POD65 - Ive copied your post as deserves a second print12 Mar 2021 12:42
Message posted by POD65 this morning for anyone that did not get to read one of the best written literary works I have read on this BB - WELL DONE :)
(FROM POD65)
My dearest Affimer,
On 9th Nov 2020, I had a horrible sinking feeling in my stomach as Avacta plummeted 40%. Did I just jeopardise the savings I’ve been building for the family? It was a Monday morning and I’d got into that regular ‘I shouldn’t be doing this’ pattern of checking the sp during a work coffee break. At first, I thought I was on the wrong board. Where were you, Affimer, when all about you were talking of the first vaccine. Whilst great news, why did it knock 40% off a cancer therapy biopharma which also has excellent covid diagnostics upside. Surely testing would still be important. Maybe others with an affinity for you also had similar ‘sick’ feelings and worries about your health.
As the day and week wore on I reflected on our relationship, had it spiked too soon for my charming suitor, knowing that you like things to develop over a few weeks. Whilst this was therapeutic, I diagnosed that I had invested too much emotion into binding our fast and furious elopement.
I heard a guy known as Sir Al singing your praises many times. He was the one who convinced me to neutralize my nervous self and ask you out. It was time to be both specific and sensitive.
As I watched you from afar, your shy yet infectious orange glow, I dared take that first step. And Oh, how I wish I’d approached you before May 2020 (what a cheap date you’d have been in Mid-March).
Affimer, because of you Avacta has many friends like pre|CISION TM, TMAC, AVA6000, Moderna, Daewoong, Adeptrix, ADC, LG Chem, Tufts & Leeds uniys, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Bruker, Point Biopharma, AffyXell JV, Bach, Astrea, Biokit, Deepverge, BBI, Abingdon, Mologic, ODX, Medusa, 48m£, 99.9%+, licences (lots), undisclosed upfront payments, that VOX interview, saliva and the alluring anterior nasal LFT. Yet still this week you brought us an Antigen test detecting variants. Not too shabby for a shy, robust, stable and naturally occurring little thing that you are. It’s patently clear you are my proprietary love.
These bio-physical attributes and your petite little 14 Kiladalton waist were some of the things that made me fall for you. Only you could have made me abandon a previous love, Portfolio Theory, and sink almost everything into you. I’m so head over heals passionate about you that my own waist has expanded into an avg 160p. But you know what, I’m not embarrassed but proud of this.
I certainly don’t regret ditching Portfolio theory for you. I don’t think I’m going to have that sinking stomach feeling again. I’ve not had many long-term relationships, but it feels right to conjugate with you.
Yours forever,