60 minutes special tonight says H1N1 was around in the 30's and 40's and so people born before 1950 have immunities. One good thing thing about geting old.
When I had to have "mandatory" flu shots they would ask "are you or could you possibly be pregnant". There awas always the "possibility" so I would say yes and they wouldnt give it to me, thank god. Saw Dr. Oz who said his wife and kids will NOT be taking the H1N1 shot....ummm
Your welcome Carrie.
Best of luck on your surgeries Victor and Wren. I'm sure you'll pull through just fine.
Those snacks look good. Are they like potatoe chips?
I'm wondering what kind of beating that hellium kid got for blowing the gig. What smucks his parents are. They should be beaten.
Coffee Break #20 - Baseball weather??
Wow - interesting about the virus.
Yes, I'm sure they did something to the kid. Probably why he was puking. They would drag these poor kids to go chase tornadoes. Incredible.
I was born before 1950. How come I got H1N1 ?
Just looked at the calender. I was very sick for 1 week & felt lousy for 2 more weeks. 2 days now I've felt like my old self.
We are out here in "Fly Over" land. People dying here to from gunshot & knife wounds.
The violence is every where it seems.
Fortunately, I think the boy was uncomfortable repeating the lies his parents (father?) told him to say.
I heard that the flu of 1918 killed 50 million worldwide. This flu is not that strong.
Quick recovery for wren & Victor.
I saw my son this weekend and retold the green dinosaur story. It does only take seconds for something to happen.
My sister stayed up for the Yankees game but I was asleep 5 minutes after hitting the pillow. Had a great weekend visiting and eating lots of good food.
Sampled some Astoria restaurants, Deb?
Yes Victor, we went to the Pizza Palace for lunch, not sure why we stopped there, but we shared about 4 different things fom there. We all like Greek food. Then we were going to go to the Italian place(?) for dinner, but there was over an hour wait so we kept walking. Went to McCanns for drinks, then to 718. That was really good.
Cool. Some of these places are new. Did not know about 718. Pizza Palace opened when I was in grammar school.
I just read that the lawyer for the balloon couple is insisting that they be allowed to turn themselves in and avoid 'a perp walk for media consumption'!! Can you believe this?
just trying to get more media hype.
Oh, that is too sad about that football player. To escape that life in the streets through football and then get murdered. So awful!
I don't think the family should serve jail time or lose their kids. I really don't think kids should be taken from their parents unless abuse if involved. But I do think they should pay back all the money that was spent on that fiasco or a big, hefty fine, and perhaps probation or something. And some serious counseling should be part of the deal.
Maybe people born before 1950 only have an immunity if they had the virus before, or were carriers or in close contact with people who had it.
CG, what is 'Fly Over' land?
Karen
DH gave me a play by play of the snowbowl while I was dividing tubers yesterday. YIPPEE NE!
I would certainly consider what they've done to their kids as abuse. And we don't know if any physical abuse has also been part of it. There was a police call to the house for domestic violence at least once.
Not only all this with the balloon crap, but they dragged the kids with them on storm chases. That is putting them in direct danger. Making them lie in front of all the cameras and bringing them on the interviews. It's exploitation and abuse in my book. In the best interest of the kids to be with these two? I don't think so.
As for jail - you bet. Imagine if one of the rescue choppers crashed. What is a real emergency could not get attention because the rescuers were on this wild goose chase?
Did you see the article??? They have been on the TV show 'Wife Swap' twice.
http://cbs2.com/entertainment/wife.swap.heenes.2.1251493.html
Fly over land is any thing that isn't New York or Los Angles.
CG, you mean like a high crime area?
Victor, yeah, the kids are certainly being exploited, not doubt about that. But look at how others are exploiting their kids, too, like the Octomom and the Jon and Kate plus 8 parents, etc. Too much! I guess we better stop, or DG might kick us off.
Karen
Yeah, that Uconn football player is sad news. He was also an electric punt returner. Always a big smile on his face.
It's called "Fly Over Land" because nobody wants to stop by here. You know fly to west coast or to New York. What's in between don't count!
Oh, okay! Now I feel dumb!
Karen
Their loss, the middle is just fine.
I'm kind of in nowhere land myself. Very nice here.
Karen
Bad baseball day. I thought they would pull it out.
Me too.
Is somebody still playing. We switch to football when it gets close to winter.
At least the Dodgers just went ahead.
I liked the game!
I'm watching field hockey on the BigTen network.
I'll be going to the Army's first home game on Saturday. Seats right near the ice.
It was a good game, Deb.
go halo's
Ah, Bill. Don't become a bitter old man.
Too late.
Did you see this one? What is it lately with PARENTS??????????
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091019/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_toddler_survives_fall_2
Wow.
Amazing that the boy lived. Every time I hear of a story of a child falling out of a window, I think of Eric Clapton. Didn't he have a kid that died that way?
not bitter dave - not a fan of pinstripes
Yes, Harper. He did not have a window guard.
Yup, no window guard. Looks like the boy fell from the apartment of a friend of his mother's. It was 53 stories high. Here's part of the article:
"Then, on 20 March 1991, Conor, who was four years of age, died when he fell from the 53rd-story window of his mother's friend's New York City apartment, landing on the roof of an adjacent four-story building. Clapton's grief was expressed in the song "Tears in Heaven", which was co-written by Will Jennings."
This is one lucky (and quick) dude. This is why you need to stay in shape!
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/19/pedestrian-nearly-dr.html
Whoa!!!! I had to watch that one over and over! Yikes!