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The injection everyone in the UK had in year 8 for generations. Maybe you didn't have it. I can't remember which disease it was supposed to be for. But everyone who had it has a permanent scar on their left arm.

TBC

I'm going to keep wearing my Alpine hat and I'm going to drink my tea out of a stein. I'm going to do things anyway, anyhow, anywhere I choose from now on.

There's an old hippie at my clubhouse who keeps on saying that Oktoberfest is over. As I said in the post above, I'm going to do things my way.

Christmas music playing already on the radio at work now. Come on, it's only November.

It was for tuberculosis. I was the only person in my class at school who didn't have it, as my mother had some sort of obsession that it was dangerous. I was angry about that at the time, and still am in fact. I think they stopped doing the immunization programme quite a few years ago, supposedly because TB is no longer a threat.

Oh TB

I didn't have mine either

We just called it the TB injection when I was at school

During my absence from here but esp. during a bit over the past year I've gotten 'hooked' onto the 'on the spectrum' nigh-stereotype of fondness for a certain fictional character who's got relevant staying power beyond my toddler days.

I love you Thomas for helping us not forget about the importance of trains but Sonic's track has really been making gains lately.

Oh where to start ?

'Historically' I've always been more of a Mario and Donkey Kong person video game-wise, I've found the animated takes throughout the years and goodness knows how I've always been aware of Archie era comics but whereas before it was one of my cousins who followed much of that, I caught up by reading a certain encyclopedia, nicely detailed regarding the Archie era sometime before Mighty finds his sister Matilda.

*even Underground which I remember finding enjoyable during a stay w/my grandparents despite how mixed to negative the reception was-- I can see where it's coming from

This isn't really the best spot to gush on about what I've picked up on, from recent experiences, video essays, Reddit ventures etc but I'd like to be upfront about this: as cool as the 'movement orientation' of the games and entailed level designs are in paving the franchise's fam, I barely have ever played much of Sonic and in this lifestyle and priorities which leaves an 'overwhelming and complicated to navigate through' emulator modded console dust-gathering corner I doubt that I'll get around to it anytime soon.

We called it the BCG injection for some reason. I don't know what that stands for.

I remember I kept worrying about it turning me autistic, because the last time there was an injection day the school nurse suddenly phoned my mum and told her not to let me have it in case it "made Asperger's worse". Yep, the s**t that comes from having a diagnosis in childhood meant I was often singled out like this. So all the kids without diagnoses had their injections except me. So when the BCG injection day was coming I kept fretting and panicking about it, thinking it was going to vanish my social skills forever. I think by then the vaccines causes autism BS was proven wrong. I wanted the BCG injection though so that I could be like everyone else. I had it done and I was fine, still could talk and look people in the eye lol.

The other day I found out it's a popular misconception that everyone in the Middle Ages thought cats were evil and demonic and that there were cat massacres. And this was after I posted on Facebook after seeing a comic that joked that cats in medieval times were hard working, devout Christians but now they're lazy atheists. Now I really dumb and like I've been spreading misinformation on FB, even though it's not as bad as the garbage posted by the antivaxxers and MAGA maggots.

This is fantastic, CockneyRebel! So glad you're feeling this way.

I'm sure nobody thinks you were spreading misinformation, lostonearth35. I am ignorant, but I don't see anything silly in the comic you posted? (Besides the joke itself obviously :p) I think cats were probably perceived in a variety of different ways.

Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate!

I wonder how many stray cats are at large in the world

Shall I make some chips for my dinner

A bit of chocolate would go down nicely about now