I noticed something today. A very high proportion of bloggers on here are women. Does this mean that women are better survivors with lung disease than men or is it just a feminine propensity to chatter. There is a serious question in there somewhere so your comments and thoughts would be welcome.
Bobby xxx
It is just the women are more technically savvy than the men 
Not me, when it comes to technical things, jandan. No good at electrics or plumbing!!
Okay, maybe not all Annie, but a lot are.... and don't you admire Bobby's bravery.... 
x x x
This could cause some comment - talk about the cat among the pigeons. However, lets go for it it. Here you have, Phillips, some very lively, talented ladies, and some men that may be fast asleep in the chair after lunch. One fact is certain that they all need to escape from some problem or other. So, what do they do but have a get together to escape whatever is wrong in this lives. Or it maybe that they are attracted by your personality, Phillips so be very flattered.
Forgot my BIG yellow smiley!!
I hope your wrong about the better survivors but as for the chatter, Well, how can we compete, what with all the practice they've had over the years. .
Oh yes, you can compete dall05 - chance to be very non politically correct and gain equality with the ladies.
Well I've just managed to untie myself long enough to tell you my thoughts,....perhaps women are evolving to become the 'stronger' sex....maybe we are better at chatting as well as we are adept at multi-tasking, we can chat and do housework and cooking and gardening all at the same time, on a good day that is haha! 
X
That is very true. But you can see the serious point, do women last longer than men with lung disease. It makes you think doesn't it? I hate the thought of this lot sitting here talking about me when I've gone. lol
They wont, phillips, providing you get out of your chair nd offer them your seat.
Our DNA prepares us for child-birth, lung problems are a walk in the park compared to that!
Women last longer than men. Well, we do have to get the last word in, don't we?
I used to work in homecare, 90% of my clients who's homes I went into where women.
The men generally went into nursing homes early............................
If the men where left as widowers they could not cope on their own, sorry not being sexist, its just how it is.
Well, Phillips is loading up his guns, hufferpuffer. Be very scaredXX
me annieseed? Everyone knows I am a kind, gentle person. I wouldn't harm a fly. Well, perhaps that magpie that keeps pinching my peanuts.
Bobby xxx
I'm quaking in my boots! maybe...we ladies just look after ourselves better and all the chattering keeps us updated as to what is good for us! X
We men do try to keep updated. After all, I am half way through Shades of Grey. Oh my gawd? Do what?
Bobby xxx
You must be seeking a little diversion from the weather. Put your knowledge into practice on the ladies.
I'm now wondering how many transgender members we have
Take a seat, Gordon. This discussion could get interesting.
At least one
Why did you look in my direction xxx
Moi? Okay, two then
Is that all? Only two? Considering the percentages within the population, I would have thought there would have been more, somehow....
Have done extensive investigating and conclude just the two 
Oh, I don't know, perhaps I should look over that collated data.... just to make sure you're figures are correct ..... 
Get the coffee on hen ...............
Oh, it's going to be a long session then? Coffee on, biccies?
Don't mind if I do
Chuck the abacus and get a proper calculator...
To add to this little conundrum, how many WOMEN wear jeans/trousers and are therefore cross-dressing ?
Is the definition of cross-dressing 'getting furious because after severe effort you realise your underpants are on inside out'?
I'll tell about my jeans or not jeans, if you confess to that natty little tea dress .....
In this weather?
The fully lined fleece one Gordon
Hmmmmm, a fully fleece lined tea dress, could probably do away with the tea bags and use that to strain the old-fashioned leaves
My gran had a tea pinnie, she used to dribble all over it...
I think I'll stick to the denim skirt though. Probably because I dropped a vanilla slice as I was putting it on. 
Oh hell, not the vanilla slice Bad form for dropping a vanilla slice
Made my legs all sticky 
Did you know Bloomers are named after one of the suffragettes Clare Bloomer?
Bev x
I prefer something in-between those and thongs...
I once bought a girlfriend a pressie, a pair of stockings with 'Merry Christmas' on one leg and 'Happy New Year' on the other, but I never got an invite to visit between the holidays...
Bobby don't forget to salute that lone magpie everytime you see him, it's really bad luck not to. Now there's a point in question - would a man have bothered to say that.
Lib x
Scrobs, get Silly Witch on this conversation - could be interesting. Gordon talked about transgender - akin to transvestites.
oh heck, laughing my head off here .............. think she is otherwise engaged at the moment but no doubt she will fly in as soon as possible
Lots of labels in that category, Transgender, transvestites, crossdresser, androgynous, gender identity disorder (GID) - and all with different meanings.
Has she gone on her broomstick to Claridges to pee in the soup, that's what witches do you know.
oh I hope not, expecting a delivery from Claridges any second now
For goodness sake Bobby just salute the b****y thing - remember what your original question was.
Lib x
And there you have it, in 5 easy steps the conversation is now what we wnat it to be. Smarter and stronger in all ways that count!
Never underestimate the power of a woman!!!
Tina X
I was going to jump in and support my male bloggers but going over to the Rheumatoid Arthritis blog page is a better option for me, Coward Who Me,mattcass
Go on Matt, dares ya
agree with all of the above (and had a good chuckle) for us the following applies: I am pc literate, am proactive and am positive, hubby doesn't even know how to turn pc on, good at making things, gets annoyed by his lungs and finally, openly admits that if he were left on his own he wouldn't know what to do - now where is my pedestal
Help! Everybody has disappeared to have a meal, a break. whatever. See it is raining, what a change that is!!
I went to the chemists, it's a three hour trip there and back, yet only just over a mile away...
Two buses each way, and got collared for a review with the pharmacist while I was at it. Oh, and I got wet as well...
You got wet, Gordon, what a surprise! Seems a long time for a short journey.
Once you've got off one bus you've to wait for another going to the next destination, it's a royal pain in the rear having to do this as I need to catch a bus from here to the Interchange then one out of there to near the surgery. Coming back it's via the Interchange again, which triples the journey length. Then there's the hanging about waiting for buses. No, three hours is not that extreme.
If I wait to borrow the car I can be there and back in 20 minutes.
Don't they do a home delivery?
Can anyone remember the original question? It was "Are women better survivors of lung conditions than men". Still waiting for an answer. Boo hoo
Bobby
I think we're waiting to see who posts last on this topic to get the answer...
Oh deary me, a challenge?
What question? I thought this was about chocolate.
You think everything is about chocolate. Now get behind those bike sheds.
xxxx
You mean ........... there is more to life than chocolate, by gum lad you mean I can now converse with people about philosophy, psychology, the arts, science ............... pass me a twix
Nah, just be fik like me xxx
I can do fik - see bilingual as well as a chocoholic x
Do you, know, phillips, conversations do meander with a room full of people, having fun! Like any gathering, people wander off for a drink and the loo, then they come back. I think conditions depend on genetics and of course the wicked weed and other substances. I reckon lung conditions dont have a favourite sex.
Is that genetics or geriactics? Now put that waccy baccy down and concentrate on the question.
Bobby xxxx
Ha ha. I think the reason is that women aren't afraid to admit to being ill and the emotional things. Men tend to be too proud to admit they need help and they retreat into their 'cave'.
Bev xx
I'm not an intellectual so not qualified to add to this original question but can I please come for the coffee and chocolate ?
It is well known that women are generally more sociable and more socially adept than men ,and more incline to co-operation than competition in their dealings with others, even from an early age (a friend of mine did her Ph.D on this aspect of male/female differences studying 5 year olds in a particular situation, the results of which seeming to verify these generalisations). So that, coupled with the propensity for women to be able to ask for advice and help in a way that a lot of men cannot, might seem to explain why there more women on this site than men. On the factual side re mortality in 2007 more women than men died in USA of COPD and world wide the year 2000 saw the first time more women than men died of COPD (copd.about.com search copd and women the new face of cpod - very interesting re possible differences/factors re the disease and women etc.). Chat by the way can mean idle talk or to talk familiarly - I presume Philip you meant chatter in the less derogatory sense viz. familiarly which would seem to complement the notion of the more sociable nature of women. Hope all that answers your question and thank you for it found out some interesting things on the way to attempting to answering it. x
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