Who buys "liquid oxygen drops" from the duty free shop?
Mar 22, 2012, 11:54 am
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?! Is the FA drunk or intoxicated or just jealous he/she never have a pinata when they were young? I guess this is AC FA making the claim? This is a new freaking low for AC on PR and Customer Service.
Peter Fitzpatrick (AC spokeman) please admit the FA make a bad judgement call, apologize (esp to the 8 yr old) and send her a new pinata!
Peter Fitzpatrick (AC spokeman) please admit the FA make a bad judgement call, apologize (esp to the 8 yr old) and send her a new pinata!
Mar 22, 2012, 11:58 am
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Call me a skeptic about anything homeopathic; but if it actually works and there is money to be made, the drug industry will have patented it and be selling it as a proper drug in pharmacies.
Mar 22, 2012, 1:36 pm
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Next thing you tell me is that powdered willow tree bark and leaves can reduce fevers.
Call me a skeptic about anything homeopathic; but if it actually works and there is money to be made, the drug industry will have patented it and be selling it as a proper drug in pharmacies.
Call me a skeptic about anything homeopathic; but if it actually works and there is money to be made, the drug industry will have patented it and be selling it as a proper drug in pharmacies.
So to each his own, if it does not work for you don't take it.
Mar 22, 2012, 1:45 pm
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I was just browsing through the AC Duty Free catalogue and stumbled across the following item:
all natural liquid oxygen drops
Drink It Up! Helps with jetlag, fatigue, boosting your immune system, hangovers, fresher looking skin and it even purifies drinking water. Just add it to water or juice to revitalize while you’re flying. Bottle provides 2-month supply. Family friendly. Safe and healthy for everyone, everyday.
Add to water...
...or directly under your tongue.
ONLY $22.00CAD
No offence, but are there any idiots who buy this kind of crap? Seriously? Liquid oxygen drops? Why not also sell some homeopathic crap, too?
Maybe I should start my own business and sign a contract with the manager in charge for the duty free selection. A few obvious products come to mind:
1) magic water granting you super powers and an overall enhanced feeling of happiness
2) empty bottles containing 21% super-power oxygen
3) an AC cap protecting you from any sort of flight disruption*
* guaranteed to work on 95.4% of all flights
After a year I´d have earnt enough money to always purchase full-fare J/F tickets and I´m sure that would greatly improve my health and overall well-being.
all natural liquid oxygen drops
Drink It Up! Helps with jetlag, fatigue, boosting your immune system, hangovers, fresher looking skin and it even purifies drinking water. Just add it to water or juice to revitalize while you’re flying. Bottle provides 2-month supply. Family friendly. Safe and healthy for everyone, everyday.
Add to water...
...or directly under your tongue.
ONLY $22.00CAD
No offence, but are there any idiots who buy this kind of crap? Seriously? Liquid oxygen drops? Why not also sell some homeopathic crap, too?
Maybe I should start my own business and sign a contract with the manager in charge for the duty free selection. A few obvious products come to mind:
1) magic water granting you super powers and an overall enhanced feeling of happiness
2) empty bottles containing 21% super-power oxygen
3) an AC cap protecting you from any sort of flight disruption*
* guaranteed to work on 95.4% of all flights
After a year I´d have earnt enough money to always purchase full-fare J/F tickets and I´m sure that would greatly improve my health and overall well-being.
BTW why call Homeopathy products crap ? Perfectly legit, modern allopathic doctors are starting to understand and adopt it !
Do remember not everyone can afford a J or F. Otherwise there would be no Y, increasing the air traffic by 1000 % 1
We have flown J for th elast 21 years on laong hauls. Coming back West, the jet lag still lingers for days even on the most comfy lie flats .
Mar 22, 2012, 1:53 pm
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Next thing you tell me is that powdered willow tree bark and leaves can reduce fevers.
Call me a skeptic about anything homeopathic; but if it actually works and there is money to be made, the drug industry will have patented it and be selling it as a proper drug in pharmacies.
Call me a skeptic about anything homeopathic; but if it actually works and there is money to be made, the drug industry will have patented it and be selling it as a proper drug in pharmacies.
The beauty about homeopatic pills is that they have absolutely no side effects - that´s because they don´t contain any substances at all.
Mar 22, 2012, 2:33 pm
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Mar 22, 2012, 2:42 pm
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How about mixing 1ml of Cinchona Bark syrup with 10l of Gin and call it a homeopathic high potency? Of course, you´d only be drinking it to enhance your heatlh and well-being.
Mar 22, 2012, 2:43 pm
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?! Is the FA drunk or intoxicated or just jealous he/she never have a pinata when they were young? I guess this is AC FA making the claim? This is a new freaking low for AC on PR and Customer Service.
Peter Fitzpatrick (AC spokeman) please admit the FA make a bad judgement call, apologize (esp to the 8 yr old) and send her a new pinata!
Peter Fitzpatrick (AC spokeman) please admit the FA make a bad judgement call, apologize (esp to the 8 yr old) and send her a new pinata!
Mar 22, 2012, 2:53 pm
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Mar 22, 2012, 2:53 pm
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Mar 22, 2012, 2:58 pm
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I just wish you could buy un-sweetened tonic water. I fully realize it would be incredibly bitter, but that will still allow you to sweeten to taste.
Mar 22, 2012, 2:59 pm
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I and my parents use homeopathic remedies and they have worked for us. But why should the drug companies be bothered they have us all hooked on their internal organ damaging pills(like Tylenol)........................
So to each his own, if it does not work for you don't take it.
So to each his own, if it does not work for you don't take it.
Not everything drug companies do is inherently evil cause they make money...
Mar 22, 2012, 6:13 pm
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There are several ways that products called "liquid oxygen" can work. Some, as stated earlier, are nothing more than hydrogen peroxide based. Some use a chemical mixture that when ingested will form oxygen within the body. And others... the NEW technology... uses and electrical charge to bind oxygen molecules to minerals disolved in water so there is literally oxygen *suspended" in the solution.
The new technology that created activated stabilized oxygen makes a product that is as safe as saline and has normal pH. Additionally, products like OxygenSuperCharger have a 35% oxygen solution.
The following slideshow presentation explains these differences and what makes the new technology so exciting: http://oxygensupercharger.com/activa...explained.html
The new technology that created activated stabilized oxygen makes a product that is as safe as saline and has normal pH. Additionally, products like OxygenSuperCharger have a 35% oxygen solution.
The following slideshow presentation explains these differences and what makes the new technology so exciting: http://oxygensupercharger.com/activa...explained.html
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Some use a chemical mixture that when ingested will form oxygen within the body.
And others... the NEW technology... uses and electrical charge to bind oxygen molecules to minerals disolved in water so there is literally oxygen *suspended" in the solution.
The new technology that created activated stabilized oxygen makes a product that is as safe as saline and has normal pH.
Additionally, products like OxygenSuperCharger have a 35% oxygen solution.
Mar 22, 2012, 6:14 pm
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Penicillin does not work in all cases and for all people. It has serious side effects. To me drug companies are evil otherwise they would be handing out free aids vaccines to third world countries. Drug companies are legal DRUG PUSHERS!!!
Mar 22, 2012, 6:38 pm
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I don't use acupuncture, but there is medical evidence it can help. Not likely because of chi and such, but becauinfection acupunture se it can stimulate the release of certain chemicals in your body. It's offered as a treatment by the Mayo Clinic, and q number of other big name hospitals.
In fact there is no evidence that so-called acupuncture is any more effective than any other placebo. In a never-ending series of well controlled tests acupuncture has repeatedly and invariably failed to show any more effect than "sham acupuncture."
Sham acupuncture is carried out in two different ways. The first is to poke needles into the body in random places unrelated to the so called energy lines, actually penetrating the skin. The second is to poke the body without actually penetrating the skin. In each and every trial these "sham" acupuncture techniques have been shown to be equally effective as so-called real acupuncture.
That being the case pretty much anyone can practice this voodoo. All you need to do is randomly poke people. Even I could do it. But why bother, when there are more effective and safer methods to accomplish the same effects without risk of infection or needles being broken off and left inside the body.