On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:13:20 -0500, John H.
wrote:

The Disney ships have not yet been involved in one of the mass infections
which have plagued other cruise lines.

Yet. :)

I am not trying to get you to go on a Disney, or any other, ship

Understood - just expressing my opinion of cruises in general.

Mrs. Wave and her gal pals take a cruise every Spring and enjoy the
hell out of it.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:38:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

This was true because we were continuously confronted with crew giving us
hand disinfectants.

I rest my case.

Haven't had a cold in at least 20 years. I've heard, and passed
around the "fact" that there's about 40 common cold viruses, so at
about age 40 you stop getting colds.
Went to see the grandkids Saturday, not worrying about my son's
warning that they had colds. I should be immune
Just got up after 16 hours in bed. Worse cold I can remember.
Throat still hurts like hell, and still all stuffed up.
I need to rethink this.

--Vic

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:01:09 -0600, Vic Smith wrote:


Haven't had a cold in at least 20 years. I've heard, and passed around
the "fact" that there's about 40 common cold viruses, so at about age 40
you stop getting colds.
Went to see the grandkids Saturday, not worrying about my son's warning
that they had colds. I should be immune Just got up after 16 hours in
bed. Worse cold I can remember. Throat still hurts like hell, and still
all stuffed up. I need to rethink this.

Never heard that theory, but according to the following link, there are over 105 virus types
that cause cold symptoms. If your theory is correct, you still have a couple of years to go. ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinovirus

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:33:09 -0000, thunder
wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:01:09 -0600, Vic Smith wrote:


Haven't had a cold in at least 20 years. I've heard, and passed around
the "fact" that there's about 40 common cold viruses, so at about age 40
you stop getting colds.
Went to see the grandkids Saturday, not worrying about my son's warning
that they had colds. I should be immune Just got up after 16 hours in
bed. Worse cold I can remember. Throat still hurts like hell, and still
all stuffed up. I need to rethink this.

Never heard that theory, but according to the following link, there are over 105 virus types
that cause cold symptoms. If your theory is correct, you still have a couple of years to go. ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinovirus

Thanks. It does say:
"Children may have six to ten colds a year (and up to 12 colds a year
for school children)."
I probably got the 40 years of age confused with number of common
virii.
20 years without a cold has be believing the age part.
Now I'm wondering if what I have now is a cold I never had before,
or that my immunity to an old cold is now gone.
Hope it's the former. I'd hate to start re-doing all those colds.

--Vic

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:46:52 -0400, "Don White"
wrote:


I think the secret is...at our age you usually get to avoid the little
disease ridden rug rats. ;-)

Hadn't thought of that (-:

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:38:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

This was true because we were continuously confronted with crew giving us
hand disinfectants.

I rest my case.

Haven't had a cold in at least 20 years. I've heard, and passed
around the "fact" that there's about 40 common cold viruses, so at
about age 40 you stop getting colds.
Went to see the grandkids Saturday, not worrying about my son's
warning that they had colds. I should be immune
Just got up after 16 hours in bed. Worse cold I can remember.
Throat still hurts like hell, and still all stuffed up.
I need to rethink this.

--Vic

I think the secret is...at our age you usually get to avoid the little
disease ridden rug rats. ;-)

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:19:32 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:38:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

This was true because we were continuously confronted with crew giving
us
hand disinfectants.
I rest my case.
Yes, by taking a preventative measure, the crew was actually spreading
disease. Good point.

Take airplanes. The continuous fresh air in the cabins is bound to be
more
healthful.
Hey - do your thing - I have no problem with it. If you want to walk
around a floating infection factory where they have to hand out
disinfectant wipes to keep their clients healthy - have at it man.
Good idea. Brilliant in fact - should make everybody feel much safer
health wise. The base fact that disinfectant wipes are meaningless in
the long run shouldn't enter into it at all.

Remember - disinfecting doesn't kill virus vectors - only bleach or
similar solutions kill virus vectors.

I'm not going to do it for stated reasons. The last infection I had
took three months to get rid of and I had to use a walker to move
around the house. And that was from a brand new pool at the health
club I belong to.

Be my guest, but I'll take a pass.

They hand out hand disinfectants? Are you serious?

Is everyone also wearing a mask over their nose and mouth?

You'd like our house. My wife is loose with the bleach.

My wife gave me grief about overuse of bleach in the bathroom.
I countered by reminding her that she arbitrairly assigning me to the task
of keeping it clean...so I'd decide how.
Wish I could spray full strength bleach in this newsgroup... especially
since a certain troublemaker has returned from a cruise bringing new virises
with him.

What do you spray on sycophants to remove them?

John H. wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:50:29 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:19:32 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:38:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

This was true because we were continuously confronted with crew giving us
hand disinfectants.
I rest my case.
Yes, by taking a preventative measure, the crew was actually spreading
disease. Good point.

Take airplanes. The continuous fresh air in the cabins is bound to be more
healthful.
Hey - do your thing - I have no problem with it. If you want to walk
around a floating infection factory where they have to hand out
disinfectant wipes to keep their clients healthy - have at it man.
Good idea. Brilliant in fact - should make everybody feel much safer
health wise. The base fact that disinfectant wipes are meaningless in
the long run shouldn't enter into it at all.

Remember - disinfecting doesn't kill virus vectors - only bleach or
similar solutions kill virus vectors.

I'm not going to do it for stated reasons. The last infection I had
took three months to get rid of and I had to use a walker to move
around the house. And that was from a brand new pool at the health
club I belong to.

Be my guest, but I'll take a pass.

You have a special problem. If I were in your shoes, I'd be leery of
anything public, planes, ships, stores, whatever. I'd sure not use the
potty at any public facility.

The Disney ships have not yet been involved in one of the mass infections
which have plagued other cruise lines. I am not trying to get you to go on
a Disney, or any other, ship.

It's a matter of time. There should be a law that all hospitals should
be burned to the ground after 15 years to remove all of the viruses and
bacteria.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:27:45 -0400, BAR wrote:


What do you spray on sycophants to remove them?

Syncophantizer?

HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:19:32 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:12:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:38:26 -0500, John H.
wrote:

This was true because we were continuously confronted with crew
giving us
hand disinfectants.
I rest my case.
Yes, by taking a preventative measure, the crew was actually
spreading
disease. Good point.

Take airplanes. The continuous fresh air in the cabins is bound
to be more
healthful.
Hey - do your thing - I have no problem with it. If you want to walk
around a floating infection factory where they have to hand out
disinfectant wipes to keep their clients healthy - have at it man.
Good idea. Brilliant in fact - should make everybody feel much safer
health wise. The base fact that disinfectant wipes are
meaningless in
the long run shouldn't enter into it at all.

Remember - disinfecting doesn't kill virus vectors - only bleach or
similar solutions kill virus vectors.

I'm not going to do it for stated reasons. The last infection I had
took three months to get rid of and I had to use a walker to move
around the house. And that was from a brand new pool at the health
club I belong to.

Be my guest, but I'll take a pass.

They hand out hand disinfectants? Are you serious?

Is everyone also wearing a mask over their nose and mouth?

You'd like our house. My wife is loose with the bleach.

My wife gave me grief about overuse of bleach in the bathroom.
I countered by reminding her that she arbitrairly assigning me to
the task of keeping it clean...so I'd decide how.
Wish I could spray full strength bleach in this newsgroup...
especially since a certain troublemaker has returned from a cruise
bringing new virises with him.



Well, there are far better places to have boating discussions than
rec.boats. We have far too many posters here whose interest is not
boats.


Harry,
I would recommend you go to those other places and leave this NG to
it's own demise.



As I have told you before, I don't give a rat's ass about your
recommendations.

You couldn't live without this newsgroup.