Did you get a flu shot?

[Doug Garson]

I get the ‘Flu shot every year, and have for many years. Plus, the Shingle’s shot series.

During my lifetime I have:

... as a young boy - carried mercury in a vial n my pocket so I could impress girls by rolling it around on the palm of my hand

... as a boy - smoked cigarettes (but not for the past 75 years)

... as a boy - cast lead soldiers in home-made plaster of Paris molds (without wearing a mask)

... as a boy - cut up sheets of asbestos to lay newly cast lead soldiers on (without masks)

... as a boy - painted lead soldiers using lead based paints

... lifelong - chewed on thousands of lead painted wooden pencils

... lifelong - wiped down thousands of wood objects using turpentine (no gloves or masks)

... lifelong woodworking - breathed in untold quantities of saw dust (no mask)

I am ninety years old (soon to be 91). You have to be lucky (and not very smart?!)

Wow you were a bad boy, glad you survived it. Just noted your number of posts (90) matches your age, quick make at least 10 more posts.

[Brian Elfert]

... as a boy - cut up sheets of asbestos to lay newly cast lead soldiers on (without masks)

I think you have been lucky on this one. A co-worker of mine died in his 40s from asbestos exposure. He never handled asbestos in his life, but lived near an asbestos mine as a youth.

[carey mitchell]

I got one. I have never had the flu in my life, I get a cold about once in 5 years. Buuut, as easy as it is to get, at no cost, there's no point in tempting fate.