You could use the kick start motorcycle to pull start a 123 diesel.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I read this in a Book written by a Vet in Vietnam; "What dosen't Kill you hurts like hell".

Back to Me what does not Kill you can cripple you.

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Many, many antibiotic-resistant originate in SE Asia. Strongest evidence is that people take antibiotics as prophylaxis which is a tool for natural selection for disease resistance.

Most western countries have a gatekeeper which, even if lax, is better than OTC demand-based dispensing of antibiotics.

This probably doesn't come as a surprise to most of you but I am generally unsympathetic to gov/bureaucratic controls. But to me, there is a fundamental role of gov in sanitation and disease control. Antibiotics fall under the latter.

I am not totally sure, but I think the first reported case of MRSA was in 1961 in England. There is a VRSA (scary) that came up in Japan in the mid 90's.

At one time they said MRSA was limited to places like hospitals and ICU wards. I think it is sometimes refered to as the superbug.

It is all over the place now, though and has been classified as hospital acquired and community acquired. Prevalent in places like prisons and sports complexes and probably anywhere that is crowded and provides a good environment for it to survive.

I read a story about a guy that kept getting sick and finally figured out that this MRSA was in his house. They washed everything...did'nt work, he got sick again. They threw out furniture beds,etc. and bought new stuff...got sick again. Eventually they sold the house....cause he kept having this stuff reaquire.

This superbug made the front page of our newspaper several years ago for 1 day and then vanished.....never heard anything about it in the mainstream media again. It was like someone quashed publication of such to prevent panic. I do notice huge bulletins in the Doctors side of our university hospital hallways about MRSA....When I say huge bulletins...I mean 4 foot by 8 foot graphs and charts and different treatments for the stuff. From what I have heard there is only a handful of drugs that they can use to kill this stuff and it is feared that when the staph builds up immunity to it we will have VRSA. Last I heard nothing kills that stuff.

And that's only here and in other advanced (wealthy) nations. It's a sobering topic. Some crowded refugee camps in many locations. Could be a sort of horrible great die-off in the works, not something I'd want to be a part of but I doubt most of us will have much choice in the matter.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

The places to which you accurately refer and describe, are also a source of disease resistant bacteria: Give the patient more and better antibiotics because you can't sanitize the facility.

Please note--this thread started with a FOX news citation. I am shocked! shocked! that some of you paid any attention to it. I thought that nothing on Fox was to be believed.

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I was just in Mexico for a week where you can buy anti-biotics over the counter. Same as in '76 when I last spent a length of time there. And there plenty of countries about that are primitive compared to Mexico.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

You obviously are *NO* Kelly Clarkson!


Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson (lyrics) - YouTube

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1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

listen to the 5th story:

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Phage; The Virus that Cures - YouTube

The rich keep getting richer and the poor can suck ditch water and die.

Your premises are wrong and your beliefs will likely take years off of your useful life.

The OP is about a viral infection so we have an apples and oranges thing going on here too.

One might be tempted to notice that they cite the terrorists and dictators as the underlying cause in the Middle East, and completely fail to report cases which have occurred outside the Arabian Peninsula.....

Even when they start with a legitimate nugget of news, they just can't help but inject the spin.

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1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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I like where this thread is going...

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No merc at the moment

Well She has Her opinion.

It is true that a lot of People fail at stuff because the load gets to the point they give up on themselves rather than toughing out.
But, it is also true that People have worked their Heart out and still failed.
Reality falls somewhere in-between that.

Situation, preparation, proper timing and perseverance are useful when you have a good degree of control over your situation.

Concerning Diseases even if you get good treatment you can never tell how things will end up. They can give you percentages of your chances.

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No. 9:
15 infected by deadly new virus, WHO reports - Vitals