My Flu Experience Beats Yours
A humorous complaint about a severe flu season with vivid, exaggerated symptoms and social annoyance. The narrator laments televised sniffles, chills, and aching joints while joking about extreme discomfort and fake attempts to power through the illness.
Mortician Plans for Terminal Handy Persons Stir Personal Reflections
Erma Bombeck muses on illness and friendship in a lighthearted column note from the Aiken Standard. The piece blends humor with longing for care and a telethon in the author’s name. It references a mortician and DIY casket plans as a metaphor amid talk of hope and compassion.
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The GAO says the FAA hasn’t moved fast enough to meet a 1990 airport security law. Improvements exist but key areas need further action including a study of how terrorist groups might breach security at airports. FAA spokeswoman notes steps taken and pending high priority recommendations.
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