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A few months back, florence90 got scarlet fever, and I pointed out to her that no one has sensibly had that since the 20th century began. It's clearly an illness suffered by droopy heroines in Victorian novels.

However. The onset of cold weather has reminded me that I'm just as bad. Every year, without fail, I spend most of winter with chilblains.

Now, according to the Forgotten English desk calendar I had a few years back, "chilblains" is in the ranks of the forgotten. I don't know if that's quite true, but really - all winter you hear people grumbling about coughs and colds and the like; chilblains are never mentioned. Lemsip constantly bring out new, improved snazzy cold cures. I see no miracle Chil-Go gracing the shelves of Boots-the-Disappearing-Chemists.

Is there anyone else in the world, anywhere, who also has skin which hasn't realised that chilblains are so last century ?

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And in general, I thought I had reasonable circulation.

And hullo, welcome back. I hope you haven't gone a funny colour too ? Let me know if/when you're about this weekend, so I can be regaled at some point with tales of your doings in forn parts...