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of the comments in the OT for the past 6 hours!

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 05:24:39 PM EST

Sorry, Jerome. Your OTs are often the most commented but today I slept late while having gotten little sleep and then have had to work on cleaning out caulk around the tiles above a bath tub. That was the quick fix performed by the previous owner and I want to repair it properly, with grout. Nasty stuff. I was just having too much fun with that to log onto ET early, and when I did I got distracted with a diary and then my stomach called--lunchtime.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 05:51:36 PM EST
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Re: And I reach 80% (none / 0)

I was off learning to ride motorcycles.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 11:16:03 PM EST
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Re: And I reach 80% (none / 0)

A praiseworthy application of one's time.

I rode my beemer for years and years and years. I'd use it as my handle but, for some reason, OpposingHeadCylinders doesn't sound as cool as Knucklehead.

;-)

by ATinNM on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 12:53:57 AM EST
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Re: And I reach 80% (none / 1)

It's probably going to be a KLR650 or a DR400 for me. And maybe a scooter before those so I can get around the neighborhood.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:39:20 AM EST
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Re: And I reach 80% (none / 1)

Eerily quiet.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 06:27:22 PM EST
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Re: And I reach 80% (4.00 / 2)

heh, and here i was ruminating how the mental health of theis blog is in proportion to how members have something else to do saturday night but blog.

this week we're all in great shape!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 07:15:30 PM EST
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Re: And I reach 80% (4.00 / 3)

Well i actually wrote a diary, so had to go and lie down.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 07:19:01 PM EST
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Blame the dysfunctional US Health Care system ... (4.00 / 3)

... in combination with the recession ... being as severely underemployed as I am, as long as my throat infection shows signs of improving day to day, I'll see if I can get better with rest and vit-amins.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 07:51:35 PM EST
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Re: Blame the US Health Care system ... (none / 1)

You, too? I'm currently still trying to recover from a cold, complete with a horribly sore throat, while trying to get my weekly ebay listings done... who has time for blogging when surviving is so time-consuming?

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 08:29:26 PM EST
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Re: Blame the US Health Care system ... (none / 1)

Perhaps its a virus passed by computers. Ive had 2 to 3 weeks where the most active thing ive done is my Tuesday night preparing the Salons entries.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 09:54:23 PM EST
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Re: Blame the US Health Care system ... (none / 0)

Perhaps, but I know a bunch of non-computer-using folks who have it, too. I'm thinking it's a global crud pandemic.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2010 at 09:57:15 PM EST
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Re: Blame the US Health Care system ... (4.00 / 2)

A week ago I was suffering from the dread "no obvious symptoms" (flu?) syndrome. The only obvious symptom was that my nose ran incessantly for four or five days, my head hurt my muscles ached and I had no energy. Fortunately, it was nasty outside and there was little I had to do.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:31:25 AM EST
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Re: Blame the US Health Care system ... (none / 1)

I'm pretty sure I recovered from the cold (caught from those people couching in the seats behind me in the half hour flight for a three hour layover from Atlanta to Charlotte) ... just that while my defenses were down, I picked up a bit of a strep throat infection.

The local supermarket pharmacy hands out antibiotics for free, but a doctor's appointment to get the scrip is anything but.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 12:13:56 AM EST
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Re: Blame the US Health Care system ... (none / 1)

I heard of this insane guy who believed that the amoxicyllin, terramycin and tri-sulfa drugs in the aquarium section of the local pet stores were from the same production runs as the stuff they sent to the pharmacies. But I wouldn't trust a crazy like him.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:35:54 AM EST
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Re: Blame the US Health Care system ... (none / 1)

Hmm -- I think I told that story in one of my diaries here: I had a horrible gum infection back in the day and cured it with aquarium tetracycline. Someone here got upset at that story... was it Jake? Anyway, it cleared my infection up quickly.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:54:28 AM EST
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Re: Blame the US Health Care system ... (none / 1)

That might have been before I was on ET. Had I seen it I certainly would have at least given you a 4.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 11:13:21 AM EST
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Re: Blame the US Health Care system ... (none / 0)

Hadn't thought about it but, yeah, that's likely to be true. Most of the pill you take is the binder and there may be a difference between fish/human binders ... since the fish anti-biotic has to withstand floating around the aquarium before being ingested.

by ATinNM on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 12:35:17 PM EST
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If in severe pain and ... (none / 0)

... without a credit card balance to see a doctor, I'd be tempted. But with an infection that seems to be fading, I'd be worried about underdoing the dosage and just evolving a more antibiotic resistent collection.

Indeed, in extremity, I'd probably ask my wife to mail some human antibiotics to me, since in the Dem. Republic of Congo, a prescription is advice, not pre-requisite.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 01:43:12 PM EST
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Re: If in severe pain and ... (none / 0)

You should do it anyway. Amoxicyllin, Teramycin and Cipro, latest formulations. Stuff last a long time in a cool, dark place. Or at least have her bring some back when she returns, preferably with a prescription.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 05:03:36 PM EST
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Re: And I reach 80% (none / 1)

I know that feeling. The nagging fear in the back of your head "Is this the night when nobody replies ...?" "Am I all alone online ?" "If there's nobody there to notice, do my ravings make any noise ?"

Madness beckons, I stare into its face and recognise my own.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 07:27:20 AM EST
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Re: And I reach 80% (none / 0)

Well it is usually you in here on a Saturday afternoon, yelling at the empty echoing void.

Dont say you've developed a social life!

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 09:01:07 AM EST
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Re: And I reach 80% (4.00 / 2)

Only for this and hte next tow weeks. I was going to go to the Colchester beer fest with a friend, but netwrok rail decided to dig the line up. Didn't fancy a long bus ride after a beer fest (too far between loos) so we met in London and did a mini crawl around Paddington.

which made a very nice change from, as you note, shouting into an unresponsive void.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 at 11:17:50 AM EST
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