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From: tuba@ur-tut.UUCP (Jon Krueger)
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Subject: Re: Cure My Cold, Please
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Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 17:10:39 EST
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In article Thomas Cox writes:
>This is a bit off the track beaten so far, so bear with me.  I heard from an 
>unimpeachable source that people who work around ammonia just *don't get
>colds.*  And after I spent a day [as a busboy] washing walls with an ammonia
>solution, I discovered that my sinuses were just amazingly clear.  However, 
>short of a daily snort of ammonia, I guess that once you get the cold you
>have to choose between "remedies" and just being comfortable....

At a minimum, you choose between "remedies" and just being confortable.  I
would venture that you also choose between an unreliable remedy and a
reliable environmental toxin.  Burns the hell out of membranes such as those
found in your nose, throat, eyes, even skin if contact is prolonged.  I'd go
for the comfort, and retain my sense of sight and smell while I'm at it.
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-- Jon Krueger
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