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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 1397797" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>[USER=41816]@Brunneria[/USER], you're right. You post a lot on this site and you clearly know what you're talking about. As a T1, I do tend to focus on that aspect of it. My knowledge of other types is nil, so please forgive me if I've got it wrong.</p><p></p><p>Scottish people like me tend to take the **** out of people we respect: we don't do hugging, so don't take anything I say too seriously. Example: there's a T2 who is a regular in my local bar, he had a go with the libre, decided it didn't work for him. We ended up agreeing that I use the libre because it allows me to go out and get wrecked on a Saturday night, and it didn't work for him because, I said, being T2 not on insulin, he's not a "real diabetic". Both of us knew that those statements were entirely false, but that's the point: we know each other and are comfortable taking the mickey out of each other.</p><p></p><p>It reminds me of a Polish barmaid in another local who said to me, " Scott, the people in here are all friends, so why are they so nasty to each other?" Answer: we do respect each other, but we're Scottish so it's more fun to wind them up. If anyone has a go at them, I'll go to jail to protect them, even though I've been raking them moments before.</p><p></p><p>My only experience of RH is in Patras in Greece. Went to see some caves with a Canadian girl, don't remember her name, long time ago, don't drink coffee much but in the heat got fond of cafe frappes, she tried one, short while later she's doing the whole cold sweat thing. As a type 1, obvious reaction is some sugar, but </p><p>I seriously didn't have a clue how to deal with someone who would get worse with more sugar. She settled down after a while. Just goes to show that despite parental worries Ds of any type can head off anywhere and someone will look after them if it gets messy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 1397797, member: 374531"] [USER=41816]@Brunneria[/USER], you're right. You post a lot on this site and you clearly know what you're talking about. As a T1, I do tend to focus on that aspect of it. My knowledge of other types is nil, so please forgive me if I've got it wrong. Scottish people like me tend to take the **** out of people we respect: we don't do hugging, so don't take anything I say too seriously. Example: there's a T2 who is a regular in my local bar, he had a go with the libre, decided it didn't work for him. We ended up agreeing that I use the libre because it allows me to go out and get wrecked on a Saturday night, and it didn't work for him because, I said, being T2 not on insulin, he's not a "real diabetic". Both of us knew that those statements were entirely false, but that's the point: we know each other and are comfortable taking the mickey out of each other. It reminds me of a Polish barmaid in another local who said to me, " Scott, the people in here are all friends, so why are they so nasty to each other?" Answer: we do respect each other, but we're Scottish so it's more fun to wind them up. If anyone has a go at them, I'll go to jail to protect them, even though I've been raking them moments before. My only experience of RH is in Patras in Greece. Went to see some caves with a Canadian girl, don't remember her name, long time ago, don't drink coffee much but in the heat got fond of cafe frappes, she tried one, short while later she's doing the whole cold sweat thing. As a type 1, obvious reaction is some sugar, but I seriously didn't have a clue how to deal with someone who would get worse with more sugar. She settled down after a while. Just goes to show that despite parental worries Ds of any type can head off anywhere and someone will look after them if it gets messy. [/QUOTE]
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