Commuting Staves Off H1N1!
11-11-09, 11:45 AM
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I take the following whenever I begin to feel under the weather:
1. homemade chicken soup with lots of garlic and cayenne pepper
2. Sambucol
One of the things about commuting that helps, IMO, is the fact that in the cooler weather we tend to launch a lot of snot rockets and blow our nose more often.
1. homemade chicken soup with lots of garlic and cayenne pepper
2. Sambucol
One of the things about commuting that helps, IMO, is the fact that in the cooler weather we tend to launch a lot of snot rockets and blow our nose more often.
11-11-09, 12:15 PM
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With too many kids to bring the stuff home I got it, lasted about 5 days but my lungs still feel like crap.
Tried the trainer and it was OK.
Might try to ride Friday if I can finally take a deep breath without coughing up a lung.
Everyone I talked to that has gotten it says the cough after the fact is the worse and lasts a couple weeks.
There are a couple of runners here at work and they had gotten it and are having the same issues with breathing...so damn frustrating!
Tried the trainer and it was OK.
Might try to ride Friday if I can finally take a deep breath without coughing up a lung.
Everyone I talked to that has gotten it says the cough after the fact is the worse and lasts a couple weeks.
There are a couple of runners here at work and they had gotten it and are having the same issues with breathing...so damn frustrating!
11-11-09, 12:17 PM
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11-11-09, 12:26 PM
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He wasn't making fun of people with autism, he was making fun of the long-held notion that the vaccine will cause autism. Geesh, sometimes I think some people spend their day looking for ways to get offended.
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11-11-09, 12:35 PM
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- I used to get a lingering cough every winter that would then morph into some kind of bronchial crud that would linger for weeks.
- Since I started commuting 3 winters ago (in all kinds of weather, other than snow and ice), I haven't had a single cough, cold, fever, etc.
- Last week, while out of town on a business trip and off my bike for a week, I got my first cold in 3 years.
This proves that cycling prevents sickness.
Where is my Nobel prize?
- Since I started commuting 3 winters ago (in all kinds of weather, other than snow and ice), I haven't had a single cough, cold, fever, etc.
- Last week, while out of town on a business trip and off my bike for a week, I got my first cold in 3 years.
This proves that cycling prevents sickness.
Where is my Nobel prize?
11-11-09, 01:22 PM
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Perhaps if you did fly for this trip it is not proof that cycling prevents sickness for you, but evidence that flying increases the chance of you becoming sick.
11-11-09, 02:56 PM
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I am well aware of the concept I spent two days a week with kids that suffer from autism. The cause of autism is unknown, there is no cure or even a set definition hence why is called Autism Spectrum Disorder. If any of you were to spend any amount of time around a child with autism you certainty wouldn't find jokes about it funny. I also don't find jokes about mental ***********, handicapped or other disabilities funny in the slightest.
11-11-09, 04:02 PM
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I am well aware of the concept I spent two days a week with kids that suffer from autism. The cause of autism is unknown, there is no cure or even a set definition hence why is called Autism Spectrum Disorder. If any of you were to spend any amount of time around a child with autism you certainty wouldn't find jokes about it funny. I also don't find jokes about mental ***********, handicapped or other disabilities funny in the slightest.
What I want to know is, since my kids are autistic, does that mean I don't need to get them vaccinated?
11-11-09, 06:45 PM
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I usually always get at least one cold during the winter. I began commuting in June, and this year I have gotten one cold. 50% of the time something is going around the office, I start to get a sore throat for a day or two, and then my body fights it off. I get every other sickness that goes around. This year it was accompanied by a bad cough that took me off my bike for nearly 2 weeks.
Even though I feel much healthier and more fit than I was before I started commuting, I think it hasn't had much effect at all on my immune system.
The joke wasn't even about autism. It was about a misconception regarding the vaccine. There is a level of abstraction there.
Even though I feel much healthier and more fit than I was before I started commuting, I think it hasn't had much effect at all on my immune system.
Originally Posted by Spanky-G-Master
If any of you were to spend any amount of time around a child with autism you certainty wouldn't find jokes about it funny.
11-11-09, 07:17 PM
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I am well aware of the concept I spent two days a week with kids that suffer from autism. The cause of autism is unknown, there is no cure or even a set definition hence why is called Autism Spectrum Disorder. If any of you were to spend any amount of time around a child with autism you certainty wouldn't find jokes about it funny. I also don't find jokes about mental ***********, handicapped or other disabilities funny in the slightest.
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
11-11-09, 07:21 PM
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My youngest brother drowned @ 2 years old. Resuscitated to live his life for 18 more years severely mentally handicapped.
If I can not be bothered to be offended over said jokes...
Ditto to Chip's last line.
If I can not be bothered to be offended over said jokes...
Ditto to Chip's last line.
11-11-09, 07:22 PM
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Chip is my White Knight.
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11-11-09, 07:50 PM
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Only cuz I took your rook and was making goo-goo eyes at your queen.
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This reminds me of you. 
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11-11-09, 08:21 PM
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I'm sick now, it's been years since the last time.
11-11-09, 08:48 PM
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Didn't work for me. I commute 28 miles a day 5 days a week and had H1N1 3 weeks ago. I started back on the bike this week and am struggling to get my speed and endurance back.
I hate being sick and off the bike.
I hate being sick and off the bike.
11-15-09, 03:27 PM
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An update: I have been a bit knocked out with this, and took Thursday and Friday off. I feel like I've kept one step ahead of developing the barky deep cough that my kids and wife still have. We'll see...
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11-15-09, 03:41 PM
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Mild exercise has definitely helped me when sick; I just have to be careful not to do it in cold, dry air though - that irritates my throat even worse.
And I have to throw my hat in the "no one was making fun of people with Autism" ring.
And I have to throw my hat in the "no one was making fun of people with Autism" ring.
11-23-09, 10:08 AM
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Well, I'm back to riding. I took a whole week of riding off after missing Thursday and Friday from work, mainly because the week I came back was parent teacher conferences, which knock me out anyway.
It's great to be back on the bike. I feel normal again!
And I am pretty much convinced that commuting did minimize how sick I got, especially compared to my wife and the little guys.
It's great to be back on the bike. I feel normal again!
And I am pretty much convinced that commuting did minimize how sick I got, especially compared to my wife and the little guys.
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