seething and sneezing

griffen fixed my carriage return problem. Hooray.

Still randomly ill with the cold or allergy attack that I've had since Friday. Still not sure whether it is a cold or an allergy attack.

Went to the allergy exhibition on Sunday and it was almost a complete waste of my time and effort. Am thoroughly pissed off with the number of people whose products only cater for selected allergies. Yes, I know it's impossible to cater for all allergies at once (for instance, making things dairy-free can involve soya, which some people are allergic to, and making things wheat-free can involve corn, ditto), but my particular beef is with the company who make nut-free wheat-free gluten-free cakes with a combination of non-dairy vegetable margarine and butter. Why does the damn butter need to be in there? Why couldn't they have left it just with the vegetable margarine?? Bastards. I mean, I personally don't need things to be nut-free or gluten-free, but enough people exist who have to avoid both gluten and dairy, and it seems unfair to restrict their food choices further.

I am also entirely pissed off to discover that Swedish Glace have stopped making the dairy-free Mini Milkalikes that I raved about last year. They have started doing Cornettoalikes instead, but this does not seem an adequate replacement. I hate summer and its pollen and its emphasis on the wonders of chilled or frozen dairy products.

The one redeeming feature of the show was a really good seminar about creating a low-allergen garden, in which I took copious notes, which might get typed up when I get round to it (as I know several people who would be interested). Listening to it I managed to identify some of my vaguer allergies, which is probably useful for something.

Other things that have annoyed me recently include HP3, which I saw on Saturday. ( A cut in case there are people who still haven't seen it and want to... )

All in all I am a mess of froth and seething, and sneezing. Hrm.