chit chat

[Placido]

I keep thinking about "Return of The Black Death" ........

[nuthatch]

With the Ebola outbreak?

[Placido]

Yes. Airlines are stopping now. Isolation is the only possibility.

[Jacksparrow]

Not unsurprisingly my thoughts have been on that book too. The way ebola is spread is very much like that of the Black Death but the symptoms are a bit different(those being reported that is). As long as the ebola virus doesn't mutate with something else we should be OK.

[Placido]

Why should we be OK, Jacksparrow ?? People in Sierra Leone, Liberia and now Nigeria aren't OK.

[Jacksparrow]

Why should we be OK, Jacksparrow ?? People in Sierra Leone, Liberia and now Nigeria aren't OK.

OK I was being a little laid back there. All things are possible but from what I have read and what has been said on the box I came to the conclusion that as I was not going to west Africa and unlikely to meet anyone who had come from there so my(and those around me) chances of succumbing to Ebola were somewhat remote. I will, however, remain vigilant and if I see anyone looking remotely west African approaching cross to the other side of the street or if confrontation is inevitable reach for my surgical mask which I keep constantly about my person.

[nuthatch]

LIGHTS OUT

http://www.1418now.org.uk/lights-out/

[Placido]

My Scottish grandfather fought all the way through the 1914-1918 War in The KOSB. He fought in the disastrous blood-soaked Gallipoli campaign amongst others.
He was a taciturn man who got royally drunk every weekend until he was very old because then he could sleep at night.

While we're at it, I had a cousin in The DLI who was killed on D-Day+26. He was shot in the back by the Americans who were behind the British troops.

Two candles for me.

And where did all the sacrifices lead? Watch The News.

[nuthatch]

That's terrible, Placi

[Jacksparrow]

Both my Grandfathers survived the Great War which included serving in the thick of it in France. Both of them died when I was young so I never had the chance to discuss their experiences but from what I have been told neither wanted to recall what had gone on. It certainly didn't drive them to drink but neither saw their 60th birthday.
I have read a fair bit about the causes of the war and how the British became involved so it is a testament to all the people who volunteered without question to get involved with the fighting.