The Coffee House

[jcdeboever]

It's going to be a balmy 32° today and overcast. I'm heading to Ann Arbor with my Nikon FM, 35mm f2D, TriX 400 metered for 800. Hope to shoot a complete roll. Still have never shot a full 36 exposure in one outing. My goal is to get a few street shots, some reflections, and some abstracts. Maybe add in a project shot if @SquarePeg has the next one sorted. Don't see anything for the coming week yet.

 

[smoke665]

The good news for us is that temperatures are moving into the mid to high 70's this week. The bad news is the rain will continue for the foreseeable future.

 

[SquarePeg1]

My cousin’s youngest son, in his early 30’s, passed away yesterday. He had the flu which turned into pneumonia and then he developed a septic infection while in the hospital and his organs shut down. He had some health factors that put him at greater risk than others his age - smoking and drug addiction, but nothing that prepared his family for the speed at which this all took place. He had recently been through rehab and was getting his life together. He had a wife and two very young children. This flu season is nothing to mess around with. Please don’t wait to see a doctor if you’re sick.

 

[JonA_CT]

My cousin’s youngest son, in his early 30’s, passed away yesterday. He had the flu which turned into pneumonia and then he developed a septic infection while in the hospital and his organs shut down. He had some health factors that put him at greater risk than others his age - smoking and drug addiction, but nothing that prepared his family for the speed at which this all took place. He had recently been through rehab and was getting his life together. He had a wife and two very young children. This flu season is nothing to mess around with. Please don’t wait to see a doctor if you’re sick.

Jesus. I'm so sorry, Sharon.

 

[waday]

@SquarePeg I’m so sorry to hear this!

 

[davidharmier60]

Very sorry squarepeg!
5 minutes under 4 hours today.
Made up by 5 minutes over yesterday.
Someone had mopped and made what I was going to do look great.
In a while we are going to get a rental car for tomorrow.

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[Frank F.]

My cousin’s youngest son, in his early 30’s, passed away yesterday. He had the flu which turned into pneumonia and then he developed a septic infection while in the hospital and his organs shut down. He had some health factors that put him at greater risk than others his age - smoking and drug addiction, but nothing that prepared his family for the speed at which this all took place. He had recently been through rehab and was getting his life together. He had a wife and two very young children. This flu season is nothing to mess around with. Please don’t wait to see a doctor if you’re sick.

Holy Cow, these Virusses can be really bad, and septic infections are quite common amd lead to death in one third of cases.. My condolences for the family!

 

[JonA_CT]

I brewed a batch of beer this morning before the snow comes.

The forecast is always tricky here because we are in Long Island Sound, so rain mixes in frequently in winter storms. So if it doesn’t, they’re saying 6-8 inches. If it does, 1-3. Not much of a difference honestly...it’s gonna be in the 40s tomorrow and the 50-60s Monday and Tuesday, so it’s be gone almost as quickly as it comes down.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Thank you all for the condolences.

I brewed a batch of beer this morning before the snow comes.

The forecast is always tricky here because we are in Long Island Sound, so rain mixes in frequently in winter storms. So if it doesn’t, they’re saying 6-8 inches. If it does, 1-3. Not much of a difference honestly...it’s gonna be in the 40s tomorrow and the 50-60s Monday and Tuesday, so it’s be gone almost as quickly as it comes down.

I think you’ll be ok. My new snowblower magic is still going strong.

 

[Cortian]

Chest cough that feels like a knife through my lungs, chills, aches, fatigue, and as of 1 minute ago, a fever of 100.4.

I think I am right, unfortunately

*ick*

My protocol for such things (YMMV):

• Rest. Plenty of rest. I mean doing absolutely nothing.
• Lots of fluids, esp. fruit juice.
• Chicken soup. Yes, really. (Short of home-made, I like Mrs. Grass Chicken Noodle)
  
• 2000mg/day of vitamin C
• Sinus rinses with slightly-warmed salt water, as-necessary
• Steaming with chamomile 2-3 times/day, as-necessary
• An anti-histamine with decongestant, as-necessary (e.g.: Zyrtec-D is Part I of my personal "nuclear option")
• NyQuil at bedtime, as-necessary (Part II of my personal "nuclear option")
• Vicks Sinex to relieve nasal congestion, as-necessary (Part III of my personal "nuclear option")

Upon reading and recommendations we have elderberry extract on-hand, as well. Chamomile and elderberry are claimed to have anti-viral properties.

Personally, I'm wary of Tamiflu. This only reinforced my doubts: Tamiflu and Abnormal Behavior

You'll observe that I resort to artificially-created remedies only as a last resort. It has generally been my personal experience that they do as much harm as they do good. This goes doubly for antibiotics, which I almost never take, any more.

 

[Cortian]

I’m tired of the Olympics, there’s nothing else on tv and I’m not in the mood to read...anyone have any new Netflix or Prine recommendations?

What kinds of things do you like?

If you like Westerns, Netflix currently has Hell On Wheels. My wife and I love it and are just finishing it up. (N.B.: It can be pretty violent.)

Some others we both enjoyed, off the top of me pointy little head...

• Stranger Things
• Burn Notice
• Justified
  
• Breaking Bad (N.B.: Can be awfully dark)
  
• Rake
• Longmire
• Father Brown
• Doc Martin
• Agatha Christie's Poirot
• Murdoch Mysteries
• The Almighty Johnsons
• Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
• Dark Matter
• Death In Paradise
• The Finder
• Merlin

Most of them are, or were, on Netflix. Justified was for sure on AP.

 

[smoke665]

My protocol for such things (YMMV):

• Rest. Plenty of rest. I mean doing absolutely nothing.
• Lots of fluids, esp. fruit juice.
• Chicken soup. Yes, really. (Short of home-made, I like Mrs. Grass Chicken Noodle)
  
• 2000mg/day of vitamin C
• Sinus rinses with slightly-warmed salt water, as-necessary
• Steaming with chamomile 2-3 times/day, as-necessary
• An anti-histamine with decongestant, as-necessary (e.g.: Zyrtec-D is Part I of my personal "nuclear option")
• NyQuil at bedtime, as-necessary (Part II of my personal "nuclear option")
• Vicks Sinex to relieve nasal congestion, as-necessary (Part III of my personal "nuclear option")

On the advice of my pulmonologist I take Zyrtec D year round in conjunction with my other asthma Smedications. Sort of a preemptive strike on anything that might cause a problem. Your post though brought back memories of my Grandmother and her "home remedies". One of her favorites if you were congested, was to rub your chest and back with Vicks Salve then wrap a hot sock around your neck just before bed. I remember it worked surprisingly well, but man did it stink.

 

[terri58 1]

My cousin’s youngest son, in his early 30’s, passed away yesterday. He had the flu which turned into pneumonia and then he developed a septic infection while in the hospital and his organs shut down. He had some health factors that put him at greater risk than others his age - smoking and drug addiction, but nothing that prepared his family for the speed at which this all took place. He had recently been through rehab and was getting his life together. He had a wife and two very young children. This flu season is nothing to mess around with. Please don’t wait to see a doctor if you’re sick.

My condolences, Sharon, to you and your family. You're exactly right about this flu season being particularly ugly, especially to anyone with any kind of compromised immune system. My sympathies.

 

[tirediron]

...wrap a hot sock around your neck ....

Clean, or fresh off the foot?

 

[davidharmier60]

Believe wholeheartedly in Nyquil!
Have never had Zertec.
Fortunately hardly ever get anything worse than the crud.

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