The totally off-topic thread

[straitman]

My better half is a pharmacist and she has said it is easily the worst flu season she has seen since being a pharmacist (10 years) and studying (5 years)

I have had a very light cold for about 3 weeks now and it's getting frustrating. I guess in light of all the flue going around I should be thankful and stop complaining.

 

[perthjay85]

I have had a very light cold for about 3 weeks now and it's getting frustrating. I guess in light of all the flue going around I should be thankful and stop complaining.

I am in the exact same boat with a very sore throat for over 2 weeks. I am starting to be thankful that's all it is.

 

[JohnK]

I am in the exact same boat with a very sore throat for over 2 weeks. I am starting to be thankful that's all it is.

I'd take a sore throat any day over the 2 x 6 week infections I've had this year.

 

[perthjay85]

I'd take a sore throat any day over the 2 x 6 week infections I've had this year.

Without turning this into a contest I have had glandular fever 3 times in the past 12 months. I will take a sore throat any day of the week.

 

[Denali]

Well, if the training is working you will know how to resuscitate yourself.

Now its frostbite training! In Australia. I guess if I had an office on Mt Buller it would come in handy but not really in the Sydney burbs.

I have had a very light cold for about 3 weeks now and it's getting frustrating. I guess in light of all the flue going around I should be thankful and stop complaining.

I am in the exact same boat with a very sore throat for over 2 weeks. I am starting to be thankful that's all it is.

I'd take a sore throat any day over the 2 x 6 week infections I've had this year.

Ive had a slight dry cough for about 2 months now. Usually only happens when the temperature changes but Ive never been asthmatic. I also wonder if its more habit now as I can stop myself from coughing if I can feel a cough coming. Its very annoying.

 

[JohnK]

Without turning this into a contest I have had glandular fever 3 times in the past 12 months. I will take a sore throat any day of the week.

Point taken. I had glandular fever in the 90's and didn't know I had it. Doctor mentioned years later after a blood test. Must have been that time I was sick for ~3 months with the flu/cold and I didn't realise.

 

[perthjay85]

Point taken. I had glandular fever in the 90's and didn't know I had it. Doctor mentioned years later after a blood test. Must have been that time I was sick for ~3 months with the flu/cold and I didn't realise.

Yeah it's not pleasant, and thats not even my worst spell from it.
It is a bugger to diagnose because you think it is just a nasty flu unless you get fatigue for a few months.

 

[Steady]

I never knew El Al existed - or that it was a QF partner that I can book classic awards on - is this new?

 

[Denali]

Woman finds lost diamond engagement ring on carrot 13 years later

 

[mannej]

I never knew El Al existed - or that it was a QF partner that I can book classic awards on - is this new?

No it isn't new.

 

[love_the_life]

Woman finds lost diamond engagement ring on carrot 13 years later

Yes, I saw that. It says in the article she didn't tell her husband (as he would've thrown a wobbly) so had a smaller version made....and he didn't notice?

 

[love_the_life]

I never knew El Al existed - or that it was a QF partner that I can book classic awards on - is this new?

Not an airline I would be inclined to book, but that is purely personal and based on my biased politics.

 

[Flashback]

Not an airline I would be inclined to book, but that is purely personal and based on my biased politics.

Plus their hard product is pretty poor, too; unless you get their brand new plane.

 

[JohnK]

Yeah it's not pleasant, and thats not even my worst spell from it.
It is a bugger to diagnose because you think it is just a nasty flu unless you get fatigue for a few months.

Is the fatigue similar to chronic fatigue?

 

[anat0l]

Woman finds lost diamond engagement ring on carrot 13 years later

Hmmm... two carrot diamond ring?

 

[PLANT]

Improves the eye sight!

 

[Pushka]

That ring looks huge though when compared against the fingers. Fat fingers.

 

[serfty]

Yeah. I'd say most toddlers have done things that we as parents would prefer to forget.

I'd also say that most parents likely did things as toddlers that fortunately cannot be remembered.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Hmmm... two carrot diamond ring?

In the Brisbane Times they called it :

Long-lost one-carrot diamond ring !!!!!!!!! :shock:

 

[cambriamarsh]

Plus their hard product is pretty poor, too; unless you get their brand new plane.

New plane - singular? As in the rest are old and grotty (not that old necessarily means grotty)