What version you got Jord?

I think that unless you're a lab person, one won't know.

Rhinovirus A and B bind to ICAM-1 (Inter-Cellular Adhesion Molecule 1) also known as CD54 (Cluster of Differentiation 54) receptors on respiratory epithelial cells while Rhinovirus C uses Cadherin-related family member 3 (CDHR3) to mediate cellular entry.

Rhinovirus C, unlike the A and B species, may be able to cause severe infections. This association disappears after controlling for confounders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinovirus

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Lots of crap making the rounds at work. Lots of sneezing and coughing about.
Hard to avoid when one has to work next to others and handle things they have worked with, but I hope the bugs don't bite me.

It's not flu, there's no flu yet. It's just the common cold, the rhinovirus, against which there's no magical cure. I haven't had a real fever (38C and up), just a slight rise in temperature (37.7C). Not that I'd feel it differently, with the ache in my bones. I AM SUFFERING FROM DEADLY MAN FLU! SEND HELP!

Fixed.

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Does anyone have a rough idea what the cost should be to get the back seating area of a saloon-sized car thoroughly cleaned?

And if there is any significant drying time for steam-cleaned upholstery?

edit: oh... I didn't see "scintillating" ... that *point up there* up there... isn't. Just thought I'd mention it in case someone thought I thought it was :)

You should be able to do it yourself at the garage :)

No. This would be Annie http://whdh.com/news/explosion-at-a-car-wash-while-a-woman-is-trying-to-vacuum-her-car/

WTF? Hahahahaha :)

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You should be able to do it yourself at the garage :)

I did that once on a previous car - I had someone PV in the back, and the, err, deposits made their way onto every surface inside the car....

You should be able to do it yourself at the garage :)

I did that once on a previous car - I had someone PV in the back, and the, err, deposits made their way onto every surface inside the car....

Photonically volumise? I thought only plants could do that?

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Well it's been a couple of days, perhaps manflu has claimed another victim :(

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My cold's over. I inherited it from Holly. She was longer sick (Friday - Thursday) than I was (Monday - Thursday), so your theorem is debunked, Chris.

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Hope your internal defenses can fight it off soon.
Me, mine are very good. But I am getting older, so I get a flu shot on the 31st at work for free. And I am going to take advantage of that this year.

As I age, I am feeling less able to defend myself, I guess.

This thread may load slow due to Chris's images, they stream from Amazon whose DNS company, Dyn, has endured a couple of denial of service attacks today. Massive web attacks briefly knock out top sites.

All because the Dyn DNS servers are being attacked.

Sites affected: Twitter, Amazon, CNN, Airbnb, Netflix, Spotify, Pinterest, Reddit, Github, Etsy, Pinterest, Tumblr, SoundCloud, PayPal, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, PlayStation Network, BBC, Cloudflare.

Perhaps that that IoT botnet is behind the attack.

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This thread may load slow due to Chris's images, they stream from Amazon whose DNS company, Dyn, has endured a couple of denial of service attacks today. Massive web attacks briefly knock out top sites.

All because the Dyn DNS servers are being attacked.

Sites affected: Twitter, Amazon, CNN, Airbnb, Netflix, Spotify, Pinterest, Reddit, Github, Etsy, Pinterest, Tumblr, SoundCloud, PayPal, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, PlayStation Network, BBC, Cloudflare.

Perhaps that that IoT botnet is behind the attack.

The Russians did it! Just ask Hillary :)

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Perhaps that that IoT botnet is behind the attack.

Oh darn, it was: 'Smart' home devices used as weapons in website attack

Hackers used internet-connected home devices, such as CCTV cameras and printers, (but also routers, baby monitors, digital video recorders, IP-cameras and Linux servers) to attack popular websites on Friday, security analysts say.

Security analysts now believe the attack used the "internet of things" - web-connected home devices - to launch the assault.

Security firm Flashpoint said it had confirmed that the attack used "botnets" infected with the "Mirai" malware.

Many of the devices involved come from Chinese manufacturers, with easy-to-guess usernames and passwords that cannot be changed by the user - a vulnerability which the malware exploits.

"Mirai scours the Web for IoT (Internet of Things) devices protected by little more than factory-default usernames and passwords," explained cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs, "and then enlists the devices in attacks that hurl junk traffic at an online target until it can no longer accommodate legitimate visitors or users."

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OH...not allowed to post ANYTHING in the general distribution thread now.
Jord, tell me exactly what the problem is.\
Youtube bits? You have posted them./
I am just sharing, and you move them.
We are friends, yes?
Or do you really hate me that much?

If you do, I need to know it and now.

Yes, I have posted Yotube links, but not 25 in a row, in a single monologue just as you do. If you want to go do that, please use your own thread, that's what it is for. As has been mentioned in the past, and probably will be in the future.

If we're friends, you don't treat me like this this way, so I guess we ain't.

I'm off to dinner, but want to make sure I can leave this thread without having it spiral into another Youtube dash sob story fest.

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I think we are clear on your obtuse view of things.
I shall share nothing further here or there.

You are not worth the effort.

See ya on the flip flop.

Ignorant people always wish to remain so.
And I shall no longer try to nudge others out of their musical ignorance.

Your pit is the one you dug, and I have tried to pry you out of it.

Now, descend deeper.
Not mine any longer to lift you up.
Done here.

Yea and i bet this year will be those pr#ks running around in clown costumes , hope they know how to get a crutch surgicaly removed if they try it here :-)

There is no evidence yet of that phenomenon in my part of London

I'm sure this "latest craze by twa#s" will make it to you soon enough mate plenty of "incidents" round this area , police are to p.c , good f-ing kicking for the people doing it would soon sort it out and stop it in it's tracks !!

Yes, I know the topic's moved on, but I'm here to make a correction

it's not so much that I intend to quibble

I'm glad you're feeling better, Jord. I do find continuing to stagger about the place doing stuff when I'm poorly, means I take a lot longer to feel better than those able to flop flat somewhere till they are.

@current topic: I'm not aware of any clown incidences here. I think in London there are more distractions to keep minds occupied than there might be in less busy places, but I could be completely wrong.

IF I could, I would
write something significant to say.

But I can't, so I won't
pretend I have something to say.

Life is gentle, life is good,
Or at least you suppose it to be.
But life ain't grand around these parts
and so I shall say this to thee.

Balls are what the Lord gave us as men
to play with now and then.
He knew we'd get bored once in a while,
so he gave us two and not ten.


Life has a funny was of informing one that it is just about to kick you in the nutsack.
And I an due pretty soon for a hard one.
Too much had gone by without it.
And I am not ready for it.
Reminds me of an old Dylan song.
A hard rain's gonna fall.