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[PatMc]

7 hours ago, Peter Miller said:

When I was three we were at war and mud and worms were rationed

We had to take tablets to get rid of the worms 'cause they were eating us. 😟

[kevin b]

17 hours ago, J D 8 said:

  And I also ate mud along with worms that came with it.

You're lucky !

When I was 3 we lived in the city so there was no mud to eat.

We had to make do with sniffing the smog (or chewing it when it was really bad).

Edited October 22, 2023 by kevin b

[EvilC57]

 

Edited October 22, 2023 by EvilC57

[leccyflyer]

[Brian Cooper]

[Sheepish]

[Basil]

On 21/10/2023 at 15:59, J D 8 said:

  And I also ate mud along with worms that came with it.

Like us all. We should ask why seemingly infants are becoming less tolerant to  everyday exposeur to the things of life.

Edited October 23, 2023 by Basil

[Peter Miller]

2 minutes ago, Basil said:

Like us all. We should ask why seemingly infants are becoming less tolerant to  everyday exposeur to the things of life.

That is simple.  They are protected from every possible infection so they do not build up any sort of immune system

I could tell you tales of life in a small Argentinian village up in the mountains that would curdle the blood in the veins of the average modern housewife or doctor.  Never hurt me!!!

[Brian Cooper]

[Brian Cooper]

[PatMc]

44 minutes ago, Basil said:

Like us all. We should ask why seemingly infants are becoming less tolerant to  everyday exposeur to the things of life.

For the same reason that life-time diseases of the past aren't around anymore, infant mortality rates have dropped to a fraction of what they were & this post is being read by a much older demograph than would have ben possible  in the good old days. 😉

[Geoff S]

2 hours ago, Sheepish said:

 

 

And I remember the days when I had to instruct customers how to adjust horizontal and vertical holds as well as brightness and contrast!  All with no remote!

[Peter Miller]

29 minutes ago, PatMc said:

For the same reason that life-time diseases of the past aren't around anymore, infant mortality rates have dropped to a fraction of what they were & this post is being read by a much older demograph than would have ben possible  in the good old days. 😉

And of course that is the main cause of global Warming.  Back in 1975 the world population was about 3.5 billion people.  Today it is over 8 billion and an awful lot of them insist of flying off on their holidays on aircraft that burn 700 gallons per hour per engine.🤣

[JOHN MOSLEY 2]

1 hour ago, PatMc said:

For the same reason that life-time diseases of the past aren't around anymore, infant mortality rates have dropped to a fraction of what they were & this post is being read by a much older demograph than would have ben possible  in the good old days. 😉

Yes I would have been dead at 30, Blood poisoning was a killer before antibiotics. They only came in around 1940's. The only thing old people must had a hell of a good immune system. 

[J D 8]

I would also be gone if not for modern ICU and antibiotics, Swine Flu that went to pneumonia in 2010.

  Survival rates were low for wounded in WW1, even for those that looked to be making a recovery having fought off infections, it was often that other diseases would take the already weakened.

  Your dad must have been tough and lucky Peter.

Edited October 23, 2023 by J D 8
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[Peter Miller]

I survived typhoid in Egypt at the age of 2 1/2 in 1940!

[Sheepish]

[Romeo Whisky]

This thread seems to be degenerating into chatter - can we stick to the thread topic please, and just post funnies?

[Sheepish]

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[Brian Cooper]

[sfxphil]

Is this the same Peter Miller who i worked with in Sudbury all those years ago at Nova Relief Holdings and buried more than a few RC aircraft at the local flying site ?

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[leccyflyer]