Love it, scorp
Agree with cunty on the food thing although I wasn't planning on eating raw shellfish (eww). You know, after Sept 11th more additional Americans have died on the roads through travelling by road instead of flying than actually died on the day itself. Understanding risk is something not many people can do - I know I find it hard - but at the same time I try to look at as much info as possible and make my own decisions. Meaning, while I am not going to choose to eat blue cheese (well I wouldn't anyway, it's mouldy and yucky) I'm not going to beat myself up if I accidentally had some either by forgetting or not realising it was in a product. And I think that what winds me up is that the info is so misunderstood that so many poor, poor women have a totally stressful time without good reason.
I'm still gonna cross the road even though I may get hit by a car, but I made the decision with littlecarrot to stop horseriding because that was the right decision for me - but fully supported my friend who rode until she was about 7 or 8 months.
I'm now trying to decide whether to go on the offroading (Landy) course bought for me by YOB for my birthday . Probably will, and soon, so there's no extra weight to bounce around.
I think that bessie is right to be concerned and I understand that feeling of "why would you risk that", but as she says, it's up to everyone to evaluate that risk for themselves.