR BODY, ANYWHERE IN ANY PART! :)
 

skimom2

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What you described above sounds to me more like a body mutilation rather than a piercing. I would not hire a person with self inflicted holes in their mouth, exposing their gums, teeth etc. (especially in either the food service industry or health care). (Of course, I did not see these FB pics, so I am just going by your description).
This is the pic:
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morgan

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I actually do like some piercings, but I've always been creeped out by tongue piercing and ear gauges that are too big. This is downright disgusting! With a hole in your face like that, you shouldn't even expect to get a regular job and if you do, your meds need to be seriously altered!! ;)
 

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not_nadine

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I can't wait to see all of these people when they grow old.

Tattoo's can do some strange things. My sister had a devil face tattooed on her stomach. Then she was pregnant and that devil face got soo big and would contort and stretch as the baby moved.:eek:
Very creepy.
(she has since had it removed)
 
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