After two years I finally got it. My symptoms showed on the 2nd. I noticed my body hadn't recovered as quickly as I usually would after some activity. I tested positive the next day. I had a fever, some aching, and congestion for two days. This morning I just have congestion and sore throat. My symptoms are almost gone, and I'm hardly into my paid leave. Feels great.
So this is the deadly plague shills want me to get vaxxed for? A big, fat nothingburger. I've been reading Bede's chronicle of Alfred the Great and the Aeneid, and last night I watched Braveheart. Today, I will rest even more, and then tomorrow go for a run. I will not wear a mask at all during my two weeks paid vacation.
Congrats on the 2 week paid leave. Might as well take advantage of the foolishness.
Quote from: james03 on January 05, 2022, 10:14:56 AM
Congrats on the 2 week paid leave. Might as well take advantage of the foolishness.
Absolutely. I don't even feel bad for taking it, since my employer gave me rona. :P
Congratulations. I have had it twice this year. Omicron was a 48 hour cold. Delta was a weird experience.
Quote from: MaximGun on January 05, 2022, 01:18:42 PM
Congratulations. I have had it twice this year. Omicron was a 48 hour cold. Delta was a weird experience.
sorry
Impy will only have the slanty eyes then.
Quote from: MaximGun on January 05, 2022, 01:18:42 PM
Congratulations. I have had it twice this year. Omicron was a 48 hour cold. Delta was a weird experience.
Just like Greg.
Quote from: Greg on December 30, 2021, 09:50:25 AM
I have Omicron Covid. It is just a cold. Had 12 hours of slightly achy muscles and a mild headache which went away. Went to bed early on Tuesday evening and by Wednesday was feeling better. Now Thursday I am feeling fine apart from a blocked nose which is somewhat runny and sneezing from time to time.
Quote from: Greg on August 17, 2021, 01:30:10 PMIt is a very weird disease and seems man-made to me because the symptoms are weird.
Quote from: MaximGun on January 05, 2022, 01:35:12 PM
Impy will only have the slanty eyes then.
Throws in joke about Impy. Just like Greg.
No wonder Vetus Ordo kept insisting they were the same person.
Are Impy and Greg friends of yours?
Quote from: Tennessean on January 05, 2022, 02:29:03 PM
Are Impy and Greg friends of yours?
They are people who used to post here and on another forum many of us used to be on. Ever since MaximGun joined this forum, there has been speculation that he was Greg returned under another name due to similarities of opinions and writing style. Apparently they also share the same medical history.
Quote from: Tennessean on January 05, 2022, 01:31:01 PM
Quote from: MaximGun on January 05, 2022, 01:18:42 PM
Congratulations. I have had it twice this year. Omicron was a 48 hour cold. Delta was a weird experience.
I hear the xi variant gives you slanty eyes and velly small *.
Why would you think this joke is appropriate on a traditional Catholic message board?....
One might judge what is appropriate by the visible boundaries that are set.
Quote from: Tennessean on January 05, 2022, 01:31:01 PM
Quote from: MaximGun on January 05, 2022, 01:18:42 PM
Congratulations. I have had it twice this year. Omicron was a 48 hour cold. Delta was a weird experience.
I hear the xi variant gives you slanty eyes and velly small penis.
Small maybe, but judging by the population numbers, pretty efficient.
Quote from: MaximGun on January 05, 2022, 01:18:42 PM
Congratulations. I have had it twice this year. Omicron was a 48 hour cold. Delta was a weird experience.
I had Kung Flu in December.
No temperature , no cough, no nothing.
Just a complete loss of appetite. Very weird.
I lost a stone.
They should bottle it and sell it to Weight Watchers.
Did you lose your appetite because you could not taste anything Frank?
Yes.
Moreover I felt I was in a Truman Show. I suppose that's what they call "brain fog". Maybe when one of the senses shuts down other things rush in. Seven demons perhaps. :madsmiley:
Yes, i had the same. Nose almost completely blocked and could taste nothing and smell nothing. I did eat, but just things like raw carrots and spring onions, because everything was tasteless. I figured why bother with the stuff I like if I cannot taste it? Might as well eat healthy raw veg.
Quote from: Kaesekopf on January 05, 2022, 03:15:15 PM
Quote from: Tennessean on January 05, 2022, 01:31:01 PM
Quote from: MaximGun on January 05, 2022, 01:18:42 PM
Congratulations. I have had it twice this year. Omicron was a 48 hour cold. Delta was a weird experience.
I hear the xi variant gives you slanty eyes and velly small *.
Why would you think this joke is appropriate on a traditional Catholic message board?....
The fact that you use this font and colour Kaesekopf, is a good idea as it immediately alerts people that they are being addressed by the colonel of the forum.
Being curious (nosey) I promptly clicked on your profile and found it a mine of information. Most profiles have very little. Some don't even disclose whether they are male or female. (Small point. Your profile needs updating on your married state)Next I googled your name. I had always assumed it was German but to my delight I found it was Dutch since it gives me one point of connection. My grandmother's was Van Damme, daughter of a burgemeester.
Moreover your name translates as Cheese Head - appropriate for the forum's big cheese. :)
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/64350.html
It also explains those two emojis with "bricks" on their head. :cheesehead: :cheeseheadbeer:
What else does your profile reveal?
Why, nothing less than another point in common. You are an electrical engineer. I am a civil engineer (ret).
As a long time Boy Scout civil was more attractive to me than mechanical or electrical.
Thank you for being so informative in your profile. I find it much easier to interact with people on a forum when I know something about them.
Quote from: Frank on January 06, 2022, 11:45:34 AM
Next I googled your name. I had always assumed it was German but to my delight I found it was Dutch since it gives me one point of connection. My grandmother's was Van Damme, daughter of a burgemeester.
I'm puzzled that you came to the conclusion that "Kaesekopf" is Dutch. The Dutch word for cheesehead is "kaaskop". In German, Kaese (Käse) means cheese and Kopf means head. In German,
Kaesekopf is a derogatory term for Dutch people. Is that the connection?
Its significance in this case is the same as the English word "Cheesehead". Wikipedia has an article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesehead (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesehead)
QuoteCheesehead is a nickname in the United States for a person from Wisconsin[1] or for a fan of the Green Bay Packers NFL football franchise.
I'm not sure if KK ever said or if I just assumed that he translated it into German as a reference to the time he spent studying in Germany. cf: https://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=18686.msg418961#msg418961 (https://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=18686.msg418961#msg418961)
If you are interested in seeing more speculation concerning the etymology of Cheesehead, you might like this article http://mr-verb.blogspot.com/2010/11/etymology-of-cheesehead.html (http://mr-verb.blogspot.com/2010/11/etymology-of-cheesehead.html)
Quote from: Frank on January 06, 2022, 11:45:34 AM
The fact that you use this font and colour Kaesekopf, is a good idea as it immediately alerts people that they are being addressed by the colonel of the forum.
The use of that style is specific to official moderator actions (https://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=3891.0) as they use (he uses) the same account for regular forum use. I am not aware of any specific rule about others using the style, but it would be implied it would be discouraged given it special role in the Rules.
As for knowing him, there is a theory that he is not who he says he is, but in fact a psychological researcher running a long term experiment. We are the mice.
Quote from: Pæniteo on January 06, 2022, 12:47:49 PM
The use of that style is specific to official moderator actions (https://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=3891.0) as they use (he uses) the same account for regular forum use. I am not aware of any specific rule about others using the style, but it would be implied it would be discouraged given it special role in the Rules.
While not explicitly stated in the Rules, it has been mentioned, e.g. https://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=57.msg177686#msg177686 (https://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=57.msg177686#msg177686)
QuoteFor clarification, anyone using the moderator font is subject to a ban.
Quote from: Jayne on January 06, 2022, 12:55:58 PM
Quote from: LouisIX on August 19, 2014, 12:15:01 PM
For clarification, anyone using the moderator font is subject to a ban.
I figured such a thing would be implied and in the previous moderator decisions of the forum.
There is only one course open now.
Frank delenda est!
No reason to go full Carthage. Being "subject to a ban" does not make it obligatory.
Quote from: Jayne on January 06, 2022, 01:05:32 PM
No reason to go full Carthage. Being "subject to a ban" does not make it obligatory.
Please, let me enjoy being Cato for a while. We are just fortunate I am keeping it in this thread.
Frank delenda est!
Can I be Cleopatra if I promise to be a modestly dressed version?
Quote from: Jayne on January 06, 2022, 01:16:33 PM
Can I be Cleopatra if I promise to be a modestly dressed version?
She lived quite some time after him. They were not contemporary.
But, while we are on the subject, I recall
De agri cultura and some of its contents. Maybe I could go post some of Cato's the Elder advice on the matter at hand elsewhere.
Quote from: Pæniteo on January 06, 2022, 01:21:46 PM
Quote from: Jayne on January 06, 2022, 01:16:33 PM
Can I be Cleopatra if I promise to be a modestly dressed version?
She lived quite some time after him. They were not contemporary.
But what's a century between friends?
Quote from: Jayne on January 06, 2022, 01:27:06 PM
But what's a century between friends?
Well, Cato is not someone you want to be close to. His home life was an example of something I am sure most people would criticize these days.
He was also very critical of foreign cultural elements sneaking into Rome and Romans, but he was highly against physicians and the medical experts of his day, so maybe he'd fit in well here.
Well, well, well. Looks as though I've really put my foot in it. :)
Probably wishful thinking my part - and all the talk about cheese.
I did wonder about those, presumably German military ranks we are given. I'd better be careful. Wouldn't want to be taken for the Faulty Towers Major - though having been through the blitz I've a lot of sympathy for his point of view.
In my decedents I have a large collection of nations.
Italian, French, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Trinidadian, Polish and English - but no Germans. In fact the only Germans I ever saw were
the Parish priest's housekeeper who had two daughters, one of whom married a school friend. They emigrated to Canada.
As for using Moderator script It did occur to me that it might not be kosher but in view of the fact I was complementing him I thought it would be overlooked. :)
And in case anyone is wondering who the major was:
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns0uRr6aPQE[/yt]
I might have guessed. It's succumbed to Woke. I wonder how long it will take them to get round to Gilbert and Sullivan.
Quote from: Frank on January 06, 2022, 02:35:45 PM
Well, well, well. Looks as though I've really put my foot in it. :)
Probably wishful thinking my part - and all the talk about cheese.
I did wonder about those, presumably German military ranks we are given. I'd better be careful. Wouldn't want to be taken for the Faulty Towers Major - though having been through the blitz I've a lot of sympathy for his point of view.
The forum ranks are named for the ranks of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, possibly to signify the great loyalty to the Pope expressed on this forum. (But maybe not.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard) I'm not sure why these are in German rather than one of the other official languages of Switzerland.
Quote from: Frank on January 06, 2022, 02:35:45 PM
In my decedents I have a large collection of nations.
Italian, French, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Trinidadian, Polish and English - but no Germans. In fact the only Germans I ever saw were
the Parish priest's housekeeper who had two daughters, one of whom married a school friend. They emigrated to Canada.
I have extra German in my descendants. My husband is part-German and two of my children (so far) have ended up with German spouses. There are also Lithuanian, Portuguese, English, Irish, and Mexican bits among them.
Quote from: Frank on January 06, 2022, 02:35:45 PM
I might have guessed. It's succumbed to Woke. I wonder how long it will take them to get round to Gilbert and Sullivan.
No, not my Gilbert and Sullivan!
QuoteI have extra German in my descendants. My husband is part-German and two of my children (so far) have ended up with German spouses.
Excellent reason for learning German then. I'd assumed you were doing it as a hobby.
I believe Hungarian is quite a challenge. :)
Quote from: Frank on January 06, 2022, 03:05:58 PM
QuoteI have extra German in my descendants. My husband is part-German and two of my children (so far) have ended up with German spouses.
Excellent reason for learning German then. I'd assumed you were doing it as a hobby.
I believe Hungarian is quite a challenge. :)
German is the easiest language I've ever studied. I have never studied Hungarian, but, since it does not belong to the Indo-European language family, I would expect it to be more challenging than languages that are related to English.
Quote from: Jayne on January 06, 2022, 03:21:17 PM
German is the easiest language I've ever studied.
Swedish is easier.
But Farsi is probably the easiest I've studied at all.
Hindi is pretty easy as well.
Quote from: Frank on January 06, 2022, 02:35:45 PM
Well, well, well. Looks as though I've really put my foot in it.
I was joking about the need to destroy you. I was just letting you know that the style he was using was a long time rule from the beginning of the forum and had special meaning.
Quote
As for using Moderator script It did occur to me that it might not be kosher but in view of the fact I was complementing him I thought it would be overlooked.
Lots of things get overlooked around here. You are probably safe.
Quote
And in case anyone is wondering who the major was:
Anybody who doesn't know who the Major is should be cast out.
Quote from: Jayne on January 06, 2022, 12:28:54 PM
Quote from: Frank on January 06, 2022, 11:45:34 AM
Next I googled your name. I had always assumed it was German but to my delight I found it was Dutch since it gives me one point of connection. My grandmother's was Van Damme, daughter of a burgemeester.
I'm puzzled that you came to the conclusion that "Kaesekopf" is Dutch. The Dutch word for cheesehead is "kaaskop". In German, Kaese (Käse) means cheese and Kopf means head. In German, Kaesekopf is a derogatory term for Dutch people. Is that the connection?
Its significance in this case is the same as the English word "Cheesehead". Wikipedia has an article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesehead (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesehead)QuoteCheesehead is a nickname in the United States for a person from Wisconsin[1] or for a fan of the Green Bay Packers NFL football franchise.
I'm not sure if KK ever said or if I just assumed that he translated it into German as a reference to the time he spent studying in Germany. cf: https://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=18686.msg418961#msg418961 (https://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=18686.msg418961#msg418961)
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Many thanks for that Jayne. Thanks particularly for the link in red. It made me realise why I feel such a fish out of water on this forum
Let me explain
When I was at Gunnersbury school in the '40s the head decided to separate the two streams into modern and arts. The arts stream would continue as before with general science but the modern stream would drop Latin and general science in favour of Physics and Chemistry as separate subjects. No doubt he was conscious of the importance of science brought about by the war.
That division was symbolic of the growing split between science and religion, a split that became shockingly obvious to me when years later I went to Farm Street to get advice on something that has cropped up in my research.
This Jesuit Priest said,
"What has science to do with religion?"
In those unforgettable words of Captain Louis Renault,
"I was shocked, shocked ..."
There is only one truth. What is true in science cannot conflict with what is true in religion.
Unfortunately there is an increasingly wide gap between the two.
During my four decades of research I never became aware of a single catholic.
Come to that the only STEM catholic I know of on this Forum is the founder.
The best known place where science and religion strongly interact is the Shroud.
For me there was and is a strong interaction.
Short of an event such as failure of an AGR there is no chance of those James Burke-ian insights being more than personal.
Quote from: Frank on January 08, 2022, 04:16:13 AM
That division was symbolic of the growing split between science and religion, a split that became shockingly obvious to me when years later I went to Farm Street to get advice on something that has cropped up in my research.
This Jesuit Priest said,
"What has science to do with religion?"
In those unforgettable words of Captain Louis Renault,
"I was shocked, shocked ..."
There is only one truth. What is true in science cannot conflict with what is true in religion.
Unfortunately there is an increasingly wide gap between the two.
During my four decades of research I never became aware of a single catholic.
Come to that the only STEM catholic I know of on this Forum is the founder.
The best known place where science and religion strongly interact is the Shroud.
For me there was and is a strong interaction.
Short of an event such as failure of an AGR there is no chance of those James Burke-ian insights being more than personal.
My husband is a STEM Catholic. He did an Engineering Science degree with a nuclear specialization. Computers were more of a hobby than a school subject, although he became quite skilled. He combined these areas in his first full-time job, designing software for safety and shutdown systems for nuclear reactors.
Since I have a theology degree, we are always talking about the relationship between science and religion at our house Both of us would agree with you that they are not in conflict. (Neither are my husband and I most of the time. :) )
Edit to add: A book my husband likes is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_a_Computer_Scientist_Rarely_Talks_About (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_a_Computer_Scientist_Rarely_Talks_About) Donald Knuth is not Catholic, but even a heretic talking insightfully about science and religion is something.
Quote from: Jayne on January 08, 2022, 06:15:01 AM
Quote from: Frank on January 08, 2022, 04:16:13 AM
That division was symbolic of the growing split between science and religion, a split that became shockingly obvious to me when years later I went to Farm Street to get advice on something that has cropped up in my research.
This Jesuit Priest said,
"What has science to do with religion?"
In those unforgettable words of Captain Louis Renault,
"I was shocked, shocked ..."
There is only one truth. What is true in science cannot conflict with what is true in religion.
Unfortunately there is an increasingly wide gap between the two.
During my four decades of research I never became aware of a single catholic.
Come to that the only STEM catholic I know of on this Forum is the founder.
The best known place where science and religion strongly interact is the Shroud.
For me there was and is a strong interaction.
Short of an event such as failure of an AGR there is no chance of those James Burke-ian insights being more than personal.
My husband is a STEM Catholic. He did an Engineering Science degree with a nuclear specialization. Computers were more of a hobby than a school subject, although he became quite skilled. He combined these areas in his first full-time job, designing software for safety and shutdown systems for nuclear reactors.
He would know what an AGR is then. Uniquely British. With a prestressed concrete pressure vessel which like the Titanic cannot possibly fail. Moreover there is only 14 of them so not much chance for feedback, as a chief scientific advisor pointed.
Did your husband work on the CANDU?
Quote from: Jayne on January 08, 2022, 06:15:01 AM
Edit to add: A book my husband likes is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_a_Computer_Scientist_Rarely_Talks_About (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_a_Computer_Scientist_Rarely_Talks_About) Donald Knuth is not Catholic, but even a heretic talking insightfully about science and religion is something.
The philosophy and religion talks on IRC with programmers and computer scientists (atheist, pagan, etc) when I was young were far more edifying and cordial than the discussions on this forum.
Maybe it is because we could discuss the topic, rather than be emotional about it.
There was a funny exchange where a new person heard a reference to a "Bible" in chat from me, and he went into an anti-Christian rant, and the atheists told him to stop, because he was making them look bad, and that the reference to the Bible was in fact a reference to a non-religious fictional entertainment matter anyway.
Quote from: Frank on January 08, 2022, 12:38:28 PM
Did your husband work on the CANDU?
That's right. We toured a nuclear power plant on our honeymoon. As I recall, it seemed very romantic at the time.
edit: I asked him about the AGR and got more answer than I could handle. I was fine when he explained the difference between AGR and Candu, but then he started on other types of reactors. I got lost when he was saying something about submarines, liquid sodium, and plutonium.
Quote from: Jayne on January 08, 2022, 12:55:52 PM
Quote from: Frank on January 08, 2022, 12:38:28 PM
Did your husband work on the CANDU?
That's right. We toured a nuclear power plant on our honeymoon. As I recall, it seemed very romantic at the time.
I bet people aren't allowed to book honeymoons in nuclear power plants anymore.
Does your husband have a
candu attitude?
Quote from: Pæniteo on January 08, 2022, 01:05:50 PM
I bet people aren't allowed to book honeymoons in nuclear power plants anymore.
Not that one, at least. It's been shut down and is being decommissioned. It was only an experimental nuclear reactor anyhow.
Quote from: Jayne on January 08, 2022, 01:15:21 PM
Not that one, at least. It's been shut down and is being decommissioned. It was only an experimental nuclear reactor anyhow.
Very experimental it seems.
New ones probably don't have the honeymoon facilities at least. None of the American ones do, but one does have a library.