Shameless self-promotion

[Eddie Teach]

Pffft, you should make her listen to something like the Macarena or Who Let the Dogs Out? 

[Brazen]

What's "gift aid"?

I bet it is a tax thing.

Yup, the charity can claw back the income tax you paid.

[Brazen]

Meri and Kat, you join the World's Awesomest People list 

The Distance is a bit slow. Maiden's "Run For The Hills" would be great, but may make my lungs explode!

[Brazen]

MIM and Mrs MIM: 

[katmai]

I didn't say Maiden I said Floyd!

[Martinus]

I hope all the fat cat Jewish lawyers will donate too.

[katmai]

I hope all the fat cat Jewish lawyers will donate too.

All?

I thought we only have 3

[Barrister]

I hope all the fat cat Jewish lawyers will donate too.

All?

I thought we only have 3

I can only think of two...

[katmai]

I hope all the fat cat Jewish lawyers will donate too.

All?

I thought we only have 3

I can only think of two...

Sigh...
the LZC consists of
Malthus
Rasputin
Joan Keynes Movement

[Barrister]

Keynes - that's who I forgot.

[Brazen]

I hope all the fat cat Jewish lawyers will donate too.

It evidently takes more than that kind of cajoling. Do we have any dirt on them?

Come on, you don't want to be shown up by a gay gentile Polish lawyer, do you?

[Barrister]

I'm neither rich nor Jewish, but I'll see what I can do tonight...

[Brazen]

Gathered just over £100 from the old boys at dad's club last night.

Posted a version of the following in TBR, but no apologies for recycling.

Alzheimer's is more horrible than you can ever imagine. My mum had early onset Alzheimer's, whose first symptoms appeared even before she retired, and she suffered from the condition for 10 years. Over this time she gradually forgot my name, a lifetime of memories together and, eventually, who I was altogether. Through the early stages she knew exactly what was happening to her - every word misplaced, every face forgotten, every task done wrong - and came to hate every day.

Dementia charities are massively underfunded. Despite the fact 10% of people over 65 and 50% of those over 85 will suffer, for every £6 given to cancer charities in the UK, just £1 goes to Alzheimer's. This is despite the fact that financial cost of dementia in the UK comes to over £17 billion.

Sadly, much of the reason is because it's swept under the carpet and not talked about, much like cancer 40 years ago. People with the condition can exhibit embarrassing behaviour, be hard to control, and even smelly, despite the efforts of exasperated carers trying to wrangle a reluctant fully-grown adult.

There is currently no cure and the drugs presently available only temporarily slow worsening of symptoms for about six to 12 months. That's if you can get hold of them. Many doctors are reluctant to prescribe them as they are so expensive and do so little.

Some people maintain that Alzheimer's disease is not fatal, but it has no survivors. As parts of the brain die and can no longer support body functions, people succumb to related conditions - pneumonia from inhaling rather than swallowing food, for instance.

Hopefully the efforts of the like of Terry Pratchett, who was recently diagnosed with the condition and presented a Richard Dimbleby lecture on it, and Tony Robinson, whose mother had the condition and who delivered the lecture, will go some way towards raising public awareness and understanding.

I don't take on this Marathon lightly - I am, let's say, past my physical prime and on the longest runs every step for the last hour is agony - but if my efforts can raise some cash towards research that might one day lead to some people not having to go through what my family did, it will be worth it.

[Sophie Scholl]

Going to try to scrape together some cash for this.  Sorry to hear about your mother.  My grandmother is getting rather deep in as well.  It's a terrible thing to watch and know that there's almost nothing that you can do.

[Eochaid]

Mrs Eochaid would like to know if you'd be OK if she circulated the link inside her company.

She works for a big internet company and they usually raise quite a bit of money this way...

Kevin