I think it is mild case which is good.

Its a shame its lovely weather here now and he can't get out for a few days. But its good it wasn't in term time.

Plus he can't eat much that needs chewing as its too painful and when you're his age you usually eat a lot..


>I hope he is fortunate and it is a mild case and he gets better fast! It's no fun with a sick child no matter how old they are!
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>>Did he not get the MMR vaccine? Yes (thats a double negative).
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>>Is he immunocompromised ? Not sure what you mean by that ?
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>>Yes its not a good age to get it. He doesn't seem too bad and I am throwing him ice packs.
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>>>Did he not get the MMR vaccine? Is he immunocompromised ? Here you cannot get into school without proof of the MMR vaccine (2 of them). Mumps at 20 for men is risky....
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>>>>He's 20. its his easter break from university
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>>>>Yes we could do with subtitles in places but as I've just being watching bits of The Wire with him I'm used to watching things where I often haven't a clue what people are saying.
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>>>>>>Whats a peabody?
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>>>>>"The George Foster Peabody Awards (Peabody Awards) are annual, international awards for excellence in radio and television broadcasting. They honor distinction and achievement within the fields of broadcast journalism, documentary film making, educational and children's programming, and entertainment. First awarded in 1941 for programs from the previous year, they are one of the oldest honors in electronic media. "
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>>>>>>The opener Fire in the Hole seemed quite slapstick.
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>>>>>>My son has mumps so we where looking for something for him to pass the time and I knew I'd seen favourable references to it somewhere. Must have been you.
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>>>>>How old is your son? It has lighter moments but I would not expect slapstick. Very character driven. Not sure how the accents sit on London ears ( as I've said my wife has trouble with any Northern British or even the downstairs in Upstairs Downstairs. )
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>>>>>>>IMO, Justified is brilliant ( just got a Peabody ) This season's story arc has included a remarkable performance by Margo Martindale as Mags Bennett, the matriarch of a Kentucky crime family
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>>>>>>>http://www.tvguide.com/News/Roush-Review-Hackers-1031510.aspx?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=imdb&profileid=01
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>>>>>>>Tuesday night she had everyone up to her place for a "whoop-de-doo".
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>>>>>>>I suppose I have an affection for this show and these people because in some ways they are my people ( though over on the West Virginia side of the border ) "My people came to this mountain when George Washington was President. We've got our own ways, our own life"
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>>>>>>>It's very very good stuff.
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>>>>>>>>I was recording it for a while and then realized I had recorded a number of episodes without watching any of them. I just am not in the habit of watching TV shows, although I am assured there are some very good ones. The TV is a fancy one and about all I watch on it are DVDs and sports, and not really so much of those.
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>>>>>>>>Maybe I will give "Justified" another shot when it hits DVD. The TV series I do watch tend to be that way, watched in bunches on DVD. And I know two of the characters on Justified were on other shows I liked (Timothy Olyphant from "Deadwood" and Walton Goggins from "The Shield").
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>>>>>>>>>Charles yells backhoe and the client give him a plastic trowel.
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>>>>>>>>>Are you a Justified watcher. I watched the pilot "Fire in the Hole" last night and we couldn't decide wether it was good or bad.
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>>>>>>>>>>I think most of us feel that way. Unfortunately we don't always have that luxury given timeframes and budgets.
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>>>>>>>>>>>Of course I'm the kind of guy who looks at a kludgy app and yells "Backhoe !" <bg>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>I agree. My conference sessions this year are all about making the right decisions and how we can do things correctly. One presentation is called "Software Gardening". It starts out by discussing that software development is not like construction, but more like gardening. Code needs to be nurtured, pruned, replanted, and sometimes composted. I've seen statistics that the average application is rewritten every four versions. And it's mainly because the care and nurturing of the code wasn't there.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>That's why I tend to favor rewrites over fixits if the app I'm supposed to fix is fundamentally flawed - or was just never really designed but was just cobbled together. When I did a lot of VFP rescue work, I ran into resistance until I demonstrated that with a framework in place and a revisiting of requirements it was often cheaper and definitely yielded a better result to just do it right.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sometimes the old app - or code - isn't bad so much as the design is inappropriate and is something one will just have to keep fighting if you don't take a step back and fix it. A bad code module can be refactored, but a bad data design is forever <s>