Crazy lucky?

Or plain bad luck?

Last night, my dad decided to make a full back-up of his laptop, since we'll be leaving for vacation soon. He makes the back-up, he finishes the back-up, he removed the external hard drive, he opens his outlook express...

... and the poor thing dies a horrible sudden death. Seriously. About 15 minutes after the back up was completed! So, instead of setting my dad up with baby sitting (sister-and-me-thing, dun ask), we were forced to buy a new laptop for him today.

Seriously. I want that thing.

And guess what... my dad immediately offered me to switch my laptop for his! So he has the old one and I have the sparkly new one!

NO WAY, DAD!

You ALWAYS take hand-me-downs, you always put yourself in the back. YOU EARNED THIS!

Other than that, I bought a few movies (bargain bin; love that place) and... a Turtle Mobile Phone Strap! YES, a TURTLE! Already love it =D Turns out it can also be used to clean your photo camera... well, that's not special. You can also use your shirt for that *rolls eyes* Or avoid the whole 'fingers on the preview screen' thing. *rolls eyes again*

My cold seems to be in the last phase. 2 people at work were really paranoid about it. Not about the Mexican/Swine Flu... or maybe they were. Well, I'm taking DOUBLE precautions this time, because if you have a cold, it's easier to get a flu. I was my hand almost four times more than usual, I stay away from people and if I cough or sneeze, I turn away from people/and or the things that are regularly touched (like door handles). And at work, I use my tablet, instead of my mouse (because it's better for my wrist) so the mouse stays clean. So, that only leaves the keyboard and thanks to my accidental slip of the disinfective hand wash, that thing is now clean as well XD.
I don't want to infect ANYONE, and especially not now. But to do five steps back when I release a single sneeze, or to ask if I have washed my hands after every sneeze (that's why I brought disinfective gel, people!), is so overreacting. And annoying.

I even said to one of the two paranoids: "Do you have such poor health/resistance that you worry about a simple cold?!"

Thousands of people die each year because of a common flu. Nobody talks about that, but now that the Mexican/Swine Flue has appeared, people get paranoid. I believe the chance you die of a normal, common flu 0.2 %, if I read correctly at the National Health Center (RIVM?). The chance you die of the Mexican Flu is 0.4 %! Yes, twice as much, I know, I can count, but still... it's less than 1 % chance you die of this flu! That means that you have a 99% chance of survival!

I'm not saying people should stop caring about it or ignore all safetly/health precautions, but a tiny bit less paranoid would be great.

I'm having a COLD people. ONLY A COLD.