Gibbo's whinge

[gibbo]

I have just been cleaning out the cupboard where i store our medication. Throwing anything out that is outdated.

Expiry dates .. Why do pharmaceutical companies insist on putting the expiry dates on medication so small you can hardly read it, or they imprint it into the packet so its the same colour as the pack and hard to read

Maybe they have the impression that if we're old enough to have half the medications the chances are we'd be wearing glasses so we'd see it

Oh well i got my magnifying glasses out. Maybe i do need glasses

[g d cooper]

Originally Posted by gibbo

I have just been cleaning out the cupboard where i store our medication. Throwing anything out that is outdated.

Expiry dates .. Why do pharmaceutical companies insist on putting the expiry dates on medication so small you can hardly read it, or they imprint it into the packet so its the same colour as the pack and hard to read

Maybe they have the impression that if we're old enough to have half the medications the changes are we'd be wearing glasses so we'd see it

Oh well i got my magnifying glasses out. Maybe i do need glasses

I'm with you gibbo: its like the warning on cold and flue tablets not to be taken with blood pressure medication. Smallest writing on the box, that bloody cold almost killed me or was it my eye sight.

Glen

[gibbo]

I wonder how many people are taking out dated medication
Or like you not having the warning big enough on the pack.

I can find the use by date on a pack of biscuits easier than i can on a pack of medication


AND why im on a roll about small print on things i most well have a go about our new phone books Even those with good eyesight are having problems reading this years book because they have made the print so small. Of course the phone book its self is smaller so i guess poor Telsta is cutting costs

[gaelwyn]

Originally Posted by gibbo

AND why im on a roll about small print on things i most well have a go about our new phone books Even those with good eyesight are having problems reading this years book because they have made the print so small. Of course the phone book its self is smaller so i guess poor Telsta is cutting costs

I totally agree
What is it with the pocket sized books
They are also stingy with their deals Forced to use Telstra cable service as no other means of tele-communication

[gibbo]

I got a good deal with my internet with Telstra..... still dont like their phone books tho

I wrote the pizza delivery shop number on the back of it in readable sized numbers

[gibbo]

No good me whinging about the phone book and not doing anything about it.... I just emailed them

[joaning]

Originally Posted by gibbo

No good me whinging about the phone book and not doing anything about it.... I just emailed them

I heard a rumour that if you complain to Sensis?? the people who print it, they will send you a magnifying glass free...

[gibbo]

Originally Posted by joaning

I heard a rumour that if you complain to Sensis?? the people who print it, they will send you a magnifying glass free...

Free? I like free so i might contact them. I could do with a good magnifying glass. Be my luck they have run out of them

[p.risboy]

You need glasses anyway Gibbo.

But that's a good point about print size.

[gibbo]

Originally Posted by p.risboy

You need glasses anyway Gibbo.

But that's a good point about print size.

I usually manage to see what i want to see without glasses

But i do need glasses i think, but it wouldnt help any with the small print in the phone book