An inconvenient sickness

richlevy · 05-21-2008, 06:41 PM

So after months and months working on the same project, I get a break and get sent to a 4 day SQL Server class this week. My vacation is also imminent.

Last week I started sneezing and coughing. It began as an occasional tickle in my throat. Yesterday I went to my first class and by the end of the day I was making this ugly wet noise when I breathed hard.

Fortunately, my doctor had evening hours last night. Her diagnosis - it's either bronchitis or walking pneumonia. She said the treatment was the same for both so she didn't see any reason to send me for an x-ray.

So I'm still going to class, along with an inhaler, acetaminophen, sugar free candy, etc. At night I'm taking antibiotics and chicken soup (lots of leftover matzoh ball mixes from Passover).

Every stinking germ had better be dead before I board the plane for Vegas.

HungLikeJesus · 05-21-2008, 06:46 PM

And I was going to guess it was the boogy-woogy flu.

Griff · 05-22-2008, 05:47 AM

Gah! There is just too much crap going around this year. Let's pledge to take a break from illness.

Clodfobble · 05-22-2008, 09:57 AM

I haven't been sick yet this year; I'm willing to sell my sickness offsets to you at $20 per day.

HungLikeJesus · 05-22-2008, 10:19 AM

I thought you were in the hospital earlier this year.

Shawnee123 · 05-22-2008, 10:28 AM

Hey, speaking of sick, aren't you supposed to be dead, HLJ?

HungLikeJesus · 05-22-2008, 10:34 AM

I got better.

classicman · 05-22-2008, 10:37 AM

You better have!

Flint · 05-22-2008, 12:03 PM

When someone isn my house starts getting sick, I start taking Airborne tablets. If I do have symptoms, they're about 75% less troublesome.

SteveDallas · 05-22-2008, 12:15 PM

Have you gotten your money back from the court case?

Flint · 05-22-2008, 01:36 PM

No, I'm going to buy some more today.

I'm not so stupid that I can't understand what the product is for.

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...a class-action lawsuit brought against the company claiming that there is no evidence that the supplement wards off harmful bacteria and germs.

Nobody ever said that's what it's supposed to do.

Quote:

Defendants denied any wrongdoing or illegal conduct but have agreed to settle the litigation.

So, they paid off a few money-sucking vampires to make the imaginary problem go away. Meanwhile, they still sell the product and I still buy it. And it still works as well as it ever did at what it was desinged for.

SteveDallas · 05-22-2008, 02:05 PM

Yeah, that's all fine, but it doesn't need to stop you from filing for the class-action case.

Flint · 05-22-2008, 02:10 PM

Oh, I'm rolling in the dough already.

I just got a $2.50 check from a class action suit (that I knew nothing about) against the travel agent that booked my honeymoon with my ex.

SteveDallas · 05-22-2008, 02:26 PM

Way to go!!

Clodfobble · 05-22-2008, 02:47 PM

Make sure you pay taxes on that income.

05-21-2008, 06:41 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	An inconvenient sickness So after months and months working on the same project, I get a break and get sent to a 4 day SQL Server class this week. My vacation is also imminent. Last week I started sneezing and coughing. It began as an occasional tickle in my throat. Yesterday I went to my first class and by the end of the day I was making this ugly wet noise when I breathed hard. Fortunately, my doctor had evening hours last night. Her diagnosis - it's either bronchitis or walking pneumonia. She said the treatment was the same for both so she didn't see any reason to send me for an x-ray. So I'm still going to class, along with an inhaler, acetaminophen, sugar free candy, etc. At night I'm taking antibiotics and chicken soup (lots of leftover matzoh ball mixes from Passover). Every stinking germ had better be dead before I board the plane for Vegas. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

05-21-2008, 06:46 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	And I was going to guess it was the boogy-woogy flu. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

05-22-2008, 05:47 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Gah! There is just too much crap going around this year. Let's pledge to take a break from illness. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-22-2008, 10:19 AM	#5
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I thought you were in the hospital earlier this year. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

05-22-2008, 10:28 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hey, speaking of sick, aren't you supposed to be dead, HLJ? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-22-2008, 09:57 AM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I haven't been sick yet this year; I'm willing to sell my sickness offsets to you at $20 per day.

05-22-2008, 10:34 AM	#7
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I got better. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

05-22-2008, 10:37 AM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	You better have! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-22-2008, 12:03 PM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	When someone isn my house starts getting sick, I start taking Airborne tablets. If I do have symptoms, they're about 75% less troublesome. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-22-2008, 12:15 PM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Have you gotten your money back from the court case?

05-22-2008, 02:05 PM	#12
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Yeah, that's all fine, but it doesn't need to stop you from filing for the class-action case.

05-22-2008, 02:10 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Oh, I'm rolling in the dough already. I just got a $2.50 check from a class action suit (that I knew nothing about) against the travel agent that booked my honeymoon with my ex. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-22-2008, 02:26 PM	#14
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Way to go!!

05-22-2008, 02:47 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Make sure you pay taxes on that income.

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