OT: Unblocking your head

I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair
amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked
(and running) nose and wonky hearing.

Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together
or one at a time?) or are there better methods?

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Christofire said:

> I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
> However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair
> amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked
> (and running) nose and wonky hearing.

Vicks Sinex spray. It's the absolute dogs danglers for a blocked / runny
nose and headaches due to blocked sinuses.

> Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together
> or one at a time?) or are there better methods?

See above. I've not used anything else that even comes close.

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"Christofire" <chris@ukrm.org> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ab28de48fb95be698971a@News.Individual.NE T...
> I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
> However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair
> amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked
> (and running) nose and wonky hearing.
>
> Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together
> or one at a time?) or are there better methods?

Actifed and good dose of Scotland's finest.

Buzby

Christofire wrote:

> I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
> However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair
> amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked
> (and running) nose and wonky hearing.
>
> Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together
> or one at a time?) or are there better methods?

One solution could be to find a local plant hire company.
Ask them to drive a steam roller [1] over you whilst you're lying down.

Make sure they start with the feet and roll nice and slow.
The experience should be similar to that of squeezing a reall stubborn
spot - that is excruciating, takes forever and eventually goes with a
most satisfying "pop".

Another could be Sinex or similar nasal spray. Oh - and welcome to how
I'll be feeling for several months when the hayfever season kicks in.

[1] or whatever the modern versions are called

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"CT" <ukrm@siteline.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c29v2r$1re2vd$1@ID-155023.news.uni-berlin.de

> I've been sat here for so long reading about other peoples' ailments
> that me Chalfonts are playing up. What's the best remedy?

Putting a vacuum cleaner in your mouth and setting it to "suck".

HTH (PS IA_Really_NAD).

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In article <MPG.1ab28e17a1f790bf989c3d@news.individual.net> , Whinging
Courier says...
> In uk.rec.motorcycles, Christofire said:
>
> > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
> > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair
> > amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked
> > (and running) nose and wonky hearing.
>
> Vicks Sinex spray. It's the absolute dogs danglers for a blocked / runny
> nose and headaches due to blocked sinuses.
>
> > Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together
> > or one at a time?) or are there better methods?
>
> See above. I've not used anything else that even comes close.

But will it sort out my hearing too? Do I squirt it in my ear?

In article <c29v23$1rnrut$2@ID-30778.news.uni-berlin.de>, Doesnotcompute
says...
> Christofire wrote:
>
> > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
> > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair
> > amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked
> > (and running) nose and wonky hearing.

>
> Another could be Sinex or similar nasal spray. Oh - and welcome to how
> I'll be feeling for several months when the hayfever season kicks in.

Yeah, but you can just stick a fork in your nose and rake it all out.

Christofire wrote:

>>Another could be Sinex or similar nasal spray. Oh - and welcome to how
>>I'll be feeling for several months when the hayfever season kicks in.
>
>
> Yeah, but you can just stick a fork in your nose and rake it all out.

Nope. Doesn't work like that (for me).

The pollen is the cause and doesn't have to be anywhere near my nose.
My symptoms are as you describe above.
Oh and the itchy, swollen eyes of course.

Oddly enough though - I don't suffer whilst riding.

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Christofire wrote:

> I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
> However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it?

I get ragged rotten about this, but here goes ..

Use a hot face cloth about your sinuses and warm up the area, then ..
snort some hot (as hot as you can stand) salty water thro your troubled
passages.

--
Howard
R100RT
Formerly James Captain, A10, C15, B25, Dnepr M16 solo, R80/7, R100RT
(green!)

"Howard" <dghjeweller@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:Cv%1c.9214$oo4.122500314@news-text.cableinet.net...
> Christofire wrote:
>
> > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
> > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it?
>
> I get ragged rotten about this, but here goes ..
>
> Use a hot face cloth about your sinuses and warm up the area, then ..
> snort some hot (as hot as you can stand) salty water thro your troubled
> passages.

Yep, and bung in a genorous mix of bicarbonate of soda into the solution
too.

You could be amazed/horrified at the gunge capacity of your sinuses.

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(dan@finex666.org.uk)
Perform an exorcism when replying.

Andrewr At Work wrote:
> "CT" <ukrm@siteline.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c29v2r$1re2vd$1@ID-155023.news.uni-berlin.de
>
>> I've been sat here for so long reading about other peoples' ailments
>> that me Chalfonts are playing up. What's the best remedy?
>
> Putting a vacuum cleaner in your mouth and setting it to "suck".

Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck action.
Is it all its cracked up to be?

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COSOC#7

Linger wrote:

> Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck action.
> Is it all its cracked up to be?

Don't all vacuum cleaners suck by default?

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In article <c2a3eg$1rf14e$2@ID-30778.news.uni-berlin.de>, Doesnotcompute
says...
> Linger wrote:
>
> > Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck action.
> > Is it all its cracked up to be?
>
> Don't all vacuum cleaners suck by default?

I thought the dyson ones were quite good, actually.

"Doesnotcompute" <dncDELETETHIS@ukbodyart.org> wrote in message
news:c2a3eg$1rf14e$2@ID-30778.news.uni-berlin.de

> Linger wrote:
>
>
> > Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck action.
> > Is it all its cracked up to be?
>
> Don't all vacuum cleaners suck by default?

Depends on how much a physics purist you are.

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Christofire <chris@ukrm.org> wrote:
> In article <c2a3eg$1rf14e$2@ID-30778.news.uni-berlin.de>, Doesnotcompute
> says...
> > Linger wrote:
> >
> > > Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck
> > > action. Is it all its cracked up to be?
> >
> > Don't all vacuum cleaners suck by default?
>
> I thought the dyson ones were quite good, actually.

VAX's are better.

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Yam RS200 Ring-a-Ding

In article <20040305094925.561$20@newsreader.com>, mups says...
> Christofire <chris@ukrm.org> wrote:
> > In article <c2a3eg$1rf14e$2@ID-30778.news.uni-berlin.de>, Doesnotcompute
> > says...
> > > Linger wrote:
> > >
> > > > Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck
> > > > action. Is it all its cracked up to be?
> > >
> > > Don't all vacuum cleaners suck by default?
> >
> > I thought the dyson ones were quite good, actually.
>
> VAX's are better.

Now you've done it - I can hear the *nix types dashing for their
keyboards so this can be turned into a "I'm running x on y from the year
z" thread.

<runs for the hills>

Christofire <chris@ukrm.org> wrote:
> In article <20040305094925.561$20@newsreader.com>, mups says...
> >
> >
> > VAX's are better.
>
> Now you've done it - I can hear the *nix types dashing for their
> keyboards so this can be turned into a "I'm running x on y from the year
> z" thread.

Pah, let them come with their unholy lowercase commands and ungodly mount
points and bow down, for the mighty VAX will smote them with its DIVINE
CAPITALS and the one true cluster.

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Yam RS200 Ring-a-Ding

Christofire wrote:
> I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
> However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair
> amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked
> (and running) nose and wonky hearing.
>
> Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together
> or one at a time?) or are there better methods?

Wot Whinge said, or if you are cheap then any of the supermarket
versions. So long as they contain

Oxymetazoline

they will work.

--
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"For a minute there, you bored me to death."
Bandit 600, TDR250 http://ukrm.net/BIKES/Yamaha/tdr250.html, MZ ETZ 125
martin dot smith nine zero three at ntlworld dot com

Christofire wrote:

> I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
> However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair
> amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked
> (and running) nose and wonky hearing.
>
> Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together
> or one at a time?) or are there better methods?

Not Olbas oil, it contains too many different oils, and confuses the
senses. Try steaming with eucalyptus oil instead. Or Friar's Balsam.

--
AnneJ
ICQ #:- 119531282

Christofire wrote:
> I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death
> throes. However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it?
> There's a fair amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently
> have a blocked (and running) nose and wonky hearing.
>
> Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all
> together or one at a time?) or are there better methods?

ISTR AndrewR doing suck-outs, but that may have been a horrible
misunderstanding.

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"pseudoplatypus" <platypus@ukrm.org> wrote in message
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> Christofire wrote:
> > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death
> > throes. However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it?
> > There's a fair amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently
> > have a blocked (and running) nose and wonky hearing.

<SNIP>

> ISTR AndrewR doing suck-outs, but that may have been a horrible
> misunderstanding.

Yes, I did, but that's by arrangement only.

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On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 13:45:06 GMT, Howard <dghjeweller@netscape.net>
wrote:

>Christofire wrote:
>
>> I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes.
>> However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it?
>
>I get ragged rotten about this, but here goes ..
>
>Use a hot face cloth about your sinuses and warm up the area, then ..
>snort some hot (as hot as you can stand) salty water thro your troubled
>passages.

Yup, that'd do it. Follow it up with as hot a curry or chilli con
carne as you can tollerate, crystallized ginger for dessert. Then a
drop of sinex up each nostril. Don't overdo the sinex, it can be
damaging longterm...

Alternatively, put your head in a vice...
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	#1
Christofire	OT: Unblocking your head I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked (and running) nose and wonky hearing. Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together or one at a time?) or are there better methods?

	#2
Whinging Courier	Re: OT: Unblocking your head In uk.rec.motorcycles, Christofire said: > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair > amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked > (and running) nose and wonky hearing. Vicks Sinex spray. It's the absolute dogs danglers for a blocked / runny nose and headaches due to blocked sinuses. > Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together > or one at a time?) or are there better methods? See above. I've not used anything else that even comes close. -- Smile...tomorrow will be worse CBR1000FL

	#3
Buzby	Re: Unblocking your head "Christofire" <chris@ukrm.org> wrote in message news:MPG.1ab28de48fb95be698971a@News.Individual.NE T... > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair > amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked > (and running) nose and wonky hearing. > > Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together > or one at a time?) or are there better methods? Actifed and good dose of Scotland's finest. Buzby

	#4
Doesnotcompute	Re: OT: Unblocking your head Christofire wrote: > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair > amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked > (and running) nose and wonky hearing. > > Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together > or one at a time?) or are there better methods? One solution could be to find a local plant hire company. Ask them to drive a steam roller [1] over you whilst you're lying down. Make sure they start with the feet and roll nice and slow. The experience should be similar to that of squeezing a reall stubborn spot - that is excruciating, takes forever and eventually goes with a most satisfying "pop". Another could be Sinex or similar nasal spray. Oh - and welcome to how I'll be feeling for several months when the hayfever season kicks in. [1] or whatever the modern versions are called -- Dnc VS800 (b0rked) \| Bandit 12 \| MIB#pending \| two#54 \|

	#5
Andrewr At Work	Re: OT: Unblocking your head "CT" <ukrm@siteline.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:c29v2r$1re2vd$1@ID-155023.news.uni-berlin.de > I've been sat here for so long reading about other peoples' ailments > that me Chalfonts are playing up. What's the best remedy? Putting a vacuum cleaner in your mouth and setting it to "suck". HTH (PS IA_Really_NAD). -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Kawasaki ZX-6R J1 BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, TEAR#3 (and KotL), DS#5, Keeper of the TFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat. -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

	#6
Christofire	Re: OT: Unblocking your head In article <MPG.1ab28e17a1f790bf989c3d@news.individual.net> , Whinging Courier says... > In uk.rec.motorcycles, Christofire said: > > > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. > > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair > > amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked > > (and running) nose and wonky hearing. > > Vicks Sinex spray. It's the absolute dogs danglers for a blocked / runny > nose and headaches due to blocked sinuses. > > > Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together > > or one at a time?) or are there better methods? > > See above. I've not used anything else that even comes close. But will it sort out my hearing too? Do I squirt it in my ear?

	#9
Howard	Re: OT: Unblocking your head Christofire wrote: > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? I get ragged rotten about this, but here goes .. Use a hot face cloth about your sinuses and warm up the area, then .. snort some hot (as hot as you can stand) salty water thro your troubled passages. -- Howard R100RT Formerly James Captain, A10, C15, B25, Dnepr M16 solo, R80/7, R100RT (green!)

	#10
Dan White	Re: OT: Unblocking your head "Howard" <dghjeweller@netscape.net> wrote in message news:Cv%1c.9214$oo4.122500314@news-text.cableinet.net... > Christofire wrote: > > > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. > > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? > > I get ragged rotten about this, but here goes .. > > Use a hot face cloth about your sinuses and warm up the area, then .. > snort some hot (as hot as you can stand) salty water thro your troubled > passages. Yep, and bung in a genorous mix of bicarbonate of soda into the solution too. You could be amazed/horrified at the gunge capacity of your sinuses. -- Dan White (dan@finex666.org.uk) Perform an exorcism when replying.

	#11
Linger	Re: OT: Unblocking your head Andrewr At Work wrote: > "CT" <ukrm@siteline.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message > news:c29v2r$1re2vd$1@ID-155023.news.uni-berlin.de > >> I've been sat here for so long reading about other peoples' ailments >> that me Chalfonts are playing up. What's the best remedy? > > Putting a vacuum cleaner in your mouth and setting it to "suck". Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck action. Is it all its cracked up to be? -- Linger CR250 TFSTR#? \|BOTAFOF#43 \|SKOGA#(can't find the number) \|BBB#4 \|BHaLC#7\| COSOC#7

	#12
Doesnotcompute	Re: OT: Unblocking your head Linger wrote: > Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck action. > Is it all its cracked up to be? Don't all vacuum cleaners suck by default? -- Dnc VS800 (b0rked) \| Bandit 12 \| MIB#pending \| two#54 \|

	#14
Andrewr At Work	Re: OT: Unblocking your head "Doesnotcompute" <dncDELETETHIS@ukbodyart.org> wrote in message news:c2a3eg$1rf14e$2@ID-30778.news.uni-berlin.de > Linger wrote: > > > > Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck action. > > Is it all its cracked up to be? > > Don't all vacuum cleaners suck by default? Depends on how much a physics purist you are. -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Kawasaki ZX-6R J1 BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, TEAR#3 (and KotL), DS#5, Keeper of the TFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat. -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

	#15
mups	Re: OT: Unblocking your head Christofire <chris@ukrm.org> wrote: > In article <c2a3eg$1rf14e$2@ID-30778.news.uni-berlin.de>, Doesnotcompute > says... > > Linger wrote: > > > > > Fortunatly I've never owned or seen a vacuum cleaner with suck > > > action. Is it all its cracked up to be? > > > > Don't all vacuum cleaners suck by default? > > I thought the dyson ones were quite good, actually. VAX's are better. -- Chris (XChrislX@Xchurchstone.comX) Remove X's for address CBR1000FL The Honda Fatblade Yam RS200 Ring-a-Ding

	#18
Martian	Re: OT: Unblocking your head Christofire wrote: > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair > amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked > (and running) nose and wonky hearing. > > Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together > or one at a time?) or are there better methods? Wot Whinge said, or if you are cheap then any of the supermarket versions. So long as they contain Oxymetazoline they will work. -- Martian: "For a minute there, you bored me to death." Bandit 600, TDR250 http://ukrm.net/BIKES/Yamaha/tdr250.html, MZ ETZ 125 martin dot smith nine zero three at ntlworld dot com

	#19
Anne Jackson	Re: OT: Unblocking your head Christofire wrote: > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. > However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? There's a fair > amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently have a blocked > (and running) nose and wonky hearing. > > Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all together > or one at a time?) or are there better methods? Not Olbas oil, it contains too many different oils, and confuses the senses. Try steaming with eucalyptus oil instead. Or Friar's Balsam. -- AnneJ ICQ #:- 119531282

	#20
pseudoplatypus	Re: Unblocking your head Christofire wrote: > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death > throes. However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? > There's a fair amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently > have a blocked (and running) nose and wonky hearing. > > Is it steam+olbas oil, menthol crystals and a spicy curry (all > together or one at a time?) or are there better methods? ISTR AndrewR doing suck-outs, but that may have been a horrible misunderstanding. -- Platypus - (unreal) VN800 Drifter, R80RT, Z200 DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19 BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89 FTB#11 BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15

	#21
AndrewR	Re: Unblocking your head "pseudoplatypus" <platypus@ukrm.org> wrote in message news:Fs62c.9615$wa.126241021@news-text.cableinet.net... > Christofire wrote: > > I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death > > throes. However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? > > There's a fair amount coming out of it's own accord, but I currently > > have a blocked (and running) nose and wonky hearing. <SNIP> > ISTR AndrewR doing suck-outs, but that may have been a horrible > misunderstanding. Yes, I did, but that's by arrangement only. -- AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas) Kawasaki ZX-6R J1 BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL) BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, TEAR#3 (and KotL), DS#5, COSOC#9, KotTFSTR# The speccy Geordie twat.

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Owen	Re: OT: Unblocking your head On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 13:45:06 GMT, Howard <dghjeweller@netscape.net> wrote: >Christofire wrote: > >> I've had a cold for the past week, and it's finally in its death throes. >> However, I've a head full of snot, so how do I clear it? > >I get ragged rotten about this, but here goes .. > >Use a hot face cloth about your sinuses and warm up the area, then .. >snort some hot (as hot as you can stand) salty water thro your troubled >passages. Yup, that'd do it. Follow it up with as hot a curry or chilli con carne as you can tollerate, crystallized ginger for dessert. Then a drop of sinex up each nostril. Don't overdo the sinex, it can be damaging longterm... Alternatively, put your head in a vice... -- O 1 Black, shortly to undergo extensive surgery. 1 Red, undergoing lightweight surgery. ----- 1 Blue, for Power-Ranger baiting. \| o \| Numbers ... \| o \| Stuff ... \| ooo \| Life ... -----