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well.... swine flu, that great epidemic, did you worry at any point about it, I did for a while, thought just my luck, bound to get it, all those people being taken ill, the young, the infirm, the old,then those dreadful flu symptoms... I think one of the best I ever heard as a diagnostic was the difference between flu and a a cold was, if there was a £100($150) note/bill on the floor beside you, if you had flu you just couldn't find the inspiration to pick it up, however with a cold well it would not even have time to settle! Having had real flu (not that man flu rubbish!) a time or two previous, I can certainly symphasise with those aweful aches, fever, headaches, throat, coughs, LOL almost all the bad feelings in the world available, 10x over!! boy none of us really want flu. Well week and a bit ago, on came the throat, followed very rapidly with temp. headache, cough, watering eyes, running nose, joint bits and all else, told the wife think the flu comming, she just gave me one of those women looks and served up a couple of paracetamol! well it never got quite that serrious, yes I felt rough, even go so far to say real lousy, crock even, but flu, seemed like an excuse to me. Still man that i am, thought I ought to pay the flu card a little further, it had started on a Thursday, so I had only got Friday off work, so certainly deserved a lttle more sympaphy into the weekend......... got Staurday out of it at least. Then Sunday evening, Jenny got the sniffles, she said she had a cold ROFL now aint that typical, I of course said no Hon you got the flu comming on there, well say no more if you know as I do. Well 4 days later shes still off work, with this bad cold! and the Dr on braekfast TV makes it official, this flu going around ain't like flu should be, yea we've just about reched panademic here, with either 'man flu' or a 'womans cold' The final proof came to light on Thursday evening, my eldest son Nick came down with it, so we are all pretty sure swine flu has swept through our family, our own mini panademic. It still hasn't finally cleared me, still got the sniffles, and a s family clearing a box of tissues a day, still no fear if your healthy enough I'm sure your sail through this epidemic.

It was twenty years ago today Sergent Pepper tought the band to play, so they say, well here in the Lee Valley, or if you prefer the Lea Valley, thats OK, 100 years ago this month, a certain gentleman, a Mr Alliot Varden-Roe, taught the world a lot about building and flying planes for he built and flew his first triplane, and flew it on Hackney Marshes in the Lee Valley, this Sunday the is to be a small event at that place, to celebrate that centeinary, if any one is around then you will find me there on Sunday. Well Mr Roe's company - AVRO grew to be the manufacturers of many famous planes, Shakleton, Lancaster, and probably the most famous, the Vulcan Bomber, follow the link to find out more [link] Me why am I there, well got a selective spot in the marquee trying still to sell my Depthprints along with a limited edition print, one day maybe, one day!