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By Paul Fosh, property auctioneer
need a holiday, I’m tired, peanuts which are of course a
really tired. After adding an must.I
extra auction this year I So back to UK just as the
managed to fit in a two week media are reporting on new
break in the hectic summer guidelines from the Department
auction schedule. A last minute of Health and furore over the
family holiday was booked and I topic is at a high! Since the
was looking forward to rest, National Pandemic Flu Service
relaxation and reading many of launched in July you can now be
the unfinished books by my assessed online
bedside. (www.pandemicflu.direct.gov.uk)
There wasn’t that much if you have symptoms such as a
interest in swine flu as we left temperature above 38 degrees
the UK for Turkey, indeed bird flu as well as any of list here dry
would’ve been more cough, sore throat, runny nose,
appropriate, and everything was joint pain, tiredness or others.
pointing towards something akin Then if required you get an
to seasonal flu. authorisation number which can
I tried to avoid swine flu, be used to collect antivirals.
especially as I’m asthmatic, by Anyway, as the only person I
following government know to come home from an all
guidelines: get exercise by inclusive holiday and lost weight
walking to the bar, I put lime in I’m pleased that the weekly
my bottle of beer (fruit), celery weigh in at the office showed an
in my Bloody Mary (veggies) and 8lb weight lose, so at least I’m
sat outside in the fresh air after not such a porker!
eliminating stress by socialising And being back at the office I
and laughing, after all I deserved was pleased with official
rest. national figures that show
But after a couple of days of compared to same period last
feeling unwell, which is normal if year, in Wales, the number of
I am feeling run down, but houses available for sale at
teamed with an unbelievably auction has decreased but the
high temperature (peaking at number of lots sold has
39.9 you know) I went for tests. increased dramatically to an
It was official – news from average of 72 per cent across
Istanbul – I had swine flu! the Principality showing that
I’m going to be a bit of a auctioneers are pricing
boar now and although this properties with the vendor and
diary often looks at the brighter purchaser in mind.
side of life without discussing As house prices are down
more in depth issues, swine flu turnover has remained the same
was horrible; I had a worryingly as last year, but it could’ve been
high temperature, totally lacking a lot worse. It’s reassuring that
in energy so was put on a drip although our office has seen its
and kept in isolation for five way through this time in a
days. The hospital, insurance difficult property market the
company and hotel though were industry as a whole appears to
all fantastic. be looking up.
After being dismissed from So with no tan or time to
hospital we walked through the relax, other than in hospital
hotel reception in the obligatory attached to drips I think I need a
masks and were effectively holiday.
under house arrest in the room
for a further two days until we
knew whether we were cured or Paul Fosh is managing director
not to home again (cue pigs of Paul Fosh Auctions. The next
might fly jokes!) we could use auctions at the Park Inn, Cardiff
room service as much as we at 5pm are September 10 and
liked, pork scratchings were off October 22.
menu but there were plenty of
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