Old Weather Forum

I expect someone has already posted a link to this article in the Guardian, but as I have failed to find it anywhere... "Sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack information" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/17/sperm-whales-in-19th-century-shared-ship-attack-informat...

I just had a slightly sore arm the following day after I had my vaccination. I like some mild side effects personally, makes me think the vaccine is going to work!

Sorry, I haven't made myself clear. He did indeed mention the risk of exposure and transmission. The point the guy was making was that, even allowing for the far greater risk of exposure in younger age groups, the over-70's are just so much more likely to die of COVID-19 if they catch it, that this ...

I know you're in Scotland and things may be different from here in England. But I thought the Prime Minister's promise that all 70's and over would be vaccinated by the middle of February applied to the whole of the UK? (And, yes, I do know what the PM's promises are worth ... ) I heard an interesti...

Ah well, what I feared, we are heading for Scottish Tier 4 restrictions from Friday. We'll stay in there for at least 3 weeks with a carrot of some easing over Christmas. Don't think the 'easing' will help me very much apart from shopping, which I am keeping to essentials although I did drop in to ...

I've decided just to let my hair grow until things get back to normal, but it's really straggly now and the cut has totally lost its shape. I've been trying to cut my fringe though, and it looked OK the first couple of times, but the most recent effort was a bit of a disaster and I currently seem to...

My stepfather has developed a test for a certain gene inherited from Neanderthals, where having two bad copies (chromosomes come in pairs) means you are more heavily affected than normal if you get COVID-19. Me, my mom and younger brother all took the test - we each have one good and one bad copy, ...