Can you.....

**placidfemme** · 29th July 2005, 17:17

Can you catch the cold/flu when no-one you know has been sick?

I've already had the cold/flu twice this year and it's starting again today and I havn't been around anyone in the last 2 weeks who's been sick... whats with that?

*might be the first one to start the next super virus*

**MSTRS:Me** · 29th July 2005, 17:19

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Can you catch the cold/flu when no-one you know has been sick?

Only if you run reeaallly fast & use an approved catchything

**placidfemme** · 29th July 2005, 17:21

*can't run fast*

But I can ride... fastish slow... can I use my balaclava as a catchything?

**crashe** · 29th July 2005, 17:21

Try riding your bike to work every day and then you wont catch the flu...

and best you didnt pass it onto me today.....

especially after I even let you sit on my bike too.

**placidfemme** · 29th July 2005, 17:24

It sucks... this person that Sam and I are meeting for dinner and a movie... well last time we went to meet this person... I got sick that same day... and again no-one I knew was sick... maybe its an omen...

**Paul in NZ** · 29th July 2005, 17:36

Originally Posted by placidfemme

It sucks... this person that Sam and I are meeting for dinner and a movie... well last time we went to meet this person... I got sick that same day... and again no-one I knew was sick... maybe its an omen...

If you were sick in a forest and no one knew you were sick would you still make a sound? Hang on, wrong thread...

**Grizz** · 29th July 2005, 17:40

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

If you were sick in a forest and no one knew you were sick would you still make a sound? Hang on, wrong thread...

**crashe** · 29th July 2005, 17:49

How To Avoid The Flu

Eat right! Make sure you get your daily dose of fruits and veggies.
Take your vitamins and bump up your vitamin C.
Get plenty of exercise because exercise helps build your immune system.
Walk for at least an hour a day, go for a swim,
take the stairs instead of the elevator, etc.
Wash your hands often. If you can't wash them,
keep a bottle of antibacterial stuff around.
Get lots of fresh air. Open windows whenever possible.
Get plenty of rest.

Try to eliminate as much stress from your life as you can.

OR Take the doctor's surgery approach.
Think about it...
When you go for a shot, what do they do first?

Clean your arm with alcohol.
Why?

Because alcohol kills germs.

So......

I walk to the bottle store. (exercise)
I put lemon in my Rum and Coke..(fruit)
Celery in my Bloody Mary (veggies)
Drink outdoors on the patio..(fresh air)
Get drunk, tell jokes, laugh..(eliminate stress)
Then pass out. (rest)

The way I see it...

If you keep your alcohol levels up,

flu germs can't get you!!!!

My grandmother always said, "A shot in the glass is better than one in the ass!"

**placidfemme** · 29th July 2005, 17:57

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

If you were sick in a forest and no one knew you were sick would you still make a sound? Hang on, wrong thread...

lol... and the answer is.... ........................

**placidfemme** · 29th July 2005, 17:58

Originally Posted by crashe

How To Avoid The Flu

Eat right! Make sure you get your daily dose of fruits and veggies.
Take your vitamins and bump up your vitamin C.
Get plenty of exercise because exercise helps build your immune system.
Walk for at least an hour a day, go for a swim,
take the stairs instead of the elevator, etc.
Wash your hands often. If you can't wash them,
keep a bottle of antibacterial stuff around.
Get lots of fresh air. Open windows whenever possible.
Get plenty of rest.

Try to eliminate as much stress from your life as you can.

OR Take the doctor's surgery approach.
Think about it...
When you go for a shot, what do they do first?

Clean your arm with alcohol.
Why?

Because alcohol kills germs.

So......

I walk to the bottle store. (exercise)
I put lemon in my Rum and Coke..(fruit)
Celery in my Bloody Mary (veggies)
Drink outdoors on the patio..(fresh air)
Get drunk, tell jokes, laugh..(eliminate stress)
Then pass out. (rest)

The way I see it...

If you keep your alcohol levels up,

flu germs can't get you!!!!

My grandmother always said, "A shot in the glass is better than one in the ass!"

lol thats good

*finds some alcohol*

**Flyingpony** · 29th July 2005, 18:15

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Can you catch the cold/flu when no-one you know has been sick?

I've already had the cold/flu twice this year and it's starting again today and I havn't been around anyone in the last 2 weeks who's been sick... whats with that?

*might be the first one to start the next super virus*

As you're just on the start of getting the flu, now is the time to become a fish and drink heaps of water and attempt to flush it out of your body before you really do get the flu and be stuck with it for the next two-three weeks.
This works most of the time for me. Try it.
Eat heaps of fruit and vegetables too and follow what 'crashe' wrote.

**placidfemme** · 29th July 2005, 18:26

Thank you

*is drinking water now instead of my usual V*

**oldfart** · 29th July 2005, 19:24

Originally Posted by placidfemme

Can you catch the cold/flu when no-one you know has been sick?

I've already had the cold/flu twice this year and it's starting again today and I havn't been around anyone in the last 2 weeks who's been sick... whats with that?

*might be the first one to start the next super virus*

My understanding is that a person is at the contagious stage when they aren't displaying any symptoms, ie once you've got wheezes & sneezes your not likely to pass it on

**White trash** · 29th July 2005, 19:59

P/Femme, a cold and the "flu" are two totaly different ailments.

Whatchagot?

**erik** · 29th July 2005, 20:42

Originally Posted by oldfart

My understanding is that a person is at the contagious stage when they aren't displaying any symptoms, ie once you've got wheezes & sneezes your not likely to pass it on

I thought coughing and sneezing were two of the ways a cold/flu could be passed on.

I think I heard some people can be a carrier for the cold virus and not actually get sick from it while others will get sick, so you could catch it from someone that was healthy.