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As regards flu, my previous GP here said that handwashing was always going to be a great preventative. Long enough to sing "happy birthday" twice. It's not so much who sneezes or coughs on you, but more what you touch after they do. If you're out and about, avoid touching your face, wash your hands when you get home. The last time I had flu I got pneumonia too, not a thrill.
*thats* why I've got flu and a virus! That was my birthday meal, too, I came down with the lurgy two days later.
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I'm really good with washing hands and avoiding touching my face, but the custom round here is to kiss cheeks - and because we're such a mongrel lot, we do it twice, like in Europe
*thats* why I've got flu and a virus! That was my birthday meal, too, I came down with the lurgy two days later.
I wonder if anyone has ever studied if transmission rates increase in countries that greet differently. There's not much getting away from that kind of thing, nor would you want to!Softstuff- Officially better than 0070 -
Aahh, that brings to mind an acquaintance, a northern Englishman, describing my former housemates as 'that huggy kissy lot'. You could have bottled the scorn and used it to strip paint, believe me.
Softstuff, there's a lot of stuff going on which never makes the papers. My parents' former workplace was targeted by animal rights' activists and the reception area invaded, vandalised and staff assaulted. It was pretty ugly, scary and traumatic and there wasn't a peep about it in the local press, never mind the nationals. Daft activists had no clue what was going on at the premises: they were not, and never had been, testing on animals.
My municipal building is a mixture of public accessible and staff only areas, with access-controlled doors into the latter. We are exorted to be very careful about not being tailgated into the building, or into staff-only areas. Even so, there have been cases of Joe Public running amok in the public areas with weapons inc guns, axes, knives, bricks........you name it, we've had it.
Buildings are by their nature porous, and buildings where the public have legitimate rights of access such as council offices, shops, libraries, banks, train stations, airports etc etc are always at a theoretical risk of some nutter running wild.
The only thing to do is to understand that whilst bad things of this nature are possible, they are rare, as rare as seriously-deranged people. We need to be alert but not frightened, to pay attention to the world, but not be obsessed by the worst that humanity can inflict on each other.
Ghastly things happened yesterday in France, things which will be life-changing even for the survivors. But millions of acts of happiness and kindness happened also, and we mustn't forget that.Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
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Buildings are by their nature porous, and buildings where the public have legitimate rights of access such as council offices, shops, libraries, banks, train stations, airports etc etc are always at a theoretical risk of some nutter running wild.
The only thing to do is to understand that whilst bad things of this nature are possible, they are rare, as rare as seriously-deranged people. We need to be alert but not frightened, to pay attention to the world, but not be obsessed by the worst that humanity can inflict on each other.
Ghastly things happened yesterday in France, things which will be life-changing even for the survivors. But millions of acts of happiness and kindness happened also, and we mustn't forget that.
That's so well-put, GQ :T
I used to work for DWP at a local office and I remember approaching the building one day and being accosted by someone visiting from another office, who saw me coming and yelled up the road "What's the door code again? I think it's XXXX, isn't it?" at the top of her voice. Needless to say, it wasn't XXXX for much longer!
Re transmission of germs - I remember a few years ago my neighbour, who's from Goa, told me how bad the flu epidemic was in India at the time, and that the only reason things weren't far worse was the custom of doing "Namaste" (placing the palms of one's hands together) rather than shaking hands or kissing.
Sorry to learn that this year it has surprised us with a new mutation that isn't prevented by this year's jabI'm 61 and last had flu when I was 8, but I still remember it.
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I used to get flu every single year, even after getting the jab. It stopped when I stopped working and started avoiding busy shops in winter.0
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Aahh, that brings to mind an acquaintance, a northern Englishman, describing my former housemates as 'that huggy kissy lot'. You could have bottled the scorn and used it to strip paint, believe me.
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Anyone read this in the mainstream media?
http://www.forexcrunch.com/greeks-withdrew-e3-billion-from-banks-in-december-more-than-beforehand/0 -
Mardatha, worst job I ever had for illness was a video games shop. Because parents would take "Little Snotnose" to the doctors for whatever ailment, then, knowing they were infectious, pop into our shop for a game to keep them busy whilst ill and off school :eek:
When I stopped working in that particular shop, my rate of illness plummeted.Softstuff- Officially better than 0070 -
Anyone read this in the mainstream media?
http://www.forexcrunch.com/greeks-withdrew-e3-billion-from-banks-in-december-more-than-beforehand/
The events in France are terrible but I can't say unexpected. I've been wondering when the next extremist attack was going to happen. The murder of that young soldier a couple of years ago looked likely to set off a series of copycat type attacks and I've been very aware that low key attacks by lone fanatics could take place anywhere, anytime. Worth being aware of your surroundings when out and about in the world.0 -
My principle in life is don't go in without finding out where and how the way out is!!! Don't let your guard and vigilance slip for a second and always keep your eyes wide open and peeled to spot something wrong/out of place/ where it shouldn't be and don't be worried about flagging it up to the security man, it's what he's paid to do and he like you would rather be safe than sorry, in fact him probably more than you because he's there all the time! No guarantee that you won't be caught up in an 'event' but might just stop one from happening if you act first.0
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