My dad had a car accident on the motorway last week, so we had to leave two days late, when the car was eventually repaired. Unbelievably, a Jag driver then decided not to leave his handbrake on on the Ferry, so we now have a huge dent in the side of the car. In total that's 3 car accidents in my family in the space of 1 month.
Still, nobody's dead. We drove down the Mont des Alouettes climb today, and it looks like it's got Gilbert written all over it (not literally, mind).
Aquarius wrote:
It's extremely warm here since yesterday, as lagetcher mentioned above. Yet I've managed to get a cold. Beat that.
(Some idiot was heavily coughing at work, and refused to see a doctor, now many of us caught his disease, bastard).
A cold is a virus - it's transmitted via proximity to an infected individual, not because of temperature. I know you know that, but I dislike when people bring up or somehow imply that temperature is somehow the predominant factor causing infection. In fact, I dislike it being called a 'cold', it's an annoyingly misleading term. [/rant]
My hayfever on the other hand is being as spectacular as ever
felix_29 wrote:
The chance that the virus breaks out is higher when it´s cold, though. So 'cold' fits, doesn´t it?
Not really. The only reason for a small spike in the cold virus when it's cold is because people stay indoors more, so are slightly more likely to come into contact with others who are infected.
When it´s cold the temperatures of the outer body parts decreases and thus the immune system does not work as well. Once that has happend the immune system reacts with an increased body temperature, so you´ve got fever...
felix_29 wrote:
When it´s cold the temperatures of the outer body parts decreases and thus the immune system does not work as well. Once that has happend the immune system reacts with an increased body temperature, so you´ve got fever...
You've failed to see my point - it's proximity to an infected person that is the overriding factor in contracting a cold, not temperature.
Are you sure about that? You always have some virus inside your body. Only a few a able to resist your the immune system, most virus need a weakend immune system to have an effect.
Changing the subject: I've played American football for five and a half season - and yesterday, I scored my first points ever!
... a safety, but even two points count in the statistics
In general, it was a weird game. Our offence had gone on vacation already, so it was up to the special teams and defence to score the points. We got a TD after blocking their field goal attempt, 1 kickoff return to TD and 1 punt return to TD -- and just one "regular" TD. That describes the game pretty well...
I played football (soccer^^) for more than 10 years. I scored maybe 20 goals although I started as forward. Quick I was pulled back into midfield, before ending up as last defender.
Changing the subject: I've played American football for five and a half season - and yesterday, I scored my first points ever!
... a safety, but even two points count in the statistics
In general, it was a weird game. Our offence had gone on vacation already, so it was up to the special teams and defence to score the points. We got a TD after blocking their field goal attempt, 1 kickoff return to TD and 1 punt return to TD -- and just one "regular" TD. That describes the game pretty well...
Thats great for a Linebacker (you were a linebacker, right?).
When I was a little kid playing hockey, I would only get 1 goal all year, in my first 3 seasons playing, then in my 4th year I scored something like 62 goals or something because I was the fastest kid on my team. Nowadays I only score about 20-30 goals a year. Of course I guess its much different in football since you play defence, and are never on the field to score the points, atleast as your main objective.
..., that acute cooling of the body surface causes reflex vasoconstriction in the nose and upper airways, and that this vasoconstrictor response may inhibit respiratory defence and cause the onset of common cold symptoms by converting an asymptomatic subclinical viral infection into a symptomatic clinical infection.
Topic change: I don´t know where to post it, but it looks very impressive:
"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
