Answer a Question with a Question...

[Rosemarie]

I never wear make-up, is that so unusual?

 

[mike4lorie]

Why is not wearing make up unusual?

 

[Rosemarie]

Am I wrong to think it is unusual?

 

[hollydolly]

Was Tom Jones referring to that, in his song ''it's not unusual'' ?

 

[StarSong]

Don't you think that women wearing makeup is neither usual nor unusual?

 

[Rosemarie]

Surely it's not practical when wearing a face mask?

 

[hollydolly]

Don't you think the way some women apply make-up it already looks like a mask ?

 

[StarSong]

Touché, Holly!
Practical or not, i put on a little makeup when I go out. After all, aren't there moments when you don't have on a mask (when driving, for instance)?

 

[Rosemarie]

Don't you think that a lot of elderly actresses believe they can hide their age with make-up?

 

[StarSong]

Aren't more of them apt to go the botox and plastic surgery route?

 

[hollydolly]

Has anyone here had Botox ?

 

[StarSong]

Not me. Have you?

 

[mike4lorie]

Have I what that you haven't?

 

[StarSong]

Had botox, @mike4lorie. I was answering the question with a question.

Has anyone here had Botox?

 

[Rosemarie]

Not me, haven't there been instances of it causing an infection?

 

[hollydolly]

Who would want an infection of their face ?.. not me how about you ?

 

[StarSong]

About seven years ago DH & I were on a Caribbean cruise that stopped in Belize. While walking through the town we saw a large group of women excitedly leaving a pharmacy, all with shopping bags. Our curiosity getting the better of us, when they cleared out we went inside and asked what was going on. The clerk pointed to a package that included 12 needles preloaded with Botox. Can't remember how much it was, but it was definitely cheap.

Couldn't believe they'd buy over-the-counter Botox in a country with unregulated pharmaceuticals and inject them in their faces.

My question: have you ever bought pharmaceuticals that were OTC in a much less stringently regulated country, but prescription-only in yours?

 

[Kaila]

OTC needles loaded with botox? Yikes!

Don't some meds seem more justifiably needy of a script and limitations, than others?

 

[Rosemarie]

Shouldn't we think ourselves fortunate to be living in countries which have strict regulations about such things?

 

[hollydolly]

Yes I have bought meds in countries abroad, which require prescriptions here.. but they were perfectly safe there..

Do you feel saddened that some other countries lack in basic medical amenities in this world of the 21st century ?

 

[Rosemarie]

Do you find it hard to understand why it is that so many countries are less advanced than we are?

 

[hollydolly]

Do you feel it has anything to do with corrupt governments in some places ?

 

[Rosemarie]

Well, it certainly isn't because we have failed to help them! Do you think we have perhaps made them a bit too dependant on us?

 

[StarSong]

Or maybe because we colonized, politically intervened, or exploited the resources of those countries, leaving them dependent on us?

 

[Kaila]

Did anyone here, in this thread, besides me, get a foot ( .3 meters) or more of snowfall, today?