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I think people used to be scared of this new technology breaking aeroplanes and maybe they just left the rules in place on some airlines.
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I use airplane mode when on a Cruise Ship!
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Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:41 am Flu Jabs.
Ive been having annual flu jabs since before covid and within 4 weeks I have always got the flu
No, you had a bad cold. I used to think the same as you, until one year I really did have the flu. It's another ball game altogether - I could actually understand how people could die of it. I now know I've only had flu once in my life and I never want to have it again.
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Fiona T wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:21 am Airplane mode
The last couple of flights I've been on they've also asked you to alert the crew if your electronic device starts to emit smoke. I wonder what people used to do? About as likely as a conflagration in a petrol station from someone using a phone while filling their car.
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David Williams wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:40 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:41 am Flu Jabs.
Ive been having annual flu jabs since before covid and within 4 weeks I have always got the flu
No, you had a bad cold. I used to think the same as you, until one year I really did have the flu. It's another ball game altogether - I could actually understand how people could die of it. I now know I've only had flu once in my life and I never want to have it again.
I've had flu and Pneumonia in the past.
It could have been covid as I was wiped out for 2 days with full body ache and a high temperature.
I still have a cold, runny nose, phlegm on chest.

Ive always assumed a flu jab protects you against some strains of the flu but not all
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The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum
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I think the deathwatchness of it is fine. It just has the wrong title.
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Callum Todd wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:27 pm The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum
Maybe it's fixable it needs editing to from 2017
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Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:21 pm
Callum Todd wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:27 pm The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum
Maybe it's fixable
The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:25 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:21 pm
Callum Todd wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:27 pm The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum
Maybe it's fixable
The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.
I'd forgotten who started this thread
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Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:48 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:25 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:21 pm

Maybe it's fixable
The thread-starter can change it, but as people who follow deaths will know, that's now impossible. A moderator probably could.
I'd forgotten who started this thread
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Spa days. Pay £150 to visit a swimming pool you can't actually swim in and sit around in a dressing gown chatting to your mates. People love them so perhaps I'm missing something. Doing one next week so will see if I can be persuaded but strongly suspect it will confirm my views!
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Fiona T wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:24 pm Spa days. Pay £150 to visit a swimming pool you can't actually swim in and sit around in a dressing gown chatting to your mates. People love them so perhaps I'm missing something. Doing one next week so will see if I can be persuaded but strongly suspect it will confirm my views!
I always thought that nobody actually pays for their own spa days unless its a group thing.
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