At 08:48 01/10/1996 GMT, Andrew wrote: >At 22:21 30/9/96 +0100, you wrote: >On the assumption that an autumn invasion of horrible big black/brown >spiders that suddenly scuttle across the living room carpet, or get in the >bath, indicate a severe winter & a severe winter leads to extra demands on >the NHS, who is going to draft the research proposal to prove it, eg. >'An investigation of the correlation between Arachnid infestation of >domestic properties, prevailing & predicted meterological conditions and >seasonal variation in NHS workload.' > I'll write to the NHSE Research Unit and ask for a grant. Will you do the statistics:-) -------------------------- Dr David J Plews email: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%