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North East Quine
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Stories about Hess pop up on the news every so often. Googling Rudolph Hess Scotland gives a few hits.
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Galloping Granny
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Can one of you scientific folk tell me what the whitish bloom is that my silicon cookware acquires in the cupboard? I wipe or wash it off and it doesn't worry me; I just wonder why it happens.
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Moo
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Towards the end of the war Rudolf Hess travelled to Britain. Is information surrounding this visit still a state secret? If not can anyone point me to any books on the subject please?
It was not near the end of the war; it was in May, 1941. AIUI, the most common assumption about this is that Hess believed he could negotiate peace. The Nazis believed that ethnicity trumped everything else, and since the English were also Germanic, they shouldn't be fighting. Hess wanted to make them realize this.
People who were with Hitler at the time when he got the news about Hess say that he was furious. It seems clear that if there was any kind of conspiracy, Hitler didn't know about it. Hess certainly got the plane under some kind of subterfuge.
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lilBuddha
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Originally posted by Galloping Granny:
Can one of you scientific folk tell me what the whitish bloom is that my silicon cookware acquires in the cupboard? I wipe or wash it off and it doesn't worry me; I just wonder why it happens.
GG
It is likely just dust. Silicone has a tendency to attract dust.
However, a cautionary note for users of silicone products: While 100% silicone products are considered safe to use, many lesser quality offerings contain fillers which may not be. One test is to gently twist the product. If white appears at the twists, it likely contains fillers. 100% silicone should have no odour when heated.
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Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
I would be astonished if Jesus did anything so likely to cause discord and jealousy, actually. I mean, there's some sense in privileging three guys over the other nine on specific occasions. But one, in daily discourse?
I thinkit more likely that the ever theologically minded John was trying to make one of his trademark deep points by callimg himself by this term (you see that he never puts the phrase into Jesus' own mouth). I think he was saying that for him the most important part of his identity, more even than his own name, indeed replacing it, was the fact that Jesus loved him--"Having loved his own in the world, he loved them to the end." Jn 13 And as that verse and others make clear, John is more an example, a representative of the many beloved disciples, than a contrast as so many take it--as if he were somehow more or differently beloved than the rest, or indeed, than us. Dodi applies to you personally as much as to John. I think that is what John was trying to get at, anyway.
Sorry to go all Kerygmaniacal on you here!
It wouldn't need any help from Jesus to make the disciples jealous. Didn't they routinely squabble over who among them was the greatest?
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Fr Raphael
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Not sure if this is the right place to post this question, and I guess it has been discussed somewhere else too but some kind person please help!
Is it possible to get the Bible in a good modern translation free for Kindle?
Your prompt answer would be much appreciated. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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jedijudy
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Originally posted by Fr Raphael:
Is it possible to get the Bible in a good modern translation free for Kindle?
If you act like *now* this Bible is available for free. I just downloaded it for my Nook. There's a Kindle version, too.
Not sure where you live Fr Raphael, but hopefully this is available to you!
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
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Originally posted by Fr Raphael:
Is it possible to get the Bible in a good modern translation free for Kindle?
If you act like *now* this Bible is available for free. I just downloaded it for my Nook. There's a Kindle version, too.
Not sure where you live Fr Raphael, but hopefully this is available to you!
Fr Raphael, thank you for asking, and Jedi Judy thanks for answering. I was about to ask this as I have a new kindle ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif) Now it's a new kindle plus Bible including Apocrypha.
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Lothlorien
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It's the helpful Shipmates that make the Ship the place it is.
Yes, definitely, Huia. I saw this earlier on but forgot to come back and do anything about it. All downloaded now.
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Fr Raphael
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Oh dear. That Kindle Bible cannot be got in UK.
Glad my question helped others though
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Originally posted by Fr Raphael:
Oh dear. That Kindle Bible cannot be got in UK.
Glad my question helped others though
I can't access amazon from my work computer to check, but a while back the English Standard Version (ESV) was being offered free for the Kindle. It doesn't have the apocrypha, and it's a bit heavy on the footnotes, but I think it reads well.
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Fr Raphael
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We are looking to develop our church website.
To help we thought it would be good to have a look at a selection of 'good' websites, and some bad ones too.
Our context is Church of England parish church.
Any recommendations for good or even bad sites for us to look at, please.?
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Originally posted by Fr Raphael:
We are looking to develop our church website.
To help we thought it would be good to have a look at a selection of 'good' websites, and some bad ones too.
Our context is Church of England parish church.
Any recommendations for good or even bad sites for us to look at, please.?
Boy oh boy oh boy, that's an Eccles thread in itself. Be prepared for loud disagreements.
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Originally posted by Fr Raphael:
Any recommendations for good or even bad sites for us to look at, please.?
I would start by looking at some of the websites of churches written up in MW. They run the gamut.
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Laud-able
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You could start here at Anglicans Online - England by diocese.
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Fr Raphael
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Thanks. I'll take that on board.
Actually would really welcome being pointed to any people here like. Is good to have varied views and opinions - to stimulate thought on this one.
Does anyone use a paid designer or rather is it DIY?
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Firenze
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Originally posted by Fr Raphael:
Does anyone use a paid designer or rather is it DIY?
It is worth doing a little tendering exercise to say 5 or 6 web designers ( whom you've identified either from online searching, or because they have worked on sites you like the look of, or word of mouth). Think what you want the site to do - form follows function. Prioritise currency and ease of update - get a simple, robust CMS (Content Management System). Pay attention to Accessibility issues. Avoid Flash (unless you want iPad users to curse you).
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Fr Raphael
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Thanks Firenze. That's clearly helpful and good advice.
Do you have an example of a good well designed church website? Maybe your own - given your knowledge of all this.
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Moo
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One important point about church websites is that they need to be kept up-to-date. It doesn't look good when the 'Upcoming Events' section lists things that happened months ago.
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The other nightmare with church websites is coding for different browsers - I can get pages working on Firefox and Chrome, and safari and all the phone browsers, but Internet Explorer is a law unto itself.
As a Church of England parish, are you using A Church Near You? as something free and OK (although I hate keeping that one up-to-date)
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monkeylizard
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Originally posted by Moo:
One important point about church websites is that they need to be kept up-to-date. It doesn't look good when the 'Upcoming Events' section lists things that happened months ago.
Moo
What Moo said.
In my opinion, a bad website is worse than no website. If I'm thinking of visiting a church and their site is out of date, I'm never going to go to the church. It may be fantastic, but the website says it's lifeless. Out of date applies both to content (Spaghetti Dinner this Thursday, September 12th) and design (flashing borders and a bad MIDI soundtrack )
Get a professional and build a real site.
For you first go, keep it simple. Don't try to make it the super-mega-church site with 100 pages, 12 calendars, a Twitter feed, and an archive of sermons unless you are a super-mega church, in which case you probably already have a professional website. You can always add features and pages later as you get more comfortable with the maintenance.
If you find that you can't keep up with it and nobody else wants to either, for the love all that is good and decent, shut it down or make the main page the ONLY page and put information that almost never changes (Service times, phone numbers, address, and a nice encouraging welcome message.)
Always remember your purpose for a website. If it's generally to help attract/direct new people, then focus on regular service times and special events, especially special service times like Easter and Christmas.
Here's my church's site. We have around 8,000 members, so it's a large site with pages for all of the many active ministries and events. But notice how the main page still gives you all you need to know to make that first visit, either through the service times, or the prominent "New to BUMC?" object in the upper right.
http://www.bumc.net/
Here's an example of one that sucks:
http://www.donelsonnazarene.org/home.html
The whole page appears to be nothing but someone's Twitter feed. Then you notice the links off on the left. They're small and aren't organized for the first time visitor. Notice how "Service Times" is 7th out of 13 links. That shouldn't be a link to begin with. It should be on the main page and whoever made this should be trampled by goats.
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Firenze
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Originally posted by Fr Raphael:
Do you have an example of a good well designed church website? Maybe your own - given your knowledge of all this.
Derived mainly from working on government sites, it must be said. If you make a typo, it's a typo: if I made a typo, it was a diary item in a national newspaper. Plus nothing like being flamed by the entire Mozilla community within 12 hours of launching an iteration of site that doesn't quite work on Firefox. Ah, happy days.
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Grits
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Here's our website:
http://www.jacksonparkchurch.org/
We are a small congregation -- 300 or so on Sunday mornings -- but fairly active. Our secretary does a good job of updating the website, but she has been ill for a while, and I'm working in her place, and I don't know how to update!
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monkeylizard
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Another plus about hiring a professional is that they'll know the best ways to get your site at the top of search results.
Here's a site that shows you what not to do in page design:
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by Moo:
One important point about church websites is that they need to be kept up-to-date. It doesn't look good when the 'Upcoming Events' section lists things that happened months ago.
Moo
Delete 'church'. Webhosts should issue site admins an 'update or die' reminder monthly as a service to mankind.
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This is a question about the in-flight screens that show you the progress of the aircraft with the names and locations of various towns and air traffic control stations along the course of your route.
On the most recent flight I was on, I noticed "Alabama 1964" just off the coast of Normandy and "Egypt 1922" just off the Atlantic coast of southern Brittany. They appeared in a similar, but not identical font to the Biscay Plain, which is an undersea feature in the bay of that name.
Does anybody have any idea what these were referring to?
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Originally posted by Grits:
We are a small congregation -- 300 or so on Sunday mornings
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Sioni Sais
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Google is my friend!
It appears that a vessel named Egypt was carrying cargo including over a Ł1,000,000 in gold when she was sunk by collision with a French vessel to the south-west of Ushant (an island at the far tip of Brittany) on 20th May 1922.
I can't find details of an Alabama sunk off Normandy in 1964 but that may well have the same basis.
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Eutychus
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Google is my friend!
It appears that a vessel named Egypt was carrying cargo including over a Ł1,000,000 in gold when she was sunk by collision with a French vessel to the south-west of Ushant (an island at the far tip of Brittany) on 20th May 1922.
I bow to your superior Google-fu. I wondered if they were wrecks but couldn't find anything. I'll have to look for Alabama now. Why those ones I wonder? And why on earth on a flight map? ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif) ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
I have also learned that "Ushant" is English for Ouessant. I never knew that.
[ETA: and armed with that I found the Alabama before the edit time ran out. Thanks, Sioni!]
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Google is my friend!
It appears that a vessel named Egypt was carrying cargo including over a Ł1,000,000 in gold when she was sunk by collision with a French vessel to the south-west of Ushant (an island at the far tip of Brittany) on 20th May 1922.
I bow to your superior Google-fu. I wondered if they were wrecks but couldn't find anything. I'll have to look for Alabama now. Why those ones I wonder? And why on earth on a flight map? lconfused:
I have also learned that "Ushant" is English for Ouessant. I never knew that.
There's the possibility that only wrecks of ships that have names that could confuse, eg place names, are on these charts and the font indicates this. Where's Blackbeard - he's a seaman proper?
[eta: no wonder I couldn't find Alabama. I was looking for one in 1964!]
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
[eta: no wonder I couldn't find Alabama. I was looking for one in 1964!]
I'm afraid you'll just have to blame my eyesight for that (in my defence it was a tiny overhead screen on a less-than-new A318).
Armed with the correct date I've found a couple of airliner forum threads with a little more information, commentary and screenshots here and here. Nobody seems to have much idea why these sites should be featured except as a means to start internet discussions, though.
And another thing learned: there were naval battles in the American Civil War... just off the coast of Normandy!
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Does anyone know the difference between an Environment Agency Flood Warning and an Environment Agency Flood Alert?
For example, on this map , clicking 'flood warning areas' highlights an area with purple, then clicking on 'flood alert areas' highlights a larger area with a paler shade of purple. There is no information as to what the difference is. if you click on the information icon by 'flood warnings', it tells you that this is the area where the EA will issue flood warnings. The icon by 'flood alerts' gives exactly the same information.
There's probably a simple answer for this but the EA website is not making it easy for me to find....
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Lamb Chopped
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Birdie, try the same page but lower down, and see if it means the same thing I'm about to say about US weather.
We have "watches" and "warnings." A "watch" (equivalent to your "alert") means "Pay attention. Conditions are right for something bad to happen, but it hopefully won't."
A warning means "Do something NOW, it's already started happening (somebody saw it, it's headed your direction, etc.) and you need deal with it."
We get about four times as many watches as warnings. Most watches (alerts) never turn into warnings, but there's always the random one that does, and then becomes a disaster.
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SEPA (Scottish Environmental Protection Agency) has three levels:
Flood Alert - Flooding is possible. Be Prepared.
Flood Warning - Flooding is expected. Immediate action required.
Severe Flood Warning - Severe Flooding. Danger to life.
We get an automated phone call and text message every time we go to Flood Alert (often at 2am!) and another automated phone call when the Alert is lifted. We haven't reached Flood Warning level yet, so I don't know what happens then. However, the phone call gives advice, and this is backed up by advice on the SEPA website.
This is an opt-in system, so you might have something similar.
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I think the EA Wales system is pretty much the same as the Scottish one you describe... what I don't quite understand is that according to the EA website, there are areas where you will receive a flood alert but not a flood warning. So it that in those areas you might get the call saying be prepared for possible flooding, but not the one saying 'get out now!', which seems to me to be saying that it wouldn't really flood in those areas.
Unless! I think my mighty brain may just have grasped this now - the flood alert areas are bone where there might be flooding, but less severely than in flood warning areas, where you might have to leave your home etc.
Why don't they just say that? Honestly. (I think I had previously understood it more like LC describes, that you might get a flood alert, which might progress to a flood warning, in the same place.)
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North East Quine
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SEPA have Alerts as Amber, and Warnings as Red.
We get Flood Alerts several times a year - I regard them as a nudge to keep an eye on the website / local river level. We live right next to a park which doubles as a flood area - I can see from our upstairs window when it's flooding, but it would have to be four feet deep before the water started spilling over onto our road.
The SEPA website lets you put in your postcode for current information - so it might say, snow melt is causing high river levels at X, which will result in high river levels at your postcode at approximately 2am tomorrow.
We've never had a Flood Warning, but I'm confident the alert system means we wouldn't be caught out, we'd know the river was rising in good time to be on our guard even before getting the Warning.
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The reason the flood alert area is bigger than the flood warning area, and encloses it, is because the WHOLE area is in danger of flooding. The bits that are most in danger get the extra status of flood warning. But you'd expect that, if one guy lives in the warning zone (that is, you're certainly going under!), his neighbors a bit higher would get the alert zone (you MIGHT go under, but let's hope not--unlike your poor neighbor, who is DOOMED).
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Our wireless doorbell makes a noise like someone stood on a cat. When it does, we go and answer the door. But from time to time it goes ding-dong or plays a little tune, whereupon we ignore it, having learnt from experience that there will be no one there. Nor will there be anyone at any neighbouring door as far as we can see.
Anyone knowledgeable about the doorbell as a transmitter/ receiver? Or why these phantom rings are more euphonious than any it produced when I made the ringtone selection?
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If the ring tone selection is in the door portion, then it would transmit the sound you chose. But if other nearby houses use transmitters on the same frequency you could hear their doorbells transmitting different tones.
So the question becomes, are there other neighbours close enough who also have wireless doorbells? You could take a tour of the area ringing all the bells and see which ones you hear.
Depending on the frequency of operation, there could be transmitters for other purposes that you can hear also. But the sounds you describe do sound as though they would come from a doorbell.
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My psrents' doorbell goes off if we use the remote unlocking car bleeper thing too close to the front door, presumably they're on the same frequency but I have no idea how this works.
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lilBuddha
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Odd, the wireless door chimes I am acquainted with have a physical switch to select tone, generally in the chime box. One would assume this would cause a false chime of the tone you have chosen rather than a different tone.
ETA: Some boxed have multiple zones to accommodate different entrances. Perhaps one of those is being triggered.
ISTM, general warning zones for flooding are wider than the danger zone because they may experience secondary difficulties rather than any direct flooding themselves. I could be wrong, though.
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Firenze
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Originally posted by Carex:
If the ring tone selection is in the door portion, then it would transmit the sound you chose. But if other nearby houses use transmitters on the same frequency you could hear their doorbells transmitting different tones.
So the question becomes, are there other neighbours close enough who also have wireless doorbells? You could take a tour of the area ringing all the bells and see which ones you hear.
Depending on the frequency of operation, there could be transmitters for other purposes that you can hear also. But the sounds you describe do sound as though they would come from a doorbell.
I agree, I think we're hearing other people's doorbells (and do they hear ours?). I'm just wondering what the range can be. From my window, I can see our own front door - and pretty well every other house on the block: it's not a particularly high- density area - late 19th/ early 20th C with gardens - and there is never anyone at another door. (Cue Creepy Music).
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Creepy indeed. The Case of the Haunted Doorbell sounds like a good one. Who knows how many invisible beings may already have been inadvertently admitted, or extraterrestrials who have taken up residence in the attic (noticed any strange sounds from above lately)? One for Stephen Moffatt, methinks.
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As long as the poltergeist/aliens answer themselves: it's the running all the way down the stairs to end up gazing in wild surmise at the empty path that bugs me.
I should look at the receiver on the landing: if it is really our doorbell, there's a flashing light besides the trodden cat noise.
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How long is it since mumps was seen commonly in children in the UK? The reason I ask is I took Groover (age 7) to the doctor today because he's got swelling, redness and raised glands in one side of his face and neck. He's had both his MMR vaccinations, but I (and his school) wondered about mumps. The doctor doesn't feel it is mumps, and I was happy with what he said about it, but it made me wonder how often GPs see mumps these days, especially as the doctor we saw looked really young - certainly no older than 30.
I managed not to ask him when he last saw a case of mumps, but I had to bite my tongue a bit.
I have also discovered, on writing this post, is that mumps is one of those words which sounds odder and odder the more you come across it.
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The same lymph glands can swell up with all sorts of infections. I had mumps when I was 7 and then had (still have) glands swelling up whenever I got an infection. It's what makes you ache in every joint at moments. For me it was/is just a sign of a nasty infection.
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Originally posted by birdie:
How long is it since mumps was seen commonly in children in the UK?
Last epidemic was 2005/6, with some tens of thousands of notified cases, but only a few thousand laboratory-confirmed (that doesn't mean they weren't genuine - doctors will start treatment for a potentially serious disease like mumps without getting the lab tests done). Numbers fell to almost none at all in the 1990s, rose to 2005, peaked,then fell a little. There are still a few hundred a year, more than there were in the 1980s and 1990s.
The figures are in links from this web page
Blame the vile anti-science propaganda of the Daily Mail and their cronies.
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Originally posted by ken:
Blame the vile anti-science propaganda of the Daily Mail and their cronies.
I do, I do. In fact I did, in the conversation, much to the Doctor's amusement.
What made me wonder was that he was quite... tentative... when he was saying it wasn't mumps. It just made me wonder how often he might see it.
(I am pretty sure it's not what Groover's got - mainly because he's pretty perky. I remember having mumps and it was frigging miserable.)
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My son had mumps after his MMR - I was the one saying it can't be. The doctor said the MMR didn't necessarily prevent people catching the disease, but it would only be in a milder form. (My sister's 2 children both had rubella after their MMR).
One of the TAs at school was complaining about her glands being swollen - probably mumps I said. I was right
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