I have been retired as a practising pharmacist since about 1994 but in the last issue of “The Pharmacy Connection ” a bi-yearly magazine which the Ontario College of Pharmacists mails to me, I was delighted to read that the College Board approved of regulations to allow practising pharmacists to prescribe medicines for minor ailments. Continue Reading
Upon rising in the morning an orthodox Jewish man recites a benediction, giving thanks to God for not having been born a woman. When confronted that this is sexism, he will argue that this is not negative towards women but allows God to place different obligations of observance on the two sexes. What bull-shit!! Continue Reading
For an 89 year old Jew the idea to deny the holocaust, is as the equivalent of a person to deny the existence of the moon,because it disappears from sight on occasion, or appears different to the naked eye at different times. The moon to them is an illusion. I was born in Canada and Continue Reading
As a retired pharmacist, graduated 1954, I feel guilty to tell my readers this piece of information which before now never occurred to me. The outdated or expired date on a bottle of any patent medicine is not there for the protection of the customer, but solely so the manufacturer can sell more product, and Continue Reading
Happy Fathers Day Dad!! Murray Rubin, I could write a book or three about you. The child of poor Jewish immigrants from Poland raised by a divorced single mom( and your Bubbie) who discovered while pregnant that the marriage match was not going to work out. You headed off to kindergarten at Orde St. Public Continue Reading
I have a major fault. Only one? (joke) I try to save money when I shouldn’t and I had a situation with my front teeth. They are called “incisors” and to be more specific central and lateral incisors , and you have 4 incisors in the top jaw and 4 in the bottom jaw. It Continue Reading