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Author:  belchingmatt [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:20 am ]
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Windscreen water infection risk.

Seems fairly logical, I just wonder why it took so long to do a little research. :P
Author:  HeatherKay [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:55 am ]
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Oh no! It's the bugs! They're out to get us! Run for the hills!

:D
Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:07 am ]
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HeatherKay wrote:
Oh no! It's the bugs! They're out to get us! Run for the hills!

:D

I understand the hills aren't exactly clean either... Run for the lowlands!
Author:  eddie543 [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:20 am ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
HeatherKay wrote:
Oh no! It's the bugs! They're out to get us! Run for the hills!

:D

I understand the hills aren't exactly clean either... Run for the lowlands!

The cleanest sources of untreated water you'll find are usually on the top of hills. Waugh's well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wwell.jpg
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:23 am ]
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There are people driving around without screen wash in their washer bottles? :shock:
Author:  HeatherKay [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:24 am ]
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ProfessorF wrote:
There are people driving around without screen wash in their washer bottles? :shock:


Yep. Most folk seem to think putting tap water in is sufficient.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:27 am ]
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HeatherKay wrote:
ProfessorF wrote:
There are people driving around without screen wash in their washer bottles? :shock:


Yep. Most folk seem to think putting tap water in is sufficient.


Well if you live in a nice tropical climate where freezing isn't an issue then water works fine by itself.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:58 am ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
Well if you live in a nice tropical climate where freezing isn't an issue then water works fine by itself.


Did you miss the bit about this being in the UK? ;)
Water might be ok, but water + screen wash is even betterer.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:43 am ]
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ProfessorF wrote:
Water might be ok, but water + screen wash is even betterer.

Plus you do not need that much.

Quote:
Legionnaires' disease is fairly rare. Most cases are sporadic and a source of the infection is not found.

The number of cases vary from year to year, but in 2009 there were 345 in England and Wales - although some infections were caught overseas.

It mainly affects the over 50s and is generally more common in men.

Early symptoms feel similar to flu with muscle aches, tiredness, headaches, dry cough and fever. It is fatal in around 10-15% of patients.

Well the death rate when I had it was much higher than that. It is easily treatable now.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:45 am ]
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Treatable maybe, but as the majority of infected are men they will no doubt shrug it off as man flu and not seek treatment until the symptoms are very bad.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:23 am ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
Treatable maybe, but as the majority of infected are men they will no doubt shrug it off as man flu and not seek treatment until the symptoms are very bad.

That is what happened with me. I could barely breath before I went to the hospital. I was on the wrong antibiotics for a week before I knew. By which point it was considerably better. It took more than a decade to not get a relapse every other year, when I would just get weezy for the winter.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:06 am ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
Windscreen water infection risk.

Seems fairly logical, I just wonder why it took so long to do a little research. :P

Logical but pointless.
Anyone here know someone who's been struck down by this? Me neither.
Author:  Nick [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:20 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
belchingmatt wrote:
Windscreen water infection risk.

Seems fairly logical, I just wonder why it took so long to do a little research. :P

Logical but pointless.
Anyone here know someone who's been struck down by this? Me neither.


Erm, amnesia just talked about his experience in the previous post.
Author:  Zippy [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:49 pm ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
HeatherKay wrote:
ProfessorF wrote:
There are people driving around without screen wash in their washer bottles? :shock:

Yep. Most folk seem to think putting tap water in is sufficient.

Well if you live in a nice tropical climate where freezing isn't an issue then water works fine by itself.

I drive such a lot and use such my washers a lot, so I tend to just put water in once the chance of frost has gone and only put washer fluid in during the winter. I heard about this on the radio this morning though, and will be putting washer fluid in my reservoir first thing in the morning. I've had Legionella training and have no wish to flirt with the symptoms :?
Author:  belchingmatt [ Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:18 pm ]
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Zippy wrote:
I've had Legionella training and have no wish to flirt with the symptoms :?


Now why do I have images of an annoying celebrity chef wearing army uniform who is deadly in martial arts?
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