My mistake. I didn't notice the 'ita'. 7 oz bottles used to be called pony bottles here. Miller beer popularized them. We called them Miller Killers.
The joke here is that the medical experts have convinced 98% of the population to take the situation seriously; the other 2% need a veterinarian - they are the donkeys! The (not so) strict measures in Holland already have saved between one and two thousand lives. The number of hospital admissions and deaths would have been much higher if no measures had been taken.
My daughter showed me an article the other day pointing out that, as a (very) last resort, vets might have to called on to treat humans. Well they are trained to look for vital signs! However no one seemed quite sure about their bedside manner without a tell tale tail to look at, or a wet nose to feel. But just remember, they only know one place to stick a thermometer!
I like how scruffy everyone's become. Felt uncommonly smart in my standardly scruffy attire while mooching Costco. Roads all salty & dusty. Pavements similar. Fascinating how much our daily to-ings & fro-ings usually affect the world without us noticing.
I was impressed to see the All England Club have cancelled this years Wimbledon tournament, rather than simply postponing it. I have been dismayed by various sports governing bodies who have dithered on making similar decisions whilst people are dying from this terrible disease. I am a great lover of all sports and am a passionate supporter of the various English national teams, but some clearly need a lesson in keeping what they do into some sort of perspective. Wimbledon cancelled due to coronavirus - where does that leave tennis in 2020?
I see North Korea has had zero cases of this plague. Maybe we all need a Glorious Leader to shield us from running dog viruses...
Now beyond tired of hubristic political journos seeking gotcha answers. Many only seem to know one game, and it doesn't fit what most I talk to are looking for at the mo. If they at least put their medical correspondents out as the front men we might, perhaps, get a modicum of informative/informed coverage. Wonder if any newspapers will fall to this. Many on their uppers already, circulations a fraction of former glories & completely reliant on ad revenues. Can't actually think of one I'd miss. Not bought a physical paper for at least a couple of years.
Reading a newspaper used to be one of life's simple pleasure. As late as the 1980's I remember opening the paper at work to learn the sports scores from the night before. Radio shows only devoted a minute or two a couple of times an hour to scores and just for the local teams. 'On their uppers' - Learned something new today
I buy a newspaper on most trips to the UK. I won't say which one on here as I have no wish to be scolded for left-wing pinko scum, but it's the only way to obtain a bit of balance to most of what's on line. I still enjoy a 'paper. Quite often 'De Standaard' or 'De Morgen' on a Saturday...more for the journalism and the articles though rather than 'news'. As an aside, The Daily Wail online has got it's readership well and truly wound up about Corona. I didn't believe that they could surpass their Brexit hysteria, but my goodness, they have !
There is a school of thought that suggests the mainstream media outlets are increasingly offering sensationalist news and controversial coverage in order to hold on to a shrinking subscriber base.
It is one of the stranger tricks that nature plays; as you go bald you seem to grow hair from parts of your body that really do not need hair. It always seems odd that I can still grow a full thick beard on my face but the hair on my head is receding faster than the outgoing tide before a tsunami.
I think they may have adopted the policy that we used during the Foot and Mouth epidemic. If anyone tests positive they shoot the entire herd.
Not just for balding individuals. As we grow older everything gets bigger, hairy and closer to the ground.
Been out of touch a while and try to catch up with all the new messages. We were stuck on athe cruise liner MS Artania in Sydney and Freemantle without any chance to view and send messages. We had infected passengers on board which had to stay behind. . Us and all other passengers were evacuated and escorted by several Australian policecars and green traffic lights to Perth International airport diretly to the waiting plane. I felt like a VIP. Stefan. NB: Australian officials and police was more perfect a German could ever be. Thank you Australia, it was great having us even just for a few days.NZ and a number of small French islands did not want us though.
This reminds me of when I was living in Cardiff in the mid 80s (1980s not my 80s) and Polar Explorer Sir Ranulph Twistleton-Wykeham Fiennes had to cancel his lecture at St David’s Hall on his Transglobe Expedition because of ... snow.
