Ally C and Madchen escape to London!

There's always the bus of course.

It looks like this evnt will attract what The PF calls 'the quality'.

It's a very nice pub, that pub.

I looked at the scores earlier, but I can't remember what Woking did.

Porky, bring the in-laws.

The standard of bus driving in the metropolis frightens me increasingly. Bus drivers must all be ex-cabbies.

Will they pay for the mangling? Or did the bus just drive off oblivious? An artic took my mirror off once & I was too shocked to do anything about it.

In other news: our central heating failed on Dec 19.

I was going to say I don't think I'll make it, due to the niceness of being at home, but perhaps I will, after all. Early doors.

When we got rammed into they decided the car wasn't worth as much as it would cost to repair it. We're still using it though.

I trust you will be in attendance dressed in a tassly sort of Red Indian kind of outfit.

Keith, I didn't have chance to check out the Young Vic, but we did see the Old Vic. I will have to go back one day. I also intend to investigate the works of Constant Lambert. How hardcore is that? I bought my nephew skeleton pyjamas so he could look like The Ox.

Reporting Back:

The King's Arms was closed. I never really recovered from this blow all night. It was nice to see everybody, especially Ally C and Madchen, in whose honour we had gathered. There were only ten million people as opposed to the usual 436 million. We went to something called The Fire Station. I don't know why fire stations were tiled in the olden days, was it in case the hoses went off by accident?

Before this, we went to Bonaparte's Café Bar, which features in the National Rail 2 for 1 offer, but only for lunchtime meals (free meal will be the cheapest of those selected). It was cold there, in more ways than one.

what if they are the same price? has anyone ever tried that? the fact that civilisation appears to have not collapsed suggests....they haven't.

i think you'd get the cheapest price taken off the total amount.

it was a pretty productive day.

Albeit somewhat earlier.

He nearly died of septicemia there.

I feel that us both being Old Blues makes me especially close to The Who.

(For non-Who scholars: Constant was Kit's Dad, Kit Lambert being the early manager of The Who.)

I am impressed about Constant Lambert.

I must trace his fag.

That is the single worst definition I have ever seen.

About the Diseases
Meningitis and septicaemia can kill in hours.

Meningitis is the inflammation of the lining around the brain and spinal cord.

Septicaemia is the blood poisoning form of the disease.

The two forms of the disease have different symptoms. People who recover from meningitis and septicaemia may be left with a range of after effects that dramatically alter their lives.

Meningitis is usually bacterial or viral, and occasionally is due to fungal infections, although almost any microbe can cause it.

Viral meningitis can be very unpleasant but it is almost never life threatening and most people quickly make a full recovery.

Bacterial meningitis is more serious and can be caused by a range of different bacteria, although most cases in the UK and Ireland are caused by meningococcal bacteria.

Meningococcal bacteria can cause meningitis or septicaemia or both. Most people who get the disease have some symptoms of both meningococcal meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia; together these two forms of the disease are known as meningococcal disease.

Septicaemia is the more life threatening form of the disease and is more dangerous when there are no signs of meningitis.

There are vaccines available against some types of meningitis and septicaemia and the new Men C vaccine introduced in 1999/2000 has drastically reduced the number of cases of group C meningococcal disease in the age groups targeted for vaccination. Despite this, many other equally deadly forms of the diseases are not vaccine preventable, so until research finds the key to defeating these diseases, knowing about the diseases and being able to recognise the symptoms is vital.

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