This growing old thing SUCKS.
I'm pretty against it. It's not going so great.
Gatorade achieved.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2011 6:48:13 pm PST #5311 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2011 6:50:26 pm PST #5312 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, you didn't.
I didn't say how many I lost...
Burrell - Nov 07, 2011 7:10:56 pm PST #5313 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh ita, do I need to bring over more Gatorade? I feel like maybe I should make it a regular habit, bringing over Gatorade and crackers once a week. Hell I'd bring chocolate brownie cupcakes except I don't know where to find them, and I'm not sure I could resist them long enough to transport them to your place.
My kids like to take watered down Gatorade in their lunches so it's become a regular grocery store purchase.
Growing old is a pain, that's for sure, but I tell myself it's better than the alternative. Of course, there's vampiredom, but I hear that's a hard path to break into.
Connie Neil - Nov 07, 2011 7:11:29 pm PST #5314 of 30001
brillig
I think I remember a story about John Adams going somewhere with some friends while in college to a place where they'd be exposed to someone with cowpox, in order to get some immunity to smallpox. But, yeah, a quarter of a millennium ago!
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2011 7:14:07 pm PST #5315 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, I think I have more than I can drink tonight, Burrell. Thanks for looking out, though.
Joe Frazier, RIP.
Burrell - Nov 07, 2011 7:16:26 pm PST #5316 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Well I mean, if you are pro pox party I'm not sure what your argument is against the vaccine. I mean, what is the argument against the chicken pox vaccine, that it can sometimes give kids a mild case of chicken pox? Dude, then I hate to tell you what happens when you expose your kid to the actual virus!
My one qualm about the vaccine is that it wears off at some point, and I would hate to set up my adult child to catch chicken pox later on in life just because we forgot to get a booster shot at some point.
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2011 7:17:53 pm PST #5317 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, I probably need a booster shot, although I got the world's lamest adult chicken pox when I got the initial shot--I'm sure it wasn't enough to "take".
Vortex - Nov 07, 2011 7:32:18 pm PST #5318 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I remember a book I read when I was a kid where the protagonist had three brothers and whenever any one of them got a contagious disease , their mother would deliberately expose them to it so they would all get sick at the same time. Mod course,nthis book was set in Utah in the late 1800s
juliana - Nov 07, 2011 7:35:47 pm PST #5319 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
That book was part of The Great Brain series, Vortex. I remember it very well.
eta: wiki link [link]
Burrell - Nov 07, 2011 7:35:59 pm PST #5320 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I was curious how long the immunity lasts so I looked it up. Got this off the CDC website:
The length of protection/immunity from any new vaccine is never known when it is first introduced. However, available information collected from persons vaccinated in Japan in the United States show that protection has lasted for as long as the vaccinated persons have been followed (25 years in Japan and more than 10 years in the U.S.). Follow-up studies are ongoing to determine how long protection will last and to evaluate the need and timing for booster vaccination. If it is determined in the future that a booster dose is necessary, your health-care provider will inform you. Currently, no booster dose is recommended beyond the recently recommended two-dose vaccination series.
Good to know.