[smithclayriley]

I just read on Rate your MD
http:www.ratemds.com

A patient made a comment about my former neurologist prescribing Mirapex.

The patient with pd said "Mirapex has been band in Europe for 4 years but doctors in NA still freely prescribe it"

My gawd is this true? Does anyone know?

Bonnie

[EnglishCountryDancer]

yes Mirapex is frequently prescibed in the U.K.There are concerns about side effects but agonists are freqently prescribed in The U.K as the first monotherapy.
I hate those little icons saying sad or happy.I have just noticed I am labelled as sad.Well it can stay there but it has made me feel grumpy.

[smithclayriley]

Your currency is not the Euro is it; so would the UK be considered part of Europe? Thanks for the info, I'd like to know if there is any truth to this person's statement? I certainly have not heard about it which seems odd.

[EnglishCountryDancer]

Of course we are part of Europe.The Euro is only currency.

[BEMM]

Originally Posted by EnglishCountryDancer

Of course we are part of Europe.The Euro is only currency.

This is just for the fun of it - actually, you do publish books with misleading titles. I have two such books:

'Crowned Heads of Britain and Europe'
and
'Birds of Britain and Europe'

Always find the distinction amusing.......

birte

Must write a book some day called 'Sticklers and Pedants of Pennsylvania and the US.'

[EnglishCountryDancer]

Originally Posted by BEMM

This is just for the fun of it - actually, you do publish books with misleading titles. I have two such books:

'Crowned Heads of Britain and Europe'
and
'Birds of Britain and Europe'

Always find the distinction amusing.......

birte

Must write a book some day called 'Sticklers and Pedants of Pennsylvania and the US.'

We eat pasties.They are a regional pastry.We find it funny that you wear a vest outside your clothing.

[made it up]

Best laugh I've had all day!
Lee

[BEMM]

About pasties, our daughter #1 and family are spending this spring semester in Cambridge, UK, daughter as fellow of Trinity, son in law fellow of Clare. Their boys, 13 and 5, love their UK school/kindergarden, and all four adore your pasties. They will miss them when they return to Virginia. They do like many other things about the UK too.
And for some reason pasties are a Pennsylvania specialty, in the midst of German Amish traditions.
I had to think a while about the vest! We do wear ours on the outside...
But like England, I am part of a continent, but think of myself as separate. I live here, but I was born and grew up in Denmark.
'The habits of birte and the US'
And I am a stickler and a pedant...... a Danish one....in the US.

[EnglishCountryDancer]

In England a vest goes along with pants both are undergarments not seen outside the bedroom.
Pasties are interesting.Cornwall is the place really noted for them.Savoury ones(meat,potato and vegetables ) are crimped at the top.Apple ones are crimped at the side.In some parts of Cornwall the meat goes one end and the apple the other.They were originally the tin miners packed lunch so you threw away the pastry end as it was contaminated by tin where you had held it True Cornish do not consider themselves to be English.They have their own language and customs.My grandfather was descended from a Cornish tribal princess. I am of mixed race:not in the sense you mean, but I am Anglo-saxon/Norman(English) and Celtic(Cornish)
If you want a recipe for a traditional pastie I can provide it. Ask in a week or two as I am off on holiday.Like all true ly traditional recipes this variation on the pastie was handed down to me by example and not written down.I have a traditional recipe for a Bakewell Tart handed down in the same way.Yes, Tart has a double meaning in England as well.Tea is the most difficult to understand.If you are invited to tea it can be just a cup of tea or it can be sandwiches,cake,scones and rich double cream. You have to just guess.

[smithclayriley]

Originally Posted by EnglishCountryDancer

Of course we are part of Europe.The Euro is only currency.

OK, stupido me, hahaheehee. I know the Euro is only a currency. I am Canadian, (in this post a silly Canuck). We still have the Queen plastered on everything, stamps for instance and pictures of her in most government buildings in BC. Although that is slowly changing. The UK at one time had a lot of colonies so that is why I think of it being some sort of British Empire. I have probably stuck my foot further in my mouth as I am winging it here, like zippo on researching the topic (always best) because I didn't feel like sitting at my computer.

The best part though is all you Limeys' and Europeans which I adore had a great laugh and I also killed myself laughing at all your comments. It was the best laugh of my day as well.

I decided to look it up and here it is: Countries in Europe.

• Albania
• Andorra
• Austria
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Holy See (Vatican City)
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• San Marino
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom


and this link answers all your questions

http://www.aneki.com/europe.html copy