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on: January 21, 2007, 05:18:00 AM
You know you're definitely sick with something when Gatorade tastes really good.

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Reply #1 on: January 21, 2007, 04:07:58 PM
I've never tasted Gatorade. Does it taste as bad as Kool Aid? That's foul. So foul, I think the scariest thing about Jim Jones wasn't that he made people posion themselves, but he made them poison themselves with Kool Aid.

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Reply #2 on: January 21, 2007, 08:04:54 PM
no gatorade is not like kool aid... for one its not made of powder hehe.  its really good, especially so when ya really need it (after excercize)
when ya dont need it, it doesnt taste as good, but i dont think its ever bad.

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Reply #3 on: January 21, 2007, 08:16:50 PM
no gatorade is not like kool aid... for one its not made of powder hehe.
You can actually buy gatorade as powder and mix it yourself, but anyways i agree that gatorade is amazing after exercise.

Thinking? I've never heard of that. Is it some kind of food? Please tell me it tastes better than those sick pop tarts filled with meat. You know, Hot Pockets. What, thinking isn't a food? Well then, what is it? Does it have to be built. I hate building things. JUST TELL ME NOW! O look, a bird.


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Reply #4 on: January 22, 2007, 09:15:31 AM
whats Gatorade?

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Reply #5 on: January 22, 2007, 11:46:09 AM
Gatorade is the most filthy of all things drinkable, including HCL and other acids.

Seriously, Steve - you need medical attention. ;D



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Reply #6 on: January 22, 2007, 03:13:17 PM
whats Gatorade?

It's a sports drink meant to replace electrolytes and such.  It does taste a bit like Kool-Aid, but much weaker.  Unless you're sick, or dehydrated, or otherwise really need the electrolytes.

As for medical attention, yeah.  I have a doctor's appointment in an hour.

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Reply #7 on: January 22, 2007, 03:59:38 PM
you ok?
hope all is well

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Reply #8 on: January 23, 2007, 04:50:10 AM
you ok?
hope all is well

This thread appears to have diverged from my intent (which was that more people would post Very Brief Observations) -- but yeah.  I will be okay soon enough.

The short story is that I caught a virus from my toddler, who in turn caught it from day care.  The bad news is that it's Herpes Simplex, Type 1.  This is the "less scary" herpes, the kind that mostly just causes annoying mouth sores.  Only in my case it also caused a low-grade fever for a couple of days, and I pretty much slept through the weekend, and my mouth and tongue really, really hurt. 

HSV-1 is everywhere (about half the population already has it) and once you have it, it can pop up again the rest of your life.  The good news is that it's never as bad as the first time.  Which is very good news, because right now it hurts like hell.  I mean, eating Jell-O is physically painful.

I'm just glad I don't have to narrate this week's story.


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Reply #9 on: January 23, 2007, 05:52:44 AM
:o how'd yer kid catch herpes in day care? heh the worst thing i ever caught in daycare was chickenpox or the flu...

Brief observation: you know you cant sleep when you start listenin to every old podcast again just to have something to do.

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Five pounds?  Six pounds? Seven pounds?


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Reply #10 on: January 23, 2007, 05:29:28 PM
Brief Observation:  If it's 35 degrees or more in GA, torrential downpour.  If it's below freezing, not a cloud in the sky.

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Reply #11 on: January 23, 2007, 07:46:15 PM
Gatorade is a relatively decent cure for a hangover.  Not as good as a beer, but pretty good.



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Reply #12 on: January 23, 2007, 08:12:54 PM
:o how'd yer kid catch herpes in day care? heh the worst thing i ever caught in daycare was chickenpox or the flu...

Chicken pox and the flu are both worse.  There are different kinds of herpes.  This is the kind that's usually responsible for cold sores.  And it's everywhere.

(Although typing "worse" above was a struggle to maintain my objectivity -- this one hit me really bad, and after four days of it my tongue is feeling like it's been flayed.)
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Reply #13 on: January 23, 2007, 08:49:38 PM
Youth is wasted on the young.

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Reply #14 on: January 23, 2007, 11:20:45 PM
Youth is wasted on the young.

Agreed.  Though if you gave it to the old, I doubt they'd get much more done with it.

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Reply #15 on: January 24, 2007, 06:02:58 AM
Brief Observation #2:
Being educated and informed is fun!  Whoever said "ignorance is bliss" was REALLY missing out.

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Reply #16 on: January 24, 2007, 08:43:38 AM
Brief Observation

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Reply #17 on: January 24, 2007, 09:28:43 AM
Observation:

The other guy in traffic is always the Idiot.



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Reply #18 on: January 24, 2007, 04:01:56 PM
Coworkers you don't know have no problem giving their in put on your lunch.

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Reply #19 on: January 25, 2007, 03:45:20 PM
Youth is wasted on the young.

Agreed.  Though if you gave it to the old, I doubt they'd get much more done with it.

"Call that youth? It's not proper youth, like we had in the old days."

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Reply #20 on: January 25, 2007, 03:51:57 PM
Youth is wasted on the young.

Agreed.  Though if you gave it to the old, I doubt they'd get much more done with it.

"Call that youth? It's not proper youth, like we had in the old days."

When I was your age, I was younger and more vibrant! I had the energy of two of you, worked three full time jobs, and still had a girlfriend and volunteered 20 hours a week at the old folks home!

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Reply #21 on: January 25, 2007, 05:10:19 PM
When I was your age, I was younger and more vibrant! I had the energy of two of you, worked three full time jobs, and still had a girlfriend and volunteered 20 hours a week at the old folks home!

Just one girlfriend?

Slacker.

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Reply #22 on: January 25, 2007, 06:44:58 PM
When I was your age, I was younger and more vibrant! I had the energy of two of you, worked three full time jobs, and still had a girlfriend and volunteered 20 hours a week at the old folks home!

Just one girlfriend?

Slacker.


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Reply #23 on: January 26, 2007, 11:50:00 AM
VBO: It's 8 degrees Fahrenheit here in Michigan and I just realized that in times not long gone by people would have had to squat and hover over the outhouse from October to March, or risk frost bite.

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Reply #24 on: January 31, 2007, 05:50:09 PM
How much deeper would the ocean be if you removed all the water-absorbing sponges?

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