Emmeran wrote:

I'm going dressed as this guy:   Bullet Head

Just to be different from a Jarhead:


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Taint wrote:

We have evolved - or devolved, depending upon your point of view - into a typical, dysfunctional family.

I kind of picture us as the inbred family from the X-Files episode "Home."



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karenw wrote:

Taint wrote:

We have evolved - or devolved, depending upon your point of view - into a typical, dysfunctional family.

I kind of picture us as the inbred family from the X-Files episode "Home."

https://cruelery.com/uploads/thumbs/430_home.jpg

The first time that episode aired, I was 7 or 8 months pregnant with Sofakid.

I couldn't sleep that night.

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whosasailorthen wrote:

hedgewizard wrote:

...either tamiflu is good stuff or I've had something enough like it before....

Relenza is the alternative, and it's much better, IMHO, because there are fewer strains that are resistant to it (unlike Tamiflu).

All of the older kids and adults that have gotten it in our household had no problem beating it without drugs; the younger kids where completely wiped out by it (in a scary way).

hedgewizard wrote:

I don't know.  If I can get the flu and the worst symptom I have, other than a slight cough that started before I took anything, is feeling cold then hot for a few hours, it's pretty good stuff.  The hospital sent the youngest monster's stuff off to be tested for H1N1, so it's not sure yet that's what it was.  Emmeran's right it was much worse for the little ones.  The Pediatrician told us he had a nine year old die the day before, and that kid had no other problems.  The Boss might not have wanted to order me the best stuff, I'm not sure how mad she was at me that day.  She's taking it once a day instead of twice though, so it's good enough for her.

Those are basically the symptoms myself and my kids had, righteous fever and that was it.  The 8 year old (who is a fire plug of a rugby player also) went down like he was pole-axed and was panting like he had just run wind sprints while resting flat on his back.  Dime-tap took care of that symptom though and he was good in about 4 days.

Fantasy Fest is fun for the participants, but us poor airbrushers spend the whole weekend working our asses off, painting from 7:30 in the morning until about 11:00 at night, plus time for touchups. I can go through at least 5 gallons, yes gallons, of paint in a 4 day weekend, mostly Body-of-Color stuff at $10 an ounce. The leopard job might only be 20 minutes of work, but those damn stripes can be an hour to get the layering right. My right had is so cramped at the end of the weekend I can barely drive home. At least some of the new alcohol based inks dry quickly and don't run when you sweat so I don't have to touch them up during the day.

Still, it's fun to watch the (mostly) heteros take over Key West for a couple of days a year.