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Terra Incognita · Wasp Star Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 3702

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She retired when she could have continued winning majority and minority governments for at least another decade.

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Have you received your H1N1 shot yet?

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Mr Tein · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject:

Terra Incognita wrote:

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She retired when she could have continued winning majority and minority governments for at least another decade.

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Have you received your H1N1 shot yet?

great answer!

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weasie · Skylarking Joined: 10 May 2008 Posts: 907

Terra Incognita wrote:

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She retired when she could have continued winning majority and minority governments for at least another decade.

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Have you received your H1N1 shot yet?

First off, thanks to Mr Tein for the thorough answer. The statistics cited are shocking, to say the least. And yes, great answer Terra! Smile

No, I have not yet received my H1N1 shot. For one thing, Canada is giving the shots based on a tier system, and I do not fall within the first tier (i.e. children, people with compromised autoimmune systems, etc.)

For another, I wonder just how much the media has blown the severity of this flu out of proportion. I had it quoted to me today that 300 people died as a result of this flu so far in Canada. The 'regular' flu claimed 30 000 lives in Canada this year. These statistics make me think twice about getting a shot at all.

Same question please ~ it's a good one, Terra (and worthy of a dedicated thread ~ hint hint). Wink

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AnotherSatellite · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:46 am Post subject:

weasie wrote:

Terra Incognita wrote:

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She retired when she could have continued winning majority and minority governments for at least another decade.

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Have you received your H1N1 shot yet?

First off, thanks to Mr Tein for the thorough answer. The statistics cited are shocking, to say the least. And yes, great answer Terra! Smile

No, I have not yet received my H1N1 shot. For one thing, Canada is giving the shots based on a tier system, and I do not fall within the first tier (i.e. children, people with compromised autoimmune systems, etc.)

For another, I wonder just how much the media has blown the severity of this flu out of proportion. I had it quoted to me today that 300 people died as a result of this flu so far in Canada. The 'regular' flu claimed 30 000 lives in Canada this year. These statistics make me think twice about getting a shot at all.

Same question please ~ it's a good one, Terra (and worthy of a dedicated thread ~ hint hint). Wink

30,000 flu deaths this year in Canada? That Would be more than 1% of the population lost to the flu.

Maybe you'll get that many cases this year.

CHICA says you had about 23,000 cases last year:

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spidermage · Wasp Star Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 4423

Mr Tein wrote:

Tell me something that thatcher did that is of long term benefit to the UK -

Just one thing, so far as I am aware: she changed the law so that married women could be taxed in their own right (rather than as a mere adjunct to their husbands).

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donavan · Apple Venus Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1751

Have you received your H1N1 shot yet?

no, i'm not going to have it. i'll take my chances with pig flu.

how do you post a youtube video only, without all the other videos and gubbins down the side and underneath?

donavan · Apple Venus Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1751

Oh for gawds sake, I thought you would all be chomping at the bit to show off your IT skills. Never mind. Neutral

spidermage · Wasp Star Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 4423

You should have written 'how do you post a youtube video only, without all the other videos and gubbins down the side and underneath, Spastic?'

My answer to your question is: haven't a clue.

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Describe the nearest piece of art to where you are sitting right now.

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AnotherSatellite · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:21 pm Post subject:

Shinsui Ito's The Ukimodo at Kataka

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What's the book nearest your dominant hand?

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spidermage · Wasp Star Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 4423

The Dedalus Book Of Finnish Fantasy edited by Johanna Sinsalo and translated by David Hackston.

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Which was the last painting that took your breath away?

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donavan · Apple Venus Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1751

Big Uns. Do magazines count?

Was Guy Fawkes the only person ever to enter Parliament with honourable intentions? (topical ehh?) Wink

donavan · Apple Venus Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1751

donavan wrote:

Big Uns. Do magazines count?

Was Guy Fawkes the only person ever to enter Parliament with honourable intentions? (topical ehh?) Wink

now i've fucked things up Mr. Green

spidermage · Wasp Star Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 4423

Fawked things up?

I'll get me coat.

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donavan · Apple Venus Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1751

Which was the last painting that took your breath away?

one by one of my kids

now the Guy Fawkes thing.

spidermage · Wasp Star Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 4423

No. I think that most (many) MPs enter Parliament with honourable intentions. The needs of party, the exigences of practical affairs, the clash between ideals and reality, the difficulty and complexity of the issues, and the attractions of self-interest gradually erode the purity of those intentions.

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