Sloan's Liniment and Vicks Vapour Rub - now that brings back a few memories
Does Anyone Else do This?
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My Grandmother believed that most ailments could be cured by Vicks Vapor rub, rubbing alcohol and Tums. She lived well into her eighties.
My great grandmother believed that vicks vapo-rub was meant to be taken internally... my dad still can't stand even thinking of it because he remembers being force-fed spoonfuls of it while sick with a cold
I have two ashtrays and a cheap "smokeless" can thing. The can thing is not smokeless anymore and rusted-out, but it's for cigarette ash. I don't save it, it's just that my smaller ashtray for cigarettes would fill up super fast, I only use the small ashtray for snuffing out cigarettes.
The big ashtray is where I dump my pipe ash and dottle. As you can see, it's like 95%+ ash. I don't save this either.
Occasionally, if there's still a bit of ember when I finish and dump my pipe, some of the dottle will catch and it's like having incense.
Don't judge my porch, I have about 9,876 projects I am working on, plus my wife is really bad at not putting stuff away and just tossing whatever, wherever.
The big ashtray is where I dump my pipe ash and dottle. As you can see, it's like 95%+ ash. I don't save this either.
Occasionally, if there's still a bit of ember when I finish and dump my pipe, some of the dottle will catch and it's like having incense.
Don't judge my porch, I have about 9,876 projects I am working on, plus my wife is really bad at not putting stuff away and just tossing whatever, wherever.
What ! We have the SAME grandmother ?
Grandma(Dad's mum) lived into her late 80s.
She didn't have much schooling because she came from a very poor farming family and had to care for 3 younger siblings and help around the farm when her mother passed away giving birth to her sister.
She was a wonderful woman, mother and grandmother.
Mum worked, so it was my Grandma who brought me up.
She was fond of her herbal remedies (dispensed by a Chinese herbalist) and natural nostrums
I miss her dearly.
In addition to Vicks, growing up in Malaysia, we had Tiger Balm.My great grandmother believed that vicks vapo-rub was meant to be taken internally... my dad still can't stand even thinking of it because he remembers being force-fed spoonfuls of it while sick with a cold
I still have nightmares of my Grandfather applying that to my throat when I had tonsillitis
I put up with that as a tonsillectomy (despite the promise of bowls and bowls of ice cream) was my least preferred option.
And both still in production, like many others I knew Vick was still around and popular but was surprised when googling for the correct spelling of Sloans to write of here that it also is still being manufactured. My grandmothers usage of the new fangled Vick whenever my grandfather got sick with a sore throat was to scoop a little out of the jar with a teaspoon and make him place it on the back of his tongue while telling him in French, she was Anglo French brought up In Paris when the temporary Eiffel Tower was being built that his sore throat was caused by the Tobacco he grew which was pretty potent stuff. His response in English was that she was torturing him with Vick was because he hung his tobacco leaves over her grapes that she grew to make wine on a south facing wall which caught the sun for most of the day. Their arguments would continue all day, hers in French and his in English although they spoke both English and French. A curios childhood at times for me and one that I consider myself lucky to have had.
I count myself very fortunate to have grown up with my (paternal) grandparents sharing the house.
My Grandma and Grandpa were hands-on carers.
So many happy memories with them