Update

WANTED: Peaches Park (a.k.a. The Food Bandit)

uhhhgh...

Another One Bites the Dust

1. Men and women differ in every cell of their bodies. This difference in the chromosome combination is the basic cause of development into either maleness or femaleness.
2. Woman has greater constitutional vitality, perhaps because of this chromosome difference. Normally, in the United States, she outlives man by three or four years.
3. The sexes differ in their basal metabolism—that of woman being normally lower than that of man.
4. They differ in skeletal structure, woman having a shorter head, broader face, chin less protruding, shorter legs and longer trunk. Boys' teeth last longer than do those of girls.
5. Women have a larger stomach, kidneys, liver and appendix, and smaller lungs.
6. In functions, women have several very important ones totally lacking in man—menstruation, pregnancy, lactation. All of these influence behavior and feelings. The same gland behaves differently in the two sexes--thus woman's thyroid is larger and more active; it enlarges during pregnancy but also during menstruation; it makes her more prone to goiter, provides resistance to cold, and is associated with the smooth skin, relatively hairless body, and thin layer of subcutaneous fat, which are important elements in the concept of personal beauty. It also contributes to emotional instability--she laughs and cries more easily.
7. Woman's blood contains more water and 20 percent fewer red cells. Since these supply oxygen to the body cells, she tires more easily and is more prone to faint. When the working day in British factories, under wartime conditions, was increased from 10 to 12 hours, accidents involving women increased 150 percent; involving men, not at all.
8. In brute strength, men are 50 percent above women.
9. Woman's heart beats more rapidly (80, vs. 72 for men); blood pressure (10 points lower than man) varies from minute to minute; but she has much less tendency to high blood pressure--at least until after the menopause.
10. Her vital capacity or breathing power is lower.
11. She stands high temperature better than does man; metabolism slows down less.}

flu shot

I urge everyone to gogo...and get 'em if you're not allergic!  There's no shortage as far as I'm aware of...in hospitals, drug stores, and docs offices...you'll danka-me later ;)  esp. to those who are prone to sickess/flu/immunosuppressed...