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What was your fasting blood glucose? (full on chat)

BRSBRI said:
Took the guys on the flight deck their coffees and managed to catch a 747 freighter underneath us powering on her way to Hong Kong I believe. The joys of non-commercial travel.

Hope all's well with all. I'll run through the postings in a mo! View attachment 48487View attachment 48489
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Cool pic..:pics:

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liking the team effort, too :)

Safe trip.
 
ianpspurs said:
I'll ask the dumb non artist question. What does great depth mean in this context please?
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Well @ianpspurs
The best I can explain is that some paintings look flat, that is things don't look behind each other, or in front of each other even though a painting by its very nature is a flat object (usually).
This painting of @dunelm 's has the detail of the rocks in the foreground, the middle distance is the green trees and they are receding behind the rocks in the foreground. The mountains behind them look in the distance, and the pink ones look in the far distance.
So, the painting has great depth.
It's best I can explain it!
 
gennepher said:
Well @ianpspurs
The best I can explain is that some paintings look flat, that is things don't look behind each other, or in front of each other even though a painting by its very nature is a flat object (usually).
This painting of @dunelm 's has the detail of the rocks in the foreground, the middle distance is the green trees and they are receding behind the rocks in the foreground. The mountains behind them look in the distance, and the pink ones look in the far distance.
So, the painting has great depth.
It's best I can explain it!
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Thank you for taking the time to explain to me. They made me "do" art at school and history of art (and science) to supplement my A levels. I learned nothing from any of that except how much I preferred sport and "pure" history.
 
BRSBRI said:
When I reminded them about my diabetes they were horrified. What a lovely thought for tomorrow nevertheless by the crew. Gobsmacked. So, sharing it between the 5 of them with their coffee and me sipping a glass of fizzy wine instead...not quite pub opening hours in normal times unless it's a Wetherspoons of course...so justification in my head has occurred

Wan has emailed me and said "Haste ye Back". Only a few hours later... thousands of miles away heading for home. Still catching time...less than 6 hours from landing. We'll make UK landfall over Norfolk and descend cross country to deepest Hampshire from there.

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Sorry Me and me's guess it's happy birfday tomorrow then, have a great one.
 
Hi all
a pleasing few days.

clinging on at 6 rivers falls
6.9. last night, a full day doing DiY etc, so cream crackered,
daughter brought round bargain bucket for her and mum..

mum not hungry, so …:sorry::rolleyes:

Life everywhere when i was out and about,
so one tip, now we are once again 'open' for business so to speak.

be conscious of other road users.

Bikers have a season, usually after winter, but for the poseur crowd that means summer only ..Both days of it :hilarious:
so the unspoken rile is get used to it again, refresh you skills.
before committing to those corners and binning it

Seemed pretty clear after others days trips,
Car drivers have had a similar hiatus, and many seem to have just jumped straight back in and didn't bother to acclimatise and refresh their 'Skill set' as they returned to the road.

AND cyclist have multiplied exponentially :woot:

And OMG..the ROADWORKS...

it's like a scene from the battle of the bulge with tank traps and barricades everywhere to slow the enemy advance.

Other then that, all normal..:D

Enjoy, and as Nike say JDI

we're a long time dead.
 
gennepher said:
I imagine you hated art after that, and could probably see no point in it @ianpspurs
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Not hate but very sceptical of those art critics who tell me there are all sorts of hidden meanings which I just don't see however hard I try. Second only to wine connoisseurs and food critics who invent tastes and smells which just aren't there. Alternative truths long before Kellyanne Conway and co.
 
jjraak said:
Like the sand works, but never GET the idea of taking so much effort for something so transient.

guess that's why I'm not an artist.:rolleyes:
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Sand art is often a race against time, and tide @jjraak
It's a feeling of impermanence. Creating for the sake of creation. The actualisation is its own reward, using your abilities to achieve everything you can within the confines of the medium you have chosen.

Didn't you make sandcastles as a child? Did you finish it before the tide came in and swept it away? A tiny child might cry as it was swept away. But when you are older, then motivation comes in, you make a bigger and better one before the next tide steals it away...
 
ianpspurs said:
Not hate but very sceptical of those art critics who tell me there are all sorts of hidden meanings which I just don't see however hard I try. Second only to wine connoisseurs and food critics who invent tastes and smells which just aren't there. Alternative truths long before Kellyanne Conway and co.
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I don't get those art critics either @ianpspurs I would run a mile...
 
jjraak said:
Hi all
a pleasing few days.

clinging on at 6 rivers falls
6.9. last night, a full day doing DiY etc, so cream crackered,
daughter brought round bargain bucket for her and mum..

mum not hungry, so …:sorry::rolleyes:

Life everywhere when i was out and about,
so one tip, now we are once again 'open' for business so to speak.

be conscious of other road users.

Bikers have a season, usually after winter, but for the poseur crowd that means summer only ..Both days of it :hilarious:
so the unspoken rile is get used to it again, refresh you skills.
before committing to those corners and binning it

Seemed pretty clear after others days trips,
Car drivers have had a similar hiatus, and many seem to have just jumped straight back in and didn't bother to acclimatise and refresh their 'Skill set' as they returned to the road.

AND cyclist have multiplied exponentially :woot:

And OMG..the ROADWORKS...

it's like a scene from the battle of the bulge with tank traps and barricades everywhere to slow the enemy advance.

Other then that, all normal..:D

Enjoy, and as Nike say JDI

we're a long time dead.
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I have never seen so many roadworks...breeding like rabbits @jjraak
 
gennepher said:
Sand art is often a race against time, and tide @jjraak
It's a feeling of impermanence. Creating for the sake of creation. The actualisation is its own reward, using your abilities to achieve everything you can within the confines of the medium you have chosen.

Didn't you make sandcastles as a child? Did you finish it before the tide came in and swept it away? A tiny child might cry as it was swept away. But when you are older, then motivation comes in, you make a bigger and better one before the next tide steals it away...
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yep..and been traumatised by it ever since.:woot:

hence the WHY ;)


Good point , well made.:)
 
BRSBRI said:
When I reminded them about my diabetes they were horrified. What a lovely thought for tomorrow nevertheless by the crew. Gobsmacked. So, sharing it between the 5 of them with their coffee and me sipping a glass of fizzy wine instead...not quite pub opening hours in normal times unless it's a Wetherspoons of course...so justification in my head has occurred

Wan has emailed me and said "Haste ye Back". Only a few hours later... thousands of miles away heading for home. Still catching time...less than 6 hours from landing. We'll make UK landfall over Norfolk and descend cross country to deepest Hampshire from there.

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Are we having a birthday? If so, Happy Birthday!
 
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