Riley ,'Lessons'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
There are four reported cases in NS stemming from a school trip to Mexico. Today they are reporting that there are likely more previously undetected cases spreading out from the friends and family of people at the school, and they expect it to spread to the rest of NS.
If I have to stay home for a week, I will gladly do it!
swine flu is the punch line for a million things today.
The freak out seems bizarre to me, as noted, lots of people die from the flu every year.
Also, anti-bacterial stuff kinda freaks me out.
My wife asked me how much vacation I have and it turns out it's 27 days. That's a lot of vacation.
Also, anti-bacterial stuff kinda freaks me out.
for me it is hand sanitizers. most of them are alcohol based. Which drys my hands. and cause cracks , where germs can get in....
I occasionally use them , but mostly in places where there is no place to wash hands or when people give you a library book that has an unknown substance on it.
The 1918 flu pandemic which killed more people worldwide than WWI also originated in pigs. I don't think panic is a useful response to any situation, but I can understand why people are afraid.
And you can skip the antibacterial soaps - influenza is a virus. Just use soap and water.
Does anyone have an easy peasy hummus reciepe? Foolproof for the idiot I can be?
It's likely that the relatively high death toll in Mexico was because there's less accessible medical care/people are poorer, which means the initially affected didn't get to the see medical personnel until they were on death's door. Whereas now that people know what to look out for, and patients are getting early intervention and support, it should be much more survivable than the initial presentation.
Still not a day at the beach, but not the DOOMDOOMDOOM that some are making out.
Aims, I usually just tweak the recipe on the back of the tahini jar, but the basic ingredients list is:
Canned chick peas (drained & rinsed), tahini, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, lemon juice. Spin 'em in the food processor until smooth, then taste & adjust seasonings.
Aims, can of chickpeas, clove of garlic (crushed), 2 teaspoons cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon olive oil tossed into a food processor.