Re: Old Wives' SCIENCE

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This feels like one of those things where the definitive answer changes every five years.


Posted by: Mister Smearcase | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 11:05 AM
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Like all the other things having to do with health, you mean?


Posted by: Von Wafer | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 11:07 AM
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This seems like pretty weak sauce as a finding to justify the cold-causes-colds conclusion. Mostly it looks like they found a reason why rhinoviruses infections start in the nose rather than the lungs (the relative temperature differences). I don't know how cold it would have to be to cause the air in your nose to be ~6 degrees F lower than your overall body temperature, but I can't imagine it's too cold.

Anyway, the high today in Minneapolis is 5 so good luck rhinovirus!


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 11:09 AM
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If you need me, I'll be eating buttery steak and eggs in a warm room. I'll probably be drinking a glass of wine. Oh wait, maybe I'd better stick with coffee. And when I'm done, I'm going to have a serving of chocolate.


Posted by: Von Wafer | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 11:09 AM
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Even if my mother had told me this and if somebody doesn't come and disprove it in a week, it would be so far down the list of things I should apologize to my mother for that it wouldn't even register.

She was also right about the drunk driving thing.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 11:36 AM
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5: And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole
No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 11:45 AM
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And your eyes are too going to stick like that.

Also, stop jerking off the dog. I don't care if 40% of your friends do it.


Posted by: Your Mom | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 12:13 PM
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Fair enough, but just because she feels cold when I don't wear socks doesn't mean I need to start.


Posted by: Eggplant | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 12:19 PM
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"The dog has a refractory period and you need to respect that."


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 12:20 PM
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But at a relatively cool 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit, Dr. Iwasaki and her colleagues found, things changed.

"Relatively cool" is compared to 98.6, not compared to a cold day.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 12:24 PM
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So my sister may have been on to something in elementary school when she invented and prototyped a nose muff.


Posted by: Eggplant | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 12:27 PM
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11: Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales" features one that I think an aunt knitted for him, so she may have prototyped but not invented. I'm not an IP or patent lawyer, though.


Posted by: Thorn | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 12:30 PM
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Though she probably predates these.


Posted by: Thorn | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 12:32 PM
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But when you're six years old, nothing is cooler on an icy winter day than tying on one of these and heading out.
I find this unlikely. Admittedly, those are more stylish than my sister's model.


Posted by: Eggplant | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 12:35 PM
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Next you're going to tell me that I really will die if I sleep in a room with a running fan.


Posted by: Spike | Link to this comment | 01- 9-15 1:39 PM
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Next you're going to tell me that I really will die if I sleep in a room with a running fan.

Yes you will. You will also die if you don't, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.


Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 01-10-15 7:35 AM
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