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Date: 06 April 2004 01:50:42
We had a visit from a Neways distributor last night, and she signed Elicia and I (though mainly Elicia) up to also be distributors. Neways is a network marketing company that sells health products and home care products that have no bad chemicals in them. Leash has been interested for a while because she ends up telling a lot of people at the clinic that they could benefit from multivitamins - this way she can sell them some (if they want them) and make a profit out of her own advice!
It all sounds very good, but there's just a hint of conspiracy theory scare tactics that I don't like. Most bathroom products (shampoo, body wash, toothpaste) contain sodium laurel sulphate, which has been linked to cancer in some studies - but is still used widely. I don't have a problem with providing an alternative - it's like msg-free chinese, you can go without if you want, but man that msg tastes good - but when they start making it sound like a government conspiracy I just think Righty-o, you're a whacko then are you?
One of Elicia's mum's friends once tried to convice me that greengrocers are all agents of the devil becuase of the chemicals used in pesticides. I tried to joke with her: "Just like the x-files, eh? 'Trust no-one.'" She gave me a wild-eyed stare like I'd just had a revelation, and through clenched teeth hissed "exactly". I've never been the same since.
Gee I ramble a lot.
It's not very snow-like weather here at the moment, in fact it's pleasantly toward the other end of the temperature scale - about 25 deg celcius, fine and sunny. What I'm trying to say is that my excuse for rambling is the lack of Winter Wonderland conditions. But don't worry, they will come, and with them will come inspiration for better, more adventurous, ramblings.