From: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> > Pressure and cold are recommended, and a mild sedative for the pain - > suggest you put some ice and whiskey in a tumbler and hold it carefully. Genius. However, I don't soil my whisky with ice, not even for medical purposes, but the general idea is pure perfection. I drink my whisky at room temperature while ignoring the pain. We call this the "manly" way, although my wife keeps substituting the adverb(*) "manly" with "stupid"... .. Women... ;-) (*: I always thought that English adverbs were identified with the "-ly" suffix, but "stupid" doesn't end with "-ly"... Then again "way" isn't a verb, so I guess "manly way" is a grammatical error... Bah, keep your stoopid English to yourselves, I can't make heads or tails of it, anyhow. ;-)