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Tresbien
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
amandel, I sent this twitter message below. I'll send another if there's anything else you want me to ask.
Quote:
audreyplainview, a mass security quarantine including as yet uninfected lurkers has begun. Have you been tested for anything recently?
Thank you MrToasty.
Am I correct that the number of infected has doubled since yesterday?
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:42 pm
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Tres--that's and THX. Let's just hope she replies with something useful. Yaha--doubled at 34% now but that's the number quarantined, not necessarily infected imo.
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:45 pm
Tresbien
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
I figure you're right about some not being infected since it says lurkers are to be quarantined. I recognize four names after mine so think the rest of the list are lurkers.
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:01 pm
Saki
Decorated
Joined: 17 Sep 2008 Posts: 278 Location: the Internet
Agh, they finally got me I actually just came back from seeing the movie - it was EXCELLENT!!
Good to FINALLY see something happening. Too bad the movie didn't reveal any sort of clue
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:46 pm
codeTONY
Boot
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 40
Tresbien wrote:
amandel, I sent this twitter message below. I'll send another if there's anything else you want me to ask.
Quote:
audreyplainview, a mass security quarantine including as yet uninfected lurkers has begun. Have you been tested for anything recently?
Thank you MrToasty.
Am I correct that the number of infected has doubled since yesterday?
be sure you have @ signs before usernames.
aww, I can't believe I missed the fun :c
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:24 pm
thebruce
Dances With Wikis
Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
I'm a lurker - am I infected? am I infected?!
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:32 pm
Lairosiel
Unfettered
Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 401 Location: Berlin/Passau
nope you're not
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:45 pm
WolfHawk
Entrenched
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1247 Location: St. Louis
Whew! I was at a fantasy/sci-fi convention this weekend. I was afraid my absence would mean I ended up on the quarantine list. Glad to see it didn't!
So I guess i can post as a proxy for anyone if needed. Just give me some time because I'm not always on UnF! LOL
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:56 pm
clairenor
Veteran
Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 107
Just found a IAmBlind account on Quizilla
http://www.quizilla.com/user/IAmBlind/profile/
Not sure if it is anything game related but it was created on the 4th of this month,
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:09 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Nice find, clairenor, yet agreeing it's prolly not IG especially since the accnt. uses caps in IAmBlind . **Where is Audrey?**
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:28 am
teh_lisa
Entrenched
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 950 Location: my chair
Phew, still safe for the moment it seems.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:49 am
Tresbien
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
clairnor, I thought it was worth a little investigation. Here's what I found: in IAmBlind's story, http://www.quizilla.com/stories/8042839/getting-out, she says she wasn't sober after meeting Jared Leto.
Googling of alcohol+blindness took me to the preview of an article in today's NY Times http://tinyurl.com/4oyemo the title of which is "WOOD ALCOHOL BLINDNESS: Drug Should Be Prohibited or Sold with Poison Label." The original piece notes that one can be affected by either inhalation, absorption or ingestion.
In the wiki on alcohol, section simple alcohols, it says, "Methanol is intoxicating but not directly poisonous. It is toxic by its breakdown (toxication) by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase in the liver by forming formic acid and formaldehyde which cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol
I think it's worth considering that ingestion of some form of alcohol is connected to this epidemic.
Note: No reply from Audrey to my twitter message.
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:37 am
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amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Tres--the NYT article you mention is from "January 12, 1914, Monday". Downloaded the file to verify and not only is the type face ancient it's also signed "CAROLYN C. VAN BLARCOM, Committe for the Prevention of Blindness. New York, Jan 10,1914".
Very not sure about this connection but who knows.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:06 am
Tresbien
Unfictologist
Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436
@ self Thanks for checking the date amandel. The masthead showed today's date on the preview; I should have checked it more thoroughly. Still, it's possible that there's some contamination going on (as I was reading about the wood alcohol, it reminded me of the melamine-tainted products coming from China).
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:21 am
amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee
Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4096 Location: Nederland
Also thinking an untested environmental contamination and/or toxicity are interesting leads yet Audrey didn't mention any blindness in household pets or other species per se.
I'd re-unstrike(is that poss....is that even a word? ) the entire "wiki on alcohol/optic nerve" paragraph if for no other reason than that it's a good reffy.**Where the double dang is Audrey?**
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:12 am
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