When I was working one of the plants on site used to manufacture Bicarbonate of Soda and I believe some of the older workers would use BoS as a indigestion remedy just as Brian used it. I’ve used BoS as a blasting medium with compressed air to clean the body of carburettors on a classic I was rebuilding. They came up like new but it does get bloody dusty though.
Ooh. You have my most sincere sympathy. I also have gout (apparently it's hereditary) and have been taking allopurinol for about a 15 years. Fechin hurts, don't it? And fowk take the piss sommat chronic. Doc said to me that I should look online for a list of foods with fewer purines to lower the risk of gout. I did find a list, pointed out to her that cake and biscuits were very low in purines..... She just said "No."
Glad to say the back is on the mend...just being a bit careful with it, also just come back from seeing a very positive specialist about my knees and now on the list for a knee replacement on my left knee....hopefully i may get the right done in another year or so...be nice to be able to go for a proper walk.
