On BBC news this morning they were talking about a 99 year old war veteran whose strength, fortitude and fighting spirit got him through Covid. Don't they realise this sort of talk is bad? (View Post)

I'm not sure, just something I am sure I have seen. A quick Google brings up plenty of studies saying it doesn't affect survival rates from cancer although it might affect how you feel. I c… (View Post)

I thought it was well known that mental attitude can have an effect on how you survive illness. (View Post)

I flew home from Cyprus on 16 March. On my scheduled flight, as it happens, but they had just closed Cyprus to tourists, closed restaurants and bars, and given hotels 6 days notice to close. It was p… (View Post)

Gammon is of course a term of racial abuse (it refers to fat white men who go pink in the sun) it amuses me when all these woke people use it (View Post)