Anybody else got a cold?

[Cooperman]

It’s probably got nothing to do with natural sources of vitamin c. We eat shed loads of fruit (to excess - my lad will eat 10 apples a day, plus grapes, oranges and anything else we throw at him, no problem), but get plenty of colds.

My mother-in-law in her 70s has never had a headache. Not a single one of any severity. Some people are just wired differently.

Yeah, but are you eating a kiwi a day?

 

[Muteswan]

Yeah, but are you eating a kiwi a day?

You do realise that a kiwi is a protected species don’t you?

 

[Cooperman]

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Balls!

Hope you’re not too rough, Bryn.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Hope you’re not too rough, Bryn.

A workmate has got it, rough as toast apparently

 

[Cooperman]

A workmate has got it, rough as toast apparently

Indeed, it’s still knocking people for six.

It’s also immune to the benefits of a daily kiwi fruit.

 

[BrynCartwright]

Hope you’re not too rough, Bryn.

Actually not too bad at all, as I endeavour to immerse all nasty viruses in copious amounts of alcohol...

 

[BrynCartwright]

A workmate has got it, rough as toast apparently

He needs to knock back a few red or white wines...that Covid shite can't cope with it at all...

 

[Darran]

No.

Jinxed myself I think I’m going to die.

 

[Niigata Jack]

He needs to knock back a few red or white wines...that Covid shite can't cope with it at all...

Funny enough, Mrs just opened a Dark Horse Merlot

 

[Ronald Parp]

I’ve got a cold today. Itchy right eye and nostril, sneezing every five minutes and feeling like I’m on the edge of a chesty cough.

 

[jack123]

I’ve got a cold today. Itchy right eye and nostril, sneezing every five minutes and feeling like I’m on the edge of a chesty cough.

Being serious here, that doesn't sound like a cold.

More like this, https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/allergic-rhinitis/

 

[Darran]

I haven’t got a cold but I feel absolutely dreadful.

 

[Cooperman]

I have just consumed todays ration of kiwi fruit.

 

[K23]

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Balls!

Bugger. I've just got to the end of a 'cold' I'd had for about 10 days. I get very few but they usually last about 3-4 days so this very recent one was definitely anomalous. Seeing your positive covid test got me thinking so I've just been googling the current variants, one of which is JN.1, a mutation from the Omicron branch of variants which accounts for about 2/3 of currently active UK covid cases. The symptoms sound just like the 'cold' I've had - but then so do common cold symptoms of course. If it was covid JN.1, the timeline would suggest I could have picked it up on a flight to and from Edinburgh on 2nd April. On the plus side, my Mrs hasn't got it which is very important due to her own ongoing medical mess and as my symptoms have cleared up, doing a Covid test now would almost certainly prove nothing so we will never know.

 

[Longlostjack]

Got a problem with my knee and haven’t sorted fungal toenail. Appointment Tuesday. Hope I can keep a sock on. Stressed out.