From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave Frightens Me writes:
>
> > And you go on to explain yourself, or do you just get less hours?
>
> It's not either-or. I explain the rule; there isn't any explanation
> for why the rule exists.

I don't think any sane reader of this group would put much stock in any
rules you were to explain.

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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Stanislas de Kertanguy writes:
>
> > You said there were no French fast food chains, I answered with
> > examples such as Paul and La Brioche dore. These are even mntioned in
> > the Paris Fast food section of your website (hence the name I gave to
> > the debate).
>
> Not everything in that section is a fast-food chain in the American
> sense.

There you go again.

> The French chains are mere approximations. I wouldn't call a
> place that sells mainly rolls and sandwiches and has no place to sit
> down and has slow service and no trays a fast-food chain.

La Brioche Dore does indeed have seats in many of their locations.
Conversely, many of the McDs and Burger Kings in UK train stations don't
have seats.

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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

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> Air conditioning itself may contribute to infection with common cold
> viruses. The lining of the nose is covered with a thin layer of mucus
> which protects against infection. Since air conditioners extract
> moisture from the air they may cause some drying of the protective
> mucous blanket in the nose and predispose to infection. The cold air
> may also help viruses to establish a hold in the nose as they
> reproduce better in a cold nose.

I think there must be something in that. I found in the US that when I
spent a lot of time in an a/c environment, I would get unusually large
number of 'sniffles' and colds. I used to go to a gym in Philadelphia
which was in a hotel which in 1976, had a rather infamous convention of
the American Legion! :)

That said, I have to admit that for my sins, I twice sought air
conditioned spaces yesterday while walking around town. An ice coffee in
Starbucks for half an hour, and then dinner at Tampopo, where we made a
conscious choice to avoid the restaurant we'd originally planned to go
to, because it felt too hot...

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From: Mxsmanic on
Carole Allen writes:

> Yes, the symptoms come from the immune response.

You finally looked it up? Good.

> You are not
> answering the question of WHY the immune responses differ in healthy
> and compromised systems, thereby resulting in fewer symptoms with a
> compromised immune systems.

Then again, maybe you didn't. In any case, I'm tired of explaining
it.

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David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate writes:

> I don't think any sane reader of this group would put much stock in any
> rules you were to explain.

My students are not readers of this group.

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