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message 1: by RandomAnthony (new)

RandomAnthony | 14536 comments http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/...

No word on Cocoa Puffs and athlete's foot yet, though...


message 2: by [deleted user] (new)

But if you ever want to clear up a sore throat, try some Rolling Rock.

I am not kidding.


Jackie "the Librarian" | 8991 comments Guess I'll stick with Cold-Eeze, then. Behold the power of zinc...


message 4: by Félix (new)

Félix (habitseven) You just zinc it makes you better.


Jackie "the Librarian" | 8991 comments I don't care if it's just a placebo effect, Larry, it actually works.


message 6: by RandomAnthony (new)

RandomAnthony | 14536 comments I like Rolling Rock! Who was giving me shit about Rolling Rock a couple weeks ago...Larry or Jim, I think....


message 7: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 13814 comments Whiskey has always done well by me for a cough... but if I'm remotely on the edge of getting a cold any alcohol other than whiskey will tip me straight into the cold.

I've barely had a drink all fall because I want to stay healthy through my trip.


message 8: by [deleted user] (new)

Seriously, I don't know what's in Rolling Rock, but there's got to be some kind of penicillin in their brew that helps to kill a sore throat.

Rolling Rock is awesome. The haters can go suck down on their precious Belgian Ales for all I care.


message 9: by Félix (new)

Félix (habitseven) Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I don't care if it's just a placebo effect, Larry, it actually works. "

Well ... good. :)




message 10: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 13814 comments I hate Rolling Rock. Sorry, Gus. It's not an elitist thing. I'll happily down a Natty Bo to prove it.


message 11: by Félix (new)

Félix (habitseven) For me, with Rolling Rock, there's just nothing there, taste-wise. It'd might as well be Miller Lite. BLAND. But that's just me, maybe.

Years ago I used to drink a lot of Genesee Cream Ale. Is Genesee still around? Not sure. The main brewery was in Utica, NY, I believe.

What? You've never been to Utica?


message 12: by [deleted user] (new)

I really don't care. I dig Rolling Rock, but I wouldn't strangle 12 North Korean soldiers with my bare hands for one.


message 13: by Félix (last edited Nov 05, 2009 12:11PM) (new)

Félix (habitseven) To each his/her own, I always say. Well ... I don't always say it.






message 14: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 13814 comments I've been to Utica. I think Genesee is around. I've been to a few parties and shows in that area where Genny Light was the beer of choice, but that was a few years ago. Yech. I'd keep my mind open for the Cream Ale.


message 15: by Félix (new)

Félix (habitseven) It's been __ years since I had any. There are plenty of others to take its place.


message 16: by Angie (new)

Angie (angabel) I'll stick with my hot ginger lemon honey for sore throats.


message 17: by Félix (new)

Félix (habitseven) I bet that would be really good with some tequila in it, Angie.


message 18: by Angie (new)

Angie (angabel) Hmm. Maybe! It's been a long time since I've had tequila, although tequila sunrises used to be my drink of choice.

I've been trying a lot of herbal stuff to cure some of my health problems later, and none of them seem to be working. It's bumming me out.


message 19: by [deleted user] (new)

Wasn't me about the Rolling Rock RA, even though I don't drink it. Too many local brews to devour.

Larry said: What? You've never been to Utica?

I spent a week there one afternoon.



message 20: by Félix (new)

Félix (habitseven) Ha! Yeah, Jim. I used to go through there on trains quite a bit -- on the way to somewhere else like Syracuse or Buffalo. It used to be said that the mob ran the town. One of our managers was found stuffed in the trunk of his car with I-won't-say-what in his mouth. Supposedly he had some bad debts with the wrong guys.

I may have been the one to deride Rolling Rock. I never cared for it at all.


message 21: by [deleted user] (new)

Seriously Larry that is one of the worse places I have ever been.

Now I'm glad I didn't say anything out loud at the time.


message 22: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 13814 comments Oh! Angie reminded me -- there's this lemon ginger echinecea juice that they have at most supermarkets -- I think it's made by Knudsen, but Trader Joe's has a generic.

That stuff packs a kick when it's heated up, and was very helpful when I had a respiratory infection on tour a few years ago. It tasted like burning liquid lemon drop candy.


message 23: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 13814 comments Jim wrote: "Seriously Larry that is one of the worse places I have ever been."

Huh. I had a really good time there. There was a church that did folk shows on a basement stage, and the people who ran it always took us to Denny's afterward cause there was noplace else to go.






message 24: by Félix (last edited Nov 05, 2009 02:30PM) (new)

Félix (habitseven) The train station there is beautifully restored. It's really cool (if you like old train stations).



I went there for a job interview once. A guy took me on a tour of the building. He showed me the third floor which had never been finished or used. The New York Central originally planned for it to be a headquarters for their lines east of Buffalo -- but the plans changed. Union Station in Albany was used for that instead.


message 25: by [deleted user] (new)

Wow! so beautiful..


Jackie "the Librarian" | 8991 comments I love old train stations, Larry. Wish I got to see more of them.


message 27: by Félix (new)

Félix (habitseven) The one in Omaha is classic art-deco, and very nicely restored as a museum, Jackie. Come to see it! It's wonderful.

http://www.durhammuseum.org/experienc...


Jackie "the Librarian" | 8991 comments If I'm ever in the area, I will do that, Larry. It looks like quite the museum!


message 29: by Félix (new)

Félix (habitseven) I'll leave a light on for you, Jackie.


message 30: by smetchie (last edited Nov 06, 2009 09:30AM) (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments Ok but what about Rice Crispie Treats? I'm quite certain they prevent swine flu.


Jackie "the Librarian" | 8991 comments Yes, especially if you build a fort with them, and stay safely inside. ;)


message 32: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments Or perhaps cover your coughs and sneezes with them?


message 33: by smetchie (last edited Nov 06, 2009 10:22AM) (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments ...but then don't feed them to others.


message 34: by Sally, la reina (new)

Sally (mrsnolte) | 17373 comments Mod
I'm considering a new type of swine flu face mask that consists of a rice crispy treat held to my face by a candy necklace.


Jackie "the Librarian" | 8991 comments That mask wouldn't last long on me, Sally. I'd have to have a fairly large supply to get me through the day.


message 36: by Sally, la reina (new)

Sally (mrsnolte) | 17373 comments Mod
I'd kind of like to see it though. I'm imagining you eating your way through it w/o hands.


Jackie "the Librarian" | 8991 comments The stickiness factor would be pretty dire. I might have to resort to some hand sanitizer after awhile.


message 38: by smetchie (last edited Nov 06, 2009 10:36AM) (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments I think it would be quite effective. I'm certain the marshmallow would trap the little virus particle thingies.

By the by. Did everyone already know about Swine Flu parties where people gather around an infected friend to try and get a mild strain hoping to build up antibodies for subsequent, more severe strains? The CDC does not recommend this, if you can imagine. If we go to one, I'm sure the used Rice Crispy Treat masks would be a huge hit! All full of sticky goodness and swine flu particle thingies.


message 39: by Angie (new)

Angie (angabel) People are having Swine Flu parties for their CHILDREN which is the stupidest part, because it's killing children and young adults rather than just babies, the elderly, and the immuno-compromised like the regular flu. Ridiculous!

I still say we have a Rice Krispie treat face mask day, though. I'm down with that.


message 40: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments We used to do that with Chicken Pox when I was a kid.


message 41: by Sally, la reina (new)

Sally (mrsnolte) | 17373 comments Mod
I think it is important that we don't encourage kids to eat others' Rice Krispie face masks to speed transmission of the virus. They might as well just munch on a used tissue.


message 42: by Angie (new)

Angie (angabel) "They might as well just munch on a used tissue."

::kid voice::

Sally!!

I found a prize in mine!!!


message 43: by Sally, la reina (new)

Sally (mrsnolte) | 17373 comments Mod
ew.


message 44: by Félix (new)

Félix (habitseven) double ew.


message 45: by smetchie (new)

smetchie | 4034 comments my daughter eats tissues. clean ones, though. She won't eat broccoli but give her a box of tissues and she's in heaven.




message 46: by Kevin (new)

Kevin  (ksprink) | 11469 comments heath bar ice cream has not been proven to prevent swine flu yet either. yet. i am still vigorously testing this though


message 47: by Cosmic Sher (last edited Nov 06, 2009 01:22PM) (new)

Cosmic Sher (sherart) | 2234 comments Good on ya, Misha!

My sister and her family inadvertently went to a swin flu party. Her Bishop (read: mormon pastor) held a big luau for their church at his house, and the next day 40 families started exhibiting the symptoms. This was the week before Halloween and all the church-related holiday activities had to be canceled. Pretty sad. But, no one died and I think only one kid went to the hospital, so the odds were in their favor.

Edit: I wanted to say something nasty about the Poi, but couldn't come up with the right verbiage.


message 48: by Kevin (new)

Kevin  (ksprink) | 11469 comments possibly they were Poi-soned?


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