Clouds And Silver Linings

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On Thursday at work I was so busy it only dawned on me about 5pm how cold I was feeling. When I checked the thermometer the room temp was down to 16 degrees. I felt realy chilled. On the way home in the car I had the temp set at 25 (normally 22) and kept my fleece on but it was only in the last 15 mins (of a 90 minute drive) I started to feel warmer.

Needless to say, I've been feeling progressively worse ever since.

It's really bugging me that this is the fourth time I've felt this way since Christmas. I seem to be able to shake it off after a couple of weeks and feel okay for another couple, then it hits me again.

If the doc gives me antibiotics (if I'm lucky enough to get an appointment) it will be the fourth course in three months. That can't be right.

Because I was absent from work for a couple of days in January, then for eight days in Feb, I've been referred to Occupational Health (the LA's way of kidding on they're trying to exercise their duty of care when everyone really knows they're trying to discourage malingering).

The way I feel today, there's no way I would be fit for work tomorrow but I have to go in (for a number of reasons including a visiting examiner) and I know it's going to mean taking time off later in the week.

The silver lining? If the pattern repeats itself, I should be fine by the time I arrive in Spain :lol:
 
Ah, but you know that according to the Law Of Sod (which tends to apply in around 99% of such eventualities) you are bound to be healthy as you like all this week & ill when you go on holiday!

Hope you get better soon!
 
Originally posted by Shadow Leader@Mar 20 2005, 02:26 PM
Ah, but you know that according to the Law Of Sod (which tends to apply in around 99% of such eventualities) you are bound to be healthy as you like all this week & ill when you go on holiday!
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Gee, thanks, Dom. You sure know how to cheer a guy up :lol:
 
I do hope you're not talking about me, Brian - for starters it's usually vodka, & it's generally the Costa de la Luz, darling, not the Costa del Sol!!!!!! ;) :D
 
I have come back with a filthy cold . I blame the woman who sneezed behind me when watching the Mildmay of Flete - I bet she put Banker Count and Simply Gifted ( my bets ) off too .
 
Jaysus, youse Brits are a right bunch of pansies. No wonder you lost The Empire. When I was younger I used to hop to school through the snow cos I only ever had one shoe, although when the wind was northerly I often felt I should be wearing more than a string vest.

Did I ever complain of the sniffles? Did I eck as like.
 
Originally posted by an capall@Mar 20 2005, 04:10 PM
Did I ever complain of the sniffles? Did I eck as like.
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You don't worry about little things like sniffles when you've already got the clap, I'm told.
 
Well I only had the shoe every second day, but luckily my older brothers feet grew at an unexpectedly rapid rate. It was a tough estate it were. John Conteh was the Avon lady 'e were.

I'm here all week...........
 
Glad we cleared that one up, LordH!!! :lol:

As for Mo's comment that seemingly went unnoticed - class!!! :lol: :lol:
 
True Story. Friend of mine was working in NY for a couple of summers and the foreman was a lad from Donegal who hadnt been home in 40 years. He returned home for a funeral and when my friend asked him "what was the biggest difference between the Ireland you left and now?" The foreman said "since when are children wearing shoes"

I liked that.
 
Originally posted by BrianH@Mar 21 2005, 11:17 AM
You think that your estate was tough? Where I came from any cat who still had two ears was branded gay...
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Where we came from, at halloween they used to 'dook' for chips B)
 
Originally posted by an capall@Mar 22 2005, 10:06 PM
I used to get thrown out of my local for not fighting.
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This reminded me of a story I read in a superman comic when I was a boy. It was set on the 'bizarro' world where they did everything opposite to the normal world (or at least tried to). Two bizarro supermen were up in court charged with attempting to break into jail. After being found not guilty the judge sentenced them to 60 days on the outside. As the sentence was read out one of the accused showed no emotion while the other broke down in tears. Observers commented on what a hard vicious bastard the superman who broke down was and what a pansy the other one was. :lol:
 
"Ah, zo! Now I sink we can see vot has influenced your ettitudes to der Jockey Club und ze world of horse-rennen, Herr Honest. You are viewing, zo, zis world as ze topsy-turvy, inside-outy sort of place, ja? Ze honest man iz ze one getting ze sticken, und ze dishonest man iz ze one gettin offen mit ze murder, nein?"
 
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