90% of COPD cases are caused by smoking - even if you stopped years ago.

It does bring to mind an episode of Columbo where Nimoy was a cardiac surgeon operating on another surgeon with the intention to kill him.

My dad used to smoke like a West Midlands industrial city. He stopped around 2000, and has been enjoying better breathing since. He's got an inhaler now - he gets breathless at times. As a card carrying asthmatic, he's been asking me about them recently. I think he's getting used to the idea of carrying medication around with him. This news has made me think of him and the possibility of problems to come.

A classic. Using the wrong thread for the stitches, knowing they wouldn't hold long enough.

If only Columbo had been colorblind, he would have gotten away with it...

I hope he makes a recovery, but he has reached a ripe old age.