Snot rockets - how much responsibility should I share?
09-29-22, 05:01 PM
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One point should be made clear. I'm not sure this thread is the place but I'll start here. The issue at stake is not a rocket (or s'not a rocket). It's a projectile or shot. (Rockets are self propelled. Shots are propelled by an explosive force usually restrained by a tube (in this case, our nostril).
So, snot shots, not snot rockets.
So, snot shots, not snot rockets.
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
I find the best option is to expel any unwanted or excess mucous directly into the palm of the glove. If the bars seem slippery, then, I wipe it on my pants.
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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
One point should be made clear. I'm not sure this thread is the place but I'll start here. The issue at stake is not a rocket (or s'not a rocket). It's a projectile or shot. (Rockets are self propelled. Shots are propelled by an explosive force usually restrained by a tube (in this case, our nostril).
So, snot shots, not snot rockets.
So, snot shots, not snot rockets.
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
I find the best option is to expel any unwanted or excess mucous directly into the palm of the glove. If the bars seem slippery, then, I wipe it on my pants.
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Originally Posted by Milton Keynes
Remind me to never borrow your bike or shake your hand.
09-29-22, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rsbob
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Just as an aside.
I take Benadryl at night and a Claritin in the AM and this keeps me dry and discharge free.
YMMV
I take Benadryl at night and a Claritin in the AM and this keeps me dry and discharge free.
YMMV
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Originally Posted by Cramic
Now it turns out some guy had decided to sit on my rear wheel. He hadn’t announced himself and I didn’t know he was there.
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
...and you're how old, Rob?
Sorry, don’t go for the insult bait. Try again, but put some thought into it.
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
I find the best option is to expel any unwanted or excess mucous directly into the palm of the glove. If the bars seem slippery, then, I wipe it on my pants.
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What if someone does this and winds up spraying everyone around them with blood, because they induced a nose bleed?
Then you have even more of a bio-hazard.
Then you have even more of a bio-hazard.
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Originally Posted by Polaris OBark
What if someone does this and winds up spraying everyone around them with blood, because they induced a nose bleed?
Then you have even more of a bio-hazard.
Then you have even more of a bio-hazard.
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09-29-22, 10:32 PM
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Yikes. I would have stopped and waited for the sealant to work.
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Originally Posted by CAT7RDR
As an aside... I take Benadryl at night and a Claritin in the AM, and this keeps me dry and discharge free. YMMV
09-30-22, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by CAT7RDR
Just as an aside.
I take Benadryl at night and a Claritin in the AM and this keeps me dry and discharge free.
YMMV
I take Benadryl at night and a Claritin in the AM and this keeps me dry and discharge free.
YMMV
Common anticholinergic drugs like Benadryl linked to increased dementia risk
09-30-22, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
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09-30-22, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Milton Keynes
I had a classmate in 3rd grade who used to pick his nose and wipe them on the side of his desk. Even back then the rest of us knew it was disgusting.
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
You have any better ideas? Coughing, sneezing, spitting, blowing one's nose while continuing to ride is never going to be as easy or sanitary as at home. Tell us what we should do.
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Originally Posted by Koyote
In a thread which has produced many different opinions, I think you may have managed to create unanimity with this post.
-Billy Wilder
09-30-22, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Polaris OBark
What if someone does this and winds up spraying everyone around them with blood, because they induced a nose bleed?
Then you have even more of a bio-hazard.
Then you have even more of a bio-hazard.
What if you go into space and the Alien sticks to your face, and then bursts out of your chest during a group ride? Then you have an even bigger threat to the continuing existence of the human species.
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
You have any better ideas? Coughing, sneezing, spitting, blowing one's nose while continuing to ride is never going to be as easy or sanitary as at home. Tell us what we should do.
Sleeves. At least that way it gets confined to the garment. You lost everyone when you talked about gunking up your hands and bars.
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I wait until I'm in a dumpster looking for Vodka before I launch a snot rocket. Of course, I wait until I'm done with my search -- it would be disgusting to do it when I first get in the dumpster.
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Or you could simply adhere to basic social conventions that suggest not relieving yourself in public.
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Originally Posted by Polaris OBark
Or you could simply adhere to basic social conventions that suggest not relieving yourself in public.
I just need to get over this breathing while exercising habit, amirite?
