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8. When I was very young my Mom would pin a sock soaked in kerosene...

Sun Sep 5, 2021, 10:04 AM

Sep 2021

around my neck.

The coughing it induced may have had some therapeutic effect. I suppose.

The shot of whiskey she gave me made it tolerable.

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Vick's VapoRub was the ivermectin of the 1918 flu pandemic. [View all] kpete Sep 2021 OP

I love the smell of Vick's. CrispyQ Sep 2021 #1

I do too. It's very comforting when I have a cold. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #3

Quick! Buy stock in Proctor & Gamble (makers of Vick's Vaporub) NurseJackie Sep 2021 #2

Maybe that's where my Dad got it from SCantiGOP Sep 2021 #4

I do love my Vicks when I have a cold Dr. Shepper Sep 2021 #5

i bet you were able to help your kids with 8th grade math! samnsara Sep 2021 #13

Haha. My kiddo is only 10 Dr. Shepper Sep 2021 #16

Were TFG's ancestors involved in this? Sneederbunk Sep 2021 #6

My grandparents loved this stuff nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #9

Wow, I never knew that. tanyev Sep 2021 #12

My great grandma Elessar Zappa Sep 2021 #14

I use Vicks VapoCream instead of a sore muscle rub eShirl Sep 2021 #15

I'd forgotten about eating Vaporub FoxNewsSucks Sep 2021 #17

I think Vick's helps wendyb-NC Sep 2021 #18

As they say in French, Mme. Defarge Sep 2021 #19

Wow! Delphinus Sep 2021 #20