Happy New Year 2009 from the Eastern Time Zone

2009-01-01

[rabscuttle385]

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind ?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' lang syne ?

For auld lang syne, my jo,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp !
And surely I’ll be mine !
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu’d the gowans fine ;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot,
Sin auld lang syne.

We twa hae paidl’d i' the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine ;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
Sin auld lang syne.

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere !
And gie's a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll tak a right gude-willy waught,
For auld lang syne.

[chinaboy]

Season’s greetings and sincere wishes for a bright and happy New Year!

[wastedyears]

Happy slightly buzzed New Year.

There won’t be enough alcohol in NYC to alleviate the pain come the 20th of this month.

Oh no...

[BufordP]

Happy New Year! The last one sucked.

[Pyro7480]

Thanks for the concern. It definitely hurts less when I lie down, and it subsided somewhat when I took some Tylenol.

[mikrofon]

Not yet ... at least here in WNY

[aruanan]

At age 28? I don’t think so. I’m not obese and have no other health issues, saving near-sightedness and having a cold at the moment.

Young is the worst age to have them. You haven't had enough years to develop the collateral circulation that lessens the impact of an infarction. For young people, the first sign of a heart attack is usually sudden death.

As far as a cold is concerned, look at this:

Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2007 Dec;18(8):713-8.

Inflammatory changes during the 'common cold' are associated with platelet activation and increased reactivity of platelets to agonists.

Kreutz RP, Tantry US, Bliden KP, Gurbel PA.
Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research,
Baltimore, Maryland 21215, USA.

Epidemiologic studies have shown increased rates of myocardial infarction after upper respiratory tract infections. We hypothesized that changes in platelet activation and reactivity and inflammation occur during the 'common cold'. Previously healthy individuals with viral upper respiratory tract infections were studied (n = 18). Venous blood samples were obtained during the time of infection and again after 6 weeks. Platelet reactivity was higher during the 'common cold' as measured by low-dose ADP-induced aggregation (46 +/- 28 versus 27 +/- 21% 6 weeks after presentation, P = 0.003) and was higher than control individuals (22 +/- 8%, P = 0.003). Platelet P-selectin expression increased during illness (2.3 +/- 0.2% CD62-positive platelets versus 1.8 +/- 0.1% at 6 weeks after presentation, P = 0.017; and 1.7 +/- 0.2% in the control group, P = 0.03). C-reactive protein (3.7 +/- 1.3 versus 2.2 +/- 1.5 mg/l, P = 0.004) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (27.6 +/- 28 versus 12.7 +/- 9 pg/ml, P = 0.03) were increased during the 'common cold'. There were no significant differences in levels of soluble P-selectin (P = 0.18), soluble vascular adhesion molecule-1 (P = 0.59) and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (P = 0.23). Increased platelet reactivity and activation during the 'common cold' are associated with inflammation as measured by increased levels of C-reactive protein and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, but not increased levels of endothelial markers. These findings support a pro-aggregatory state that, in part, explains the thrombotic events shown by epidemiological studies.

[unkus]

LOL-She threw the key away to his Lock Box long ago.

[rabscuttle385]

NO MORE BUSHES

[AGreatPer]

Happy New Year sneakers and all.

[exit82]

Happy New Year, rabs.

I’m trying to forget John McCain in the New Year.

Best to you and yours.

[unkus]

Happy New Year to you Jim. We’ll have a great 2009! Thank you.

[Pyro7480]

Wow, you learn something new everyday. I have a feeling, however, that this has more to do with a pinched nerve than circulation.

[unkus]

“It WILL be fun on these boards after 1/20.”

You got that right.

[weston]

see post a #36.
I travel a lot. I had put 45,000 miles on my 2007 Pontiac.
This won't get the mileage, but heck, gas is down at the pump. Here's hoping gas is cheap in 2009!
Still 2 1/2 hours to go out here on the west coast.
Prayers that 2009 will be better under the O-man than we think.

[rabscuttle385]

I’m trying to forget John McCain in the New Year.

Good luck. McLame seems to keep popping up out of nowhere to say something idiotic; hopefully the U.S. and Arizona will be rid of him in 2010.

[wastedyears]

I see "2 minutes" and "midnight," I just have to post this

[unkus]

Take care, TXnMA.

[budwiesest]

Happy New Year, nice knowin’ ya~! ;^)

[Exit148]

What TV channels played Auld Lang Syne? I was switching between FOX and CNN and don’t remember hearing it. That is such a part of the first seconds of any new year!!!!

There was plenty of synced, recorded modern music (it all sounds alike to me) but nothing meaningful to the moment.

I do miss Guy Lombardo!!

[smokingfrog]