(A personal letter that I post here by request of the the recipient for purposes of referencing ( Read more... )

The operating system for your mum and dad and aunty Jean ( Read more... )

The release of the only person to be convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi leaves me with a feeling that information is being withheld ( Read more... )

Slam Fucking Dunk. Well actually, more a skin of the teeth thing but who cares. He's IN ( Read more... )

With one hand I unzip my flies and pull forth my penis ( Read more... )

Conversation with daughter over breakfast table and daughter brings me up to speed on the ineffectual and entirely useless and supply teachers she has been saddled with leading up to her exams ( Read more... )

Quote from plumber to replace shower unit with like for like: £230 for shower, £120 to fit. Found new unit on ebay for £100, £10 for odds and sods, Fitted myself in about an hour. Saving £240, but messing about with 30 Amp power line, and plumbing without electrocuting myself or drowning neighbours downstairs, priceless. I feel all manly now ( Read more... )

Savage must be grinning from ear to ear. He's just managed to recruit the UK Home Secretary as his personal publicity agent and let's be fair, she's done a cracking job! Until yesterday, few people in the UK had heard of Michael Savage. This morning I wake up to his name on my radio, the TV, the newspapers and internet. Search for "Michael Savage" ( Read more... )

Following up from...

Report Date
Confirmed Cases
Deaths
Deaths / Confirmed Cases (%)

30-APR-2009
212
9
4.25

1-MAY-2009
484
13
2.69

2-MAY-2009
643
17
2.64

3-MAY-2009
898
20
2.23

4-MAY-2009
1025
26
2.53

5-MAY-2009
1509
30
1.99

Outside of Mexico there are 249 confirmed cases and only 1 death.

Note: Last updated 6-MAY-2009

Oinky Oinky Cough Cough - Why I'm not panicking.

The BBC Swine Flu Outbreak map currently shows 9 deaths and 212 confirmed cases. Death, partly on account of its ease of diagnosis, tends to be accurately recorded, even in the poor parts of the world. Confirmed cases, on account of their difficulty in being diagnosed and in some areas on account ( Read more... )