Ear Problem

[MaryAnn]

Never heard of this!
Sounds like your eustation tubes are narrow and easily blocked.
With my usual alternative medicine response, I'd look into what you are eating (usually dairy products are a culprit) that causes you to swell up like that, or produce enough post-meal mucus to clog things up.
MA, who supposed there could be a technique reason but I can't think of one.

[MaryAnn]

Never heard of this!
Sounds like your eustation tubes are narrow and easily blocked.
With my usual alternative medicine response, I'd look into what you are eating (usually dairy products are a culprit) that causes you to swell up like that, or produce enough post-meal mucus to clog things up.
MA, who supposed there could be a technique reason but I can't think of one.

[Joe Baker]

Blessed are the cheese makers.

... and you just blessed yourself good, Bill!

Hey, Bill -- Happy Thanksgiving!
_______________________________
Joe Baker, who is about to go buy groceries... and LOT'S OF 'EM!!

[ArnoldGottlieb]

It happened to me and my alternative medicine mother/homeopath got me to lighten up on milk. Dairy products are differnet from each other. I eat cheese but almost never drink milk (occsasionally in tea) and swithed to soy or rice milk for cereal. I'm not offering specific advice to you, just telling you my experience and agreeing with MaryAnn. Peace. ASG

[Dylan King]

It may also be something as simple as ear wax build up. I have narrow ear canals and have to go to the ENT doc three of four times a year to get them flushed out.

[JB]

Blessed are the cheese makers...

for theirs is the Kindom of Cheddar.

Wasn't that from the "sermon" by ...



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[JB]

Blessed are the cheese makers.

Did a little research, and found that this is taken from a very famous historical moment where an important man is standing on a hillside (mount) oraculating.

The time was JUDEA A.D.33 - SATURDAY AFTERNOON - ABOUT TEA TIME.

It is quoted (in proper context) below:

Jesus: How blessed are the sorrowful; they shall find consolation. How blessed are those of gentle spirit; they shall have the earth for their possession. How blessed are those who hunger, and thirst to see right prevail; They shall be satisfied...

(The camera slowly pulls back until Jesus can hardly be heard. Here we can see MC and Brian now 33 years old {she hasn't aged a bit, lucky her}!)

MC: Speak up|

Brian: Ssssh. Quiet mum.

MC: Well I can't hear a thing. Let's go to stoning.

(We can now see a few group of people around the area... a man (Bignose), and his wife (Bn Wife); A Jew, and his wife; and a man I'm going to call 'Trouble' for reasons which shall soon become clear.!)

Bignose: Sssh.

Brian: You can go to the stoning any time.

MC: Oh come on Brian.

Bignose: Will you be quiet|

Bn wife: Don't pick yer nose.

Bignose: I wasn't picking my nose. I was scratching it.

Bn wife: You was picking it... while you was talking to that lady.

Bignose: I wasn't.

Bn wife: Leave it alone. Give it a rest.

Trouble: Do you mind? I can't hear a word he's saying.

Bn wife: Don't you 'Do you mind' me. I was talking to my husband.

Trouble: Well go and talk to him somewhere else... I can't hear a bloody thing.

Bignose: Don't you swear at my wife.

Trouble: I was only asking her to shut up so I could hear what he was saying, Bignose.

Bnwife: Don't you call my husband Bignose.

Trouble: Well he has got a big nose.

Jew: Could you be quite, please. What was that?

Trouble: I don't know... I was too busy talking to Bignose.

Man: I think it was 'Blessed are the cheese-makers'.

Jewwife: Ah. What's so special about the cheese-makers?

Jew: Well obviously it's not meant to be taken literally, it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.

Trouble: See. If you hadn't been going on, we'd have heard that, Bignose.

Bignose: Hey. Say that once more, I'll smash your bloody face in.

Trouble: Better keep listening. There might be a bit about blessed are the Bignoses.

Brian: Oh lay off him. Trouble: Well you're not so bad yourself, conch-face. Where are you two from? Nose city?

Bignose: One more time, mate. I'll take you to the cleaners.

Bn Wife: Language... and don't pick your nose.

Bignose: I wasn't going to pick my nose, I was going to thump him.

Man2: Hear that? Blessed are the greek.

Jew: The greek?

Man2: Well apparently, he's going to inherit the earth.

Jew: Did anyone catch his name?

Bn wife: You're not going to thump anybody.

Bignose: I'll thump him if he calls me Bignose again.

Trouble: Oh shut up Bignose.

Bignose: Ah. Orright. I warned you. I really will slug you so hard...

(Meanwhile his wife is talking to another man beside her getting the real story.!)

Bnwife: Oh it's the Meek| Blessed are the meek| Oh that's nice innit. I'm glad they're getting something 'cause they have a hell of a time.

Trouble: Listen. I'm only telling the truth... you have got a very big nose.

Bignose: Hey. Your nose is gonna be three ft wide across your face by the time I've finished with you.

Man: Sssssh.

Trouble: Who hit yours then? Goliath's big brother?

Bignose: Oh. Right. That's your last warning

Jewwife: Oh Do pipe down.

(She abruptly get hit in the face by Bignose!. A fight breaks out, which eventually involves a few people in the area!)

MC: Oh come on...let's go to the stoning.

Brian: All right.

Brian notices a group of people in balck walking by him, including a rather attractive (to Brian) woman.!

Francis: Well. Blessed is just about everyone with a vested interest in the status quo as far as I can tell, Reg.

Reg: Yeah, well what Jesus blaitently fails to appreciate is it's the meek who are the problem.

Judith: Yes, yes. Absolutely Reg. Yes I see.

MC: Oh come on Brian:, or they'll have stoned him before we get there.

Brian: All right.

Trouble: Hey. Get off her. That's disgusting. Stop trying to do that. They shouldn't have been here. <...> going on. it's the chap with the big nose's fault... he started it all.

[Getzeng50s]

Anyone have suggestions for alternatives to milk, cookies, and cheese as bedtime snacks?

a Large carrott