[LoloLibia]

Owdumlad & Er Indoors,
Remembering what we all managed to put away whilst you were here, and that's outside of your AI!!! You're probably suffering from the Presidente Flu, the Brugal Flu, the Vino Tinto Flu and any other you care to mention! We feel like that every morning!!! It's tough in the tropics!!
Now get back to work and stop feeling sorry for yourself?
Peter & Alex

[jakitula]

See this flu also confuses you about the dates .... LOL . I meant to say the 24th August ....

[CaseyFronczekHomie]

One of my favorite words is MALARKY, a polite way to say Bull S_it. That is my reply to the statement that because Dominicans don't eat enough fresh veggies nor drink enough water they are prone to getting the flu. I too live here and note what they eat. Our vegatable market in Samana is usually mobbed. And regarding the flu here in the DR: do you notice that the outbreaks just happen to coincide with peak tourist influx times twice a year? Think about it.

Tourists from all over the world visit the DR and they bring all kinds of bugs/flu strains with them. And flying in an enclosed airplane with 300 people all exhaling these wonderful little microbes is also a good way to get infected.

I also found the same to be true at the start of the school year when students return from summer vacation. Ask any teacher and they will tell you that they usually get the flu in September after exposure to the little darlings. I taught college and many of our students came from different parts of the US and again, always brought their bugs with them. September's flu exposure was always one of the joys of teaching we all looked forward to, about as much as we looked forward to a dose of the plague. And although good health does increase natural resistance, most severe strains blow right past it. Kiss someone with the flu? Absolutely not, even is she is Miss Universe.

[Erossycuc]

I love the names given to the strains of flus down there. I remember when "Kosovo" (how un-PC) made its rounds, and I myself was stricken with "El Aplastador" and the dreaded "El Paquetazo", named for the unpopular new taxes. Hee.