My battle with the crud -- 8 days and counting -- has brought out fellow warriors:

*Dave Tolle: I think we might put a lot of the blame for this outbreak at Wal Marts door step. Bout 2 weeks ago I went to the Post Falls Wal Mart and working one of the cash registers was a young lady obviously sick. She sneezed and coughed on every customer, handled all of their purchases, then wished them all "a very nice day". Nice day indeed!!!

*Bob Salsbury: "Years of poor lifestyle choices has made my body inhospitable to viruses and bacteria. I'm lucky I've dodged most all the seasonal cruds for years."

*Dawn Q. Otee: "List me among the casualties, Day 5 and counting. This is a nasty bug."

*SteveD: Get Well. Been fighting this CRUD for about 8 days. 2nd trip to ER yesterday for more Steroids (can we can breath and bubble). If it will make you feel any better the FLU shot did not help (I got one). I think if you eat more Hot Foods it will help! So lay on the Salsa!

*Cis The Retired: Got to blame it on most service type companies. They put a guilt trip on you if you call in. We use to have a sign on the front door of the place I retired from. "If you have the flu or colds please visit another day, we want to keep our residents as healthy as possible during the flu season". (we wonder what about the other seasons..lol). Yet if we called in we got the third degree.

DFO: Do you have a tale of woe re: this winter's war against crud?

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