The Questions not worth their own thread thread VII

[SG-17]

Because he wandered around a lot, which is what you're required to do in the game?

I always thought that there would be a more complex reason than that.

Though Occam's Razor I guess.

 

[holy king]

Oh, it should all be legal, but that is a discussion worth its own thread and therefore not worthy of discussion here.

what i meant was: seeds are legal anyway, arent they?

A moose bit my sister once....

she didnt happen to be carving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush, did she?

 

[Lord Baal]

Speaking of a moose, is the collective term meese, mooses, meeses, what?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

"moose of the people" if they were collectivized

 

[Lord Baal]

"moose of the people" if they were collectivized

Moose of the running dogs for the capitalist-imperialist powers, don't you mean?

 

[snakeseare]

what i meant was: seeds are legal anyway, arent they?

Not in the US

Speaking of a moose, is the collective term meese, mooses, meeses, what?

The plural of moose is actually moose.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

HAI

Would a person with asthma have problems in a sauna ? Or would he breathe easier in all the steam and stuff ?

 

[Brighteye]

HAI

Would a person with asthma have problems in a sauna ? Or would he breathe easier in all the steam and stuff ?

This is debated. From personal experience, and chatting to a number of asthmatics, I would say that it's less easy.
However, many academics swear that anything cold stimulates constriction and that steam should be relaxing.
They seem to focus exclusively on the temperature, and forget about the huge role that humidity, water vapour and condensation play in governing air composition and oxygen diffusion in the lungs.
In particular, work here in Oxford has shown that small changes in oxygen pressure, such as in different weather systems, or easily within the range altered by changing water partial pressure, exert significant changes on breathing and sensitivity.

So basically it's harder, but you might find that many people, including practicing medics, disagree. You will also find that asthma is a widely variable condition, with triggers varying from person to person.

 

[Ulyaoth]

I'm not asthmatic but I know I can't breathe at all in cold air. I never understand people who say it's easier and nicer to breathe in cold air and so they like winter better, but I guess it's probably like you say, more to do with the humidity, I hate dry air, my nose always plugs all up and just makes me unable to get a full breath in which is extremely annoying. I hate winter.

 

[Cutlass]

I know steam always clears my sinuses. That's the reason I fell into the habit of a long hot shower every morning. Always breath better afterward.

 

[Grimz101]

How do you do strikethrough on these forums to the text?

 

[Cutlass]

How do you do strikethrough on these forums to the text?

Spoiler :

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[Grimz101]

Spoiler :

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Gracias

 

[Kerozine]

What quantities are normally associated with a 'shortlist'?

 

[Harshad]

I'm not asthmatic but I know I can't breathe at all in cold air. I never understand people who say it's easier and nicer to breathe in cold air and so they like winter better, but I guess it's probably like you say, more to do with the humidity, I hate dry air, my nose always plugs all up and just makes me unable to get a full breath in which is extremely annoying. I hate winter.

Saline Nasal Spray. Works for me.

 

[kulade]

HEY GUYS

I have to write a brief autobiography for a spanish class. What kind of fanciful made-up fantasies should I put in it? Anything is okay.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Thank you Brighteye, that was intresting

I'm not asthmatic but I know I can't breathe at all in cold air. I never understand people who say it's easier and nicer to breathe in cold air and so they like winter better, but I guess it's probably like you say, more to do with the humidity, I hate dry air, my nose always plugs all up and just makes me unable to get a full breath in which is extremely annoying. I hate winter.

Oh you have rhinitis too ? But i have to say i never noticed a pattern in my noseplugging. I do have vasomotor rhinitis so even mood & other things play a significant part in the random nose plugging. Oddly enough i love breathing the cold winter air; my nose plugs up all the time if i enter a closed warm unaerated room tho.

I know steam always clears my sinuses. That's the reason I fell into the habit of a long hot shower every morning. Always breath better afterward.

Me too - i love it.

Saline Nasal Spray. Works for me.

They didnt work too well for me. They only had a very short term effect and i dont wanna use it every 10 minutes.

 

[Brighteye]

The cold and the dryness that goes with it are what led medics to be taught that cold weather is bad for asthmatics, because that irritates the lungs. However, dryness in the air doesn't necessarily lead to dry lungs, and if that reduces the amount of fluid deep in the lungs it's possible that there will be a slight increase in useful surface area in the lungs.
The asthma happens higher up in the bronchioles and maybe bronchi. Perhaps severe asthmatics whose bronchi are very sensitive suffer even from cold, but many mild asthmatics find medical advice to avoid the cold very silly.
Medics who have just memorised 'avoid cold', without the reasoning behind it, will assume that steam is good, but it makes it harder to breathe for everyone. An asthmatic who's triggered by the turbulence of breathing harder, and not by the irritation of a slight drying-out, will find steam worse.

Asthma doesn't happen in the nose. Rhinitis and so on are different conditions.

 

[Grey Fox]

Some steam can clear the sinuses though.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Asthma doesn't happen in the nose. Rhinitis and so on are different conditions.

I know, i was asking for something else. I occasionaly have breathing problems for some other reasons. I was curious if it's the same as with asthma.
The rhinitis is a daily thing for me tho.

Thanks for the input.