Michael,
Hope this isn’t the poultry flu that infected you and then your computer!?? We’ll all have to chip in and get you one of those indestructible pc’s that runs on vacuum tubes.

     by DarkoV on November 2, 2006 at 5:21 am

Same thing here. Except sniff and wipe this time.

The switch from 25 degrees in Serbia to 0 in Austria kills me.

Get well soon!

     by novala on November 2, 2006 at 12:20 pm

Naaah, the bird flu is comming back in full swing in ten days when we’ll celebrate St. Martin’s. There’ll be dead birds galore! Until then, Michael, try this: Colrex, Angal S and hot tea. It’s not unlike the anti-bird-flu cocktail and it does the trick for me every time.

Oh, and thanks for the promo!

     by pengovsky on November 2, 2006 at 12:21 pm

serbialives.blogspot.com/
Check out this new blog, quite opinionated by the looks of it.

     by safina on November 3, 2006 at 12:25 am

Yeah the flu, it’s here in the gulag already too, my poor little grandbabies have been sick as dogs!

GET WELL! Rakija is the secret weapon, heated red wine does some good too.

@Pengovsky, had a shufti over there at your new place, didn’t understand too much of it, but it looks good!

     by Katja on November 3, 2006 at 4:01 am

My blog is of possible interest to about three people, but since this is a good opportunity to plug it, here’s the link:

I recently added some photos of Michael Palin on Mangart.

     by WorldWide Update on November 3, 2006 at 9:55 am

^^ As you can guess, my post was not supposed to look like this, but the link still works.

BTW, get well soon, Michael (Michael M., that is, not Palin).

     by WorldWide Update on November 3, 2006 at 9:57 am

@Katja: Yeah, I know… I’m thinking about switching to English, but I somewhat doubt my English is up to standards. Perhaps I will do English posts on odd days and Slovene on even ones. Like Milka Planinc with her “par-nepar” policy.

     by pengovsky on November 3, 2006 at 10:12 am

I don’t know what it is with Milka Planinc these days, she seems to be everywhere. Like here: ubipacijentic.mojblog.co.yu/
Other then that, it’s below zero in Serbia today too

     by Shambolic Symbolic on November 3, 2006 at 1:48 pm

I guess it’s the Pavlov reflex… Whenever cold sets in people remember the energy crisis of the late 70’s, then remember the “par-nepar” policy and viola! Milka Planinc It wasn’t such a long walk, afterall

     by pengovsky on November 3, 2006 at 2:46 pm

P.S.: I’ve joined Michael M. in the “sick in action” category… Have delevoped an ill-mannered case of angina.

     by pengovsky on November 3, 2006 at 2:49 pm

Here’s a blog that might be of interest:

neretvariver.blogspot.com/

     by zagreb on November 3, 2006 at 3:49 pm

Pengovsky: When my mom had a sore throat, she asked her American doctor if it could be a case of angina, surprising him to no end. You see, the term “angina” in English refers to angina pectoris, while what we call “angina” in Slovenia (”angina tonsillaris” in Latin) is actually tonsillitis.

So unless you are currently suffering from a serious heart condition, you probably don’t have angina.

BTW, thanks for the link!

     by WorldWide Update on November 3, 2006 at 5:21 pm

@WWU: But of course… One more reason on my part not to blog in English Apparently I didn’t learn anything while dating a doctor

     by pengovsky on November 3, 2006 at 6:38 pm

@Katja - I tried the Rakija. Cold didn’t get any better. (Or is the Rakija’s job to just not let it get worse?)

     by novala on November 3, 2006 at 8:10 pm

Actually, the proper procedure with rakija is to get stiff drunk. The following morning you are either sick as a dog or completely cured. There’s no middle ground

     by pengovsky on November 4, 2006 at 12:52 am

The rakija middle ground is to stay blind drunk so you don’t even care whether you’re sick as a dog or cured! Either way, your mind’s off that damned cold!

     by Jeremy on November 4, 2006 at 11:46 pm

Are you ill.I hope you get better soon.I miss your writing:)

     by Igor on November 5, 2006 at 2:13 pm