Post by: Felonious Monk/Fignozzle on December 28, 2005, 04:10:48 PM
here: http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/viewtopic.php?id=2176
...got me to thinking.
I haven't been sick in any appreciable way from viral or bacterial things (colds & flu symptoms) for nearly two years, until we returned to Knoxville over the holidays for a few days.
I don't recall any sharing of toothbrushes, drinking glasses, etcetera, and yet here I sit, breathing through my mouth, gasping and staring off into space, my eyes burning, coughing, and generally feeling like crap.
The only for-sure possibilities were the couple of brewpubs my dad and I visited during my stay. Doorhandles and all.
I'm pretty diligent with the hand sanitizer, handwashing and such, but it only takes once to let your guard down and you go through the Dayquil/Nyquil haze.
Anybody else have similar experience?
Cough wheeze,
Fig
Post by: grampster on December 28, 2005, 06:46:59 PM
You are of age. Quit wondering about crap like this. Lay back, take Grampster's Cold Potion in fairly regular and, er, liberal doses, and milk it for all it's worth. Son, I'm havin' trouble believin' your Momma was that fair maiden that stole my heart when I was in the Peace Corp., to listen to yer whinin'.
Post by: Felonious Monk/Fignozzle on December 28, 2005, 07:31:04 PM
...but shouldn't I look for some cheese to go with my whine?
cough sniff,
Fig
Post by: Azrael256 on December 28, 2005, 08:31:54 PM
Since I graduated, I've been sick about five times. Mostly food poisoning (bachelor cooking, you know). Large groups of unwashed masses tend to make one ill. Grampster's cold medicine will do wonders for you
Post by: erik the bold on December 29, 2005, 04:50:39 AM
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Grampster's cold medicine will do wonders for you
Care to provide the, urr, receipe ?? 
Post by: Chris on December 29, 2005, 04:51:46 AM
And, grampster, leave the poor sick kid alone. Who among us isn't a whiney puke when we feel like crap?
Post by: Azrael256 on December 29, 2005, 05:22:58 AM
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Care to provide the, urr, receipe ??
As I recall, it's a spot of burbon, a touch of lemon extract, and a drip of honey. The exact mixture isn't all that important so long as you make sure that there's plenty of burbon in it. Everything else is pretty much just for show.
Post by: Paddy on December 29, 2005, 08:05:54 AM
I rarely got sick from colds, etc. until I started working in a hospital four years ago. Then it seemed I got something every couple of months. After they moved my office out of the hospital, I quit getting sick.
Whatever I've got, it's not the flu. It's more of a mild case of eye-rolling snot blowing blechs. I really think the zinc lozenges reduce the intensity. All you can do is keep drinking fluids and sleep a lot.
I want to go to the range; my trigger finger is itchy and I haven't been shooting for 3 weeks now. Due to the weather here (rain) today will be the only opportunity, but I've got to make a dump run first.
EDIT: I just re-read my post. It sounds kind of whiney. Will somebody please call a WAAAHHMBULANCE?
Post by: grampster on December 29, 2005, 08:19:03 AM
Post by: Chris on December 29, 2005, 09:05:31 AM
Post by: charby on December 29, 2005, 09:17:59 AM
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Post by: Paddy on December 29, 2005, 09:41:50 AM
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I fix computers, always touching everyone's keyboards, I always get sick
Yuk! I hate touching anyone else's keyboard, especially the ones with so much crud on the keys you can't read the letters. I'd spray them down with Lysol first and wear latex gloves.
Post by: DrAmazon on December 29, 2005, 10:06:29 AM
Gathering family and friends from different cities and areas of the country exposes you to different viruses/bacteria than what your immune system has been effectively fighting off so far in the winter.
Post by: 280plus on December 29, 2005, 10:08:20 AM
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The exact mixture isn't all that important so long as you make sure that there's plenty of burbon in it.
The object is to raise your blood / alcohol level to a point where the alcohol kills all the germs. How do you know when you've reached said point? When you wake up in the morning with a hangover and your cold is gone. 
Post by: Monkeyleg on December 29, 2005, 12:23:47 PM
Back in 1999, I booked a surprise trip to New Orleans for my wife and I over the 2000 New Year's weekend. Five nights in a good hotel at $350 a night.
On Christmas Eve, we visited with my wife's family. Her sister was sick.
On the drive down to NO, my wife got sick. By the time we got there, so was I.
We spent three of those five days in bed, sick as dogs, paying $350.
I wish people who know they are sick would just stay home.
Post by: crt360 on December 29, 2005, 06:19:21 PM
Quote from: RileyMc
Will somebody please call a WAAAHHMBULANCE?
lmao - dude, I nearly coughed up a lung