Wait, aren't you in Chicago?? Don't you have, like, cold winters there? I have them every winter.

I get a little bit (whitefonted for slight eww) of blood when I blow my nose in the winter, sometimes, but that's it.

Kalshane - how manay weeks along is your GF? Also, good luck on the ultrasound!

She's about four months along right now, though the doctor thinks how far along she was might have been misjudged in her initial visit and she might be a few weeks further along in reality. It's one of the things we're supposed to find out for sure tomorrow.

Rare Book Librarian showed up with a nice cart of books. AMAZINGLY (at least to me) these were all books that dated from 1740-1790 and they let any schmoo who is willing to fork over her ID to handle them.

That's incredibly cool.

::waves the flag for OTC saline nasal spray, which in addition to helping prevent nosebleeds and warding off colds, will probably cure global warming AND balance the budget::

Man, sometimes you feel something on your face that's moving too fast to be caught in air currents.

Then you kill it, because that's how insects learn about personal space.

Wait...

But if she punches him in the arm, will he punch her back in the arm?

Depends on if she's on drugs or not.

I have the same problem, Kalshane. Sometimes more than a little bit. I'm told it may have something to do with a nick inside the nose . Cauterization has been suggested.

(whitefonted for the same reason)

Fred, whatever you do, don't listen to anyone named B who says to self-cauterise with vinegar. Later, he'll backtrack and say he meant pickle juice, and that he told you to wait until some time after the nosebleed, but IT DOESN'T MATTER.

DON'T DO IT.

ita, I just tend to deal. Unfortunately, the winter vacation somewhere warm isn't happening this year, so I can't rely on that.

When it gets really dry here in the winter -- and by dry I mean that you can hear the air make a slurping noise the moment you walk outside, sucking out your fluids like a water reclamation suit and turning you into a wizened, crackly-haired husk -- I will get nosebleeds, and my skin gets so papery thin and chalky that it will split if you look at it wrong.

Time I think to guzzle another liter of water!

Do we have any Buffistas near Fairfield, CT? How much of a pain is it to get there from, say, NYC?

I don't think there is any chance in hell I'd let vinegar go up my nose.

Mom had to have her nose cauterized once. It was reportedly quite unpleasant. Not to mention messy because they used silver nitrate (something like that. It stains the skin.)

Supposedly 1-2 inches of more snow is due this evening. As long as it waits until I get home. Bleh.