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Old 05-01-2009, 04:16 PM
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I'm flying into Orlando tomorrow and driving to Gainesville to watch my son graduate = so I will be exposed on the plane, in the Orlando airport, in the OConnell Center, where the graduation ceremony is to take place, etc.

But, I will be damned if I'm going to miss him walk across that stage! It took too much to get him there!!!

Maybe I'll just hold my breath
Northeastern banned hand shaking of graduates during commencement.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...s_high_de.html
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Old 05-02-2009, 07:31 AM
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Northeastern banned hand shaking of graduates during commencement.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...s_high_de.html
this turned out to be the most awkward thing ever
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Old 05-02-2009, 08:11 AM
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One possible case at a Katy ISD Middle School. My reaction is I'm washing my hands as often as I think about, and forcing my boys to do the same. My husband will intinct for communion this Sunday - I'm only going to my RCIA class. I'm already hysterical about coming up with the deductible for my husband's flooded car - I don't have time to get hysterical about this.
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Old 05-02-2009, 02:09 PM
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The local Roman Catholic diocese has encouraged people attending Mass not to hold hands during the Lord's Prayer, not to shake hands during the Sign of Peace, and to receive Communion wafers in their hands rather than orally. Also, parishes have been encouraged not to offer Communion wine, unless someone (say, someone with celiac disease) requests it.

I'm just glad I don't work in NYC any more... I would still use mass transit and go to the office if I still worked down there, but I'm just as glad I don't have to.
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Old 05-03-2009, 07:48 PM
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The local Roman Catholic diocese has encouraged people attending Mass not to hold hands during the Lord's Prayer, not to shake hands during the Sign of Peace, and to receive Communion wafers in their hands rather than orally. Also, parishes have been encouraged not to offer Communion wine, unless someone (say, someone with celiac disease) requests it.

I'm just glad I don't work in NYC any more... I would still use mass transit and go to the office if I still worked down there, but I'm just as glad I don't have to.
I'm kind of floored about the wine thing. The old line from the Catholic church was that you could not possibly become ill from drinking the Blood of Christ, He simply wouldn't allow it.

ETA: So the school district near me had closed for two days while waiting for test results on one student. Those results came in the first day but since they had already announced the closure for both days, they stayed closed the second day. Now another school district not so close to me has announced it is closing for 7 days while awaiting test results. So if these test results come in say, on Tuesday,and they are negative for swine flu, those kids sit home all week for nothing? Logic people, logic. Make it a day by day thing until you know for sure. What's the point of closing for 7 days for a "suspected" case. Do you know how many illnesses have the same symptoms as the H1N1 virus? Every flu/upper respiratory virus I've ever had does!

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Old 05-03-2009, 09:56 PM
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I'm kind of floored about the wine thing. The old line from the Catholic church was that you could not possibly become ill from drinking the Blood of Christ, He simply wouldn't allow it.
You're not exactly becoming ill from drinking the Blood of Christ. You're (potentially) becoming ill from drinking from a chalice that someone with swine flu (or a cold or whatever) has just drunk from. Viruses don't care about transubstantiation.

ETA: Just had a weird image of a priest handing out Communion and attended by two altar servers - one holding a paten, and the other holding hand sanitizer...
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I'm kind of floored about the wine thing. The old line from the Catholic church was that you could not possibly become ill from drinking the Blood of Christ, He simply wouldn't allow it.

ETA: So the school district near me had closed for two days while waiting for test results on one student. Those results came in the first day but since they had already announced the closure for both days, they stayed closed the second day. Now another school district not so close to me has announced it is closing for 7 days while awaiting test results. So if these test results come in say, on Tuesday,and they are negative for swine flu, those kids sit home all week for nothing? Logic people, logic. Make it a day by day thing until you know for sure. What's the point of closing for 7 days for a "suspected" case. Do you know how many illnesses have the same symptoms as the H1N1 virus? Every flu/upper respiratory virus I've ever had does!
What district Dee? I haven't heard of any others. This is out of hand. It'S A FLU.
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Old 05-02-2009, 04:26 PM
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Northeastern banned hand shaking of graduates during commencement.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...s_high_de.html
USF is doing the same thing...
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The local Roman Catholic diocese has encouraged people attending Mass not to hold hands during the Lord's Prayer, not to shake hands during the Sign of Peace, and to receive Communion wafers in their hands rather than orally. Also, parishes have been encouraged not to offer Communion wine, unless someone (say, someone with celiac disease) requests it.

I'm just glad I don't work in NYC any more... I would still use mass transit and go to the office if I still worked down there, but I'm just as glad I don't have to.
I'm all for that being a permanent thing. I always hate doing sign of peace with strangers. You don't know where their hands have been.
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Old 05-03-2009, 02:27 AM
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I'm all for that being a permanent thing. I always hate doing sign of peace with strangers. You don't know where their hands have been.
Yeah, I hear ya. It kills me how people will use the crapper and leave without even looking at the sink to wash their hands. I hear it's a rule to wash for at least 20 seconds.
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Old 05-03-2009, 11:19 PM
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Yeah, I hear ya. It kills me how people will use the crapper and leave without even looking at the sink to wash their hands. I hear it's a rule to wash for at least 20 seconds.
Actually, 45 seconds is preferable. Sing one round of Happy Birthday or Old McDonald Had A Farm and you're set. FYI, I usually sing it to myself.
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Actually, 45 seconds is preferable. Sing one round of Happy Birthday or Old McDonald Had A Farm and you're set. FYI, I usually sing it to myself.
I'll keep that in mind. That would be nice to have one of those bacteria black lights.
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Old 05-05-2009, 10:13 AM
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I'll keep that in mind. That would be nice to have one of those bacteria black lights.
With my poor immune system, I do have one. Actually, two. One for home and one for travel. You can't use it on people, though.
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Sing one round of ... Old McDonald Had A Farm and you're set.
Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had a pig, E-I-E-I-O.
With an oink oink here, and an oink oink there,
Here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink oink.
Now McDonald has swine flu, cough cough sniff sniff wheeze!

(sorry, couldn't resist the temptation)
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Old 05-03-2009, 08:34 PM
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/bre...s_high_de.html
I attended a graduation yesterday and they did the same.
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