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02/23/2007 Entry: "Be careful what you wish for..."
A week before the Avian flu outbreak at the Bernard Matthews' turkey farm in Norfolk, a leaving lunch was held to celebrate the retirement of the British Meat Producers Association director, Peter Scott.
During the lunch, a speech was given by the BMPA President, commending Scott for his tenacity, "steering the industry through BSE, Foot & Mouth Disease and classical swine fever", and quipped "the only thing missing is Asian flu, which starts to look like a weakness in your CV".
On the 2rd February, the day after the MMPA made the press release about Scott's retirement, the Matthews' outbreak was confirmed as H5N1.
I'll bet this BMPA person wants to eat his words... just remember to cook them properly, as recommended by the Food Standards Agency.
Why do I tell this story?
Well, the network I look after at work is having some problems, and I think I cursed myself similarly!
A couple of weeks ago, I was commenting to someone I was glad we had two networks (for redundancy), as one was having problems. This week, while one network is still sick, the other network starts throwing a wobbly too.
I decided to cancel a planned trip and stay local... of course, once I'd done that, things have started to calm down again!
