On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:02:48 -0500, Tech Support wrote:

Bob

I have a bad back from my ejection from a jet. Was an early seat and
hard on spine during ejection and then landed on fozen rocks in
GreenLand.

One thing I use. is capsaicin (pepper juice, don't laugh).


I think what you are doing is stimulating an adjacent nerve pathway.
up in the top of your spine in the back of your head is a nerve
integrating structure which seems to multitask the pathways.
if you stimulate an adjacent nerve the system stops processing the
original pathway and swaps to the new sensation. ...for a while.

same characteristic we are exploiting when scratching an itch.

btw there is nothing stopping Bob from reaching over to the guy and
saying "it may be just the drugs I'm pumped full of at the moment but
could you stop being an asshole while you are working with me. I'm
just a regular person in a lot of pain you know."
the guy may not be aware of how people perceive his body language.

(not even 2c worth)
Stealth Pilot