From: Ben Newsam on
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:54:33 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com>
wrote:

>Ben Newsam wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 18 Nov 06 14:59:30 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <v86ul2ptr7oev3a76fe96hb720ak07hlmq(a)4ax.com>,
>>> Ben Newsam <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 18 Nov 06 12:52:36 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>There are a few British businesses who bought US companies
>>>>>and skimmed the cash out. The corruption is not a US
>>>>>invention.
>>>>
>>>>That's not corruption, that's capitalism.
>>>
>>>I see. If the UK does it, it's capitalism; if the US does
>>>it, it's corruption.
>>
>> Well, no. I didn't say that.
>
>Actually, you did.

No, I did not.
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <455F5EDE.8BC853D3(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> Now
>> a good TTY operator can "remember" what wasn't done and catch
>> up after the mess is dealt with.
>
>You really ought to get away from the idea of TTYs you know.
>
>Terminals have moved on somewhat.

Just because today's computer tech now use complete systems
for data entry and access to another computer system does
not change the TTY functionality.

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <2b263$455f2653$49ecfa8$11933(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> In article <455DDC87.ECA201D3(a)hotmail.com>,
>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Question for BAH--what amount of time passed between when you went to the
>>>>>store and when you caught "what they've put in this year's flu cocktail"?
>>>>
>>>>This one seems to have a 2-day incubation period and lasts 5-6 days;
>>>>I won't know the latter until I'm over it. I'm assuming a week.
>>>>That means the course is 9 days; multiply it by 8 which gives 72 days.
>>>>That means that I won't be over this one until February. Great.
>>>
>>>Why do you need to multiply it by 8 ?
>>
>>
>> If I'm afflicted with a virus, I have the illness 8 times, AFAICT.
>> It may be more but the symptoms become part of the background noise
>> of the usual symptoms I have every day.
>
>Sorry to hear that.
>
>Do you think it possible that once you bring
>an infection home your environment keeps
>reinfecting you?

No, because the same is not true for bacterial infections.
It's a very odd thing. I also have become an expert of
avoiding infection but I goofed this year. I can't avoid
it if there aren't any signs that the nurse in the grocery
store is aerating bugs.

/BAH

From: jmfbahciv on
In article <455F5F88.61EE0C30(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>> >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Question for BAH--what amount of time passed between when you went to
the
>> >> >store and when you caught "what they've put in this year's flu
cocktail"?
>> >>
>> >> This one seems to have a 2-day incubation period and lasts 5-6 days;
>> >> I won't know the latter until I'm over it. I'm assuming a week.
>> >> That means the course is 9 days; multiply it by 8 which gives 72 days.
>> >> That means that I won't be over this one until February. Great.
>> >
>> >Why do you need to multiply it by 8 ?
>>
>> If I'm afflicted with a virus, I have the illness 8 times, AFAICT.
>> It may be more but the symptoms become part of the background noise
>> of the usual symptoms I have every day.
>
>Is your immune system compromised ?

It is not normal.

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <455F5FED.18714488(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> It's Dad who needs the luck. The idiot doctor just prescibed
>> >> >> a drug that almost killed him last summer; the same drug
>> >> >> had severe side effects when Mom took it.
>> >> >
>> >> >What drug was this ?
>> >>
>> >> I don't remember the name. Some new heart drug.
>> >
>> >I wondered if it might be a *new* drug !
>> >
>> >The American healthcare system scores an own goal again. See previous
>> >discussionabout the merits of producing new drugs to replace those that
>> > have come off-patent.
>>
>> Changing the drug had more to do with efficacy. If you're on some
>> drugs for decades, they reach a toxic level. Changing the drug
>> is a good thing.
>>
>> You should learn more about real medicine before leaping into
>> your conclusion box.
>
>So did he end up back on the old drug or a different new drug ?
Neither, I think. The medical system now has them in musical
waiting office mode.

/BAH