Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
Ohhh NOOO0000oooo!!! Cold turkey
again so soon??
Cold Turkey? How about a couple of beakers of Wild Turkey instead. Repeat as necessary.
Cool! The Cat’s away, it’s time to play! Anyone have their favorite fighter pic…of a Tomcat?
Or an F-15 or F-16, or F-22? Tomcat will do, however.
uh, how do you post a picture?
You know, there’s this annex to Neptunus Lex…. http://www.neptunuslex.com/Wiki It actually has three posts in the last week. I know, shocker.
http://www.neptunuslex.com/Wiki
Hope you feel better soon, Lex!
I just posted over there, and don’t want to push anyone further down. (Try to space things out by a few days at least.)
But this new rifle may be of interest to many here if they haven’t seen it yet. Combines a range finder with explosive rounds that know how far they have traveled and can be programmed to explode at various distances in relation to the target. Impressive.
Colds are miserable. Especially for the weaker sex. Heh. Feel better soon!
Get well soon. Don’t make me send these guys over:
http://xbradtc.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/the-man-cold/
Hope you feel better Lex! The Oracle and I are fighting against allergies – they feel like a cold but they aren’t.
Soup, fluids – you know the drill I’m sure. Give in to it and rest.
Get well soon! We’ll jsut amuse ourselves here until you’re back.
Upon further reflection, it was probably all that salt spray off the bow of that “boat” Lex was on the other day when he was spreading his wings for that pic. Better check that wind chill factor, Lex, us guys ain’t no spring chickens anymore!
And TwoFiveZulu, we’d better send all (well, not ALL) the Wild Turkey to Lex!
Summer’s coming on and you get a cold. That sux…
Tiger Balm on the chest and forehead, with a blanket or sheet pulled over noggin. The vapes will root the bugger out in no time.
Of course, Two Five Zulu’s idea is a whole lot more fun!
Speaking of which, it’s Friday. Isn’t it, 25Z?
TGIF, y’all!
Tiger Balm on the Chest and Axe Oil (really!) on each temple. Truly Singaporian magic in a small bottle.
Then apply a little Kentucky magic!
Now you’re going industrial strength!
A pint of bourbon and an hour in a hot tub.
Towel off, go to bed.
Repeat as required.
I’d suggest a good dose of “Boudreaux’s Butt Paste”. Try attacking it from the other end and it just might work. I think this is an old Cajun remedy.
Stolichnaya! That should burn the stuff out!
The problem is Lex didn’t sniff enough Kerosene fumes while on the bird farm.
A very dry Bombay martini…very dry
Actually, hot toddy: 3 shots of good Kentucky bourbon, two shots of honey, a table spoon of honey, 1 minute in the nuke, drink it down.
You might not get rid of the cold, but you won’t care for a while, either
Seriously, there are medicinal properties in chicken soup!
You have now exhausted my medical knowledge, save that only rest and fluids will do you any good at all. Take some asprin, crawl onto the sofa, put a good movie on, wrap up in a light blanket, and sweat it out.
I love to claim some sort of superiority over the fact that all those that hold a ‘y’ chromosome in this household will get sick and me, the lone ‘xx’ seems to have the superior immune system. I RARELY get sick. My youngest son swears it’s because I’m not allowed to get sick since I run everything. However, when I do succumb, I will admit, it flat knocks me out harder and longer than it does the boys/men in this house. Nobody likes it when Mom gets sick.
Get well soon. I just take a lot of hot showers… keeps the head clear… and sleep.
I’m the same way, Bou. Everyone around me just dying, I’m just doing fine. But when I do? Sheesh! The day I got married, I started out fine, by the time the bride and I got home, I was running a 103 temp.
I still claim insanity
Fever induced insanity.
It’s OK to show your blouse wearing poodle walker side every once in a while.
Get well, Capt.
Hey, now, I got THREE little white dogs, and they’re a blast to walk! And yes, I still have my man card, and will gladly offer any one the chance to take it
I bit my cheek and pursed my lips and tried TRIED not to do this. But I have to now. I’m worried about you, Lex.
Old fashioned remedies work best, especially when enhanced by a shot or two of whisky. Lex — our old family remedy for colds with coughs is: squeeze a lemon into a shallow dish and add a tablespoon of honey, and mix. Take a teaspoon and scoop a little into your mouth and throat. Goes down really easily, and coats your throat so you don’t cough so much. Which helps you drop back to sleep. Then sleep as long as you can, [days if you have to] scarfing down the lemon/honey mixture whenever you start to cough again. This works better than any commercial cough mixture or cough drop and you don’t have to worry about over-dosing.
P. S. An occasional sip of whisky or your drink of choice, will help to keep you semi-conscious until the worst is over. I know the Hobbit will take good care of you. And we, your loyal online friends, will play among ourselves until you come back to us. Take care, dear friend …
Marianne
Marianne-
I’m thinking this honey/lemon mixture sounds good WITHOUT a cold! I’ll definitely remember this…
heh,
My mom used a similar recipe for a dessert. She mixed equal parts of lemon juice and honey. then cut a banana into 3-4 large sections, dipped it into the mix, then rolled in toasted coconut. Wicked good.
She also used to make bananas fried in bacon grease for breakfast, along with biscuits, bacon and eggs.
Mom was a wonderful woman. I miss her laugh and charms.
Whiskey wasn’t allowed in our house when I was a child, but Mother kept a mixture of moonshine & honey from Daddy’s bees in a pint jar under the sink. When my sister or I had a cold and cough (probably keeping the parents awake), we’d wake up with a tablespoon of that burning its way down our throats. I think it cured the cough because you couldn’t get your breath enough to cough anymore.
Well, right now my wife has been down for the count for a day and a half (she actually left work mid-day). So far I am unaffected. But I brag not, as my time may well come.
Well, get back to us after your visit to the audiologist because your eardrums punctured from clogged eustachian tubes. I forget what that maneuver is called in the C130 where they drop from 15000 ft to the deck when landing in a hostile zone. (or whatever the altitude is, I was in the Navy, not the blue suit country club), but my brother has really, really, really nice computer controlled hearing aids courtesy of being aircrew in one of those things for too many years. And flying with a cold is one of those things that promotes ear damage only apparent when you notice the hearing is gone. (I blame mine on too many chain printers, card readers, and high speed fans in far too many computer rooms. Whatever the excuse, its still gone. The hearing that is.)
Reverse block can be painful but not sure it will kick in at 5,500 MSL.
Flying probably won’t cure you, but it will make you feel better. Get well soon.
Jewish penicillin, (chicken soup), and hot biscuits with lots of butter. Take as needed as you rest horizontal on a couch.
During Desert Storm (aboard Midway) I got a severe cold – blocked sinuses, etc. and Afrin wasn’t getting through – had to go to the flight doc and ended up with a med down chit – not what I wanted when flying combat ops. Needless to say my fellow JOs made much of this and ensured my down chit was chopped through damn near every person in the sqdn. I was med up a day later. Probably should’ve resulted in a callsign, but I was lucky, I guess. I kept the chit – when I come across it I get a good chuckle.
With 15 years in the WhisperHerk and many other years in other propeller and turbine type noisemakers, I have blown both eardrums from flying with sinus/ear infections and am partially deaf as a result of that and the noise…..can’t enjoy the stereo anymore.
I can attest that you can be too sick too fly but if you must, then day VFR is probably the least problematic. Ear block induced vertigo on the guages in actual is not fun nor conducive to longevity.
Bou … That’s the beauty of the lemon-honey thing. You’re so miserable already with a cold/cough, the last thing you need is a nasty-tasting remedy that makes you feel worse than ever. The lemon encourages moisture in your throat, and the honey makes the mixture stick to your throat and discourage coughing. I’ve tried all the modern remedies over the years, and nothing works better than the Old Faithful.
AW1Tim … I don’t see anything wrong with adding bananas too, if you want. But at 2 AM, and then again at 4 AM? Maybe a bit much. If you’re still coughing the next day, then add anything you want. Some Jamison’s perhaps? It’s awfully smooth, and “slips down a treat” as the Brits say.
Pixelkiller … Lex can [and should] do the Jewish penicillin thing tomorrow, lying on the couch and watching the Belmont Stakes. Do you think Calvin Borell can pull it off again? If he does, there ought to be a triple crown for jockeys as well as horses.
Marianne
Marianne,
Remember, Calvin’s a good ‘ole Cajun boy from Carencro, La., just next door to the then Evangeline Downs race track (now moved down the road to Opelousas–home of Jim Bowie–so they can have the slots too) just outside Lafayette in the heart of Acadiana. Lots of guys like Calvin around there, they luuvs them some horses in Cajun-land.
(Some day I’ll tell you the hilarious story of Pine-Tree Pete, how he broke my heart, and how he finally redeemed himself by winning his first race ever at the old Evangeline Downs while I was in Vietnam)
Marianne/
(My orig. post is in moderation hell, but there is a great article on Calvin in the WSJ @
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1001424052970204556604574207760991807936.html
BAD LINK!–Just go to WSJ ONLINE or find it@Lucianne.com
Get well soon, Lex.
Wow. I was going to post something yesterday along the lines of “Toga! Toga! Toga! Admin’s away!” But I lost the connection and now…you’re already well? Geez.
Glad to hear you’re better. You must have some strong recuperative powers. Was it even worth mentioning you were sick for six hours? You big whiner. Hee hee.
And, not too soon from now, I do pray this line is not an epitaph for all to wonder about, as they walk the National Cometary at Pt Loma, or Arlington.
If it is to be carved in your stone marker, I pray it shall be after a long and fulfilled life, with plenty of Naval personnel carrying on in in the Lex lineage.
And I have two reminders of “It’s not too windy to jump,” thankfully, neither were “terminal” outcomes.
If this post is still alive and it should be, since Lex is pulling a Lazarus on us, there’s a great article in the Weekend Section of the Wall Street Journal today on “rock-and rye,” that drink popular for many years now as a cure for almost anything but a broken heart. I’ve heard of it for years, especially in connection with blues singers etc. but I had no idea it involved a bottle of whisky, rock candy and ‘horehound’ for gosh sakes. If you’re interested, take a look. It’s in Eric Felten’s regular column, ‘How’s Your Drink?’ The man’s an entertaining writer and it’s fun to read.
Rock and Rye, anyone?
Marianne