FORKNI-L
Digest - 25 Jun 2006 to 26 Jun 2006 (#2006-173)
Mon, 26 Jun 2006
There are 6 messages totalling 161 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. the quick cure-all? (4)
2. new website addy
3. KtK Auction Update
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Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:05:55 -0600
From: Angela Gottfred <agottfre@t.......>
Subject: Re: the quick cure-all?
> multiple sclerosis
>
> Isn't that what Jody had wrong with her....in Blind Faith....
Yes, Jody in Blind Faith had MS. Male pattern baldness isn't an illness, it's
just a sign of maturity. Ditto for grey hair. Nothing would change, becauseFK
vampires don't grow younger when they come across. But they do get healthy
(remember Elizabeth's leprosy in I Will Repay? And of course Richard Lambert's
gunshot wound...) and strong and all those other fringe benefits.
Will becoming a vampire heal somebody who was, say, blind (or colorblind) since
birth? I don't know. I don't think there was anything from the show to give us
any hints on that front. Fanfic, please! :-)
Your humble & obedient servant,
Angela Gottfred
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Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:40:21 +1200
From: Kylie Tucker <kylie@r.......>
Subject: new website addy
Hi y'all, Just a quicky letting you know my FK Fiction site has moved to:
http://homepages.woosh.co.nz/kylietucker/
cheers,
Knightraven.
--
www.ravendesign.co.nz
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Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:41:57 -0400
From: Debbie Clarke <dittany121@h.......>
Subject: Re: the quick cure-all?
Didn't Natalie say when she was trying to convince Nick to give Joey some
of his blood that his problems occurred because of a fever or something
like that? Anyway he hadn't been born that way. That would suggest that
Natalie at least, believed that vampire blood can't put something back
that never was there. If we follow that rule colour blindness would
probably not be affected by a dose of vampire blood.
Debbie
>From: Megan Hull <mistrydder@y......>
but what about congenital problems such as color blindness or epilepsy, or
multiple schlerosis or just regular physical problems? Thoughts?
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Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:58:03 -0700
From: Megan Hull <mistrydder@y......>
Subject: Re: the quick cure-all?
True, but allergic reactions like hayfever are a malfunction of the immune
system, albeit a genetically-induced one. A vampire's immune system is patently
different from ours, would it react to allergens the same way as a mortal's?
-Megan
Linda Hepden <kezia.hepden@n.......> wrote:
But perhaps *not* for hayfever or other allergic reactions - like colour
blindness, it's genetic mis-coding at a cellular level.
"Eternal nights too short,
How quickly melt away,
With all the love we shared once,
Forever in a Day."
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:13:19 EDT
From: SField8067@a.......
Subject: KtK Auction Update
Hi Everyone,
Just a couple of more days before the end of the auction.
Still plenty of time to place bids on all the goodies we have this time out
while the bids are still low...
Please stop over and have a look...
And while there try your hand at our caption contest.
All The Best,
Susan Ellen Field
SField8067@a.......
KtK Fearless Leader :)
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:16:13 -0400
From: Cindy Clark <clarkcindy@m.......>
Subject: Re: the quick cure-all?
I have always thought that vampire blood improves the immune system, but
they can still catch infections that their immune systems haven't seen
before. For instance, since the flu virus mutates into a completely
different virus strain every season, I think that vampire may be just as
susceptible to its miseries as the rest of us, but it wouldn't exacerbate
into a killing pneumonia or whatever. They also seem to be susceptible to
certain infections that effect the immune system itself, like the designer
virus in "Fever". I think age may also play a factor in a vampire's immune
response.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Megan Hull" <mistrydder@y......>
> True, but allergic reactions like hayfever are a malfunction of the immune
> system, albeit a genetically-induced one. A vampire's immune system is
> patently different from ours, would it react to allergens the same way as
> a mortal's?
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