Comments on: The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/ I might be wrong, but I doubt it Fri, 18 May 2012 23:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Tiff http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-204 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-204 Ciao Buzzurro,<br />Thanks for the welcome. Sorry, I had my own Thanksgiving festivities to take care of and have been busy. I realize that one person cannot change everything, but if everyone thinks of themselves as "just one person" there will never be enough people to make a difference. <br /><br />I enjoyed your serenity prayer, put a smile on my face. Hope you and your wife had a wonderful Thanksgiving (she made you celebrate it didn't she? I certainly made my husband celebrate it ::smiles::) Ciao Buzzurro,
Thanks for the welcome. Sorry, I had my own Thanksgiving festivities to take care of and have been busy. I realize that one person cannot change everything, but if everyone thinks of themselves as “just one person” there will never be enough people to make a difference.

I enjoyed your serenity prayer, put a smile on my face. Hope you and your wife had a wonderful Thanksgiving (she made you celebrate it didn’t she? I certainly made my husband celebrate it ::smiles::)

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Nickie Goomba http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-194 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-194 Buzzurro, that was beautiful. Buzzurro, that was beautiful.

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Buzzurro http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-203 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-203 Ringo:<br />"laugh out loud",<br />"cio' fa scompisciare dalle risate". Ringo:
“laugh out loud”,
“cio’ fa scompisciare dalle risate”.

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Buzzurro http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-202 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-202 Tiff, first of all, thanks for your visit.<br />Yes, I agree with you: most Italians just complain about what doesn't work, but do little or nothing to improve Italy.<br />Yes, "e' cosi'" seems to be a widely used phrase in Italy. It expresses the impotence of Italians facing what's wrong here, and the lack of will to change anything even in their daily lives.<br />Believe me, I try to figure out what I'm able to change, and try to change it.<br /><br />This reminds me the "serenity prayer":<br /><br />"Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off !" Tiff, first of all, thanks for your visit.
Yes, I agree with you: most Italians just complain about what doesn’t work, but do little or nothing to improve Italy.
Yes, “e’ cosi’” seems to be a widely used phrase in Italy. It expresses the impotence of Italians facing what’s wrong here, and the lack of will to change anything even in their daily lives.
Believe me, I try to figure out what I’m able to change, and try to change it.

This reminds me the “serenity prayer”:

“Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off !”

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Ringo http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-201 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-201 Lol? What does it mean? Lol? What does it mean?

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Tiff http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-200 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-200 So Buzzurro, if you agree that it is ridiculous, why do you not do anything about? That's the exact problem with Italy that many (including your wife I believe) have pointed out. Every Italian knows there are some major things wrong with their country. They'll complain, but in the end? It's all "e' cosi'." None of them do a thing about it. So it stays the SAME. <br /><br />Sometimes I think they just like having things to complain about. Since most of them can't find a job, if they had nothing to complain about, what would they do all day? So Buzzurro, if you agree that it is ridiculous, why do you not do anything about? That’s the exact problem with Italy that many (including your wife I believe) have pointed out. Every Italian knows there are some major things wrong with their country. They’ll complain, but in the end? It’s all “e’ cosi’.” None of them do a thing about it. So it stays the SAME.

Sometimes I think they just like having things to complain about. Since most of them can’t find a job, if they had nothing to complain about, what would they do all day?

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Buzzurro http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-199 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-199 That's Italy, baby ! Or, as they say in Italian, "E' cosi'". That’s Italy, baby ! Or, as they say in Italian, “E’ cosi’”.

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Mad Minerva http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-198 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-198 3 euros and 80 cents for ASPIRIN? That's outrageous! I guess the only really practical "health plan" in Italy (or anywhere else, really) is simply "Don't Get Sick. Ever."<br /><br />Or try fighting a headache with a tall glass of cool lemonade, a nice cool quiet (and half-dark) room, and a nap. 3 euros and 80 cents for ASPIRIN? That’s outrageous! I guess the only really practical “health plan” in Italy (or anywhere else, really) is simply “Don’t Get Sick. Ever.”

Or try fighting a headache with a tall glass of cool lemonade, a nice cool quiet (and half-dark) room, and a nap.

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: J.Doe http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-197 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-197 Nickie, That's the problem...I can't take a chill pill. They are only sold in pharmacies and are too expensive! Nickie, That’s the problem…I can’t take a chill pill. They are only sold in pharmacies and are too expensive!

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Simonetta http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-196 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-196 Joe grazie di tutto Joe grazie di tutto

]]> Comment on The Pharmaceutical Monopoly in Italy by: Nickie Goomba http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-195 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2005/11/the-pharmaceutical-monopoly-in-italy/#comment-195 Relax, J.Doe. Take a chill pill. Relax, J.Doe. Take a chill pill.

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